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The Cost of Medical Care, Long-Term Care, and Prescription Drugs Top Older Americans’ Health-Related Concerns – With Social Security and Medicare Top of Mind

Health Populi

Thus, the survey looked across 26 factors of worry well beyond cost — including social determinants and drivers of health like obesity, alcohol use, poverty, and social isolation, along with health system factors such as unequal access to health care, inaccurate or misleading health information, and ageism and age discrimination.

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Google rolls out new search tools for health information on Medicare services, languages spoken by providers

FierceHealthIT

Google rolls out new search tools for health information on Medicare services, languages spoken by providers. Thu, 12/02/2021 - 10:59.

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HHS Proposes New Rules to Improve the Interoperability of Electronic Health Information

Electronic Health Reporter

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today proposed new rules to support seamless and secure access, exchange and use of electronic health information. The article HHS Proposes New Rules to Improve the Interoperability of Electronic Health Information appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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How the Centers for Medicare Services Supports and Regulates Remote Patient Monitoring Services

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) has emerged as a vital component of modern healthcare delivery, offering a means to monitor patients’ health remotely and proactively intervene when necessary. It is intended for informational purposes only and should not be construed as medical or legal advice.

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I Helped Accelerate FHIR, It’s Time to Scale

Healthcare IT Today

I helped build the reference products like Blue Button and Data at the Point of Care at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that became part of these regulations.

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This Week’s Health IT Jobs – May 8, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

Here’s a quick look at some of the health IT jobs we found: Assistant General Counsel – Supply Chain Management & IT – NYU Langone Health Associate Network Engineer – Cedars-Sinai Manager, Medical Digital Imaging Systems (Hybrid Position) – RUSH University Medical Center IT Manager – Network of Care – Stanford (..)

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CMS At AHIMA: Electronic Data Exchange Is the Future of Healthcare

Electronic Health Reporter

Access to data and the interoperability of health information has the power to change the face of healthcare, according to Alexandra Mugge, deputy chief health informatics officer at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).