Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

By Doron Dorfman and Scott Landes. One of the most important lessons from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic needs to be about health surveillance of marginalized health populations — indeed, “who counts depends on who is counted.”. As disability scholars who use data and empirical tools in our work, we want to remind decision makers that advancing just law and policy depends on the systematic collection of accurate data.

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Healthcare Dive

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Burnout can push providers to leave the profession or retire early, and poses other complications for health systems and clinics.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

To improve how patients, providers and research sponsors connect, Epic's new Life Sciences program is designed to expand clinical trial access to more patients and better support the development of new research. WHY IT MATTERS. The current disparate systems used for clinical studies can be tedious for patients and providers, according to Epic's announcement.

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Healthcare Dive

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

A Thursday report prepared by Kaufman Hall showed that hospitals are likely to lose billions, driven by an overall expected $135 billion increase in expenses this year, and a $86 billion rise in labor costs alone.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

There is widespread use of biased utilization data in the U.S. healthcare system, resulting in the misallocation of resources and perpetuation of health inequity, most notably in the already underserved communities nationwide, according to "How Biased Utilization Data Perpetuate Health Inequity: A Two-Part Strategy to Address the Problem," a new report from The Terry Group, a health and actuarial consulting firm.

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Healthcare Dive

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Healthcare costs — unlike other goods and services — haven’t experienced immediate price increases amid record inflation. That’s starting to change.

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Healthcare Dive

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

New Jersey Rep. Bill Pascrell is alleging HCA Healthcare sets admissions targets and retaliates against clinicians if those targets are not met.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

San Francisco-based Osmind announced today that its electronic health record system for mental health clinicians has integrated Zoom virtual visits within its technology platform as part of the company's regulatory-compliant ISV Partner Program. WHY IT MATTERS. Within the Osmind EHR, clinicians can access a suite of digital tools to meet high-patient demand, like progress monitoring and journaling tools.

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Healthcare Dive

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Warner Thomas will become Sutter’s first external CEO in more than 40 years.

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Jane Sarashon

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Most doctors see the advantages of digital health tools like telehealth, consumers’ access to their health information, and point-of-care workflow solutions, the American Medical Association found in a survey of 1300 physicians, published in September 2022. The AMA first conducted research with physicians and their views on digital health in July 2016.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

LifePoint Health announced a partnership with Google Cloud to use its Healthcare Data Engine, and the National Institutes of Health will invest $130 million over four years to accelerate the use of AI in biomedical and behavioral research.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The following is a guest article by Terry Young, Director, Service Provider Marketing at A10 Networks. The COVID-19 pandemic intensified public awareness of their personal vulnerability when broadband service becomes unavailable or gets disrupted. This has also spurred massive government funding to close the broadband gap (the digital divide) and provide connectivity to unconnected or underserved communities. .

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The Rhythm Evaluation for AntiCoagulaTion (REACT-AF) trial will study a "pill-in-pocket" method of stroke prevention for patients with atrial fibrillation. Some participants will monitor for AFib using an Apple Watch and take blood thinners as needed, instead of using the drug continuously.

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Colington Consulting HIPAA Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Melanie Fontes Rainer, who was serving as the Acting OCR Director, was sworn in and has officially assumed the position in an announcement made by HHS and OCR. Here is the full announcement OCR sent out through their Li.

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

A group of 30 senators is urging the Department of Health and Human Services to update the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to better protect the privacy of patients’ reproductive health information in the wake of the Supreme Court decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and the overturning of Roe Vs Wade , which removed the Federal right to an abortion that had existed for almost 50 years.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Kind of on a whim I decided to head to San Diego (a great place for whimsical travel) for the RARE Patient Advocacy Summit by Global Genes. To be fair, Effie Parks from Once Upon a Gene Podcast had told me about it before and I’d been on the fence on whether I should go or not. Some other friends chimed in about being in San Diego as well, and I decided to last minute attend the event.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

What You Should Know: – Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH), an RWJBarnabas Health facility, and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) launched a new model for medical research and innovation today at the grand opening of its Center for Innovation, located on the main campus of the hospital. – The Center for Innovation is a partnership between RWJUH and Rutgers RWJMS to bring together clinicians, researchers and private industry to invent and develop new tech

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HealthIT Answers

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

By Matt Fisher - Throwing out the trash is an everyday occurrence whether in personal or business life. However, when it comes to healthcare organizations, it is necessary to think about what trash goes where. The consideration goes beyond the difference between regular waste and hazardous medical waste. The post Garbage Can Cause HIPAA Issues appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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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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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

It doesn’t take long for kids to figure out that people come in all different shapes and sizes and that what differentiates us from one another is what makes us unique. And while we are told from a young age that we are all the same inside—that we all see, smell, taste, touch and hear the same as one another—there are nuances to this that become apparent as we age.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Robert Eckel, President and CEO, Aware. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, more healthcare consumers than ever before have begun to engage digitally with their healthcare providers rather than seek in-person treatment and care options. A survey recently released by software company Redpoint Global found that 65 percent of consumers reported using telehealth during the pandemic, with 34 percent of those respondents indicating they will continue to do so as the pandemic winds down.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The Cigna subsidiary said the tools included in its formulary were reviewed by physicians, pharmacists and user experience experts.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

What You Should Know: – The pandemic forced many cardiac rehab clinics to limit and sometimes terminate in-person rehab, leaving Vivalink – a leading provider of digital healthcare solutions – with questions: How did they conduct at-home rehab? Did it work well for them? What were some of the barriers to implementation? – Vivalink has announced a new study of cardiac rehabilitation clinicians that reveals the current landscape of remote patient monitoring technology (RPM)

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

There’s naturally a lot of buzz over the acquisition of One Medical by Amazon.com. All the big tech companies are convinced they can fix our health care system. Perhaps they will start serving up appropriate treatments the way they choose the movies we view or the political diatribes we consume. But I recently talked to Gus Malezis, CEO of the digital identity company Imprivata , to explore what Amazon has to do to make its investment pay off.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

What You Should Know: – Survey data released by Surescripts, a health information network, showed that two-thirds (65%) of specialty prescribers and almost three-quarters (73%) of specialty pharmacists agree that the leading cause of delays in getting patients started on their specialty medications is due to issues often caused by outdated processes and paperwork required for prior authorization. – The survey, taken this summer by 501 specialty pharmacists and prescribers of specialt

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Healthicity

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Coding changes. They’re coming. The American Medical Association (AMA) and Centers for Medicaid & Medicare (CMS).

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

What You Should Know: – Today, Intelerad , a global provider of enterprise medical imaging solutions, announced its acquisition of Life Image , one of the largest image exchange networks of curated clinical and imaging data. – The acquisition, which closely follows Intelerad’s recent deal with PenRad Technologies, Inc. and acquisition of cloud imaging leader Ambra Health last year , creates the largest medical image exchange network in the world.

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Digital Health News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

This Digital Health News industry roundup includes news on the positive evaluation of a remote monitoring service and a new AI innovation centre.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

What You Should Know: – Physicians are increasingly seeing the advantages of digital health solutions since 2016 when the American Medical Association (AMA) first investigated the motivations, requirements, and uses of digital health technology among physicians. – New AMA digital health research released today shows increased rates of digital health adoption among physicians, provides deep insight into the essential qualities that physicians expect from digital health technologies, a

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Modern Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Gov. Tate Reeves and Jackson officials said in separate announcements that the state health department lifted a boil-water notice that had been in place since July 29.

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