Healthcare Dive
MARCH 30, 2022
Hospitals are increasingly acting as venture capitalists, ratcheting up investments in companies with products they can use and scale, according to a data analysis of hospital VC arms conducted by Healthcare Dive.
Bill of Health
MARCH 29, 2022
By Xochitl L. Mendez. The coronavirus pandemic changed the world in countless ways, and for a moment it challenged the pre-pandemic separation of — in Hannah Arendt’s terms — the Private and the Public. To Arendt , the Public is defined as the sole realm where a human can live in full, as a person integral and part of a community as an equal. Being human is only fully procurable by the presence that a person achieves when acting among others.
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Healthcare It News
MARCH 30, 2022
This past month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General released a study examining how Medicare beneficiaries used telehealth during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. By analyzing Medicare fee-for-service claims data and Medicare Advantage encounter data from March 1, 2020, to February 28, 2021, along with those from the same period the year prior, the agency calculated the total number of services used via telehealth and in-person, as well as the typ
Electronic Health Reporter
APRIL 1, 2022
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The healthcare industry currently accounts for 14% of all US workers, employing about 22 million professionals across different sectors. However, despite this and the unquestionable importance of the industry, it is underfunded, understaffed, and underappreciated. […].
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Healthcare Dive
MARCH 31, 2022
"This is a bigger workforce shortage than we have ever dealt with," said Gay Landstrom, senior vice president and chief nursing officer of Trinity Health, a nonprofit system with 88 hospitals nationwide.
Bill of Health
MARCH 28, 2022
By James Lytle. Recent guidance from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) encouraged several states to adopt policies that prioritized race or ethnicity in the allocation of monoclonal antibody treatments and oral antivirals for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2. The guidance proved to be highly controversial, prompting two states, Utah and Minnesota, to withdraw their guidance , and leading a third state, New York, to become the subject of two federal lawsuits that challenge the guidance’s l
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Electronic Health Reporter
MARCH 30, 2022
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Dirk Schrader, resident CISO (EMEA) and vice president of security research, Netwrix. Ransomware is steadily increasing each and every year, with the healthcare and hospital industries suffering among the most. In 2021, we saw […]. The article Five Security Predictions Facing Healthcare Organizations In 2022 appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
Healthcare Dive
MARCH 31, 2022
While 58% of the public said they're worried about being able to afford surprise bills, the majority of people with private insurance stated they knew nothing about the consumer protection law that went into effect in January.
Bill of Health
MARCH 30, 2022
By Kaitlynn Milvert. In August 2021 , the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) put in place requirements for service members to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Litigation has since ensued over the military branches’ restrictive approach to religious exemptions to vaccination. On March 25, the U.S. Supreme Court weighed into one such case: the Court granted the government’s request for a partial stay to allow the Navy to continue to use vaccination status in making deployment and assignmen
Healthcare It News
MARCH 29, 2022
Addressing the increasing need for behavioral health services is a nationwide challenge. With a shortage of physicians to address the growing need for care, a lack of providers who accept Medicaid, and access issues due to transportation or office hour challenges, healthcare organizations are looking to technology to help bridge the gap. "Without the utilization of telehealth, patients arriving at an emergency department often have long wait times before meeting with an available physician,
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MRO Compliance
APRIL 1, 2022
HIM Director’s Guide to Driving New Efficiency in ROI. HIM Director’s Guide to Driving New Efficiency in ROI. Technology Rises to Meet Release of Information Needs. Hospitals continually seek new strategies to streamline operations and boost efficiencies. This is especially true in the wake of COVID-19 and increasing financial distress. Savvy Health Information Management (HIM) leaders must steer their teams in new directions to succeed.
Healthcare Dive
MARCH 29, 2022
As federal relief funds dwindle and volumes remain stagnant, concerns are mounting about the stability of many providers' operations, especially those lacking robust outpatient services.
