Bridging the Gap: Healthcare Technology That Combines Clinical Experience with Real-Time Data | AdvantagesPRO

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Patient appearance and form with doctor

(Photo: Shutterstock) Healthcare technology offers payors, providers and care teams ever more advanced administrative and operational solutions. By supporting patient-centered care through clinically informed technology, healthcare organizations can deliver efficient, effective, and integrated care and best practices toward a common goal. How Clinical Technology Helps Payers Physician-informed technology supported by clinical data enables access to … Read more

Healthcare cyber defenses aren’t up to scratch

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Healthcare cyber defenses aren't up to scratch

Illustration: Ada Amer/Axios Massive data breach affecting 11 million patients HCA Healthcare provided a stark reminder this week of how often the defenses of America’s largest healthcare organizations are breached. Because matter: The hospital industry retains sensitive personal data which is among the most valuable assets on the black market and experts predict that further … Read more

Orthopedic surgeon fatally shot by patient inside Campbell Clinic, police say

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Orthopedic surgeon fatally shot by patient inside Campbell Clinic, police say

COLLIERVILLE, Tenn. — An orthopedic surgeon was shot and killed inside a Campbell Clinic in Collierville on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, according to Collierville Police Chief Dale Lane. The shooting occurred around 2.30pm in a clinic examination room on Poplar Avenue near Shae Road and near the Baptist Memorial Hospital campus, police said. Dr Benjamin … Read more

Boston Medical Center ends policy allowing migrant families to shelter overnight

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Community and health workers gather on Boston Common by the Massachusetts State House demanding that state and federal agencies provide greater support to migrants and asylum seekers. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Boston Medical Center is ending a policy that has allowed dozens of homeless families, mostly newly arrived migrants, to stay overnight in the hospital on many nights over the past year. The hospital now prevents families from seeking refuge there unless they need medical treatment. Instead, the hospital reroutes them to other facilities after a … Read more

Opinion | Biden is quietly reversing Trump’s sabotage of Obamacare

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Opinion | Biden is quietly reversing Trump's sabotage of Obamacare

Comment on this storyComment Slowly but surely, President Biden is repairing the US healthcare system, reversing the Trump-era sabotage and ensuring millions more Americans have access to affordable coverage. The latest of those efforts came on Friday, with a little-known but significant decision to protect Americans from junk health insurance. In 2017, Congress made repeated … Read more

Law firm suffers a health data breach impacting 40K

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The latest reported breaches are impacting small and medium-sized healthcare organizations

By Jill McKeon July 11, 2023 – Global law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe suffered a data breach affecting more than 40,000 people. The data was originally held by the company because it was working on a case involving a 2020 safety event involving a vision benefits plan. As a result of unauthorized activity on … Read more

Mental health respite facilities are filling care gaps in more than a dozen states

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Kaiser health news

If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing “988” or the Crisis Text Line by texting “HOME” to 741741. Aimee Quicke has made repeated trips to emergency rooms, hospitals, behavioral health facilities, and psychiatric lockdowns for mental health crises — including suicidal … Read more

New public health care per 100,000 Oregonians would drive up private insurance costs

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New public health care per 100,000 Oregonians would drive up private insurance costs

A new publicly funded insurance plan is headed for the final step it needs for state approval, despite concerns about the impact it will have on Oregon’s health insurance market for individuals and small businesses. The idea is that the new insurance program is very similar to the Oregon Health Plan, Oregon’s version of Medicaid: … Read more

ARPA Reduced Tax Challenges on the CA Affordable Care Act Market

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AHIP urges 4 types of policies to reduce health care spending

By Kelsey Waddill July 10, 2023 – California’s Affordable Care Act market enrollees were less likely to face financial hurdles in 2021 than in 2017 due to provisions of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) that reduced cost sharing, according to a study published in Health affairs. The researchers used data from a survey of … Read more

Stevenson to serve as interim chairman of health policy

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Stevenson to serve as interim chairman of health policy

David Stevenson, PhD, MS by Jill Clendening David Stevenson Jr., PhD, MS, professor of health policy, has been named interim chair of the Department of Health Policy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He succeeds Melinda Buntin, PhD, the Mike Curb Professor and founding department chair, who joined Johns Hopkins University to establish a Center for … Read more