AHA challenges CMS and ONC’s proposed disincentives under the 21st Century Cures Act, fearing they could severely jeopardize small and rural hospitals’ financial stability. The association highlights the apparent underestimation of penalties’ true financial…
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A mix of business savvy and cultural competency can overcome workforce shortages, declining populations and hospital closures in rural areas to improve access to radiology services, according to speakers at the Radiological Society of…
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Jason Povio, the President and COO for Eagle Telemedicine, the leader in technology-enabled, inpatient care for sustainable healthcare resilience again joins eHealth Radio and the Healthcare and Telemedicine Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric…
Small and rural hospitals treating economically and socially disadvantaged groups are less likely to exchange health data, a recent study from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT shows – a wider…
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Sridhar Yerramreddy, CEO & Founder of Steer Health
The healthcare landscape is continually evolving, and for mid-sized healthcare organizations, this evolution presents both challenges and opportunities. While larger healthcare systems may have more resources to…
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Rural Healthcare Organizations Need Security Support
Healthcare access is already a challenge for rural communities across the country. The threat of a cyberattack is yet another immense weight for these independent health systems to juggle.
Many…
Portland, Oregon-based OCHIN announced its entrance into acute care this week with a full-service inpatient electronic health record system that supports interdisciplinary care plans and clinical care coordination in an effort to focus on…
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By Sara Heath
August 31, 2023 – Rural healthcare organizations excel at addressing social determinants of health despite the barriers blocking patient care access, a new University of Missouri study found.
Overall, hospitals and health systems serving…
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Mike Hamilton, Founder and CISO of Critical Insight
To stop ransomware terrorists from locking up our Nation’s hospitals, the Federal Government is pushing patient-focused entities to align with a standard. It means more work for…
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More than 600 rural U.S. hospitals are at risk of closing due to their financial instability — that’s more than 30% of the country’s rural hospitals. For half of these 600 hospitals, the risk…
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