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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 | 03:10 pm | October 21, 2021
The announcement follows HL7's launch of a new FHIR accelerator for public health, supported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT.
By Kat Jercich | 01:28 pm | October 21, 2021
The fitness company will join other startups in offering direct-to-consumer virtual care services, in addition to precision health and preventive medicine.
By Kat Jercich | 04:36 pm | October 20, 2021
The agency has not had a Senate-confirmed Veterans Health Administration undersecretary for several years.
By Kat Jercich | 12:43 pm | October 20, 2021
The organization said that doing so would allow patients to continue accessing care while giving Congress time to enact permanent policies.
By Kat Jercich | 07:08 pm | October 19, 2021
On an audio recording anonymously posted to Reddit, a person identified as Epic president Carl Dvorak is heard to say that one responsibility of a company diversity team will be to "expunge" employee "groupthink" from the workplace.
By Kat Jercich | 02:16 pm | October 19, 2021
The companies say they will use artificial intelligence and machine learning to digitize healthcare claims and improve the accuracy and timeliness of the process.
By Kat Jercich | 04:27 pm | October 18, 2021
The complaint follows a cybersecurity incident earlier this year that potentially exposed the personal information of more than 700,000 people.
By Kat Jercich | 01:07 pm | October 18, 2021
Providers report burnout and compassion fatigue amidst the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, especially regarding conversations with vaccine-hesitant patients.
By Kat Jercich | 04:23 pm | October 15, 2021
The agency is now showing disease incidence among unvaccinated people, as well as those who received Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, and Moderna vaccines.
By Kat Jercich | 01:02 pm | October 15, 2021
Yale and Mayo Clinic researchers found that ambulatory physicians have spent more time managing their inboxes during the public health emergency.