HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a powerful tool for making population health analytics more accurate and interventions more effective. AI shortcomings aside, pop health analytics have advanced to the point that we are now getting very good at finding groups and individuals with gaps in care. AI Promise and Problems.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

According to the CDC , health equity is reached when every person has the opportunity to attain his or her full health potential regardless of social position or other socially determined circumstances. . Yet, health inequities abound in our healthcare systems. John Sargent | Founding Partner, BroadReach Group.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 24, 2022

What You Should Know: – Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced the launch of the next AWS Healthcare Accelerator—this year with a new focus on health equity. Tackle Health Disparities. Recent AWS Health Equity Initiative Projects. – Go-to-market planning. . – Go-to-market planning.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 22, 2023

The World Health Organization declared 2020 the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife to spotlight nurses’ impact on healthcare and recognize the 200 th anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birthday. New research identifies the key causes of the crisis, as well as the most effective actions to address it.

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Hall Render

APRIL 19, 2024

to Study Treatments for Vascular Abnormalities Federal Appeals Court Hears Arguments on Nation’s First Ban on Gender-affirming Care for Minors Jason Demke Hired as COO at Mercy Hospital Fort Smit Pulaski Tech Awarded $5.7M

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 10, 2022

Robert Califf laid out areas of challenge and opportunity when it comes to improving health outcomes, restoring public trust in science, and making the most of our ongoing investments in data analytics and clinical research. These objectives are essential for creating an effective, equitable, evidence-based learning health system.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Healthcare IT News sat down with Megan Steckly, CEO of Compudopt, a national nonprofit working to address this issue by providing families with free devices, internet connectivity and technology training, so more Americans have access to this fundamental healthcare resource going forward. Approximately 11.7 million U.S. Census Bureau.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 20, 2022

Still, experts say that network-wide availability of patient-generated health data is still lacking. Still, experts say that network-wide availability of patient-generated health data is still lacking. Tools such as wearables can provide a holistic view of a patient's care journey beyond information gathered in a clinical visit.

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Health Populi

MAY 30, 2022

Year 3 into the COVID-19 pandemic, health citizens are dealing with coronavirus variants in convergence with other challenges in daily life: price inflation, civil and social stress, anxiety and depression, global security concerns, and the safety of their families. In this post, I summarize some of the key issues we covered.

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Healthcare Law Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

As we approach the middle of the first quarter of 2023, private equity firms have continued to demonstrate their interest in investing in digital health. This does not come as a surprise, as most startups in the healthcare technology space have been active in developing attractive strategies.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

NATIONAL 382 rural hospitals cut chemotherapy, breakdown by state 1 year after Amazon-One Medical deal finalized: What’s happened since ACOs want increased participation of long-term and post-acute care providers ‘Behind the times’: DC tries to catch up with AI’s use in health care CMS finalizes DSH payment cuts for some safety-net hospitals: (..)

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 7, 2023

In fact, unwarranted variation in clinical care represents an estimated $20M-$30M per $1B in revenue of actionable savings opportunity for a typical health organization. Increasingly, consensus-based protocols are being developed to drive the consistent application of standardized approaches to the delivery of health care.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 8, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. The excitement around new tools took hold of all industries in 2023, and the potential is expansive. In fact, we got so many that we had to narrow them down to just the best and most interesting.

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Hall Render

JUNE 30, 2023

after home health provider reneges on Option deal Will the doctor see you now? Report: Amazon Pauses 50-State Virtual Care Service Expansion UnitedHealth acquires Amedisys for $3.3B Maybe not amid the changing healthcare landscape in the US.

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Hall Render

JULY 28, 2023

million for rural hospital expansion Hospices in Arizona & other states receive scrutiny over concerns of fraud, waste & abuse Phoenix Children’s Building New 44,000-Square Foot Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Firefighters oppose Banner’s planned $400M hospital There’s a growing nurse shortage in Arizona.

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Hall Render

MAY 13, 2022

UAB, Children’s hospitals to halt some youth transgender care as new law takes effect. Alabama sees bump in COVID-19 cases, state health department monitoring. Banner invests in Atlas Health Partners, plans to double ASC footprint. Health experts say Arizona not prepared for surge of Alzheimer’s patients.

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Hall Render

APRIL 22, 2022

GAO investigating private equity ownership of nursing homes. HHS Secretary Outlines FY 2023 Mental Health Investments at Senate Hearing. million in ARP funds to train health workers in local communities. million in ARP funds to train health workers in local communities. Banner Health to build new hospital in Buckeye.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 10, 2023

In Disney’s Big Hero 6 , the protagonist, Hiro Hamada, will get stuck in a problem after working on it for a while because he’s becoming too set in his way of thinking. And he is only able to find the solution thanks to his brother’s, Tadashi Hamada, words ‘find a new angle, look for another way out.’

