HealthStream

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

In this white paper, HCCS—A HealthStream Company, surveyed 281 healthcare compliance leaders throughout the U.S. to learn more about the compliance programs in their hospitals.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 1, 2022

Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise has published a white paper on optimising the care pathway for better outcomes in hospitals. In the paper, we outline the current situation in digital health and map out a vision to free up time for patient care.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The white paper suggests several areas where policies could be changed to improve cybersecurity in the healthcare industry. Cybersecurity can no longer be viewed as a secondary concern; it must become incorporated into every organization’s – from equipment manufacturers to health care providers – core business models.”.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 29, 2023

. – Retail clinic growth had the greatest increase among all alternative places of service studied—retail clinics, urgent care centers, telehealth and ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs)—as well as emergency rooms (ERs), in a new FAIR Health white paper containing the sixth annual edition of FH® Healthcare Indicators and FH® Medical Price Index.

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The HIPAA Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Mark Warner issued a white paper, "Cybersecurity is Patient Safety," on the current state of healthcare cybersecurity and ways to improve it. This month, the American Hospital Association has responded with a letter to Sen. Healthcare Industry Cybersecurity Advice: Last month, Sen.

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Hanys

MARCH 10, 2023

Hospitals across New York and the nation have reported an alarming rise in patients who become caught in limbo in emergency departments and inpatient units for weeks, months and even years after they are medically ready for discharge.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 29, 2023

ONC’s latest data brief indicated that, as of the end of 2021, more than 60% of hospitals are actively engaged in sharing health information. About 75% of hospitals are members of regional HIE organizations, and 35% participate in regional and national HIEs.

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YouCompli

JULY 3, 2023

She shares an example of a compliance officer who was contacted for guidance after a hospital system purchased 1,500 iPads for field staff without securing funds to encrypt the devices.   Content for this article was reprinted from a YouCompli white paper published in February of 2023.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Effective content management can help hospitals, health systems, and large ambulatory groups turn piles of paper and digital content into actionable data. Download our white paper, “ Leading enterprise content strategy with health information management: An executive guide for acquiring a document management and imaging platform.”.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 25, 2011

Even though the final rule will not be identical to the recommendations from the Policy Committee, it is unlikely to vary significantly – and hospitals and EPs should start preparing today. The final rule on Stage 2 is not anticipated from CMS until mid-2012, but there are more and more indications of what to expect.

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Hall Render

JUNE 30, 2023

A large portion of the funds will go to increasing Medi-Cal reimbursement rates, help struggling hospitals, and ease health care workforce shortages. On the other hand, hospital providers are seeing volumes level off with inpatient volumes at or slightly below pre-pandemic levels. Average cap rates increased to 7.1%

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

healthcare organizations, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asked MITRE to develop a Medical Device Cybersecurity Regional Incident Preparedness and Response Playbook to help hospitals and healthcare delivery organizations (HDOs) develop a cybersecurity preparedness and response framework.

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YouCompli

MAY 4, 2022

In hospitals, this generally includes departments like Revenue Cycle, Lab, Physician Services and Pharmacy. We’re sharing the takeaways in a white paper, Empowering Compliance Officers to Drive Better Health and Business Outcomes. They frequently change, and new ones are continually introduced, making it tough to keep up.

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Hall Render

JULY 11, 2022

A new report from a think tank looked at the amount of charity care and community benefit provided by nonprofit hospitals. Finally, a number of new hospital projects were announced. The report argues that nonprofit hospitals should use the tax savings to address a variety of public health issues like homelessness per STAT.

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YouCompli

MAY 11, 2022

(For more insights from the Compliance Institute, download our white paper on how compliance professionals can help healthcare institutions mitigate risk.). They perform procedures and surgeries, admit patients to hospitals, and document in the medical record. . Physicians are often seen as the drivers in healthcare.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 19, 2022

AHIMA points out that hospitals face an average duplicate record rate between 5% and 10%. In its white paper “ A Realistic Approach to Achieving a 1% Duplicate Record Error Rate ,” AHIMA notes that duplicate patient records lead to misidentification errors and administrative inefficiencies. Duplicate problems.

