ICHRAs are gaining a lot of interest in healthcare. Some say they are beneficial because they give employees more choice in their health insurance, while others are more skeptical. The post Are ICHRAs Actually Good for Employers and Employees? appeared first on MedCity News.
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If the guidelines for data sharing are not adhered to by providers, then all the work that has gone into revising this regulation will have been for nothing. But the road to compliance doesn’t have to be overwhelming. Here are three essential steps for healthcare leaders in navigating the soon-to-be Part 2 landscape. The post…
At the end of the day, when patients and doctors are unable to effectively engage in health care conversations, the quality of care and patient health suffer, resulting in rising U.S. healthcare costs, lower quality of care, and unhealthy patients. The post Rekindling the Doctor, Patient Relationship appeared first on MedCity News.
Lavonia Thomas, nursing informatics officer at MD Anderson Cancer Center, hopes that nurses will gain more access to ambient listening tools that listen in on patient conversations and then generate summaries for documentation purposes. These AI tools have become popular among physicians in the past couple years. The post This Hospital Exec Wants Nurses Should…
This brief provides an overview of current lawsuits in health policy including preventive services, abortion care, gender affirming care, Medicare drug price negotiations, nursing home staffing rules, private coverage consumer protections, and protections and health coverage for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients; how they may be affected by the incoming Trump administration; and…
Some healthcare providers have partnered with AI gun detection company ZeroEyes. The company adds its software to hospitals’ existing security camera systems to identify a gun before the shooter strikes. The post How One AI Company Is Tackling Gun Violence at Hospitals appeared first on MedCity News.
Goal is to create a ‘unified voice to shape healthcare policies, ensuring that telehealth and digital therapeutics remain integral components of the U.S. healthcare system’
State, federal, and academic initiatives have poured time and resources into understanding and addressing these gaps. So why haven’t we made real, lasting progress? The post The Broken Approach to Health Disparities appeared first on MedCity News.
Healthcare providers and vendors are learning the hard way that hackers are relentless and resourceful, constantly adjusting tactics and tools and using new technology, including AI, to launch more sophisticated attacks. The post Healthcare’s Cybersecurity Crisis: Why Today’s Defenses Are Failing Against Evolving Threats appeared first on MedCity News.