Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 12, 2020

Ensure that your Information Security team has a rapid process to assess, document, and approve risk decisions and exceptions during the emergency. This will require workforce provisioning of equipment and policies and procedures for managing a remote workforce. Your IT personnel must be able to do this around-the-clock.

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COVID-19 Telemedicine Licensing Hospitals 186

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 28, 2022

In the past, health leaders have naturally been risk-averse and have, of necessity, created systems that established a wide array of administrative roadblocks to change. Going into 2022, we may now be able to benefit from this historic shift away from rigid workflows and risk avoidance. Region Tag: Global Edition.

Hospitals 190

Hospitals Telemedicine Governance 190

HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Cam Roberson, VP at Beachhead Solutions Healthcare delivery organizations and those working with them that are still in business are either well aware of their duties under HIPAA, work with managed service providers that understand the law well, or…are lucky to have made it this far.

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HIPAA Ransomware Governance 105

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. Risk adjustment scores.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 11, 2020

There were significant issues in Spain, with a lack of foresight, inadequate PPE and testing, placing patients and nurses at risk. Encinas agreed with the increased focus on digital support in Spain, “here we have seen impressive spontaneous innovation for the management of chronic disease with telemedicine; and with lots of creativity.”

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Healthcare It News

MAY 20, 2022

Cloud Computing Connected Health Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Patient Engagement Workforce As a high-flying startup ecosystem comes back down to earth, health systems with the financial resources will be able to double down on their digital transformation efforts. Region Tag: Global Edition.

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Fraud 340

Healthcare Law Today

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Workplace violence has become one of the key management challenges and sources of enterprise risk for hospitals over the past several years. CMS has identified three (3) specific CoP tags for surveyors to cite, including: 42 C.F.R. On the labor front, hospitals did not need any reminders of the growing workplace violence risk.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 21, 2020

Layla McCay ‘Necessity is the mother of invention’ is an old proverb proving true as health services across the world race to adapt to manage the challenges of the current coronavirus pandemic. It's not all plain sailing, of course.

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COVID-19 Governance Hospitals 154

Compliancy Group

JUNE 16, 2023

Google Analytics & HIPAA Compliance The first step toward using Google Analytics while remaining HIPAA compliant is using Google Tag Manager (GTM). GTM allows you to manage tags or tracking codes from various sources across your website without having to code manually.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

the opposite of a simple price tag. Care providers are managing burnout. Other digital technologies can help clinicians manage their own mental and physical health. That includes improving price transparency. In the traditional healthcare system, the price you pay for services depends on your insurance coverage ?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2021

Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Population Health Precision Medicine Telehealth Workforce From vaccines to virtual care, enterprise imaging to precision medicine, these are the growth areas that will shape the direction of healthcare, this year and beyond. Further, patient volume instability and cost management remain key challenges.

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US Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 COVID-19 Vaccine Hospitals 214

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 20, 2020

Sam Shah COVID-19 has been deadly, it’s infective and has posed the biggest public health risk to society in almost a hundred years. There is a real risk of developing inequity in access to health services and we need to address this fairly rapidly so that citizens don’t suffer in the next few months.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 1, 2022

By all accounts, the last two years have accelerated consumer adoption of digital tools for managing nearly every aspect of our lives. I saw this phenomenon firsthand when I worked for a major health plan that was developing a care management program to improve routine adherence for members with chronic diseases. Ordering takeout?

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Doctors 98

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 27, 2022

You can imagine the EHR Product Manager that had the great idea to alert physicians to a drug to drug interaction or an allergy issue. Many times a doctor may ignore the risk of the interaction given other clinical needs. It seems obvious that an alert like this is going to help doctors provide better care to their patients.

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Doctors Hospitals HIPAA Nurses 98

Healthcare Blog

APRIL 26, 2023

The quality of care for patients rests on policy and procedure manuals, which are only as good as their policy management and accessibility. Is it possible that these adverse events are related to poor policy management? What is Policy Management Software and Why Do I Need It? What Does Policy Management Software Provide?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 2, 2021

Conversa is a chatbot technology company that uses conversational interfaces for digital pathways to support a wide range of clinical needs – from pre-admission patient education and preparedness to post-acute monitoring and chronic care management. Region Tag: Global Edition. He is the founder and CEO of Damo Consulting.

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Doctors Governance 164

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 4, 2020

The challenge will be managing expectations from patients who have tasted telemedicine and who now demand a mixed approach to their care needs. The sudden shift to increased telemedicine visits has also created new challenges related to the infrastructure required for successfully managing virtual visits. Following the money.

