The Department of Health and Human Services and the Federal Trade Commission sent letters to hospitals this summer warning them that using third-party analytics tools on their websites could violate HIPAA. But a new…
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As new and emerging technologies show promise in helping hospitals and health systems manage challenges related to rising costs and shrinking labor shortages, chief information officers and other IT leaders are upping their investment. Almost…
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A new pancreatic cancer prediction model, utilizing routine blood markers, may reduce unnecessary biopsies by up to 6%. Researchers have validated this model, which assesses early-stage pancreatic cancer risk, and found it outperforms individual…
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A report has found that a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) virtual ward managed by South and West Hertfordshire Health and Care Partnership led to improved outcomes and represented a safe, effective alternative to…
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Guy Friedman, Co-Founder and CEO of SteadyMD
The crisis of clinician burnout is worsening.
Clinicians are feeling stressed, overworked and underappreciated. Some are responding by leaving healthcare or cutting back on hours. Nearly 334,000 healthcare providers,…
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Found, a medically assisted weight loss program, released its inaugural State of Weight Care Report from a survey representing 500 large employers with a minimum of 5,000 employees each and more than…
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Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have developed a new method to create multilayered tubes from cells. The technique could be very useful for recreating multilayered tubular constructs that are found in the body,…
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Substance use disorder has far-reaching impacts across society, and healthcare workers are not immune. In some cases, healthcare worker addiction can lead them to use prescription drugs intended for patients or…
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Constance Sjoquist, Senior Healthcare Analyst with RazorMetrics
Large employers report that the biggest threat to self-funding medical coverage is the increasingly high cost of pharmacy claims. In their annual Health Benefits Priorities survey, MBGH found…
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Amy VanHaren, founder and CEO of breastfeeding support platform pumpspotting, first came up with the idea for her company while sitting on a “dirty bathroom floor” in the San Francisco airport.
“I was hooked up…
