This year is likely to be another big one for telemedicine.The technology-enabled form of healthcare delivery has huge momentum coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic. But at the same time, the pandemic public health…
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Steve House is managing director of Baker Tilly US of Chicago, IL.
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I realized the other day that I have entered my 40th year in healthcare….
In the “not a major surprise, but it’s nice to see some data” category, a recent study published in the Journal Healthcare finds that scribes are linked to a 27% reduction in primary care…
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Amazon closed its $3.9 billion acquisition of primary care provider One Medical shortly after multiple news outlets reported the Federal Trade Commission wouldn’t sue to block the deal.The acquisition marks another move into healthcare…
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About 40% of Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana (PHP) members don’t have a primary care physician. The health plan aims to change that through a new partnership.
PHP announced last week that it is…
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ONC publishes “Social Determinants of Health Information Exchange Toolkit.”
Reader Comments From NY CIO: “Re: Northwell Health. Word is it will announce its move to Epic and that it will bring a large…
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When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020 and everything shut down, it became imperative for healthcare provider organizations to adopt telemedicine to deliver care. But so many organizations had no telemedicine programs, and thus technology, in place.So, many provider organizations scrambled and turned to what they could. And in so…
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SA Health has started a 24/7 remote health monitoring service in rural and regional South Australia.Funded by Country SA Primary Health Network, the service is being provided by the Integrated Cardiovascular Clinical Network of the Rural Support Service.
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The free service, which is available to individuals aged 15 and over…
Community Health Systems filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it was notified by a third-party vendor for secure file transfer of an incident that resulted in unauthorized disclosure of its patient data.WHY IT MATTERS
The GoAnywhere managed file transfer platform first warned about a zero-day remote code injection exploit on February 1, according to the technical bulletin posted by noted security researcher Brian Krebs on Infosec.exchange.
“The attack vector of this exploit requires access to the administrative console of the application, which in most cases is accessible only from within a private company network, through [virtual private network] or by allow-listed IP…
Michael Gorton, CEO of Recuro HealthTelemedicine has helped improve the quality of life of patients in every corner of the world and has been successfully utilized to provide convenient care to people with limited or no access to health services. Today, worldwide digital interconnectivity is growing, enabling telehealth to advance health equity, bring access to care for underserved regions and meet the urgent, primary and behavioral healthcare needs of an exploding global population.It has been a remarkable journey for the innovators who pioneered telemedicine. Since its inception, digital health services began the transformation from traditional healthcare — a reactive, disease-focused model…
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