Healthcare Dive

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The average wait for an appointment is 26 days, pointing to a growing shortage of physicians, a staffing agency said.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Wearable devices are being deployed across emergency departments in East Metropolitan Health, beginning with implementation at Armadale Hospital. The technology rollout is being introduced as part of the Health in a Virtual Environment service. It is being formally introduced first at Armadale Hospital following trials at Royal Perth Hospital (RPH) and Bentley Hospital.

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Healthcare Dive

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Teladoc nabbed incoming executive Saranya Loehrer from CommonSpirit, where she served as the nonprofit’s health equity officer.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

As health systems around the world continuously pursue digital transformation, having access to all clinical content has now more than ever become crucial to provide the best patient care. With enterprise access to clinical documents, medical images and other unstructured information, healthcare organisations will gain a more comprehensive view of their patients, improve clinical decision-making and support better outcomes.

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Healthcare Dive

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The companies, which merged earlier this year, have rebranded as Apree Health and selected health IT veteran Don Trigg as their new leader.

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MRO Compliance

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Lessons learned from 11 right of access violations. September 12, 2022. Revenue Cycle Advisor. Covered entities and business associates still have trouble getting patients their medical records in a timely fashion. View Full Article.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

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Healthcare Dive

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Nonprofit hospitals' operations are under pressure as they continue to pay for pricier labor despite volumes remaining depressed.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The tech giant also announces a partnership between YouTube and the Kaiser Family Foundation that aims to help organizations create high-quality informational content on topics like mental health, maternal care and health inequity.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

What You Should Know: – Enzee Health , formerly ZapIT! Medical is announcing it has secured $1.5M in seed financing, led by Rev1 Ventures with participation from Tamarind Hill, Harbor Street Ventures, M7 NEO, Redgrave Investments, Service Provider Capital and others. – Enzee empowers hospital personnel to easily perform and track required quality testing within departments, eliminating the inefficiencies of paper record keeping, and making it easier for administrators to assess wheth

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Digital Health News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is redefining precision diagnostics and early detection of multiple diseases, including cancer, neuro-critical conditions, cardiovascular myopathy, and many more. In radiology, AI is used varyingly - its application is being experimented with across the healthcare dissemination pathway to identify the optimal implementation and deployment methodology.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

What You Should Know: – LifePoint Health and Google Cloud announced a multi-year partnership aimed at using Google Cloud’s Healthcare Data Engine to transform healthcare delivery in communities across the U.S. – The Healthcare Data Engine aggregates and organizes data from multiple sources, and for LifePoint, will be used by a patient’s healthcare provider to help clinicians gain further insight into patients records and data.

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a private industry notification warning about the rising number of vulnerabilities in medical devices. If medical devices are not promptly patched and are running out of date software, malicious actors could exploit vulnerabilities and gain access to sensitive patient data or the networks to which the devices connect.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

What You Should Know: – Redesign Health , a healthcare company that researches, builds and launches other healthcare companies raises $65M in Series C funding led by General Catalyst with participation from CVS Health Ventures , UPMC Enterprises (the innovation and venture capital arm of leading health system UPMC), Eden Global Partners , Euclidean Capital , Samsung Next , TriplePoint Capital , and founding investor Declaration Partners. – In addition, General Catalyst, CVS Health Ve

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Over the Labor Day weekend, Oakbend Medical Center in Richmond, TX, suffered a ransomware attack. The attack started on Thursday, September 1, 2022, and saw files on its network encrypted. The medical center said its IT team took all systems offline to contain the attack, and the medical center operated under lockdown procedures while the attack was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cyber-Defense Campus CYD), and the Fort Bend County Government Cyberteam.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Chris Jenkins, Senior Vice President at Healthlink Advisors. How you handle imaging says a lot about your organization’s digital maturity. The ongoing digitalization of industry continues to disrupt business and service models in every sector. Even though U.S. healthcare has traditionally lagged behind other fields in technological adaptation, there has still been a broad and tremendous shift in how healthcare functions, which is driven by IT infrastructure.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Redesign helps build, launch and find funding for digital health startups, including home-based care startup MedArrive, cancer care-coordination platform Jasper Health and hybrid mental health company UpLift.

