Friday Feature: Boone Prairie School
Colleen HroncichLike many newer educational options,Boone Prairie School began because parents were looking for something different for their own child. “My husband and I started the school because we were looking for an option for our son,” recalls Shawna Reinhardt. “My daughter was in a hybrid type option and my son was not really interested in learning. I was looking at what their options were going to be for him when he started school— we homeschooled him for the first two years. And I just needed something where he’d be able to be hands‐on and able to get up and go outside for recess a couple of ti...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 5, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Colleen Hroncich Source Type: blogs
LexisNexis Risk Solutions Acquires Human API
LexisNexis® Risk Solutions, part of RELX, today announced it has acquired Human API, a leading provider of a proprietary consumer-driven data platform. LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Human API will deliver a next-generation consumer consent management solution that enables more seamless delivery of data. This approach empowers consumers with better access to their healthcare data and insurance resources that can improve care coordination and automate life insurance underwriting.
“Together, we can put digitized healthcare information more quickly at the fingertips of the people who need it – whether that be consu...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 5, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Andrei Pop Bill Madison Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare Data Healthcare M&A Human API Human API's Health Intelligence Platform LexisNexis Risk Solutions RELX RELX PLC Source Type: blogs
Digital Front Doors: Unlocking Healthcare ’ s New Frontier
Digital front door solutions are a growing phenomenon in healthcare. The topic caught my attention a while ago when I stumbled upon a study discussing how a new concept – the digital front door – could address the challenges the primary care system faces in the UK. With my curiosity piqued, I decided to dive deeper into this topic.
As this is a concept I have encountered increasingly often and one that’s changing the way we access healthcare services, I recently created a short video attempting to define this trend in less than one minute. But as this phenomenon will have profound effects on the future...
Source: The Medical Futurist - April 25, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: Healthcare Design imported digital front door digital front doors patient pathways Source Type: blogs
Friday Feature: Gather Forest School
Colleen HroncichOn average, kids today reportedly spend fewer than10 minutes a day playing outside —and more than seven hours a day on screens. That ’s one of the reasons I love learning about forest schools, likeThe Garden School,Barefoot University, and today ’s feature,Gather in Decatur, Georgia.A former teacher, Ashley Causey ‐Golden was caring for her newborn son and trying to figure out her next move. She didn’t want to put him in daycare when he was so young, so she decided to try creating her own school. Ashley had interacted with Shelby Stone‐Steel on Instagram through As...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 21, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Colleen Hroncich Source Type: blogs
The Contours of Gun Industry Immunity: Separation of Powers, Federalism, and the Second Amendment
Hillel Y. Levin (University of Georgia), Timothy D. Lytton (University of Georgia), The Contours of Gun Industry Immunity: Separation of Powers, Federalism, and the Second Amendment, 75 Fla. L. Rev. (Forthcoming, 2023): In 2005, Congress passed the Protection of Lawful... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - April 19, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Rising Healthcare Costs: How Health Plans Can Help Members Navigate
The following is a guest article by Jake Sattelmair, EVP and General Manager at Wellframe, a HealthEdge company
Healthcare costs are on the rise in the United States, posing significant challenges for individuals, employers, and health plans. Factors such as an aging population, an increased prevalence of chronic conditions and rising costs for medical technology and prescription drugs have all contributed to the surge in healthcare expenses. Unfortunately, these increased costs are passed on to patients, making healthcare increasingly unaffordable and inaccessible for many.