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COVID-19 Telemedicine Hospitals Doctors 143

Dot Compliance

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Enterprise quality management software supports compliance with increasingly stringent regulations aimed at improving the quality and safety of drugs and devices. Before considering the technology to support quality management, you should take a step back and determine whether your existing culture supports quality processes throughout.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2021

While Congress and CMS have considered permanently expanding access to telehealth and virtual care, there is a big price tag attached. What are some ways ACO management and other organizations are helping to guide providers through value-based payment? What do you think will happen with telemedicine in 2022? Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 24, 2020

Mobile phone apps for mental health management have seen a global surge in popularity under lockdown. One area that is far from simple is ensuring that a new ‘digitised’ service takes everyone on its journey and continues to build public confidence in technology, research and population health management.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 29, 2023

ASCs are required to evaluate risk, develop policies, procedures, and a communication plan, as well as train and test their final plan. ASCA members can view an ASC-specific surveyor tag tool. These areas help ASCs reduce compliance risks and improve revenue cycle management. ASC billing compliance has many benefits.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

By Bill Siwicki | September 27, 2023 News AI-enabled efficiencies can improve patient outcomes and reduce clinician burnout "By prioritizing healthy data management practices through the deployment of AI, IT leaders. Region Tag: Global Edition Hide Collection: 0 Primary topic: Patient Engagement

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 8, 2021

Connected Health Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Mergers & Acquisitions Network Infrastructure Telehealth Health system CIOs are reducing their tech footprint and consolidating their IT systems for agility and efficiency. Region Tag: Global Edition. He is the founder and CEO of Damo Consulting.

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Health Populi

APRIL 17, 2023

” That could include such data tags as cookie identifiers, device identifiers, and IP addresses. We know that “health information” encompasses much more than data stored in a health plan’s claims system or a pharmacy benefit manager’s computer data base.

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HIPAA Hospitals 62

HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

A lack of regulatory compliance, network and technical vulnerabilities, unencrypted information, unsecured mobile devices, and weak credentials all play a part in putting a healthcare organization at risk for a data breach. Today, the cost of a data breach comes with a hefty price tag – an average of $9.44 million in the U.S.

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Regulatory Compliance Due Diligence Compliance Compliance Framework 52

HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Organizations were slow to adopt newer technologies for managing images and patient records over concerns about security, legal compliance, and the risk of downtime. 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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COVID-19 Doctors Compliance 52

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

This put a lot of pressure on the physicians who oversee telehealth programs at these providers: the telehealth managers. Here, five physician telehealth managers tell their stories. Here, five physician telehealth managers tell their stories. ” How virtual care technology helps telehealth managers cope.

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Telemedicine COVID-19 US Department of Health and Human Services Doctors 166

SQA

JULY 19, 2023

In May, Associate Manuel Cortez and Program Manager, Riana Lorenzen, attended SpaceX’s bi-annual Source Inspector event on behalf of SQA. Tag us on social media with #SQAAlreadyHere, or email your photos to media@sqaservices.com. here they are at Starbase, SpaceX’s launch site for Starship in Boca Chica, TX.

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FDA 98

Healthcare Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

The benefits of policy management software include efficient and effective ways to manage the policy life cycle throughout your organization, helping to ensure that all policies are up-to-date, consistent, and compliant with regulations. What Is Healthcare Policy Management? Do you dread policy review meetings?

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Regulatory Compliance Compliance Hospitals 87

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 22, 2021

In the remote monitoring space, the clinician community’s lack of confidence in the quality of data, especially self-monitored and patient-reported data, was a challenge despite the obvious benefits of managing large chronic populations through connected devices. For reimbursement by the CMS, a device must be an FDA-listed device.

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US Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 FDA Governance 178

Healthcare Law Today

DECEMBER 12, 2022

She also has managed sensitive, high-profile, and large-scale workplace investigations arising out of the #MeToo movement. And so, I think you would be well-suited and advised to anticipate how to respond to that and, attendant to that would be, how to reduce the risk of non-compliance. Maureen Stewart. It came out July 20th of 2022.

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Telemedicine Fraud Governance Compliance 49

HIT Consultant

MARCH 19, 2024

The challenges of managing unstructured healthcare data Unfortunately, ensuring that providers and researchers can access data quickly is often deeply challenging, for several reasons. The fact that healthcare data is often generated by complex, siloed systems makes efficient data management even harder.

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Compliance HIPAA Hospitals 111

Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 13, 2023

According to McKinsey, “the cost to treat the diabetes of a patient with depression is, on average, almost $20,000 higher than for a patient without depression, due to factors such as medical complications, reduced access to preventive care, and challenges with illness self-management.” Bring on the Robots.

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COVID-19 Medicaid Medicaid Nurses 98

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 2, 2020

This includes patient care, policy making, and organisation management to unite the diverse roles of services at different levels of a health facility. King’s is honored to be part of the orchestrated effort of Dubai to tackle the pandemic and to prepare for future health risks.

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COVID-19 Doctors Governance Licensing 166

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 12, 2020

The rise of telehealth and intelligent remote monitoring devices now allow patient populations to stay at home and manage their chronic care conditions, avoid visits to hospitals, and communicate on a real-time basis with their caregivers. Healthcare executives are more motivated than ever to keep their populations healthy in their homes.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

Typically, the health systems and payers work together in a value-based care arrangement that involves shared risk and reward. The vendor’s technology is used for physiologic monitoring of patients with a variety of needs, including chronic care management and post-hospital discharge recovery.

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COVID-19 FDA Hospitals Elder Care 185

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Current uses for SDoH in medicine include connecting individuals to services such as Meals on Wheels, and using it to identify at-risk people. Like many SDoH tools, the analysis identifies vulnerable patients and does risk stratification. Another report from CODE calls for better tagging of data with SDoH.

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US Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Hospitals Public Health 108