Morning Read: Senate hears of drug price gouging; Martin Shkreli is a big Wu-Tang fan
Also, U.S. infant mortality plunges, Mexico approves dengue vaccine and conservative group offers a substantive Obamacare alternative.
AHRQ: Progress on HAI prevention slows
"That rate is still too high," AHRQ said in its report, even though a press release from HHS tried to paint a rosier picture.
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While you were eating, CMS updated Medicare quality strategy
Right on cue, an HHS agency dropped some news just as everyone was taking off for a long weekend. This time, the CMS waited until just before Thanksgiving to update its strategy for moving away from fee-for-service payments.
Study: PAs, NPs do more e-prescribing in pediatric ED
Perhaps it's workflow, perhaps it's culture, perhaps it's just the nature of the setting, but physician assistants and nurse practitioners have been ?e-prescribing? ?at a higher rate than physicians in the ED of Children's National Health System in Washington, D.C.
Health literacy startup wants to redefine personalized videos to improve adherence
Its customers include pharmaceutical companies which value its approach for injectibles, particularly anti-inflammatory medications that an come with big price tags.
WebMD will compete with physician social networks with new Medscape virtual consult app
The crowdsourcing consult app will be available to doctors in 245 countries.
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Verizon’s protected health data breach report in numbers: 1,931 incidents, 392 million records
The report defined PHI as personally identifiable health information on an individual covered by one of the state, federal or international data breach disclosure laws.
Walgreens announces expansion of MDLive access and its Connect app launch
Walgreens' digital health endeavors continue to expand with more states having its MDLive telehealth app available and the introduction of a new rewards program app.
The Internet of Things data quandary
Is your healthcare data as private as you think? Notsomuch, according to one connected health company
White House pushing ACA enrollment with ‘Healthy Communities’
The president promises to visit the community that makes the most progress toward reducing the uninsured rate during this ACA enrollment period.
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Physician groups ask Congress to fix Meaningful Use
The letters, signed by 111 groups, rapped the Obama administration for sticking to what the signatories called "fundamental flaws" in Meaningful Use regulations that they believe are more about documentation than promoting interoperability of electronic health records.
SHSMD: Healthcare marketing pros say this industry stinks
That's the message the Twitter stream tells from SHSMD Connections?, the annual conference of an American Hospital Association? branch called the Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development?, or SHSMD.
Wounded warrior tells of DoD-VA health IT communication issues
Thursday at the annual HIMSS Policy Summit in Washington, part of National Health IT Week, a wounded warrior told of his frustrations dealing with both health systems, and why he thinks better health IT can help.
Health IT Week: Interoperability has improved, but much work remains
That was the theme Wednesday afternoon in the opening session of the HIMSS Policy Summit in Washington.
ONC finalizes health IT interoperability roadmap
The final version is not all that different from a draft released in January, but there are a few changes. "There is a significant focus on near-term goals," Erica Galvez, ONC's interoperability manager, told reporters.