Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 8, 2022

The Department of Veterans Affairs, via the Veterans Health Administration, oversees care for more than 9 million individuals through upwards of 1,000 facilities. Many of those patients, however, face mobility hurdles and other challenges that can make it difficult to reach in-person care. Also in 2021, VA provided more than 2.3

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 2, 2022

Cheryl Cruver, Chief Revenue Officer, AGS Health. Across all healthcare jobs, the turnover rate has risen by almost 5% over the last decade 5 , contributing to longer times to bill and reimbursement delays, plus rising recruitment, onboarding, orientation, and retention costs.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 10, 2023

What You Should Know: – In a downtrodden market climate, things don’t need to feel doom and gloom, according to Rock Health’s Annual 2022 digital health funding report. Learning From A Turbulent Year – Trends and Insights Regarding Digital Health Funding in 2022. across 572 deals, with an average deal size of $27M.

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Bill of Health

AUGUST 29, 2022

However, the legal and political avenues explored in this piece to ensure that young people have a stake in their health and vaccine status are broadly generalizable to all children. Youth in the foster care system and those who are justice-involved face additional challenges during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Healthcare providers are especially faced with new challenges: balancing best-practice patient care, reworking guidelines to protect and support their personnel, and much more. These challenges gave telehealth the chance to grab the spotlight. Expand Your Patient Base. In a cross-sectional survey, 52.5%

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 26, 2022

– Commissioned by AKASA, the survey fielded responses from 514 chief financial officers and revenue cycle leaders at hospitals and health systems across the United States through the Healthcare Financial Management Association’s (HFMA) Pulse Survey program between September 30, 2021 and October 17, 2021. . Key Findings.

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Health Populi

MAY 6, 2022

skipping needed health care due to cost tripled in 2021. This prompted West Health (the Gary and Mary West nonprofit organizations’ group) and Gallup to collaborate on research to quantified Americans’ views on and challenges with personal medical costs. in 10 health citizens. health care.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

One of the many acute challenges during the pandemic has been the departure of approximately 18% of the U.S. As health systems continue to struggle in the grip of the pandemic, the time has come to push patient risk assessment into the future with novel tools, such as machine learning. Andrew Pucher, CEO of Dascena, Inc.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 29, 2023

JR Finkelmeier, Business Leader, ECG Solutions at Philips Today’s hospital emergency departments (EDs) face formidable challenges as they strive to deliver high-quality care to more and more patients. Without changes to care delivery, they could even diminish the quality of care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 26, 2021

Hospitals across the country have been slammed with challenges over the course of the past 12 months as the COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged the U.S., creating all kinds of chaos for CIOs and other health IT leaders to contend with. " MacVey tells his teams that he wants to bottle agile change management and rapid cycle innovation.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 7, 2021

It's been a relentless 16 months, and healthcare CIOs and other health IT leaders can no doubt use a breather. Dr. Roxana Lupu, chief medical information officer at Sanford Health, based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. ( @SanfordHealth ). Matthew Russo, IT director at Helio Health, based in Syracuse, New York. ( @Helio_Health ).

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

This article explores the challenges of telemedicine and examines solutions to resolve current issues. Main Obstacles the Telemedicine is Facing Today. Not only did the pandemic accelerate the implementation of telemedicine, but remote health services became a necessity. Still, there are many challenges to overcome.

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Healthcare Law Today

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

According to the September 2021 Medicare Telemedicine Snapshot , telehealth services have increased more than 30-fold since the start of the PHE and have been utilized by more than half of the Medicare population. Discontinuing Reimbursement of Telephone (Audio-Only) E/M Services.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 26, 2021

Joseph Health Consortium, based in Renton, Washington, had a problem: maintaining access for its patients and needing to find creative ways to expand hospital and clinician capacity through virtual means versus traditional brick-and-mortar solutions. Joseph Health Consortium. Joseph Health Consortium. THE PROBLEM. Providence St.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 20, 2023

According to the report, HIPAA violations surged by 39% between 2017 and 2021 and the number of large healthcare data breaches (those affecting 500 or more records) rose by 58%. However, the Security Rule’s complex nature makes it challenging for healthcare organizations to achieve and maintain compliance.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 5, 2021

"In addition to their risk for COVID-19, all these children faced unique and immediate potentially life- and transplant-organ-threatening lack of access to healthcare because of inability to come to clinic for their usual follow-up. It has performed more solid organ transplants in children than any U.S. THE PROBLEM.

