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Third of nurses plan to quit their jobs by end of 2022, survey shows

Healthcare Dive

Nurses cited burnout and high-stress work environments as the No. 1 reason for leaving their jobs, followed by pay and benefits, according to a survey from staffing firm Incredible Health.

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Struggles Over Care Will Shape the Future of Work

Bill of Health

By Andrew Milne. The future of work will largely be the future of care work. Health care is rapidly becoming the largest employer in the U.S., expanding to serve the fastest growing demographic, aging seniors. As a lawyer for seniors in need of free legal services, I see my clients struggle to access care made scarce by the for-profit care industry’s understaffing and underpaying of workers attempting to meet the growing need.

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Pandemic hastens shift away from hospital inpatient care, Moody's reports

Healthcare Dive

The transition to more treatment in the home and in lower-cost outpatient settings will persist, aided by reimbursement changes and advances in medical technology, the ratings agency said.

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HIMSS22: Caregility debuts hybrid care bedside telehealth; Kajeet and VSee partner for RPM

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

At HIMSS22, Caregility, a telehealth technology and services vendor, has introduced Inpatient Virtual Engagement, a new integrated clinical system designed to complement inpatient care with virtual care to enable hybrid care delivery at the patient bedside. At the core of the subscription-based solution-as-a-service are three components, including: the company's new Access Point of Care System (APS100) for lower acuity patient settings; an administration portal to centralize multiple telehea

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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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New app, streamlined EHR: how Athenahealth is tackling 2022, according to its chief product officer

Healthcare Dive

Athenahealth plans to release "a bunch" of new products this year, CPO Paul Brient said, including a new patient-facing app focused on engagement and care management.

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6 Ways To Improve The Telehealth Patient Experience

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Access to healthcare has become even more critical than ever. The COVID-19 surge did not stop healthcare workers from fulfilling their oath and addressing medical concerns quickly and appropriately. Telehealth is not a novel idea; […]. The article 6 Ways To Improve The Telehealth Patient Experience appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Sensing Falls: Predictive AI Helps Nurses Reclaim Time at Bedside

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Deepak Gaddipati, Founder & Chief Technology Officer at VirtuSense. Dowsing rods find underground water. Achy joints forecast bad weather. Upturned leaves predict a storm. Just as these natural guides indicate events, artificial intelligence (AI) powered sensing technology is now used in healthcare to predict patient falls.

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Glooko Acquires DIABNEXT to Expand Diabetes Offerings in France

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Glooko , a leading provider of remote patient monitoring and data management solutions for diabetes and related chronic conditions, today announced the acquisition of DIABNEXT , a Paris-based company whose digital health platform helps people with diabetes better manage their conditions and connects to their healthcare providers, so they can improve health outcomes. – DIABNEXT’s mobile app complements Glooko’s product portfolio and tracks diabetes data so that physici

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HRSA Ends COVID-19 Uninsured Program

Health Law Attorney

In an effort to combat the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), the Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) developed the Uninsured Program to provide claims reimbursement to health care providers for: (1) testing uninsured individuals for COVID-19; (2) treating uninsured individuals with COVID-19; and (3) administering COVID-19 vaccinations to uninsured individuals.

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Day 3 HIMSS Roundup: Glooko Acquires DIABNEXT, GE Healthcare/AliveCor Integration

HIT Consultant

Venture Capital, Private Equity, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Activity. Glooko Acquires DIABNEXT® to Expand Diabetes Offerings in France. Glooko , a leading provider of remote patient monitoring and data management solutions for diabetes and related chronic conditions, today announced the acquisition of DIABNEXT, a Paris-based company whose digital health platform helps people with diabetes better manage their conditions and connects to their healthcare providers, so they can improve hea

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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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Ethics are at the heart of France's digital health strategy

Mobi Health News

Panelists at HIMSS21 discuss the importance of putting the patient first and thinking about the environmental impact when considering a digital health program.

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Proscia and Siemens Healthineers Expands Global Reach of Digital Pathology

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Proscia® , a digital and computational pathology solution announced a multi-year OEM agreement with Siemens Healthineers. – Under the agreement, Siemens Healthineers will enter the market by combining its Syngo Carbon enterprise imaging solution with Proscia’s Concentriq Dx digital pathology platform.

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AHA, FAH urge CMS to deny physician-owned hospital expansion

Modern Healthcare

The policy change that allows a Texas-based hospital to seek an expansion request should be overturned, the associations say.

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GE Healthcare & AliveCor Integrate Data from ECGs Into Clinical Workflow

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – AliveCor and GE Healthcare announced they are partnering to integrate data from AliveCor’s KardiaMobile 6L electrocardiogram (ECG) device directly into GE Healthcare’s MUSE Cardiac Management System (MUSE). – Today, cardiologists often rely on real-time data from personal electrocardiogram (ECG) devices to help manage patients with cardiac conditions like atrial fibrillation (AFib).

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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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Patient Safety Awareness Week – March 13 – 19, 2022

Healthcare Blog

Patient Safety Awareness Week serves as a dedicated time and platform for growing awareness about patient safety and recognizing the work already being done and the work that is still needed. The World Health Organization estimates that 134 million adverse events occur each year due to unsafe care in hospitals in low- and middle-income countries, resulting in some 2.6 million deaths.

