Healthcare Dive
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
According to the CDC, immunization rates declined across the board beginning in March 2020, but the most significant drop was among children who receive vaccines through the Vaccines for Children program.
Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas in Pittsburg, Kansas, is a federally qualified health center and a not-for-profit corporation. CHC/SEK provides medical, dental, behavioral health, addiction treatment, case management services and pharmacies to all, regardless of ability to pay, and serves about 65,000 patients for more than 220,000 visits per year, making the organization the largest FQHC in Kansas and one of the largest of all rural FQHCs in the United States.
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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in an abrupt change to reimbursement of telehealth services, allowing healthcare providers to more broadly expand patient access to virtual care. For the University of Maryland Medical Center health system based in Baltimore, telemedicine services encompass a vast array of tools that help the organization engage patients, monitor symptoms and provide direct care beyond the confines of a physical location.
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 5, 2022
For Labor Day 2022, I’m thinking about health, vaccines, work (especially returning-to-work), and art. Let’s start with the vaccine news. Called the “first updated COVID-19 booster,” on September 1st the CDC announced the availability and approval for health citizens to get new vaccines which have added Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 spike protein components to the original vaccine formulation.
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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.
Healthcare Dive
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Delayed procedures and tests were the most commonly reported consequences of healthcare cyberattacks, according to a study from the Ponemon Institute and Proofpoint, a cybersecurity compliance company.
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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
Beginning this month, Mayo Clinic will onboard a blockchain-integrated platform by Triall for a two-year multi-center pulmonary arterial hypertension trial that includes 10 research sites and more than 500 patients. WHY IT MATTERS. By building an immutable blockchain-registered audit trial with Triall's Veritable Proof API, Mayo Clinic will test end-to-end clinical data integrity – from start-up to post-study evaluations.
Healthcare IT Today
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
The following is a guest article by Paul Ketchel, Chief Executive Officer at MDsave. Cost transparency is a driving force in the American market. Whether consumers are looking to purchase a latte, a plane ticket, or surgery, they increasingly expect to pay an “out-the-door” price– something that includes all labor and materials as well as the finished product or service.
Healthcare Dive
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
Ultimately, the goal is to serve hundreds of thousands of seniors and Medicare beneficiaries in value-based arrangements through multiple Medicare Advantage plans.
Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
Can you imagine a world in which technology enables physicians and nurses to spend less time in front of a computer and more time with patients? This is the vision of Gareth Sherlock, chief information officer (CIO) at Cleveland Clinic London. He recalls one of the physician leaders at the clinic saying that he dreams of the day when he can sit across from a patient and look them in the eye without requiring any interaction or typing into a PC throughout the consultation.
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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.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
CVS Health announced on September 5 that it will acquire Dallas-based Signify Health, a network of 10,000 clinicians across 50 states with more than 50 health plan clients, including CVS's Aetna division, for $8 billion. In order to further CVS's healthcare services strategy, the acquisition of Signify Health adds clinicians that assess patients at home.
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
LetsGetChecked, which closed a $150 million Series D funding round in 2021, made multiple acquisitions this year.
Healthcare Dive
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Envision CEO Jim Rechtin called UnitedHealthcare’s alleged practice “cold, callous and inhumane,” according to a statement released Friday announcing a lawsuit was filed in a Tennessee federal court.
Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington state, will use the funds to establish the Stuart and Molly Sloan Precision Oncology Institute and accelerate the center's precision oncology research. WHY IT MATTERS. Fred Hutch’s work in precision oncology integrates fundamental biology, technology, immunology, data science and clinical experience into strategies to prevent, detect and treat cancer.
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Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
The Federal Trade Commission is scrutinizing Amazon's Prime business model, and has also reviewed the tech giant's other potential deals, such as the acquisition of Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Studios and a new deal with iRobot which makes autonomous vacuums, for anti-trust violations. That doesn't necessarily mean Amazon's recent $3.9 billion purchase of San Francisco-based One Medical , which provides membership-based telehealth and in-person care, will be challenged (as was the case w
Healthcare IT Today
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
The following is a guest article by Itay Bochner, Director of Malware Analysis at OPSWAT. Patients can’t get their medicine, psychiatrists can’t add reports to the system and provide their professional opinion in court, and only last week was the medical helpline number 111 restored. The manual logging of patient records is resulting in piles of paper documentation, which doctors are saying could take months to input into the online system once it’s restored.
Healthcare Dive
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
The findings could be evidence of overutilization designed to drive up profits, the senior author of the study published in JAMA Health Forum said.
Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Chief nursing informatics officer at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, Kevin Percival, sees the emerging field of nursing informatics as “fundamental to the enhancing of patient experience” His role is to provide leadership for digital transformation across the trust on behalf of nurses, midwives, and allied health professionals (AHPs).
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The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven
MRO Compliance
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
FIGmd, an MRO Company, Provides APP Reporting with PerformancePathway™ for ACOs. End-to-end technology and service solution lifts the burden of clinical data extraction, patient deduplication, measure validation, and eCQMs/MIPS CQMs submission for ACOs. NORRISTOWN, Pa., Sept. 8, 2022 – FIGmd, an MRO company, announces the latest release of PerformancePathway for ACOs, an end-to-end technology and service solution that successfully provides Electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQMs) and MIPS CQ
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
Individuals are also less likely to trust AI-suggested interventions than those recommended by humans.
Healthcare Dive
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
Multiple groups representing doctors oppose Medicare payment reductions at a time when physician practices face escalating costs.
Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
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Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is transforming healthcare by enabling providers to track patient health outside traditional clinical settings. This blog explores the role of technology in RPM, including wearable devices, mobile apps, and connected medical tools that collect and share real-time data. Discover how RPM expands care access, improves outcomes, enhances patient engagement, and reduces costs by shifting from reactive to proactive care.
HIPAA Journal
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
The Urology Center of Colorado has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit that was filed in response to a 137,820-record data breach that occurred in September 2021. On November 5, 2021, the urology practice sent notification letters to its patients advising them that some of their protected health information was potentially compromised two months previously, between September 7 and September 8, 2022.
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 5, 2022
The company will maintain its patent right for the technology.
Healthcare Dive
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
A small proportion of providers that billed for telehealth — 1,714 out of 742,000 — posed a high risk of fraud or abuse to Medicare in COVID-19’s first year, regulators found.
Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is inviting patients and their families, providers, clinicians, consumer advocates, healthcare professional associations, individuals serving underserved communities and all CMS stakeholders serving populations facing disparities in health and healthcare to submit public comments by November 4. CMS is asking for public input on accessing healthcare and related challenges, understanding provider experiences, advancing health equity and assessing the
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