RAND Turns 75: A Look Through the Decades At World-Changing Research
From anticipating the Space Age in the 1940s to studying gun policy and COVID-19 responses in the 2020s, RAND is celebrating 75 years of research that has made a difference. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - May 8, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: blogs
The End of the U.S. COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Q & A with RAND Experts
We asked RAND experts to reflect on the past three years: What were the effects on the United States and around the world, what has changed, what are the most important takeaways, what was done right, and what was done wrong? At the same time, they looked ahead to what might be done to mitigate the health and geopolitical impacts of future pandemics. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - May 8, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Mahshid Abir; Jennifer Bouey; Ray Block, Jr.; Anita Chandra; Melissa Kay Diliberti; Laura J. Faherty; Courtney A. Gidengil; Daniel M. Gerstein; Brian Michael Jenkins; Krishna B. Kumar; Ryan K. McBain; Andrew M. Parker; Marek N. Posard; Carter C. Price; Je Source Type: blogs
Patents and Pandemic: A Balance Between Public and Commercial Rights
Daksh Sachdeva (O.P. Jindal Global University), Patents and Pandemic: A Balance Between Public and Commercial Rights (2023): The pandemic forced the entire civilization to adapt to the new normal. Covid-19 made people reimagine and recalibrate their ways of working. The... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - May 7, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Preventing Genetic Testing Fraud: 5 Actions for Health Plans
The following is a guest article by Erin Rutzler, Vice President of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse at Cotiviti
In Delaware, more than 250 Medicare patients underwent unnecessary genetic testing based on telehealth consultations that often lasted less than two minutes—costing Medicare thousands of dollars per patient. Meanwhile, an emerging scheme for fraudulent and unnecessary cardiovascular and cancer genetic testing allegedly resulted in $174 million in false and fraudulent Medicare claims.
These are just two examples of what the Healthcare Fraud Prevention Partnership describes as a surge in fraud, waste and abuse associated...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 5, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Administration Genomics-Precision Medicine Health IT Company Healthcare IT Regulations Revenue Cycle Management Cotiviti CPT Codes Erin Rutzler Fraud Waste and Abuse FWA Genetic Testing Genetic Testing Fraud Healthcare Fraud Prev Source Type: blogs
Indigeneity in the Public Health Surveillance Maze
Aila Hoss (Indiana University), Indigeneity in the Public Health Surveillance Maze (2023): An October 2021 study revealed that race and ethnicity data was unavailable for nearly 40% of patients that tested positive for COVID-19 or receiving a COVID-19 vaccine. Another... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - May 5, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Building a resilient social care system in England: what can be learnt from the first wave of Covid-19?
This report, written in collaboration with the Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, analyses the structural and systemic factors that influenced that initial national response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Covid had far-reaching impacts on social care and exacerbated many longstanding issues. This work seeks to highlight progress and identify where action is needed to create a more resilient system.ReportNuffield Trust - publications (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - May 5, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Covid-19 Social care Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: Mt Sinai ’ s David Putrino on Long Covid and Functional Neurological Disorder
By David Tuller, DrPH David Putrino is a neuroscientist and physical therapist at New York’s Mt Sinai Health System, where he is director of rehabilitation innovation. Over the last three years, he has worked extensively with patients experiencing prolonged symptoms after an acute bout of Covid-19, or what has become known as long Covid (LC). … Trial By Error: Mt Sinai’s David Putrino on Long Covid and Functional Neurological Disorder Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - May 4, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized FND Mt Sinai Putrino Source Type: blogs
For CVS, Enterprise Resilience Means Being Able to Help Communities During Disasters
Access to medication, water, and food are critical before, during, and after disasters. With over 9600 retail pharmacies across the US, CVS is uniquely positioned to help when a disaster strikes. The company is leveraging Geographic Information System (GIS) technology to better prepare for and react to emergency situations. For CVS being a “resilient enterprise” means being a lifeline to people in the communities they serve.
Healthcare IT Today had the opportunity to chat with Sean Horman, Enterprise Resiliency Manager at CVS to learn their approach to being a resilient enterprise and how they are using advanced techno...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 4, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT community resilience CVS CVS Health emergency response enterprise resilience esri GIS for Health GIS technology Healthcare Source Type: blogs
AI ’s role in Healthcare: Exclusive Interview with Catherine Estrampes, President & CEO at GE Healthcare
AI is increasingly being used in healthcare to reduce clinician workloads and improve patient outcomes. AI-driven technologies are helping to automate mundane tasks, freeing up clinicians to focus on more complex clinical decisions. AI-powered tools can also help identify patterns in medical data that can lead to faster diagnoses and better patient outcomes.
