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“With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.”Steven Weinberg
In 2003, I started a web page that documented the horrors of the Iraq war. The title of the page was corrie.html, because one of the first entries was about Rachel Corrie. This was it.
On Sunday, 16th March 2003, a 23-year-old American peace activist, Rachel Corrie, was crushed to death by a bulldozer as she tried to prevent the Israeli army destroying homes in the Gaza Strip.
You can read here some of th...
Source: DC's goodscience - October 15, 2023 Category: Science Authors: David Colquhoun Tags: Palestine war Gaza Israel Source Type: blogs
Adoption Of The Voice Has Failed But Health System Improvements Must Proceed!
Australia has voted on the Indigenous Voice To Parliament: ‘The Australian people always get
it right’: Deputy prime minister
Deputy Prime
Minister Richard Marles says the government will continue its work on
reconciliation and closing the gap despite the defeat of the Voice to
parliament referendum.
“Obviously for those
of us who are supporting the Yes campaign, it wasn’t the night we hoped (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - October 15, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
The Rohrabacher-Farr Amendment Does Not Go Far Enough: In an Attempt to Provide State-Compliant Participants with Protection from Federal Government Interference, Congress Came Up Short
Katie Potrzeboski (Ohio State University), The Rohrabacher-Farr Amendment Does Not Go Far Enough: In an Attempt to Provide State-Compliant Participants with Protection from Federal Government Interference, Congress Came Up Short, (Ohio State Legal Stud., Research Paper No. 802) (2023): Although... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - October 13, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Prior Authorization Takes a Leap Forward in CMS Regulation
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have taken a bold step by mandating a standard for prior authorization. I talked to Nikki Henck, Senior Director of Utilization Management at Sagility, about the implementation and potential impact of this proposed requirement, which, if finalized, will be enacted in January 2026.
The Dilemma of Prior Authorization
Prior authorization, also known as a pre-approval, strikes fear into both patients and providers. In a 2022 American Medical Association physician survey, 88% of providers said that the burden of doing prior authorization was high or extremely high. Anothe...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 12, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: Administration Health IT Company Healthcare IT Interoperability Regulations AMA CMS Electronic Prior Authorization FHIR Nikki Henck Prior Authorizations Sagility Source Type: blogs
A New FHIR Analytics Tool from SAS Health
Most data about patients exists in EHRs or other repositories in a variety of legacy formats. Analytics, though, requires you to compare apples and apples. Thus, SAS Health Solutions offers a common data model, ingesting data from disparate sources of FHIR data into the appropriate fields for analysis. Plus, once collected, that data can easily leverage the full suite of SAS analytics tools.
Gail Stephens, VP, Health and Life Sciences, explains the uses for SAS Health in this video, her goal being to “get patients to better health, more quickly.” For instance, a clinician can look across a cohort of patients ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 11, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: Administration Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Interoperability IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops FHIR Gail Stephens Health Data Healthcare Analytics Healthcare Interoperability Healthcare IT Video Interviews S Source Type: blogs
New Advancing Research Careers (ARC) Predoc to Postdoc Transition Program and Upcoming Webinar
We’re pleased to announce the new Advancing Research Careers (ARC) program as part of NIGMS’ strategic efforts to enhance support for trainees from diverse backgrounds—for example, individuals from underrepresented groups—through critical career transition points. The ARC program is designed to enhance participation of trainees as they transition from predoctoral research training to postdoctoral research and career development. The program has two components:
ARC Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Transition Award to Promote Diversity (F99/K00) PAR-23-222
Supports promising, late-stage graduate students from di...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - October 10, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Funding Opportunities Meetings/Events Training/Fellowships/Career Development Biomedical Graduate Education Preparing an Application Webinars Source Type: blogs
Out of Control Health Costs or a Broken Society
Flawed Accounting for the US Health Spending Problem
By Jeff Goldsmith
Source: OECD, Our World in Data
Late last year, I saw this chart which made my heart sink. It compared US life expectancy to its health spending since 1970 vs. other countries. As you can see, the US began peeling off from the rest of the civilized world in the mid-1980’s. Then US life expectancy began falling around 2015, even as health spending continued to rise. We lost two more full years of life expectancy to COVID. By the end of 2022, the US had given up 26 years-worth of progress in life expectancy gains. Adding four more ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - October 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy COVID Drug Overdoses gun violence Hospitals Jeff Goldsmith Maternal mortality Mental Health Obesity Poverty Regional Economy Society Source Type: blogs
Out of Control Health Costs or a Broken Society
Flawed Accounting for the US Health Spending Problem
By Jeff Goldsmith
Source: OECD, Our World in Data
Late last year, I saw this chart which made my heart sink. It compared US life expectancy to its health spending since 1970 vs. other countries. As you can see, the US began peeling off from the rest of the civilized world in the mid-1980’s. Then US life expectancy began falling around 2015, even as health spending continued to rise. We lost two more full years of life expectancy to COVID. By the end of 2022, the US had given up 26 years-worth of progress in life expecta...
