All the industries including healthcare, have integrated information technology with its operations. Of late, no business operation can be done without involving technology in it. The healthcare sector, in particular, deals with an extensive mass of data which becomes easy to be handled with the help of the latest data management technologies available with the […]
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April 2019 Sets Record For Healthcare Breaches
Healthcare is a domain that uses data extensively. All the records associated with the patients regarding their medicines, methods of treatment, diagnosis, pathological tests, and results are maintained in data format these days for convenience. Hence, the healthcare industry is one of those industries that depend largely on the data for smooth operations. However, with […]
Burnout is Now Classified by the World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) has now classified burnout as a typical “syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed.” WHO added burnout to the international classification of diseases, on May 28, and gave it an ICD-11 code. Although WHO classifies burnout as an occupational phenomenon, not a medical […]
FDA Prepares to Regulate AI in Medical Devices
New and advanced AI innovations are increasingly touching medical devices. According to the Roll Call report, the FDA is already struggling with the reality of regulating all living things in a much better way. Looking forward, traditional ways of regulating medical devices are unlikely to work for the latest innovations powered by AI. At present, […]
Hospital Bill Private Insurance More than Outpatient
According to a report published by RAND, private health insurance plans covering the majority of the population of America paid higher rates of insurance to hospitals compared to similar public plans like Medicaid and Medicare. Going by facts, in 2017, mix-adjusted hospital rates were at 241 percent of Medicare prices, as per findings. The study also considered a negotiated amount of hospital prices relative to Medicare reimbursements for the procedures as well as facilities. People who were enrolled in private healthcare plans were employer-sponsored. If hospital rates to Medicare costs were cut from 2015 to 2017, it would have easily saved $7.7 billion in overall healthcare expenditure for employers, reports RAND. Key Considerations – RAND Report As large discrepancies […]