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4 Skills You Need To Be A Critical Care Nurse

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Working in intensive care unit is often tiring and stressful. Nurses working in the ICU treat patients with critical medical conditions. At the same, the burden of treating a huge number of patients in a […]. The article 4 Skills You Need To Be A Critical Care Nurse appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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NorthShore uses telehealth to take vitals and examine heart, lungs and ears from afar

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the use, value and importance of telehealth and remote patient monitoring services.n But there were obvious limitations in the ability to obtain certain physical exam findings that are necessary to providing accurate diagnoses. THE PROBLEM. "While video capabilities allowed visualization of certain skin concerns and the general appearance and wellbeing of patients, it was not possible to listen to heart and lung sounds," Dr.

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TigerConnect Sells Stake To Vista Equity Partners

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. TigerConnect, maker of healthcare’s most powerful software collaboration suite, announces it has received a significant strategic growth investment from Vista Equity Partners, a leading global investment firm focused exclusively on enterprise software, data, and technology-enabled […].

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Mayo Clinic, Kaiser put more money into acute care at home startup

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Medically Home, which provides health systems with technology to care for patients in a home setting, announced this week that its latest funding round had brought in $110 million in investments. Contributing organizations include Baxter International and Global Medical Response. Cardinal Health, Mayo Clinic and Kaiser Permanente are also providing funding in addition to their previous investments.

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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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Health Plans Must Pay 100 Percent of the Cost for Over-the-Counter COVID Testing

Compliance Now

By: Jennifer Berman, CEO, MZQ Consulting. On January 10, the Department of Labor issued FAQs establishing new requirements for health plans to pay for over-the-counter (OTC) COVID-19 tests as preventive care. The new guidance, which applies to both fully insured and self-funded health plans, will go into effect for tests purchased on or after January 15, 2022.

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JPM 2022: CVS Health boosts 2021 guidance on back of stronger than expected retail performance in Q4

Fierce Healthcare

JPM 2022: CVS Health boosts 2021 guidance on back of stronger than expected retail performance in Q4. pminemyer. Tue, 01/11/2022 - 09:06.

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CMS proposes narrowly covering controversial Alzheimer's drug Aduhelm for patients in clinical trials

Fierce Healthcare

CMS proposes narrowly covering controversial Alzheimer's drug Aduhelm for patients in clinical trials. rking. Tue, 01/11/2022 - 16:26.

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Digital Health Funding Tops $29.1B Across 729 Deals in 2021

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Digital health funding in the U.S. reached $29.1 billion across 729 deals, according to latest research from Rock Health , a full-service venture fund dedicated to digital health. The total nearly doubles 2020’s $14.9B record with an average deal size of $39.9M. – The findings signal both the cause and effect of trends in the healthcare landscape as the digital health sector deals with major changes to its infrastructure, business models, and talent pool that

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JPM22, Day 2: Primary care startup Aledade inks tuck-in acquisition and more

Fierce Healthcare

JPM22, Day 2: Primary care startup Aledade inks tuck-in acquisition and more. hlandi. Tue, 01/11/2022 - 07:46.

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Transcarent Raises $200M for Care Platform for Self-Insured Employers

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Transcarent , a new and different health and care experience company for employees of self-insured employers and their families, today announced a $200M Series C round led by Kinnevik and Human Capital , with participation from Ally Bridge Group and leading health systems including Northwell Health , Intermountain Healthcare , and Rush University Medical Center. – The funding round also included participation from existing investors, including General Catalyst

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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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Labor Department demands insurers to stop flouting ACA's birth control rules

Fierce Healthcare

Labor Department demands insurers to stop flouting ACA's birth control rules. rking. Tue, 01/11/2022 - 12:06.

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Healthcare VR…In VR – #HITsm Chat Topic

Healthcare IT Today

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 1/14 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Chuck Webster (@wareflo) and Joe Desiderio (@JoeDesiderio) on the topic “Healthcare VR…In VR“ Note: This chat will not be held on Twitter, but will be held in […].

