Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 28, 2024

And it is thanks to those advantages and benefits that healthcare at home is continuing, even as there are still challenges to work on and in-person operations return. So let’s take a moment to pause and evaluate healthcare at home to see where we are and where we need to go.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 11, 2022

What You Should Know: – Diana Health , the healthcare provider redesigning maternity and women’s health in partnership with leading health systems, today announced $11M in Series A financing and collaboration with TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center, part of HCA Healthcare , one of the largest hospital systems in the U.S.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 24, 2023

What You Should Know: – Given the severity of labor shortages and staffing constraints facing health systems nationwide, C-suite executives are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to fill gaps and improve productivity, according to a recent survey conducted by The Health Management Academy (The Academy) with support from Outbound AI.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 24, 2023

What You Should Know: – Given the severity of labor shortages and staffing constraints facing health systems nationwide, C-suite executives are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to fill gaps and improve productivity, according to a recent survey conducted by The Health Management Academy (The Academy) with support from Outbound AI.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 22, 2023

A nursing shortage, exacerbated by the COVID pandemic, has been fueled largely by high levels of moral distress, politicization, and lack of support. Bureau of Labor Statistics. But more steps are needed to reverse the looming nursing shortage. Andy Coville, CEO, Brodeur Partners Alice Holland, Ph.D., There are reasons for hope.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 10, 2023

Frist Cressey Ventures (FCV) , Martin Ventures , Yale Medicine , CU Healthcare Innovation Fund , and Mass General Brigham (MGB) physician organizations also participated in the round. Hospital CFOs and revenue cycle VPs are facing a severe shortage within their revenue cycle management or billing departments.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 5, 2022

What You Should Know: – The index of Healthcare & Life Science equities tracked by Stout was down 16.8% – Healthcare & Life Science M&A activity plummeted to 338 deals in Q2 2022 versus 535 in Q2 2021 and a record 565 deals in Q4 2021. in Q2 2022, which was in line with the S&P 500 decline of 16.4%.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The healthcare industry is facing unprecedented challenges, including severe labor shortages. Additionally, due to recent labor shortages, operations departments are often understaffed and overworked. Additionally, due to recent labor shortages, operations departments are often understaffed and overworked.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 25, 2023

What You Should Know: The landscape of pediatric healthcare has shifted in recent years. Grappling with changes in the labor market, many pediatric organizations are seeking out a simplified IT approach that enhances patient care and bolsters efficiency.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

What You Should Know: Healthcare organizations are facing unprecedented financial pressure; several macroeconomic factors—including the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation, and staffing shortages—have forced organizations to work around decreased revenues and increased costs.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 30, 2023

Today’s world is increasingly driven by technology and digitalization, and the healthcare industry finds itself at a vital intersection between patient care and data security. Here we will examine three steps healthcare systems can embrace to strengthen their defenses and protect sensitive patient and organizational information.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 31, 2024

Report: Security Breaches in Healthcare (Direct Download PDF, 1.9MB, 16 pages) An unwanted record was set in 2023 with 725 large security breaches in healthcare reported to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), beating the record of 720 healthcare security breaches set the previous year.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 6, 2022

During the pandemic, so much was asked of our healthcare workers that they began to get burnt-out and started to quit. Stretched out led to stretched thin, meaning that more healthcare workers got burnt-out and quit as well. Bryan Dickerson, Vice President, Healthcare Workforce Solutions at Hospital IQ.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

What You Should Know: Healthcare organizations are facing unprecedented financial pressure; several macroeconomic factors—including the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation, and staffing shortages—have forced organizations to work around decreased revenues and increased costs.

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Median hospital operating margins were cumulatively negative through the first eight months of 2022 as a result of significant pressures on multiple fronts including labor shortages and supply chain disruptions. PWC and the Urban Land Institute published their Emerging Trends in Real Estate report for 2023.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 11, 2022

The following is a guest article by Tom Romeo, General Manager of Healthcare IT at Quest Diagnostics. Healthcare today is in an epic battle to hire and retain employees. What can hospitals do to manage and make sense of this tidal wave of content amid a massive workforce shortage? Healthcare Innovation with Content Capture.

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Healthcare Law Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

As we anticipated in our previous blog article , the Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) made revisions to its proposed regulations following the public workshop hosted by the California Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) in August. On October 9, 2023, HCAI and OHCA published a revised draft of the regulations.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 31, 2022

Tectonic shifts in the way healthcare organizations are reimbursed are unearthing the shortfalls of reactive systems that don’t get ahead of claims issues, denials management and the rapidly growing bad debt associated with patient responsible balances. Growing labor and staffing complexities. And the primary culprit?

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Increases in patient volume and modest revenue gains haven’t been enough to offset the impact of labor shortages and an inflation rate that reached a historic high in June. In fact, research shows that inventory record inaccuracy contributes to rising healthcare costs in the U.S. Removing blind spots in the supply chain.

