Hospitals struggle with evacuations, lack of water in Hurricane Ian’s wake
Healthcare Dive
OCTOBER 3, 2022
Thousands of nursing home and hospital patients have been moved to other facilities as recovery efforts continued Sunday.
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Digital health cannot deliver on its promise without patient activation
Healthcare It News
OCTOBER 4, 2022
When it comes to changing patients’ health behaviour, simply providing them with information is not enough. "There’s a big gap between knowledge and intention," said Dr Praveen Deorani, senior data scientist at the Singapore Ministry of Health in his session " Data-driven Approach for Patient Activation and Behaviour Change.
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The Struggle to Survive in the Pandemic Prison
Bill of Health
OCTOBER 3, 2022
By Jamal Spencer and Monik C. Jiménez. Prisons, jails, and other carceral facilities have been core sites of the COVID-19 pandemic, from initial outbreaks in Chinese prisons to some of the largest outbreaks in the U.S. The uniquely dangerous physical conditions within carceral facilities (i.e., overcrowding, poor ventilation, and lack of sanitation); a high prevalence of chronic diseases among incarcerated people; and high levels of physical movement through facilities, resulted in environmental
Data Resilience Requires More Than An Annual Check Up
Electronic Health Reporter
OCTOBER 4, 2022
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Stephen Manley, CTO, Druva. The biggest healthcare innovation in the last twenty years is … data. Every day, healthcare organizations use data to operate more efficiently, improve patient care, and advance medical research. Over […]. The article Data Resilience Requires More Than An Annual Check Up appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
3 Reasons to Retire Pagers from Healthcare Settings
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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.
Providers now required to share greater scope of patient data
Healthcare Dive
OCTOBER 6, 2022
As of Thursday, the amount of data that healthcare entities must share to comply with sweeping information blocking regulations has increased, despite providers saying they’re not ready for the change.
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Where telehealth can help curb the mental health staffing shortage
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OCTOBER 5, 2022
It should not be news to anyone in the healthcare industry that the nation is suffering a profound shortage of mental health professionals, which was exacerbated by the pandemic. What is news to many is the different ways various telemedicine technologies are being used to help chip away at the mental health-staffing problem. As Iris Telehealth's chief medical officer, Dr.
Monthly Round-Up of What to Read on Pharma Law and Policy
Bill of Health
OCTOBER 7, 2022
By? Ameet Sarpatwari , Liam Bendicksen , Alexander Egilman , and ? Aaron S. Kesselheim. Each month, members of the Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law (PORTAL) review the peer-reviewed medical literature to identify interesting empirical studies, policy analyses, and editorials on health law and policy issues. Below are the citations for papers identified from the month of August.
SCOTUS won’t hear challenge to health worker vaccine mandate
Healthcare Dive
OCTOBER 4, 2022
In January, the high court upheld the CMS rule mandating that healthcare workers be vaccinated against COVID-19 at medical facilities that receive federal funding.
Digital engagement must put patients at the center of care
Healthcare It News
OCTOBER 5, 2022
By Luciano Brustia, Regional Managing Director, Asia Pacific for InterSystems. Digital engagement is part of life in almost every industry. Consumers expect to interact with their suppliers digitally, and healthcare is now catching up. But healthcare is different. The “customer” data we collect is far more complex and difficult to interpret.
15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence
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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?
Telehealth now serves unmet needs, says athenahealth
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
OCTOBER 4, 2022
Increased telehealth utilization points to wider use as a diagnostic and triage tool, particularly among those with chronic conditions. WHY IT MATTERS. New research based on a survey of 2,000 athenaOne network patients conducted in June and July of this year, as well as data on booked and completed appointments through the athenahealth electronic health record, suggests telehealth is now integrated across the care continuum.
Branding Dreams
Bill of Health
OCTOBER 4, 2022
By Dustin Marlan. Advertisers are trying to market to us while we dream. This is not the science fiction of the film Inception or the series Black Mirror , but instead a troubling — and potentially illegal — new reality. To begin, consider three recent examples of dream advertising: Molson Coors ran an experiment in connection with its 2021 Super Bowl advertising campaign.
How tight nursing home capacity is bottlenecking hospital operations
Healthcare Dive
OCTOBER 4, 2022
Large hospital operators reported increasing lengths of stay and difficulties discharging patients in the first half of 2022. The answer to why lies in a perennially stressed post-acute care chassis driven to the brink by COVID-19.
Patient communications IT increases self-pay collections for Hackensack Meridian
Healthcare It News
OCTOBER 1, 2022
Hackensack Meridian Health believes the patient experience begins with the point of scheduling. Once services are rendered, staff want to ensure statements and other communications are clear and understood. Staff also want to give patients all available payment options and the ability to pay their bills 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, using online technology.
From Diagnosis to Delivery: How AI is Revolutionizing the Patient Experience
Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.