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Femtech Startup Diana Health Launches with $11M to Redesign Maternity and Women’s Health Programs

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Diana Health , the healthcare provider redesigning maternity and women’s health in partnership with leading health systems, today announced $11M in Series A financing and collaboration with TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center, part of HCA Healthcare , one of the largest hospital systems in the U.S. – The funding, co-led by LRVHealth and.406 Ventures , with participation from existing investor AlleyCorp , will be used to launch Diana Health’s first locations in

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Abortion Training in Medical Education — Implications of the Supreme Court’s Upcoming Decision

NEJM

The Supreme Court’s decision to hear a case challenging a restrictive Mississippi abortion law could dramatically change the landscape of abortion care in the United States. It could also allow states to impose new regulations on training related to reproductive health.

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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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Health IT Turnover Survey Offers Grim Picture

Healthcare IT Today

I don’t know about you, but I’m a big fan of HISTalk, a fellow HIT website that has strong ties to health tech leaders across the provider spectrum. For that reason, I’m inclined to take the results of the site’s recently-released health IT turnover survey pretty seriously — and unfortunately, these results aren’t pretty. In […].

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OIG Updates That Might Impact Your Organization: NIH, Vaccines, and Grants

Healthicity

December was a time of gift-giving for many. And the OIG gave us some new gifts by way of their Work Plan. Let’s take a closer look at the December additions.

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Penn Medicine CIO: Looking back at 2021 helps shape strategies for 2022

Mobi Health News

Areas of opportunity include data analytics for research, enhancing EHR capabilities and using AI algorithms to support patient care and operational efficiency.

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JPM 2022: CMS, BCBS leaders share strategies to tackle health inequities long-term

Fierce Healthcare

JPM 2022: CMS, BCBS leaders share strategies to tackle health inequities long-term. agliadkovskaya. Tue, 01/11/2022 - 19:42.

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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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Cityblock Health names Dr. Kameron Matthews chief health officer and more digital health hires

Mobi Health News

Also: Overjet hires Dr. Teresa Dolan as chief dental officer, Valo Health appoints Dr. Dave Morris as chief medical officer and AliveCor adds four new people to its executive team.

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JPM 2022: Bon Secours Mercy Health worries rising labor expenses could stymie push into diversified growth

Fierce Healthcare

JPM 2022: Bon Secours Mercy Health worries rising labor expenses could stymie push into diversified growth. rking. Tue, 01/11/2022 - 09:32.

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Virtual care's role in combating the youth mental health crisis

Mobi Health News

Brightline CEO Naomi Allen discusses the impact of COVID-19 on pediatric behavioral health.

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Providence Hoag to end affiliation with Providence by Jan. 31

Fierce Healthcare

Providence Hoag to end affiliation with Providence by Jan. 31. dmuoio. Tue, 01/11/2022 - 14:21.

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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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NZ-based healthcare messaging platform Celo Health launches in the US

Mobi Health News

Its HIPAA-compliant app has been used by around 800 health organisations in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand.

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Medicare advisor firm Chapter scores $42M in latest funding round

Fierce Healthcare

Medicare advisor firm Chapter scores $42M in latest funding round. agliadkovskaya. Tue, 01/11/2022 - 10:10.

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Transcarent lands $200M for its self-insured employer platform

Mobi Health News

Kinnevik and Human Capital led the round, joined by Ally Bridge Group and others.

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What's next for telehealth after COVID-19?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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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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CMS: We will lean on private sector to address costs, disparities

Modern Healthcare

Companies like Walmart "absolutely" have a role to play in lowering drug costs for Medicare, Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program and the Affordable Care Act exchange customers, the CMS Administrator said.

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Auditor/Coder Super Bundle: Everything You Need to Start 2022 Right

Healthicity

New year, new you? Let’s kick off 2022 by being more efficient and working smarter, not harder.

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CMS Updates Skilled Nursing Visitation Guidance and Enhanced Recommended Visitation Protocols

Hall Render

Facing further confusion from skilled nursing facilities and families amidst the current spike in COVID cases in the United States, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released additional best practices and addressed more issues that skilled nursing providers should follow as they encounter certain visitation scenarios. On January 6, 2022, CMS updated and added several questions and answers in its December 23, 2021 release titled “Nursing Home Visitation Frequently Asked Que

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Withings acquires devicemaker Impeto Medical

Mobi Health News

Impeto’s SUDOSCAN technology for monitoring peripheral neuropathies is included in Withings’ recently announced Body Scan smart scale.

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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.