Also, South Korea’s National Rehabilitation Center is opening up its resources to assist manufacturers in getting their rehabilitation medical devices approved. Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — “A government program meant to provide incentives to serve lower income Americans is actually a cash cow for hospitals.” — Michael Barnett, MD, of the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, on the pitfalls of… Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — Medications, from blood pressure control to chemotherapy, and medical devices, from hip replacements to heart valves, represent the backbone of healthcare. Ubiquitous in everyday clinical medicine, drugs and devices are only… Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — My patient was young, in his thirties, and had a terrible leukemia that refused to be vanquished with multiple rounds of chemotherapy. Many of my adult patients, at the time of their diagnosis, tell me they are so happy they… Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — I read an essay advocating the disclosure of personal trauma on medical school applications as a means of overcoming stigma and taboo often associated with rape and other forms of trauma. The authors lamented that a culture of… Powered by WPeMatico
It’s also helped decrease the amount of time spent documenting care by about two hours per provider each day, the health system’s medical director reports. Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — The value-based care (VBC) model was conceived in the early 2000s in response to the spiraling healthcare costs and suboptimal health outcomes. Now sponsored by both commercial and government insurers, VBC models tie the dollars… Powered by WPeMatico
In a short time online, organizations can capture more patient concerns, reduce more open cases and improve staff experiences, say Alpa Vyas of Stanford Healthcare and Dr. Adrienne Boissy of Qualtrics and the Cleveland Clinic. Powered by WPeMatico
The new Infrastructure Adoption Model is designed to help health systems link their IT deployments to their clinical and business goals, and help them reduce costs, mitigate cyber risk and boost outcomes for both patients and clinicians. Powered by WPeMatico
