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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 | 01:16 pm | November 04, 2021
The registration page in its original form was not usable for those who used screen-reader software or who didn't have a computer mouse.
By Kat Jercich | 10:51 am | November 04, 2021
Gaumard Scientific vice president Jim Archetto said the goal is to place providers into the kind of "low-frequency, high-risk" environment they might not often encounter in a clinical setting.
By Kat Jercich | 04:09 pm | November 03, 2021
The Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency this week released a binding operational directive this week requiring federal agencies to patch known exploited vulnerabilities carrying "significant risk" to the federal enterprise.
By Kat Jercich | 11:51 am | November 03, 2021
In a pair of op-eds published in the Federal News Network, former Veterans Affairs Deputy Chief Information Officer Ed Meagher offered his take on the agency's beleaguered attempts to update its electronic health record system.
By Kat Jercich | 02:56 pm | November 02, 2021
Among hospitalized patients, the agency found that those who had gotten two shots of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine were less likely to test positive for COVID-19.
By Kat Jercich | 12:55 pm | November 02, 2021
Advocacy organizations and business groups, including the U.S. Chamber of Congress, argue that current law effectively prevents employers from offering virtual care to part-time or seasonal workers.
By Kat Jercich | 03:38 pm | November 01, 2021
The electronic health record vendor had asked the nation's highest court to review its case against Tata Consultancy Services earlier this year.
By Kat Jercich | 12:48 pm | November 01, 2021
The groups say that the premature expiration of pandemic-era policies could leave patients, especially immunocompromised people, in the lurch.
By Kat Jercich | 09:47 am | November 01, 2021
The company logged 3.9 million visits in Q3, notching 37% growth from the previous year. But it reported $84.3 million in net loss, compared with $35.9 million for the same period in 2020.
By Kat Jercich | 01:36 pm | October 29, 2021
The so-called SUNSET rule would have required the Department of Health and Human Services to review its regulations once a decade.