Bonus Features – February 12, 2023 – Epic tops Best in KLAS for 13th straight year, 89% of healthcare finance leaders remain confident in 2023, and more
This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.
News
The Biden Administration announced the latest initiatives in the reignited Cancer Moonshot program. One initiative of interest to the healthcare IT community is CancerX, a public-private innovation partnership to develop to...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 12, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT AdvancedMD Alloantibody Exchange Beacon Health System Best in KLAS Biden Biofourmis Brooke Bowers Cancer Moonshot CareCloud CHG Healthcare CIvitas Clean Air CMS Complete Care David Feinberg DexCare DrFirst Source Type: blogs
Smile Digital Health Closes $30 Million in Series B Funding to Progress Innovation as World-Leading Health Data Fabric
The increasing need for interoperability in healthcare has driven significant growth and demand for the company’s data fabric platform and continued innovation in this area.
Smile CDR Inc. (doing business as Smile Digital Health (Smile)), a leading FHIR® health data fabric (HDF) and exchange solutions provider, announced the closing of approximately $30 million in Series B growth capital led by existing investors including UPMC Enterprises.
Smile’s HDF platform uses industry-leading HDF architecture and ONC-compliant, event-driven FHIR APIs to allow healthcare providers, payers and IT vendors to build secure, ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 10, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT AI Artificial Intelligence Astrata Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Duncan Weatherston FHIR FHIR API George Rizk HDF Health Data Fabric Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investmen Source Type: blogs
The solution to Canadian physicians ’ administrative burdens: Invest in human resources
“Be the change you want to see in the world.” – Gandhi In Canada, the vast majority of physicians are part of the public health system. One of the biggest complaints among these physicians is the administrative burden they face, including filling out forms for insurance companies, workers’ compensation boards, and the government. This problem
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The solution to Canadian physicians’ administrative burdens: Invest in human resources originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 6, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Jean Paul Brutus, MD Tags: Physician Practice Management Source Type: blogs
Why North American medical cannabis can ’ t compete globally
The United States and Canada started a movement that began as medical cannabis and quickly exploded into adult-use cannabis markets. However, the North American operators failed to properly regulate the processes from growing to manufacturing to compete in a global pharmaceutical-level market. Europe has taken the lead as the heavy-weight producer of truly medical-grade pharmaceutical
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Why North American medical cannabis can’t compete globally originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 5, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Michael Sassano Tags: Meds Medications Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – February 5, 2023 – 78% of data breaches result from hacks or IT incidents, Nova Scotia taps Oracle Cerner for EHR modernization, and more
This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.
Research and Studies
Nearly 80% of healthcare’s data breaches can be attributed to hacking and IT incidents, according to a recent report from managed security services provider Fortified Health Security. That represents ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 5, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Security and Privacy Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Adam Kautzner ADAMS Center Agewell AHIMA AnMed AristaMD Aruba Atlanta Women's Health Group Atlas Dataset Brightside Health CCS Cerner C Source Type: blogs
Vaccine Passports and the Charter: Do they Actually Infringe Rights?
Colton Fehr (Thompson Rivers University), Vaccine Passports and the Charter: Do they Actually Infringe Rights?, 43 Nat ’l J. Const. L. 95 (2022): Although most Canadians consented to receiving the COVID-19 Vaccine, many others still refuse or remain hesitant despite medical... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - February 4, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Deciphex Secures €3.9m Funding to Boost Digital Pathology and AI Services
The company is seeing a ten-fold increase in demand quarterly and this strategic investment will allow them to grow their capacity, increase headcount, further improve services and expand to new markets
Deciphex, a leading provider of pathology software and services, announced today a further €3.9m in funding bringing its full Series B round tally to €14.4m. The additional investment, led by Seroba Life Sciences and existing Deciphex investors, will allow Deciphex to continue developing its innovative products and services, to expand its presence in the UK, Canada, the Middle East and the US, and to strengthen its posi...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 2, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Chronic Issues Deciphex Diagnexia digital pathology Digital Pathology Funding Donal O’Shea Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Jennifer McMahon Optimal Patient Care Patholyt Source Type: blogs
Canadian Medical Association: Medical Assistance in Dying (2017) Project commentary
Sean T. Murphy (Independent), Canadian Medical Association: Medical Assistance in Dying (2017) Project commentary (2022): The first statement by the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) addressing the subject of physician freedom of conscience at a foundational level was a 2016 submission... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - January 29, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Canadian Medical Association and Referral for Morally Contested Procedures
Sean T. Murphy (Independent), Canadian Medical Association and Referral for Morally Contested Procedures (2022): The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) has variously expressed support for physician freedom of conscience in codes of ethics, resolutions at successive General Councils and in policies... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - January 28, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Canada has a universal health care system. But does it really?
