Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

In other words, the statistics include patient portal use before the COVID-19 pandemic – and before the final rule implementing key patient access provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act. The four in 10 individuals who accessed a patient portal in 2020 represents a 13 percentage point increase from 2014.

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HealthIT Answers

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

By Jordan Rau - The federal government has eased its annual punishments for hospitals with higher-than-expected readmission rates in an acknowledgment of the upheaval the covid-19 pandemic has caused, resulting in the lightest penalties since 2014.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 27, 2023

has seen a consistent decline in primary care clinicians since 2014 due to fewer clinicians entering the workforce, increased rates of burnout and decreased direct patient care, according to the latest evidence report from the Primary Care Collaborative and Robert Graham Center. What You Should Know: – The U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 12, 2022

MCHS had multiple telehealth platforms prior to COVID-19. Two additional platforms were launched in response to COVID-19. MCHS has offered telehealth services for almost 25 years, which prepared the organization to respond to COVID-19. THE PROBLEM. " Chris Meyer, Marshfield Clinic Health System.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 13, 2023

As the FTC complaint reveals , from 2014 to 2017, ZyCal generated gross sales minus returns of more than $3.1 Louis-based chiropractor deceptively marketed products containing vitamin D and zinc as being scientifically proven to treat or prevent COVID-19. million to health professionals and more than $1.5 million to consumers.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

BCG Digital Ventures was founded in 2014 as a multidisciplinary network of entrepreneurs, operators and investors. The report series aims to present “what industry leaders must know in order to navigate the changing means and modes of health care delivery.” ” THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

BCG Digital Ventures was founded in 2014 as a multidisciplinary network of entrepreneurs, operators and investors. The report series aims to present “what industry leaders must know in order to navigate the changing means and modes of health care delivery.” ” THE LARGER TREND.

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Health Populi

JULY 5, 2021

Health Populi’s Hot Points: The “super social” adjective was first coined by Dr. Chris Gibbons of Johns Hopkins University, who wrote about Broadband as a Health Imperative back in 2014. At the start of COVID-19 in the U.S.,

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Health Populi

APRIL 6, 2021

consumers in 2021 into the positive zone of 64 points, just one point behind food and beverage (an industry which is fundamentally at the base of every human’s Maslow Hierarchy of [Basic] Needs, coming through for people during the Year of COVID). Trust underpins health engagement, especially critical in a public health crisis.

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AIHC

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Written by: AIHC Blogger The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has generated a substantial increase in the workload of health care professionals leading to physical and mental distress among professionals resulting in an increase in burnout. spiked dramatically during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 17, 2022

COVID-19 Pandemic Driving Adoption. The senior-friendly GrandPad solution, which was introduced in 2014, became a lifeline for families when the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing restrictions prevented caregivers — both family and professional — from seeing elderly loved ones in person.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 8, 2022

The report shows how adversaries stepped up their attacks on the healthcare industry from 2014 through 2017. In 2014, Boston Children’s Hospital suffered a major distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, there was a massive cyberattack on Anthem Inc. McAfee observed an average of 375 COVID-themed threats every minute in 2020.

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American Medical Compliance

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an influx of doctor burnout. A recent study published in the medical journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings found that physician burnout increased during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic following a six-year drop that ended in 2020. in 2014, and 45.5% References.

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Health Populi

JULY 15, 2020

CVS stopped selling tobacco on October 1, 2014. The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) has been actively supporting its stakeholders through the COVID-19 pandemic. In the age of COVID-19, it’s morphed into, “all companies are health companies.” That was a watershed moment in U.S.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 5, 2022

As the coronavirus pandemic first spread across the globe, health systems turned to technology and virtual care while focusing their efforts on COVID-19 and its consequences. COVID-related emergency department visits doubled between December 2021 and January 2022 to their highest level since the pandemic began. In the U.S.,

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Before the pandemic, 19% of physicians said they were somewhat or very unhappy in their work-life; after COVID-19, this rose to 34%. And 8 in 10 doctors felt burnout before the start of COVID-19. Last year, urologists, neurologists, and nephrologists were the top 3 most burned-out specialists.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

and Guam, was formally introduced in the fall of 2014 in recognition of the fact that physicians will increasingly practice in different states via telehealth. The issue of licensure "is particularly relevant as we continue the battle against COVID-19," said Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., ON THE RECORD. Tom Tiffany, R-Wis.,

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 2, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic caused a major shift in medical education. COVID-19 patient care training. Simulators also played a significant role in preparing medical professionals to treat COVID-19 patients. James Archetto, VP, U.S. Direct Sales, Gaumard Scientific. As technology advances so do the simulators.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 3, 2021

As CMIO of Urban Health Plan, a Bronx-based Federally-Qualified Health Center, Connelly-Flores has worked to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates via texting campaigns, online vaccine registration and other patient engagement projects focused on one of the areas in the U.S. Chief Medical Information Officer, Urban Health Plan.