From the perspective of low hanging fruit, AI can be used to automate tedious administrative tasks such as scheduling appointments, updating medical records, or processing paperwork, saving clinicians time allow them to devote more of their efforts to direct p...
Source: Medgadget - May 3, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Alice Ferng Tags: Exclusive Informatics AI medicine GEHealthCare Source Type: blogs
Mobile Printer Produces Microneedle Vaccines
Researchers at MIT have developed a printer that can create large numbers of microneedle patch-style vaccines in places where they are needed quickly. Moreover, the printed patches can deliver thermostable mRNA vaccines, whereby the mRNA therapeutic is encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles before printing to enhance its shelf-life at room temperature and avoid the need for cold storage and transport. The current prototype can produce 100 such patches over the space of two days, but the researchers believe that they can scale up the technology to produce hundreds of vaccines a day. The technology could be very useful in addre...
Source: Medgadget - May 3, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Medicine Public Health microneedle mit Source Type: blogs
Let Them Stay
Paul MatzkoDr. Muhil Ravichandran has a PharmD from Rutgers University and works in cancer research. She has lived legally in America for almost her entire life and is a model immigrant. Yet because of America’s broken immigration system, she’s going to beforced to leave her home and take her much ‐needed talents elsewhere.Ravichandran legally moved to the USA with her family when she was two years old, but when she became an adult she was no longer covered by her family ’s legal status. While in college she qualified for a student visa, but upon graduation she was forced to fall back on the vagaries of the ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 2, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Paul Matzko Source Type: blogs
It ’s Private: Innovative Techniques Begin to Address Clinicians’ Mental Health
The following is a guest article by William J. Hayes, M.D., M.B.A., and Chief Medical Officer at CPSI
New collaboration between mobile app developer, EHR vendor and health systems decreases clinician stress
The perennial challenge of clinical burnout has reached an inflection point. Fueled by PTSD from COVID-19, burnout is largely based on the modern human experience of constantly consuming stimuli (much of which is negative) while also being pushed to achieve higher levels of productivity and efficiency. Those that have been impacted the greatest of any group have been our physicians, nurses, therapists, and other healthc...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 2, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Clinical EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC Brain Drain COVID-19 CPSI Dr. Gloria Mark Dr. Izzy Justice EQ Health Healthcare Burnout mental health Mental Heal Source Type: blogs
Prepared Oral Statement of Professors David S. Levine and Joshua D. Sarnoff in ITC Investigation 332-996, on COVID-19 Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Supply, Demand, and Trips Agreement Flexibilities
David S. Levine (Elon University), Joshua D. Sarnoff (DePaul University), Prepared Oral Statement of Professors David S. Levine and Joshua D. Sarnoff in ITC Investigation 332-996, on COVID-19 Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Supply, Demand, and Trips Agreement Flexibilities (2023): In this... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - May 2, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Catastrophic Enrollment Declines at Some Community Colleges
Marc JoffeCollege enrollment has been shrinking, putting pressure on institutions below the elite tier. Although most attention has focused on failures of for ‐profit colleges and smaller private liberal arts schools, public colleges are not immune from distress. Community college enrollment has been especially weak. A review of federal Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) data from 2011 and 2021 shows that several community colleg es have suffered catastrophic enrollment declines over the ten‐year period. These institutions may be candidates for consolidation, which would save taxpayer money.N...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 1, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Marc Joffe Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, May 1st 2023
In conclusion, frailty progression accelerates in males with one LTCs and females with two LTCs or more. Health providers should be aware of planning a suitable intervention once the elderly have two or more health conditions.
Plasma Transfer Lowers Epigenetic Age and Mortality in Rats
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2023/04/plasma-transfer-lowers-epigenetic-age-and-mortality-in-rats/
Plasma transfer from young to old individuals has produced mixed results in animals and little to no benefit in humans where assessed rigorously. These studies were driven by the hypothesis that young plasma contains m...
Source: Fight Aging! - April 30, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
