Kroger, Intermountain subsidiary Select Health launch co-branded MA plan
Healthcare Dive
AUGUST 16, 2023
It's the grocery chain's third MA plan in partnership with a health insurer. Kroger also operates plans with Elevance and Priority Health.
Healthcare Dive
AUGUST 16, 2023
It's the grocery chain's third MA plan in partnership with a health insurer. Kroger also operates plans with Elevance and Priority Health.
Healthcare It News
AUGUST 16, 2023
Cybersecurity challenges are often "really a matter of people taking it as seriously as we do," says Zina Kind, IT director at The Admiral at the Lake, which provides all levels of senior living, from independent to dementia care.
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Healthcare Dive
AUGUST 16, 2023
Some physicians played a role in spreading COVID-19 misinformation by posting erroneous information on social media, according to a JAMA study.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
AUGUST 16, 2023
The COVID-19 public health emergency prompted a rapid shift to telemedicine as both a replacement and adjunct to usual in-person care. However, based on the National Institute on Aging's National Health and Aging Trends Study , researchers estimated roughly one-third of older adults in the U.S. are not ready to participate in video visits. THE PROBLEM Inexperience with technology was the major barrier – those who were older, Black or Hispanic tended to have less education and lower inc
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Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?
Healthcare Dive
AUGUST 16, 2023
Federal judges disagreed with a lower court decision suspending the pill’s approval, but said recent changes that loosened prescribing rules should be rolled back.
MRO Compliance
AUGUST 16, 2023
Norristown, Pa. – August 16 , 2023 – MRO Corp., the leading clinical data exchange company in healthcare, announced today it made the Inc. 5000 annual list of fastest-growing private companies in America. The prestigious ranking provides a data-driven look at the most successful companies within the economy’s most dynamic segment—it’s independent, entrepreneurial businesses.
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Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 16, 2023
Cigna has launched a new tool that will allow its members to use their smartphones to check for dental health issues including gum disease and cavities. | Cigna has launched a new tool that will allow its members to use their smartphones to check for dental health issues including gum disease and cavities.
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 16, 2023
Rick Froehlich, President and Chief Executive Officer at ClearDATA It’s no secret that healthcare is a slow-moving industry. Its hesitancy to change has played out in a number of ways over the years — including its lingering resistance to cloud migration. Organizations holding out on migrating wonder: “Is it really secure? Why take the risk of shifting away from on-prem systems?
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 16, 2023
Online messages have become a linchpin of many patients’ relationships with their doctors. | An influx of patient portal messages during recent years are taking a toll on clinicians. As a result, at least 22 systems across the country have added a price tag to the subset of missives demanding the most time and expertise.
Total HIPAA
AUGUST 16, 2023
There are many scenarios in business and healthcare in which PHI is moved and shared. In the 1990s a lot of this happened over fax machines, over the phone and in person. In the modern landscape software and the internet are used to manage all data including protected health information. As you probably already know, these transactions require Business Associate Agreements.
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Feeling overwhelmed by medical waste regulations? This comprehensive guide unravels the complexities of medical waste disposal, ensuring you stay compliant and prioritize safety. Inside you'll find: Clear categorization: Learn to precisely classify medical waste for proper handling and disposal. Labeling & Storage: Discover best practices for clear labeling and secure storage of medical waste.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 16, 2023
National Quality Forum is joining the Joint Commission in a merger deal that the groups say will allow both to refine quality and outcome measures they develop for the industry. | The combination will help bolster Joint Commission’s standard development processes, expand the National Quality Forum's platform and refine both groups' quality measures, leaders said in the announcement.
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 16, 2023
What You Should Know: UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Indiana has provided $2.85M to four organizations working to advance the direct service health workforce in the state. Direct service workers (DSWs) are essential in providing care to long-term services and support recipients who choose to age and live in their homes, especially those in underserved communities and rural areas.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 16, 2023
The collapse of insurtechs Bright Health and Friday Health Plans might mean that legacy health insurers in states where Bright and Friday operated will not receive over $1 billion worth of expected | Florida Blue, HCSC, Medica, Centene and Molina Healthcare might also suffer because of the financial troubles experienced by Bright Health and Friday Health Plans by not receiving risk-adjustment payments, an expert said.
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 16, 2023
The healthcare system in many countries is stretched thin. To help relieve the pressure, governments are starting to allow pharmacists to treat a growing number of minor ailments. MedEssist’s technology platform is helping pharmacies transform into health clinics. Healthcare IT Today got a brief demonstration of the MedEssist platform from Joella Almeida, CEO and Co-Founder at the Collision Conference.
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Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 16, 2023
Insurers still have plenty of work to do when it comes to improving member satisfaction, according to a new survey. | Insurers still have plenty of work to do when it comes to improving member satisfaction, according to a new survey.
