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Healthcare trends of 2022

Healthcare Dive

Providers face staffing shortages and continued pressure on margins while payers are challenged by people who continue to put off care, resulting in a member base that is sicker and has more complex conditions.

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Cleveland Clinic names new chief data officer

Healthcare It News

Cleveland Clinic this past Friday announced that it has appointed Rohit Chandra, to be its new chief digital officer. WHY IT MATTERS. Starting in mid-February Chandra will oversee the health system's Information Technology Division, and help lead ongoing digital transformation across the Cleveland Clinic. He'll focus on initiatives around artificial intelligence and machine learning, officials said, working to improve access and engagement, and boost patient and provider experience.

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Cleveland Clinic reports COVID-spurred financial windfall in 2021

Healthcare Dive

The nonprofit has yet to publicly issue a comprehensive financial statement, but some initial figures illustrate how Cleveland Clinic — like some other major hospital chains — has actually prospered financially during the pandemic.

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How to Fairly Allocate Scarce COVID-19 Therapies

Bill of Health

By Govind Persad, Monica Peek, and Seema Shah. Vaccines are no longer our only medical intervention for preventing severe COVID-19. Over the past few months, we have seen the arrival and wider availability of treatments such as monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), and more recently, of novel oral antiviral drugs like Paxlovid and molnupiravir. The recent Delta and Omicron surges have made these therapies scarce.

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Optimizing Medical Waste Management: A Guide to Best Practices

Feeling overwhelmed by medical waste regulations? This comprehensive guide unravels the complexities of medical waste disposal, ensuring you stay compliant and prioritize safety. Inside you'll find: Clear categorization: Learn to precisely classify medical waste for proper handling and disposal. Labeling & Storage: Discover best practices for clear labeling and secure storage of medical waste.

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Payers, researchers warn CMS proposal could cut funds to insurers enrolling high-risk consumers

Healthcare Dive

Insurers are flagging concerns about changes to a CMS model aimed at encouraging more healthy consumers to sign up for coverage, while new research finds the proposal could backfire.

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Successfully operationalizing population health

Healthcare It News

Population health has been a healthcare industry buzzword for over ten years now and organizations have sought to try to transform their structure and organization to achieve the promise of population health. While some have been successful, others have not. Jonas Varnum, Vice President of Population Health at Health Catalyst, discusses how to successfully operationalize population health and missteps to avoid.

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There’s More Than Rules in Regulating Concussions

Bill of Health

By Jack Becker. The football world has used a variety of methods to make the sport safer: Compare modern football to football a century ago , when at least 18 people died playing the game in 1905 alone and Teddy Roosevelt had to intervene. In recent years, concussions and brain trauma have become football’s scarlet letter. While leagues have already made changes to prevent brain injuries, there’s more to be done.

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Implementing value-based care to drive success for life sciences companies

Healthcare Dive

Value-focused solutions can help life sciences groups make the switch to value-based contracting.

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WVU Medicine uses $781K grant to greatly boost telehealth to rural patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

West Virginia is the third most rural state in the nation, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The state is 24,320 square miles and is the only state located entirely in the area known as Appalachia, which faces gaps in educational achievement, employment and income as well as a variety of negative health consequences compared with the rest of the country.

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3 Trends Driving The Growing Shift To Digital CME

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Diane Bartoli, general manager, epocrates. Over the past decade, there’s been a rapid explosion of innovative technology that has allowed the industry to reimagine our healthcare system and touched nearly every aspect of the […]. The article 3 Trends Driving The Growing Shift To Digital CME appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?

Colington Consulting was established in 2013 and helps organizations achieve HIPAA compliance and ensures clients stay current with the latest enforcement trends. We provide a full range of HIPAA compliance services and consulting. What separates us from our competitors is our knowledge of HIPAA compliance regulations and their application to each of our client’s particular scenarios and requirements.

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Dozens of U.S. legislators push for telehealth coverage expansion

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Dozens of U.S. senators and representatives urged congressional leadership to safeguard Medicare telehealth services this past Friday. Led by Sens. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, and Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, the bipartisan group of 45 elected officials published a letter calling for Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to extend expanded coverage of Medicare telehealth services for a set period of time, via February

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Walmart, Health at Scale Launch Personalized Provider Recommendations to Employees, Families

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Today, Walmart and healthcare machine intelligence company Health at Scale announced a collaboration to provide personalized provider recommendations to Walmart employees and their families. – The U.S. healthcare system drives life-determining decisions, like doctor referrals, based on reputation rankings and star ratings on Google.

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RPM tech provider Athelas hits unicorn status with $132M raised for chronic care management

Fierce Healthcare

RPM tech provider Athelas hits unicorn status with $132M raised for chronic care management. rtorrence. Mon, 01/31/2022 - 10:10.

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5 Trends Bringing Effective Intelligence into Revenue Cycle in 2022

HIT Consultant

Matt Seefeld, Executive Vice President, MedEvolve. 5 revenue cycle management trends that will drive adoption of automation, data-first processes, employee effectiveness and virtualization. Many physician practices are facing a harsh reality as they enter 2022: The revenue cycle processes and technology that have traditionally produced an acceptable bottom line are no longer delivering. .

