The ASTP/ONC’s recently updated United States Core Data for Interoperability Version 6 includes new data elements and applicable standards to support the provision of precision medicine and better patient care across the healthcare system.
ACR Urges Strong AI Safeguards in State Model Legislation
In comments to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, the ACR outlined several recommendations for a proposed state model law addressing the use of artificial intelligence in the insurance industry.
CMS Announces Changes to Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments Fee Coupons & Certificates
Clinical researchers who perform laboratory testing are required to switch to email notifications before March 1, 2026, to continue receiving fee coupons and certificates. After that date, CLIA paper fee coupons and certificates will no longer be available.
Virtual Reality: An Immersive Educational Experience
Virtual reality technology may be a unique and immersive avenue for educating patients on rheumatic conditions and their treatments, with the potential to enable more informed decision making and improve care.
AI’s Expanding Role in Rheumatology & Healthcare
Disease detection, access to care and remote patient monitoring are just a few areas in which AI is expected to aid rheumatology, but there will still be room for the human touch.
The HHS Seeks Comments on Proposed Changes to HIPAA Security Rule
The proposed changes aim to address modern breach and cybersecurity risks to electronic protected health information and common deficiencies observed by the HHS in Security Rule compliance investigations.
The Burden Imposed by Prior Authorization Requirements
‘Prior authorizations are the bane of our existence as rheumatologists,’ says Physician Editor Bharat Kumar, MD, MME, FACP, FAAAAI, RhMSUS. ‘How bad is it, how can we manage them, and how is the ACR helping? Read on in this month’s Editor’s Pick.’ Healthcare providers consider prior authorization (PA) a significant burden, but to different degrees…
Precision Medicine on a Population Level
Guest columnists Dr. Daniel Solomon & Dr. Andrew Concoff discuss the potential of technology, such as mobile health apps, to enhance remote care & improve access for underserved patients.
Precision Medicine on a Population Level: Can Digital Health Technology Improve Access to Rheumatologic Care?
Over our 25 years as rheumatologists, care has advanced greatly. We each completed our rheumatology training in the late 1990s when both infliximab and etanercept first arrived on the U.S. market, ushering in the era of biologics in rheumatology. Since this time, our greater understanding of the immunologic basis of many rheumatic diseases has translated…
Don’t Be Afraid to Engage: Health Technologies for Patients & Rheumatologists
Symptom checkers, telehealth and more—here are insights into the effects new technologies are having on rheumatology.
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 31
- Next Page »