Quality and Safety
The pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic have hampered progress on the patient safety front, though most hospitals received passing grades.
The FDA and CDC have identified 60 confirmed cases of life-threatening blood clots, including nine deaths.
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HIMSS Director of Privacy and Security says that providers need to take a proactive cybersecurity approach to protect themselves, as well as their patients.
Twenty-five percent of primary care physicians provided 86% of the care, and 25% of specialists, on average, provided 75% of the care.
Despite the disappointing results, Pfizer maintains the drug remains effective at preventing severe instances of the disease.
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Dr. Rami Riman, director of clinical and business improvements in EMEA at InterSystems, explains how analytics tools can help extract and share data from HIEs, making informed decisions easier for clinicians.
GuideWell is the parent of BCBS plans in Florida and Puerto Rico. It decided to invest after being Healthmap's customer for more than a year.
Since the pandemic began, most agree that society has become more comfortable discussing mental health and using telehealth and other tech.
HHS is supporting the continued research and development of the company's COVID-19 vaccine development efforts with federal funding.
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Dr. Christian Dameff, professor of emergency medicine at UC San Diego says doctors' training in response and recovery is key.