(MedPage Today) — Throughout the year, Lawrence O. Gostin, JD, LLD, and Sarah Wetter, JD, MPH, have weighed in on several major Supreme Court cases and decisions affecting American health and healthcare. As part of our series looking ahead to… Powered by WPeMatico
The hospital “failed to handle its patients’ health information with care,” said Attorney General Letitia James. It has pledged to update its policies on third-party tools, ensure deletion of PHI gathered by those tools and boost its privacy safeguards. Powered by WPeMatico
A randomized clinical vignette survey across more than a dozen states, with hospitalists, NPs and PAs taking part, evaluated systematically biased algorithms and how clinicians make decisions with image-based AI guides. Powered by WPeMatico
Done right, more widespread adoption of remote patient monitoring will offer breakthrough innovations where healthcare delivery can be improved, clinician workloads can be right-sized and better patient outcomes can be achieved, an expert says. Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — In June, N. Adam Brown, MD, MBA, wrote about how our broken health insurance system prioritizes profits over patients. As part of our review of the past year’s biggest events, Brown shares an update on the state of the industry… Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently announced a pay cut of 3.4% for physician fees in 2024. In this video, healthcare marketing consultant Ron Harman King, JD, MS, discusses the announcement, how the changes… Powered by WPeMatico
With telemedicine, the time for patients coming out of the ER or a convenience clinic to see a primary care provider has gone from weeks to 24-72 hours. And virtual care has helped the health system achieve a 72% completion rate of Medicare annual wellness visits. Powered by WPeMatico
