Healthcare Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Nursing policy management is essential to ensuring quality patient care, yet creating and maintaining health policy presents a significant challenge for most healthcare facilities. Nursing policy protects the patient who receives care and the nurse who gives it. Let’s look at the construction of a nursing policy.

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Dossier

JULY 14, 2023

Each solution is only available if healthcare organizations are structured and operate differently. It is essential to be open-minded for healthcare to equalize workloads while successfully maintaining the quality of care. These changes also contribute to overall nurse satisfaction. However, with hospitals in the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2023

Smartphones, tablets, two-in-one notebooks, and other connected devices and sensors are now commonplace inside and outside hospitals and clinics, greatly expanding the potential for data-driven solutions that can improve patient care. John: Jeff, anything to add from your perspective? Jeff: Yes, thank you.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Thomas Shaffer, President, Campus Clinic If you ever visited the nurses’ office or had an eye exam at school as a child, you benefitted from campus healthcare initiatives. Community schools can (and should) go beyond education to serve as critical healthcare providers for students, staff, and their families.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 24, 2022

Elizabeth Hogan Hamacher, MHL, BSN, RN, VP of Clinical Services and Support, Podimetrics. Through a combination of policy, education, and technology, we can start to turn the tide on PAD and improve health outcomes for vulnerable communities. times more likely than others to develop PAD. What is peripheral artery disease?

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 28, 2024

Garheng Kong, Founder and Managing Partner at HealthQuest Capital Hospital-at-home (HaH) and skilled nursing at home (SNaH) are two trends driving increased healthcare in the home for more acute patients. Providing education and support can make telemedicine more accessible and effective for these populations.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 22, 2023

In spring 2021, emergency department visits for suspected suicide attempts were nearly 51% higher for adolescent girls compared with the same time period in 2019. "Texas is a big state, and the consortium is state-funded and works with 12 health-related institutions of higher education for CPAN and TCHATT," she explained.

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MedTrainer

APRIL 11, 2024

Their cloud-based solutions aim to enhance healthcare operations via provider data management, workforce management, compliance, quality and safety monitoring, contract, supplier, and spend management. Symplr provides healthcare governance, risk, and compliance solutions and services. What is Symplr?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 12, 2021

At Philadelphia's Albert Einstein Medical Center, whose health system serves a large geographical area and offers complex quaternary care, telehealth has been an innovative solution to several care delivery problems. These can be categorized in three areas: patient/staff safety, communication and logistics. THE PROBLEM.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 5, 2022

With skilled workers in high demand, many health systems are allocating resources to wooing employees with higher salaries and benefits, paying 2-3 times the typical salary for in-house nurses to fill staffing gaps with traveling nurses. The United States was struggling with a shrinking clinical workforce before the pandemic.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 1, 2021

"Lack of care opportunities due to transportation, limited primary care locations and inadequate income opportunities can send many patients running to the emergency department. For this problem, we adopted a remote patient monitoring solution from FORA Telehealth," Whitfield continued. " PROPOSAL.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Flare Capital and HSS leading $21M Series A fundraising round for RightMove Powered by HSS, a national virtual triage and nonsurgical physical therapy solution that produces better outcomes at reduced costs. RightMove addresses a critical need as half of all U.S. About Flare Capital.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 2, 2023

It will be used by HealthSnap to support a national expansion of its care management services team to support rapid health system adoption and invest in novel clinical use cases. ” HealthSnap is hiring for nurse care navigator positions, clinical operations managers, and patient enrollment specialists. .

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AIHC

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Part 1 in a Series of Leadership Articles on Value-Based Care Written by Joanne Byron, LPN, BS, CCA, CIFHA, CHA, COCAS, CORCM, CHCO, OHCC, CMDP, ICDCT-CM/PCS ​ Edited by Julie Rickman , MBA, CHC, CHPC, CHCO ​ This article is the first in a series sponsored by the American Institute of Healthcare Compliance (AIHC) Volunteer Education Committee.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

The public health emergency (PHE) resulted in a temporary lifting of certain telemedicine regulations, but now post-PHE, we have seen that telemedicine is here to stay – particularly in behavioral health. With that, I predict we will see an emergence of “click-and-mortar” services that combine technology and in-person care.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Amid the difficulties of the last year, a bright spot has emerged that may provide a strong indication of renewed movement toward the transformation of the healthcare industry that we know today. Previously, providers might not have known which of their members were in a quality-driven arrangement.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 13, 2023

We’re just emerging from an unpredictable moment in history that cast a spotlight on a strained U.S. The trauma caused on the frontlines, as health systems rushed to care for their communities, stressed an already high level of provider and nurse burnout. healthcare system,” said Derek Streat, CEO at DexCare.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 27, 2023

At its core, this means implementing emerging digital technologies to modify essential operations, processes, and services to ease staff workload and withstand future challenges. Additional top outcome goals include enhancing the patient experience, IT/cybersecurity, clinical care delivery, and staff satisfaction.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

On Average, Two Nurses Are Assaulted Every Hour, New Press Ganey Analysis Finds. These 10 states still have COVID emergency orders in place. Medical Impact of Roe Reversal Goes Well Beyond Abortion Clinics, Doctors Say. Joint Commission to review, revise quality standards. Gift to Expand UAFS Nursing, Arts Programs.

