Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 28, 2021

She and her colleagues were incredibly busy every day. Even though they were quite busy, she noticed that most of the patients who did not show for their appointment were women. Even though they were quite busy, she noticed that most of the patients who did not show for their appointment were women. THE PROBLEM. MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 26, 2021

Prior to 2020, Colorado's Boulder Community Health had put the infrastructure in place to support telehealth, but struggled to gain adoption because of limited provider and patient demand. Many community members prefer face-to-face visits or a simple phone call. COVID-19 changed everything.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 23, 2021

This is the sixth instalment in Healthcare IT News ' feature story series, "Health IT Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Era." We did it, and it has saved me so much time, because I was able to just get online to get with my physician," he said. The new importance of telemedicine. "We went ahead.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

To see all of the feature stories in the Burnout in the Age of COVID-19 series, click here. The COVID-19 pandemic essentially forced healthcare provider organizations, the government and payers to embrace telehealth as an essential way to enable physicians to see patients. Bardack, CareMount Medical.

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Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2020

consumer in the COVID-19 moment…a moment that may last most of the rest of the months of 2020. Last week’s stock market dive leading to this week’s Black Monday raises the specter of macroeconomic decline for the nation, and even more challenged personal household kitchen table economies. Prudential surveyed U.S.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 18, 2022

To maintain their competitive advantage, businesses in this sector need to drastically boost their organizational agility and resiliency in the face of unprecedented market conditions and operational challenges. Mounting Challenges for Life Sciences Companies. It’s all happening in the midst of historic labor shortages.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 17, 2020

“A little over two years ago, I developed the policies and practice around telehealth, but it was not well-promoted or used by many, in contrast to the explosion of use we have experienced since the COVID-19 pandemic.” THE PROBLEM. " Dr. Russell Libby, pediatrician.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 22, 2023

Consumers have difficulty planning for medical expenses because many hospitals are still not clearly publishing their pricing information in an easy-to-understand format for most people. As of January 1, 2023, payers must provide online price estimator tools for patients; those out of compliance will face steeper penalties than before.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 1, 2021

When the pandemic hit in March 2020, the biggest worry for OLV Human Services in Lackawanna, New York – as with most agencies – was that the most vulnerable population served would possibly have interruptions to their services due to face-to face services being canceled. THE PROBLEM. "The telehealth platform doxy.me

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2021

Raleigh Medical Group is a multispecialty group that serves the Research Triangle area of North Carolina with 115,000 patient visits a year in its internal medicine, gastroenterology, dermatology and rheumatology divisions. Cary Medical Group is one of its two internal medicine practices. THE PROBLEM.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 26, 2023

A Notice of HIPAA Enforcement Discretion issued in these circumstances does not apply to health plans or business associates. HIPAA enforcement discretion occurs when the Secretary for Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the Department will exercise discretion in the enforcement of HIPAA Rules.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Further, it can increase access for patients with busy schedules, who may have time for a 50-minute appointment, but not for travel to and from a therapist's office, and for patients with mobility difficulties. In 2020, it was estimated that around 41.4 million adults in the U.S. received mental health treatment or counseling.

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Health Populi

JULY 1, 2020

health systems are projected to lose $323 billion in 2020 due to declining inpatient and outpatient volumes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the “normal” hospital business. Some hospitals in regions of these states are approaching full capacity in ICUs and COVID units.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 13, 2021

As COVID-19 began surging across the globe in the early months of 2020, it almost immediately flooded health care providers with challenges and demands the industry had never before seen. When office visits became impossible, doctors shifted their business model almost overnight to offer patients virtual appointments.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Predictive staffing solutions and census forecasting alleviate a root cause of burnout by allowing staffing leaders to make proactive, data-informed decisions because they now have real-time and predictive situational awareness. Dr. Kikelomo (Dayo) Belizaire, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer at Pegasystems.

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AIHC

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Compliance Considerations for Best Outcomes Written in collaboration with the AIHC Volunteer Education Committee Delivering mental health services via telehealth has increased since the COVID-19 pandemic. Higher rates of use of telehealth are now standard in many practices since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 21, 2021

Executives have been facing challenges they've never had to contend with before. Lord knows that through the bedlam of the past year-plus, there have been countless lessons to be learned in healthcare and health IT. But they've also been dreaming up creative solutions. Dr. Reimagining everything for remote care.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

COVID-19 forced healthcare organizations to make a huge leap forward in their digital transformation roadmaps. – Downloads of medical apps increased 65% last year. Larry English, President & cofounder of Centric Consulting. And that’s the future – this is what patients want. Our future is technology.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 13, 2021

"We faced internal IT challenges and financial pressures as we redid our phone and computer systems and opened these new clinics." In 2018, we evacuated for a week and set up our administrative services somewhere else because of nearby wildfires. THE PROBLEM. Then, in 2019, our newly rebuilt Vista clinic opened.

