Podcast: Adoption of Healthcare Tech in the Age of COVID-19 with Dr Kaveh Safavi
June 22nd 2021Kaveh 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.
Hospital Differences Explain Higher Mortality Among Black Patients With COVID-19, Study Finds
June 21st 2021A 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.
Supreme Court Upholds ACA, Says States Lacked Standing
June 17th 2021For 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.
Key Factors to Drive Healthcare Engagement for Lasting Behavioral Change
June 14th 2021In an era when patient communication channels have moved online, how can providers ensure that digital health and behavior modification tools drive healthcare engagement in a way that promotes meaningful, long-lasting, and positive outcomes?
Podcast: AI Ethical Concerns and How to Mitigate Them With Alan Payne
June 8th 2021Alan Payne, chief information officer at Sensyne Health, discusses some of the ethical concerns regarding the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare and what organizations should do to mitigate potential data security and bias issues.
Dr Cacchione Shares Ascension’s Lessons From the Pandemic’s Challenging Early Days
May 29th 2021Joseph Cacchione, MD, FACC, executive vice president of Clinical & Network Services at Ascension, described some of the lessons he learned from operating in states that were hit hard during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Data Helps Drive the Mission of Helping the Most Vulnerable During COVID-19, Dr Cacchione Says
May 28th 2021Joseph Cacchione, MD, FACC, executive vice president of Clinical & Network Services at Ascension, discusses how collecting data on social determinants on health and food insecurity helped address health equity during the pandemic.
High Volume Testing Solutions Offer Timely, Accurate and Consistent Results Hospitals Need
May 24th 2021After months of tribulation, Methodist Health System found a solution to our COVID-19 testing challenge in high-throughput (HTP) antigen tests, which could be run on analyzers already installed in our hospital labs.