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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency’s proposed rule to establish special registrations for providers and telemedicine platforms to prescribe certain schedules of controlled substances without requiring an in-person doctor’s visit requires “meaningful” clarification and adjustments, according to the American Telemedicine Association and ATA Action.  If key provisions to ensure “workability and effectiveness” are not addressed, “significant … Read more

A major dilemma facing operating rooms is that historically, no one was measuring time. Documentation takes up a huge part of a clinician’s day. And when it comes to the OR, that documentation also is cumbersome. Inaccurate reporting can lead to delayed surgeries: In fact, more than 70% of surgeries don’t start on time, according … Read more

Easy bruising: Why does it happen? If you bruise easily, you might wonder what’s causing it and what you can do. Learn more and understand when bruising could signal a serious concern. By Mayo Clinic Staff Yet another bruise. You don’t remember bumping into anything, but lately you seem to be bruising often. Should you … Read more

Learn more from urologic oncologist Bradley Leibovich, M.D. I’m Dr. Brad Leibovich, urologic oncologist at Mayo Clinic. In this video, we’ll cover the basics of kidney cancer: What is it? Who gets it? The symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. Whether you’re looking for answers for yourself or for someone you love, we’re here to give you … Read more

Children learn to speak at their own pace. Development of speech, meaning how the child makes words, doesn’t happen on a tight schedule. That’s true for how well a child communicates, called language skills, as well. Markers, known as milestones, can be a guide to how well a child is learning to talk. These milestones … Read more

Emergency departments that have good data connections to emergency medical response data have a leg up on their speed-to-care rates and their ability to improve overall health outcomes. Likewise, field healthcare clinicians have a vital need for healthcare data exchange.  When EMS agencies access health information through state exchanges, it can improve patient care and … Read more

Patching legacy systems is a pain, but healthcare IT leaders and workers do it every day. Is complete modernization of health IT far away? Artificial intelligence is exploding in healthcare. There have been a lot of administrative uses for it; far fewer clinical deployments yet. What could happen to drive routine use of AI by … Read more

Many health systems’ journeys into wide-scale virtual care really began with the urgent need to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Some health systems have been able to streamline and standardize processes across their extensive networks, even extending care to such locations as rural schools. Success lies in strategic collaboration between leaders who prioritize new virtual … Read more

This is part two of a two-part special CDIO profile story. To read part one, click here. Building a digital ecosystem and crafting the technology elements of a health system’s five-year strategic plan are no small feats. But Lisa S. Stump says she’s up to the task. Stump is Mount Sinai Health System’s newly minted … Read more

Imagine being handed the keys to all information technology at a prominent health system in the United States, and all that entails: everything from optimizing electronic health record systems to overseeing the very latest artificial intelligence advances to helping craft organization-wide five-year strategic plans.  Add in the need to guide all the other IT professionals … Read more