Health Populi

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Structural challenges, especially painful due to EHR barriers — with the promise of APIs (application programming interfaces) and the ongoing development of clinical decision support tools. Varda Shalev of Team8 discussed prospects for Care At Home Transformed tag-teaming with Deborah Di Sanzo, President of Best Buy Health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 21, 2020

The recommendations of the recent Topol Review are now more important than ever, including increased training and resources for staff to ensure that they have the requisite skillset for digital working. A key issue has been, and will continue be, how well staff are able to adapt to the new ways of working that are required as a result.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Clinical Decision Support Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Government & Policy Patient Engagement AHRQ is helping the transition towards evidence-based recommendations to guide clinical decision-making that incorporates patients' needs and preferences. What is patient-centered clinical decision support?

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2023

Reasons for the spike include upticks in claims denials, more risk adjustment reviews, and increases in mandatory HEDIS reporting. Particularly for risk adjustment (RA) reviews, even the slightest gaps in reporting leaves health plans at risk for drops in quality ratings and subsequent revenue loss. The purpose is justified.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

This is especially concerning since recent data from the Mayo Clinic revealed about 14% of clerical staff and 7% of administrators intend to resign in the next two years, many of them citing burnout and excessive workload. Routine, preventive care is one example of this concept in action.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 23, 2020

Modernization is a "learning journey" that requires review and course corrections along the way. A recent study showed that clinical implementation of precision oncology is feasible across the across the VA health system, including rural Veterans. Find out more about VA Modernization at VA.gov/modernization.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 23, 2023

Associates in Dermatology, a network of dermatology clinics in Indiana, Kentucky, and New York, has started notifying patients that some of their protected health information has been exposed in a ransomware attack on one of its business associates.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Thursday, you go to a library telehealth kiosk for the doctor appointment because the doctor wants to review large files from the lab work with you and your home Internet connection is too slow. is Director of Clinical Services at the Texas A&M Telehealth Counseling Clinic. Region Tag: Global Edition.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 23, 2022

Many of the early DIY tools omitted the clues that disabled visitors depend on—for instance using raw markup to make a phrase look like a heading when they should use an HTML tag for headings. The next article in the series looks at the relationship between automated and manual reviews of accessibility, and discusses some automated tools.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Surveyor Review. Surveyors may modify the staff vaccination compliance review if the provider/supplier was determined to be in substantial compliance with this requirement within the previous six weeks. F-888 is the citation tag that was created under 42 CFR Section 483.80(i), Vaccination Enforcement – Flexibility.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Clinical safety: screening & escalations. When you automate your phone system, patients spend less time waiting on hold and playing phone tag. They are also more likely to leave positive online reviews, which in turn attract new patients. About 79% of patients consult review websites prior to scheduling appointments.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

For example, patients no longer have to wait for a radiologist to burn a CD and then take it to a specialist for review. Enhance communications – In the past, connecting with physicians outside of appointments often turned into a game of phone tag and resulted in multiple voicemails.

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Compliancy Group

JULY 18, 2022

Nebraska Family Health Clinic Pays $30,000 After Violating Right of Access. After receiving OCR’s notice of investigation, MelroseWakefield reviewed the request a second time and determined the records should have been released to the daughter. Access to the records was granted in October 2020.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

2019: Year in Review It's been an eventful year for health IT. This 18-part feature story series offers a deep dive into how CIOs and other healthcare leaders can best optimize technologies to produce results specific to a provider organization’s clinical and business needs. Collection. by Benjamin Harris January 16, 2019.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

“This needed to be coordinated with our entire clinic, with six subspecialty providers, in a way for everything to flow. “These workflows were adapted for our area with the entire clinical team, including nursing, front desk staff, MOAs and, of course, providers. ” Still processing the telehealth explosion.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 12, 2020

Many health systems that permitted the use of consumer technologies such as Zoom and Skype in the interest of expediency during the pandemic are carefully reviewing their platform choices. Nowhere is this fear more prominent than a hospital or clinic setting.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

Biofourmis’ remote patient monitoring and AI-based analytics technology, Biovitals, provides personalized predictive care by leveraging active and passive data collected from clinical-grade patient wearables that continuously monitor more than 20 physiological parameters, as well as patient-captured data from a mobile app.

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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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Hall Render

JANUARY 6, 2022

Survey Guidance for Skilled Nursing Facilities – New F Tag 888. Attachment A introduces a new citation tag for skilled nursing providers, F Tag 888, regarding infection control under CFR §483.80(i). Facilities must be ready to provide evidence of this tracking to the surveyor for review. Policies and Procedures.

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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. to Develop Wearable Blood Loss Detector An Academic Lifeline for Rural Hospitals CHI St.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 13, 2023

There are a lot of “blockbuster” drugs coming to market today and in the near future with eye-watering price tags. To do claims well and to keep labor costs down, it is important to automate claims processing to the greatest extent possible so that additional human review and labor is not required.

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 23, 2022

According to a mid-year report from Revista, 163 new hospital projects began in 2022 and several of those projects had price tags at or above $1B. The following health systems announced major expansion projects during the past year: Cleveland Clinic (U.S. Francis (SC), St.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Vincent Opens 10 Women’s Clinics in South Arkansas Lowell In-Home Care Company Faces Racketeering Lawsuit for Alleged Workforce Misclassification Megan Bonney Named President of CHI St. ‘We Opens in North Little Rock CHI St.

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SQA

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

SQA podcasts are receiving rave reviews. This handbook lays out some practical areas we all can review and reflect on our own organization to improve and contribute positively to the big picture.” – David Bang, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics [link]. Out & About with Team SQA. Hey Associates! How can we help you?

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Center for Reproductive Medicine , involves plaintiffs seeking punitive damages from an Alabama fertility clinic for the “wrongful death” of their embryos that were destroyed when a patient in the hospital where they were stored removed them from the cryotank. The case, LePage v. A single cycle of IVF costs an estimated $30,000.

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Hall Render

MARCH 22, 2024

Banner Health to expand clinical AI to 33 hospitals, 6 states Banner reports $282.8M Banner Health to expand clinical AI to 33 hospitals, 6 states Banner reports $282.8M Banner Health to expand clinical AI to 33 hospitals, 6 states Banner reports $282.8M family sues hospital over life-altering injuries Calif.

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

Hall Render

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Physician specialties experiencing the most burnout Private Equity Ownership of Rural Hospitals is Growing, Report Finds Strategy to ‘harmonize’ COVID vaccine opens door to mandate, flu shot changes What hospitals will lobby for in 2023 ALABAMA Encompass Health To Add Rehabilitation Hospital In Northeast Hospital warns of tianeptine drug ‘crisis’ in (..)

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Johns County Miami’s Largest Hospital To Get Bigger With Initial $90 Million Expansion Orlando Health hospital expands in fast-growing area Orlando Health scraps SoDo office tower Pasco’s population draws Johns Hopkins and other medical providers Primary care companies with 6 Orlando-area clinics merge South Lake Hospital celebrates new tower (..)

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