Healthcare It News
MARCH 2, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic added unprecedented levels of stress to an already-strained provider community – leading to high rates of burnout and waves of resignation. At the same time, notes Fran Ayalasomayajula, president of the social impact organization REACH, it's important to acknowledge another pervasive problem in the healthcare industry: the so-called empathy gap.
Healthcare Dive
MARCH 1, 2022
The two companies make interesting bedfellows for the partnership, given they are direct competitors in virtual-first primary care delivery.
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Bill of Health
MARCH 3, 2022
By John Tingle and Amanda Cattini. The issue of the high and increasing costs of clinical negligence (medical malpractice) in the National Health Service ( NHS ) in England has long been a contentious one. There are common themes in the debate. The economic arguments supporting reform explain that the NHS is spending a considerable amount of money out of its health budget on malpractice claims, which otherwise could be put into front line health care services.
MRO Compliance
MARCH 2, 2022
Fast Focus: Revenue Cycle Compliance. Background Summary. Compliance officers and auditors today are tasked with responsibility for monitoring and auditing hundreds of rules and regulations that impact healthcare. More than ever before, a team-based approach is needed to manage the burden and ensure regulatory compliance. Internal departments must work together to minimize risk exposure through smart, efficient and appropriate auditing.
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Healthcare It News
MARCH 2, 2022
One of the lasting lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic is the insidious and corrosive power of mis- and disinformation to undermine public health efforts. On the website for its COVID-19 Health Communication Playbook , MITRE offered just a few examples of the online epithets that bombard credulous social media users: "Some of these new vaccines will rewrite your DNA.
Healthcare Dive
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
The decision to retain the direct contracting model — albeit with numerous changes and a new name — was met with mixed reactions from stakeholders.
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Electronic Health Reporter
MARCH 2, 2022
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Milica Vojnic, business development associate, Wisetek. Cybercrimes are on the rise across the Internet and the healthcare sector is certainly no different in terms of the risks. This is why storing patient data […]. The article The Best Practices For Securing Confidential Patient Data appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
Healthcare It News
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
Teladoc Health announced this week that it was partnering with Amazon to launch voice-activated virtual care on Alexa-supported Echo devices. According to the companies, U.S. customers around the country can connect with a Teladoc provider via audio at any time for general medical needs. "By introducing and integrating our virtual first care experience with Echo devices, we are providing an innovative and convenient way for users to connect with a doctor," said Donna Boyer, chief produ
Healthcare Dive
MARCH 2, 2022
Staffing firms appeared to negotiate significantly higher prices for anesthesia services, the study authors concluded, raising concerns that such price inflation could lead to higher insurance premiums and patient cost-sharing.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 3, 2022
Primary health organisations T? Ora Compass Health and Pinnacle Midlands Health Network have developed and launched a new telehealth service providing after-hours care. Practice Plus offers same-day appointments of after-hours virtual consultation on weekday evenings from 5-10 pm and on weekends from 8 am-8 pm. It also enables sending electronic prescriptions directly to patients' preferred pharmacies via the NZ ePrescription Service.
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HIPAA Journal
MARCH 1, 2022
Ransomware attacks have recently been reported by four healthcare providers across the country, which have collectively resulted in the exposure and potential theft of the protected health information of more than 49,000 individuals. Jax Spine & Pain Centers. Jax Spine and Pain Centers in Jacksonville, FL has recently announced it was the victim of a ransomware attack that occurred on January 24, 2022.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 2, 2022
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Adelaide, South Australia, has reduced how long patients have to wait for their endoscopy or colonoscopy procedures through digital patient pathways. WHY IT MATTERS. Since 2008, the 303-bed teaching hospital has provided care to endoscopy patients through its Direct Access Colonoscopy (DAC) programme. This programme seeks to give accelerated care access to eligible, lower-risk patients.
Healthcare Dive
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
Inpatient volumes for non-COVID-19 care have flagged throughout the pandemic, leading some operators to focus more heavily on outpatient service lines like ASCs and freestanding emergency departments.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 1, 2022
Tech-enabled vendors and services on the market have expanded with rapid acceleration since the pandemic. Telemedicine, though, cannot directly provide services to address social determinants of health, services that still remain scattered and disparate. Hospital technology leaders could potentially benefit from companies that offer an umbrella of technologies and services that address health disparities for vulnerable populations to promote health outcomes and equity with an inclusive and expan
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Center for Health Insurance Reform
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
Unpaid medical bills are among the largest contributors to personal debt in the United States. Evidence indicates that medical debt disproportionately affects people of color and individuals with lower incomes. CHIR’s Maanasa Kona reviews new data from the Census Bureau and state court records that demonstrate the disparate impact of medical debt on vulnerable populations, and explores what policymakers can do to protect consumers from aggressive debt collection.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 4, 2022
Care coordination is becoming increasingly important in U.S. healthcare for a variety of reasons, including the increased use of value-based care models, the behavioral care shortage and a boom in home healthcare. The pandemic underscored the need for providers to lean into value-based care – physicians are paid according to the quality of care they deliver, as indicated by patient outcomes.
