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Weekly Overseas Health IT Links – 6th August 2022.
Here are a few I came across last week.Note: Each link is followed by a title and few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment-----https://mhealthintelligence.com/news/telehealth-bolsters-maternal-care-outcomes-patient-satisfactionTelehealth Bolsters Maternal Care Outcomes, Patient SatisfactionNew research shows that implementing telehealth, either in place of or as a supplement to in-person care, led to good clinical outcomes and high patient satisfaction in maternal care.ByMark MelchionnaJu...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 6, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

US Cardiac electrophysiologists meet reimbursement reality and don ’t like it.
By ANISH KOKA It’s been a while but Anish Koka, a one time regular writer on THCB and occasional THCB Gang member, is back publishing up a storm on his Substack channel. You may recall that his political and clinical views don’t always mesh with some of the wooly liberals we feature on THCB (cough, cough, me), but we are delighted to be back publishing some of his pieces–this one is on reimbursement.–Matthew Holt The subspecialty of Cardiology known as electrophysiology has seen explosive growth over the last few decades in large part because of a massive expansion in the suite of procedur...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Health Technology Medical Practice Ablation afib Anish Koka atrial fibrillation Cardiologists CPT codes electrophysiology Source Type: blogs

Pregnancy & Abortion Misconceptions We can Fix in A & P | TAPP 118
Host Kevin Patton uses arecent article fromScience News as a basis for discussing thebiological processes involved inpregnancy, birth, and abortion care toclarify misconceptions and support productivepublic conversation.00:00 | Introduction00:56 | Why Address These Concepts14:53 | Sponsored by AAA16:15 | Strategies21:44 | Sponsored by HAPI22:44 | Concepts& Misconceptions32:15 | Sponsored by HAPS34:44| More Concepts& Misconceptions43:31 | Staying Connected★ If you cannot see or activate the audio player, go to:theAPprofessor.org/podcast-episode-118.html🏅 Apply for your credential (badge/certificate) f...
Source: The A and P Professor - July 5, 2022 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs

Mike Magee ’ s Advice to the AMA on Reversal of Roe vs. Wade
BY MIKE MAGEE Stable, civic societies are built upon human trust and confidence. If you were forced to rebuild a society, leveled by warfare and devastation, where would you begin? This is the question the U.S. Army faced at the close of WW II, specifically when it came to rebuilding Germany and Japan, hopefully into stable democracies. The Marshall Plan answered the question above, and its success in choosing health services as a starting point was well documented by many in the years to come, including the RAND Corporation. Their summary in 2007 said in part, “Nation-building efforts cannot be successful unless a...
Source: The Health Care Blog - July 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Policy Abortion AMA Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court Source Type: blogs

Antitrust 101: How to Build Medical Monopolies by Discrediting U.S. Physicians
Recently, there have been a rash of initiatives by unaccountable non-profit physician credentialing organizations (Federation of State Licensing Boards, the American Boards of Internal Medicine, Family Medicine and Pediatrics), and the American Medical Association to come to the public's rescue by targeting and de-credentialing U.S. physicians they accuse of spreading misinformation during the (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - June 20, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs

The (sort of, partial) Father mRNA Vaccines Who Now Spreads Vaccine Misinformation (Part 1)
By DAVID WARMFLASH, MD Robert W. Malone, MD MS, is a physician-scientist who will live in infamy, thanks to the Joe Rogan Experience Podcast boosting his visibility this past December regarding his criticism of COVID-19 vaccines, particularly the mRNA vaccines (Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech). Subsequently, Malone was banned from Twitter, which further boosted his celebrity status. Describing himself as the inventor of mRNA vaccine technology, he has been reaching a growing number of people with a narrative that makes COVID-19 vaccination sound scary. We cannot embed clips from the Rogan interview, which lasted about three...
Source: The Health Care Blog - March 17, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: COVID-19 Health Policy antivaxxer COVID-19 vaccine David Warmflash Joe Rogan Robert Malone Source Type: blogs

AMA Statement on “Test to Treat” Does Not Align Well With Patients’ Interests
Jeffrey A. SingerDuring his State of the Union Address last week, President Biden announced a plan to make it easier for people to get access to the new antiviral drug Paxlovid. This drug, if taken during the first 3 to 5 days of a symptomatic COVID infection, is 89 percent effective in preventing the case from progressing to hospitalization or death. Under theplan, dubbed “test to treat,” people with symptoms may go to a designated pharmacy, community health center, nursing home, or supermarket, where a pharmacist can perform the test for COVID and, if it returns positive, prescribe the a...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 7, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Jeffrey A. Singer Source Type: blogs

