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“Complexity is Profitable” in U.S. Healthcare – How to Save a Quarter-Trillion Dollars

Health Populi

health care employment since 2001, today accounting for twice as many staff as physicians and nurses. The team noted in their JAMA viewpoint that over 1 million administrative employees were added to U.S.

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Digital Health Gaps in the Pandemic Through the Eyes of Younger Physicians

Health Populi

Telehealth in the pandemic was, in Philips’ words, “crucial but underused” Interoperability is still an obstacle, and, Digital technology will be pivotal in the next few years. Many of those who rushed to help on September 11, 2001, are, today, supporting COVID-19 efforts as highlighted in this Wall Street Journal story. .

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Glooko Joins Epic Showroom, Expanding Access to Seamless Electronic Health Record Integration for Healthcare Providers

Digital Health Global

By leveraging Epic SMART on FHIR (Substitutable Medical Applications and Reusable Technologies on Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) technology, Glooko ensures a secure and compliant data exchange that integrates seamlessly into clinical workflows. For more information, please visit glooko.com.

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Bonus Features – May 21, 2023 – 82% of wearable users willing to share data with their physicians, 81% of Americans trust pharmacists and nurses to diagnose minor illnesses, and more

Healthcare IT Today

Formed in 2001 as the eHealth Initiative, EHI has advocated for federal reimbursement for e-prescribing, EHR use, and telehealth, all while convening competitors to foster industry-wide collaboration. People Interoperability vendor Rhapsody named Jeff Chiumiento as Chief Financial Officer. as Chief Medical Officer.

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Tools, Technology Already Exist for HIEs to Succeed

Healthcare IT Today

In 2001, Sonia was appointed to the West Virginia Health Care Authority (WVHCA). As Chair of WVHCA, she oversaw administration of hospital Rate Review, Certificate of Need, Clinical Data Analysis and Financial Disclosure. .

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E-mail addresses -- Remedial and realistic

Healthcare Exchange Standards

a"@example.org user@[IPv6:2001:DB8::1] Internationalization examples Latin alphabet (with diacritics): Pelé@example.com Greek alphabet: ??????@??????????.?????? Remedial email addresses are okay, but beyond that and major 'interoperability' issues would happen. .@.unusual.com"@example.com "very.(),:; []".VERY."very@ very@ "very".unusual"@strange.example.com

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Precision Medicine and Digital Health : Could Rwanda become Africa’s Healthcare leader?

Lloyd Price

Only 24 years after the genocide that ripped apart the country’s socio-economic fabric, it now has a fast-growing economy, with an average GDP growth of around 8% per year between 2001 and 2015. Experiment with new reimbursement models that incentivize precision diagnostic innovation and value-based healthcare ?