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Sen. Brian Schatz: Telehealth is 'single shining exception' to partisanship

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Schatz, who recently spoke with HIMSS TV about the importance of safeguarding telehealth in the long term , pointed to the CONNECT for Health Act as evidence of broad-based support for virtual care. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, during opening remarks. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Workforce development: Your organization is only as strong as its people

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

During April, we'll talk to experts and thought leaders about what's really happening in interoperability, present original HIMSS Media research on the state of data exchange, delve into the newly proposed rule from HHS and share insights about what the future holds. Healthcare IT News and HIMSS TV covered RSA 2019 live!

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More accolades for Topol as ‘connected health’ gains

Meaningful HIT News

This is on top of his appointment last year as editor-in-chief of Medscape , his many speaking engagements and TV appearances and, lest we forget, his day job as cardiologist, geneticist and chief academic officer at Scripps Health in San Diego and leader of the Scripps Translational Science Institute.

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Behavioral Economics and Driving Engagement in Digital Health

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In one of the whitepapers from this site the authors explain their approach: Unlike conventional behavior change approaches that presume people always act in their best interests, behavioral economics recognizes that people are often irrational, yet in predictable ways.

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Health informatics pioneer Larry Weed dies at 93

Meaningful HIT News

Weed was forced out by investors in 2006, and PKC was sold to consumer health company Sharecare — founded by WebMD founder Jeff Arnold and TV doctor Mehmet Oz, M.D. — Video: Live from HIMSS with Athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush. The company landed a series of government contracts, but struggled to catch on in the public sector.

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Could telehealth worsen inequity? 'Not under my watch,' says HHS Sec. Becerra

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"We are absolutely supportive of efforts to give us the authority to be able to utilize telehealth in greater ways," said Becerra during a Washington Post live event earlier this week. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. Becerra emphasizes equity in technology. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Welcome Back Kotter: New York’s next 1115 Waiver

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I’ll likely author formal comments and will submit them to NY and/or CMS. The causes of our missed opportunities were many – but I’ll outline a few as this will help guide our reading of the framework proposed for the next iteration – the Kotter Edition – named after the 70’s era TV show. That’s all.