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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.

HIMSS21
By Kat Jercich | 10:36 am | May 24, 2021
Aggregating information can disguise differences in the way different groups of vulnerable people access care – and prevent organizations from taking useful action.
By Kat Jercich | 05:10 pm | May 21, 2021
Meanwhile, Amwell and Caregility said they had deep rates of customer adoption of their telemedicine tools.
By Kat Jercich | 12:18 pm | May 21, 2021
While the organization's website is now accessible, along with some "read-only" medical records, its patient portal is still down.
By Kat Jercich | 05:04 pm | May 20, 2021
Conservative individuals were less supportive of using digital data to mitigate transmission than moderate or liberal ones.  
By Kat Jercich | 12:54 pm | May 20, 2021
The initiative, developed in partnership with Manatt Health, emphasizes that the benefits of digitally enabled services go beyond dollars and cents.
By Kat Jercich | 03:44 pm | May 19, 2021
The cyber risk platform Black Kite released a new report this week finding that one in 10 global pharmaceutical manufacturers are at a high risk of suffering a ransomware attack.
By Kat Jercich | 11:41 am | May 19, 2021
MITRE this month proposed a comprehensive draft national strategy for digital health focusing on scaling healthcare services and addressing disparities in access.
By Kat Jercich | 03:24 pm | May 18, 2021
Researchers examined more than 300,000 virtual visits for patients older than 60 over the course of three years.
By Kat Jercich | 01:08 pm | May 18, 2021
The company is reportedly considering making an at-home COVID-19-testing kit available in June, then possibly kits for other respiratory infections.
By Kat Jercich | 05:41 pm | May 17, 2021
Although the agency did not explicitly refer to any specific brand of electronics, its news release linked to several articles about magnets in the iPhone 12.