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Looking ahead to what 5G adoption can do for healthcare

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Joe Drygas and Randy Bush will offer more detail during the HIMSS23 session "The 5G Advantage: Advanced Connectivity for Life Sciences and Healthcare." It is scheduled for Friday, April 21 at 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. CT at the South Building, Level 1, room S105 C.

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4 Years into the COVID-19 Pandemic: Where We Stand

Bill of Health

By Jennifer S. Bard The White House is preparing to shut down their COVID Task Force this May, in conjunction with ending the public health emergency — the latest in a series of astounding and shortsighted decisions that put individual Americans at as great a risk from serious harm as a result of catching COVID-19 as at any stage in the pandemic. By declaring the pandemic over by fiat, the government is giving up the fight when they should be redoubling their efforts.

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Pandemic-driven healthcare staffing shortages have mostly eased, report finds

Healthcare Dive

Employment in ambulatory services is now well above pre-pandemic levels, as healthcare jobs recuperate from pandemic-driven shortages, according to nonprofit Altarum.

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Healthcare's new equation = technology + operations

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Artificial Intelligence Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Telehealth Workflow Workforce A balanced approach to deploying new IT that reduces the burden on employees and provides patients with enhanced services is key to stabilizing and advancing healthcare industry processes. Mike Restuccia A balanced approach to deploying new IT that reduces the burden on employees and provides patients with enhanced services is key to stabilizing and advancing healthcare industry processes.

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Your HIPAA Compliance Checklist: Easily Find Out Your HIPAA Requirements

This checklist is your best free resource for assessing your current HIPAA compliance status. Including all of the components of an effective compliance program, you’ll be sure you’re not missing a single piece of compliance. HIPAA is a complex law - protect your organization from financial and legal ramifications by ensuring your compliance program has all of the proper elements in place.

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Healthcare administrative staff are burnt out from operational overload; here’s a solution

Healthcare Dive

Learn how to help address common printing challenges, manage the breadth of printed materials required for internal and external communications and reduce costs.

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‘We’ve had to be creative’: How a major health system eased its labor shortage

Healthcare Dive

By the summer of 2021, turnover at Memorial Hermann reached 30%. The organization implemented new staffing models and invested in greater staff support. Turnover is now down by half.

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Banning Noncompete Contracts for Medical Staff Riles Hospitals

Kaiser Health News

Dr. Jacqui O’Kane took a job with a hospital in southern Georgia in 2020, as the lone doctor in a primary care clinic in a small town that’s a medically underserved area. She soon attracted nearly 3,000 patients. But she said the hospital pressed her to take more new patients, so she had to work nights and weekends — not ideal for the mother of two young daughters.

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CVS to close Signify acquisition this week

Healthcare Dive

CVS expects its $8 billion buy of home healthcare provider Signify to close on or near Wednesday, subject to certain conditions.

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CIO Podcast – Episode 51: EMRAM with Tanya Townsend

Healthcare IT Today

For the 51st episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by a very special guest: Tanya Townsend, Sr. Vice President and Chief Information Officer at LCMC Health ! We first kick off the episode by getting to know Townsend a little better and discuss the biggest challenge she is currently facing as a CIO. Then, we move onto her work at LCMC Health and their recent achievement of stage 7 in the HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM) at two of their hospi

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HIPAA: Why It Matters to Your Practice

85% of practices are not complying with the government’s HIPAA standards. The large majority of practices are likely trying to protect patients’ information, but they may not be doing all that they need to meet government requirements. Not complying with HIPAA has definite drawbacks, with one major one being massive fines. The government can fine up to 1.5 million dollars for a single HIPAA breach incident - an amount that would put most small practices out of business.

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North Carolina becomes 40th state to expand Medicaid

Healthcare Dive

The expansion puts an end to a decade-plus political battle in North Carolina over Medicaid and illustrates mounting support for the program.

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Improve Mobile Device Security with this HC3 Checklist

HIPAA Journal

The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has published a mobile device security checklist to help healthcare organizations address a common cybersecurity weak point and better protect patient data. Healthcare organizations employ a wide range of mobile devices, many of which are networked and collect, store, and transmit patient information.

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IT in healthcare: Enabling a more efficient and satisfied workforce

Healthcare Dive

People who dedicate their careers to healthcare often do so because of a deep desire to help others.

