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Care Management Weekly News Update 7/27/21

Posted by DeAnn Dennis on Tue, Jul 27, 2021 @ 11:16 AM

 

VA will pause EHR deployments through at least 2021, department says

The Department of Veterans Affairs will not deploy its new electronic health record to additional sites over the next six months, after a recent strategic review found a wide array of problems at the first go-live site in Spokane, Washington.

As Emergency Department Admissions Rise Again, How Can AI Tackle Crowding Once And For All?

ED crowding is therefore an issue in the healthcare landscape where desperate need for change is meeting huge potential for innovation, and an international consortium should be formed to capitalize on this convergence.

Data Sharing in Healthcare: Ethical Considerations For a Remote Era of Research

Research organizations can participate in ethical data sharing today by considering participants’ privacy and security and balancing the need to protect their commercial interests with the need to share enough data to benefit medical research.

CMS Proposes Increasing Penalties For Hospitals Not Meeting Price Transparency Rule

The Biden administration wants to include a per-bed monetary penalty for larger hospitals that do not comply with a price transparency rule after several analyses have shown widespread noncompliance among facilities.

 

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