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
Study: Few randomized clinical trials have been conducted for healthcare machine learning tools
Mobi Health News
OCTOBER 3, 2022
A review published in JAMA Network Open evaluated 41 RCTs of machine learning interventions. None of the studies fully followed CONSORT-AI standards, a set of guidelines developed for clinical trials evaluating medical interventions that include AI.
Proposed Amendments Would Make Foreign Investment in India’s Biological Resources Easier
Bill of Health
OCTOBER 1, 2022
By Aparajita Lath. Indian lawmakers are currently debating proposed amendments that would make it easier for foreign investors to research and develop products from native biological resources, such as plants. India is one of the 17 internationally recognized mega biodiversity countries , and hosts four of the 35 globally recognized biodiversity hotspots.
CommonSpirit Health says it experienced ‘IT security incident’ in multiple regions
Healthcare Dive
OCTOBER 3, 2022
Details are still emerging on the incident, which is impacting multiple divisions of the 140-hospital system and causing patient procedures to be rescheduled in some areas.
Singapore's Ministry of Health expands virtual ward pilots
Healthcare It News
OCTOBER 5, 2022
The Office of Healthcare Transformation under Singapore's Ministry of Health has tied up with the nation's three public healthcare clusters to scale their pilot home hospitalisation programmes. These programmes – National University Health System’s NUHS @ Home, Singapore General Hospital’s SGH @ Home and Yishun Health Medical Home – are now providing eligible patients with general medical conditions, such as skin infections, urinary tract infections, and COVID-19,
Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide
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Health Data, Clinical Jedi, Death Star – Fun Friday
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 1, 2022
Happy Friday everyone! We hope you had a great week and accomplished many great things. Thanks so much for reading and supporting Healthcare IT Today. We deeply appreciate the amazing community we have here. If it’s Friday, you know it’s time for another edition of Fun Friday where we try and share something funny to start your weekend off right.
Federal Failures to Protect Incarcerated People During Public Health Crises
Bill of Health
OCTOBER 1, 2022
By Rachel Kincaid. As the COVID-19 pandemic persists, and as we face the reality that future pandemics are coming (or have already begun ), it’s a fitting time for the United States to take stock of how the carceral system has exacerbated the harms of COVID-19, and for policymakers to seriously consider what can and should be done differently going forward.
Telehealth use rose overall in July, report finds
Healthcare Dive
OCTOBER 3, 2022
Telehealth use increased in the West, Midwest and South in July while it fell in the Northeast, according to Fair Health’s monthly telehealth data out Monday.
DEI in patient education improves engagement, lowers costs
Healthcare It News
OCTOBER 6, 2022
Incorporating diversity into channels and platforms like Emmi, Wolters Kluwer Health's patient-facing personalized education tool leveraged by providers, payers and partners, is about empowering and encouraging patients to be part of their healthcare decision-making, said Evan Heigert, brand and creative director overseeing patient engagement across Wolters Kluwer Health.
Real-Life Examples of HIPAA Violations and How to Avoid Them
Speaker: Jack Clough, Chief Growth Officer
Download our 30-minute webinar where we delve into real-life examples of HIPAA violations and preventative measures every organization should know! You will learn: The critical factors that lead to HIPAA violations and how to identify them. Three compelling real-life cases of organizations that faced severe HIPAA penalties. Proven strategies to safeguard YOUR organization against HIPAA violations.
New Digital Health Command to rise in Victoria
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
OCTOBER 5, 2022
A new Digital Health Command will be established in Victoria as part of the state government's latest hospital infrastructure project. According to a media release, this facility will enable the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) and Royal Women’s Hospital (RWH) to support regional, rural and smaller metropolitan services that care for patients locally through virtual care and specialist clinician-to-clinician consultation.
Corrective Action Plans: Leveling the Audit Playing Field with CAPs
Electronic Health Reporter
OCTOBER 6, 2022
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Dana Finnegan, MDaudit. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has made no secret of its intentions to crack down on fraud, abuse, and waste, throwing more budget dollars into audits, heightening program […]. The article Corrective Action Plans: Leveling the Audit Playing Field with CAPs appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
Removing the complexity from healthcare payments
Healthcare Dive
OCTOBER 3, 2022
The healthcare industry has made significant strides in care quality improvement, but its approach to submitting and paying claims is still overly complex.
How VA CIO Kurt Delbene is leading the agency's digital transformation
Healthcare It News
OCTOBER 3, 2022
Secretary for Information and Technology and Chief Information Officer Kurt Delbene says his goal is to make the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs the model of what it means to be a modern IT shop in the federal government. Joined by Charles Worthington, CTO of the VA, Luwanda Jones, deputy chief information officer in the office of strategic sourcing and Carrie Lee, acting executive director of product engineering, Delbene laid out his vision orientation – the processes working to make
Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth
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