Healthcare Dive

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

After the ransomware attack at CommonSpirit, cybersecurity experts share the top ways health systems can protect valuable patient data.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

While healthcare needs technology to drive heightened patient experiences, technology can be a hinderance to the clinician experience. This is because of increased administrative burden and a lack of interoperability between electronic health records themselves and with other forms of health IT. In fact, more than half of clinicians feel overwhelmed by administrative burden and frustrated by the challenges of accessing a patient's clinical information.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

By Alison Bateman-House, Hayley M. Belli, and Sage Gustafson. This series is adapted from a webinar hosted by PRIM&R on August 5, 2021: IRB Review of Expanded Access Protocols t hat Collect Real World Data: Considerations and Guidance. Read Part 1 and Part 2. Part 3: What’s an IRB to do? EA is considered treatment, not research. EA was not established as a means to collect research data, even though certain safety data must be collected and shared with the FDA and the sponsor.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Patients with mild cognitive impairment being treated at Nuvance Health Neuroscience Institute practices in New York and Connecticut, as well as their caregivers, have access to a new virtual neurological specialty care support program. WHY IT MATTERS. MCI is an early stage of memory loss or other cognition problems, such as difficulty with language and thinking.

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Speaker: Simran Kaur, Co-founder & CEO at Tattva.Health

AI is transforming clinical trials—accelerating drug discovery, optimizing patient recruitment, and improving data analysis. But its impact goes far beyond research. As AI-driven innovation reshapes the clinical trial process, it’s also influencing broader healthcare trends, from personalized medicine to patient outcomes. Join this new webinar featuring Simran Kaur for an insightful discussion on what all of this means for the future of healthcare!

Healthcare Dive

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

There was no change in telehealth use in the Midwest and Northeast in August, but utilization rose 4.7% in the South and fell 1.4% in the West.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Queensland expands virtual ED service statewide. Queensland Hospital and Health Services is expanding access to the Virtual Emergency Department service to all individuals in the state. The telehealth service, which was developed and launched by Metro North Health during the height of the pandemic in 2020, is being made available for all Queenslanders needing urgent non-life threatening care.

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Healthcare Dive

OCTOBER 31, 2022

U.S. healthcare lobbying expenditures totaled almost $714 million in 2020, compared to $358 million in 2000, according to new research.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 31, 2022

This new group can use various Fast Health Interoperability Resources resources as they pilot how to best adopt the SDOH Clinical Care FHIR Implementation Guide (SDOH CC IG) in screening, diagnosis, goal setting and interventions. WHY IT MATTERS. The pilot, funded under a cooperative agreement by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) and Health Level Seven International (HL7), focuses on applying FHIR Gravity social risk terminology – to exchange information.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, has recently published a white paper – Cybersecurity is Patient Safety – that highlights the current cybersecurity challenges facing the healthcare industry and suggests several potential policy changes that could help to improve healthcare cybersecurity and better protect all health information, including health data not currently protected under the HIPAA Rules.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

In recent years, the biggest challenge faced by Happy Kids, a six-clinic pediatric practice based in Phoenix, Arizona, was a detrimental loss of business during the COVID-19 pandemic. Patient volume dropped nearly 40% at its worst point. THE PROBLEM. The practice was on a disastrous path. The situation – having the same overhead and not enough patients – would have forced the practice to close its doors.

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Healthcare Dive

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The report, citing unnamed sources, said a deal could emerge in the coming weeks.

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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. Dr. Prashila Dullabh Dr. Prashila Dullabh is vice president and senior fellow at NORC at the University of Chicago, and Director of NORC’s Health Implementation Science Center.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The White House has issued a proclamation from President Biden declaring November as Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month – A month dedicated to raising awareness of the need to improve critical infrastructure and strengthening the resilience of critical infrastructure against physical and cyber threats. President Biden has recommitted to improving and fortifying critical infrastructure, “by building better roads, bridges, and ports; fortifying our information technology and cyb

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 30, 2022

An interim national health plan in New Zealand underscores the contribution of digital tools in allowing the health system to provide more care in homes and communities. Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand and Te Aka Whai Ora – M?ori Health Authority have jointly developed the interim Te Pae Tata New Zealand Health Plan 2022 which outlines a range of tasks in building a "unified, affordable and sustainable" health system.

