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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.

Artificial Intelligent
By Kat Jercich | 02:38 pm | February 11, 2021
Healthcare organizations can harness machine learning to schedule vaccines, streamline patient communications and even prioritize access  – but the technology is hardly infallible.
By Kat Jercich | 02:47 pm | February 10, 2021
A new report shows that almost three-quarters of the number of breaches reported to HHS in the last six months of 2020 were tied to third-party business associates.
By Kat Jercich | 01:11 pm | February 10, 2021
The new technology is aimed at allowing healthcare companies to digitize and simplify the document management process.
By Kat Jercich | 03:42 pm | February 09, 2021
The report by Foley & Lardner found that 43 states and D.C. have implemented a version of a state telehealth commercial payer law – although payment parity policies lag behind.
By Kat Jercich | 01:10 pm | February 09, 2021
The nonprofit healthcare alliance reported that more than 265 million Direct Secure Messages were sent and received in the fourth quarter alone.
By Kat Jercich | 04:27 pm | February 08, 2021
More than 20 people showed up in person to testify in favor of the bill at a committee hearing this past month.
By Kat Jercich | 12:58 pm | February 08, 2021
NBC News reports that extensive patient data from Leon Medical Centers and Nocona General Hospital were published in an apparent extortion attempt.
By Kat Jercich | 04:11 pm | February 05, 2021
Henry Ford cardiologists warned that the magnetic array in the new iPhones can potentially interfere with pacemakers and implantable defibrillators.
By Kat Jercich | 11:17 am | February 05, 2021
More than 100 stakeholders, including AMA, AHA and Mayo Clinic, have convened to release policy and regulatory recommendations to improve the country's disaster preparedness. 
By Kat Jercich | 03:59 pm | February 04, 2021
The bill would exclude audio-only services from the definition of telemedicine and target payment parity for virtual services.