Healthcare It News
MARCH 2, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic added unprecedented levels of stress to an already-strained provider community – leading to high rates of burnout and waves of resignation. At the same time, notes Fran Ayalasomayajula, president of the social impact organization REACH, it's important to acknowledge another pervasive problem in the healthcare industry: the so-called empathy gap.
Healthcare Dive
MARCH 1, 2022
The two companies make interesting bedfellows for the partnership, given they are direct competitors in virtual-first primary care delivery.
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Bill of Health
MARCH 3, 2022
By John Tingle and Amanda Cattini. The issue of the high and increasing costs of clinical negligence (medical malpractice) in the National Health Service ( NHS ) in England has long been a contentious one. There are common themes in the debate. The economic arguments supporting reform explain that the NHS is spending a considerable amount of money out of its health budget on malpractice claims, which otherwise could be put into front line health care services.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 1, 2022
Propelled into mainstream use by the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine is becoming standard practice for many healthcare providers. According to David Ernst, MD, president of telemedicine innovator EPOWERdoc, these solutions will transform access to care and continue to drive more cost-effective delivery models, particularly at the EMS and emergency medicine level.
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Healthcare It News
MARCH 2, 2022
One of the lasting lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic is the insidious and corrosive power of mis- and disinformation to undermine public health efforts. On the website for its COVID-19 Health Communication Playbook , MITRE offered just a few examples of the online epithets that bombard credulous social media users: "Some of these new vaccines will rewrite your DNA.
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Bill of Health
MARCH 1, 2022
By Matt Bauer. Science and engineering graduate students’ curricula should include cross-disciplinary studies in intellectual property (IP). These students research, discover, and invent new technology and methodologies for their thesis work. Accordingly, they should be better equipped to understand and navigate the fundamentals of intellectual property to protect those innovations.
MRO Compliance
MARCH 2, 2022
Fast Focus: Revenue Cycle Compliance. Background Summary. Compliance officers and auditors today are tasked with responsibility for monitoring and auditing hundreds of rules and regulations that impact healthcare. More than ever before, a team-based approach is needed to manage the burden and ensure regulatory compliance. Internal departments must work together to minimize risk exposure through smart, efficient and appropriate auditing.
Healthcare It News
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
Teladoc Health announced this week that it was partnering with Amazon to launch voice-activated virtual care on Alexa-supported Echo devices. According to the companies, U.S. customers around the country can connect with a Teladoc provider via audio at any time for general medical needs. "By introducing and integrating our virtual first care experience with Echo devices, we are providing an innovative and convenient way for users to connect with a doctor," said Donna Boyer, chief produ
Healthcare Dive
MARCH 2, 2022
Staffing firms appeared to negotiate significantly higher prices for anesthesia services, the study authors concluded, raising concerns that such price inflation could lead to higher insurance premiums and patient cost-sharing.
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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 3, 2022
Primary health organisations T? Ora Compass Health and Pinnacle Midlands Health Network have developed and launched a new telehealth service providing after-hours care. Practice Plus offers same-day appointments of after-hours virtual consultation on weekday evenings from 5-10 pm and on weekends from 8 am-8 pm. It also enables sending electronic prescriptions directly to patients' preferred pharmacies via the NZ ePrescription Service.
Electronic Health Reporter
MARCH 2, 2022
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Milica Vojnic, business development associate, Wisetek. Cybercrimes are on the rise across the Internet and the healthcare sector is certainly no different in terms of the risks. This is why storing patient data […]. The article The Best Practices For Securing Confidential Patient Data appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 2, 2022
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Adelaide, South Australia, has reduced how long patients have to wait for their endoscopy or colonoscopy procedures through digital patient pathways. WHY IT MATTERS. Since 2008, the 303-bed teaching hospital has provided care to endoscopy patients through its Direct Access Colonoscopy (DAC) programme. This programme seeks to give accelerated care access to eligible, lower-risk patients.
