MedTrainer

JANUARY 16, 2024

In our complex and ever-evolving world, promoting a culture of compliance and responsibility in healthcare is not only essential for ensuring patient safety but also for maintaining the integrity and reputation of healthcare organizations. What is a Culture of Compliance in Healthcare?

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AIHC

AUGUST 30, 2023

When a healthcare practice starts talking about, “ What can we do to increase business? ”, telemarketing always seems to come up. So, what is telemarketing in healthcare ? What compliance issues need to be considered when drafting a marketing strategy? If it is too good to be true it probably isn't.” Great idea, right?

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

This bar chart comes from that study, which found a decline in primary are rates — but for those patients who had visits, those were longer and addressed ore issues per visit. Note in the chart the emerging trend by 2015 of PCPs emailing with patients and offering after-hours appointments. So what is primary care, anyway?

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Health Populi

AUGUST 9, 2021

Consumer experiences (CX) were not uniformly terrific, especially with an increasingly anxious patient dealing with a stressed provider system. received the health care services they needed, with one in 5 patients saying their access was worse in the past year. Not everyone in the U.S. Finally, trust was the fourth aspect on U.S.

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MedTrainer

JANUARY 26, 2024

The goal of any healthcare organization is to deliver quality, safe care to its patients. What is Healthcare Compliance? It ensures that healthcare organizations and professionals adhere to guidelines that protect patient safety, maintain data privacy, and uphold the integrity of medical practices.

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Healthcare Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2023

What Is Public Health Policy? The CDC has a surveillance program for many diseases that, should a patient test positive for any of the listed conditions, reporting is mandatory. It also encourages good health and helps achieve designated health objectives. This system is for the public good.

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MedTrainer

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Corporate compliance ensures that healthcare organizations not only adhere to the many layers of regulations but also craft an environment of safety and trust for patients and professionals alike. When healthcare providers prioritize compliance standards, they foster trust with patients and avoid lasting legal repercussions.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The story started with the scenario that, “Search giant is amassing health records from Ascension facilities in 21 states; patients not yet informed.” And, according to the WSJ reporting, “Neither patients nor doctors have been notified. Ascension is the second largest health system in the U.S.,

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YouCompli

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

That way people understand what you need and what value it adds to the organization. The SBAR framework helps the provider understand what is happening and what the team needs them to do. These changes flow into our organization in a completely unstructured manner. operational, financial, and reputational risks.

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MedTrainer

OCTOBER 4, 2023

What Is a Compliance Management Platform? This proactive approach not only reduces the risk of non-compliance but also drives efficiency, transparency, and trust within the organization and with patients. In today’s demanding healthcare landscape, the balance between compliance and efficiency is delicate.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

This blog appears today as part of a #HIMSS18 primer series for attendees, and the industry at large, to discuss major health IT issues that will help move health and healthcare delivery forward in 2018 – and beyond. Dealing with healthcare provider burnout due to bureaucratic tasks and high-expectation patient demands.

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Health Populi

APRIL 3, 2020

Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, said, “Variety of form and brilliancy of color in the object presented to patients are an actual means of recovery.” ” We all need some #ArtTherapy in this #StayHome COVID-19 era, #AloneTogether to #FlattenTheCurve. Can you tell I’m in dire need of some art therapy?

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Health Populi

JUNE 26, 2018

I’m blogging live while attending HXD 2018 in Cambridge, MA, the health/care design conference convened by Mad*Pow, 26th and 27th June 2018. OK, then…What happens when an algorithm cuts your health care? Today was Day 1 and I want to recap my learnings and share with you. A recent Verge article asked that not-so-unthinkable scenario.

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Hall Render

JULY 14, 2023

This calculation includes an adjustment for behavioral changes in response to Patient Driven Groupings Model (“PDGM”), discussed below. PDGM Behavioral Adjustments The proposal to reduce home health reimbursement flows directly from Patient Driven Grouping Model (“PDGM”). That number will disappoint providers. in June 2022.

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Redox

MARCH 14, 2024

Something I’ve seen firsthand over the last couple of years is that there is a big difference between what you’d think should be possible (or what will be possible) and what actually is possible. This is what keeps us busy here at Redox. What is bulk FHIR? In healthcare, there’s no shortage of such gaps.

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Medisys Compliance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

It’s a known fact that patient financial responsibility and out-of-pocket expenses are on the higher side in the healthcare sector. On a similar note, it goes without saying that patient satisfaction will be impacted by the medical billing services. What should the patient do if the bill is covered by insurance?

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SQA

MARCH 25, 2021

Accuracy and reliability of such tests is, in some cases, a matter of life and death for both patients and laboratory professionals. With patient safety at its heart, ISO’s committee for respiratory devices began to work on a new standard to support the manufacture of new, high-quality medical equipment that could help.

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Health Populi

JULY 1, 2019

Get a cup of coffee and sit back, because this is a long one – not the usual short and sweet entry that each of us endeavors to craft on our respective blogs. They also started DigitalMe , a research program where patients shared actual biologic samples with PLM to make for more comprehensive data sets. A sum of their data?

