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Alexa: ‘Will patients share their information with you?’
Amazon Alexa is now HIPAA compliant. The company recently launched six Alexa voice health tools built by providers, payers, pharmacy benefit managers and digital health coaching companies that allow organizations to securely transmit private patient information. The Alexa Skills Kit enables select covered entities and business associates subject to HIPAA to build Alexa skills so they can transmit and receive protected health information as part of an invite-only program.
House subcommittee approves FY 2017 HHS funding bill
A House Appropriations subcommittee today approved by voice vote legi
Letter to Seema Verma on Skilled Nursing Facilities PPS Rule for FY 2021
This letter to CMS Administrator Seema Verma details AHA’s comments on the proposed FY 2021 prospective payment system for skilled nursing facilities.
CDC reports Zika-associated death in Puerto Rico
About 11% of patients tested for arboviruses in Puerto Rico since last November were infected with Zika virus, according to a
New views on womens services
Trustee talking points
The 2014 birthrate for women ages 25 to 29 was 106 births per 1,000, just slightly higher than the rate of 101 per 1,000 women ages 30 to 34, according t
Students coach elderly patients to better health
Pocono Medical Center (PMC) Chief Medical Executive Jonathan Goldner, M.D., has seen it happen too many times. Elderly patients suffering from chronic diseases are discharged from the hospital.
In final rule, CMS tempers the impact of reporting, repaying Medicare overpayments
Heeding concerns raised by the AHA and others, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Feb.
“The Price Ain’t Right” Ain’t Right Again!
When Gaynor et al. originally released their “The Price Ain’t Right” report on the relationship between hospital prices and market structure in 2015, there were a number of questions and concerns about how they reached their conclusions.