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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 | 04:17 pm | January 27, 2021
The nurse practitioner will serve as "the Nation's Doctor" pending the Senate confirmation of Dr. Vivek H. Murthy.
By Kat Jercich | 11:55 am | January 27, 2021
Larry Everett Smith is among five defendants who have recently pleaded guilty for their role in a healthcare fraud conspiracy that allegedly lasted for years.
By Kat Jercich | 06:04 pm | January 26, 2021
Lawmakers in legislatures nationwide have introduced about 300 bills aimed at expanding access to telemedicine – but not every bill is equally helpful. 
Workforce
By Kat Jercich | 02:58 pm | January 26, 2021
Physicians point to long work hours and bureaucratic tasks as contributing to exhaustion and job-related stress, a new survey shows. "An EHR that actually works right" would help, said one.
By Kat Jercich | 10:33 am | January 26, 2021
Although the EHR market has made notable changes for the better, there's still ample opportunity for vendors and providers alike to work toward more robust data exchange, a new report shows.
By Kat Jercich | 04:21 pm | January 25, 2021
The Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act of 2021 includes broadly popular provisions such as eliminating geographic and originating site restrictions.  
By Kat Jercich | 01:36 pm | January 25, 2021
Reports suggest that President Joe Biden is likely to tap three Obama-era officials for key cyber positions as the government continues to respond to the SolarWinds hack and other high-profile threats.
By Kat Jercich | 02:40 pm | January 22, 2021
By using patient age, sex and daily clinical state, the machine learning model also predicts the probability of in-hospital mortality. 
By Kat Jercich | 11:09 am | January 22, 2021
As would-be vaccine recipients scramble for appointment time slots, in too many cases "the technology is just being used wrong," says one exec.
By Kat Jercich | 04:17 pm | January 21, 2021
The strategy includes a proposed executive order that will direct federal agencies to ramp up collection, sharing and analysis of data to "support an equitable COVID-19 response and recovery."