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Excel tools streamline healthcare records and boost accuracy

Healthcare teams are adopting Microsoft Excel’s advanced functions—such as macros, data validation, Power Query, and healthcare-specific templates—to handle records faster, improve data reliability, ...
American Hospital Association

CMS launches clinical laboratory fee schedule reporting module for data collection

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has begun collecting private payor rate data through its Fee-for-Service Data ...
Nashville Scene

State Legislature Passes Bill to Track Transgender Health Care Data

Rep. Jeremy Faison (R-Cosby) doesn’t think gender-affirming care for transgender people will age well — he wants health care providers and insurance companies to keep records on transgender patients ...
The Hill

Beware Dr. Chatbot: Privacy laws don’t protect health care data from AI

Americans are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT for something deeply personal: their health. They are asking about symptoms, medications, mental health struggles and ...
Nashville Scene

Transgender Health Care Data Collection Bill Passes House

Under a bill that passed the state House Thursday and is slated to head to the Senate floor, health care providers and insurance companies would be required to submit data on transgender patients and ...
Inc

A Breach Exposed the Sensitive Health Care Data of Millions. Here’s What to Do If You’re Affected

You may not have heard of TriZetto, but you could nonetheless be one of the more than 3.4 million people whose sensitive health information has been leaked in a massive data breach. The healthcare IT ...
The New York Times

Health Care Has Become the Lifeblood of the Labor Market

An aging population is drawing workers to medical and social care, creating reliable jobs and revealing weakness for the rest of the economy. By Lydia DePillis It is an exceptionally difficult time to ...
MLive

McLaren Health Care to pay $14M in data breach class action settlement

GRAND BLANC, MI – The Grand Blanc-based McLaren Health Care Corp. has reached a $14 million settlement over two cyberattacks that exposed personal information in 2023 and 2024. Genesee County Circuit ...
Time

America's Health Care Workforce Crisis Is a Patient Care Crisis

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The Washington Post

The cost of health care, not food or rent, is now Americans’ top worry

Yes, Americans are worried about their bills for groceries, housing and utilities. But their biggest pocketbook anxiety arises from the cost of health care, according to a new poll, and their rising ...
CNBC

Health care is the 'engine' of the job market — and that's risky for the economy

The health-care sector has powered job growth in the U.S. economy in 2025. That's largely because baby boomers are hurtling into their retirement years, boosting health-care demand since older adults ...