In March, Philips recalled more than 73,000 ventilators that absorbed dust and dirt into breathing tubes. This week, the Food and Drug Administration reported that the issue has been associated with at least one death and two injuries.
Beginning this week, patient portal conversations could be eligible for billing, depending on how much time the clinician spends on addressing a patient's concern.
UMass Chan Medical School on Monday began “notifying more than 134,000 individuals currently or previously enrolled in certain state programs that their personal information was involved in a recent third-party data security incident,” Executive Office of Health and Human Services officials said in a statement.
Without access to data, providers, policymakers, health plans, and others throughout the health care ecosystem cannot access evidence-based population outcomes, making them less prepared and able to identify and address health disparities among those in the LGBTQ+ community.