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MedTrainer

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Almost always, it results in negative consequences for patients and the organization alike. By prioritizing steadfast compliance, healthcare organizations can minimize the risk of these incidents, to protect patients and their reputation in times of change. What can we do to address this trend?

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MedTrainer

APRIL 29, 2024

What Is MedTrainer? One customer on G2 mentioned, “QGenda has provided online schedule access to our physicians and advanced practitioners as well as all outside locations that need to know who is available to take care of patients in the 14 locations we serve.” Qgenda is well-regarded for its scheduling features.

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Health Law RX

JULY 18, 2023

Information Blocking Background In 2016, the 21st Century Cures Act (Cures Act) made sharing electronic health information (EHI) the new normal in healthcare, with the twin goals of encouraging and incentivizing the free flow of patient information among stakeholders and driving efficiencies in healthcare.

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Health Populi

MARCH 11, 2019

If you don’t know the work of Dr. Verghese, and since you’re reading the Health Populi blog, you must get to know Dr. V now. Ultimately, we want our doctors to know, “what we live for and would die for,” Dr. V concludes his forward. But wait — what’s an algorithm, anyway? million views.

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Health Populi

JULY 28, 2019

Patients in the U.S. Data illustrating that “paradox” is shown in the second chart: while 78% percent of patients told Maestro Health their health care experience is positive, 69% feel they lack control over their patient journey. patients had received a medical bill that was higher than they anticipated it would be.

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MedTrainer

DECEMBER 20, 2023

What Is a Healthcare Document Management System? They are heavily regulated to ensure patient safety, privacy, and quality of care. Signature flow is a must for grants and accreditation. On average, MedTrainer customers say they save 40 hours a week. Once all signatures are collected, the system notifies the document owner.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 14, 2022

And since the conference was virtual, what better topic to start us off today than a consideration of the new Virtual-First trend that surfaced in 2021. Many of these plans are designed to promote access for patients and reduced in-person utilization when medically appropriate. Morgan Annual Healthcare Conference for 2022.

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SQA

AUGUST 8, 2023

General principles to promote fair and equitable distribution of medicines to meet the needs of patients. The laboratories are those intended for evaluations with clinical purposes, such as the collection and analysis of biological samples for the diagnosis of diseases.

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SQA

MAY 17, 2022

This action, if finalized, will continue the FDA’s efforts to align its regulatory framework with that used by other regulatory authorities to promote consistency in the regulation of devices and provide more efficient introduction of safe, effective, high-quality devices for patients.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 10, 2019

Fast forward to 2018, and Fitbit’s blog posted about women’s health tracking, using the words “menstruation,” “period,” and “sexual health.” ” Well isn’t that what we call “real life” stuff? This is not a watch. Well, not just a watch. It can track heart rate.

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Jane Sarashon

DECEMBER 19, 2022

That’s what I’m looking for at #CES23. Withings expanded remote patient monitoring earlier in 2022, and began to collaborate on clinical trial data connections between consumers and researchers. Gary’s Book Club featured my HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen at the 2020 CES. FYI, “Gary” is Gary Shapiro….

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Jane Sarashon

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This feels especially apt right “now” as we enter 2022, Year 3 of the COVID-19 pandemic, with people mentally stressed, anxious, and shrugging off the Omicron variant – while taking on more DIY life-flows, self-care and desire for (more) control. That well-used and timely observation is known as Amara’s Law.

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SQA

OCTOBER 18, 2022

If particulate matter is injected into a patient, there is potential for injury, such as inflammation or irritation of the veins, infections at the site of injection or in other parts of the body, allergic reactions, and formation of blood clots that can move to other parts of the body. Health Canada. Taro Pharmaceuticals Inc.

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Health Populi

JULY 2, 2019

That’s in terms of drugs’ list prices, which most patients don’t pay. But drug costs to patients are in the eye of the beholder, who in a high-deductible plan or Medicare Part D donut hole becomes the first-dollar payer. T4 What can UnitedHealth do to ensure PatientsLikeMe continues to be helpful/useful for patients?

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Health Populi

MARCH 20, 2020

The chart shows these current life-flows for people in the US and UK, from the latest report by the GlobalWebIndex study that in March 2020 focuses on travel and commuting. ” Matthew Holt convened his inaugural podcast of The Health Care Blog Gang yesterday. Health Populi’s Hot Points: In the U.S., How Together is that?

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Drug & Device Law

JULY 31, 2023

We have blogged several times about the somewhat esoteric issue of whether intangible items – chiefly computer software, website algorithms, and other electronic information – is treated as a “product” for purposes of imposing strict liability on their creators. Restatement §402A, comments a, d-e. A “chattel” is a “physical object.”

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Drug & Device Law

JUNE 2, 2022

For this post, however, all seven authors of the Blog are joining together. We do, however, pay some attention to what is going on in the broader context of U.S. We do, however, pay some attention to what is going on in the broader context of U.S. The apparent pending reversal of Roe v. Wade in the Dobbs v.

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