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Telehealth Startup OpenLoop Raises $15 Million to Streamline Virtual Care Delivery

Healthcare IT Today

Company launches the first-of-its-kind comprehensive nationwide payer coverage network, offering clients everything they need from first visit to final payment OpenLoop , a leader in white-label telehealth support services powering virtual and hybrid care across the country, today announced it has raised a $15M Series A funding. The round was led by Nava Ventures, with participation from new investors UnityPoint Health Ventures and PrimeTime Ventures, and existing investors SpringTide Ventures a

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HR and Employee Healthcare Reform: Keys to Increasing Employee Wellness and Retention

Speaker: Mallory Herrin, CEO & Principal HR Consultant at HerrinHR

Your employees are your most valuable resource. If you want to retain employees and keep them happy, you want to make the incentives more valuable. With a full-stack employee experience, culture, health, wellness and benefits navigation solution, you can provide employees with the wellbeing support they need. The results? Employees who are happier, healthier, and more engaged, as well as a business that is thriving both internally and externally, every day.

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Instacart expands health division with provider-facing tools

Mobi Health News

The company is adding three nutrition tools to its platform that allows providers to supply food recommendations, recipes and tailored grocery lists to their patients.

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ViVE 2023: UnitedHealth's new tech exec on how the payer giant is aiming to accelerate transformation

Fierce Healthcare

ViVE 2023: UnitedHealth's new tech exec on how the payer giant is aiming to accelerate transformation pminemyer Mon, 03/27/2023 - 22:48

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Q&A: Improving the patient experience without stressing providers

Mobi Health News

Dr. Maulik Majmudar, chief medical officer and cofounder of Biofourmis, discusses why healthcare often struggles to address the consumer experience.

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Healthcare Design Trends Focus on Patient Experience

Medical Gas Compliance

Healthcare demands will always be a growing concern. Designing an effective and caring healthcare facility is an intricate process; it must meet a full range of activities, from routine exams to life-threatening emergencies. As healthcare facility managers, we aim to keep patients safe and in a welcoming environment that enhances quality and patient satisfaction.

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The 2023 Behavioral Health Industry Report

This report explores current issues in the behavioral health industry in 2023. Topics covered include quantitative statistics describing the overall increase in behavioral health issues, the impact of psychologist and staff burnout, how HIPAA compliance is once again at the top of our minds & much more!

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Value-based care enabler Wellvana clinches $84M to expand in existing, new markets

Fierce Healthcare

Value-based care enabler Wellvana clinches $84M to expand in existing, new markets agliadkovskaya Mon, 03/27/2023 - 14:48

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GrayMatters Health receives FDA 510(k) for PTSD neuromodulation therapy

Mobi Health News

The company's product, Prism, uses neurofeedback to help PTSD patients learn to control their emotional response.

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East of England NHS ambulance trust first to pilot new technology

Digital Health News

East of England NHS Ambulance Trust is to trial new always-connected technology to improve its response to patients and drive digital transformation.

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ViVE 2023: Hospitals, health tech companies face shortages in data privacy, security talent. Recruiting 'outsiders' could be one fix

Fierce Healthcare

ViVE 2023: Hospitals, health tech companies face shortages in data privacy, security talent.

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Streamlined Compliance Facilitates Growth for Multi-Specialty ASC

Discover how MedTrainer solved an unmet need for SurgCenter of Western Maryland, reducing the time and effort it took to monitor and remind staff about crucial annual training. Learn how this intuitive platform helped increase training completion and save staff time, leading to increased efficiency, fewer human errors, and greater overall satisfaction.

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The Royal Marsden goes live with new Epic EPR ‘Connect’

Digital Health News

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with Connect, a new electronic patient record (EPR) powered by Epic.

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Prescription digital therapeutics company Better Therapeutics announces layoffs

Mobi Health News

The company has let go of approximately 35% of its workforce.

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Nuance launches automated AI-powered clinical documentation

Digital Health News

Nuance Healthcare has announced the US launch of Dragon Ambient eXperience (DAX) Express, offering AI-powered automated clinical documentation.

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AWS announces startups for healthcare workforce accelerator

Mobi Health News

The latest cohort includes 23 companies focused on technology for retaining, deploying and training healthcare workers.

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A Candidate's World – Employee Benefits to Aid DEIB Initiatives and Support a Positive Workplace Culture

Speaker: Cory Jorbin - Chief Compliance Officer, West Region with Hub International

Let's face it: this is a candidate's world and HR is working hard to keep up! From workplace perks and culture to benefits that support their lives outside the office, recruits and talented employees are diligently evaluating the criteria for the jobs they want. While competitive pay and DEIB initiatives will attract candidates, a strong DEIB strategy must also pay attention to what helps retain talented workers: an equitable benefits package.