Dr. David Stukus recently used a trendy at-home food sensitivity test, complete with alcohol swabs, gauze, lancets and a biohazard bag. He cleaned his ring finger with the alcohol prep pad, pressed a lancet against the “puncture site” until it clicked, squeezed his finger to get a good drop of blood to form and then… Read More »
Be more of an insider. Get the Washington Examiner Magazine, Digital Edition now. SIGN UP! If you’d like to continue receiving Washington Examiner’s Daily on Healthcare newsletter, SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://newsletters.washingtonexaminer.com/newsletter/daily-on-healthcare/ Trump administration cuts Medicare payments for pricey new drugs. The Trump administration finalized a regulation Thursday that cuts the Medicare reimbursement for new cancer and… Read More »
Everyday Wellness Emily DiNuzzoNov 01 This is what caregivers can expect from loved ones at each stage. Caregivers should learn all they can about the stages of Alzheimer’s sfam_photo/Shutterstock More than 50 million people in the world today suffer from the dementia of Alzheimer’s disease—and the number is expected to rise above nearly 152 million… Read More »
Providers and payers now have access to a “threat catalogue” to help them identify adverse events that they’ll likely need to control. The project was developed by HITRUST, a coalition of industry stakeholders collaborating to better secure protected health information. The initiative aims to help organizations identify the adverse events that are most relevant to… Read More »