Healthcare Dive
MARCH 16, 2022
Nurses cited burnout and high-stress work environments as the No. 1 reason for leaving their jobs, followed by pay and benefits, according to a survey from staffing firm Incredible Health.
Bill of Health
MARCH 15, 2022
By Robyn Powell. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the pervasive inequities experienced by historically marginalized communities, including people with disabilities. Activists, legal professionals, scholars, and policymakers must critically examine the limitations of our current disability laws and policies, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), to elucidate why disabled people continue to endure these inequities, including those related to economic insecurity.
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Healthcare It News
MARCH 13, 2022
Patients have significantly more power than they used to in their relationships with healthcare providers and payers. Massive digital technology growth combined with service experiences they’re having in other industries mean it’s important to establish a clear understanding of people’s expectations if you want to deliver healthcare—public or private—successfully.
Compliance Now
MARCH 15, 2022
By: Jessica Waltman, Principal, Forward Health Consulting. Last week, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) of 2022, a $1.5 trillion governmental funding package. Among its many provisions, the bill extends access to telehealth services for individuals who are covered under a health savings account (HSA)-qualified high deductible health plan (HDHP).
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Healthcare Dive
MARCH 18, 2022
Cybersecurity has always been chronically underfunded in hospitals, even before COVID-19 swallowed up more resources. Now, this major international threat is creating a "perfect storm," one cybersecurity expert said.
Bill of Health
MARCH 15, 2022
By Leah Pierson. Recently, Derek Thompson pointed out in the Atlantic that the U.S. has adopted myriad policies that limit the supply of doctors despite the fact that there aren’t enough. And the maldistribution of physicians — with far too few pursuing primary care or working in rural areas — is arguably an even bigger problem. The American Medical Association (AMA) bears substantial responsibility for the policies that led to physician shortages.
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MRO Compliance
MARCH 17, 2022
MRO Wins Silver Stevie Award for Best Use of Technology. MRO is proud to announce, for the sixth year in a row, being recognized by the Stevie Award group for providing exceptional service to our clients. Stevie Award for Customer Service . The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service are the world’s top honors for customer service, contact center, business development and sales professionals.
Healthcare Dive
MARCH 17, 2022
"At a minimum, Congress must establish a stable, annual Medicare physician payment update that keeps pace with inflation and practice costs," AMA wrote in its letter.
Bill of Health
MARCH 18, 2022
By Zachary F. Murguía Burton. Can employers foster mentally healthier workplaces via theater? Here, I discuss a mental health advocacy and inclusivity initiative built around a theatrical production, The Manic Monologues , with a particular focus on pandemic-era efforts to foster awareness, empathy, and connection around mental health challenges. These efforts aim to promote healthier and more inclusive (and, by extension, more productive) workplaces in the face of the ongoing, escalating global
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 14, 2022
Electronic Caregiver, a digital health technology and services company, is debuting Addison the Virtual Caregiver at HIMSS22. The company labels Addison the next generation of remote patient monitoring technology that offers a solution to the caregiver shortage by providing healthcare management outside a doctor's four walls. Addison, to be released later this year, is a 3D-animated caregiver.
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Healthcare It News
MARCH 18, 2022
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Healthcare Dive
MARCH 15, 2022
Turquoise Health's online search platform lists prices for medical procedures and services and offers a scorecard rating the transparency efforts of nearly 6,000 hospitals.
Bill of Health
MARCH 17, 2022
By Christopher A. Riddle. Remote work meaningfully facilitates inclusion of people with disabilities in the labor market. But, to truly fulfill its promise, employers must also take steps to ensure that remote work accommodations are not made at the expense of the employee, simply because their labor is conducted in their own home. Remote Work Promotes Inclusion.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 16, 2022
At HIMSS22, Caregility, a telehealth technology and services vendor, has introduced Inpatient Virtual Engagement, a new integrated clinical system designed to complement inpatient care with virtual care to enable hybrid care delivery at the patient bedside. At the core of the subscription-based solution-as-a-service are three components, including: the company's new Access Point of Care System (APS100) for lower acuity patient settings; an administration portal to centralize multiple telehea
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Healthcare It News
MARCH 15, 2022
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Healthcare Dive
MARCH 16, 2022
The transition to more treatment in the home and in lower-cost outpatient settings will persist, aided by reimbursement changes and advances in medical technology, the ratings agency said.