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Health Law Advisor

JUNE 1, 2023

1] How can that be, you might ask, for an algorithm that is simply grounded in biology and medical data? And frankly, because the design of these algorithms mimics many other clinical algorithms, these comments will be applicable to clinical algorithms generally. I’ll tell you, but I’m not going to focus on one particular algorithm.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 21, 2022

One of the more significant solutions that support the faster and more efficient development of new pharmaceutical products – such as the COVID-19 vaccine , which was developed faster than any other vaccine in history – is artificial intelligence (AI) -driven data analysis. Excellence, IQVIA.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Hospitals faced an incredible crucible during COVID-19 , with many still experiencing high levels of stress in their systems. As the industry begins to settle into what is, seemingly, the new normal, the administrative burdens that challenged clinicians before the pandemic are coming back into focus.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 28, 2022

Act III of COVID: Navigating the Crosscurrents of Post-Inflation. Act I: Pre-COVID (Pre-2020) Act II: Post-COVID (2020 – 2021) Act III: Post-Inflation (2022 – ?). Act I: Pre-COVID (Pre-2020) Act II: Post-COVID (2020 – 2021) Act III: Post-Inflation (2022 – ?). Executive Summary.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 10, 2022

On January 6, 2022 , the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued the proposed rule on Contract Year 2023 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs (the “Proposed Rule”). Key provisions of the Proposed Rule are summarized below. Comments are due by March 7, 2022.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 14, 2022

Supreme Court blocks Biden Covid vaccine mandate for businesses, allows health-care worker rule. 19% of US hospitals critically understaffed, 21% anticipate shortages: Numbers by state. 5 states facing the worst nursing home COVID-19 outbreaks. Nursing homes nationwide nearing COVID-19 infection records.

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SQA

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Wins & Challenges. In SQA’s 25 years, we’ve never seen the changes and challenges like those we’ve been through since the last newsletter. Like most businesses, we’ve had our share of struggles and wins, but to stay on the right side of the equation, we’ve had to pivot in several key areas along the way.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 16, 2023

The topic of AI in healthcare often attracts a mixed reception. While some people are firm believers in the benefits of AI in healthcare, others have concerns about the ethics of AI in healthcare, while a third group approach the topic with a degree of apprehension attributable to a lack of knowledge. What is Artificial Intelligence (AI)?

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

ALABAMA American Family Care opens new health care center in Northeast Birmingham doctors secure $13.9M

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Hall Render

JANUARY 21, 2022

5 states facing highest, lowest weekly nursing home COVID-19 positivity rates. AMDA releases COVID-19 vaccine medical exemption request forms, guidance. CMS healthcare worker COVID-19 vaccination mandate enforceable nationwide after Texas suit dismissed. Following Data Breach.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 7, 2022

CDC shortens COVID isolation rules for health workers. COVID-19 hospitalizations up in 34 states. HHS: Protections against surprise medical bills implemented at dawn of new year. More Military Medical Personnel Are Assisting Hospitals With Covid-19 Treatment As Staff Shortages Mount.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 16, 2023

Instead, they’ve endeavored to make money via their respective core businesses: Apple aims to drive hardware adoption (Apple Watch), Google tried to tackle big data applied to clinical questions (Verily), and Amazon has worked to leverage its supply chain strengths (Pillpack). Jon Bloom, MD, CEO and Co-founder of Podimetrics.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 20, 2023

for obesity rate, is getting heavier Medical Properties Trust Sponsors Children’s of Alabama Primary care group makes major local acquisition, doubling footprint in state ALASKA Juneau’s hospital is losing more than $1M a month Alaska’s flu season appears to have peaked.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Children in America were increasingly struggling with mental health before COVID-19 , but the pandemic compounded an already growing crisis. Serrah Linares, VP of Partnerships, Change Healthcare. Rachel Mack Robinson, Founder & President, DotCom Therapy. Today in the U.S., Telehealth: A great equalizer.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 28, 2022

Biden administration withdraws Covid vaccine mandate for businesses after losing Supreme Court case. COVID-positive employees returning to work: 2 CEOs share their protocols. With a vaccine mandate looming, nursing homes face more staffing problems. Safety-net hospitals face the worst of the US’ nursing shortage.

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Hall Render

MARCH 18, 2022

CMS updates COVID-19 testing rules for long-term care facilities. Nine out of Ten Healthcare Executives Say That Health Equity Initiatives Are a Top Business Priority. Senate narrowly votes to get rid of COVID-19 national emergency. tied to 28 orthopedic expansions across the country. What’s in the $1.5

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Hall Render

MAY 13, 2022

FDA limits J&J COVID-19 vaccine due to rare blood clot risk. Travel nurses raced to help during Covid. Now they’re facing abrupt cuts. US faces deficit of 450,000 nurses by 2025. Alabama hospital rationing medical supplies due to COVID disruptions in China. HHS awards $16.3M

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SQA

AUGUST 2, 2021

ISO/TS 22421, Sterilization of Health Care Products – Common Requirements for Sterilizers for Terminal Sterilization of Medical Devices in Health Care Facilities , provides high-level, overarching requirements and respective test methods, and sets the scene for further, more detailed standards to be developed.

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