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Urban–rural health disparities are worse in the U.S. than in other high-income countries that have pursued strategies to advance health equity.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog - July 24, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Munira Z. Gunja Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – July 23, 2023 – Number of people impacted by data breaches up 56% compared to last year, CMS keeps temporary telehealth expansion in 2024 Medicare fee schedule, 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 and Studies
The 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule from CMS would continue many of the public health emergency telehealth flexibilities, such as an expanded definition of telehealth practitioners, continued...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 23, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Regulations AliveCor American Telemedicine Association Amwell ATA AVIA Black Book Research Bren Webster CenTrak Cerner CMS eClinicalWorks eCW Force Therapeutics Fortified Health Security He Source Type: blogs
A Comparison of Electronic Health Records and the Oregon State Immunization Registry for Human Papilloma Virus Vaccine Delivery (2005-2022)
Sarah Bumatay (Oregon Rural Practice-based Research Network), Caitlin Dickinson (Oregon Rural Practice-based Research Network), Rex Larsen (Oregon Rural Practice-based Research Network), Isabel Stock (Oregon Rural Practice-based Research Network), A Comparison of Electronic Health Records and the Oregon State Immunization Registry... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - July 21, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Preventive Medicine is the Key to Value-Based Care
The following is a guest article by Dr. Ed Cladera, Medical Director at AristaMD
We’re amid a massive provider shortage, and it’s only getting worse. According to data from the Association of American Medical Colleges, the U.S. is on track to face a shortage of up to 124,000 physicians by 2034. As a result of being unable to access care, patients are pushing off routine health services. Neglected care comes with more complications down the line.
Studies have shown that preventative care decreases the incidence of disease and patient mortality, resulting in better care outcomes. Preventive medicine proactively identifie...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 18, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Clinical Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System AristaMD Association of American Medical Colleges Decreasing Costs Ed Cladera MD Improving Outcomes Medicaid Medicare PCP Prev Source Type: blogs
How Do We Make Early Warning and Early Action for Food Security More Effective?
Although food security early warning early action (FS-EWEA) has a track record of reducing food insecurity, it is designed for rural settings, and effective action remains elusive. Extending FS-EWEA to the millions living in fragile urban contexts requires answering four critical questions. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - July 17, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Aaron Clark-Ginsberg; Loveline Chizobam Phillips Source Type: blogs
Mindlessness
Academy Health is the rather oddly named society for health services researchers. They sent me a press release which I excerpt: Today, the House Appropriations Committee released a
breathtakingly reckless bill that decimates federal research, science,
and medicine programs, and puts the health of all Americans at risk. It
is so extreme that many pundits presume it has zero chance of becoming
law, but that very extremism requires that we respond quickly and
unequivocally. . . . " This bill would eliminate the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) in its entirety. AHRQ supports r...
Source: Stayin' Alive - July 14, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
DexCare Closes $75M in Series C Funding, Led by ICONIQ Growth, to Accelerate Market Expansion of its Care Access Platform
Funding will Advance DexCare’s Product Portfolio of Innovation to help U.S. Healthcare Systems Capture Consumers, Manage Limited Resources, and Control Costs to Fuel Growth
DexCare, Inc., the leading patient demand and care access platform, today announced the close of its $75 million Series C funding round led by ICONIQ Growth. The funding will advance DexCare’s platform, which extends limited health-system capacity to serve patients faster and to precisely manage the supply and demand of digital-care access. The new funding brings the total raised to $146 million, including two oversubscribed rounds closed in less th...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 13, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Adyen Caroline Xie Datadog Define Ventures Derek Streat DexCare Frist Cressey Ventures GitLab Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment ICONIQ Growth Kaiser Permanente Ventures Source Type: blogs
Opinion Piece from Pharmacists United for Truth & Transparency ( " PUTT " )
Pharmacists United for Truth& Transparency ( " PUTT " ) is a non-profit advocacy organization founded by independent pharmacists and pharmacy owners devoted to exposing what they describe as anti-competitive tactics deployed by the largest Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs - aka Pharmacy Benefit Companies or PBCs as the trade organization known as the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association or PCMA has tried to rebrand its industry since the acronym PBM has become toxic) recently published an opinion piece with an interesting title: " The Deadliest Addiction in the U.S. Isn ' t What You Think It Is " (read it athttps:...
