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Top 4 Tips To Help You Start and Run A Medical Practice

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Starting and running a successful medical practice may seem like a straightforward process, but it is not. Doctors go through years of rigorous training to get the necessary certifications; however, none of the classes teach […]. The article Top 4 Tips To Help You Start and Run A Medical Practice appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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'Omnichannel' is the new watchword as big tech, retail get serious about healthcare

Mobi Health News

At a recent gathering in Boston, leaders from Walmart, CVS, Verily and Uber Health discussed how their organizations' skills help them "meet consumers where they are.

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Lyft gets new head of healthcare to lead expansion in nonemergency medical transportation

Fierce Healthcare

Lyft gets new head of healthcare to lead expansion in nonemergency medical transportation. rtorrence. Mon, 10/25/2021 - 13:51.

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Amazon to launch Alexa at senior living facilities, health systems

Mobi Health News

Amazon said the Alexa Smart Properties tools save time and allow healthcare providers and other caregivers to focus on higher level tasks.

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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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Moody's: Hospitals, staffing agencies shouldering the labor shortage while insurers are largely immune

Fierce Healthcare

Moody's: Hospitals, staffing agencies shouldering the labor shortage while insurers are largely immune. dmuoio. Mon, 10/25/2021 - 13:05.

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Contributed: Top 8 healthcare uses for 3D printing

Mobi Health News

Today 3D printing is being used in specialty care such as orthopedics, pediatrics, radiology and oncology.

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4 Best Practices to Foster Virtual Care Transformation for Providers

HIT Consultant

Telehealth’s meteoric rise began just as the pandemic took off, and all indications suggest it’s here to stay. States that were once unwilling to reimburse for virtual visits are now onboard. Some have even passed parity legislation requiring insurers to reimburse equally for in-person visits and virtual visits. So why, with all that momentum behind telehealth, are some providers still reluctant to use it?

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Digital tools track calories, exercise and sleep – but how much is too much?

Mobi Health News

Nine percent of the U.S. population will have an eating disorder during their lifetime, according to a report by STRIPED.

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Healthcare Data & Analytics Platforms: Shifting from Siloed Capabilities

HIT Consultant

Bradley Hunter, Research Director at KLAS Research Ryan Pretnik, Research Director at KLAS Research Lois Krotz, Research Director at KLAS Research. Historically, analytics capabilities for healthcare organizations have been offered in siloed solutions. These solutions provide quick insights but not the longitudinal patient, financial, and operational views organizations need to truly move the needle in their efforts to improve care and reduce costs.

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Patient Access Challenges Requires New Thinking

Healthcare IT Today

Patient Access was never a straightforward challenge. It is a complex, nuanced, and layered issue that requires solutions as diverse as the people affected. The pandemic brought the varied nature of the challenge into focus. Thankfully forward-thinking organizations took notice and expanded their approach to the problem. Expanded Challenge I have always enjoyed learning about […].

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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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LifeBio releases cognitive, memory care app for older adults

Mobi Health News

LifeBio Memory aims to improve the social and mental health of seniors through reminiscence therapy.

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Early CARES funding was unevenly distributed to academic, well-off hospitals, study says

Fierce Healthcare

Early CARES funding was unevenly distributed to academic, well-off hospitals, study says. dmuoio. Mon, 10/25/2021 - 15:53.

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COVID-19 infection, vaccination risk calculator developed by Australian researchers

Mobi Health News

The tool is aimed at helping people make informed decisions around vaccinations.

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Cigna expands access to virtual care services available through MDLive

Fierce Healthcare

Cigna expands access to virtual care services available through MDLive. pminemyer. Mon, 10/25/2021 - 16:32.

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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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CIO Podcast – Episode 18: Craig Richardville on Ambient Clinical Voice and Innovation

Healthcare IT Today

For the 18th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we sat down with Craig Richardville, SVP and Chief Information and Digital Officer at SCL Health. In this episode we talk with Richardville about his organization’s recent implementation of the Nuance Dragon Ambient Experience (DAX) product. Those of you who follow Healthcare […].

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2 new PBM launches aim to bring greater transparency to the market

Fierce Healthcare

2 new PBM launches aim to bring greater transparency to the market. pminemyer. Mon, 10/25/2021 - 13:33.

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Virtual care giving MSK patients 'a PT in their pocket'

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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Observation Bed – Are You Reporting the Right Category of Codes?

AIHC

Written By: Compliance Blogger Did you know that consultations performed by a physician or qualified Non-Physician Practitioner (NPP) while the patient is in observation care is reported as an outpatient visit selecting codes 99202 – 99205 for a new patient and 99211-99215 for an established patient? Only initial observation services performed by the primary care physician (i.e., physician of record) are reported using the initial observation care CPT codes (new or established patient) 99218-992

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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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Amazon Brings Alexa to Senior Living Communities and Health Systems

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Today, Amazon announced two new solutions, as part of Alexa Smart Properties that will enable senior living communities and healthcare providers to integrate Alexa into their properties to empower residents and patients to stay connected, informed and entertained, just by asking Alexa. – Designed specifically for the needs of senior living communities and healthcare facilities, Alexa Smart Properties simplifies deploying and managing Alexa-enabled devices at s

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TripleBlind Lands $24 Million in Series A Funding Led by General Catalyst and Mayo Clinic, in an Oversubscribed Round

Healthcare IT Today

TripleBlind, the private data sharing company that offers proprietary cryptographically-enforced data privacy solution, announced today it has received $24 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding led by General Catalyst and Mayo Clinic. This round follows TripleBlind’s pre-seed raise of $8.2 million announced in March 2021. TripleBlind’s solution enables entities to share and collaborate with […].

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ACOs need screening tools and new quality bonuses to help address health equity, NAACOS says

Fierce Healthcare

ACOs need screening tools and new quality bonuses to help address health equity, NAACOS says. rking. Mon, 10/25/2021 - 14:04.

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Concentra reduces clicks to visit and no-shows with new telehealth system

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Concentra is a Texas-based healthcare organization that serves the occupational health needs of one in four injured employees through 517 medical centers across the country, another 150 clinics at employer locations, and telemedicine. THE PROBLEM. Concentra has seen telemedicine as a much-needed additional option for the delivery of care. The first model it implemented was kiosks, which was piloted with a single employer.

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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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CitiusTech taps new CEO as payer-focused company eyes strategic M&A moves

Fierce Healthcare

CitiusTech taps new CEO as payer-focused company eyes strategic M&A moves. rtorrence. Mon, 10/25/2021 - 20:19.

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3 Ways to Instantly Improve the Referral-to-Appointment Ratio of Your Practice

HIT Consultant

Curtis Gattis, CEO, LeadingReach. It’s no secret that access to healthcare is a challenge for patients. And it’s becoming harder and harder for patients to get appointments with their PCP or the specialists they have been referred to for advanced care. Now more than ever providers and their staff are faced with a growing number of challenges that prevent or delay them from doing what they are all there to do: get patients in front of a doctor to determine how to get them well.

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UHS' Q3 net income dips nearly 10% year over year to $218.4M

Fierce Healthcare

UHS' Q3 net income dips nearly 10% year over year to $218.4M. dmuoio. Mon, 10/25/2021 - 16:56.

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