Reasons Why Nurses Are Important In Healthcare Reasons Why Nurses Are Important In Healthcare : With aging baby boomers and rising health concerns, the entire healthcare industry is witnessing an outward shift in the demand curve. Hospitals need better equipment, resources, and more healthcare workers to ensure optimal health services delivery. More than surgeons and… Read More »
With healthcare and the fate of Obamacare being significant election issues and Democrats scrambling for a way to stop Judge Amy Coney Barrett from joining the Supreme Court, Barrett’s position on the healthcare law, known as the Affordable Care Act, will likely be front-and-center at her confirmation hearing. Democratic members of Congress and presidential nominee… Read More »
The increasing use of apps provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs is meant to improve access to patient health and benefits information in convenient digital platforms. However, members of Congress are worried that this electronic data is vulnerable. “When a veteran downloads an app from the VA’s app store, how much personal information does… Read More »
Health Tech Sep 1, 2020• By JESSICA DaMASSA, WTF HEALTH Big Health bills itself as a “complete 24-hour solution for mental health,” offering Sleepio to those who have trouble sleeping and Daylight to those who suffer from worry and anxiety during the day. Fresh off a $ 39M Series B in June 2020 (total $… Read More »
As Health Data Management wraps up 27 years of reporting on the healthcare information technology industry today, it gives me a chance to pause and reflect, and to look hopefully toward the future for the industry. Much has been accomplished. I recall an early HIMSS conference at which an exhibit featured a one terabyte database… Read More »
About a year ago, the Department of Health and Human Services first proposed rules to promote sharing and the interoperability of health data to enable patients to electronically access their health information. Many of the top industry players submitted commentary to The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and the Centers for… Read More »