HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

What You Should Know: – WellSpan Health , a technologically advanced healthcare system, has partnered with Biofourmis to expand its award-winning hospital-at-home program. Partnership Details WellSpan currently manages one of the largest hospital-at-home programs in the U.S., caring for over 400 patients monthly.

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Hospitals Patient Satisfaction FDA 52

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 30, 2023

Studies The second annual Evolution of Care report from WellSky noted that the average length of stay for patients awaiting discharge to post-acute care is one day longer than it was in 2019, which leads to increased care costs and lowered patient satisfaction. Nearly two-thirds (63%) of U.S.

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Nursing Homes Patient Satisfaction Medical Billing FDA 97

Hall Render

JANUARY 5, 2024

Wade; expected to remain big issue in 2024 races Most nursing home residents in Arizona still haven’t gotten their COVID-19 booster COVID-19 hospitalizations are up in Arizona and around the U.S.

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Hall Render

MARCH 22, 2024

NATIONAL 79 percent have positive outlook for senior living and care: NIC 12 key legal issues impacting health systems AHA: 94% of hospitals financially impacted by Change Healthcare’s cyberattack A conversation about the HHS plan on AI in health care A new kind of hospital is coming to rural America.

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Nursing Homes US Department of Health and Human Services Nurses Hospitals 40

Hall Render

JULY 14, 2023

Nonprofit hospitals under growing scrutiny over how they justify billions in tax breaks States increase pressure on nonprofit hospitals as charity care scrutinized Senate proposal would give hospitals $385M for emergency preparedness. How did we get here?

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

This would create an incentive for payors to maintain patient satisfaction and invest in interventions that improve their health over the long run. Policymakers should do away with the MLR and introduce insurance mechanisms that extend payor risk over a longer time horizon beyond a single calendar year.

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The Digital Health Corner

JUNE 14, 2017

There are hospitals within the same healthcare system in many places with disparate EHRs which do not talk to each other or exchange information. Increasing healthcare consolidation of hospitals has exacerbated the problem of lack of interoperability. Clinical trials. What is in fact lacking in most cases is evidence for these claims.

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