Implementation of the Right to Health Through Laws and Policies in India Implications for Universal Health Coverage
Centre for Health Equity, Law and Policy, Implementation of the Right to Health Through Laws and Policies in India Implications for Universal Health Coverage (2023): This paper covers the crucial aspect of effective implementation of legislation in India, reviewing select... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - December 16, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Healthy Data Management: How IT Assists Healthcare Institutions
The following is a guest article by Natalie Tkachenko, Healthcare Software Solutions Consultant at NIX
To obtain test results today, there’s no need to visit the hospital. Simply open a mobile app and download the report to your smartphone. Doctors remotely manage patient data without being tied to a specific medical facility. They also handle large volumes of data effortlessly within their hospitals. This became possible thanks to electronic health records, telemedicine, and cloud solutions. However, along with advancements, challenges in digital healthcare are increasing. Let’s discuss how to tackle them and ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 15, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Regulations Security and Privacy AI Amazon Web Services AWS Blockchain Cloud Storage Cybersecurity Data Management Digital Healthcar Source Type: blogs
GTCR to Acquire Cloudbreak Health
Leading Video-Focused Language Interpretation Service Provider to Become Independent Company
GTCR, a leading private equity firm, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cloudbreak Health, LLC, a leading provider of tech-enabled, healthcare-focused language interpretation services, in a corporate carve-out transaction from UpHealth, Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, the purchase price is $180 million, and the transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2024 following the receipt of customary regulatory and stockholder approvals and closing conditions.
Headquartered in Columb...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 15, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Andy Panos CloudBreak Cloudbreak Health Geoffrey Tresley GTCR Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A Kirkland & Ellis LLP Mark Anderson Martti Monroe and Barings My Accessible Real-Time Trusted Inte Source Type: blogs
Hot Flash: How Understanding Menopause Can Improve Life and Law for Everyone
Naomi Cahn (University of Virginia), Bridget J. Crawford (Pace University), Emily Gold Waldman (Pace University), Hot Flash: How Understanding Menopause Can Improve Life and Law for Everyone (Va. Pub. L.& Legal Theory Rsch. Paper No 2023-73) (2023): Hot Flash:... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - December 15, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
The Crucial Role of Dual Incident Response Playbooks in Healthcare Cybersecurity
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In the realm of healthcare, where patient data and operational continuity are paramount, cybersecurity preparedness is not an option; it’s a necessity. As the CIO of Palomar Health Hospital, I understand the gravity of our responsibility in this regard. Our dual playbooks, the Command Center Incident Response Plan for Leadership and the Tactical Response Team Incident Response Plan for Technical Teams, exemplify our commitment to efficient and effective cybersecurity incident response. By adopting these plans, we empower our teams to act swiftly and decisively, ensuring minimal disruption to patient care a...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 14, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: C-Suite Leadership Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Security and Privacy Anis Trabelsi Command Center Cybersecurity Dual Incident Response Dual Playbooks Healthcare CIO Healthcare Cybersecurity Healthcare Leadership Hospital Source Type: blogs
Abbott Gets Real About " Formulary Exclusions " Bankrolled by Rival Dexcom in the U.S.
My followers may recall that I ' ve written not-so-kind blog posts about how Dexcom paying legally-exempted rebate kickbacks (seehttps://blog.sstrumello.com/2023/06/dexcom-pays-pbms-kickbacks-to-exclude.html for one such blog post) to major Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) contingent upon " formulary exclusions of less costly rival continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems such as Abbott Freestyle Libre. The retail prices for both CGM sensor brands are remarkably close (ranging from $57.33/sensor to $61.28/sensor). However, the cost computation is not based on the cost per sensor, but must be computed on a cost per ...
Source: Scott's Web Log - December 14, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Tags: 2023 Abbott Freestyle Libre 3 coupons Dexcom PBM PBMs Source Type: blogs
Recent HHS Settlement Underscores the Importance Compliance Plays in Cybersecurity
The following is a guest article by Dotty Bollinger, JD, Healthcare Compliance Consultant, Compliancy Group
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) reached a settlement with Doctors’ Management Services after the healthcare vendor succumbed to a ransomware attack. The settlement, announced in a press release on the HHS site, resulted in a $100,000 fine, two years of OCR monitoring, and the requirement to adopt a corrective action plan.
