Bill of Health

OCTOBER 25, 2022

By Teneille Brown. We opened up. On the backs of our workers. The country’s gravel, its highways. Paved with dead bodies. That kept the cars and trucks moving. products. Don’t cry for the risks we were asked to take. swaddled in lies. they hushed us like babies. ignoring people of science. when the bough was breaking—broke. Instead, cry, the beloved companies, the nervous CEOs who demanded immunity. not just protection to make reasonable mistakes. in the face of uncertainty, but a Monopoly pass

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Healthcare Dive

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Many are struggling to afford their private health insurance and are unprepared for a medical emergency, a poll conducted for telehealth provider Babylon showed.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 25, 2022

HIMSS is calling on healthcare stakeholders to get involved in two initiatives to help expand access to quality care for underserved and at-risk populations. As part of its Global Health Equity Week, HIMSS (parent organization of Healthcare IT News), is promoting two policy campaigns, at the federal and state level, respectively. The first is focused on protecting access to care via the telehealth flexibilities that have enabled broad expansion and uptake of virtual care since the start of the C

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Boston Medical Center is a not-for-profit academic medical center and the largest safety-net hospital in New England. It provides medical care for infants, children, teens and adults. Dr. Christina Yarrington is chief of maternal fetal medicine at Boston Medical Center. As a leader in obstetrics at the medical center, her focus is on ensuring the facility's population has the resources needed to monitor patients at high risk of postpartum hypertension to reduce overall health risks in a way

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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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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 28, 2022

By? Ameet Sarpatwari , Alexander Egilman , Aviva Wang, and ? Aaron S. Kesselheim. Each month, members of the Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law (PORTAL) review the peer-reviewed medical literature to identify interesting empirical studies, policy analyses, and editorials on health law and policy issues. Below are the citations for papers identified from the month of September.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The Australian government is investing A$312.6 million (around $200 million) over four years to improve the ICT systems in the aged care sector. It is part of the A$3.9 billion ($2.5 billion) 2022-2023 October budget for implementing aged care reforms to "improve safety, dignity, quality and humanity." WHY IT MATTERS. According to Health Minister Mark Butler, the ICT modernisation budget will help reduce the administrative burden for over 2,000 providers and sustain the existing operat

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MRO Compliance

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Follow the (Medical) Record: Heard it at AHIMA22 with Rita Bowen and Angela Rose. Host Don Hardwick interviews HIM experts Angela Rose and Rita Bowen live from the AHIMA 2022 National Convention. Angela and Rita share insights on what they’re hearing during sessions at AHIMA, focusing on the hottest topics in the HIM industry. HealthcareNOW Radio Podcast Network · Follow the (Medical) Record: Heard it at AHIMA22 with Rita Bowen and Angela Rose.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 24, 2022

By Ana Ayala*, Anthony Brown, Emanuele Cesta, Katherine Ginsbach, Sam Halabi, Dawn Mapatano*. In a public health emergency, pharmaceutical manufacturers’ liability concerns can slow the deployment of urgently needed vaccines and other medical countermeasures (MCMs). Products used during public health emergencies raise unique issues either because of their novelty, scale and type of proposed use, or regulatory pathway.

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Healthcare Dive

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The cybersecurity incident comes three years after the health system’s megamerger, which potentially made it vulnerable to an attack, security experts say.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The initial phase of a new research program at Mayo Clinic is seeing the Minnesota health system working with Memora Health to explore new ways to extend care to postpartum patients at home. WHY IT MATTERS. Memora Health, which specializes in virtual care delivery and complex care management, is researching how maternal care teams at Mayo can extend engagement for postpartum patients between visits and enable more connected care experience, the company says.

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MRO Compliance

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Keeping Reproductive Patient Records Protected and Private. October 28, 2022. Health IT Answers. Given recent guidance from the OCR, now is the time for HI professionals to hold internal discussions, revisit policies, refresh education, and build checklists to ensure the privacy of sensitive patient data related to reproductive health. Here are four steps to take now.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 27, 2022

By Donna Gitter. In 2021, the Supreme Court articulated in Tandon v. Newsom a legal principle that threatens to upend over a century of legal precedent recognizing the authority of state governments to ensure public health by mandating vaccines. The ruling lays the groundwork for courts to force states to include religious exemptions to mandatory vaccines whenever they include secular exemptions, such as medical ones.

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Healthcare Dive

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Internal medicine, family practice, clinical psychology, chiropractic and psychology were among the specialties facing the highest turnover in 2021, according to a report from Definitive Healthcare.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 27, 2022

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MRO Compliance

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Data Liberation Day Elevates New Call for Health Information Expertise. October 27, 2022. Health IT Answer. Attendees at the AHIMA22 Global Conference demonstrated their steadfast commitment to liberating, managing and protecting electronic patient information (EPI). Just three days after ONC’s information blocking rule went into effect, nearly 2000 health information professionals met in Columbus, Ohio.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 28, 2022

By John Tingle. Good record keeping and communication practices are essential prerequisites for safe and proper patient care. Serious patient injury, including death, can result from poor record keeping and other communication failures. A fundamental issue in England’s National Health Service (NHS) patient safety culture development, however, is whether health care staff implement the necessary communication changes in light of adverse health care events.

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Healthcare Dive

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The payer has been steadily ratcheting up its presence on the Affordable Care Act exchanges after dramatically reducing its footprint in 2017.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 25, 2022

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 25, 2022

In a recent blog post, Jen Easterly, the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) explained that for Cybersecurity Awareness Month she has been traveling the country promoting cybersecurity best practices, explaining the steps that everyone can take to stay safe online, and stressing the importance of enabling multi-factor authentication on email accounts, bank accounts, social media accounts, and any other accounts that contain sensitive data.

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MRO Compliance

OCTOBER 23, 2022

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month: 4 Ways to Protect your Privacy Today. October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, launched in 2004 by the National Cybersecurity Division of the Department of Homeland Security and the nonprofit National Cyber Security Alliance. As cybersecurity becomes more prevalent, there is much to consider when safeguarding an organization’s digital information.

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Healthcare Dive

OCTOBER 25, 2022

“We’re not just competing among healthcare organizations anymore,” Geisinger Chief Nursing Officer Janet Tomcavage said. “Now we’re really competing with the broader labor market.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 27, 2022

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Passwords are an inexpensive and convenient form of authentication. While passwords can provide a high degree of protection, in practice they are a weak point that is commonly exploited by threat actors to gain access to internal networks and sensitive data. Brute force attacks are conducted to guess weak passwords, credential stuffing attacks succeed because people reuse passwords on multiple platforms, and employees divulge their passwords by responding to phishing emails.

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Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 24, 2022

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. A genetic disorder is a medical condition that is brought on by changes in one’s genes or chromosomes. There are between 20,000 and 25,000 genes in every human body, and these genes determine which traits […]. The article Concerned About Your Unborn Baby?

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Healthcare Dive

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The healthcare facilities will lead regional responses against pathogens such as COVID-19, Ebola and monkeypox.

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