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Jvion Brings AI-Powered Clinical Insights to NTT DATA’s Nucleus for Healthcare Platform

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – NTT Data and Jvion have just announced a new partnership, which will bring Jvion’s prescriptive intelligence solution, the Jvion CORE to NTT Data’s popular Nucleus for Healthcare platform. – The integration will bring clinical AI to NTT Data’s streamlined digital health accelerator – allowing users to more readily identify and assess risks, evaluate modifiable patients, and adjust patients’ health trajectories toward improved outcomes.

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DOJ Settles Civil Cyber Fraud Initiative Case with CHS and Imposes a $930,000 Penalty

HIPAA Journal

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced a settlement has been reached with the Cape Canaveral, FL-based healthcare services contractor, Comprehensive Health Services (CHS), to resolve alleged False Claims Act violations. This is the first settlement to be reached under the DOJ Civil Cyber Fraud Initiative, which was launched in 2021. The Civil Cyber Fraud Initiative was launched to pursue cases against government contractors that knowingly used deficient cybersecurity products and ser

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Live Now: Watch HIMSS TV at HIMSS22

Mobi Health News

See healthcare IT industry luminaries at our interview desk and watch our roving reporters deliver news and views from the show floor, keynotes and panels live at 11 a.m.–1:30 p.m. ET/8 a.m.–10:30 a.m. PT.

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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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Transporting Regulated Medical Waste for Disposal: What Is the Right Choice?

Sharps Compliance

Did you know that there are different methods of transporting regulated medical wastes (RMW) for disposal: mailback programs and pickup services? For some customers, mailback is the more practical and economical option; for others, pickup service makes more sense. Several factors go into determining which option is the best. This article will discuss the most common factors that help you determine which type of regulated medical waste transportation is best.

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99% of health systems leaders say it's important to invest in digital health

Mobi Health News

HIMSS22's State of Healthcare report also reveals that 60% of healthcare organizations did not have a structure in place to support digital transformation.

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5 Things You Need To Know About Day 2 at HIMSS22

Healthcare IT Today

Day 2 of #HIMSS22 is complete and so far, the conference has been a pleasant surprise. The exhibit hall is full, people are smiling, and the comments from both vendors and providers has been generally positive. Here are five things you need to know from HIMSS Day 2 The Exhibit Hall was Busy The main […].

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Robotics startup NexStem announces launch of BCI headset, software

Mobi Health News

Its BCI solutions can be used by mental health professionals to directly access patients' EEG data.

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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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Hospitals at home poised to save money, keep the patient in familiar environment

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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Hospitals at home poised to save money, keep the patient in familiar environment

Mobi Health News

Panelists at HIMSS22 discussed the benefits and challenges of implementing a hospital-at-home program.

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Lyniate and NextGate Announce Merger Agreement, Advancing Healthcare Interoperability Leadership

Healthcare IT Today

Combined Entity Will Offer Industry’s Most Comprehensive and Robust Interoperability Suite Adding Advanced Identity Resolution and Data Quality Capabilities Lyniate, a global leader in healthcare data interoperability, and NextGate, a pioneer in healthcare identity resolution and Enterprise Master Person Index (EMPI), have entered into a definitive merger agreement.

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Glooko acquires fellow diabetes management company DIABNEXT and more digital health briefs

Mobi Health News

Also: Papa moves into the employer market, and Lark Health is working on a heart health platform.

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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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Georgia Nursing Home Settles to Resolve Allegations of False Claims for Therapy Services

Healthcare Compliance Blog

In a March 11, 2022, release by the Northern District of Georgia’s Office of the Department of Justice, it was reported that an investigation determined a Georgia nursing home knowingly submitted claims for unreasonable, unnecessary, and unskilled services for Medicare patients. The Georgia nursing home agreed to pay $400,000 to resolve the allegations.

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Hospitals at home growing popularity could change the traditional care paradigm

Mobi Health News

After CMS rolled out an acute care at home waiver in 2020 a growing number of hospitals have adopted the waiver.

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Nuance Integrates DAX Tech with Cerner EHR to Optimize Clinician & Patient Experience

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Nuance and Cerner announced that they have expanded their collaboration to integrate the Nuance® Dragon® Ambient eXperience™ (DAX™) system into the Cerner Millennium EHR. – The collaboration deepens the existing integration of Nuance and Cerner technologies and is expected to help manage administrative workloads that lead to clinician burnout, expand access to care for patients, and enhance healthcare outcomes with clinical documentation that writes itself.

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Is Microsoft Forms HIPAA Compliant?

Compliancy Group

Microsoft Forms allows users to create surveys, quizzes, and polls. The results of which can be easily exported to Excel for data analysis. While Microsoft Forms can be a valuable tool to improve your healthcare business, depending on how the tool is used, you must consider its HIPAA compliance before use. Is Microsoft Forms HIPAA compliant? When Does Microsoft Forms Need to Be HIPAA Compliant?

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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.