5 Ways Pain Management Has Advanced with Technology
Electronic Health Reporter
MARCH 21, 2023
According to a report, about 50 million (20.4%) American adults had chronic pain, while 19.6 million (8%) experienced high-impact chronic pain.
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5 Ways Pain Management Has Advanced with Technology
Electronic Health Reporter
MARCH 14, 2023
According to a report, about 50 million (20.4%) American adults had chronic pain, while 19.6 million (8%) experienced high-impact chronic pain.
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HIMSS24 Roundup: M&A, Strategic Partnerships, Deployments, Product Launches, Funding, More
HIT Consultant
MARCH 15, 2024
Velatura DocuSign Partner on Pilot Project to Streamline Patient Consent Velatura , a health information exchange (HIE), and DocuSign , the e-signature giant, have joined forces to launch a pilot project aimed at simplifying the way patients consent to share their medical information.
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Why Health Plans Must Have Next-Gen CAPS Technology for Digital Transformation
HIT Consultant
JUNE 6, 2022
Today, many payers run on decades-old CAPS systems built on legacy technologies. Legacy systems may have been efficient based on the technology and best practices of decades past, but have aged beyond their time. So, why isn’t legacy technology phased out by payers when it should be? This can be a serious drawback.
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Data Quality Scrutiny, SDoH, Value-Based Care…What are the New Healthcare Truths of 2023?
Healthcare IT Today
JANUARY 23, 2023
Many facets of healthcare remained in a state of flux at the close of 2022, as care practices that started during the pandemic found their way into the mainstream, and enthusiasm for new data sources and interoperability outpaced the realities of implementation. Be sure to check out last year’s New Healthcare Truths of 2022 ) 1.
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Healthcare AI – 2024 Health IT Predictions
Healthcare IT Today
JANUARY 19, 2024
For the clinicians already experiencing symptoms of burnout, there is great promise for tools that support health and wellness through technology. The evolution of AI from narrow applications to broader, more advanced uses will be a key trend, as well as the increasing acceptance of AI as a vital tool in clinical settings.
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Quality vs. Quantity: The Case for Clinician-Centric Technology
HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 18, 2022
Shiv Gopalkrishnan, General Manager, EMR & Care Management, Philips. 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. What is clinician-centric technology?
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4 Ways AI Is Enhancing the Patient Experience in 2024
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 1, 2023
AI gets a lot of attention but little understanding or appreciation of what it can do to move revenue cycle management (RCM) forward, improve the patient experience, and answer the question, “Are you receiving the appropriate reimbursement?” More than 3 of 5 companies are still experimenting with AI, according to a recent survey by Accenture.
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Wellth Announces $20M Series B for Continued Growth of Behavioral Science-Based Platform
Healthcare IT Today
APRIL 10, 2023
I’ve seen so much unnecessary pain caused simply because we often don’t do the things we know we “should”. In my own family, my Uncle Roy struggled to manage his type 2 diabetes—he constantly missed doctor appointments, failed to take his medications, and never checked his blood sugars.
5 Tech Solutions For Employee Management In A Growing Healthcare Facility
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
In terms of advantages, the benefits that modern technology brings to healthcare are common for a number of other fields: optimizing workflows, simpler updating and accessibility of patient care protocols, and easier time and staff management. Today we’ll take a look at five tech solutions that aid employee management.
Healthcare Consolidation: Opportunities for Digital Health Technology
The Digital Health Corner
APRIL 28, 2017
Healthcare consolidation in the form of mergers and acquisitions has been taking place for a number of years. The costs for EHR and other technology acquisition and maintenance are too costly for smaller hospitals, and pressures of decreased payment rates are increasing on the provider side. Certainly this remains to be seen.
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APRIL 19, 2024
to Study Treatments for Vascular Abnormalities Federal Appeals Court Hears Arguments on Nation’s First Ban on Gender-affirming Care for Minors Jason Demke Hired as COO at Mercy Hospital Fort Smit Pulaski Tech Awarded $5.7M Can lawmakers do anything about it?
The next investment priorities for telehealth, RPM and connected health
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
When it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic and health IT, if there's just one thing that everyone can agree on, it's that telehealth has gone mainstream. These factors shot telehealth and related technologies and services like connected health and remote patient monitoring through the stratosphere. Moore is all for telemedicine.
Health IT – 2024 Health IT Predictions
Healthcare IT Today
JANUARY 18, 2024
With the help of technology, the ongoing digital, and now cultural, transformation will enable providers and patients to catch health concerns earlier and provide better solutions in the long run. As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions.
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Cuffless Blood Pressure Monitoring – Not for the Faint-of-Heart (Pun Intended)
Healthcare IT Today
MAY 3, 2023
Co-Founder & President at Valencell Over the past decade, a motley bouquet of press releases [ 1 , 2 , 3 ], media reports [ 4 , 5 , 6 ], and peer-reviewed articles [ 7 , 8 , 9 ] has led to excitement, confusion, and disappointment regarding the alluring prospects of cuffless, calibration-free blood pressure (BP) monitoring in wearables.
