Tue.Nov 08, 2022

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Half of nurses consider leaving the profession, survey finds

Healthcare Dive

Staffing shortages were the top reason nurses cited for planning to leave their jobs, followed by the need for better work-life balance, according to staffing agency ConnectRN.

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What Happened to the COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Waiver?

Bill of Health

By Sarah Gabriele. In June 2022, after almost two years of debate over a potential COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver, the World Trade Organization adopted the Ministerial Decision on the TRIPS Agreement (“WTO Decision”), which provided for a partial waiver of intellectual property rights. More specifically, the WTO Decision waived patent rights on vaccines and allowed for the use of protected clinical trial data for regulatory approval of vaccines.

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5 takeaways from the FDA’s list of AI-enabled medical devices

Healthcare Dive

As the number of devices increases, the agency is looking to adapt its regulatory framework to the new technology, including faster approval of algorithm updates.

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Lifting Universal Masking in Schools — Covid-19 Incidence among Students and Staff

NEJM

Among school districts in the greater Boston area, the lifting of masking requirements was associated with an additional 44.9 Covid-19 cases per 1000 students and staff during the 15 weeks after a statewide masking policy was rescinded.

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

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Oak Street Health brings in record revenue in Q3

Healthcare Dive

The value-based primary care chain’s capitated revenue, which makes up the large majority of its topline, would have been slightly higher, but included a small hit from matters related to the Medicare direct contracting program.

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Australian Teletrial Program to expand nationwide with $45M funding

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A national programme that seeks to expand the reach of clinical trials across Australia will continue to be implemented over the next four years with A$75 million ($45 million) investment from the Commonwealth Medical Research Future Fund. The Australian Teletrial Program (ATP), which was first piloted in 2018, leverages telehealth technology to create a network of rural, regional and remote clinical trial sites nationwide.

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Centura Health blends RPM, carts and Epic EHR for expanded telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

For more than a century, Centura Health, based in Centennial, Colorado, has strived to define whole person care. The organization says it improves lives and strengthens communities by honoring the mind, body and spirit in equal measure. Further, it says it understands the way care is provided is as meaningful as the care itself, which is why it listens to and connects with every patient it serves.

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Digital Transformation: How AI Could Spell a New Era of ‘Smart Care’

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Faramarz Farhoodi, Founder and CEO at AI Nexus Healthcare. The term digital transformation can be interpreted in many different ways. Rather than transforming healthcare practices, I like to view it as transforming the way healthcare is practiced. . Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the unique ability to process vast amounts of data and make sense of what they represent.

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Orlando Health to launch Hospital Care at Home program

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Orlando Health on Monday announced that it's been approved by Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration to start delivering hospital-level acute care in adult patients’ homes. WHY IT MATTERS. The health system is planning to launch its Hospital Care at Home initiative in February, and make it available to specific patients who meet certain clinical criteria determined by emergency department and hospital staff.

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MDaudit Annual Benchmark Report Reveals 82% of Claim Denials Are Associated With Medicare

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. With 82% of 2022 claims denials associated with Medicare, and third-party audit volume rapidly climbing, hospitals and health systems are under intense pressure to protect and grow revenues. These were among the key findings of […]. The article MDaudit Annual Benchmark Report Reveals 82% of Claim Denials Are Associated With Medicare appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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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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Universal Masking Policies in Schools and Mitigating the Inequitable Costs of Covid-19

NEJM

Nearly 3 years into the Covid-19 pandemic, the United States leads high-income nations in Covid-19–related mortality.1 Millions of persons now have long-term neurologic, cardiopulmonary, and other disabling conditions. Essential workers continue to face high workplace exposure to Covid-19 with few protections. To prevent Covid-19 transmission, 40 states and.

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How Managed IT Services Drive Healthcare Efficiency

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Healthcare operations can be extensive, and proper medical data management entails multi-layered security to protect patients and the business. Many aspects of healthcare operations involve manual and repetitive tasks. However, this is currently changing due […].

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HCA to Deploy MEDITECH Expanse EHR Across Enterprise

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – HCA Healthcare , one of the nation’s leading providers of healthcare services, has signed a new agreement for a large-scale deployment of MEDITECH Expanse. This landmark agreement identifies MEDITECH Expanse as HCA Healthcare’s primary go forward EHR platform and a key part of the company’s digital transformation. – Expanse is expected to support HCA Healthcare’s efforts to provide clinicians with advanced decision support to enhance safety and quality.

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Closing the Education Gap: Integrating AI Into Your Practice

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Ronny Shalev, PhD, CEO and co-founder, Dyad Medical, Inc. Artificial intelligence (AI) is a driving force in the future of technology, often enhancing the speed, precision, accuracy and effectiveness of human efforts. As a […]. The article Closing the Education Gap: Integrating AI Into Your Practice appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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How Embedded Analytics Gets You to Market Faster with a SAAS Offering

Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.

