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CHIP Data Show Steep Drops in Vaccinations, Health ScreeningsThe COVID-19 Public Health Emergency is blamed for dramatic year-over-year reductions in healthcare services for children.
Clinical Care
Resources for Helping Homeless PatientsFor those who are independent at a wheelchair level or in need of some minor or light assistance, it is...
Clinical Care
New Scripps Health Co-CMO Shares 'Hot Opportunities for Improving Value'Anil Keswani, MD, discusses the outpatient setting, patient safety, and value-based care.
Covid-19
AHA, AMA, ANA Mark 'Somber Milestone' as U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Top 200KWith the flu season approaching, the three associations urged the public to get a flu shot.
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OCR Settles Cases in HIPAA Right of Access InitiativeOverall, OCR has completed seven total enforcement actions under the HIPAA Right of Access initiative.
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He Wanted to Fix Rural America's Broken Nursing Homes. Now, Taxpayers May Be on the Hook for $76 Million.Ronnie Rollins used a controversial loophole to secure $300 million in bonus payments for his nonprofit nursing home chain. A...
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It's Not Just Insulin: Lawmakers Focus on Price of One Drug, While Others Rise TooAs drug prices spiral upward, politicians in Washington, D.C., and in state governments have sought to address the problem in...
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Without Ginsburg, Judicial Threats to the ACA, Reproductive Rights HeightenGinsburg's absence from the bench could accelerate a trend underway to get cases to the Supreme Court toward invalidating the...
Covid-19
California's Deadliest Spring in 20 Years Suggests COVID UndercountAbout 125,000 Californians died from March through July, up by 14,200, or 13%, from the average for the same five...
Covid-19
Waiting Room Safety: Infection, Furniture, and Power OutletsAccrediting organizations (AO) don't have a specific standard on waiting room infection control, but there are still issues you can...
Clinical Care
Black Women Turn to Midwives to Avoid COVID and 'Feel Cared For'As the COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare healthcare inequities, more Black women are looking to home birth.
Covid-19
COVID Vaccine Trials Move at Warp Speed, But Recruiting Black Volunteers Takes TimeSo far, participation by minority volunteers in coronavirus trials has increased only slightly compared with typically low levels for other...