Healthcare Dive
MARCH 6, 2023
Whether trying to convey routine information or respond to once-in-a-blue-moon crises, hospital leaders can turn critical communications into trust and engagement builders.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 6, 2023
Dr. Robert Murry will offer more detail during his HIMSS23 session "Reinventing Street Medicine (and Expanding Reach) with Digital Technology." It's scheduled for Tuesday, April 18, at noon-1 p.m. CT at the South Building in room S105A.
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Electronic Health Reporter
MARCH 8, 2023
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Anthony Cusimano, technical director, Object First. There’s no sugarcoating it: cybercriminals are attacking the US healthcare industry. The FBI announced recently that healthcare suffered more ransomware attacks than any other industry in 2022. As […] The article How To Prepare For Data Disruption In The Healthcare Industry appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
HealthIT Answers
MARCH 8, 2023
By Gary Hamilton - We all know that today’s patients have expectations that are greatly influenced by industries outside of healthcare. They want instant access to their health information and online tools for scheduling appointments and messaging their provider because they can do similar tasks through retail and banking websites. The post Creating Active Patients with Engagement appeared first on Health IT Answers.
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Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 6, 2023
Lower margins, softer liquidity sets the stage for hospital dealmaking in 2023 dmuoio Mon, 03/06/2023 - 13:56
Healthcare Dive
MARCH 9, 2023
COVID-19 stayed as the third top telehealth diagnosis nationally and accounted for a larger share of claims in December, Fair Health found.
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KFF
MARCH 6, 2023
As we mark three years since the WHO characterized COVID-19 as a pandemic, here are 10 key data points that illuminate the challenges, and progress, made to date.
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 9, 2023
Industry Voices—Let's be transparent about hospital price transparency pminemyer Thu, 03/09/2023 - 11:28
Health Law Advisor
MARCH 7, 2023
On February 24, 2023, the Drug Enforcement Agency (“DEA”) announced proposed permanent rules around prescribing controlled substances via telemedicine that expand the circumstances under which practitioners can prescribe controlled substances without first conducting an in-person medical evaluation of the patient outside of the COVID-19 public health emergency (“PHE”).
Healthcare Dive
MARCH 8, 2023
The lawsuit highlights how abortion bans create a chilling effect for obstetric care, as physicians — worried about legal repercussions — can refuse or delay care to those with complications.
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Bill of Health
MARCH 8, 2023
By Matthew Chun He Jiankui — a high-profile Chinese scientist convicted for conducting unethical gene-editing experiments — has been released from prison and is currently fundraising for his new gene therapy endeavor. As the scientific community grapples with how to respond, theories of criminal justice can provide important perspectives to better inform the conversation surrounding Dr.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 7, 2023
Mercy, a massive health system based in St. Louis, Missouri, has a special patient experience project coinciding with the opening of the Mercy Center for Performance Medicine and Specialty Care. The organization is bringing new capabilities to improve patient experience, lower cost and improve outcomes. Mercy took an experience design approach and developed new capabilities using both its Epic EHR foundational capabilities along with custom-developed systems from its development teams and vendor
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 8, 2023
Approximately 46 million Americans – roughly 14% of the population – experience some form of communication disorder, according to "School Programs in Speech-Language Pathology." Speech language pathologists (SLPs) help address many types of speech and communication difficulties for people of all ages, as explained by Avivit Ben-Aharon, founder and clinical director at Great Speech: Speech sounds – How we say sounds and put sounds together into words.
Healthcare Dive
MARCH 8, 2023
It’s the most recent action targeting PBMs for allegedly using their market power to raise drug prices, and comes as the Federal Trade Commission also launched a similar investigation.
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Bill of Health
MARCH 9, 2023
By Daniel Goldberg The nirvana fallacy “is the informal fallacy of comparing actual things with unrealistic, idealized alternatives.” Practice and policy guided by the nirvana fallacy discourages any action at all short of a perfect solution. Sound familiar? It’s one justification for pandemic policy inaction in a nutshell. For example, public health officials at virtually every level have resisted implementation or reinstatement of mask mandates in part by arguing that either some percentage of
Healthcare It News
MARCH 9, 2023
NZ eases access to mental health, addiction support New Zealand's Ministry of Health has officially launched an online portal for accessing the services provided by the Access and Choice programme. The said website puts all Access and Choice primary mental health and addiction services in one place, according to Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 8, 2023
Zaya Care, a network of pregnancy and postpartum care that takes insurance, will leverage Zocdoc to broaden access to maternity services. WHY IT MATTERS New parents can now find and book video as well as in-person appointments online with participating Zaya Care maternity providers, including pregnancy acupuncturists, maternal mental health therapists, dietitians, pelvic floor therapists and lactation consultants using Zocdoc.com or the free Zocdoc app.