HIPAA Journal
AUGUST 16, 2023
Incidents of workplace violence are on the rise and frontline workers do not feel safe at work, according to a recent survey commissioned by the security management company, Verkada. The survey was conducted on a nationally representative sample of 1,000 Americans who work on-location in critical sectors such as healthcare, hospitality, and retail that have regular contact with patients, customers, clients, or guests.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 16, 2023
The Physicians Foundation has opened applications for a grant award and fellowship program aimed at helping drive awareness and best practices around the social determinants of health (SDOH). | The grant award and fellowship program are aimed at helping drive awareness and best practices around the social determinants of health. They are open to medical associations and doctors, respectively.
Digital Health News
AUGUST 16, 2023
Standardising community pharmacy information so it can be shared digitally should reduce the burden on GPs and lead to safer, more personalised care, writes Stephen Goundrey-Smith Community pharmacists are some of the most skilled but under-rated clinicians in the community; that is set to change given the recent national focus on expanding the role and […]
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Colington Consulting was established in 2013 and helps organizations achieve HIPAA compliance and ensures clients stay current with the latest enforcement trends. We provide a full range of HIPAA compliance services and consulting. What separates us from our competitors is our knowledge of HIPAA compliance regulations and their application to each of our client’s particular scenarios and requirements.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 16, 2023
As the generative artificial intelligence race in healthcare continues with big tech companies jumping into the space, startup Abridge nabbed several notable partnerships to expand the use of its g | As the generative artificial intelligence race in healthcare continues with big tech companies jumping into the space, startup Abridge nabbed several notable partnerships to expand the use of its gen-AI-powered medical note-taking service.
Digital Health News
AUGUST 16, 2023
A clinical study at St Bartholomew's and Royal Brompton hospitals is exploring the use of Intuitive's Ion, a robotic-assisted bronchoscopy system.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 16, 2023
Kaiser Permanente has launched a multichannel support center to better address the social needs of members and nonmembers. | The Community Support Hub is a self-service online directory of community resources with a call center for referral assistance. Kaiser Permanente said the approach will increase touch points with patients and better address the overall health of its communities.
HIPAA Vault
AUGUST 16, 2023
Every healthcare organization has at least one Business Associate Agreement (BAA) in place with a service provide. Anything or anyone that comes into contact with Protected Health Information (PHI) should have a BAA in place, protecting the covered entity (the healthcare organization) and the business associate (the service provider). Note: Business Associates are not just.
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While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.
Digital Health News
AUGUST 16, 2023
Sano Genetics will be using an Innovate grant of £300k to help engage and support people who are at risk of motor neurone disease, and progress research.
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 16, 2023
When doctors first see output from Regard’s AI analytics , they often say, “This is what I imagined the electronic medical record would be like when I heard about it for the first time.” Regard scans the patient’s medical records to find buried data that might be relevant to current treatment, and prepares a doctor’s note with that information.
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 16, 2023
The not-for-profit health insurer's patients in New York and Connecticut will have access to in-home services after hospitalization via DocGo.
HIPAA Journal
AUGUST 16, 2023
Cummins Behavioral Health Systems Inc. in Avon, IN, has recently reported a data security incident to the Maine attorney general that has affected 157,688 patients. On March 9, 2023, a ransom note was detected within its computer environment that had been placed there by an unauthorized individual. No file encryption occurred; however, the attacker claimed to have infiltrated sensitive data.
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FACIS® helps organizations mitigate patient and organizational risk. Maintaining compliance and safeguarding against fraud and abuse in today’s changing healthcare landscape can be challenging. Most healthcare organizations screen and monitor providers against the OIG but that’s only ONE of FACIS®’ primary sources. FACIS® pulls data for every taxonomy from the lowest level employee to the highest level licensed professional.
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 16, 2023
The smartphone-sized device offers continuous monitoring of respiration rate while allowing patient mobility.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 16, 2023
Headlines in consumer and professional media outlets alike have made one thing abundantly clear: Healthcare providers are tired. | No doubt, healthcare providers are experiencing debilitating burnout. Adopting tools that alleviate administrative burden, while improving patient safety, can help. Surescripts Medication History with Sig IQ provides exactly what’s needed to reinvent medication reconciliation.
MedTrainer
AUGUST 16, 2023
You’re considering a compliance learning management system (LMS) because you don’t have time to waste. You don’t have time to manually send emails, search YouTube for appropriate courses, and take time away from every employee to attend in-person training (that you’ve painstakingly organized). Your time is worth more. Download this guide to calculate the amount of money you’re spending on your “free” compliance training program.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 16, 2023
A three-judge panel of appellate judges has partially concurred with a lower court decision placing access limits on the abortion drug mifepristone, though the change will not go into effect until | A three-judge panel vacated a lower court’s order that would have nullified the drug’s FDA approval but also imposed restrictions on access to mail-order prescriptions.
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In the rapidly-evolving world of embedded analytics and business intelligence, one important question has emerged at the forefront: How can you leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance your application’s analytics capabilities? Imagine having an AI tool that answers your user’s questions with a deep understanding of the context in their business and applications, nuances of their industry, and unique challenges they face.
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