Morning Headlines 6/3/19
The vendor members of the HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association raise “significant concerns” in draft comments about proposed federal rules covering interoperability.
Troubled microbiome startup uBiome to lay off some employees, refund payments from federal insurers
Microbiome testing vendor UBiome’s interim CEO warns employees of pending layoffs in the wake of federal investigations that have also prompted the company to refund government payments for its tests.
Kan. Hospital Agrees to Pay $250K To Settle False Claims Act Allegations
Coffey Health System (KS) will pay HHS $250,000 to settle claims that it falsely attested to conducting security risk analyses as required by the Meaningful Use incentive program.
VA is a much more complicated rollout since there are so many different interactions and configurations of VistA. In addition,…
Care from the "Home Care" industry, housecleaninig, companionship, etc, is trying to move into the Hospital at Home space, but…
I agree, in my haste I did grab some older studies. Here is a meta-analysis (albeit from Australia) which is…
Participants in a randomized trial have to be able and willing to be part of the trial regardless of what…
There are many validated and published studies on patient satisfaction with "hospital at home" models, along with individual statistics presented…