Value-based care models have helped reduce healthcare costs and improve care quality but must also incorporate health equity and clinical outcomes to achieve true value for all patients, according to the Association of American…
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The American Heart Association (AHA) has launched the EmPOWERED Innovation Academy, designed to offer mentoring, funding and training opportunities to health equity-focused startups, non-profits, and digital and health tech firms. The program focuses on…
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Senators Patty Murray, Jon Tester and Sherrod Brown are pushing for an overhaul of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Electronic Health Record Modernisation (EHRM) programme following a series of “catastrophic harm” incidents, including…
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Georgia has introduced the CANDOR (Communication and Optimal Resolution) Act, a law that seeks to improve communication between healthcare providers and patients regarding medical errors and patient safety. The legislation is based on the…
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Germany’s Federal Ministry of Health recently unveiled a Digitisation Strategy for Health and Care, with a key goal of improving hospital scores on DigitalRadar. DigitalRadar is a digital maturity model created by the ministry…
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The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) supports the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in its efforts to improve patient care through better data access and streamlined data management. HIMSS is…
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Patient portal messages may not be an effective tool to encourage preventive care, according to a study by the University of California, Los Angeles. Researchers analysed more than 200,000 patients divided into three groups…
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Patients with high out-of-pocket healthcare costs for breast cancer screening may miss important follow-up tests, leading to missed cancer diagnoses, according to research in JAMA Network Open. The Affordable Care Act requires preventive screening…
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The healthcare industry added 44,200 jobs in February 2023, according to Altarum’s March Health Sector Economic Indicators briefs. Hospitals added the most jobs, with 19,400, followed by nursing and residential care facilities, which added…
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Site-neutral payments for medical services could impact the most vulnerable patients, according to a study by the American Hospital Association. Site-neutral payments reimburse medical providers the same amount regardless of whether a patient receives…
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