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How Printing is Not Only Here to Stay, But Implementing it Properly is Important to your Organization with ACDI

Healthcare IT Today

Over these past couple of years as healthcare continues to move towards a more digital world, we’ve started to hear complaints over the old systems, such as printing and faxes, still being used. Yet these companies specializing in these older systems remain steadfast in their importance to everything running smoothly. So how do you balance the old with the new?

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FTC Enforcement Action Against Company and CEO Provides Roadmap for Reasonable Data Security Measures

Wyatt Law Blog

The FTC recently took enforcement action against an online e-commerce company and its CEO for failing to implement data security policies and procedures to protect the personal information of consumers. The FTC alleged that the company’s inadequate security measures and its website Privacy Policy regarding such measures constituted unfair and deceptive trade practices in violation of the FTC Act Section 5.

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PointClickCare & Pfizer Launches Real World Data Collaboration

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – PointClickCare announced a collaboration with Pfizer Inc. to provide real-world insights for vulnerable populations at high risk of age-related disorders (including Cachexia) – further enhancing PCC’s mission to protect and support the senior population. – With coverage approaching 70% of the long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC) market, PointClickCare is uniquely positioned to provide life sciences companies, like Pfizer, with outcomes-based evidence thro

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Medical groups close Q3 in tough financial position with expenses outpacing patient volumes

Fierce Healthcare

Medical groups close Q3 in tough financial position with expenses outpacing patient volumes. hlandi. Tue, 11/08/2022 - 10:38.

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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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3 Questions Healthcare IT Leaders Should Ask Before Implementing AI in Their Operations

HIT Consultant

Varun Ganapathi, Ph.D., CTO and co-founder at AKASA. Artificial intelligence (AI) and automation are no longer nice-to-have technologies for healthcare providers. They are mission-critical tools for addressing significant challenges many health systems and hospitals face today — from volatile patient volumes to ballooning labor costs and staffing shortages to low operating margins.

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Supreme Court hears case on Medicaid patients' rights to sue, with advocates warning of far-reaching implications

Fierce Healthcare

Supreme Court hears case on Medicaid patients' rights to sue, with advocates warning of far-reaching implications. rking. Tue, 11/08/2022 - 16:45.

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Singapore-based Speedoc bags $28M to expand virtual hospital model

Mobi Health News

The company is seeking new partnerships to expand its virtual home care programme.

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Mass General Brigham turning away offensive, violent patients under new 'Patient Code of Conduct'

Fierce Healthcare

Mass General Brigham turning away offensive, violent patients under new 'Patient Code of Conduct'. dmuoio. Tue, 11/08/2022 - 14:27.

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Embedding BI: Architectural Considerations and Technical Requirements

While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.

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A Call to Embrace Civic Engagement (Including Voting Access) as a Driver of Health

Health Populi

“Two intersecting and interdependent systems comprise democracy in the United States,” Eileen Salinsky, Program Advisor with Grantmakers in Health, wrote in a compelling essay in April 2022. Those systems are, Eileen described, “A political system of representative government, which includes the legislative, executive, and judicial branches at the federal, state, and local levels; and, A collective system of self-governance, which includes how individuals interact with each oth

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Prices for the same scan at the same hospital can range from $134 to $4,065: study

Fierce Healthcare

Prices for the same scan at the same hospital can range from $134 to $4,065: study. fdiamond. Tue, 11/08/2022 - 10:57.

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Digital Health Unplugged: Cyber security news team debrief

Digital Health News

The news team gather in person for the latest episode of Unplugged to discuss the Advanced cyber-attack story and the lack of cyber-defence national policy.

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PointClickCare, Pfizer partner to exchange real-world data on seniors

Mobi Health News

PointClickCare's senior health-focused datasets will help to influence Pfizer's decisions on new therapies.

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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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We need to work together and put patients’ needs first

Digital Health News

Greg Martin calls for greater emphasis to be placed on collaboration and evaluation when it comes to digitised patient communication.

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Report: Health tech investment drops as market 'rebalances'

Mobi Health News

The Silicon Valley Bank report found health tech companies in the U.S. and European Union have raised about $23 billion through the end of September this year.

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U.S. Vision Subsidiary and Florida Addiction Treatment Center Announce 2021 Data Breaches

HIPAA Journal

USV Optical, a subsidiary of U.S. Vision, has recently confirmed that the information of patients at several entities within its network has been exposed. Suspicious activity was detected within its network on May 12, 2021, with the forensic investigation confirming unauthorized individuals had access to its network for a month between April 20, 2021, and May 17, 2021.

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Canceled surgeries and mishandled meds: How ransomware attacks affect patient safety

Becker's Health IT

Ransomware attacks have become one of the biggest threats to cybersecurity for industries around the world, but none has the kind of potential for harm as attacks on hospitals, as they can lead to delay in patient care, compromised protected health information and canceled procedures, NBC News reported Nov. 7.

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How to Leverage AI for Actionable Insights in BI, Data, and Analytics

In the rapidly-evolving world of embedded analytics and business intelligence, one important question has emerged at the forefront: How can you leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance your application’s analytics capabilities? Imagine having an AI tool that answers your user’s questions with a deep understanding of the context in their business and applications, nuances of their industry, and unique challenges they face.