Healthcare Dive
MARCH 9, 2023
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is making good on his threat to no longer do business with Walgreens over abortion pill access, illustrating how the drugstore industry is struggling to navigate shifting state abortion laws.
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Bill of Health
MARCH 6, 2023
By Gerard Letterie Fertility care operates in a delicate emotional space that demands complete trust across the consult table. Trust that decisions will be made with the patient’s best interests. Trust that guidance will be offered exclusive of any other competing influence, be it financial, personal, or convenience. In a post- Dobbs setting, new, restrictive laws may disrupt this delicate equilibrium.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 10, 2023
Children’s Hospital & Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, is the only hospital in the state of Nebraska exclusively dedicated to pediatric care, serving a five-state region. In 2022, it nearly doubled its capacity with the opening of the Hubbard Center for Children, adding 100 beds for a total of 243 beds. That move expanded surgical suites, the neonatal intensive care unit, the pediatric ICU, the hematology/oncology floor and the cardiac care center.
HIPAA Journal
MARCH 9, 2023
The personal information of lawmakers and staffers has been stolen in a cyberattack on the health insurance marketplace, DC Health Link. DC Health Link serves around 100,000 people, including 11,000 Congress members and staffers. The investigation into the data breach is still in the early stages so it is currently unclear how many Congress members and staffers have been affected.
Healthcare Dive
MARCH 7, 2023
The plan — part of Biden’s 2024 budget proposal set to be released Thursday — would further reduce what Medicare pays for prescription drugs and raise taxes on Americans earning over $400,000.
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Healthcare IT Today
MARCH 8, 2023
We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Senior Epic Application Analyst position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic and is located in Toppenish, Washington. Here’s a description of the position: YVFWC has a compulsory vaccination policy including the Covid-19 primary series, the organization does not mandate the Covid-19 booster although i
Electronic Health Reporter
MARCH 8, 2023
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Inovalon, a provider of cloud-based software solutions empowering data-driven healthcare, launches Converged Outreach. This new cloud-based SaaS product is a patient outreach orchestration solution that empowers healthcare organizations to coordinate the analytically-derived patient intervention programs […] The article Inovalon Announces Converged Outreach appeared first on electronichealth
HIPAA Journal
MARCH 10, 2023
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center has issued a security advisory warning about data exfiltration in healthcare cyberattacks, highlighting the extent of the practice and sharing several recommended mitigations. Data exfiltration typically occurs once a threat actor has gained access to a network, elevated privileges, and moved laterally.
Healthcare Dive
MARCH 8, 2023
It appears that patient information was uploaded to the dark web by ransomware group BianLian, Brett Callow, threat analyst for cybersecurity firm Emsisoft, confirmed to Healthcare Dive.
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85% of practices are not complying with the government’s HIPAA standards. The large majority of practices are likely trying to protect patients’ information, but they may not be doing all that they need to meet government requirements. Not complying with HIPAA has definite drawbacks, with one major one being massive fines. The government can fine up to 1.5 million dollars for a single HIPAA breach incident - an amount that would put most small practices out of business.
Healthcare IT Today
MARCH 8, 2023
Many healthcare organizations are taking a fresh look at their data, hoping to exploit it better for both clinical outcomes and operations. To the experts at Clearsense , the problems are not so much the shortage of data experts or lack of motivation, but rushing to use data without preparing it adequately or knowing what your business needs are. Charles Boicey, Chief Innovation Officer at Clearsense, calls on organizations to base decisions not just on traditional clinical data, but “ever
Electronic Health Reporter
MARCH 7, 2023
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Revenue cycle management solutions provider AGS Health announced the launch of operations in Manila, Philippines. Serving as a strategic growth partner to more than 100 major healthcare providers across the U.S., the expansion will offer […] The article AGS Health Announces Expansion Into The Philippines appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
HIPAA Journal
MARCH 7, 2023
Three Democratic Senators have introduced a bill that seeks to improve personal health data privacy by preventing companies from disclosing personally identifiable health information for advertising purposes. The legislation was introduced after two recent enforcement actions by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against GoodRx and BetterHelp over disclosures of personal and health information to social media and big tech firms after informing consumers that their health information would be kep
Healthcare Dive
MARCH 7, 2023
The multi-year partnership combines Atrium’s hospital-at-home program and existing telemedicine infrastructure with Best Buy’s at-home care business, along with the retailer’s home installation and supply chain capabilities.
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