Healthcare Dive
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
AHA is especially concerned that some hospitals were collateral damage after Russia targeted Ukraine in a 2017 cyberattack that quickly spilled worldwide.
HIPAA Journal
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking feedback on the usefulness of its Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (NIST Cybersecurity Framework) and suggestions on any improvements that can be made. The NIST Cybersecurity Framework was released in 2014 to help public and private sector organizations implement cybersecurity standards and best practices to improve their cybersecurity posture, better defend against cyber threats, and quickly identi
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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.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
Wearable sensors that collect continuous physiologic data streams are becoming less expensive, more accurate and increasingly connected to cloud-based machine learning algorithms to identify perturbation – a deviation from a normal state caused by an outside influence. To date, there has been limited work looking at how these platforms can remotely identify perturbation, allowing care providers ample time to intervene and prevent decompensation and readmission.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 3, 2022
In January 2021, the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness went live with LouVax, a vaccine scheduling and management system focused on increasing access to the COVID-19 vaccine. After operating on paper for a few weeks, the agency launched the tool. The initial focus was on specific groups such as healthcare workers outside of hospital systems and educators, but expanded later to the general public – with an emphasis on those facing barriers to care.
Healthcare Dive
MARCH 3, 2022
An analysis of more than 200,000 infusion pumps, using crowd-sourced data supplied by healthcare organizations, found about half were susceptible to "critical" and "high" severity cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
Modern Healthcare
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
The failure of single-payer healthcare legislation in California casts doubt on the ability of other states to pass government-run, universal healthcare. But activists in New York, Washington state, and elsewhere say they are taking lessons from California and changing their tactics.
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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.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 2, 2022
A recent University of California study of telehealth implementation at community health centers found that although phone visits were beneficial to historically marginalized patients, continued virtual care use depends on increased technological resources. The study, published in SSM - Qualitative Research in Health , took a closer look at the rollout of telemedicine at two federally qualified health centers serving primarily Chinese and Latino immigrants.
Healthcare It News
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
One of the tenets of UVA Health's mission is community and health equity. The health and well-being of people in its community, especially those who are challenged by social determinants of health, can be improved through community-based care. With that in mind, UVA Health and its partners have launched WellAWARE, a program that provides community health services to targeted neighborhoods in Central Virginia.
Healthcare Dive
MARCH 1, 2022
Pear Therapeutics CEO Corey McCann said the agency's new HCPCS code for prescription digital behavioral therapy is an important milestone for getting digital therapeutics as a product category covered by more insurance plans.
Compliance Now
MARCH 2, 2022
By: Megan Diehl, Manager, Compliance Consulting, MZQ Consulting. Last week, a federal judge for the Eastern District of Texas invalidated a portion of the independent dispute resolution (IDR) process outlined in the interim final rules for the No Surprises Act (the Act). The Act, which applies to plan years that take effect on or after January 1, 2022, prohibits providers from charging “out-of-network” rates for emergency care, air ambulance services, and all care by an “out-of-network
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Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
Preliminary data from the women's health study shows individuals with PCOS are more likely to have Type 2 diabetes and obesity than those without the condition.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 3, 2022
Patients are more connected to their care than ever before and are empowered to access information, such as clinical notes. They are now the top users of the NYU Langone Health's electronic health record, something Nader Mherabi, NYU Langone Health's chief digital and information officer, frequently points out. And, as Dr. Jonah Feldman, medical director of clinical transformation and chief transformation officer for NYU Langone Hospital Long Island Hospital explained, when it comes to e
Healthcare Dive
MARCH 3, 2022
Organizations need to have intelligent, integrated data platforms to make rapid innovation possible, CVS' Roshan Navagamuwa argues.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 3, 2022
A research team from the University of Toronto's Dalla Lana School of Public Health is looking to implement telemedicine for managing chronic diseases in Pakistan to study whether it can be used by specialists in the cities to support health providers in rural communities. According to a media release, the team will deploy digital technologies, such as the ECHO training platform, to enable senior doctors in Karachi, a capital city in the south, to mentor health workers and see patients in ru
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