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Health Provider News – June 10, 2022
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JUNE 10, 2022
Consumers have changed the ways they interact with healthcare after the pandemic. HOPCo acquires UK-based patient management, outcomes tracking platform. Board that monitors Arizona’s ‘guilty except insane’ cases has too many vacancies to function. CMS updates Medicaid eligibility standards. CONNECTICUT.
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Health Provider News – April 22, 2022
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APRIL 22, 2022
21 top management risks in healthcare for 2022. $1B Healthcare Orgs Struggle With Software Supply Chain Risk Management Policies. 5-story neuroscience center opens in Phoenix with ASC on the way. Sutter Health: Nurses who staged 1-day strike must wait 5 days to return to work. Florida physicians: 5 key stats.
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SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary | Monthly Update 2022 – September/October
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DECEMBER 16, 2022
NMPA has amended guidance on record filing requirements for low-risk Class I medical devices to reflect broader updates to medical device and In Vitro Diagnostic (IVD) regulations and has also identified relevant standards for China’s UDI system. CMDE Announcement No. NMPA’s record filing changes under Announcement No. 26 of 2014.
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RTLS Can Enhance the Patient Experience, Staff Safety, and Workflow Operations in 2023
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
Scott Hondros, MHA, SCPM, VP of Professional Services at CenTrak Although the healthcare industry has shown significant resilience, the byproduct of the pandemic has amplified staff stressors across all operational and clinical roles. Administrative burdens and manual tasks are additional drivers of nurse burnout and frustration.
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Drug Diversion is Complicated: 5 Data-Related Challenges to Overcome
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 19, 2021
This worrisome trend has intensified long-running concerns about how drugs like opioids find their way to abusers’ hands in the first place. The disruption to daily life due to the COVID-19 pandemic has hit those with substance use disorder hard,” then-CDC Director Robert Redfield, M.D., That’s harmful in several ways.
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Health Provider News – July 22, 2022
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JULY 22, 2022
Cases of monkeypox have doubled in Alabama, but vaccine is on the way. 5 Things Alaska: HIE RFP, Q&A w/ John Weaver, Health disparities. Pain specialist pays $271K to settle pharma kickback case. Politics got in the way of public health’: Experts question if CT is losing battle against COVID.
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Key Healthcare Provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023
Healthcare Law Blog
JANUARY 6, 2023
In the event the PHE ends before December 31, 2024, the Act provides that telehealth services furnished using audio-only telecommunications technology will continue to be covered and reimbursable from the end of the PHE until December 31, 2024. [6]. 20] The Act extends this 5% incentive through 2025. [21]. Audio-Only Telehealth.
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NOVEMBER 27, 2023
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OCTOBER 27, 2023
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What are the Penalties for HIPAA Violations?
HIPAA Journal
DECEMBER 24, 2022
Since the Enforcement Final Rule of 2006, OCR has had the power to issue financial penalties (and/or corrective action plans) to HIPAA-covered entities that fail to comply with HIPAA Rules. Tier 3: A violation suffered as a direct result of “willful neglect” of HIPAA Rules, in cases where an attempt has been made to correct the violation.
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APRIL 26, 2024
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APRIL 14, 2023
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APRIL 29, 2022
Single house could end emergency under bill on way to Senate. Cutback brings management changes at Adventist Health. AMA survey: Majority of physicians say telehealth enables more comprehensive quality care. CMS’ Brooks-LaSure defends 2023 pay bump for hospitals that groups charge is too small. CMS Proposes $1.6B CALIFORNIA.
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MAY 26, 2023
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MARCH 17, 2023
NATIONAL AMA pressures federal government to fix prior authorization problem plaguing radiology AHA pushes back on new 340B alliance Biden’s $6.8T Francis Hospital-Interquest Progresses In Colorado Colorado’s wealthiest hospitals favored in $1.2
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20 Executives Share Health IT Predictions to Watch in 2023
HIT Consultant
JANUARY 11, 2023
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. Leaders must use technology to listen at scale to patients and know how and when to enable digital solutions and the staff they do have to do their best work.
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Artificial Intelligence Poses Threat to Patient Privacy Bill for Rural Hospital Cyber Skills Passes Senate Committee Chemotherapy shortages push cancer centers toward crisis CMS estimates national spending on hospital care grew just 0.8% before Baptist merger Bankruptcy Trustee Wants Doctor To Pay Her $1.6M
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MAY 12, 2023
Elizabeth Community Hospital receives top marks for safety Strike set at Los Angeles hospital Sutter Health credit rating upgraded ahead of $750 million bond issue Sutter Health in talks to acquire Sansum Clinic in Santa Barbara Sutter Health opens 2023 with $194M gain, 2.3%
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JUNE 2, 2023
Hospital president will update community DC A CT hospital’s single missing digit threatened $42M in COVID-19 relief payments Amazon-owned One Medical is coming to Rosslyn Children’s National Hospital is advancing phase 2 of its Walter Reed campus overhaul D.C. Wants To Cancel $90 Million In Medical Debt. Here’s How It Would Work.
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