Quality and Safety

<p>Ali Youssef, a cybersecurity director at Henry Ford Health, says specialized tools can detect and limit attacks before they spread, but health systems should take the approach of assuming that bad actors are already on their network to be able to react quickly.</p> <p>  </p>

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States and Independent Health Association earned 5 stars.

The agency says current data does not support the recommended dosage of phenylephrine as an effective decongestant.

Improperly listing patents may harm competition from generic alternatives and keep prices artificially high, the FTC says.

As chief strategy officer for 1upHealth, the former national coordinator for health IT and interoperability guru gets a lot of feedback from industry stakeholders. Here are some of the questions, comments and concerns he's hearing.

According to Elevance Health, about 28% report having been told they have a mental health condition, a predictor of loneliness.

Hospitals face a $15,000 fine for the first violation, with the state narrowing the circumstances for exceptions.

EHR systems rated as being difficult to operate did not perform well in safety tests, which suggests the need to optimize EHRs for ease of use.

The vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna will be available later this week, CDC says.

The number of hospitalizations and deaths in the United States continues to rise.