HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Joy Avery, MSN, RN, SVP, Clinical Strategy, CipherHealth Donna Pritchard, DNP, FNP-BC, MSN, RN, VP, Clinical Services, CipherHealth The transformation of the healthcare landscape is undeniable. But no matter what, a shift to value-based care means realigning every aspect of care and operations to serve the needs of the patient.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 23, 2023

Employee retention efforts have never been more critical and leaders are looking to technology to help their staff work smarter. However, there has been great progress in automating administrative tasks, particularly in revenue cycle operations, that are producing meaningful productivity improvements and easing the workers’ burden.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

This kind of technology-enabled workflow can take a tremendous burden off of some of our most important care team members. Think about it—we’ve already got technology that can efficiently deliver every kind of communication, whether it’s going from patient to nurse or from nurse to patient.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 19, 2024

Additionally, I predict we will continue to see employers investing in associate engagement so they, healthcare workers, are enabled to provide a high quality, empathic connection with patients. As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions.

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Health Care Law Brief

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In addition to those provisions that look to extend current government programs, the HMH Bill proposes the following new initiatives: Provider Specific Provisions : Transforming Safety Net Hospitals. Grants would be awarded to projects that improve access, equity, quality, outcomes and the financial sustainability of safety net hospitals.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 31, 2020

Artificial Intelligence Network Infrastructure Precision Medicine Privacy & Security Telehealth Its CIO looks ahead to a future with advances in mobility, imaging, telemedicine, virtual reality, 5G/6G, artificial intelligence, data security, genomic sequencing and translational research.

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Health Populi

APRIL 17, 2023

I’m particularly keen to hear what’s explored in sessions on reinventing street medicine through leveraging digital technology, leveraging in-house machine learning innovations for a more human touch, human-centered design and the digital patient journey, and a panel on data justice brainstorming ethical practices for equitable health.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 2024

Technology can significantly alleviate some of these issues throughout the rev cycle by automating repetitive tasks, enhancing efficiency, and augmenting human capabilities. As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Untreated musculoskeletal conditions can result in sedentary behavior that leads to or worsens co-morbidities, including diabetes, obesity, depression and opioid misuse. Telehealth experts say that offering remote education and physical therapy to patients can improve access for vulnerable populations, including: ?

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 16, 2024

In any case, health systems will need to work to improve access to care – and can do so by offering integrated, personalized options. Integrating health benefit accounts, payment plans and even Medicaid enrollment will help meet patients where they are on their financial journey.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 4, 2024

All of this year’s 2024 health IT predictions (updated as they’re shared): John and Colin’s 2024 Healthcare IT Predictions Health Equity Predictions Healthcare Cybersecurity Predictions Telehealth and VR Predictions And now, check out our community’s Telehealth and VR predictions.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 15, 2022

OptimizeRx , a provider of point-of-care technology solutions helping patients start and stay on therapy announced a definitive agreement to acquire the EvinceMed platform and related assets. Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Activity. OptimizeRx Acquires EvinceMed, a Specialty Drug Prescription Initiation Platform. Strategic Partnerships.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 29, 2022

Technology + Physician Retention. She sat down for a conversation with Healthcare IT Today about the role technology can play in helping to retain physicians and reduce clinical cognitive load. Technology can help. CMA_Docs President Dr. Katherine Smart shares how #digitalhealth can rise to the challenge.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 4, 2022

The unprecedented growth and development of AI has been instrumental in transforming health system administration, healthcare data analytics and patient diagnosis and treatment. Despite this growth, health systems have yet to maximize the potential of AI to improve upon load balancing and optimization of patient throughput.

