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It was a viral moment that elicited both nervous laughs and tears of joy from a pandemic-weary nation: Colorado Gov. Jared Polis awaiting his state’s first COVID vaccine shipment in December 2020, staring at a delivery door like a child stares at a fireplace on Christmas Eve. “Any minute now we’re going to hear a doorbell,” Polis says with childlike glee, his words muffled by a surgical mask. “And then we’re going to ….” He dramatically pauses before saying, “of course, let the… Source link

The news: At the HIMSS conference this week, Google Health announced a partnership to integrate Google’s Care Studio with Meditech’s electronic health record (EHR) platform, per a Google blog post. The tie-up will build on Google Cloud’s previous partnership with Meditech, and will utilize Google Cloud’s infrastructure, according to the tech giant. It’s also important to note Google’s focus on privacy throughout the blog post. It specified patient data will be encrypted and… Source link

The U.S. Supreme Court issued two highly anticipated rulings on Thursday, temporarily blocking a Biden administration COVID-19 vaccine mandate for large employers but allowing a separate rule applying only to health care workers at facilities receiving federal funding. The high court settled the matter concerning large employers in a 6-3 decision to block the rule that would have been issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, with the three liberal justices dissenting…. Source link

Chang Kai Shek (CKS) Memorial Hall in Taipei, capital of Taiwan. What is it about Taiwan anyway? Why does China care so much about this little island — and why should we in the U.S. give a flying hoot? Further, why is Taiwan such a big deal right now? (And a focal point of the virtual summit held this week between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping.) The disputed status of Taiwan has been an issue for almost three quarters of a century. Now for some reason Taiwan has moved from a tolerable friction… Source link

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are volatile and have been viewed as risky by skeptics within Wall Street ranks and veteran investors. And yet, more are warming up to the notion of crypto as part of a diversified portfolio, given what’s being viewed as its technological staying power. Amy Arnott, a portfolio strategist for Morningstar, says cryptocurrencies can be a part of a diversified portfolio. “Crypto is definitely becoming more established as a separate asset class and moving more… Source link

The current labor shortage has benefitted companies that treated their employees well, CEO of EY Carmine Di Sibio said on Yahoo Finance’s All Markets Summit Monday. “We talk to our clients about this all the time. We’ve actually hired 115,000 people in the last year, but we’ve also lost people,” Di Sibio says about the labor shortage. “The culture of the organization … is incredibly important … Companies that took care of their people, I think they’re being rewarded for it… Source link

Alphabet‘s Google is “still all in on health,” according to its chief health officer, despite the demise of its recent attempt at a formalized business unit for the health-care sector. The tech giant founded Google Health in 2018 and at one point grew it to 500 employees, but dissolved the unit in August. The department was established to head the tech company’s health strategy but Google faced backlash in recent years over the intersection of Google, AI and health data.  Google’s previous… Source link

The threat of higher taxes in 2022 and their impact on the bottom lines of companies — and potentially the stock market — has returned to center stage after a summertime slumber.  But by and large, investors don’t appear to either care or don’t realize the risks to companies associated with higher taxes.  “The market appears to be only partially pricing an increased tax rate in 2022,” said Goldman Sachs chief U.S. equities strategist David Kostin in a research note on Monday. “Prediction… Source link

If you need health care in the U.S., the quality will vary depending on where you are. A study from WalletHub ranked the best and worst states for health care by analyzing cost, access, and health outcomes in addition to some ancillary factors.  An overwhelming majority of the top 15 states are located within the Northeast, while every state at the bottom of the rankings is in the South. “The geography of the states varies where oceans or mountains can limit access to health care,” Dr…. Source link

The Supreme Court’s recent ruling on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) further solidified the landmark health care legislation known as Obamacare while the nation attempts to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic with a uniquely expensive health care system. The 7-2 ruling enables “those who want to build on the ACA to look forward and assume the law will largely remain intact,” Rachel Garfield, vice president at the Kaiser Family Foundation, told Yahoo Finance. “Health policy is always evolving,… Source link