By Sam Whitehead – It’s been a rough couple of years for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Facing a barrage of criticism for repeatedly mishandling its response to the covid-19 pandemic and more recently monkeypox, the agency has acknowledged it failed and needs to change.
Health IT product news from FIGmd, MRO, Butterfly Network, VSee, Summus, Reveleer, Mindray North America, Ordr, Relatient, Nextech, Carta Healthcare, Royal Philips, Siemens Healthineers, NextGen Healthcare, 3M Health Information Systems, Gainwell Technologies, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company and more.
Building on its efforts to reduce administrative tasks in medicine—a driver of burnout and a central pillar of its Recovery Plan for America’s Physicians—the American Medical Association released the 2023 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set.
Contagious Conversations is a podcast hosted and brought to you by the CDC Foundation. This episode is hosted by Claire Stinson, Communications Officer at the CDC Foundation & joining her is Stephen Massey, co-founder of Meteorite, a social impact firm. Stephen is a social entrepreneur and communications expert who builds unlikely partnerships for social good.
Telehealth Awareness Week™ showcases the many ways virtual care improves access to quality healthcare services for all individuals. This week’s Friday Five highlights how to support Telehealth Awareness Week, resources to learn more about telehealth and some of the events happening this week and beyond.
Neonatal Nurses Week provides an opportunity to celebrate the hard work and dedication of neonatal nurses and APRNs. The contributions of these health care workers to the tiniest patients make a difference that lasts a lifetime for neonates and their families.
What makes marketing in the health IT space unique? Who are the movers and shakers? What’s working, what’s trending? Where can you learn more? News from Amendola Communications Clarity Quest, HITMC, Matter Communications, Brafton, KNB Communications, MERGE, Aria Marketing, & more.
Each September, the Foundation for Chiropractic Progress, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to educating the public about the value of chiropractic care, sponsors National Drug-Free Pain Management Awareness Month. The goal of the annual designation is to educate the general public about safe, effective pain management approaches, and calls for expanding access to drug-free care.
By Jonathan Blum, Carol Blackford, & Jean Moody-Williams – CMS plays an important role in protecting the health and safety of all Americans as they journey through the health care system. This is especially true during a pandemic, natural disaster, or other emergencies.
Happy Labor Day Weekend! This week’s Friday Five gives a little history about the holiday, provides money saving tips, offers a few ways to partake in the celebration of it all and reminds us to find some time to reflect and remember what it’s all about in the first place.
Health IT product news from Clarify Health, CenTrak, Experity, Vital, QGenda, Surescripts, CCS, GYANT, Caption Health, Infermedica, Enghouse Vidyo, Orbit Telehealth, Signant Health and more.
The PAN Foundation is celebrating after the president signed four key Medicare reforms into law through the Inflation Reduction Act, legislation that will make prescriptions and vaccines more affordable for 49 million people with Part D coverage.