Tag: health

In March, MedPage Today published a story outlining two new interoperability rules issued by the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology and the Centers for Medicare ...

This year shone a spotlight on cybersecurity, with federal agencies warning in October of an "increased an imminent" cyber threat to hospitals fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic. But not every ...

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer said on Thursday that it has "millions" of vaccine doses waiting for delivery instructions from the Trump administration after governors complained that their shipments would be drastically ...

This year saw major changes for the healthcare industry, including the implementation of social-distancing protocols to keep patients and providers safe and an astronomical rise in demand for telehealth in ...

Cape Cod Coronavirus Update - Cases, Hospitalizations, News

Leading researchers discussed which requirements AI algorithms must meet to fight bias in healthcare during the 'Artificial Intelligence and Implications for Health Equity: Will AI Improve Equity or Increase Disparities?' ...

Prostate cancer surgery in high-risk patients can safely be delayed for as long as 6 months and should therefore be considered a low priority compared with other cancer and emergent ...

President-elect Joe Biden on Monday announced the key members of his health team, tapping California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be Health and Human Services secretary and Harvard infectious disease ...

According to the U.S. Surgeon General, "16 million Americans are living with a smoking-related disease… smoking-attributable healthcare spending exceeds $170 billion per year."

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday stated that the first decline in newly reported Covid-19 cases in Europe since September should be interpreted with extreme caution as gains can ...