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FACIS® helps organizations mitigate patient and organizational risk. Maintaining compliance and safeguarding against fraud and abuse in today’s changing healthcare landscape can be challenging. Most healthcare organizations screen and monitor providers against the OIG but that’s only ONE of FACIS®’ primary sources. FACIS® pulls data for every taxonomy from the lowest level employee to the highest level licensed professional.

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Digital Health News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

DigitalHealth.London is taking applications for its new bootcamp designed for companies seeking support and guidance over evidence generation.

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Healthicity

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Skilled Nursing Facilities' (SNF) Medicare Payments to Related Parties.

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Med-Net Compliance

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Parts of a major California hospital went without power for almost four hours on September 6, 2022, after an electric substation failure. During the outage, hospital backup generators failed, impacting several buildings. The emergency department had to close to stroke, heart attack, trauma, and ambulance arrivals. Seven patients had to be transferred to other facilities.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The following is a guest article by Josh Schoeller, CEO, Health Care business of LexisNexis® Risk Solutions & Global President, Elsevier Clinical Solutions. Connecting datasets with unparalleled precision unlocks better health for all. The healthcare industry has widely acknowledged the importance of enabling patient-centered care. We all seem to agree that understanding patients and their unique healthcare journeys provides a more complete picture and increases the chances of positive healt

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Jane Sarashon

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

“The odds are against hospitals collecting patient balances greater than $7,500,” the report analyzing Hospital collection rates for self-pay patient accounts from Crowe concludes. Crowe benchmarked data from 1,600 hospitals and over 100,00 physicians in the U.S. to reveal trends on health care providers’ ability to collect patient service revenue.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

What You Should Know: – V?lenz has acquired Health Cost Control Inc., a national provider of medical cost containment solutions with more than 25 years’ experience. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. – With specialization in claim and cost review services for high-dollar claims, including dialysis , air ambulance and behavioral health billing, Health Cost Control offers custom-designed programs for health plans, third-party administrators, insurance companies an

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Symplr

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Between fall 2020 and early 2022 the costs for energy, resins, cotton, and most metals—all critical elements in the medical supplies and devices used daily in hospitals—surged in excess of 30%. Health systems are seeking innovative ways to improve their bottom line as a result. One promising avenue for significant cost savings is the integration of clinical systems into supply chain processes.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

What You Should Know: – Kyruus acquires Epion Health , a provider of digital patient engagement solutions. The two companies will join forces to offer healthcare organizations and providers a one-stop shop for patient access and engagement solutions. – The acquisition demonstrates Kyruus’ commitment to the medical group market and will now provide groups and health systems with complete patient access, care coordination, online scheduling, payment collection, and digital engagement s

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HealthIT Answers

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

By Teri Gatchel-Schmidt - Over the past three years, industries across the nation have felt the effects of labor shortages – but none more than the health care industry. Few organizations have effectively traversed the nationwide exodus of labor, whether struggling to find new workers or retain old ones. The post Talent Tuesday: Combat Health Staffing Shortages With Automation appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Digital health startup AESOP Technology has raised a $2.95 million series pre-A round to address the growing medical and billing errors problem. The round was led by Taiwania Capital with participation from Colopl Next, 500 Startups, and BE Capital. Originally from Taiwan , AESOP started as a university spin-off from Taipei Medical University (TMU).

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HealthIT Answers

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Now on demand, Hello Healthcare episode with Chris Hemphill as they guide us through conversations with some of the people driving change and hear how they’re strategizing, leading organizations, and using data-driven approaches. The post Where to Start With Health Equity appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Natalia Mazina

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Today I would like to highlight some practical aspects in appealing PBM audits. Earlier this year, a PBM denied several pharmacy audit appeals because pharmacies were not compliant with the provider manual when presenting their appeal paperwork. Namely, the additional documentation presented by the pharmacy lacked pharmacy NABP number, prescription number, and date of fill.

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