Healthcare Dive
MAY 4, 2022
The results surprised Johns Hopkins University researchers, who said it contrasted with earlier findings showing an inverse link between socioeconomic status and use of telemedicine in the pandemic.
Bill of Health
MAY 4, 2022
By Leonard Rubenstein. Russian attacks on hospitals, ambulances, and health workers in Ukraine — including more than 180 attacks confirmed b y the World Health Organization, and double that number reported by the Ministry of Health — have gained global attention. In one case, viral photos document the evacuation of pregnant women, including one on a stretcher who later died, from a maternity hospital in Mariupol destroyed by Russian shelling.
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Healthcare It News
MAY 5, 2022
To ensure success under value-based care models, providers need specific clinical information readily available at the point of care to make decisions and take measures to improve outcomes. Unfortunately, in most instances, they simply don't have it. No one person can keep track of every relevant indicator for a disease. But with the key hallmark indicators, providers can proactively engage the patient, engage their family, engage their home care provider, and say, "These are the things
Compliance Now
MAY 5, 2022
By: Jessica Waltman, Principal, Forward Health Consulting. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently opened the much-anticipated federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Portal , a component of the No Surprises Act section of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (the Act). The opening of the portal and newly released guidance are part of the implementation of the balance billing protections contained in the Act.
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Healthcare Dive
MAY 2, 2022
Between new locations, expanding programs and an ever-growing list of community service initiatives, Touro University is becoming one of the nation's leaders in medical and health science education in myriad ways.
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Healthcare It News
MAY 6, 2022
Health disparities have the potential to negatively impact rural Americans much more than urban Americans. No doubt, rural healthcare currently is facing many challenges, such as lack of bed availability – even as COVID-19 decreases. Dr. Richard Watson is co-founder of Motient, a health IT vendor that equips health systems, accountable care organizations and individual facilities with tools and data designed to help ensure quality in medical transports.
Bill of Health
MAY 6, 2022
By Bailey Kennedy. As spring continues to bubble into life (even in Massachusetts), people across the country are planting gardens in anticipation of a fall harvest. A few of these happy people will probably be harvesting something else along with their vegetables: a hefty fine from their municipal government. Many state and municipal governments have adopted regulations and ordinances which, while well-intentioned, may discourage people from starting at home gardens — or even force people to ab
Healthcare Dive
MAY 5, 2022
Nurses have been bitten, punched and strangled with stethoscopes, "all while just trying to provide basic care to patients," Todd Haines, a member of the Emergency Nurses Association, said Wednesday on Capitol Hill.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MAY 2, 2022
Walmart Health's telehealth company MeMD launched a virtual care diabetes program this past week aimed at helping individuals improve management of the disease. The initiative, known as the Walmart Health Virtual Care Diabetes Program, was developed for employers and payers as a standalone offering or as part of a comprehensive telehealth program.
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Healthcare It News
MAY 6, 2022
MedTech Europe welcomes launch of European Health Data Space. The European Commission this week launched the European Health Data Space (EHDS), which will allow citizens to access their health data in any EU member state. MedTech Europe CEO Serge Bernasconi, said: “To be successful, the proposed EHDS legislation needs to address the barriers to data sharing, advance investment in infrastructure, and foster the adoption of international interoperability standards.
MRO Compliance
MAY 2, 2022
MRO Celebrates 20 Years in Business. Back in May of 2002, I founded MRO with two colleagues to meet the evolving needs of document and disclosure management services for the healthcare industry. By developing a platform with advanced technology to provide a superior release of information (ROI) service to hospitals and health systems, we leveraged our prior knowledge and industry experience to better the market.
Healthcare Dive
MAY 5, 2022
Industry groups are ratcheting up the pressure on Congress to nix a decades-old ban on using federal funding to create a UPI as subcommittees continue hearings for 2023 appropriations bills.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MAY 2, 2022
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, University of Colorado Health had been developing multiple virtual care systems over several years. THE PROBLEM. Aurora, Colorado-based UCHealth created its Virtual Health Center, which provided a virtual urgent care system, Safety View virtual sitter program and virtual ICU system, and centralized telemetry monitoring services.
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Healthcare It News
MAY 2, 2022
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HIPAA Journal
MAY 4, 2022
An audit of the Department of Health and Human Services conducted for the HHS’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) to assess compliance with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA) in the fiscal year 2021 has seen the agency’s security program rated ‘not effective’, as was the case in fiscal years 2018, 2019, and 2020.
Healthcare Dive
MAY 3, 2022
Nurses will return to work Tuesday after ratifying a deal on new contracts that include measures to better retain and recruit nursing staff, the union said.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MAY 4, 2022
In 2020, the Federal Communication Commission's telehealth grant program awarded Decatur County Memorial Hospital in Greensburg, Indiana, $698,603 for remote patient monitoring equipment, a patient telehealth platform, network upgrades, tablets and mobile hotspots. The aim was for the hospital to provide a variety of telehealth options, including remote patient visits to reach a wide range of patients; rehabilitation assessments using telehealth for physical, occupational and speech therapie
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Healthcare IT Today
MAY 4, 2022
The following is a guest article by Devan Griner, MD, is board-certified plastic surgeon at Peak Plastic Surgery, based in Provo, Utah. He uses the all-in-one cloud suite from AdvancedMD. Before the pandemic, many private practice physicians faced significant pressure to merge or consolidate with large health systems for survival. Many stayed the course and […].
HIPAA Journal
MAY 4, 2022
Thursday, May 5, 2022, is World Password Day. Established in 2013, the event is observed on the first Thursday of May with the goal of improving awareness of importance of creating complex and unique passwords and adopting password best practices to keep sensitive information private and confidential. Passwords were first used to protect accounts against unauthorized access in computing environments in the 1960s.
Healthcare Dive
MAY 3, 2022
Some doctors listed in managed care provider network directories didn't file any Medicaid claims over the course of a year, according to new research published in Health Affairs.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MAY 4, 2022
The American College of Physicians, the American Telemedicine Association and the Organization for the Review of Care and Health Applications announced a new framework this week aimed at helping healthcare professionals and patients make informed decisions about digital health tools. The Digital Health Assessment Framework will help analyze technologies including mobile apps and web-based tools used by professionals and consumers.
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Healthcare It News
MAY 4, 2022
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HIPAA Journal
MAY 5, 2022
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a public service announcement warning about the threat of Business Email Compromise/Email Account Compromise (BEC/EAC) scams. The number of attacks reported to the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) and the amount of money lost to these scams continues to grow each year, with losses to BEC/EAC scams increasing 65% between July 2019 and December 2021.
Healthcare Dive
MAY 3, 2022
Many patients returned for nonurgent procedures and other non-COVID-19 care, especially outpatient, that had been previously delayed, according to a Kaufman Hall report.
Healthcare IT Today
MAY 2, 2022
One of the glaring problems that’s appeared much more clearly in healthcare the past couple years is health equity and health disparities. It’s a multi-faceted problem that’s not going to be solved over night. In many ways, it’s engrained in many parts of our system. To address it is going to take a consistent effort […].
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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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