Bill of Health
MARCH 16, 2022
By Andrew Milne. The future of work will largely be the future of care work. Health care is rapidly becoming the largest employer in the U.S., expanding to serve the fastest growing demographic, aging seniors. As a lawyer for seniors in need of free legal services, I see my clients struggle to access care made scarce by the for-profit care industry’s understaffing and underpaying of workers attempting to meet the growing need.
Electronic Health Reporter
MARCH 18, 2022
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. In recent years, the healthcare consulting industry has seen a lot of expansion. Increased access to health insurance has resulted in increased demand for services, posing new obstacles for healthcare professionals. But what precisely is […]. The article Why Healthcare Consulting is Important appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
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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.
HIPAA Journal
MARCH 15, 2022
2021 was another record-breaking year for healthcare industry data breaches with over 50 million records breached and over 900 data breaches were recorded by databreaches.net. Given the extent to which the healthcare industry is targeted by cyber actors, the risk of a data breach occurring is high. A SecureLink/Ponemon Institute study in 2021 found 44% of healthcare and pharmaceutical companies experienced a data breach in the past 12 months.
Healthcare Dive
MARCH 15, 2022
CMS hasn't been enforcing stipulations that payers share patient data with competitors set out in information blocking regulations finalized two years ago. But that could change soon with a new rule.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 14, 2022
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Electronic Health Reporter
MARCH 16, 2022
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Access to healthcare has become even more critical than ever. The COVID-19 surge did not stop healthcare workers from fulfilling their oath and addressing medical concerns quickly and appropriately. Telehealth is not a novel idea; […]. The article 6 Ways To Improve The Telehealth Patient Experience appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
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HIPAA Journal
MARCH 14, 2022
Capital Region Medical Center (CRMC) in Jefferson City, MO has recently confirmed patient information was accessed by unauthorized individuals in a December 2021 cyberattack that took its network and phone systems offline for several days. The attack was detected on December 17, 2021, when network systems were disrupted. An investigation was launched to determine the nature and scope of the breach, and a public announcement about the security incident was issued on December 23, 2021.
Healthcare Dive
MARCH 17, 2022
Widespread adoption of acute-level care at home models has been hampered by physician reluctance and patchwork reimbursement, though a CMS waiver caused hospital participation to snowball during the pandemic.
Mobi Health News
MARCH 17, 2022
During HIMSS22, presenters discussed how an open source model of sharing ideas and innovation could help solve access inequities in digital health.
Healthcare IT Today
MARCH 15, 2022
Principal Technologies Inc. (the “Company”) (TSXV: PTEC.P), which is building a diverse portfolio of investments in healthcare technology companies, is pleased to announce that it has completed an investment in Vision Surgery AI, a leading artificial intelligence (AI) technology company. Vision Surgery AI’s technology uses advanced computer vision and AI to monitor surgical teams and operating room […].
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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 15, 2022
At HIMSS22, Firefly Health, a virtual-first healthcare company, has named Oshi Health, a virtual specialty care company specializing in gastrointestinal health, as its preferred partner for digestive care. Digestive health issues include a wide-ranging set of symptoms and conditions that affect one in five working age adults in America and incur higher direct healthcare costs than heart disease, Firefly said.
Healthcare Dive
MARCH 14, 2022
The senator wants FTC commissioners to come up with a more targeted focus for the study and suggested narrowing a review to the impact on consumers and their out-of-pocket costs.
HIPAA Journal
MARCH 17, 2022
Cyberattacks have been reported by Duncan Regional Hospital in Oklahoma and Central Indiana Orthopedics that have affected a total of 170,084 individuals. Duncan Regional Hospital. Duncan Regional Hospital has recently announced it was the victim of a cyberattack in January. The incident was detected on January 20, 2022, when suspicious activity was identified in some of its IT systems.
Healthcare IT Today
MARCH 14, 2022
The term “consumer experience” has become more prevalent in healthcare over the past couple of years. Many Health IT companies and organizations use the term interchangeably with “patient experience”. That is a mistake according to an expert panel at the 2022 HIMSS conference. The two are not the same. Patients Are Not Homogenous Day 1 […].
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