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Hall Render

APRIL 19, 2024

to Study Treatments for Vascular Abnormalities Federal Appeals Court Hears Arguments on Nation’s First Ban on Gender-affirming Care for Minors Jason Demke Hired as COO at Mercy Hospital Fort Smit Pulaski Tech Awarded $5.7M

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Hall Render

MAY 20, 2022

HHS Announces $15M in Funding For Behavioral Healthcare In Nursing Homes. How to Create a Healthcare Data Culture. McKinsey Report: Nursing Shortage Will Become Dire by 2025. Nonprofit hospitals squeezed by pricier labor, investment losses in Q1. How does Arizona solve its nursing shortage? Arkansas Gets $3.9M

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 2024

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. In an era where expanding the workforce isn’t always feasible, healthcare organizations must harness technology to enhance operations, reduce costs, and prevent staff burnout.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

NATIONAL 382 rural hospitals cut chemotherapy, breakdown by state 1 year after Amazon-One Medical deal finalized: What’s happened since ACOs want increased participation of long-term and post-acute care providers ‘Behind the times’: DC tries to catch up with AI’s use in health care CMS finalizes DSH payment cuts for some safety-net hospitals: (..)

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Physician shortages: Appointment wait times average nearly 4 weeks in large cities. Healthcare Solutions Holdings to invest $68M to construct an Arizona ASC, medical complexes. Why California Is Facing a Mental Health Care Worker Shortage. Physician compensation trends could face years of uncertainty. Second person in the U.S.

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Hall Render

APRIL 22, 2022

21 top management risks in healthcare for 2022. $1B Healthcare Orgs Struggle With Software Supply Chain Risk Management Policies. Healthcare workers warn of the harms of consolidation. Healthcare workers warn of the harms of consolidation. Healthcare worker training org aims to root out bias in care.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 26, 2024

continue to struggle with the nurse shortage despite concerted efforts from federal officials to grow the workforce. Float pools, also known as internal resource pools, are a staffing method used to minimize nurse shortages. Float pools, also known as internal resource pools, are a staffing method used to minimize nurse shortages.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

There are so many challenges that we are currently facing in the world of healthcare, that possibly adding another one is overwhelming to think about. It can stop a lot of human error and take mundane tasks off of healthcare’s shoulders. AI automation is still so new that it’s hard to tell what the exact impact will be.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. And with national healthcare spending reaching a full 18% of GDP, that isn’t surprising. Community health workers will become a pillar of the healthcare community.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 18, 2022

The potential fallout of this trajectory is alarming: The advisory cites the Association of American Medical Colleges’ estimate on clinician demand outpacing supply, with an anticipated shortage of between 54,100 and 139,000 physicians predicted by 2033. However, the question remains: How can it be solved? Critical care workers are all human.

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Expect labor shortage resulting from the tripledemic and its strains to continue to affect health care facility planning well into 2023. Expect labor shortage resulting from the tripledemic and its strains to continue to affect health care facility planning well into 2023. The Pandemic Largely Fades, but Still Lingers.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions.

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The 2024 Final Rule was the subject of a significant amount of advocacy by the industry due to CMS’s proposed significant rate cut to offset behavioral changes under the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (“PDGM”). CMS stated that this rate cut was necessary to meet the budget neutrality requirements under PDGM.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 2, 2024

At long last, the cost and market impact review (CMIR) regulations promulgated by the California Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) have been approved by the California Office of Administrative Law (OAL). Who is subject to the CMIR process?

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Across the country, hospitals are experiencing staffing shortages, and two years of COVID-19 have taken their toll on the industry. The pandemic didn’t cause the staffing shortage. Amid the pandemic, many healthcare professionals burned out while others left the workforce altogether. Why the need for more nurses is real.

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Hall Render

MARCH 3, 2023

NATIONAL 14 rural senators push CMS to extend low-wage hospitals’ payment bump in FY2024 American Hospital Association voices support for telehealth expansion bill Behavioral health market to hit $262B by 2029 Biden administration moves to establish ‘guardrails’ for telehealth prescriptions CMS Officials Confirm End of PHE Nursing (..)

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 19, 2024

8 digital health and life sciences executives share their hot takes and insights from the recent annual JPM Healthcare Conference 2024 Virgil Bretz, co-founder and CEO of MacroHealth “The annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference is still one of the most efficient ways to meet with capital partners. Charlie Lougheed, CEO of Axuall, Inc.

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SQA

DECEMBER 16, 2022

SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary for September and October 2022. Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (ANVISA). ANVISA’s Questions & Answers (Q&A) on Medical Cannabis for Clinical Investigations, 14 September 2022. One of the important questions addressed is: How can batch reproducibility be demonstrated? CMDE Announcement No.

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