Source: Scott's Web Log - July 12, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Tags: 2023 drug prices PBM Pharmacists United for Truth & Transparency PUTT Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, July 10th 2023
In conclusion, the examination of the GBA can aid in understanding the etiology and development of NDs, which may benefit the improvement of clinical treatments for these disorders and ND interventions. This review indicates existing knowledge about the involvement of microbiota present in the gut in NDs and potential treatment options.
The Aging of the Enteric Nervous System
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2023/07/the-aging-of-the-enteric-nervous-system/
The enteric nervous system is the nervous system of the intestines, and likely an important part of the relationship between the gut microbiome ...
Source: Fight Aging! - July 9, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Medicare Advantage Plans Can Leverage Virtual Cardiometabolic Care
BY RICHARD FRANK
By relying on virtual cardiometabolic solutions for continuous care, Medicare Advantage can produce better outcomes, curb costs, enhance member satisfaction — and improve Star ratings in the process.
By Richard Frank, MD, Chief Medical Officer Vida Health
Medicare Advantage is a hot market. Enrollment is steadily climbing and Medicare Advantage (MA) members now make up half the Medicare population. Though members keep rolling in, competition among MA plans is tight and turnover remains high. Nearly 16% of MA members switch plans at least once during their first year, while over a third end up sw...
Source: The Health Care Blog - July 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Policy Cariometabolic conditions Medicare Advantage Richard Frank Source Type: blogs
Cognitive Impairment Correlates with an Altered Gut Microbiome
This study aims to investigate the gut microbial composition associated with MCI, cognitive functions, and structural brain differences. A nested case-control study was conducted in a community-based prospective cohort where detailed cognitive functions and structural brain images were collected. Thirty-one individuals with MCI were matched to sixty-five cognitively normal controls by age strata, gender, and urban/rural area. Fecal samples were examined using 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) sequencing. Compositional differences between the two groups were identified and correlated with the cognitive functions and volumes/thicknes...
Source: Fight Aging! - July 3, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
63 year old with " good story for ACS " but negative troponins.....
This was texted to me from a former resident, while working at a small rural hospital, with the statement:" I can ’t convince myself of anything here, but he’s a 63-year-old guy with prior stents and a good story for ACS. " (Chest pain or discomfort)What do you think?Here was my response:" Suspicious for inferior posterior OMI. Get serial ECGs "He then sent a previous from 4 years prior:" This is totally normal, which confirms that the first EKG does indeed represent OMI "Then the patient ' s chest pain resolved and he recorded another:The ST depression in aVL is gone and the T-waves are less hyperacu...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - July 2, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs
The impact of medical traumatic stress on families
Jacob, a father from a low-income, rural background, has vivid flashbacks of seeing his newborn intubated. Confused at why his mind keeps replaying the scene, he struggles to concentrate at work and earn the paycheck he needs to make ends meet for his family. Whenever he makes the long drive to the hospital for his
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The impact of medical traumatic stress on families originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - June 27, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Kody Sexton, MSEd, Meghan Marsac, PhD, and Christina Salley, PhDTags: Conditions Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
Pomelo Care Secures $33M, Partners with Leading Health Plans, Employers and Academic Medical Centers to Deliver Value-Based Care and Improve Maternal and Newborn Health
Backed by Andreessen Horowitz and First Round Capital, Pomelo Care has Built an End-to-End, Value-Based Virtual Maternity Care Platform and is on Track to Cover 2M Lives this Year
Pomelo Care, a virtual medical practice that improves maternal and newborn health outcomes, today announced $33 million in Seed and Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz. The capital will fuel Pomelo’s continued partnership expansion with major health plans, including several Medicaid managed care organizations, employers and leading academic medical centers on the front lines of the national maternal health crisis.
Pomelo’s multispeci...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - June 23, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Adam Boehler Allen & Company LLC Andreessen Horowitz BoxGroup Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation CMMI Elevance First Round Capital Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Source Type: blogs
How Telehealth Can Democratize Healthcare
The following is a guest article by Eric Bacon, President at AMD Global Telemedicine, Inc
Access to medical care has long been considered a fundamental human right. But that right doesn’t necessarily mean everyone can obtain essential health services — or, at the very least, equitable health services. Many people across the globe still have no or limited access to healthcare, which inevitably leads to unequal health outcomes in rural, low-income, or minority communities. However, modern healthcare technology is poised to change that, helping extend essential health services into underserved areas and democratize health...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - June 22, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring AMD Global Telemedicine AMD Global Telemedicine Inc. Democratize Healthcare Eric Bacon Health Literacy Healthcare Access Low-Income Healthcare mHea Source Type: blogs
