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Industry Groups Provide Feedback on Sen. Warner’s ‘Cybersecurity is Patient Safety’ White Paper

HIPAA Journal

Mark Warner (D-Va) recently published a white paper framing cybersecurity as a patient safety issue. Warner says the white paper is a starting point to open up a discussion about changes that can be implemented to improve cybersecurity in the sector, rather than a blueprint for change.

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Audit Manager Return on Investment

MRO Compliance

Audit Manager Return on Investment Over the past few years, the number of government and commercial audits has skyrocketed, and hospitals are struggling to keep up with the influx of requests for documentation, denials, and downstream appeals. Download White Paper

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How smartphones can help to unlock COVID-19 testing capacity

Mobi Health News

A new white paper from HIMSS suggests that the smartphone can hold the key to delivering capacity and enabling an innovative approach to rapid antigen testing as governments continue to wrestle with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Cybersecurity is Now a Patient Safety Issue, Suggests Sen. Warner In Congressional Report

HIPAA Journal

Warner suggests the only way to improve healthcare cybersecurity rapidly is through a collaborative effort involving the public and private sectors, with the federal government providing overall leadership. The white paper suggests several areas where policies could be changed to improve cybersecurity in the healthcare industry.

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Telehealth is past the 'tipping point' – how's it doing with interoperability?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

As the American Telemedicine Association annual conference kicks off in New Orleans this week, the organization has published a white paper focused on the status of telehealth interoperability. This important interoperability initiative governs much of the promise for the future of telemedicine." WHY IT MATTERS.

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What If Costco Designed the Prescription Drugs Sales Model?

Health Populi

.” Two of the researchers behind the paper previously wrote a letter in JAMA published in October 2021 (with several additional colleagues) comparing spending on generic drugs by Medicare Part D compared to Costco members, The USC Schaeffer white paper speaks to those findings.

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Government issues new digital guidance to transform adult social care

Digital Health News

Social care employers will be better able to equip their staff with digital skills, enhancing patient care, thanks to new government guidance.