Maybe one day, our universal health care system represented the values of Canadians, but certainly not anymore. American friends, you may know us for our drinking age and “free health care.” Still, unfortunately, our health care system no longer embodies the principles of equality, respect, politeness, safety, and peace that we hold dear. You may
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Canada has a universal health care system. But does it really? originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 27, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Jean Paul Brutus, MD Tags: Policy Public Health & Policy Source Type: blogs
Return to McAllen: A Father-Son Interview
By IAN ROBERTSON KIBBE
You are going to hear a little more about McAllen, TX on THCB Shortly. And before we dive into what’s happened there lately, I thought those of you who weren’t here back in the day might want to read an article on THCB from July 2009. Where then THCB editor Ian Kibbe interviewed his dad David Kibbe about what he was doing as a primary care doc in McAllen–Matthew Holt
By now, Dr. Atul Gawande’s article on McAllen’s high cost of health care has been widely read. The article spawned a number of responses and catalyzed a national discussion on cost controls and t...
Source: The Health Care Blog - January 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Uncategorized David Kibbe Ian Robertson Kibbe McAllen Physicians TX Source Type: blogs
Cardiology update: Should mRNA vaccine myocarditis be a contraindication to future COVID-19 vaccinations ?
BY ANISH KOKA
Myopericarditis is a now a well reported complication associated with Sars-Cov-2 (COVID-19) vaccinations. This has been particularly common with the messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines (BNT162b2 and mrna-1273), with a particular predilection for young males.
Current guidance by the Australian government “technical advisory groups” as well as the Australian Cardiology Society suggest patients who have experienced myocarditis after an mRNA vaccine may consider a non-mRNA vaccine once “symptom free for at least 6 weeks”.
A just published report of 2 cases from Australia that document myopericarditi...
Source: The Health Care Blog - January 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Policy Anish Koka mRNA vaccine myocarditis Source Type: blogs
Ultrasound is Ultra-Cool
This study is also a major step forward for the exciting possibility of combining focused ultrasound with targeted delivery of medications or antibodies that normally have limited capability to cross the blood brain barrier from the blood to the brain.”
Similarly, researchers at Yonsei University College of Medicine (South Korea) found that focused ultrasound improved the delivery of Alzheimer’s drugs by over eight times. “While there is no complete cure for dementia, we hope that open BBB [blood brain barrier] surgery using FUS surgery can help give hope to dementia patients,” the lead researcher said.
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Source: The Health Care Blog - January 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Tech 3D printing ChatGPT DSP Kim Bellard Ultrasound Source Type: blogs
84 Selfish Parents Quotes to Help You Not Feel Alone and Live a Healthier Life
Selfishness.
Sometimes it can be freeing as we cast off the burden of always people pleasing and being helpful and as we shift our internal balance to also focus on what want and need to be happier and healthier.
But most often selfishness hurts.
We can hurt others in our lives when we lean into it. Or other people in our lives like friends, co-workers or family can hurt us with how they think and act.
In today’s post I’d like to share 84 powerful selfish parents quotes.
To help you see that you're not alone. But also to help you find a healthier and happier path forward starting today and for the rest of your life.
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Source: Practical Happiness and Awesomeness Advice That Works | The Positivity Blog - January 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Inspirational Quotes Personal Development Source Type: blogs
Costco Wholesale: What Is Its Pharmacy Strategy? It's Complicated.
Conclusion: Costco Pharmacy Manages Hybrid Cash/Insurance Payments for Rx Drugs Better Than Most Other Big Pharmacy Chains. Still, Costco Won ' tALWAYS Be the Low-Price Leader Because of How the U.S. Prescription Drug Market Functions.Costco Pharmacy ' s cash prices for many prescriptions may be low enough for people to simply bypass their insurance and pay out-of-pocket, which Costco welcomes, similar to how Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co. or a number of other rapidly-growing, cash-only pharmacies which are popping up nationwide operate because their cash prices may be potentially even cheaper than by using insurance. Howev...
Source: Scott's Web Log - January 21, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Tags: 2023 Big pharma bypass insurance cash pharmacy cash-only pharmacy Costco Costco Wholesale Corp. PBM ' Source Type: blogs
