Sharps Compliance

MARCH 2, 2022

Home health care in the United States is experiencing a period of rapid growth and change. While providers and payers seek to improve outcomes while controlling costs, patients are receiving more advanced levels of in-home care. Industry analysts expect home infusion therapy to expand at a compound annual growth rate of 7.9%

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 12, 2022

What You Should Know: – Primary care is continuing to decentralize with more decisions made outside of primary care offices, according to a recent report by Wolters Kluwer. However: – 70% Millennials anticipate a move to new care settings. population according to the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Some of these challenges included technology for providers available at scale, a platform to deliver care in a user-friendly fashion, licensure for these tools, state licensure, and expanding quality care to patients amidst the capacity and staffing challenges that all health systems were facing across the country.

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Hall Render

MAY 23, 2023

During the COVID pandemic, more and more long-term care providers turned to staffing agencies to fill shifts and staffing shortfalls. The term does not include an individual who only engages on the individual’s own behalf to provide services on a temporary basis to health care facilities. These changes are effective July 1, 2023.

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Medisys Compliance

MARCH 14, 2023

Wound care is provided in various healthcare settings like inpatient hospital, outpatient clinics, long-term care facilities, home health settings, hospice and skilled nursing facilities. For example, patients who require ongoing wound care but do not need to be hospitalized can receive treatment in outpatient clinics.

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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 23, 2019

Rural hospitals are facing severe challenges in maintaining operating margin, with uncompensated care being a major factor. Telehealth eConsult platform use in local primary care settings to improve “right time, right place, right provider care” have been shown to decrease the number of patients […].

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 15, 2023

More News from HLTH Walmart employees using virtual care provided by Included Health saw an 11% reduction in the total cost of care , the companies announced. Studies Two-thirds of organizations hit by cyberattacks report disruptions to patient care , according to research from Proofpoint and Ponemon Institute.

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Modern Healthcare

AUGUST 1, 2023

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services also updated the hospital quality reporting program and outlined new health equity initiatives.

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The article BioMech Sets New Standard of Care with AI-Enabled, Clinically Actionable Real-Time Motion Analytics for Improved Healthcare Outcomes appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare Dive

JANUARY 9, 2024

The study could support extending acute hospital care at home, researchers said. Currently, a pandemic-era waiver for the programs is set to expire at the end of the year.

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 15, 2024

Primary care physicians are the heart of healthcare delivery in the United States. Virtual primary care, experts say, can address challenges in traditional care by filling existing care gaps and offering various benefits to healthcare organizations, providers and patients. We interviewed Kelly Bliss, president of U.S.

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Mobi Health News

AUGUST 4, 2022

Funding will support accelerating adoption of communication solutions.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 7, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to relieve clinician burnout, as well as to help patients access care more easily. MEDITECH’s EHR platform, Expanse, leverages AI to create actionable insights that can support clinical decision-making from patient data gathered both inside and outside the organization.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In health care facilities, masking is a choice. High-risk people whose health conditions require regular treatment in health care settings that have abandoned masking requirements have no choice. First, their health care providers could demand a return to masking in health care settings based on fundamental best practices.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 3, 2022

Health care is always a high priority for the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (“DOJ”) and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”). The emphasis on antitrust compliance within the health care industry was recently reiterated by Andrew Forman, a Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the DOJ.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 5, 2024

"Implementation of Novel Home-Based Care Programs" is scheduled for Friday, March 15, 10:30-11 a.m. Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed ET in W208C at HIMSS24 in Orlando. Learn more and register.

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Bill of Health

DECEMBER 18, 2023

One place where aging adults are likely to experience elder abuse occurs in long-term care (LTC) environments; this has been described as a “public health concern” in relation to the nursing home setting. The first state program occurred in New Jersey through the Safe Care Cam program.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 26, 2021

As legislation, engagement and positive results continue to push digital patient care solutions forward, many healthcare organizations are not yet prepared for the increased adoption of these technologies. As a healthcare provider, how can you best ensure that you’re well-equipped to handle expansions in remote care scenarios? .

