Quality and Safety
The clinical workforce must be cyber aware, and the cybersecurity team must become clinically aware, experts say.
Greg Miller, chief growth officer at health IT vendor Lumeon, says that manual methods for coordinating and verifying points in a patient's clinical journey cause provider burnout.
The value proposition is making sure everyone is using the same process for cyber risk quantification.
Half of large employers offering retiree health benefits offer coverage to at least some retirees through a contract with an MA plan.
Optum Labs is providing funding in 2022-'23, which will drive research in precision behavioral health, among other areas of focus.
The readmission reductions may be due mostly to changes in how patient visits are being classified, JAMA analysis shows.
Clinicians have faced new sources of stress since the pandemic, including fear of the virus and the inability to modulate workload, JAMA says.
Spiking cases of RSV among children are at a critical juncture but will hopefully decline from their peak soon, Dr. Anthony Fauci says.
Lawmakers say the final rule implementing the law favors insurers and should be changed to reflect provider concerns.
Teams performing clinical care can monitor installed heart pumps from their devices, and can improve family and patient communications, according to Dawn Bardot, Abiomed's senior director global services.