Jane Sarashon

JANUARY 5, 2022

After wearables in terms of consumers’ comfort and use are AI-based voice assistant and smart speaker tools, retail robots, virtual reality, and just above drawing the line at discomfort, package delivery drones and augmented reality. Right on the line of comfort/discomfort are food delivery robots.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 10, 2019

Virtual care, telemedicine and remote monitoring are leading the change in how care is delivered and who can deliver it, ushering in the potential for huge savings in time, cost and efficiency while widening access to care for the patients who need it most. And they're spending lots and lots of money to help manage them.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) have benefited greatly from the acceleration and adoption of technologies such as AI, Machine Learning (ML), and Robotic Process Automation (RPA). It’s no secret that improving operational workflow significantly benefits staff productivity, satisfaction, and morale as well as care quality.

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Hall Render

MAY 13, 2022

UAB, Children’s hospitals to halt some youth transgender care as new law takes effect. training initiative for nurses, caregivers who work in long-term care facilities. Newsom Proposes $125M Package To Expand Access To Reproductive Health Care In California. Investing in Denver’s health care future with digital platforms.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. This frees up staff to focus on more complex and strategic aspects of RCM.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 10, 2019

The chaps were tongue-tied, and Stacey and I bonded at that moment and continue to be collegial friends and part of growing group of women-in-health-tech. Update on Stacey: she’s now Chief of Google’s Wear OS, part of Google’s ever-morphing health team). Well, rose gold, perhaps.

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Hall Render

JULY 22, 2022

Amazon to buy primary health-care provider One Medical for roughly $3.9 Bicycle Health flies staff into Alabama to save hundreds of its patients from losing access to care under new law. Five leading children’s hospitals secure $29M in federal funding to enhance future pandemic readiness. CMS pitches outpatient payment rule.

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Hall Render

JUNE 9, 2023

Here’s why ARKANSAS Arkansas Children’s Hospital raises $5.9

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 6, 2023

government grant for maternal health care Alabama slides to 50th on nursing home and long-term care report card Ascension sells Alabama hospital Ascension St. government grant for maternal health care Alabama slides to 50th on nursing home and long-term care report card Ascension sells Alabama hospital Ascension St.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 6, 2023

government grant for maternal health care Alabama slides to 50th on nursing home and long-term care report card Ascension sells Alabama hospital Ascension St. government grant for maternal health care Alabama slides to 50th on nursing home and long-term care report card Ascension sells Alabama hospital Ascension St.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 4, 2023

1 CMS final rule boosts Medicare hospice payments by 3.1% To Address SDOH Needs U.S. sues UnitedHealth over ‘thousands’ of denied claims What’s a fair price for a prescription drug? 1 CMS final rule boosts Medicare hospice payments by 3.1% To Address SDOH Needs U.S. 1 CMS final rule boosts Medicare hospice payments by 3.1%

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Hall Render

APRIL 15, 2022

rate hike for Medicare Advantage, Part D plans in 2023. Nonprofit Hospitals Saw High Tax Breaks, Low Charity Care Spending. Prices are soaring — but not for health care. Social Determinants of Health Worsened Specialty Care Access. Huntsville Doctor Charged with Health Care Fraud Conspiracy. CMS finalizes 8.5%

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 13, 2023

NATIONAL AHA asks CMS to stop telehealth rule AHA-supported bill would expand access to telehealth services Another strike notice possible at Kaiser, unions say Congress eyes endgame for PBM legislation Costco accused of sharing customers’ ‘highly personal’ health data with Facebook owner Meta General Catalyst eyes health system acquisition HHS proposed (..)

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Hall Render

MARCH 25, 2022

Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act becomes law. Private equity’s pandemic-era health care push. 5 healthcare companies get ‘F’ in racial and gender pay equity. Epic fails to get Supreme Court review of punitive damages for trade secrets case. FDA to revive facility visits. What’s next? CALIFORNIA.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Proposed bill would bring more analysis to impact of health care consolidation ALABAMA Ascension St. Proposed bill would bring more analysis to impact of health care consolidation ALABAMA Ascension St. to fight opioid epidemic UAB lands $36.7M federal research grant. Here is what it will fund. for Chemotherapy Study US Awards $1.3M

