A bipartisan group of legislators has reintroduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies for Health Act – first introduced in 2016 – to expand opportunities and coverage for telehealth through…
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The global healthcare ERP market is expected to reach $9.6 billion by 2031, expanding at a CAGR of 6.5% between 2021 and 2031, according to a recent report by Transparency Market…
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By Mark Melchionna
June 19, 2023 – Published in the American Journal of Accountable Care (AJMC), new research enabled researchers to identify three themes surrounding patient and provider opinions on telehealth costs and reimbursement that influenced…
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Background: A total of 75% of people with mental health disorders have an onset of illness between the ages of 12 and 24 years. Many in this age group report substantial obstacles to receiving…
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Hospitals’ telehealth adoption erupted during the pandemic, but usage rates are nowhere near as high as they were during 2020 and 2021. Now that Covid-19 infections have markedly decreased and the public health emergency…
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By Mark Melchionna
June 15, 2023 – Using data from a Chinese hospital, researchers from the University of California, Riverside (UCR), found that a mchine learning (ML) approach could assess patient age, weight, and other illnesses…
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Two rural Catholic hospitals in Illinois, St. Margaret’s Health in Peru and Spring Valley are closing due to a 2021 cyberattack, staffing shortages, and the COVID-19 pandemic. The closure is the first to be…
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By Mark Melchionna
June 13, 2023 – Pandemic-era flexibilities expanded access to telemental healthcare services, but a new RAND Corporation study, obtained via email, showed that racial health disparities still persisted.
Particularly, the study showed that counties…
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The previous articles in this series laid out some of the issues in health care affecting testing, and the value of data. This article looks at some specific problems and solutions.
Speeding up Test Development…
By Sarai Rodriguez
June 13, 2023 – Public health reporting by acute care hospitals has seen significant improvement, reaching a 96 percent participation rate in 2022. This is an increase from the previous year, according to…
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