Source: The Health Care Blog - October 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy COVID Drug Overdoses gun violence Hospitals Jeff Goldsmith Maternal mortality Mental Health Obesity Poverty Regional Economy Society Source Type: blogs
We Have All Been The Victim Of False Government Propaganda Regarding Our International Intelligence Capability!
This
headline says it all!
Hamas
attack: This was a terrible intelligence failure by Israel
Greg Sheridan
9:11PM October 7,
2023
The Hamas attack is
an Israeli nightmare. Not so much the perhaps 5000 rockets – though the numbers
are disputed - the
terrorist group launched against Israel, but the terrorists roaming through
southern Israeli towns, where women and children take shelter in “ (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - October 8, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Key Cybersecurity Defenses for the Healthcare Sector
The following is a guest article by Sam Manjarres, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Identity Security at WatchGuard
The healthcare industry is increasingly in the crosshairs of cybercriminals. In 2022, as cyberattacks globally rose by 38% year-on-year, healthcare became the third-most-attacked industry (behind government and education), recording an increase of 74% and reporting up to 1,463 incidents per week. Unsurprisingly, a recent Gartner Peer Insights survey – Cybersecurity in the Healthcare Industry – also showed that nearly half of participating healthcare organizations have experienced a data breach in th...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 4, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops LTPAC Security and Privacy Advanced Persistent Threat APT Cyberattacks Cybersecurity Data Breaches Healthcare Ph Source Type: blogs
Gene Stewards: Rethinking Genome Governance
Shelly Simana (Stanford Law School), Gene Stewards: Rethinking Genome Governance, 14 UC Irvine L. Rev. (forthcoming 2024): Various entities, such as genetic testing and biotech companies, biobanks, research institutions, and government agencies, collect, analyze, and share human genetic material and... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - October 4, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
How Queuing Technology for Pharmacies Can Improve Safety & Efficiency
The following is a guest article by Yoni Lavi, Founder and CEO at Qtrac
Few things should take priority over access to necessary medications, particularly prescriptions. However, managing your prescription medications at the pharmacy isn’t always easy. Staff shortages, constantly changing regulations, and growing demand make it difficult to keep up with optimizing procedures and protocols.
Often busy environments, pharmacies are notorious for long waits, overworked employees, and frustrated customers. To make matters even more complicated, many new programs, including one recently announced by Walmart, are expanding pha...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 3, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Administration Ambulatory Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops Digital Front Door Digital Queuing Healthcare Queuing Patient Experience pharmacy Pharmacy Challenges Pharmacy IT Ph Source Type: blogs
Language Barriers: Protecting Your Organization From A Hidden HIPAA Threat
The following is a guest article by Bill Young, Director of Healthcare & Life Sciences at SYSTRAN
Keeping patient data confidential and secure remains a major healthcare challenge today, more than 25 years after the introduction of the 1996 Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act or HIPAA.
HIPAA is regulatory guidance to ensure Patient Health Information (PHI) is protected in specific entities, mainly healthcare facilities, and healthcare admin support institutions, for the transfer and flow of health information.
How has the HIPPA management challenge increased? To review, in 2021, the US Department of H...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 28, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Administration AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC Regulations Security and Privacy Bill Young Data Breaches Health Data Translation Healthcare Translation HIPAA HIPAA B Source Type: blogs
The Likelihood of Generic Confusion
Deven R. Desai (Georgia Institute of Technology), The Likelihood of Generic Confusion, Wis. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2023): Just as people are asking the government to resurrect a progressive era stance on anti-trust and consumer protection in the technology sector, we... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - September 28, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
War — and Health Care — on the Cheap
By KIM BELLARD
Like many of you, I’m watching the war in Ukraine with great interest and much support. For all the fuss about expensive weapons — like F-16 fighters, Abrams tanks, Stryker and Bradley armored fighting vehicles, Patriot missile defense systems, Javelin anti-tank missiles, Himars long range missiles, and various types of high tech drones — what I’m most fascinated with is how Ukraine is using inexpensive, practically homemade drones as a key weapon.
It’s a new way of waging war. And when I say “waging war,” I can’t help but also think “providing health care.” It’s not s...
Source: The Health Care Blog - September 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Tech Drones health care Kim Bellard Ukraine Warfare Source Type: blogs
