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Achieving health equity requires a data connected healthcare system, says CMS administrator
ORLANDO – Government health officials tied the importance of interoperability to health equity Tuesday during the HIMSS22 session “View From the Top: HIMSS Foundation Working Towards Health Equity.”
Data exchange is needed to understand gaps in the sy…
Jury finds Sutter Health not guilty of imposing restrictive contracts on insurers
A jury has found Sutter Health not guilty of using its market power to force health insurance companies into using its hospitals and physicians.
Insurers were forced into higher-cost contracts even when less expensive options were available, according …
Two health systems are using digital tools and a personalized approach to retain staff
ORLANDO – Personalizing what nurses want for quality of life and career goals, using digital tools to free up their time and giving awareness to their hard work are solutions two health systems are using to stem the Great Resignation.
Associate Deputy AG Kevin Chambers is named director of COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement
As President Biden promised in his State of the Union address, the Department of Justice has appointed a prosecutor for pandemic fraud.
The DOJ on Thursday named Associate Deputy Attorney General Kevin Chambers as director for COVID-19 Fraud Enforcemen…
CMS to set standards for nursing home staffing
In his State of the Union address, President Joe Biden called for Medicare to set higher standards for nursing homes.
The most controversial is the president’s call for “sufficient” staffing.
How to improve communications through EHR scheduling software
Dr. Patrick J. Guffey, chief medical information officer at Children’s Hospital Colorado, is on a mission to get rid of pagers.
Most are not HIPAA compliant. There’s no link from pager to the EHR without manual transcription. It’s another device physic…
Former Disney exec Ben Sherwood is focused on leading through disruption in HIMSS22 keynote
Ben Sherwood, the former president of Disney-ABC Television Group who drove ABC News to the top-watched spot during his tenure, is also a New York Times best-selling author.
Northwell partners with Clinithink on revenue cycle management
Northwell Health has signed a 10-year agreement with Clinithink to use its patented technology and natural language processing in revenue cycle operations.
Buy American final rule should strengthen medical supply chain
A final rule issued on Friday implements an executive order to spur domestic production of supplies, including products in the medical supply chain.
Biden’s bid to lower drug costs a high priority for stakeholders
Much of the stakeholder reaction to healthcare initiatives in President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday centered on the president’s repeated urging to Congress to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices.
“That is why my top priority i…
