The mental health crisis in the U.S.
Almost 25% of inpatient admissions in 2018 experienced at least one adverse event while 7% experienced a preventable adverse event, according to new data published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The analysis, which looked at about 2,800 admissions across 11 hospitals, found 978 adverse events, many of them serious, and a small percentage […]
Jefferson Health in Philadelphia is reorganizing, in a move that reportedly includes layoffs. Jefferson Health is modifying its operating structure from five divisions to three “regions” – North, Central and East, according to a hospital spokesperson. The move is being made to further enhance the health system’s clinical integration, he said.
Rita Bowen, MRO vice president and board member for the Sequoia Project, discusses the need to harmonize HIPAA with interoperability, third-party compliance and the privacy of very personal data.
Healthy.io, a health technology company focused on at-home urinalysis and digitized wound care services, has partnered with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Idaho to promote early detection of kidney damage and chronic kidney disease (CKD) by essentially transforming people’s smartphones into medical devices.
In a bid to improve nursing home transparency, safety and quality and accountability, the White House has announced new actions to reduce the inappropriate use of antipsychotic medications and to bring greater transparency about nursing home citations to families.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services outlined changes that will be made to speed up and align the prior authorization process across all payers, during a press call on Tuesday.
To advance its goal of having 100% of people in traditional Medicare in an accountable care relationship in seven years, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced three initiatives in the Medicare Shared Savings Program and the ACO REACH and Kidney Care Choices models.
IQVIA director of healthcare strategy Dr. Calum Yacoubian discusses how NLP can help with population health and predictive analytics, social determinants of health, clinical decision support, and precision medicine.
Internal data from the Department of Health and Human Services shows that Americans made substantial gains in health insurance coverage between 2019 and 2021, including in some key demographics, such as adults aged 19 to 35, and those aged 35 to 49 – with both groups seeing their uninsured rate decline by a percentage point.