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Digital Health News

JULY 4, 2022

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust will be rolling out CliniSys' WinPath Enterprise LIMS to support harmonised working.

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Hospitals 92

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 25, 2024

But there are requirements specific to the new accreditation program, such as streamlined emergency management requirements to address providing care and clinical support remotely rather than in a physical building.

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COVID-19 Hospitals 112

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 16, 2021

Even before COVID-19, there was increasing momentum for care outside the walls of healthcare facilities. Now after a year of the pandemic, more money and effort is being invested in home care solutions. The market for services and technologies to help patients remain at home is one of the fastest growing healthcare segments.

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Healthcare Dive

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The initiative prioritizes integrating behavioral health services into primary and other specialty care areas as well as community-based settings like schools.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Providers can develop better care paths using this valuable information – not just from the key data patients can bring to the equation but by fostering a more robust and trusting relationship between care teams and patients. Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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Health Outcomes 219

Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Fitch Ratings expects the recently proposed federal nursing home staffing standards to increase costs for SNFs, but the agency believes health care REITs with SNF assets can manage these impacts well. Hall Render is sponsoring the Health Care Real Estate Executive Summit November 9-10, 2023, in Scottsdale, AZ.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Manta This month, New York became the latest to join the growing list of states that have ended their requirements for routine masking in hospitals and other healthcare settings. Ending routine masking in hospital settings is a dangerous move. And the benefits are significant in hospital settings. By Nina Kohn and Irina D.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 1, 2023

Chatbots proactively engage with patients to offload routine clinical and administrative tasks that are traditionally handled by physicians, nurses, clinicians, and care team members.

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Healthcare Dive

JUNE 30, 2023

Regulators are asking for input on how the agency can support development of devices for use in non-clinical care settings and by diverse patient populations.

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FDA 256

Bill of Health

JUNE 29, 2023

In the pre-hospital setting, hemorrhagic shock, which is characterized by rapid blood loss that results in potentially fatal oxygen depletion of the vital organs, is traditionally managed by the administration of intravenous fluids. This most often occurs in the setting of a hospital-to-hospital transfer.

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Healthcare Dive

JUNE 6, 2023

The $100-per-share offer comes a month after the home health company agreed to a deal with Option Care Health, which was set to close in the second half of the year.

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 18, 2024

Since then, the 3,720-bed MNGHA has continued its digital health transformation efforts across a variety of specific use cases, including an ostensible simple one that has long vexed provider organizations the world over: no-shows in outpatient settings. " That adds up to five to six million visits per year.

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Electronic Medical Records Hospitals Nurses 254

Bill of Health

APRIL 4, 2024

Beyond the health care sector-specific Medical Devices Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (MDR) and the In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation (EU) 2017/746 (IVDR), this mix of AI & Data related regulatory requirements stems from a series of generalized, cross-sectoral EU laws of the last 5 years.

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Healthcare Dive

MAY 10, 2022

Patients reported issues with hospital staff responsiveness and said their experiences with care transitions out of a hospital setting worsened considerably during the pandemic, according to the watchdog.

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Hospitals 311

Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Looking ahead to 2024 and beyond, Brient said AI-generated reports will be available to help caregivers prepare for care meetings with providers while generative AI holds the potential to soon reach patients well beyond the clinical setting. How can AI be used to improve predictive analytics in clinical use?

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Integrated healthcare provider Apollo Hospitals is now rolling out its connected care programme across its entire network in India. Apollo's regional command centres have also been enabled to remotely assess patients' conditions and recommend further care. It will also enable them to help patients access care closer to home.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Most clinicians agree that technology will continue to play a critical role in care delivery – and physicians who can use data-driven insights at the point of care will be better positioned to meet patients’ ongoing needs. Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 11, 2024

Not-for-profit organisation Salveo Healthcare has recently introduced a remote patient monitoring technology from the United Kingdom to support its delivery of preventative care in Tasmania. In February, it started piloting Spirit Health's Clinitouch technology as part of its in-home nursing care service, Advanced Preventative Care (APC).

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