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In an interview recorded earlier this year, Chief Healthcare Executive Associate Editorial Director Mary Caffrey spoke with 2 leaders of Citius Tech about meeting healthcare challenges with digital solutions.

During the pandemic, telemedicine use increased overall, but was more commonly used for established patients and the delivery of psychiatric and behavioral health care and less commonly used for preventive care.

As infections and hospitalizations rise across the country, groups led by the American Medical Association and the American Nurses Association called for mandatory vaccinations of staff.

One proposal asks hospitals for input on how to measure vaccination rates among staff with the aim of letting consumers have the information.

Device would eliminate pain, anxiety associated with the blood collection process through the implementation of needle-free blood draw device.

To date, the focus of RPM has been on the technology itself and its increasing ease of use. The conversation now needs to shift to creating a patient-centric healthcare experience enabled by RPM technology.

Kate Cordell and Ken Knecht, cofounders of Opeeka, discuss their company’s Person-Centered Intelligence Solution and how it can help children and their families manage and coordinate their mental health concerns as well as the benefits the tool can have on health systems.

The nation’s leading specialty hospital company plans to expand its rehabilitation services.

This indictment is a result of the Antitrust Division’s ongoing investigation of employee allocation agreements within the health care industry.

A survey revealed that 84% of nursing homes experienced a loss of revenue brought on by fewer post-acute patients coming from the hospital.

Tanvi Abbhi and Nora Zetsche, MD, cofounders of Veta Health, discuss the company’s remote patient monitoring (RPM) platform and how RPM can be used to personalize and improve healthcare for patients with chronic diseases.

Shah will bring unique insights into Maven’s 24/7 model that seeks to reduce unnecessary C-sections and emergency department visits and improve clinical outcomes.

One study author noted that access to mental health care was already limited before the pandemic, and now demand is increasing.

The order directs the Justice Department and the FTC to examine guidelines on hospital mergers to ensure that patients are not harmed.

For those who take regular prescriptions for a chronic condition—which many seniors do—the savings at Costco escalated.

Consumer sentiments show the demand for contactless experiences that are also digital and convenient has been on the rise for years, and 2020 might be the year where the importance of this rising demand was fully realized.

By making the care process more efficient, technology can relieve administrative burdens, help clinicians participate more fully in integrated, patient-centered care and refill depleted practice coffers.

The transition will occur January 1, 2022.

First installment of a new video series in which retiring health system CEOs reflect on the changing healthcare landscape and the challenges that await the next generation of healthcare leaders.

Sundar Kamak, global head of manufacturing at Ivalua, discusses the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on healthcare supply chains and how technology can help alleviate those issues.

A patient-centered cancer center for Rutgers; new leadership for cancer care in New Orleans.

The lack of federal legalization of marijuana leads to unequal—and unlawful—treatment of job candidates, even those who are using cannabis legally for medical purposes.

A few dozen employees had sued but a federal judge dismissed the suit as frivolous.

FCC issues recommendations for stakeholders to combat issue of unlawful robocalls to hospitals, which threaten public health and safety.

Kaveh Safavi, MD, JD, global health lead of Accenture Health, discusses how the pandemic influenced the speed at which healthcare organizations adopted new technologies and how this adoption is impacting patient care.

A study in JAMA Network Open shows that differences in hospital admission and racial residential segregation could account for increased risks of inpatient mortality and hospice discharge seen among Black patients with COVID-19.

The wave of post-pandemic retirements continues.

For the third time, an increasingly conservative court left intact the law’s protections that require coverage for preexisting conditions, created Medicaid expansion, promote health screenings and preventive care, and launched novel, value-based payment strategies within the agency that manages Medicare and Medicaid.

Half of consumers say a bad digital experience can ruin their entire experience with a provider, while two out of five say a good digital experience has a major influence on their perception of a provider.