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Recent changes to the practice of medicine are evident; no longer are patients coming in for routine appointments, follow-up visits, or elective procedures. Many patients and practitioners are opting for the use of digital health services, while some individuals are refusing to seek needed care out of virus-spurred fears. Alongside a marked decrease in demand …
Since the implementation of National Provider Identifiers (NPIs) by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), billing processes have been simplified and streamlined. The unique ten-digit identifier codes assigned to physicians and other healthcare providers by the US Department of Health and Human Services have now become a part of the majority of electronic …
Google has been working with Ascension Health to layer its cloud computing technologies into the expansive non-profit hospital system’s collection and analysis of patient data, via a previously secret under the radar project that was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. The year old Project Nightingale efforts were announced by the companies in a …
Genetic testing is growing in popularity in recent years, which is reflected in sales of testing kits booming to hit a projected $6.36 billion by 2028. These tests provide consumers information about their DNA, ancestry, future health, and longevity all without seeing a doctor. Now The Royal College of General Practitioners has released guidance which …
Many Americans are just barely making it pay cheque to pay cheque, they simply don’t earn enough money to build savings, and can’t afford to purchase healthier food choices as well as better education, healthcare and child care. Oregon State University has found definite statistical truth to these sentiments and has concluded that over 63% …
A data breach has demonstrated that adoption of digital record storage systems may be making patient privacy vulnerable; this breach involves close to 12 million patients who got blood testing through Quest Diagnostics who may have had their personal records hacked according to reports. Quest Diagnostics, one of the nation’s largest blood test providers, says …
Family Tree DNA has given USA law enforcement open access to its database for over 1 million users without their permission or knowledge, with hopes of it helping to solve crimes; implications for genetic privacy are dire. There is at least one company working with law enforcement as Family Tree DNA has admitted in a …