HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 14, 2021

“The explosion of telehealth will certainly be a hot topic at HLTH. Providers need more supportive resources to be successful in more meaningful and broadly distributed risk models. Virtual and hybrid care, policy changes, and wearable devices are some of the larger topics we will see because of the pandemic.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 7, 2021

It's been a relentless 16 months, and healthcare CIOs and other health IT leaders can no doubt use a breather. " Staff members were able to use data analytics to proactively screen and contact patients who were at highest risk of developing complications from COVID-19 and schedule outpatient monoclonal antibody treatments.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 22, 2021

These requests include spiritual care visits, housekeeping, food service, seeing the comfort animal or a patient advocate – and can be easily accessed using the pillow speaker remote or by scanning a QR code on their personal device. Loved ones visiting see the real-time information and can ask meaningful questions of the care team.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 23, 2022

In fact, almost all businesses use it in some form, and the market for public cloud alone will be worth over $800 billion by 2025. Digital identity refers to the unique identifiers an individual uses to interact online. For example, a doctor uses their digital identity to log into a patient’s medical record. In the U.S.,

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Healthcare Law Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Rollover consideration can be a uniquely hot topic, since it binds equityholders to terms that survive closing. For two recent developments on the topic of restrictive covenants, see our articles here and here. In roll-over transactions, specify the equity buy-back terms. Define purchase price adjustments. Define reserve powers.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 29, 2023

For example, for Legos any curves needed to be built using rectangles, because that was all that was available. Below is what they had to share on this topic! It also provides a wealth of context that can be used to determine root cause analysis. To simplify this, Lego found ways to create arched pieces.

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YouCompli

JULY 27, 2022

These committees provided meaningful oversight and feedback to the compliance team. Solicit committee feedback regularly and attempt to get information about which topics are likely to be discussed in depth during the meeting. Use the skill inventory as a benchmark to tailor ongoing compliance education. Attend Board retreats.

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Healthcare Blog

AUGUST 23, 2023

Staffing shortages, healthcare access disparities, and emergency situations requiring triage of resources and equipment can happen anytime. Use the following strategies to promote ethical behavior in regulatory compliance. Use policy management software. Practice effective communication. Demonstrate appreciation.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 31, 2020

"One of the lessons of COVID-19 – meaningful data sharing – will continue unabated, made even more valuable as data becomes more accessible and machine learning provides deeper insights," said Michael Byczkowski, global VP and head of healthcare industry at SAP, the developer of enterprise application software.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 28, 2023

To gather these perspectives, KLAS used a supplemental evaluation to interview leaders from 24–26 customer organizations (although KLAS made every effort to interview the same organizations across all three rounds of interviews, the number of respondents sometimes varied). Customers would like Oracle Health to deliver on past promises (e.g.,

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MedTrainer

APRIL 27, 2023

What are the Benefits of Using Compliance Training Software? Most healthcare organizations have a piecemeal approach to compliance training — one that involves disparate channels, resources, and timelines. Others might use a more robust learning management system (LMS) to organize and assign online compliance training courses.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Healthcare decision-makers can eliminate non-value-added tasks by investing in an advanced workflow platform that enables the use of staff display boards, which show real-time facility visibility. The use of RTLS asset management provides an annual savings of ~$2 million at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

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AIHC

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The terms leadership and management tend to be used interchangeably, but they are not the same, although health care leaders must have strong management skills. Both leaders and managers have to seek accomplishment with resources at their disposal, but true leadership requires more. Begin by acknowledging success at all levels.

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YouCompli

APRIL 26, 2023

If there’s an issue, it’s often because employees have not been given the right information, resources, or skills. Our job in compliance is to give employees the information, resources, skills, and support they need – not to assume they’re bad or lazy.” When the program concluded, participants were certified compliance champions.

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CMS.gov

MARCH 2, 2018

CMS is pleased to announce a new funding opportunity for the development, improvement, updating, and expansion of quality measures for use in the Quality Payment Program. They are concrete quality topics which reflect core issues that are most vital to high quality care and better patient outcomes. Billing & payments. Initiatives.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 23, 2022

"The platform uses clinical care paths, adaptive education, personalized goal setting and virtual physical therapy to drive a smooth and efficient recuperation," Lovewell explained. The platform also is integrated with the center's documentation software, Emme, which it uses in the postoperative stay suite at its lodge.

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CMS.gov

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

CMS announces a new user-centered resource to help improve alignment: the CMS Measures Inventory Tool (CMIT). The tool increases transparency and can be used to identify measures across the continuum of care and will help coordinate measurement efforts across all conditions, settings, and populations. keya.joy-bush@…. Initiatives.

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C&M Health Law

DECEMBER 23, 2022

CMS reiterates in the Proposed Rule that the only reason payers could deny API access to a health app that a patient wishes to use and access through the Patient Access API is potential security risk to the payer. iii) Payers would be required to report metrics about the use of Patient Access API.

