Five Operation Fly Formula Flights Scheduled for Week of July 18
By July 24, Operation Fly Formula will have transported more than 61 million 8-ounce bottle equivalents to the U.S. Powered by WPeMatico
HHS Announces Historic Investment of Over $49 Million to Increase Health Care Coverage for Children, Parents, and Families
CMS awarded $49 million to organizations on the frontlines of reducing uninsured rates and connecting children, parents, and families to health care coverage Powered by WPeMatico
Putting Out the Fire With Gasoline
(MedPage Today) — Critical care medicine is a passion. It checks all the boxes for me: quick thinking, quick action, and even quicker rushes of adrenaline. I became a pulmonary/critical care nurse practitioner in 2016. The field was exciting… Powered by WPeMatico
Faust Files: A Talk With Deborah Birx, MD, on Fighting White House Misinfo
(MedPage Today) — In the second part of this exclusive video, Jeremy Faust, MD, editor-in-chief of MedPage Today, and Deborah Birx, MD, former White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator, have a candid discussion about her experience in that… Powered by WPeMatico
Groups doubles down on telehealth with a mobile app to treat opioid addiction
The value-based care provider focused on opioid use disorder has built an effective combination of telemedicine and connected health. Powered by WPeMatico
Hazardous Waters: Lessons From a Brain-Eating Amoeba
(MedPage Today) — Earlier this month, officials closed access to a lake in Iowa’s Lake of Three Fires State Park and started testing its water after a swimmer there developed primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). Tragically, the patient… Powered by WPeMatico
OCR fines 11 healthcare orgs for HIPAA right of access cases
“It should not take a federal investigation before a HIPAA covered entity provides patients, or their personal representatives, with access to their medical records,” said OCR Director Lisa J. Pino. Powered by WPeMatico
Making the Most of the 24-Hour Day
(MedPage Today) — There are only 24 hours in each day — no matter what we try and tell ourselves, no matter how hard we try. The jobs we’ve taken on, the life we’ve chosen to lead, taking care of patients on the front lines of healthcare… Powered by WPeMatico
FCC and other awards helped enable permanent telehealth policy changes in Virginia
With support from a range of federal agencies the University of Virginia Health System has worked with community hospitals and other healthcare organizations on virtual care. Powered by WPeMatico
Can an Apple a Day Keep the Heart Disease Away?
(MedPage Today) — The U.S. has had the same leading cause of death since 1921. Today, one person in America dies every 34 seconds from this disease. This disease doesn’t care about your demographics — men, women, and most racial and ethnic… Powered by WPeMatico