Janet Hohmann, What I Run’s director of corporate communications and Elaina McMillan, Edifecs’ director of product marketing, discuss the Alliance for the Women of Edifecs (AWE), which supports the company’s female employees, and, interestingly, nearly half of the participants are men.
For the average provider, this means getting prepared for a national level of access, says Michael Palantoni, vice president of platform and data services at athenahealth.
The popularity and utility of telehealth has made it a more common form of healthcare delivery since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and telepsychiatry is one of the most used applications for the remote care technology.
Trained patient sitters are taking some of the burden off of licensed nurses, says Lauren Prepchuck, head of Patient Observation for Crothall Healthcare.
Health insurer Cigna has reported $1.3 billion in profit for the first quarter of this year, and has pledged more transparency around its pharmacy benefit manager business, which plays heavily into the company’s Evernorth subsidiary. Cigna Chairman and CEO David Cordani said during a recent earnings call that the company plans to provide greater affordability, […]
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced her intent to depart the agency at the end of June.
CHICAGO – Lack of patient access because of a shortage of doctors and nurses is a global issue that can only be solved by technology, according to Rich Birhanzel, senior managing director, Accenture. “It’s creating a financial resilience challenge,” said Birhanzel, who attended HIMSS23. “When people don’t have access to care, there are consequences in […]
J29 works with “HIMSS Gives Back” in the Chicago area, leveraging public and private relationships, as well as the government’s role in social impact success, says president and founder Tracy Mills and VP of HHS programs Nick Vass.
At the end of the public health emergency on Thursday, virtual supervision by doctors and clinical staff is going away, to be replaced by a return to traditional care of having a physician in the room. Another type of virtual care that increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to remain. This is the […]
Lee Kim, senior principal of cybersecurity and privacy at HIMSS, says only 12% of providers were successfully attacked, according to a 2022 healthcare cybersecurity study.