Coverage of our peer-reviewed research and news reporting in the health care and mainstream press.
An article by MakeUseOf cited a study published in the February 2018 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®) titled “Data Breach Locations, Types, and Associated Characteristics Among US Hospitals.” In the study, researchers found that despite the high level of hospital adoption of electronic health records and the federal incentives to do so, the most common type of data breach in hospitals occurred with paper records and films. The MakeUseOf article, which focused on ways to prevent data theft by employees, recommended locking up or shredding paper files based on the findings published in AJMC®.
Solving the Transition Conundrum as More Children With Muscular Dystrophy Live to Adulthood
March 17th 2025Learning from examples like congenital heart disease and cystic fibrosis can help health systems and clinicians prepare to care for an influx of patients with neuromuscular diseases as they reach adulthood thanks to transformative therapy advances.
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CMS Medicare Final Rule: Advancing Benefits, Competition, and Consumer Protection
May 7th 2024On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with Karen Iapoce, senior director of government products and programs at ZeOmega, about the recent CMS final rule on Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage.
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Demographic Disparities in Video Visit Telemetry: Understanding Telemedicine Utilization
March 7th 2025A stratified demographics analysis of video visit telemetry data reveals that age older than 65 years and African American/Black race are associated with higher video visit failure rates, whereas language, sex, and ethnicity are not.
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