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At Children's Mercy, telemedicine boosts access to highly sought-after subspecialists

Healthcare It News

Children's Mercy supports the children of Kansas and Missouri, with the next children's hospitals being hours away in all directions. THE PROBLEM. This extensive geographical region has forever been a significant challenge for patients and their families to access pediatric specialty care.

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Supporting Youth Mental Health and the Critical Role of an Upstream Approach

HIT Consultant

According to the CDC , 42% of high school students felt so sad or hopeless that they could not engage in their regular activities for at least two weeks in 2021, an increase of 50% from 2011. That means an average classroom of 30 has three students attempting to end their lives each year.

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Will Value-Based Care Finally Fix EHRs Too?

HIT Consultant

While well-intentioned, the Federal Government’s 2011 Meaningful Use Mandate program—to incentivize physician practices to adopt EHRs—did not specify detailed standards for EHR systems. This ultimately sets providers up to have more ownership and accountability in the care delivery decisions and to operate at the high end of their license.

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Patient Data Compromised in 5 Hacking Incidents, Ransomware Attacks, and Break-ins

HIPAA Journal

New York-Presbyterian Hospital Discovers Breach Affecting up to 12,000 Patients. New York-Presbyterian Hospital has recently announced that unauthorized individuals gained access to one of its servers and attempted to download sensitive data.

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DOJ Withdraws Long-Standing Support for Antitrust Enforcement Policy Statements in Health Care

Health Law Advisor

In justifying this safety zone, the Agencies noted that such a small hospital “does not compete in any significant way with other hospitals” and that such hospitals, particularly in rural areas, would be “unlikely to achieve the efficiencies that larger hospitals enjoy”.

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DOJ Withdraws Decades Old Antitrust Guidance as Scrutiny of Health Care Industry Continues

Hall Render

The three policy statements include, Department of Justice and FTC Antitrust Enforcement Policy Statements in the Health Care Area (Sept. 15, 1993); Statements of Antitrust Enforcement Policy in Health Care (Aug.

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Building a Culture of Patient Safety Starts with Reducing Staff Burnout

AIHC

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there is a 63% increase in the rate of injuries from violent attacks against medical professionals from 2011 to 2018. American Institute of Healthcare Compliance (AIHC R ) is a non-profit healthcare training organization and a licensing/certification partner with CMS.