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Weekly Overseas Health IT Links – 13th August 2022.
Here are a few I came across last week.Note: Each link is followed by a title and few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment-----https://ehrintelligence.com/news/va-appoints-functional-champion-for-ehr-modernization-programVA Appoints Functional Champion for EHR Modernization ProgramThe new functional champion appointment will assist the VA EHR Modernization program as it struggles with implementation delays and cost overruns, the VA stated.BySarai RodriguezAugust 05, 2022 - The Depart...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 13, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

A Full-Scale Assault on Medical Debt, Part 1
By BOB HERTZ The recent proposal by Sen. Bernie Sanders to cancel $81 billion of medical debt is a very good start—but it is only a start. The RIP Medical Debt group—which buys old medical debts, and then forgives them—is absolutely in the right spirit. Its founders Craig Antico and Jerry Ashton deserve great credit for keeping the issue of forgiveness alive. Unfortunately, over $88 billion in new medical debt is created each year; most of it still held by providers, or sold to collectors, or embedded in credit card balances. Tragically, none of this has to happen! In France, a visit to the doctor typical...
Source: The Health Care Blog - March 6, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Economics The Business of Health Care Bernie Sanders health economics medical cost medical debt Source Type: blogs