Healthcare Compliance Blog

MARCH 15, 2022

The March 2022 settlement resolves allegations that the SNFs failed to adequately notify and prepare residents for both transfers and discharges and misrepresented their quality of care to the public by reporting false information. million in civil penalties, $550,000 in costs, and $300,000 to the county Long Term Care Ombudsman.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 15, 2022

From appointment booking to post-discharge follow-up, hospitals and health systems are striving to innovate and personalize the way people navigate their care journey. News The value of integrating in-person and virtual care The retail industry with its e-commerce boom has lessons to teach healthcare, says an innovation.

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Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2022

“I am a health care executive who happens to be a patient, caregiver, and advocate,” Stacy Hurt explained to me in a Zoom chat we shared on 31 May. Health care executive first; patient advocacy followed. To get a sense of what that caregiving experience is like, check out her blog post, Confessions of an Exhausted Caregiver ].

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Compliancy Group

JANUARY 13, 2023

In a world where hundreds of millions of tweets, posts, snaps, and stories are posted on social media daily, sharing information about our lives may seem like second nature. Here are a few examples of how a seemingly innocent social media post can go wrong and result in a HIPAA violation. Telephone number. Fax number.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 12, 2020

Paddy Padmanabhan A recent estimate by consulting firm McKinsey suggests that $250 billion in healthcare spending could shift to virtual care models in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Notwithstanding the dramatic headline, there is no disputing that we are directionally headed towards a significant shift in the way care is delivered.

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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. Biofourmis.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 7, 2022

And that means that patient engagement solutions, while still critically important, can’t distract from patient care or complicate workflows. For starters, providers have single-point access to longitudinal health histories, enabling informed care decisions.

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