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Hall Render

APRIL 14, 2023

NATIONAL 94% of Organizations Experienced a Cyberattack in 2022 AHA blog: Strengthening crisis management in rural health care Biden signs bill ending Covid-19 national emergency Cancer drug shortages are creating dire circumstances for some patients CMS Releases FY24 IPPS Proposed Rule, Seeks to Boost Rates by 2.8%

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Hall Render

JANUARY 26, 2024

NATIONAL 55% of rural hospitals don’t offer obstetric care: Report Academic health systems are scooping up hospitals AHA says Medicare payments to long-term care hospitals are inadequate AHA Warns Hospitals of IT Help Desk Social Engineering Scheme Amazon Pharmacy connects with One Medical Biden administration reinforces reproductive health obligations (..)

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 8, 2023

health care Skilled nursing providers embrace bill nixing staff mandate, despite uncertain fate US News to begin rating ASCs ALABAMA Birmingham business lands pharmacy contract with Louisiana hospital Madison Co. NATIONAL 8.5M NATIONAL 8.5M NATIONAL 8.5M NATIONAL 8.5M NATIONAL 8.5M NATIONAL 8.5M

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

What’s next when they want to retire?

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

NATIONAL Addressing Staff Burnout In Healthcare Design Amazon completes $3.9B NATIONAL Addressing Staff Burnout In Healthcare Design Amazon completes $3.9B Can Hospitals Change in Time to Keep Them?

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Hall Render

AUGUST 26, 2022

Amazon to shutter virtual health care service Amazon Care. Amazon to shutter virtual health care service Amazon Care. Despite Lackluster Operator Adoption, EHRs Positioned to Shape Behavioral Health Care’s Future. Federal judge blocks HHS guidance that emergency medical care must include abortion services.

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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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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2024

Greg Wujek, Global Health Industry Consultant at SAS Robots as providers comes of age. The use of robots in health care will exponentially mature with the development of robots capable of performing basic medical tasks, such as taking vital signs, administering medications, and providing wound care.

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Hall Render

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 Lawmakers are now mulling limits.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 7, 2022

Alabama health care systems overwhelmed due to Omicron. Alabama health care systems overwhelmed due to Omicron. Report: Alaska health care jobs projected to increase. COVID-19 hospitalizations up in 34 states. FDA expands use of Pfizer vaccine, green-lights boosters for children 12-15. That may not save Biden’s.

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Hall Render

MARCH 24, 2023

5 moves to know Ransomware Attacks Target Undermanned US Rural Hospitals: Report Research: What Happens When Private Equity Firms Buy Hospitals?

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Hall Render

APRIL 21, 2023

NATIONAL 6 health systems using GPT and AI tools 100,000 nurses left industry during the pandemic, report finds AHA backs bill to delay Medicaid DSH cuts by 2 years AHA launches info hub for healthcare quality leaders AHA opposes MedPAC recommendations to Congress on site-neutral, Part B drug, wage index policies AHA ramps up 340B protection efforts (..)

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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

JANUARY 28, 2022

Healthcare groups urge Congress to extend Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver. Alabama getting millions to strengthen access to health care in rural communities. Alabamians support use of APRA funds for rural hospitals, mental health care. Cardiology’s rapid outpatient migration: 8 key ‘firsts’ in the last year.

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Hall Render

JULY 14, 2023

Nonprofit hospitals under growing scrutiny over how they justify billions in tax breaks States increase pressure on nonprofit hospitals as charity care scrutinized Senate proposal would give hospitals $385M for emergency preparedness. How did we get here?

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Federal vaccine mandate countdown for unvaccinated health care workers begins. For Health Care Providers, Five Trends To Watch In 2022. Most doctors are compensated for volume, not value of care, research finds. Physician compensation arrangements are primarily based on volume of care, study says.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

CALIFORNIA 8 ASCs opening in Florida, California and New York A bankrupt California hospital left a health care desert. CALIFORNIA 8 ASCs opening in Florida, California and New York A bankrupt California hospital left a health care desert.

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Hall Render

JUNE 16, 2023

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% What are they doing to address it?

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Mary’s hospitals in $100M deal University of California reaches $975M deal to buy 4 hospitals from Tenet University of the Pacific doubles size of physician assistant program with new building in Oak Park How a new California agency aims to cap your health care costs California health care workers won a path to $25 minimum wage.

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