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Hall Render

JUNE 30, 2023

for physician referral scheme In Los Angeles, hospital CEO pay could be capped Kaiser Permanente ratings affirmed amid healthy financial profile Nurses vote ‘no confidence’ in California hospital administration, board Nursing facility, management company settle physician kickback allegations for $3.8M

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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

JUNE 10, 2022

As skilled nursing ‘teeters,’ leaders look to DC for help on pay rule and more. Nurses lobby for ‘RaDonda’s Law’ Physician compensation now above pre-pandemic levels. Alabama doctors launch nation’s first follow up clinic for snakebites. Alaska’s Covid-19 emergency order to end July 1. CALIFORNIA.

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Hall Render

MAY 13, 2022

Nurses make exit plans after RaDonda Vaught’s conviction. Travel nurses raced to help during Covid. US faces deficit of 450,000 nurses by 2025. Alaska needs to train more nurses, but it doesn’t have enough nursing faculty to meet demand. Synergy Health Partners Acquires SoCal Anesthesia Solutions, Inc.

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Healthcare Law Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

This does not come as a surprise, as most startups in the healthcare technology space have been active in developing attractive strategies. Mental health tech companies are continuing to prioritize solutions for stress, anxiety, and depression, providing services including online therapist sessions, chat portals, and on-demand meditations.

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Hall Render

MAY 20, 2022

AHA asks HHS to continue the public health emergency until conditions stabilize. COVID-19 public health emergency set to be extended. Covid-19 remains a public health emergency in US, administration says. HHS Announces $15M in Funding For Behavioral Healthcare In Nursing Homes. How does Arizona solve its nursing shortage?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 14, 2023

Hospitals across the nation are facing workforce challenges with nurse staffing shortages posing one of the biggest threats to care delivery. More than 100,000 nurses exited the U.S. An aging nurse workforce nearing retirement and student capacity limits in nurse education programs are putting additional pressure on nurse staffing.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 2024

The first is towards less a clinical preventative care staff to ease the burden on the shrinking numbers of clinical staff both by taking on some of their work, and reducing the number of ER visits and high touch encounters by truly actualizing preventative care as a solution. Workers are seeking more from their employers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 3, 2021

It is affiliated with the Yale School of Medicine and its clinical faculty practice, Yale Medicine, which provides a depth and breadth of clinical expertise to support much of the health system's telemedicine programs and provides existing infrastructure that supports joint development of telehealth programs.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 10, 2023

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.’ It is a problem that people have been fighting for since the very beginning but we still have not found the solution to achieving health equity. Colin Banas, M.D.,

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

However, the world of healthcare is constantly changing and evolving as we come up with new ideas and solutions. Cameron Deemer, CEO at DrFirst I would remove commercial incentives to restrict clinicians’ access to clinical data, so they have the information they need to make more informed care decisions for their patients.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 7, 2023

Virtual nursing has been getting an increasing amount of attention in healthcare, especially with telemedicine entering the mainstream during and following the COVID-19 pandemic. Baptist Health has a successful virtual nursing program up and running, as does Providence. For more on virtual nursing, click here and here and here.)

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Medisys Compliance

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Introduction The landscape of healthcare reimbursement is constantly evolving, with bundled payments and episode based billing emerging as innovative approaches to promote value-based care delivery. With expertise in coding, documentation, and compliance, Medisys ensures accurate reimbursement for comprehensive cardiac services.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 4, 2024

With the increased interest in in-home models, coupled with an evolving at-home lab testing market, telehealth and technology will be imperative to creating high quality outcomes in the home. In 2024, nurse leaders will drive the paradigm shift toward AI-enabled virtual nursing.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 4, 2021

CIOs and their teams came through, learning to produce quality work in record time. Fernando Cortez, CIO and information security officer at La Clínica de La Raza, based in Oakland, California, with more than 30 clinics spread across three counties. Ross, CIO at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. ( @MayoClinic ).

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 24, 2023

Providing the necessary support is key to achieving high-quality patient care, staff satisfaction, and overall retention, along with increasing an organization’s bottom line. Recommendations to Successfully Implement a Solution Staff support and stakeholder buy-in can be significant hurdles when considering new technology or equipment.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

of clinicians were convinced that virtual visits allow for higher efficiency, while quality was equal to that of in-person visits. For healthcare providers, the promotion of telehealth solutions can lead to increased patient numbers. In a cross-sectional survey, 52.5% Increased Patient Adherence. Improved Patient Outcomes.

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Mary’s Health Care System Georgia looks to South Carolina in certificate of need repeal fight HAWAII New Hilo Home For Health Students Who Are Doing Clinical Rotations Hilo Medical Center given $1M to expand services Mental Health Services For Youth On Maui Receive A Funding Boost IDAHO 3 St.

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