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HHS is requiring its healthcare workforce to get vaccinated

The Department of Health and Human Services has become the latest federal agency to mandate vaccinations for its employees.
On Thursday, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra announced that HHS would require the more than 25,000 members of its healthcare workfo…

Rainn Wilson makes us grateful for being number two

“Grateful people go to the doctor less, and live longer. It’s absolutely a super power,” Wilson told a full house at HIMSS21.

Aetna, CVS Health enter into virtual primary care space

Members will be able to access a panel of board-certified physicians and coordinated care from a consistent team of specialists.

Integrating clinical, claims data key in one Delaware organization’s response to COVID-19

An underutilized and underfunded service found new life, and new importance in the community, when the pandemic took root.

AI is the new paradigm in forecasting infectious disease risk

LAS VEGAS – Optum is using artificial intelligence and machine learning to create infectious disease forecasting that is as accurate as weather forecasting.
Optum researchers first began studying the COVID-19 pandemic while tracking an early flu outbre…

Telehealth enabled NASA to care for astronauts in orbit, but agency is eyeing the moon and beyond

The ailments, approaches and technology are different, but telehealth is alive and well aboard the International Space Station.

The digital revolution has begun but 52% of executives have not progressed beyond the pilot stage

HIMSS Trust results show a willingness to invest in the future of healthcare.

Empathy, compassion more important in healthcare in new phase of the pandemic

Empathy and compassion have always been important elements in providing quality care, and this has been highlighted during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, as many patients have been treated in isolation, cut off from family and loved ones.
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A technological approach to patient engagement shows ROI for Providence St. Joseph Health

Total hip and knee replacement bundles from CMS spurred the risk-bearing system to seek a new way to maximize savings.

After 20-year effort, Tom Leary of HIMSS is optimistic for passage of patient identifier

LAS VEGAS – After more than 20 years of working toward the creation of a national patient identifier, Tom Leary, senior vice president of Government Relations for HIMSS, is very optimistic about the chances for success this year, he told those attendin…