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Hall Render

MAY 19, 2023

to Partners The federal COVID-19 emergency is ending. Supplemental Grant for Rural Health Programs UAMS to Study Affordable Care Act’s Impact on Breast Cancer Treatment Arkansas Children’s Hospital Auxiliary Donates $1.4

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Hall Render

JUNE 9, 2023

Here’s why ARKANSAS Arkansas Children’s Hospital raises $5.9 Here’s why ARKANSAS Arkansas Children’s Hospital raises $5.9 ConnectiCare names new president; interim leader Wachtelhausen to retire CT passes bill focused on expanding kids’ mental health services DC Why D.C.’s

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Vincent North in Sherwood Washington Regional Medical System Names Lucas Campbell as VP & Chief Transformation Officer 4 more Arkansas hospitals awarded federal funds Arkansas Legislative Council approves Department of Human Services’ requests for $13.4M Opens in North Little Rock CHI St.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

million in federal funding Dignity Health – Memorial Hospital awarded Primary Heart Attack Center Certification Kaiser trash inspections end in $49M settlement L.A. Labor board official sues Colorado hospital over allegedly withheld nurse pay CONNECTICUT $14.5M There’s a group that doubts it deserves it.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Acute care at home brings the hospital to patients’ living rooms. Arizona COVID numbers improving, but officials say mitigation still needed. California launches ambitious effort to transform Medi-Cal to ‘whole person care’. Patients are coming after hospital monopolies. They’ve got a what ‘Stuck’ where?

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Ransomware attacks against hospitals put patients’ lives at risk, researchers say States, FTC continue to target noncompetes: 3 updates The best hospital in each state, per Newsweek What to know about Stark law’s $9.2M

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Hall Render

JANUARY 19, 2024

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 13, 2023

But sometimes, it can be as simple as a 3D-printed cover for an insulin pod. A product, or an improved process, that solves a need. While medical settings like hospitals and clinics are good at managing patient care, it can still be challenging to create and manage a culture of innovation.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 22, 2023

But that right doesn’t necessarily mean everyone can obtain essential health services — or, at the very least, equitable health services. Thanks to telehealth solutions, someone in a small town can now access the same services as someone living in a metropolitan area.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Can Hospitals Change in Time to Keep Them? NATIONAL Addressing Staff Burnout In Healthcare Design Amazon completes $3.9B Dunleavy adds $9M to budget to address food stamp, Medicaid backlog New study provides snapshot of increase in maternal deaths in Alaska Mental Health Trust Grants $1.6M

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Hall Render

MARCH 18, 2022

Amazon Expands Into Telehealth and Home Care. Congress Passes Omnibus Spending Bill with 340B DSH Protection, Telehealth Provisions. Over 500,000 Patients Hit by Data Breaches at Healthcare Firms in Alabama, Colorado. CommonSpirit Health to launch online learning platform to bolster nursing retention. CALIFORNIA.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 27, 2023

California’s healthcare worker retention payments to start in February Julie Miller-Phipps to retire after 45-year career with Kaiser Permanente COLORADO By the numbers: How pandemic-induced staffing issues are leaving Colorado seniors out in the cold Colorado’s rural hospitals could get $3 million a year to end inpatient care.

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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

MARCH 9, 2023

Maternity Wards Closing. in federal funds will allow CT colleges to hire more nursing instructors, provide student tuition support Connecticut hospital expenses $3.5B group calls for economic investment, better broadband and health care Georgia medical marijuana, violence against health care worker bills advance Maternal deaths in Ga.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

NATIONAL Biden plans to end the Covid public health emergency this spring in a major shift to federal response Biden administration will end COVID-19 emergencies on May 11 Can a drugstore be your only doctor? Now hospitals are charging them.

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C&M Health Law

JANUARY 25, 2023

Starting in 2023, the Administration will promulgate regulations to implement the Act’s provisions and to issue reports to Congress as required by statute, including on telehealth utilization, the Acute Hospital Care At Home program, pandemic preparedness efforts, and clinical trials reform, among others.

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Hall Render

MAY 12, 2023

NATIONAL 4 Healthcare Design And Construction Trends To Watch AHA urges court to preserve ACA preventive services requirement pending appeal AI may pose ‘existential threat,’ physicians warn in BMJ Biden’s nursing home staff mandates expected soon CareFirst, Noom program aims to ‘retrain’ the brain of members with obesity, (..)

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Hall Render

MARCH 15, 2024

NATIONAL 3 things to expect from the pharmaceutical supply chain in 2024 Absence of AI hospital rules worries nurses American Academy of Dermatology votes to keep its diversity policies after anti-DEI proposal Are digital health partnerships replacing M&A? From -6.8%

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