Bill of Health
MARCH 31, 2022
By April Shaw and Taleed El-Sabawi. The COVID-19 pandemic and recent increases in the incidence of televised violence against Black persons by law enforcement actors and others have contributed to the worsening mental health of these subordinated and marginalized communities. While the policy solutions needed to address this disparate impact are structural and multi-faceted, the introduction of 988, a national mental health crisis hotline, offers an opportunity to positively contribute to the ov
Healthcare It News
APRIL 1, 2022
As part of our HIMSS22 conversations surrounding the Smart Hospital, we will be guiding our audience through a tour of the transformations we’re seeing in these settings. On this podcast, Chris Gough, General Manager Health & Life Sciences at Intel, will be discussing how virtual care is transforming patient rooms and critical care environments.
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MRO Compliance
MARCH 28, 2022
Follow the (Medical) Record: Dawn Crump on Audits and Denials. In this episode, host Don Hardwick interviews Dawn Crump, Senior Director Revenue Cycle Solutions at MRO about healthcare claim denials, and strategies for properly managing audits and denials within a health system setting. HealthcareNOW Radio Podcast Network · Follow the (Medical) Record: Dawn Crump, Senior Director Revenue Cycle Solutions at MRO.
Healthcare Dive
MARCH 29, 2022
Hospitals overhauled their operations in COVID-19's early days. Now, two years into the pandemic, they are looking ahead at the future of their business, including revenue diversification and workforce stability.
Bill of Health
MARCH 31, 2022
By Scott Burris. As we look toward National Public Health Week amid two long years of a pandemic, reflection for us at the Center for Public Health Law Research has focused on how we move forward in a mostly broken public health system. We see public health law as a central component of a strong future for public health, where transdisciplinary partnership leads the way.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 28, 2022
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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 31, 2022
The House of Representatives has drafted a bill that would provide new virtual care options for American employees. WHY IT MATTERS. The proposed Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act would enable job creators to offer standalone telehealth service programs – not unlike dental and vision plans – in addition to existing health insurance plans.
Healthcare Dive
MARCH 28, 2022
How tools and improved processes can ward off burnout at the source in medical education programs.
Bill of Health
APRIL 1, 2022
By DeAnna Baumle. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has thrown into sharp relief deeply rooted structural inequities in the United States. As U.S. government officials and media celebrate recent economic gains , women — especially women of color — are not recouping their economic losses. Further, the pandemic continues to kill nearly a thousand Americans daily and disproportionally affect Black, Indigenous, and Latinx communities.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 31, 2022
The Southern District Health Board has appointed IT specialist Inde Technology to the consortium designing the Dunedin Hospital, the first digital hospital in New Zealand. It will be collaborating with three other partners – civil engineering consultancy WSP, smart building specialist Torque IP and property developer Lendlease – for the hospital's initial design phase.
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Electronic Health Reporter
MARCH 30, 2022
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Nursing can be an exciting profession if you opt to become a travel nurse since you’ll always be on the go. Still, the job comes with some unique challenges associated with the niche that may […]. The article 7 Survival Tips For Travel Nurses appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
Healthcare Dive
MARCH 30, 2022
Florida is freezing enrollment in Centene's plans, according to a March 17 letter sent to the CEO of the Florida division, the Sunshine State Health Plan.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 28, 2022
Mike Serbinis, Co-Founder and CEO of League. The COVID-19 pandemic feels like a once-in-a-lifetime event for those of us involved in healthcare, but the patterns of how the crisis affected our industry feel familiar. Stop me if you have heard this before: incumbent players in a broad industry made very slow and fragmented technological advances for years with no real threat to their business.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 29, 2022
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Electronic Health Reporter
MARCH 30, 2022
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The public health industry has many options for lucrative careers. However, employers prefer candidates who have relevant experience and a higher education degree in public health. Career options and salaries vary depending on several factors. […].
Healthcare Dive
MARCH 30, 2022
Meanwhile, the percentage of claims for telehealth shot up from just 0.22% of all claims in 2019 to about 15% in 2020, as COVID-19 restrictions set in and patients worried of virus transmission.
HIPAA Journal
APRIL 1, 2022
Spokane Regional Health District (SRHD) in Washington has once again fallen victim to a phishing attack. For the second time this year, the health district has announced patient data has potentially been compromised after an employee responded to a phishing email. On March 24, 2022, SRHD announced that its IT department discovered a compromised email account, with the investigation recently confirming that the employee responded to a phishing email on February 24, 2022, and disclosed credentials
Healthcare It News
MARCH 31, 2022
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