Tag Archives: Healthcare

Democratic ‘Medicare for all’ push stands to rescue Trump on healthcare

The Democratic Party is riding to President Trump’s rescue on healthcare with talk of repealing Obamacare and eliminating private insurance in favor of a government system that has drawn the skepticism of American voters. The move could offer a political lifeline to Trump. His stubborn commitment to “repealing and replacing” Obamacare, once a winning message,… Read More »

Senate committee proposes massive bill to lower healthcare costs

Providers and payers were hit with a series of proposed legislation, policies and court action this week that affects drug prices, surprise bills and their contracts. This includes Senate and House committee bills to lower drug costs and for single-payer healthcare, a Health and Human Services announcement ending LGBT discrimination protections in the Affordable Care… Read More »

Saint Francis Healthcare adds Carestream radiology tools

A Missouri-based integrated delivery system recently went live on a suite of imaging technology from Carestream. Saint Francis Healthcare System selected a package of technology that includes the vendor’s Clinical Collaboration Platform, Vue PACS, Vue Archive, Vue Motion enterprise viewer and the Vue patient portal. The organization, based in Cape Girardeau, Mo., and serving 700,000… Read More »

Black premature babies face racial disparities in healthcare, study says

Adobe Stock Images Black preemies face higher chances that they will receive poor prenatal care than white, Asian-American and Hispanic babies, and this is partially due to the quality of their parents’ healthcare as well as segregation, according to a JAMA Pediatrics study released last week. The study looked at black newborn babies born prematurely… Read More »

Partners HealthCare integrates state opioid tool into its EHR

Partners HealthCare announced integration of the Massachusetts Prescription Awareness Tool (MassPAT), which enables access for providers to help prevent and manage substance use disorders, directly into its electronic health record (EHR) system. MassPAT is an online tool that promotes safe prescribing and dispensing patterns by allowing prescribers and pharmacists to access their patient’s prescriptive history… Read More »