(MedPage Today) — I begin the drive home feeling oddly depleted. My overnight concluded with turning over 20-odd psychiatric patients, COVID and non-COVID admit holds, and workups to the next doctor for the third bleak January morning in a row… Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — I still recall the look on my patient’s face and her words 2 years later. “I am done with this life,” she told me. “Don’t let me die in pain,” she added as she folded her hands to physically plead with me. I simply cannot convey… Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — I have wanted to be a doctor for as long as I can remember. I played hospital with my dolls as a child. I never thought of alternative career paths. I climbed the long, sometimes unbearably steep, mountain to reach the top…. Powered by WPeMatico
HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra issued a statement on President Biden’s executive order to protect access to reproductive health care. Powered by WPeMatico
It has amassed more than 13 billion elements of clinical and claims data, and offers several products and services for healthcare providers and payers, state government agencies, federal government agencies, and other stakeholders. Powered by WPeMatico
Ann Mond Johnson, CEO of the American Telemedicine Association, offers a deep dive into a variety of telehealth topics, including the ATA’s CEO Advisory Group on Using Telehealth to Eliminate Disparities and Inequities. Powered by WPeMatico
The longtime health exec, who has been named CIO of the year several times, takes the new role following the completion of Intermountain’s merger with SCL Health, where he was chief information and digital officer. Powered by WPeMatico
The tech giant said the update will also apply to places like counseling centers, domestic violence shelters and addiction treatment facilities. Powered by WPeMatico
