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Tag: COVID-19

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A personal perspective on the long-tail impact of COVID-19

June 28, 2021 / By Steve Cantwell

We’ve all learned some hard lessons from COVID-19, but it will be years before we begin to understand the full impact of COVID-19, both positive and negative. The development speed, […]

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AI Talk: 100th blog – A look back

June 25, 2021 / By V. “Juggy” Jagannathan, PhD

This blog marks my century mark with the 3M Inside Angle team – all in a little over two years! It has been a remarkable period for several reasons, the […]

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Outsourced coding to the rescue!

June 4, 2021 / By Chad Specht

Last year started off just like every other year. Who would have thought that, by the end of March, you wouldn’t be able to enter a hospital to get a […]

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Addressing vaccine hesitancy to improve health care equity

May 26, 2021 / By Leah Giordano

As of early May, only about 40 percent of Americans have been fully vaccinated according to the CDC, with most of those vaccinations occurring in large scale distribution centers, urban […]

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What’s up with ONC: Joining forces with LOINC to support public health needs during the pandemic

May 21, 2021 / By Precious Porter, RN, BSN

On March 11 of last year, the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic. It has been a whirlwind of change since then, with every […]

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AI Talk: “The Premonition:” A pandemic story by Michael Lewis

May 14, 2021 / By V. “Juggy” Jagannathan, PhD

Last weekend I was watching CBS 60 Minutes and listened with fascination to the interview of Michael Lewis. The storyline? A new book by Lewis that describes the foresight of […]

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I swear, it is only allergies

May 10, 2021 / By Kelly Long, BS, CPC, CPCO, CAPM

This time of year my allergies are in overdrive. They are even worse now that I have moved from Northern Illinois down to lower Alabama where spring is in full […]

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Advanced Primary Care: What primary care looks like when it’s firing on all cylinders

May 5, 2021 / By L. Gordon Moore, MD

If primary care is the foundation of high performing health systems, Advanced Primary Care (APC) is what primary care looks like when it is fully resourced. An efficient health care […]

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AI Talk: Debater, silence and a volcano

April 16, 2021 / By V. “Juggy” Jagannathan, PhD

This week’s AI Talk… Debating with a machine The New Yorker published an article this week which piqued my interest. It was about how IBM’s effort to create a program, […]

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Health care financing is out of date: Large employers must put their weight behind needed changes

April 9, 2021 / By L. Gordon Moore, MD

Health care payment is about how we write the checks. Health care finance is about how we design the way money flows.  We’re living in a system built by good […]

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COVID-19 and vitamin D: Does it matter?

April 5, 2021 / By Precious Porter, RN, BSN

Vitamin D is a group of fat-soluble secosteroids responsible for increasing intestinal absorption of calcium, magnesium and phosphate. Also known as “calciferol” and even the “sunshine vitamin,” it is also […]

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Three questions with Garri Garrison: The lasting impact of 2020

March 29, 2021 / By Garri Garrison, Kelli Christman

We sat down with 3M Health Information Systems Division Vice President Garri Garrison to talk about some of the lasting effects from a tumultuous 2020 and how we’re helping to […]