“Our settlement highlights how ransomware attacks are increasingly common and targeting the health care system. This leaves hospitals and their pa...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 13, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Ambulatory Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC Regulations Security and Privacy 21CO 21st Century Oncology AMCA American Medical Collection Agency Compliancy Group Cyberattacks Cybersecurity Departmen Source Type: blogs
From Xenobots to Anthrobots
By KIM BELLARD
There were many things I could have written bout this week – e.g., in A.I., in quantum computing, even “transparent wood” — but when I saw some news about biological robots, I knew I had my topic.
The news comes from researchers at Tufts University and Harvard’s Wyss Institute. Their paper appeared in Advanced Science, introducing “a spheroid-shaped multicellular biological robot (biobot) platform” that they fondly dubbed “Anthrobots.” Importantly, the Anthrobots are made from human cells.
Let’s back up. In 2020, senior researcher Michael Levin, Ph.D., who holds positions at ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - December 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Tech Biological Robots Kim Bellard Source Type: blogs
From advocacy to early cancer detection
I write widely as a patient advocate and subject matter expert on public policy for the regulation of prescription opioid analgesics in pain medicine. Like many people younger than myself, I also visit many social media platforms almost daily. I am active on these platforms to share recent health care news and to support hope
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From advocacy to early cancer detection originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 13, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Richard A. Lawhern, PhD Tags: Conditions Oncology/Hematology Source Type: blogs
The Current State Of Almost 700 FDA-Approved, AI-Based Medical Devices
The rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in healthcare has reshaped the industry. And due to the recent march of ChatGPT, Midjourney and similar tools, various AI algorithms have entered the lives of the general population as well. These technologies will undoubtedly change the way medicine is practiced. Given that healthcare is an industry where decisions can literally be a matter of life and death, the importance of effective regulation can’t be overstated. Now this is one hell of a challenge even for the most seasoned professionals.
AI and ML present novel regulatory challenges. Unlike...
Source: The Medical Futurist - December 12, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine AI digital health fda Healthcare AI in healthcare AI in medicine AI-based medical devices Source Type: blogs
Catastrophic failure of educational leadership can affect medical students
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart said he can’t define pornography, but he knows it when he sees it. Stewart might just as well have been talking about leadership—reflecting the difficulty in providing a precise definition of leadership but suggesting that individuals can recognize ineffectual leadership when they encounter it. The abject failure of three
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Catastrophic failure of educational leadership can affect medical students originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 11, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Arthur Lazarus, MD, MBA Tags: Education Medical school Source Type: blogs
The Courage of Corporate America is Needed to End America ’ s Opioid Crisis
By RYAN HAMPTON
A Kaiser Family Foundation tracking poll published in July found that three in ten U.S. adults (29%) said they had someone in their family who struggled with opioid dependence. Also surprising, and encouraging, was the statistic that 90% support increasing access to opioid use disorder treatment programs in their communities.
As a person in recovery from opioid use disorder and advocate, my read on this data set is that the public support is there. Now more than ever, we need leaders in healthcare, public policy, and corporate America to have the courage to advance effective treatment options. T...
Source: The Health Care Blog - December 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy addiction Albertsons DEA Opiods Ryan Hampton Source Type: blogs
Restoring Mai Mapingure's Equal Citizenship, Frontiers of Gender Equality: Transnational Legal Perspectives
Charles Ngwena (University of Pretoria), Rebecca J. Cook (University of Toronto), Restoring Mai Mapingure ' s Equal Citizenship, Frontiers of Gender Equality: Transnational Legal Perspectives (U. Pa. Press, 2023): This chapter rewrites the judgment of the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe in the... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - December 9, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
HOPPR Launches Groundbreaking Foundation Model for Medical Imaging
Health2047’s Newest Portfolio Company Unveils First-of-its-Kind Medical Imaging AI Platform Powered by Amazon Web Services; Early Partners Include RadNet and Rad AI
Today, HOPPR announces the launch of Grace, a multi-modal foundation model for medical imaging, powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and available via private beta to developers, radiology PACS, and AI companies for fine-tuning and application development. Together with a milestone investment from Health2047, a venture studio founded by the American Medical Association (AMA), this launch marks a significant step forward in HOPPR’s quest to unlock the potent...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 8, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT AMA Amazon Web Services American Medical Association AWS Dan Sheeran Dr. Khan M. Siddiqui Evidium Grace Gradient Health Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Health2047 HOPP Source Type: blogs