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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Kaufman Hall: Hospital financials fared better across 2021 but still lag pre-pandemic numbers

Fierce Healthcare

Kaufman Hall: Hospital financials fared better across 2021 but still lag pre-pandemic numbers. dmuoio. Mon, 01/31/2022 - 12:06.

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Glooko Acquires German Medical AI Company xbird – M&A

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Glooko , a provider of remote patient monitoring and digital health solutions for diabetes and other chronic conditions, today announced it has acquired xbird , a German-based health AI company developing JITAI ( Just In Time Adaptive Intervention) technologies to support patients and their providers in predicting behavior and managing diabetes. – The addition of xbird expands Glooko’s advanced analytics capabilities and tools, further broadening Glooko’s plat

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Oncologists worry they may have to reduce staff or enhanced care after payment model ends in June: survey

Fierce Healthcare

Oncologists worry they may have to reduce staff or enhanced care after payment model ends in June: survey. rking. Mon, 01/31/2022 - 12:40.

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Smartphones may be able to play a role in COVID-19 testing, according to JAMA study

Mobi Health News

Researchers found that a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP)-based methodology combined with smartphone detection was able to test for COVID-19.

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Everything You Wanted to Know About FACIS, but Didn’t Know to Ask

Speaker: Amy Anderson

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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Oncologists worry they may have to reduce staff or enhanced care after payment model ends in June: survey

Fierce Healthcare

Oncologists worry they may have to reduce staff or enhanced care after payment model ends in June: survey. rking. Mon, 01/31/2022 - 12:13.

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Adoption of Value-Based, Alternative Payment Models: Where Are We Today and Where Do We Go from Here?

Center for Health Insurance Reform

Employer-sponsored health insurance costs had their highest annual increase since 2010 last year, and some experts are projecting additional health spending increases in 2022. Research has found that provider prices are the leading cause of high and rising health care spending in the US, and many policy experts have advocated for moving towards value-based, alternative payment models (APMs).

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RPM tech provider Athelas hits unicorn status with $132M raised for chronic care management

Fierce Healthcare

RPM tech provider Athelas hits unicorn status with $132M raised for chronic care management. rtorrence. Mon, 01/31/2022 - 10:12.

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Insulet scores FDA greenlight for Omnipod 5 insulin delivery system

Mobi Health News

The pump currently integrates with the Dexcom G6 CGM and can be worn for up to 72 hours.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.

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Kaufman Hall: Hospital financials fared better across 2021 but still lag pre-pandemic numbers

Fierce Healthcare

Kaufman Hall: Hospital financials fared better across 2021 but still lag pre-pandemic numbers. dmuoio. Mon, 01/31/2022 - 11:58.

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German drone pioneer Wingcopter snaps up $16M contract with Spright

Mobi Health News

Purchase agreement with flight specialist Spright will enable large-scale medical drone deliveries in the US.

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Laguna Health adds new role to build out custom patient engagement platform

Fierce Healthcare

Laguna Health adds new role to build out custom patient engagement platform. agliadkovskaya. Mon, 01/31/2022 - 12:31.

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CIO Podcast – Episode 25: Aaron Martin on Digital Health Innovation

Healthcare IT Today

For the 25th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we sat down with Aaron Martin, DexCare Board Member & Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer at Providence. Martin provides a really unique view into what I think is happening at many hospitals and health systems when it comes to embracing […].

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Ensure Continuous Patient Care: How to Avoid Disruptions Due to Ransomware

The industry has seen an increasing pace of ransomware, zero-day, and remote-code execution attacks. Learn how to defend against these against these attacks in this eBook.

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Laguna Health adds new role to build out custom patient engagement platform

Fierce Healthcare

Laguna Health adds new role to build out custom patient engagement platform. agliadkovskaya. Mon, 01/31/2022 - 12:23.

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Kentucky Hospital Settles with U.S. Attorney Office for Allegation of Violating ADA ?

Healthcare Compliance Blog

A Kentucky hospital’s outpatient clinic settled with the U.S. Attorney’s Office to resolve allegations of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). It is alleged that the outpatient clinic were turning away patients that had or were being treated for an Opioid Use Disorder (OUD). The outpatient clinic is a behavioral medicine clinic, and according to the complaint filed by a prospective patient, the clinic refused to accept her as a patient because she was prescribed buprenorphine.

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Komodo Health notches another major partnership as it gears up to go public

Fierce Healthcare

Komodo Health notches another major partnership as it gears up to go public. hlandi. Mon, 01/31/2022 - 09:14.

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Why Relay-based Email Security Beats SEGs in Healthcare IT Settings

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Rom Hendler, CEO and Co-Founder at Trustifi. In the heyday of on-premises email systems, SEGs were the leading security methods to protect a company’s data and users from email attacks. Cyber security has become paramount for practitioners since HIPAA regulations came into law, especially in light of email […].

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.