(MedPage Today) — The Affordable Care Act (ACA) imposed severe restrictions on physician-owned hospitals, preventing the formation of new physician-owned hospitals and limiting the expansion of existing ones. Since then, almost one-quarter of… Powered by WPeMatico
A teleburn pilot that relies on telehealth technology enables ER doctors at three of Northwell Health’s New York City-area hospitals to conduct virtual consults with specialists at the Staten Island University Hospital Regional Burn Center. Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — When a 3-month hospitalization with Guillain-Barré syndrome in 2000 caused me to be intubated, extubated, and connected to a feeding tube, I had looked forward, finally, to real food after having worked my way from liquids… Powered by WPeMatico
The agreement supports the use of the World Health Organization’s international classifications and terminologies in the HL7 FHIR community and will provide a testing environment and standards documentation to member states. Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — As a nation, we must be better prepared for various public health threats — chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear — as well as natural disasters and emerging infectious diseases such as the virus that led to COVID… Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — Early last month the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new accountable care organization (ACO) model that they are planning on enrolling practices in, called Making Care Primary. From what I’ve been… Powered by WPeMatico
Rachini Ahmadi-Moosavi explains why planning and guardrails are so necessary as artificial intelligence becomes embedded in an array of clinical, financial and operational use cases – and explains how they should best be applied. Powered by WPeMatico
Medtronic has released an update for a cybersecurity vulnerability that an unauthorized user could exploit to steal, delete or modify cardiac device data or to gain network access. Powered by WPeMatico
