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Dr. Richard Zelman, showed him on October 3, 2017, and the cardiac team at Cape Cod Hospital saved a woman's life using an interventional procedure he started doing a few years ago, called TAVR, transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

Cape Cod Healthcare accused of ‘unethical practices’ in lawsuit against doctor

HYANNIS — A former cardiologist and medical director at Cape Cod Hospital has filed a lawsuit against Cape Cod Healthcare, alleging he was fired after speaking out about the hospital’s allegedly unethical practices that favored benefit to patient care. Dr. Richard Zelman, 64, has been an affiliated cardiologist and interventional surgeon with Cape Cod Hospital …

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China's healthcare system put to the test as COVID brakes fade

China’s healthcare system put to the test as COVID brakes fade

BAODING, China, Dec 11 (Reuters) – When Li tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday in Baoding, northern China, he prepared for a five-day quarantine at a local makeshift hospital in the under the country’s strict pandemic controls. Instead, China the next day abruptly relaxed the policy that made the world’s most populous country an outlier …

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Judge sends Aurora man accused of killing father to mental health facility

REFILE-China’s healthcare system put to the test as COVID restrictions ease

(Refiles to fix ‘disrupting’ typographical error, paragraph 8) By Ella Cao and Ryan Woo BAODING, China, Dec 11 (Reuters) – When Li tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday in Baoding, northern China, he prepared for a five-day quarantine at a local makeshift hospital in the under the country’s strict pandemic controls. Instead, China the next …

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Healthcare Stakeholders See Assurance and Incentives Key to Warner's Cybersecurity Plan

Healthcare Stakeholders See Assurance and Incentives Key to Warner’s Cybersecurity Plan

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., speaks during a oversight hearing Dec. 7, 2021 in Washington. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Stakeholder groups representing tens of thousands of members and thousands of provider organizations responded to Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va.’s healthcare cybersecurity policy options, refining his strong ideas for cyberinsurance, incentive programs and other necessary resource options …

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How are public cloud providers performing for healthcare IT providers?

How are public cloud providers performing for healthcare IT providers?

According to the new Public Cloud Providers 2022 report from KLAS Arch Collaborative, healthcare IT providers are making rapid progress in using or migrating legacy technologies to the cloud, but they cite cost most often as a challenge, citing the cost of storage and output recovery. Where are vendors on their cloud maturity journey? Nearly …

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Behavioral healthcare deficit called as demand soars

Behavioral healthcare deficit called as demand soars

BOSTON – The COVID pandemic has exacerbated a behavioral health crisis, particularly in Western Massachusetts, underscoring an urgent need for accessible community services, lawmakers and behavioral health care officials in Western Massachusetts have agreed during a recent virtual forum. “The roadmap for behavioral health is about finding the door and walking through that door to …

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Healthcare - Toddlers and infants now eligible for bivalent booster

Healthcare – Toddlers and infants now eligible for bivalent booster

You may be cool, but do you have a license to own a unicorn like this lucky girl from Los Angeles? Today in health, the FDA expanded its emergency use authorization for bivalent COVID-19 vaccines to include children as young as 6 months old. Welcome to night health care, where we follow the latest developments …

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OSHA COVID-19 rule for healthcare workers sent to the White House

OSHA COVID-19 rule for healthcare workers sent to the White House

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) permanent rule to prevent healthcare workers from contracting COVID-19 has been sent to the White House for review, the final step before an agency issues a rule . We have collected articles on the news of SHRM online and other media. History of the rule OSHA issued a …

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Physician's assistant Brett Feldman does a checkup on his patient Gary Dela Cruz on the side of the road near his encampment in downtown Los Angeles on Nov. 18, 2022. Feldman is the director and co-founder of Street Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California.Photo by Larry Valenzuela for CalMatters

More Street Medicine Teams Tackle California’s Homeless Healthcare Crisis

Although they are eligible for full medical coverage under Medi-Cal, the program was not necessarily designed for the homeless. For example, Medi-Cal will pay for transportation to and from a doctor’s appointment, but it requires the patient to provide a fixed address and give the driver several weeks’ notice, which most homeless people don’t. are …

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Iris Telehealth Achieves Joint Commission Behavioral Healthcare Recertification

Iris Telehealth Achieves Joint Commission Behavioral Healthcare Recertification

The designation recognizes the company’s commitment to providing high quality telepsychiatry services AUSTIN, TX, December 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Iris Telehealth, a leading provider of telepsychiatry services to health systems and community health centers across the United States, today announced that it has been recertified with the Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® co-ed for behavioral …

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