Bill of Health

MARCH 27, 2023

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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Jane Sarashon

MARCH 29, 2023

The U.S. spends more on health care than any other nation in the world. Yet Americans’ health outcomes rank relatively low compared with other wealthy peer nations on Planet Earth, manifesting a low return-on-investment for this huge financial spend. Nowhere is this more evident than in America’s place in equity compared with nine countries, shown in the graph on health care system performance from The Commonwealth Fund’s perennial study, Mirror, Mirror – the latest versi

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Healthcare Dive

MARCH 27, 2023

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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HIT Consultant

MARCH 28, 2023

Dmitrii Evstiukhin, Director of Managed Services at Provectus Enterprise-level healthcare is a massive business sector with seemingly infinite moving parts. With patients’ lives at stake, liability is huge, leaving little room for error. Yet human error is common in healthcare, and minor mistakes can cost millions in legal fees and lawsuits, not to mention risks to patient health.

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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?

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 29, 2023

One of the most frustrating burdens on health care workers today is the drag of administrative tasks. New AI technologies that interpret and generate natural human speech (illustrated most famously in ChatGPT) can remove more of the burden of such tasks. According to Stead Burwell, co-founder and CEO of Outbound AI , a well-tuned AI agent can do many tasks at 50-80% the cost of human workers.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 29, 2023

Dr. Shelly Nash will offer more details during the HIMSS23 session "Creating Technology to Empower Patients and the Home Dialysis Experience." It is scheduled for Wednesday, April 19, at 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. CT at the South Building, Level 4, room S406 A.

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Digital Health News

MARCH 30, 2023

At its core, the NHS is made by the people who work within it, helping to keep things going just like a beating heart. Today, technology is the pacemaker for supporting connectivity and communication, working to deliver important information between staff and health services, streamlining communications at an optimal rate, and synchronising the beat of workers.

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Healthcare Dive

MARCH 27, 2023

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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Mobi Health News

MARCH 29, 2023

Panelists at ViVE 2023 discussed the future of preventive medicine as retail chains and virtual care players push into the space and more patients avoid primary care altogether.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 29, 2023

Epic's plan for the 2023 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition next month is to showcase all the ways the company is helping health systems and other care providers, says Erika Koch, project manager on the company's events team. In paying homage to its Wisconsin campus in the booth – including some of its artwork and penchant for fireplaces and cozy seating – the goal is to welcome any and all to not only learn about the latest product innovations, but to come and t

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Bill of Health

MARCH 31, 2023

By Matthew Chun In a recent paper in Science Advances , researchers have proposed using neuroscientific data from brain scans to “improv[e] the state of evidence-based legal decision-making” in trademark infringement cases. But can — and more importantly, should — such evidence be used? In this blog post, I will review the federal legal standards for trademark infringement, describe the researchers’ proposed use of neuroscientific evidence in trademark litigation, and assess th

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Healthcare Dive

MARCH 30, 2023

The bill mirrors California’s nurse staffing law which took effect in 2004 and outlines exactly how many patients a nurse in specific hospital units can care for at one time.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MARCH 30, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Amanda Hansen, president, AdvancedMD My father was diagnosed with diabetes when he was very young and lived his entire life maneuvering various healthcare systems. He had multiple eye surgeries, which is common for diabetes […] The article The Promise of Connected Healthcare: How AI Advancements Are Creating More Meaningful Experiences appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 31, 2023

Virtua Health, the largest health system in South New Jersey, saw an uptick in virtual care appointments and digital communications during the pandemic as patients sought care at home. With this shift in patient engagement, many health systems, including Virtua, saw an incredible influx of messages to the care team. THE PROBLEM The increase in patient interactions created additional friction in clinical workflows that weren’t optimized to deal with the volume, said Dr.

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MRO Compliance

MARCH 30, 2023

Interoperability Regulations and the Effects on Health Information Management In January 2023, the Health Data Management COVER story focused on the future of interoperability. As a follow up to this cover story, I wrote a guest article for them entitled 3 specific areas of data sharing to clarify and consider in 2023. Key takeaways from my article include: Definitions and data sharing parameters for substance abuse must be revamped.

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Healthcare Dive

MARCH 30, 2023

Provider groups applauded the move, but said they’d need to see how the requirements are rolled back before passing judgment on whether the step would ease documentation burdens on physicians.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 27, 2023

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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Healthcare It News

MARCH 28, 2023

The companies selected for the newest AWS Healthcare Accelerator will focus on three critical needs in the healthcare space: retention, deployment and training, says Dr. Rowland Illing, chief medical officer and director of International Public Sector Health & the Global Healthcare Venture Capital and Startups team at AWS. WHY IT MATTERS AWS accelerators are technical, business and mentorship programs that help startups advance their digital solutions using the cloud, such as last year's

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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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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 31, 2023

The reason the HIPAA retention requirements needs clarifying is that the distinction between HIPAA medical records retention and HIPAA record retention can be confusing. This article aims to clarify what records should be retained under HIPAA compliance rules, and what other data retention requirements Covered Entities and Business Associates may have to consider.

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Healthcare Dive

MARCH 31, 2023

The service is made possible through integrating Uber Health’s dashboard with ScriptDrop, a tech platform Uber first partnered with in 2021 for prescription delivery.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 28, 2023

Geisinger is a world-class health system in Pennsylvania with 10 hospital campuses, more than 130 clinic sites and more than one million patients served annually. Its health plan covers more than half a million members. THE PROBLEM As a rural health system stretching across a broad geography, transportation can be a barrier to patient engagement. Geisinger strives to make better health easy, but it can be challenging to get patients to brick-and-mortar facilities.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 29, 2023

Health IT company Personify Care has bagged a A$5.6 million ($3.7 million) contract from SA Health to extend its digital patient pathways project across the entire state over the next two years. THE LARGER CONTEXT The project started in 2021 as a proof of concept between Personify Care and the Central Adelaide Local Health Network (CALHN) with support from the SA government's Go2Gov programme.

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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.

Mobi Health News

MARCH 31, 2023

Bill Taranto, president of Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, discusses the current funding environment and how digital health companies can ensure investment in the year ahead.

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Healthcare Dive

MARCH 30, 2023

Although telehealth use declined overall compared to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual visits still comprised the highest percentage of medical claim lines in 2021.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 30, 2023

Howard Rubin will offer more detail during the HIMSS23 session "Increasing Access to Care for Rural and Underserved Communities." It is scheduled for Tuesday, April 18 at 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. CT at the South Building, Level 1, room S105A.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 31, 2023

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 30, 2023

Uber Health rolls out same-day prescription delivery with plans to ship healthy food, OTC meds hlandi Thu, 03/30/2023 - 12:54

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Healthcare Dive

MARCH 31, 2023

States can begin disenrolling ineligible beneficiaries from Medicaid on April 1, in an event the CMS has called the biggest health coverage transition since the first ACA open enrollment.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 31, 2023

For millions who cannot access in-person healthcare, telehealth services are not a luxury. A poor telehealth experience can result in an incorrect diagnosis, misunderstandings, poor patient care and low adoption. Are healthcare organizations willing to risk these consequences by allowing their patients to have poor telehealth visits? Join Belinda Batdorf, co-founder of HubbleIQ, as we discuss how healthcare organizations can proactively anticipate and avoid technical challenges that negatively i

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Modern Healthcare

MARCH 31, 2023

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed a 2.8% increase in hospice payments for fiscal 2024, which would amount to $720 million across the sector.

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