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MRO Compliance

APRIL 1, 2022

Hospitals continually seek new strategies to streamline operations and boost efficiencies. 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.

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YouCompli

APRIL 26, 2023

It’s partly because compliance officers do different things in different settings, such as a cancer hospital versus a behavioral health organization. For in-depth insights on how to establish a culture that helps the organization minimize risk and demonstrates how Compliance adds value, download our white paper.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

They erected field hospitals in parking lots and converted nonclinical spaces into auxiliary ICUs to provide care to sick patients. Download this White Paper. The healthcare industry continues to fight the COVID-19 pandemic with innovation and grit. Many organizations pivoted to allow nonessential workers to work remotely.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The inclusion of nonmedical and community-based organizations (CBOs) to address the social determinants of health (SDOH) that can lead to costly emergency room visits and hospital admissions. The ability to support numerous and evolving payment methodologies related to VBC.

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YouCompli

MARCH 1, 2023

For more insight, read the white paper “The Opportunity for Compliance to Create Value for Healthcare,” which summarizes the webinar. Ken discussed ways to earn recognition across your stakeholders as a value creator in h ealthcare as a speaker on the HCCA webinar “How Compliance Creates Value for the Healthcare Organization” on Nov.

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Compliancy Group

JANUARY 8, 2024

The HHS resources include: Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center White Paper on AI-Augmented Phishing and the Threat to the Health Sector – PDF. Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital In June 2023, OCR settled with Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital for $240,000.

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YouCompli

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Most healthcare regulations focus on enabling hospital systems to keep patients safe, provide quality patient care, and reduce risk. We must adhere to law and regulations while helping the organization do what it needs to. The good news is, the laws and regs are not trying to keep us from doing what we need to do.

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Total HIPAA

MARCH 29, 2023

Notifyd offers scheduling capabilities that are particularly helpful for organizations, like hospitals or home healthcare providers, that need to assign employees to specific shifts. Spok – HIPAA Compliant Text Messaging for Hospital Communications Finally, the last HIPAA compliant text messaging app we are presenting is Spok Mobile ®.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 29, 2020

In addition to the Alliance for Connected Care, signees included the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Telemedicine Association, the American Nurses Association, URAC, the Minnesota HIMSS Chapter and the California Hospital Association. THE LARGER TREND. Tech has played a vital role in combating the opioid crisis.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Can Hospitals Change in Time to Keep Them? NATIONAL Addressing Staff Burnout In Healthcare Design Amazon completes $3.9B Dunleavy adds $9M to budget to address food stamp, Medicaid backlog New study provides snapshot of increase in maternal deaths in Alaska Mental Health Trust Grants $1.6M

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2023

They also want to engage more physicians and hospitals. Consumers have more options now than ever before and payers, hospital systems and providers risk losing their customer base if the patient experience isn’t prioritized. Data analytics accelerate the hospital – and healthcare workforce – of the future.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 11, 2023

As the costs of operating a healthcare practice or hospital rise, and staffing and burnout issues add additional stressors, the medical community is facing unprecedented times. With increasing regulations, hospitals and health systems now face greater hurdles using and maintaining technology built in-house.

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C&M Health Law

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Phase two would have tested the use of value-based purchasing tools used by commercial health plans, hospitals and pharmacies. Phase one of the model would have evaluated whether reducing the cost of the add-on fee for Part B drugs from the statutorily-required Average Sales Price (ASP) + 6% to ASP + 2.5% + a flat fee of $16.80

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Drug & Device Law

JULY 31, 2023

It’s an interesting topic; Eric recently wrote a paper on it , and Bexis is putting together a “white paper” for the Product Liability Advisory Council on the same subject. Sharp Memorial Hospital , 264 Cal. Sharp Memorial Hospital, Inc. , 673, 676 (Cal. 673, 676 (Cal. See also Green v. Lindsay Corp.

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