Readout: Secretary Price Hosts Healthcare Listening Session with Doctors in Dallas, Texas

28. June 2017 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
Yesterday, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, M.D., visited the HHS Region VI Office in Dallas, TX where he met with doctors to discuss the challenges that patients and providers face under our current healthcare system. Secretary Price opened the listening session with greetings from President Trump, who has heard from patients, families, doctors, ...

HHS announces the availability of $195 million to expand substance abuse and mental health services at health centers nationwide

27. June 2017 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the availability of $195 million in a new funding opportunity for community health centers to expand access to mental health and substance abuse services focusing on the treatment, prevention and awareness of opioid abuse in all U.S. states, territories and the District of Columbia. The awards ...

Pharmacist Gets 9-Year Prison Term in Deadly Meningitis Outbreak – New York Times

26. June 2017 Health, HIPAA 0
New York Times Pharmacist Gets 9-Year Prison Term in Deadly Meningitis OutbreakNew York TimesBarry J. Cadden, the former co-owner and head pharmacist of the New England Compounding Center, arriving at the federal courthouse in Boston on Monday. Credit Stephan Savoia/Associated Press. BOSTON — The tainted injection left Rachelle Shuff with …Pharmacy Boss Barry Cadden Gets Nine ...

As lawmakers debate GOP healthcare bill, new study finds stripping people of insurance can be deadly – Los Angeles Times

26. June 2017 Health, HIPAA 0
Los Angeles Times As lawmakers debate GOP healthcare bill, new study finds stripping people of insurance can be deadlyLos Angeles TimesThe number of Americans who die prematurely would rise by about 29,000 each year if the health reform plan put forth by Senate Republicans were to go into full effect, a new report suggests. As ...