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CMS.gov

APRIL 15, 2019

We will also be updating Nursing Home Compare to make it easier for consumers to identify specific instances of non-compliance related to abuse or inappropriate antipsychotic medication use. We recently revised and streamlined the guidelines for determining Immediate Jeopardy used by surveyors. Jeremy.Booth@c…. Mon, 04/15/2019 - 19:22.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 3, 2021

"We recognized that delaying important ambulatory care would be detrimental to health and could result in emergency department visits, which would put additional strain on those resources." "Initially, we used Vidyo and ultimately transitioned to Zoom," Sussman recalled. " Ambulatory video visits.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Remote patient monitoring, technological advances that impact the balance of where and how care happens, and temporary reimbursement enacted by government and payers for the sake of the pandemic are three hot topics in telemedicine today. There is a lot to be gained by the opportunity to pool care resources together virtually.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

With legislation currently being drafted for nurses to receive the same reimbursement doctors and physicians do, this will likely become a top-of-mind topic in 2024. The recent Humana/Cigna news will be the first of many health plan mergers in 2024 as payers seek to align strategies and optimize resources.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Dan Brillman, CEO of Unite Us, and Melissa Sherry, vice president of social care integration at Unite Us, offer Healthcare IT News readers insights into how these and other challenges are likely to be handled in 2023. Unite Us is a technology company that builds coordinated care networks of health and social service providers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 13, 2023

When healthcare professionals are in short supply, filling out redundant licensure paperwork is not the highest and best use of their time. However, what do you see as the potential benefits or use cases of AI to improve mental healthcare, be it operationally, clinically or in other areas? How can telebehavioral health help?

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

AI-enhanced workflow tools will be used to enhance existing processes to become more efficient and solve legacy industry challenges such as staffing burnout and the lack of harmonization for healthcare operations. It used to be that patients stayed 3-5 days after a total hip or knee replacement. Trend #3: WALANT is on the rise.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 16, 2023

Racial Bias in AI Algorithms: Since AI is frequently used in healthcare, it needs to be used with a code of ethics to prevent bias. If you want to use AI without bias, you need to have a human oversee its operations. 2023 could bring the first regulatory approval for a medicine for mental health using a psychedelic backbone.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 16, 2023

The topic of AI in healthcare often attracts a mixed reception. While some people are firm believers in the benefits of AI in healthcare, others have concerns about the ethics of AI in healthcare, while a third group approach the topic with a degree of apprehension attributable to a lack of knowledge. But, what about AI in healthcare?

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Connecting patients with “nontraditional” health organizations such as food banks, drug treatment centers, and shelters is one of the best ways to meet people where they are and match them with the resources and services they need. In reality, few CBOs have the money, time, or resources to invest in sophisticated data management systems.

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SQA

AUGUST 8, 2023

RDC 741/2022 explains that ANVISA would be able to use registrations from foreign regulatory agencies for identical devices (those considered to have the same intended use and same materials). ANVISA and other regulator(s) will exchange information to confirm the devices are identical. mt and 0.5 mg and 0.5

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 2, 2023

As a result, health equity has been a hot topic and organizations have been searching for solutions. Capturing and using this data can drastically impact care delivery because social determinants of health (SDoH) influence health outcomes in very direct ways, which makes interoperability and capturing this kind of patient data so important.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 14, 2022

And since the conference was virtual, what better topic to start us off today than a consideration of the new Virtual-First trend that surfaced in 2021. That provider could address the patient’s needs virtually and connect the patient to in-person resources when necessary. Morgan Annual Healthcare Conference for 2022.

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SQA

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Top-priority efforts targeted by European Commissioners within the next six to seven months are grouped together as “essential actions” under three key topics in the joint implementation plan: Contingency planning and monitoring. Action plans to address each of the three key topics have been established. Health Canada.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 16, 2022

We spoke with the health IT vendor executive to get her expert views and 2023 predictions on these issues as well as other topics such as social determinants of health and EHR optimization. For patients, this creates friction, wasteful care use, and even experiences that erode trust and can lead to abandonment.

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Health Law Advisor

JANUARY 30, 2023

Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) to withdraw approval of Mifepristone, an FDA-approved drug used to end pregnancies in the first trimester. [1] 9] For additional resources on these topics, please see Epstein Becker Green’s From Roe to Dobbs additional resources. [1] abortions, according to the Guttmacher Institute. [2]

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SQA

AUGUST 2, 2021

ISO 10651-5:2006, Lung ventilators for medical use – Particular requirements for basic safety and essential performance – Part 5: Gas-powered emergency resuscitators. Once test and inspection methods are available, accepted, and implemented, they can be used to assess process capability and establish meaningful process control limits.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 7, 2022

In a post-COVID era, the demand for care has increased exponentially, placing an unprecedented strain on medical resources and exposing the implications of the independent, transactional care delivery model. To be able to fully uncover what digital transformation means it is interesting to start with what it used to mean.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2024

However, in order to achieve this, the right data collection methods must be used to prioritize accurate and meaningful algorithm development. It is mandatory that devices built to improve health outcomes can do so accurately and safely across all intended populations and use cases.

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