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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 | 04:50 pm | December 14, 2020
The electronic health record giant said that health systems had shared more than 221 million patient records in a one-month period this fall.
Population Health
By Kat Jercich | 11:42 am | December 14, 2020
One thing to expect will be a pent-up demand for healthcare services that patients have been putting off, says Lyft's Megan Callahan.
Population Health
By Kat Jercich | 11:21 am | December 14, 2020
In lieu of permanent policy change, industry groups urged legislators to extend temporary telehealth flexibilities through the end of 2021.
By Kat Jercich | 12:43 pm | December 11, 2020
The proposed rule aims to enhance patient access and smooth API-enabled data exchange by requiring the use of specific HL7 FHIR implementation guides by payers.
By Kat Jercich | 11:52 am | December 11, 2020
A research letter published this week found no difference in patient satisfaction scores despite the discrepancy in EHR time between male and female physicians.
By Kat Jercich | 04:26 pm | December 10, 2020
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention requested that states share information about individuals who receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
By Kat Jercich | 01:07 pm | December 10, 2020
Sundar Pichai promised to look into the case of Timnit Gebru, a co-lead on Google's ethical AI team, who says she was fired following her involvement with a paper on the risks of natural language processing models.
By Kat Jercich | 03:23 pm | December 09, 2020
From the "cold chain" to clinicians' devices at the point of care, the roll-out of a COVID-19 vaccine presents bad actors with a wide array of vulnerable targets.
By Kat Jercich | 12:51 pm | December 09, 2020
It will expand the data available in its Learning Health Network after an investment in Elligo Health Research, offering under-resourced health systems more equitable opportunities for drug and vaccine development.
By Kat Jercich | 04:42 pm | December 08, 2020
The COVID-19 telehealth boom has expanded health systems' perimeters – inside and outside the network – and in the process it's made them more vulnerable to breaches.