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The program is set to begin piloting at select sites in the RWJBarnabas system by completing social determinants of health screenings for patients.

Innovations in medical device manufacturing, remote medical treatment systems and medical software were among health tech solutions showcased at the online South Korean Pavilion, as part of the HIMSS & Health 2.0 European Digital Conference.

A real-time understanding of the ecosystem is critical to increasing return on investment, improving operational efficiencies and keeping patient care safe.

CMS will now pay for certain neurostimulator analysis and programming services and cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation services. 

Although "technology can be a great equalizer," it can also be used to further inequities, said panelists at HLTH VRTL 2020.

With an appointment-reminders solution alone managing 100,000 reminders per month, the health system reduced its no-show rate from 7% to 5%, leading to the savings.

Providers, certified IT developers and HIEs should "be on the lookout" for upcoming adjustments in certain timelines, said Deputy National Coordinator Steve Posnack.

Hospital associations call the threat from CMS to withhold Medicare and Medicaid participation for non-compliant data reporting "reckless."

NHSX chief executive Matthew Gould delivered a keynote Q&A yesterday morning at the HSJ Digital Strategy Virtual Summit on NHSX’s work during the pandemic and its future strategy.  

ENOVACOM Patient Connect was “the obvious choice” for Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust when it wanted to connect life-critical ventilators to the electronic patient record.