Author Archives: Health

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Un-Trumping the ACA

Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or wherever you listen to podcasts. The Biden administration this week proposed a series of changes aimed at boosting insurance enrollment under the Affordable Care Act, undoing changes made by the Trump administration… Read More »

How one hospital earned HIMSS Stages 6 and 7 and a Davies Award in the same year

Baptist Health South Florida Homestead Hospital was on a mission: to achieve HIMSS Analytics Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model Stage 6 and Stage 7, the highest certification level. (HIMSS is the parent organization of Healthcare IT News.) THE PROBLEM Homestead Hospital engaged health IT giant Cerner for help improving three key care areas: 30-day heart-… Read More »

Delta variant: Official symptoms list could ‘miss many’ cases – new symptoms reported

The Delta variant of coronavirus, first discovered in India, has overtaken the alpha variant, better known as the UK or Kent variant (B. 1.1. 7), to make it the most dominant strain circulating in the UK. It is highly transmissible, raising concerns that it will drive up hospitalisation rates, although the current vaccines appear to… Read More »

FDA Approves Verkazia (cyclosporine ophthalmic emulsion) for the Treatment of Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis

FDA Approves Verkazia (cyclosporine ophthalmic emulsion) for the Treatment of Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis EMERYVILLE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE) June 24, 2021 –Santen Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (hereinafter, Santen), a global company focused exclusively on eye care, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Verkazia (cyclosporine ophthalmic emulsion) 0.1%… Read More »