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5 Key Challenges Preventing Innovation in Digital Health

HIT Consultant

These demographic trends are causing shifts within the healthcare sector and resulting in increased expenditure associated with the costs of treatment and prevention in old age. Both a lack of clinical engagement and inadequate resources are two often-cited areas that prevent better integration of otherwise promising digital solutions.

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OHCA’s Revised Regulations Following Comments from Industry Stakeholders

Sheppard Health Law

As we anticipated in our previous blog article , the Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) made revisions to its proposed regulations following the public workshop hosted by the California Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) in August. On October 9, 2023, HCAI and OHCA published a revised draft of the regulations.

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How Medical Billing Audit Helps Prevent Revenue Loss?

Best Medical Billing Company | Physicians Revenue Group, Inc.

Admin March 16, 2023 How Does Medical Billing Audit Help Prevent Revenue Loss? Moreover, expert medical auditors can prevent revenue leakage, while providing complete reimbursements with proper coding audits, billing, and patient documentation. Furthermore, this results in quick delivery of services between patients and providers.

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Hospitals: Infection Prevention and Control and Antibiotic Stewardship Program Interpretive Guidance Update 

Briggs Healthcare

Infection preventions and control and antibiotic stewardship programs. The intent of the regulatory revisions was to promote more broad changes and focus in hospitals on surveillance and prevention initiatives to control hospital acquired infections (HAI) and other infectious diseases. Look for the red ink.

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Quantifying 21st-Century Opportunity Costs of FDA Regulation

Healthcare ECONOMIST

The Mulligan (2023) [ NBER WP version ] paper investigates some of the implication of drug regulation. The paper also examines the impact of FDA regulation during a pandemic with a focus on the COVID-19 pandemic. For instance, many cities closed schools to in-person learning. School closures are outside FDA’s regulatory purview.

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There’s More Than Rules in Regulating Concussions

Bill Of Health

While leagues have already made changes to prevent brain injuries, there’s more to be done. This post considers the application of Lawrence Lessig’s New Chicago School approach to regulation to the prevention of concussions (and other types of brain damage generalized under the word “concussions” for simplicity) in football.

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Regulating Medical Assistance in Dying: A Comparison of the U.S. and Canada

Bill Of Health

By Hannah Rahim The regulation of medical assistance in dying (MAID) is drastically different between the U.S. Ethical considerations in regulating MAID Canada’s MAID laws have been criticized for positioning death as an easier alternative to addressing the root causes of patients’ suffering. and Canada.