Today’s Effects of Telehealth When Caring for Diabetic Children
April 23rd 2021Dr. Kathleen Bethin, clinical professor, and Dr. Lucy Mastrandrea, associate professor and division chief of endocrinology/diabetes both at the Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo, spoke with Vic Baldry of Cecelia Health to discuss the challenges telehealth has created when caring for families with children who have type 1 diabetes.
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Debra Cooper of Coverys Discusses Overcoming Vaccine Hesitancy
April 21st 2021In this week's episode of "Tuning In to the C-Suite" podcast, Senior Editor Peter Wehrwein spoke with Debra Cooper, RN, MSN, MBA/HCM, a senior risk specialist at Coverys, a medical malpractice insurance company headquartered in Boston. Wehrwein and Cooper discussed the role the company has played in advising providers during the COVID-19 pandemic, risk mitigation, and the role they can now play in overcoming vaccine hesitancy.
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SGLT2 Inhibitor Use Stunted for Black, Female, Lower Income Type 2 Diabetes Patients
April 21st 2021Access to care and other health disparities result in the low use of novel therapies for Black, female and lower income type 2 diabetes patients. If these barriers aren't addressed, disparities among kidney and cardiovascular patients may worsen in the U.S.
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Telehealth Is Here to Stay. The Fate of the Audio-Only Version Is Far Less Certain.
April 20th 2021A Medicare Advantage group and other organizations are endorsing legislation that would allow data collected during audio-only visits to be used to set risk adjustment payment levels to MA plans.
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Brooks, senior medical director of Independence Blue Cross in Philadelphia, was a key member of the team that created a health awareness campaign launched earlier this month in cooperation with local radio station WURD and other partners including the Colorectal Cancer Alliance, the Independence Blue Cross Foundation, Penn Medicine, Labcorp, and the Health Care Improvement Foundation. The campaign, called “Go To Know,” sets out to increase colon cancer screenings among African Americans by providing free Fecal immunochemical, or FIT, tests.
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Many Healthcare Organizations Aren't Ready for the Now Enforced ONC Cures Act Final Rule
April 18th 2021A new survey revealed a majority of health organizations have lack of awareness and are unprepared to comply with the ONC's final rule act of information blocking and improving interoperability provisions. Matthew A. Michela, President and CEO, Life Image, shares how to get on board.
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