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 HIMSSCast: Epic leaders on data-driven clinical trial innovation
Healthcare IT news - (Friday February 17, 2023) The challenges of designing effective clinical trials, finding the right people to participate in them and building trial cohorts that are representative of the population at large, have been well-documented.With its recent Life Sciences initiative, Epic has set its sights on data-driven insights to improve the development of new therapeutics and interventions. That includes improving all parts of the clinical trial process – from how physicians educate their patients about potential cohorts, matching and connecting patients with promising research and helping make sure those studies are optimally beneficial for as many people as possible. Epic is already helping its provider customers…  Personalized CAR-T Cell Therapy
Medgadget - (Friday February 17, 2023) Researchers at the Harvard Wyss Institute and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed a new method to prepare chimeric antigen receptor-T cells (CAR-T cells) for leukemia patients that could result in more effective treatment. CAR-T cells start life as T cells that are isolated from cancer patients, are stimulated and primed to recognize and attack cancer cells, expanded in number, and then reintroduced to the cancer patient with the goal that the cells will destroy their cancer. However, the technique works better in certain patients, and the researchers behind this latest technique have realized that T-cells from cancer patients do […]… |
 What the metaverse and virtual reality can contribute to healthcare
Healthcare IT news - (Friday February 17, 2023) The so-called metaverse and virtual reality are up-and-coming technologies that could offer healthcare quite a bit.Medical practitioners can test out the effectiveness of new surgical methods in the metaverse before attempting on real patients. And as an extension of telehealth, medical professionals can use virtual reality to access patients and examine them virtually.  Q&A: How the PHE’s end could affect telehealth, patient care
MobiHealthNews - (Friday February 17, 2023) The public health emergency declared in early 2020 was put in place to provide waivers from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to ease the burden on hospitals and other providers during the pandemic. It has been extended 12 times since its implementation and is finally slated to end on May 11. Heather Meade, principal at Washington Council Ernst & Young, spoke with MobiHealthNews about how the end of the PHE could affect telemedicine companies’ funding streams and patients’ access to care. |
 Larry Saves the Canadian Healthcare System – The Musical – Fun Friday
Healthcare IT Today - (Friday February 17, 2023) Satire + Music + Comedy + Healthcare. What’s not to love?  DrFirst Acquires Diagnotes Secure Messaging and Care Coordination Platform
Healthcare IT Today - (Friday February 17, 2023) Expands Backline by DrFirst’s Capabilities for Clinical Communications in Health Systems and Beyond |
 The Adderall Shortage
MedCity News - (Friday February 17, 2023) The current Adderall shortage is of serious concern to both patients who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and clinicians. This shortage cannot be quickly alleviated by a simple increase in the amount of medication manufactured, unless the upper limit to the amount of Adderall’s active ingredient that can be manufactured in a given year is raised by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). The limit has been imposed because the active ingredient can be abused as a recreational drug. It is necessary to control the supply of any medication with abuse liability, but this must be achieved without compromising the legitimate…  VA Postpones Oracle Cerner EHR Implementation at Ann Arbor Site
DistilINFO Hospital IT - (Friday February 17, 2023) The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will further delay its Oracle Cerner EHR implementation at the agency’s Ann Arbor Healthcare System until late 2023 or early 2024, according to reporting from FedScoop. Laura E…. |
 331 – From clinician to entrepreneur. Kevin Wernli, Roy Mariathas, Santosh Kaur – AUSCEP Participants
Talking HealthTech - (Friday February 17, 2023) Pete speaks with a lot of people who have a clinical background. They have done the hard work to be a doctor, a nurse, or an allied health provider. They go through the training, they get all the…  Leveraging Technology to Bridge Gaps in Compliance
HIT Consultant - (Friday February 17, 2023) Sean Eaton, Senior Compliance Solutions Specialist at GHXAmerican health systems, hospitals and post-acute care providers are required to comply with hundreds of regulatory requirements. Facilitating this compliance comes with a high cost. According to the American Hospital Association, the average-sized community hospital spends nearly $7.6 million annually on administrative activities to support regulatory compliance. With the impending end of the COVID-19 public health emergency set to shake up healthcare regulations, ongoing healthcare labor shortages, and skyrocketing levels of clinician burnout, a perfect storm for non-compliance is brewing. Even with significant investments in administration to support compliance, overwhelmed providers can inadvertently leave gaps… |