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 12, 2024

"This is not the place to sit if you don't enjoy an environment of improvement and an opportunity to recognize that digital health continues to progress and that each and every one of you has an incredibly important hand in it. "If you don't like change, you're not going to like healthcare," he said.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Healthcare IT News interviewed physical therapist Bronwyn Spira, founder and CEO of Force Therapeutics, to discuss the challenges and opportunities surrounding this area of virtual care. Minority and lower-income populations are less likely to have orthopedic surgery – and more likely to experience poor outcomes when they do.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 22, 2024

What You Should Know: – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has taken a bold step towards improving care for individuals with both mental health conditions and substance use disorders (SUD), announcing the “ Innovation in Behavioral Health (IBH)” Model.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Many health systems have begun using new screening technologies to ask patients questions about the factors outside of the clinic and hospital that contribute to an individual or family’s health status, also known as the social determinants of health (SDOH). to assess the essential resource gaps of a patient.

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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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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. Christoph Pedain, Business Leader, Hospital Patient Monitoring at Philips By the end of 2024, we will see significant moves by hospitals and health systems embracing readiness for Service-Oriented Device Connectivity (SDC).

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HIT Consultant

JULY 28, 2022

We leveraged our experience executing transactions, extensive network, and market analysis from our 16-year history of advising and selectively investing across the ever-evolving Health IT and Digital Health sectors to gather key market information. Act III of COVID: Navigating the Crosscurrents of Post-Inflation.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 1, 2020

In my ongoing analysis of American life beginning anew in new ways in March 2020, I have found that folks have undergone personal digital transformation at home — when people have had access to the Internet in the pandemic era. The effort is called the Health Equity and Access Leadership (HEAL) Coalition.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. Jason Considine, Chief Commercial Officer at Experian Health Staffing shortages will continue to be a major pain point for providers in 2024 and have a direct impact on their bottom line.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Sridhar Yerramreddy, CEO & Founder of Steer Health The healthcare landscape is continually evolving, and for mid-sized healthcare organizations, this evolution presents both challenges and opportunities. In the domain of private equity, the primary focus lies in achieving financial returns, a distinct advantage in the market.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2023

As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. All of this year’s 2023 health IT predictions: Healthcare Security and Risk. Health Equity and SDoH. Jean Drouin, Co-Founder and CEO at Clarify Health. Healthcare AI. Healthcare Workforce.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 19, 2022

Amazon to offer behavioral health services through Ginger partnership. CDC, amid criticism for COVID-19 response, plans reorganization as public health threats grow. House approves sweeping climate, tax, health care package. Joint Commission’s New Accreditation Standards Tackle Health Disparities.

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Hall Render

MARCH 3, 2023

NATIONAL 14 rural senators push CMS to extend low-wage hospitals’ payment bump in FY2024 American Hospital Association voices support for telehealth expansion bill Behavioral health market to hit $262B by 2029 Biden administration moves to establish ‘guardrails’ for telehealth prescriptions CMS Officials Confirm End of PHE Nursing (..)

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 22, 2023

health care spending hits $4.5 Million in Retaliation Suit John Muir, Tenet scrap hospital deal after FTC challenge Kaiser to lay off 79 administrative employees Leaning toward big wins in schizophrenia and vaccines, venture group raises new fund of $389 million Madera hospital creditors want to be paid, including CEO.

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Hall Render

APRIL 12, 2024

in billing fraud Arizona system names new CEO Banner Health CEO Peter Fine to retire after 24 years, handing the reins to health system president Four UArizona bioscience startups selected for Flinn Foundation program Gov.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 25, 2021

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough both indicated their support for telemedicine in the long term. Becerra emphasizes equity in technology. In recent public appearances, U.S. " "We're going to do everything we can to include everyone.

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Hall Render

JULY 22, 2022

Amazon to buy primary health-care provider One Medical for roughly $3.9 Covid-19 public health emergency extended in the US. Legal confusion post-Roe is threatening maternal health, physicians say. Health systems eye perks of M&A post-COVID shock. Cases of monkeypox have doubled in Alabama, but vaccine is on the way.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Telehealth is offering one way forward. It is also a more efficient way to distribute a scarce specialty. Patients seeking neurologic care can face physical, geographical and financial challenges as they deal with chronic and disabling conditions. There are two key problems in neurology that telemedicine can help address.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Health care worker shortage will only get worse if lawmakers don’t act, Senate panel warned. Lawmakers call on Biden to end public health emergency. Meet new FDA chief Dr. Robert Califf: 5 things to know. Senators look to address privacy, new technology in renewed push to modernize HIPAA. 10 hospitals seeking RCM talent.

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