PatientPoint drives content on behalf of providers to educate patients about their exam, procedure or treatment, and about ways to talk to their doctor, says Andrew Schultz, chief product and strategy officer.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Monday released two final rules regarding Medicaid that establish maximum wait times for medical care and ensure payment to workers.
UnitedHealth Group has admitted it paid a ransom to the Change Healthcare cyberattackers to protect patient information. “A ransom was paid as part of the company’s commitment to do all it could to protect patient data from disclosure,” UnitedHealth Group said by statement on Monday. The company did not disclose the amount paid. WHY THIS […]
Dr. Monika Sonu, Healthinnovation Toolbox cofounder and HIMSS24 Changemaker, discusses how her medical practice helps inform the development of digital health tools that aim to help address issues that include health equity and interoperability.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid has issued a final rule requiring nursing home staffing standards.
As care has moved into the outpatient and home setting, nurses are looking at more technologies that support care delivery, says MaryAnn Connor, senior director of nursing informatics at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Accountable Care Organizations are struggling to find specialists to improve value-based care, although it is a top priority Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Novant Health and Community Health Systems have filed their opposition to the Federal Trade Commission’s attempt to block a $320 million deal to buy two North Carolina hospitals owned by CHS.
Brookings Institution Visiting Fellow Wendell Primus spent 18 years working on Capitol Hill as a senior policy advisor on health and budget issues for former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Now with Brookings Institution Research Assistant Parish Rich Bingham, Primus has published a white paper, “Reducing premiums for low-income Medicare beneficiaries.”
The Center for Indigenous Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has a global focus, explains codirector Dr. Donald Warne.