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Kat Jercich

Kat Jercich

Kat Jercich is the Senior Editor at Healthcare IT News. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Advocate, and others. Previously, she was Vice President and Managing Editor at Rewire.News.

By Kat Jercich | 12:43 pm | December 16, 2020
 The relaxation of regulations around telemedicine has undoubtedly made it easier for patients to access virtual care – but has also presented new privacy risks.
By Kat Jercich | 03:05 pm | December 15, 2020
Breached network management software vendor SolarWinds has also listed the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Blue Cross Blue Shield as customers.
Population Health
By Kat Jercich | 10:58 am | December 15, 2020
Walgreens, Costco, CVS and others said they would use existing IT systems to help customers track their vaccination dosage schedule.  
By Kat Jercich | 03:50 pm | December 14, 2020
The electronic health record giant said that health systems had shared more than 221 million patient records in a one-month period this fall.
Population Health
By Kat Jercich | 10:42 am | December 14, 2020
One thing to expect will be a pent-up demand for healthcare services that patients have been putting off, says Lyft's Megan Callahan.
Population Health
By Kat Jercich | 10:21 am | December 14, 2020
In lieu of permanent policy change, industry groups urged legislators to extend temporary telehealth flexibilities through the end of 2021.
By Kat Jercich | 11:43 am | December 11, 2020
The proposed rule aims to enhance patient access and smooth API-enabled data exchange by requiring the use of specific HL7 FHIR implementation guides by payers.
By Kat Jercich | 10:52 am | December 11, 2020
A research letter published this week found no difference in patient satisfaction scores despite the discrepancy in EHR time between male and female physicians.
By Kat Jercich | 03:26 pm | December 10, 2020
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention requested that states share information about individuals who receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
By Kat Jercich | 12:07 pm | December 10, 2020
Sundar Pichai promised to look into the case of Timnit Gebru, a co-lead on Google's ethical AI team, who says she was fired following her involvement with a paper on the risks of natural language processing models.

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