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Dot Compliance

JANUARY 4, 2022

health centers had telehealth service capabilities in April 2019, that number jumped to 95% just one year later. For medical device manufacturers faced with a future of remote patient care, there are many considerations for adapting existing technology to meet the demand or creating new solutions. Reaching the patient remotely.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 28, 2022

The story began to change in late 2021 as steep inflation took center stage thanks to a near-perfect confluence of excess liquidity, demand acceleration, and supply constraints. Act I: Pre-COVID (Pre-2020) Act II: Post-COVID (2020 – 2021) Act III: Post-Inflation (2022 – ?). Executive Summary. HGP Facts and Analytics.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 11, 2023

We asked several healthcare executives to share their health IT predictions and trends for 2023. Nate Maslak, the co-founder/CEO of Ribbon Health. There are 76 million baby boomers who will be 65 by 2030, and they want a better, easier way to receive health care where they prefer it most — in their homes.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 23, 2023

Verinovum’s SWAT (Strategic Workforce and Tactics) team has been closely following these trends and has made predictions about how nine of them might play out in 2023. Verinovum’s SWAT (Strategic Workforce and Tactics) team has been closely following these trends and has made predictions about how nine of them might play out in 2023. (Be

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 27, 2022

“The security of online data is the top consideration for consumers across many forms of online activities including email, search, social media, banking, shopping and dating”… and using health apps. A new poll from Morning Consult, explained on their website, explains that For Consumers, Data Privacy Has a Fluid Definition.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 6, 2021

According to Pew Research, 47% of internet users search for information about doctors or other health professionals online, and 1 in 20 Google searches are related to healthcare. In this digital landscape, remaining compliant while winning new patients is a unique challenge healthcare marketers face.

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YouCompli

AUGUST 24, 2022

Sharon Parsley, JD, MBA, CHC, CHRC , is a health law attorney, compliance officer, author, speaker, investigator, and problem solver. A December 2021 Gallup survey revealed some interesting statistics about virtual work. Chief among the issues to consider is mentoring and team member development. Here are some suggestions: 1.

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AIHC

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

However, there are serious challenges to the development and use of these technologies as they relate to economic and regulatory considerations. The Joint Commission publishes Sentinel Events and other agencies study and report statistics on human errors resulting is morbidity and/or mortality.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 1, 2021

When the pandemic hit in March 2020, the biggest worry for OLV Human Services in Lackawanna, New York – as with most agencies – was that the most vulnerable population served would possibly have interruptions to their services due to face-to face services being canceled. MEETING THE CHALLENGE. THE PROBLEM.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 29, 2022

Monitoring the safe and effective use of medicines has now been an essential part of public health policy for several decades. New advances in technology (e.g., A recent report by the International Coalition on Medicines Regulatory Authorities 2 provides insights into how AI might be managed and deployed across several areas in our industry.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The mental health crisis impacting America’s children requires states, parents, guardians, and behavioral health professionals to rethink how we provide treatment. Even before the pandemic, mental health issues were a leading cause of disability for children. Today, the mental health crisis impacting American youth remains dire.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Before HLTH 2021 kicks off in Boston on October 17th, here are 15 predictions from digital health executives to watch: Siva Namasivayam, co-founder and CEO of Cohere Health. I expect the other trend will be focusing on mental health, especially in the context of the post-Covid era.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

HIPAA Journal is conducting interviews with healthcare professionals and service providers to find out more about their compliance journeys, how the HIPAA Rules have affected their working lives, and the successes and challenges they have faced with HIPAA compliance. What are the main challenges in your position?

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

What Has Everyone Excited about COVID-19 Vaccines for 5-11-year-olds? With the rollout this month of the COVID-19 vaccine for those 5-11 years of age, we can now directly protect children with asthma for whom COVID-19 infection is an even bigger hazard for our children during the pandemic. We are off to a good start.

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Hall Render

APRIL 26, 2024

NATIONAL 5 numbers on the rise of Stark law violations 3 takeaways on the new federal data privacy proposal after its first public showcase 80% of Change Healthcare restored after cyberattack Authentication failure blamed for Change Healthcare ransomware attack Biden administration issues new rule to protect privacy of those seeking reproductive health (..)

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

NATIONAL 988 suicide hotline adds support for American Sign Language 3 Takeaways from Physician Compensation Trends Adventist Health completes merger with Montebello’s ailing Beverly Hospital AHA-supported bill to protect health care workers introduced in Senate AHA weighs in on CMS’ proposed ASC payment system AHA submits comments on CY 2024 (..)

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Care providers continue to face mounting pressures – from increasing staffing shortages to balancing patient needs across in-person and virtual settings and managing pent-up patient demand. A McKinsey & Company 2021 survey reported a 15.8% Keeping pace with this influx of data sources is a growing challenge.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Public Sector Health Policy at SAS. Millions of children and adults living with intellectual or developmental disabilities (ID/DD) rely on long-term services and support (LTSS) offered through the state Medicaid program to meet their complex health needs. Then add educational objectives and health needs. An estimated 5.3

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

million patients Senate committee advances bill cutting hospital facility fees What Joint Commission, NQF’s affiliation means for hospitals Which health systems teamed up with Amazon, Google + Microsoft ALABAMA Alabama gets $3.6M

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Hall Render

APRIL 7, 2023

5 moves to know Most hospital websites routinely transfer patient data via tracking tools Nonprofit hospitals that pay board members linked to less charity care Nurses, federal lawmakers push for staffing ratio legislation Reports of serious adverse events rose in 2022: Joint Commission Doctors are drowning in paperwork.

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

CVS Health, Walgreens each to settle all opioid cases for $5B. Providers face ‘ominous reality’ of payment cuts as CMS finalizes 2023 Physician Fee Schedule. USDA funds 11 rural Alabama health care projects with $7.3 Rural Alabamians getting improvements in health care with federal grant. CMS bumps ASC payments to 3.8

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