Readout of Secretary Price’s Listening Session with Medical & Healthcare Professionals at the White House

16. June 2017 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
Yesterday, in the White House Cabinet Room, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, M.D., hosted a listening session with Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and medical and healthcare professionals to discuss the challenges that patients and providers face under our current healthcare system. Secretary Price began the ...

Suit over life-ending drugs for terminally ill gets hearing – Washington Post

16. June 2017 Health, HIPAA 0
Washington Post Suit over life-ending drugs for terminally ill gets hearingWashington PostRIVERSIDE, Calif. — A judge on Friday is expected to weigh whether a challenge can proceed to California’s law letting terminally ill patients seek prescriptions for life-ending drugs. Riverside County Judge Daniel A. Ottolia is expected to hear …California’s attorney general needs to focus ...

Teenagers' tobacco use hits a record low, with a sharp drop in e-cigarettes – Washington Post

15. June 2017 Health, HIPAA 0
Washington Post Teenagers’ tobacco use hits a record low, with a sharp drop in e-cigarettesWashington PostTeenagers’ use of e-cigarettes fell sharply last year, while overall tobacco use declined to a new low, according to data that some antismoking advocates said could signal a turning point in the decades-long effort against youth smoking. The Centers …Teens’ ...