Quality and Safety
Although the panel gives guidance, the FDA does not have to follow its nonbinding recommendations.
Hospital turnover increased by 1.7% during the past year and currently stands at 19.5%.
Similar shares of Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare enrollees report that their out-of-pocket costs make it difficult to obtain care.
Armin Scheuer, VP of Business Development International at HIMSS, shares how Germany has pioneered prescribing apps to patients within their normal care setting, in the form of DiGAs, a system France will replicate.
The move, the health system says, is intended to control costs without compromising access to care.
The goal is that the technology platform will enable higher quality care and better patient experiences at a lower cost.
Lobbies for doctors and dentists in California say insurers should foot the bill for pandemic expenses.
HIMSS21
Rebecca Sulfridge, clinical pharmacy specialist, emergency medicine, at Covenant HealthCare, shares how using AI to check medication histories helped limit face-to-face contact during COVID-19.
The rehabilitation unit will help adults who have experienced a loss of function due to stroke, brain injury or other conditions.
The pill is for adults who are at risk for progressing to severe COVID-19 and/or hospitalization.