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Opinion: The staggering financial burden of a proposed HIPAA rule

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health care system is facing a new and costly threat that will affect patient care and ultimately may lead to hospital closures : paying for and processing a torrent of medical record requests. The already beleaguered U.S.

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Outcomes of Pharmacist-Driven Clinical Interventions in a Medically Integrated Oncology Specialty Pharmacy Practice

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The high acceptance rates of these interventions demonstrate the key role in optimizing patient care that clinical oncology pharmacists with access to medical records play.

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What can we learn from women’s health data?

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Analysing real-world health data could help overcome the bias towards men in traditional medical research, says Sensyne Health’s Dr Lucy Mackillop.

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Taking stock of NHS medicines optimisation

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In Sussex, for example, ICS, CCGs and Primary Care Networks support care home staff to deliver medicines optimisation in care homes. This has improved residents’ medicines usage and released savings to be re-invested in patient care. Devolving governance.

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Roivant spinout Datavant merges with Ciox to form $7bn health data giant

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That will now be bundled with Ciox’ expertise in handling and analysing electronic medical records and generating real-world evidence (RWE) from clinical data. Ciox chief executive Pete McCabe will take the same role at the new company, while Datavant’s CEO Travis May takes the role of president.

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NHS Digital tweaks e-referral system to hospitals

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This will mean that conversations can be directly embedded into the patient’s medical record and clinicians are not required to switch between systems to seek advice from one another. e-RS is designed to provide an easy way for patients to choose their first hospital or clinic appointment with a specialist.

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Connecting with Patients at Home

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Another unique aspect of this model is that all interprofessional team members can access and document within a universal electronic medical record (EPIC). This empowers care providers with critical patient information. It also improves care coordination and eliminates communication gaps.

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