Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Formed in 2019 through the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health, CommonSpirit Health is one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the U.S. It has more than 1,000 care sites serving 20 million patients in 21 states. At CommonSpirit, the acceleration of new mediums of care delivery enables patients to live healthier via virtual asynchronous care and evidence-based, digital-enabled therapies.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

As the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a massive uptick in telehealth use around the country, hard-hit nursing homes also turned to the tool to try and keep patients safe. A University of Missouri study published this past week found that the turn to virtual care reduced stress for residents and helped increase access to services. At the same time, however, relying on telemedicine had drawbacks, especially from a social perspective.

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Electronic Health Reporter

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Chris Evanguelidi, director, enterprise healthcare market, Redpoint Global. In a new Harris Poll survey commissioned by Redpoint Global, consumers ranked healthcare near the bottom among several industries in delivering an “exceptional customer experience.

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Kaiser Health News

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Finding the best private Medicare drug or medical insurance plan among dozens of choices is tough enough without throwing misleading sales tactics into the mix. Yet federal officials say complaints are rising from seniors tricked into buying policies — without their consent or lured by questionable information — that may not cover their drugs or include their doctors.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Australian aged care provider Apollo Care has tapped Rauland Australia to deliver nurse call solutions at its Queensland sites. Rauland's Responder nurse call solutions will be adopted in three Apollo sites in Maryborough and Rockhampton, according to a media release. WHY IT MATTERS. Apollo intends to increase the mobility of its care team when responding to residents, liaising with other staff and accessing documentation.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

National Nurses United and the California Nurses Association released a joint statement this past week criticizing Kaiser Permanente's aims to expand advanced hospital services into patients' homes. The unions accused the health system of trying to maximize profits and endangering patients, along with undermining the role of registered nurses in providing care.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

What You Should Know: – Today Innovaccer Inc., the Health Cloud company, released the 2021 edition of “ The Science of Digital Transformation in Healthcare and Why It’s Vital for Payer-Provider Collaboration.”. – The survey report assessed more than 4,000 survey responses from healthcare professionals over the first six months of 2021 for their insights into healthcare organizations’ progress toward digital transformation.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Inspector General released a report this week examining whether the VA's new scheduling system, implemented as part of its electronic health record modernization contract with Cerner, had been effectively deployed. The watchdog acknowledged that the new system has the potential to transform scheduling at the Veterans Health Administration.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Kentucky Cardiology in Lexington was finding it difficult to monitor the blood pressure of patients at home and feel comfortable it was getting accurate numbers. Staff would ask a patient if they had a way to take their blood pressure at home, and they would say yes. Staff then would provide the patient a blood pressure log (a paper form) and request they take their blood pressure two times a day.

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Electronic Health Reporter

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Adrian Johansen, freelance writer; @AdrianJohanse18. Healthcare technology is transforming what care looks like. In the course of developing new health solutions, however, sustainability often gets pushed to the sidelines. Technologies of the future will determine our […].

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The clinical trial results will be used to expand Viome’s mRNA platform, which in May received FDA breakthrough device designation for identifying early signs of oral and throat cancers.

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

10 rural states launch lawsuit against CMS' COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers. dmuoio. Thu, 11/11/2021 - 12:57.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

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Electronic Health Reporter

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Pauline Dinnauer If nothing else, the past year-and-a-half has been a demonstration of the harm of misinformation. It can cause someone to make a choice they might otherwise reconsider. It can be the reason […]. The article Dispelling 3 of the Most Persistent Myths About Modern Hearing Aids appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Unlike telehealth, digital health can shift the nature of healthcare from periodic visits to continuous support.

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Part B premiums set to rise in 2022 as Medicare braces for potential high-cost therapies like Aduhelm. pminemyer. Fri, 11/12/2021 - 18:06.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Larry English, President & cofounder of Centric Consulting. COVID-19 forced healthcare organizations to make a huge leap forward in their digital transformation roadmaps. Although many companies had plans on the books to advance telemedicine, the crisis revealed that virtual care is not only possible but in many cases is also preferred by patients.

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Electronic Health Reporter

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Alison Budor, consultant, Freed Associates. No one can deny the pandemic’s impact on the healthcare industry. While the pandemic has obviously strained healthcare capacity and workers, it has also helped evolve care delivery through […]. The article Three Key Lessons For Digital Healthcare From The Consumer and Service Industries 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.

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The European Institute for Innovation and Technology (EIT) Health has announced the acquisition of one of its supported startups PhagoMed GmbH, by BioNTech SE, in a bid to find new and alternative solutions to antibiotics that are losing effectiveness.

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Industry Voices—Why primary care is the future of sustainable healthcare in the U.S. hlandi. Sat, 11/06/2021 - 21:45.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) are improving the quality of their data to further increase their value. Higher quality data means they can help healthcare organizations understand their region more clearly, allowing them to allocate their resources in the areas that need it. Key to achieving this is translating the data from the various standards used […].

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Electronic Health Reporter

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By John Kelly, chief technology officer, PatientKeeper, Inc. If there’s a topic in healthcare IT that has absorbed more ink over the past decade than “interoperability,” I can’t imagine what it would be. (Well, going […]. The article What Health IT In the Cloud Means To Providers appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

HoneyNaps claims its software provides more accurate readings than conventional auto-scoring.

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

How this telehealth startup aims to address mental illness with ketamine therapy. agliadkovskaya. Mon, 11/08/2021 - 13:17.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Timely prediction is key to saving both lives and money in the health care system. I recently talked to Sam Yang, managing director and cofounder of Xandar Kardian, about their motion sensor called XK300 that can tip off clinicians to oncoming emergencies in patients suffering from COVID-19, heart failure, COPD, pneumonia, asthma, and more. The […].

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Zeenia Framroze, Director of Strategy and Business Operations at Sharecare. The field of clinical research is on the precipice of change, and for good reason. Traditional clinical trials and processes are primarily confined to sterile, isolated clinical settings that are often narrow in scope and provider-centric. Researchers of tomorrow, however, already are identifying accurate and effective new methods to conduct and draw meaning from their work, after concluding that current models for clini

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Third-party developers can use the platform to build their own products or update instruments.

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Report ranks 10 most cost-efficient hospitals in the U.S., identifies $8B in potential Medicare savings. agliadkovskaya. Mon, 11/08/2021 - 18:03.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The following is a guest article by Gary Meyer, Assistant Vice President at Cognizant. As they say in the Marvel cinematic universe, what if… What if providers had a current, comprehensive view of their patients’ clinical and administrative health history available at the point of care? What if prior authorization were automated between provider and […].

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

What You Should Know: – Rad AI , a Berkely, CA-based radiologist-led AI company, today announced $25M in Series A funding led by ARTIS Ventures with participation by several existing investors, including OCV Partners , Kickstart Fund , and Gradient Ventures (Google’s AI-focused fund). – Rad AI Omni automatically generates a customized impression from the findings and clinical indication dictated by the radiologist, using the most advanced neural networks.

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