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Healthcare Dive

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Healthcare employment has risen by an average of 47,000 new jobs a month this year, compared to 9,000 a month on average in 2021, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

A new project led by indigenous community leaders, together with researchers from the University of Queensland, seeks to link disparate health records of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders across health facilities to improve maternal and perinatal health outcomes. The Digital Infrastructure For improving First Nations Maternal and Child Health (DIFFERENCE) project has been awarded A$3 million in funding from the federal government's Medical Research Future Fund.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Last week, the OpenSSL Project announced a patch would be released on November 1, 2022, to address a critical OpenSLL vulnerability, the details of which were being kept secret to prevent exploitation of the flaw ahead of the patch being released. The news of the vulnerability caused considerable concern amongst the open source community and beyond due to the extent to which OpenSLL is used – It is extensively used to encrypt communication channels and HTTPS connections, so the implications of

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Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The wearable tech company’s deal with Best Buy marks its entry into brick-and-mortar retail.

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Healthcare Dive

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

One analyst asked whether not pursuing deals will pose a disadvantage in future years. CEO David Cordani said he is open to M&A but does not think acquisitions are a “silver bullet.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Telemedicine technology and services vendor Avel eCare recently launched its inaugural annual Customer Forum and Innovation Summit focused on driving innovation in virtual care. This first event featured healthcare leaders from across the country and took place in Nashville. Topics included the workforce shortage and burnout , increasing access to telebehavioral health , expanding critical and emergency care on demand, cybersecurity, and telehealth waivers and licensing.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Scheduling physicians is complex. There are many rules, guidelines and personal preferences that need to be considered. Manually creating the physician schedule can lead to an unbalanced workforce and general unfairness which can lead to turnover. Using a robust scheduling tool that can accommodate a multitude of input factors can help ensure a more equitable schedule with much less effort.

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Healthcare communication has evolved from handwritten notes and paper charts to digital tools like EHRs, telemedicine, and AI-powered platforms. This blog explores how these advancements improve patient outcomes, streamline care delivery, and enhance provider collaboration. Learn about the role of mobile health (mHealth) apps, secure messaging, and social media in bridging communication gaps.

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MRO Compliance

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Clinical audits and denials impact 3% or more of NPR being held in reserve. November 2, 2022. HFMA. Clinically avoidable denials continue to impact revenue, slow cashflow and increase bad debt, yet CFOs have limited insight into why these denials occur and how to avoid them. Half of healthcare organizations hold more than 3% of total net patient revenue (NPR) in reserves each fiscal year in anticipation of denials claims, with over a third holding back greater than 5%.

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Healthcare Dive

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Beginning in January 2024, ACOs that don’t have experience with performance-based risk will be able to stay in a one-sided risk arrangement for up to seven years before transitioning to two-sided risk.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Aveanna Healthcare has agreed to pay a $425,000 financial penalty to the Office of the Attorney General of Massachusetts for failing to implement appropriate safeguards to prevent phishing attacks, in violation of state and federal laws. Aveanna Healthcare operates in 33 states and is the nation’s largest provider of pediatric home care. In the summer of 2019, Aveanna Healthcare was targeted in a phishing campaign that saw more than 600 phishing emails sent to its employees.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

As we continue our ongoing coverage of Fall Health IT conferences , I’m happy this week to finally being able to attend the PointClickCare Summit. I’ve been invited for a long time, but the timing never worked out. If you’re not familiar with PointClickCare, then you probably don’t work in the LTPAC space. They’re kind of like the Epic of LTPAC.

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MRO Compliance

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

White Paper: Data Optimization: Technology to Support Health Information Workflows. An expert panel of health information professionals, assembled by AHIMA and MRO, explore best practices in clinical data workflows to ensure timely response and optimal data exchange methods to provide for the confidentiality, integrity and availability of a patient’s health data.

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Healthcare Dive

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Walgreens and Walmart also have reportedly reached deals. If they become final, it could end much of the yearslong litigation over the pharmacy companies’ role in the opioid epidemic.

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The pre-seed will be used to expand the startup's clinical operations and research as well as improve its proprietary clinical protocols.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 31, 2022

When WiFi was first launched in the 1990s (based on the growing set of IEEE 802.11 standards, for those who care about provenance), it had a small range at the 2.4 Gigahertz (GHz) radio frequency. In 1999, a more capable range at 5GHz range was added. And now 6GHz is just appearing on the market. Radio waves are sort of all the same, no matter the space between their peaks.

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Advertiser: Celo

Let's discuss the trusty pager—an old favorite that’s losing its shine in hospitals and clinics. While once a staple in hospitals and clinics, pagers now present significant limitations that hinder rather than facilitate communication among healthcare professionals. Healthcare professionals are constantly on the move, and they need communication tools that can keep up with their fast-paced lives.

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