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Apple Watch app helps doctors save time on administrative work
An Apple Watch-based app captures patient-provider interactions and recommends billing codes. For some doctors, it shaves more than an hour of administrative work off their day.
The internet of things could pose a security risk for health systems
Connected devices are a boon to patients but only if they’re impermeable to hackers.
Could deep-red Miss. expand Medicaid? 2019 will tell
A Mississippi state senator has introduced a bill to expand Medicaid every year since Obamacare went into effect, but so far it’s been off the table. The 2019 governor’s race could change the picture.
Providers tackle turnover amid vexing labor shortage
The healthcare industry is using financial assistance programs, employee ownership models and partnering with academic institutions to cope with high turnover along with simultaneous labor shortages.
Close governor races could decide future of Medicaid
Advocates say the single biggest factor in expanding Medicaid in balky states has been the election of a governor who supports it.
Week Ahead: Data-blocking proposal under final review
The Office of Management and Budget is taking a look at a proposed rule aiming to end the practice of data-blocking.
Sen. Cassidy: We’re working on lowering prices for patients
Healthcare costs are too high. Families are grappling with double- and triple-digit increases in health insurance premiums and rising out-of-pocket expenses. A growing percentage of our nation’s gross domestic product is consumed by healthcare…
The internet of things extends healthcare into the home
Now that devices like blood pressure cuffs and scales are connected to the internet, patients can send their medical measurements directly to health systems, whose care teams monitor the patients’ well-being.
Rep. Ruiz: Outdated infrastructure, policies hindering telehealth
Outdated policy and a lack of political will is holding back the widespread deployment of telehealth. Barriers include insufficient federal funding for telehealth infrastructure, inconsistent licensing requirements, lack of broadband internet in…
Data Points: 1918 Spanish flu hits centennial; virus killed 50 million worldwide
One hundred years ago this month, the “mother of all pandemics was sweeping the world. The flu pandemic, caused by an airborne H1N1 virus, killed an estimated 1% to 2% of the world’s population, primarily young and often healthy adults in 1918…
