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Ultimately, it is anticipated that CMS will further expand the use of reimbursable RTM beyond respiratory and MSK care and incorporate patient-reported information as a requirement for reimbursement of certain remote services.

Social determinants of health reflect conditions in the environment where an individual is born, lives, works, plays and worships. These conditions have a direct impact on an individual’s range of health, functioning and quality of life. Given the recent pandemic, there has been an increase in the need to meet people where they are and to facilitate proactive healthcare. The goal is to reduce healthcare costs, address health concerns at an early stage and most importantly make healthcare acce...

As with most industries, healthcare should consider adopting a zero-trust approach. This security measure can help decrease an organization's attack surface, create accurate response automation and prevent the compromise.

While comprehensive travel health records for those using U.S. health systems are not available today, advances in technology and the legal environment are opening the necessary doors.

While levels have gone down from their pandemic peak, burnout remains high among clinical support staff, according to a new report. It found that 70% of clinical support staff experience moderate to severe burnout, with 32% categorizing their burnout as high to severe. Along with the obvious effect it has on support staff’s wellbeing, burnout also negatively impacts patient care.

Geographic atrophy has no FDA-approved treatments, and Merck is walking away from its contender in the chase for one. The pharmaceutical giant declined to exercise its option on several NGM Biopharmaceuticals eye programs, a decision that follows a Phase 2 clinical trial failure.

Translating complex medical knowledge, and making it available to patients in a simple and easy-to-use way, can make healthcare accessible to those that otherwise may have difficulty.

An Oscar Health survey found that about 93% of respondents are “extremely,” “very” or “somewhat” concerned about the state of the economy. Another 44% of respondents listed the economy as their top healthcare concern.

As hospitals continue to battle healthcare’s workforce shortage and high levels of staff turnover, capacity is a significant pain point. When it comes to technology to help optimize capacity management, hospital leaders want solutions that can automatically identify and prioritize patients who are ready for discharge using real-time data, according to a new report.

A Ferring Pharmaceuticals gene therapy is now FDA approved for treating bladder cancer that does not respond to an immunotherapy used to treat the cancer in its early stages. The Ferring gene therapy, Adstiladrin, turns bladder wall cells into tiny factories churning out a cancer-fighting therapeutic protein.