As Blood Shortage Deepens, Time to Accept the Evidence –End Deferral Period for Gay and Bisexual Blood Donors
Jeffrey A. SingerIn mid ‐January, twenty‐two Democratic U.S. Senators sent a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra and Acting Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Janet Woodcock, urging the FDA to abandon its policy of requiring sexual abstinence by gay and bisexual men for at least three months before they can donate blood. A separate letter to the Secretary and Acting Commissioner, signed by four Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives was sent the same day. Earlier this week Utah State Senator Derek Kitchen (D ‑Salt Lake City) introduced SJR11, a ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 4, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Jeffrey A. Singer Source Type: blogs

Qventus Announces $50 Million Growth Capital Round Led by THL and Strategic Partnership with Premier, Inc.
Investment and partnership position Qventus to expand its market presence and technology offering Qventus, Inc. (“Qventus” or the “Company”), the leading provider of AI-powered software for care operations, today announced a growth investment led by Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. (“THL”), a premier private equity firm investing in growth companies, and a strategic partnership and […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 3, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Health IT Investment Healthcare AI Investment Journal of the American Medical Association Leigh Anderson Mudit Garg Premier Qventus THL Thomas H. Lee Partners Source Type: blogs

What is the “ Right ” to Health Care Worth? It Depends
By MIKE MAGEE In my course this Fall at the University of Hartford, titled “The Right to Health Care and the U.S. Constitution”, we have concentrated on the power of words, of precedents, and the range of interests with which health has been encumbered over several hundred years. The topic has been an eye-opener on many levels. On the most basic level, it is already clear that the value of this “right” depends heavily on your definition of “health.” We’ve highlighted three definitions worth sharing here. The first is attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt. In 1948, as lead for the United Nations De...
Source: The Health Care Blog - November 12, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Policy Public Health health care health care access Mike Magee right to health WHO Source Type: blogs

The American Medical Association ’s (AMA) to ease access to remote Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Monitoring
The Digital Therapeutics Alliance Welcomes Decision by the CPT® Editorial Panel to Clarify Reporting of Remote Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Monitoring Services (press release): As the leading international organization on digital therapeutic thought leadership and education, the Digital Therapeutics Alliance (DTA) welcomes the American Medical Association’s (AMA) Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) Editorial Panel’s recent decision to clarify reporting of remote cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) monitoring services. The changes to the CPT code set reflect the growing recognition that digital therapeutics (DTx) are...
Source: SharpBrains - November 8, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Technology & Innovation American-Medical-Association cognitive-behavioral-therapy Cognito Therapeutics digital therapeutics Digital Therapeutics Alliance online CBT remote cognitive behavioral therapy Source Type: blogs

Six guidelines to navigate the Aduhelm controversy and (hopefully) help patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment and early-stage Alzheimer ’s Disease
The approval of a controversial new drug for Alzheimer’s disease, Aduhelm, is shining a spotlight on mild cognitive impairment — problems with memory, attention, language or other cognitive tasks that exceed changes expected with normal aging. After initially indicating that Aduhelm could be prescribed to anyone with dementia, the Food and Drug Administration now specifies that the prescription drug be given to individuals with mild cognitive impairment or early-stage Alzheimer’s, the groups in which the medication was studied. Yet this narrower recommendation raises questions. What does a diagnosis of mild cognitive...
Source: SharpBrains - October 13, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Kaiser Health News Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Aduhelm Alzheimer’s Disease attention-problems brain bleeding brain swelling cognitive problems dementia dementia specialists early-stage Alzheimer’s Food and Drug Administration language problems memory pr Source Type: blogs

Roger Chou ’s Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest: How the CDC’s 2016 Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain Lost Its Clinical and Professional Integrity
by Chad D. Kollas MD, Terri A. Lewis PhD, Beverly Schechtman and Carrie Judy“I ' m present. Uh … I do have a conflict. I receive funding to conduct reviews on opioids, and I ' ll be recusing myself after the um, director ' s, uh, um, um, uh … update.”- Dr. Roger Chou, Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC) Meeting Friday, July 16, 2021.IntroductionFor those familiar with the controversial relationship between the anti-opioid advocacy group, Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing (PROP, recently renamed, He...
Source: Pallimed: A Hospice and Palliative Medicine Blog - September 17, 2021 Category: Palliative Care Tags: CDC judy kollas lewis opioid pain schechtman Source Type: blogs