The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of February that we think deserve sharing again.
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By Stephen Dean – When Amazon Care was first announced in 2019, it was championed as a revolutionary approach to health care delivery. Amazon attempted to combine in-person and telehealth medical services into a pioneering primary and urgent care service.
By Michael Armstrong – From patient communication to cancer detection, artificial intelligence’s role across healthcare is becoming increasingly more prominent. Although its implementation increases the effectiveness and efficiency of healthcare, AI also raises patient privacy concerns.
By Steven Posnack – In case you missed it, Health Datapalooza happened toward the end of February. The aptly named conference always invokes a bit of fun while at the same time being a high octane mix of data scientists, policy makers, health care leaders, entrepreneurs, researchers, and patient advocates.
By Amanda Forsey & Eliza Dailey – Physician burnout and discontent are high—and they have been for a while. For the past 10 years between 44% to 51% of physicians have intended to leave their job.
By Alex Baker – CMS proposed two important new rules in December 2022 which, if finalized, would advance electronic health information exchange and streamline cumbersome health care processes by establishing standardized requirements across the industry.
By David Smith – Big data? It’s being collected everywhere in healthcare settings; constantly generated by smartwatches and other consumer wearables, health apps, EHRs, and through genomics. We’re essentially sitting on a gold mine. The question is, what are we doing with it?
By Art Gross – The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a federal law that was enacted in 1996 to protect the privacy and security of individuals’ health information. It established requirements for covered entities, such as healthcare providers, insurance companies, and…
By David Burda – I looked through this new survey of healthcare consumers by ZS Associates, the Evanston, Ill.-based management consulting firm. The survey results suggest that passive patients may be feeling their oats and becoming active healthcare consumers.