Healthcare Dive
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
Inpatient volumes for non-COVID-19 care have flagged throughout the pandemic, leading some operators to focus more heavily on outpatient service lines like ASCs and freestanding emergency departments.
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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 1, 2022
Tech-enabled vendors and services on the market have expanded with rapid acceleration since the pandemic. Telemedicine, though, cannot directly provide services to address social determinants of health, services that still remain scattered and disparate. Hospital technology leaders could potentially benefit from companies that offer an umbrella of technologies and services that address health disparities for vulnerable populations to promote health outcomes and equity with an inclusive and expan
HIPAA Journal
MARCH 1, 2022
Ransomware attacks have recently been reported by four healthcare providers across the country, which have collectively resulted in the exposure and potential theft of the protected health information of more than 49,000 individuals. Jax Spine & Pain Centers. Jax Spine and Pain Centers in Jacksonville, FL has recently announced it was the victim of a ransomware attack that occurred on January 24, 2022.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 4, 2022
Care coordination is becoming increasingly important in U.S. healthcare for a variety of reasons, including the increased use of value-based care models, the behavioral care shortage and a boom in home healthcare. The pandemic underscored the need for providers to lean into value-based care – physicians are paid according to the quality of care they deliver, as indicated by patient outcomes.
Healthcare Dive
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
AHA is especially concerned that some hospitals were collateral damage after Russia targeted Ukraine in a 2017 cyberattack that quickly spilled worldwide.
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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
Wearable sensors that collect continuous physiologic data streams are becoming less expensive, more accurate and increasingly connected to cloud-based machine learning algorithms to identify perturbation – a deviation from a normal state caused by an outside influence. To date, there has been limited work looking at how these platforms can remotely identify perturbation, allowing care providers ample time to intervene and prevent decompensation and readmission.
HIPAA Journal
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking feedback on the usefulness of its Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (NIST Cybersecurity Framework) and suggestions on any improvements that can be made. The NIST Cybersecurity Framework was released in 2014 to help public and private sector organizations implement cybersecurity standards and best practices to improve their cybersecurity posture, better defend against cyber threats, and quickly identi
Healthcare It News
MARCH 3, 2022
In January 2021, the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness went live with LouVax, a vaccine scheduling and management system focused on increasing access to the COVID-19 vaccine. After operating on paper for a few weeks, the agency launched the tool. The initial focus was on specific groups such as healthcare workers outside of hospital systems and educators, but expanded later to the general public – with an emphasis on those facing barriers to care.
Healthcare Dive
MARCH 3, 2022
An analysis of more than 200,000 infusion pumps, using crowd-sourced data supplied by healthcare organizations, found about half were susceptible to "critical" and "high" severity cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 2, 2022
A recent University of California study of telehealth implementation at community health centers found that although phone visits were beneficial to historically marginalized patients, continued virtual care use depends on increased technological resources. The study, published in SSM - Qualitative Research in Health , took a closer look at the rollout of telemedicine at two federally qualified health centers serving primarily Chinese and Latino immigrants.
Center for Health Insurance Reform
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
Unpaid medical bills are among the largest contributors to personal debt in the United States. Evidence indicates that medical debt disproportionately affects people of color and individuals with lower incomes. CHIR’s Maanasa Kona reviews new data from the Census Bureau and state court records that demonstrate the disparate impact of medical debt on vulnerable populations, and explores what policymakers can do to protect consumers from aggressive debt collection.
Healthcare It News
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
One of the tenets of UVA Health's mission is community and health equity. The health and well-being of people in its community, especially those who are challenged by social determinants of health, can be improved through community-based care. With that in mind, UVA Health and its partners have launched WellAWARE, a program that provides community health services to targeted neighborhoods in Central Virginia.
Healthcare Dive
MARCH 1, 2022
Pear Therapeutics CEO Corey McCann said the agency's new HCPCS code for prescription digital behavioral therapy is an important milestone for getting digital therapeutics as a product category covered by more insurance plans.
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Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.
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