According to the Average Cost of Health Insuranc...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 12, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Care Management Chronic Conditions Digital Health Apps Digital Tools Health Plans Healthcare Costs Healthcare Payers HealthEdge Source Type: blogs
Friday Feature: Dekalb Christian Home Educators and the Georgia Black Home Educators Network
Colleen HroncichNicole Doyle, president of theDekalb Christian Home Educators (DCHE), has a unique way of looking at parenting. “You are the architect,” she explains. “You can hire all the general contractors and subcontractors you want to. But you have to take ownership as the architect of your child’s physical, mental, spiritual, and academic growth. Because statisticts show us that parental involvement is really w hat’s pushing kids into being successful.”Nicole started homeschooling after one of her children ’s public school teachers suggested it around 10 years ago. “I started researchin...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 7, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Colleen Hroncich Source Type: blogs
PoliTikTok
Paul MatzkoFDR Looks Longingly at TikTok Emblem (Dall ‑E 2)Rep. Jeff Jackson (D ‑NC) went onMeet the Press and wasasked why he doesn ’t delete his TikTok account given the risk of Chinese surveillance. He responded with a paradigm‐shattering statistic: nearly a third of his constituents follow him on TikTok, where he posts weekly videos explaining the nuts and bolts of Congress. A THIRD.Contrast that with how most members of Congress still do constituent outreach. A couple of times a year a little pamphlet shows up in my mailbox from one of my legislators. Since I don’t need more boilerplate self‐...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 5, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Paul Matzko Source Type: blogs
Executive Capture of Agency Decision Making
Allison Whelan (Georgia State University), Executive Capture of Agency Decision Making, 75 Vand. L. R. 6 (2022): The scientific credibility of the administrative state is under siege in the United States, risking distressful public health harms and even deaths. This... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - March 31, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Nanoparticles Get Lymphatic Vessels Pumping
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a nanotechnological solution for lymphedema, a failure of the lymphatic system that results in uncomfortable and irreversible fluid retention. Previous research efforts have focused on trying to grow new lymphatic vessels, but these researchers have taken a different approach, and instead engineered a drug delivery technology that can directly target sluggish lymphatic vessels and kickstart their pumping action.
Near infrared video demonstrating enhanced lymphatic contractile activity in model delivered drug loaded nanoparticles.
To achieve this, the r...
Source: Medgadget - March 27, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Medicine Nanomedicine News Oncology Surgery Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – February 26, 2023 – Accenture says more adequate Medicaid networks could save $912 million annually, InterSystems named data partner of NCQA, 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
A new report from Accenture, US health inequity: beyond the statistics, indicated that inequity in care contributes to an additional 3,400 Black infant deaths and an additional 9,200 Black cancer deaths annually. Proposed f...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 26, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Accenture Accenture Healthcare AHIOS Augusta University Health System Bart Howe Bicycle Health Biofourmis Boomi BrightInsight D14.AI Dhealth directtrust Ellipsis Health FEI Systems FutureRx Google Cloud Grac Source Type: blogs
More Cold Water Thrown on Some Alarmist Election Claims
This article is the first to tackle this important question. We examine all states’ district plans before and after th e 2020 round of redistricting at the congressional, state senate, and state house levels. Our primary finding is that there was little retrogression in formerly covered states. In sum, the number of minority ability districts in these states actually rose slightly. We also show that formerly covered states were largely indistinguishable from formerly uncovered states in terms of retrogression. If anything, states unaffected by Shelby County retrogressed marginally more than did states impacted by the rul...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 21, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Walter Olson Source Type: blogs
Goodreads Book Giveaway: The Award-Winning " SOMETIMES WHEN I'M BORED "
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Source: Dr. Deborah Serani - February 10, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: book giveaway boredom children mental health parenting resiliency tips well-being Source Type: blogs
Career Conversations: Q & A with Evolutionary Biologist William Ratcliff
Dr. William Ratcliff. Credit: Courtesy of Dr. William Ratcliff.
“Being a researcher is special because there aren’t many jobs that allow you to spend the majority of your time thinking about the things you find the most interesting in the whole world,” says William Ratcliff, Ph.D., an associate professor of biological sciences and the director of the interdisciplinary graduate program in quantitative biosciences at Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in Atlanta. We talked with Dr. Ratcliff about his career path, research on yeast, and advice to budding scientists.
Q: How did you first become intereste...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - February 8, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Cells Tools and Techniques Cool Tools/Techniques Evolutionary Biology Profiles Source Type: blogs
Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company ( " MCCPDC " ) PBC May Be Able to Say " Mission Accomplished " Even if Sales Stop Growing
On January 19, 2022, a startup called theMark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company ( " MCCPDC " )opened its doors to the American public as a new online pharmacy and generic manufacturing startup. Initially, MCCPDC was also planning to launch its own Pharmacy Benefit Manager, but it later scrapped those plans, instead announcing several PBM partnerships with some PBM startups which do not engage in " spread pricing " , including on generic, biosimilar and " authorized generic " drugs. The company bears the name of its famous principal investor, multibillionaire Mark Cuban, who is perhaps best known as both owner of the NBA te...
Source: Scott's Web Log - February 7, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Tags: authorized generic 2023 Alex Oshmyansky authorized generics Biosimilar biosimilars Cost Plus costplus drug company drug prices drug pricing generic drugs mark cuban Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company Source Type: blogs
