The conventional approach of FDA for software-structured medical devices appears to be unfitting due to its certain limitations. Therefore, FDA proclaimed a pre-certification program recently which will foster new digital health solutions at the same time will give a lift to established medical device agencies. This pre-certification program is basically a pilot program intended to …
Healthcare consumerism allows patients to take active participation while taking critical decisions about their health. Though, most of the healthcare plans do not involve patients wholly when it comes to asking them the way they want to avail healthcare services. In its consequence, patients focus less on the expenditure due to impartial or negligible participation …
Healthcare sector in the United States has seen rapid transformations during the past few years and it has shifted to a patient-centered environment. Today, a large number of advancements in the healthcare are focused on improving the patient’s experience. Some of the major revolutionary advances are the following: i. The Advent of Augmented Reality (AR) …
HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) made it a compulsion for the healthcare industry to abide by certain regulations which are significant to protect the valuable information and keeping the medical records safe and sound. However, people commonly neglect HIPAA laws in their busy routines. For this reason, you need to be aware of …
Everybody now is busier than it used to be and mostly got insufficient time to pay heed to the consistent care that old patients require. For this reason, it becomes crucial to look for the ways to provide proper time and care to the seniors at home. In such a scenario, taking assistance from a …
The blockchain is a shared public ledger operated electronically over a lot of divided nodes. By means of the blockchain, every single person on the chain verifies all the modifications that took place in the ledger. It has been viewed as a cost-effective and extremely protected way of managing shared database as well as to …
Every one wishes to have a healthy and fit life, but, it requires certain measures to make sure that you are overall healthy and fit for a normal life. Your health is dependent on various lifestyle factors and certain activities you perform. In old age, there is greater risk of getting sick. However, following some …
In order to strengthen value-based care program, MACRA put forward a new Medicare value-based payment scheme which will be starting next year. This new scheme is named as the Quality Payment Program (QPP) abolishes the Sustainable Growth Rate Formula plus undertakes 2 payment pathways: The Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Advanced Alternative Payment Models (APMs) …
CMS makes it compulsory for hospitals to take part in the bundled-payment program for the procedures of total hip and knee replacement on Medicare beneficiaries. Since CMS made all the hospitals in the country’s 67 markets to switch to value-based payment program as part of its 5-year demonstration; surgeons and organizers of hospitals found it …
Scripps Health brings to light its strategy to construct 5 hospital buildings which are being regarded as the biggest construction venture that the San Diego-based health system is taking into consideration. By announcing this idea, Scripps wants to foster high-quality health for the upcoming generations. This mission is intended to foster up to the minute …