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Epic, Particle Health dispute exposes broader challenges with sharing patient data, health IT experts say

Fierce Healthcare

Medical records software giant Epic and venture-backed health tech company Particle Health are mired in an ongoing dispute over healthcare data exchange practices. | Health IT experts say the rift between the two companies exposes larger problems with health data exchange including a lack of transparency on who is accessing data and how it's being used along with the need for better gatekeeping.

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Healthcare 2030: Are We Consumers, CEOs, Health Citizens, or Castaways? 4 Scenarios On the Future of Health Care and Who We Are – Part 1

Health Populi

In the past few years, what event or innovation has had the metaphorical impact of hitting you upside the head and disrupted your best-laid plans in health care? A few such forces for me have been the COVID-19 pandemic, the emergence of Chat-GPT, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. That’s just three, and to be sure, there are several others that have compelled me to shift my mind-set about what I thought I knew-I-knew for my work with organizations spanning the health care ecosystem.

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Bonus Features – April 14, 2024 – Less than 6 in 10 docs satisfied with electronic access to external immunization info, 68% of nurses are feeling overwhelmed, plus 38 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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My, How the Margins Have Fallen

HealthIT Answers

By David R. Burda - About this time last year, I wrote about record profit margins that hospitals posted in 2021, according to data from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC) annual March report to Congress. The post My, How the Margins Have Fallen appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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3 Reasons to Retire Pagers from Healthcare Settings

Let's discuss the trusty pager—an old favorite that’s losing its shine in hospitals and clinics. While once a staple in hospitals and clinics, pagers now present significant limitations that hinder rather than facilitate communication among healthcare professionals. Healthcare professionals are constantly on the move, and they need communication tools that can keep up with their fast-paced lives.

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Trade Policy Uncertainty, Industrial Agglomeration and Agricultural Structure Transformation in China

HealthLaw Prof Blog

Shaohai Lei (Nanjing Agricultural University), Guiwang Ling (Nanjing Agricultural University), Xi Tian (Nanjing Agricultural University), Trade Policy Uncertainty, Industrial Agglomeration and Agricultural Structure Transformation in China (2024): This study investigates the impact of trade policy uncertainty (TPU) reduction on county-level.

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Challenges in China-ASEAN Food Safety Cooperation Governance Through Soft Law

HealthLaw Prof Blog

Yi Lu (Peking University), Challenges in China-ASEAN Food Safety Cooperation Governance Through Soft Law, 3 Peking U. Transnat’l L. Rev. (2015): It has been 5 years since the ASEAN-China Free Trade Zone was established. This economic cooperation has injected much.