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Health Populi

JUNE 27, 2021

COVID-19 reshaped people around the world, one-half of whom are re-defining their personal purpose and life-goals. Pre-pandemic, we saw the likes of CVS/pharmacy morph into CVS/health in 2014 with their abolishing the sale of tobacco products, rebranding and reorganizing as a vertically integrated health/care company.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 21, 2020

" When COVID-19 hit, telehealth suddenly went from a goal to a necessity, she explained. MEBS already had been using Azalea Health’s electronic health record software since 2014. COVID-19 was a catalyst for adoption and helped MEBS demonstrate to its clinicians and patients the value of telehealth.

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Health Law Advisor

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

billion, FY 2021 marks DOJ’s largest annual total FCA recovery since FY 2014, and more than twice the $2.3 Amidst the challenges associated with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, DOJ’s enforcement statistics demonstrate that enforcement activity has not wavered, especially as it relates to the health care and life sciences industries.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Building Sprinter Health brings the last mile of healthcare into the modern age by sending fully-employed nurses or phlebotomists (“Sprinters”) into the home for quick and affordable lab draws, vitals checks, COVID-19 testing and more.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 25, 2022

Comcast Business reports that in 2021, the healthcare sector was the industry most affected by DDoS attacks on web applications, with attacks increasing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine availability, and school openings. DDoS attacks are commonly conducted as a smokescreen. DDoS attacks are also conducted by hacktivists.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 31, 2023

Previous years of ‘lag’ growth followed by exponential adoption post-COVID-19 and an overall slow implementation process will therefore inevitably create a knock-on ‘lag’ for AI. Figure 2 showcases the VC funding landscape for digital pathology from 2014-2022. Table 1: Topmost funded DP vendors 2014-2022.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 28, 2020

In the COVID-19 era, most U.S. I wrote about this challenge in 2014 in my report for California Health Care Foundation, Here’s Looking at You: How Personal Information Is Being Tracked and Used. consumers believe they have an obligation to share personal health information to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 24, 2023

For instance, Chinese hackers targeted pharmaceutical firms during the pandemic seeking COVID-19 vaccine research data. APT18 is believed to be behind a 2014 attack on a healthcare provider in which the data of 4.5 million patients was stolen.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In 2016, the Justice Department’s Office of Inspector General found that federal prison spending on outsourced healthcare increased 24% to $327 million between 2010 and 2014, while the overall prisons budget increased only 11%. COVID-19 response from Wellpath and H.I.G. As part of that effort, a letter was sent to H.I.G.

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Health Populi

APRIL 9, 2021

The Raley manifesto is especially timely with the medical, emotional, and social impacts of COVID-19 not yet in our collective rear-view mirror. ” Note, too, that Raley’s is a tobacco-free zone, making the choice that CVS/pharmacy made back in 2014 to drop tobacco from its stores and re-brand as CVS/health.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 26, 2022

Since the release of the Health app in 2014 and Apple Watch in 2015, Apple has introduced a wide array of innovative health and fitness features, with the goal to provide users with easy-to-understand, meaningful insights so they can be empowered to live a healthier life. Empowering Users on Their Personal Health Journeys.

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Health Populi

MARCH 22, 2022

CFPB published the report marking two years into the pandemic, discussing concerns about medical debt collections and reporting that grew during the COVID-19 crisis. Consumers’ complaints about medical debt collectors spiked way up during the COVID-19 pandemic, as shown in the line chart.

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Dossier

MARCH 8, 2022

At the request of the clinical professional environment and the top management at Haukeland University Hospital, Mikkelsen and her colleagues prepared several new COVID-19 focused competency plans, including plans that cover undressing and dressing, as well as guidelines for patient cleaning and hygiene.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Many of these were already in motion before the COVID-19 pandemic emerged; the public health crisis exacerbated several of them. Aside from care for COVID-19, volumes are down except for services related to mental and behavioral health (with rates of mental health prescribing increasing for antidepressant and anti-anxiety drugs).

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Over recent years, the virtual speech therapy delivery model has intersected with a host of healthcare disruptions — value-based care delivery, the COVID-19 pandemic and the influence of social determinants of health (SDoH) have reshaped healthcare delivery. CCC SLP, Founder and Clinical Director, Great Speech.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 27, 2022

The survey was fielded in July 2020 (so a few months into the COVID-19 pandemic) among 3,543 respondents. Differences by disease were small except people appear to be less willing to share information related to depression and diabetes versus cancer, and more willing to share information about COVID-19.

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Compliancy Group

AUGUST 19, 2022

On May 19, 2019, OCR received a second complaint from the Complainant alleging that ACPM still had not provided him with a copy of his medical records. On June 14, 2019, OCR notified ACPM in writing by certified mail of the May 19, 2019 complaint and issued a data request. The COVID Factor. Federal code 45 C.F.R.

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Health Populi

JUNE 10, 2021

CTA tracked consumers’ use of technology throughout the pandemic, and the first chart illustrates important findings that illustrate the digital transformation of people through COVID-19. in the next 12 months. 20% of people used online health services, and 20% intent to keep using them.

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