Compudopt enables millions of households to participate in telemedicine – and its community portal offers free tech support, resources and low-cost services for food, housing and more. Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — On Friday, the FDA approved two gene therapies to treat patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). One of the therapies, called exagamglogene autotemcel (Casgevy), is the first FDA-approved gene therapy utilizing CRISPR/Cas9, a… Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — “We remain committed to protecting the confidentiality and security of patient information, and apologize for the concern this may cause.” This was part of a letter I received the other day, dated about 3 weeks ago, from an… Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — A hypothetical question for my readers: If I asked you to take out a $200,000 loan to finance a start-up for which you would not see a return for at least a decade, would you take me up on my offer? Keep in mind that you would… Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — “You can’t take the pot off the fire [and] you can’t turn down the heat.” — Josh Pickett, RN, a charge nurse at Seattle Children’s Hospital, likening the psych unit to a pot ready to boil over as patient violence continues… Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — Each year, we lose 127,000 Americans to lung cancer. That’s nearly the equivalent of a commercial airliner packed with passengers falling out of the sky every other day, making lung cancer “by far the leading cause of cancer… Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — When medical and psychological professional associations issue a finding or pass a resolution, it naturally commands respect and attention. That’s why the country notices when the American Medical Association (AMA), for instance… Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — The NFL season is now in full swing, with TV screens ablaze in households across the nation, eyes glued to an elliptically-shaped ball being thrown and kicked far distances. This reminds me of an incredibly rare case that happened… Powered by WPeMatico
This agency’s first data breach settlement under HIPAA for a phishing attack involved the alleged failure to conduct a risk analysis to identify potential ePHI threats or vulnerabilities across the Lafourche Medical Group network. Powered by WPeMatico
