Bill of Health

JANUARY 23, 2023

By Barbara Pfeffer Billauer Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, much air time and social media space has been allocated to the lab leak vs. natural spillover dispute regarding the origins of SARS-CoV-2. To summarize briefly, the question is whether the pandemic was caused by a leak from a biosafety level (BSL) four lab in Wuhan, China , or whether it arose naturally as a consequence of a virus jumping from a bat to an animal and then to humans.

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Healthcare Dive

JANUARY 26, 2023

Broader adoption of AI in healthcare is likely in the near future, and could come with a slew of benefits beyond financial gains, according to McKinsey and Harvard researchers.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 26, 2023

Data from the new hospital-at-home platform will be accessible through Orlando Health's Epic electronic health records through a multi-year agreement with the connected health and digital therapeutics company. WHY IT MATTERS Orlando Health – a non-profit health system with 18 hospitals and emergency rooms with five in development serving the southeastern United States – is expected to launch the new advanced remote patient monitoring capabilities in early 2023.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 24, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Joe McMurray, senior vice president of patient experience, Zotec Partners. A July 2022 report confirmed what most providers have seen coming during this time of rampant inflation: Unexpected healthcare costs can be crippling for […] The article How Healthcare Organizations Can Rise Above the Swelling Payment Epidemic appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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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.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 26, 2023

By Gregory Curfman Affirmative action in higher education may soon be abolished by the Supreme Court, resulting from its review of Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina. The consequences for the physician workforce may be dire. Diversity among physicians is a compelling interest in our increasingly diverse society.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 27, 2023

Research shows that apathy is a significant challenge for people living with dementia. They lose the ability to take initiative, which has an enormous effect on their emotional and physical wellbeing. This makes the disorder much harder to treat. THE PROBLEM Andrus on Hudson, based in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, serves and cares for individuals ("residents," to reflect the environment in which they receive care) who have various types of dementia.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 23, 2023

This past year may very well have been the year the "new normal" was sealed for healthcare – one that includes a lot more telehealth, remote monitoring and other virtual care than ever before. Technology has became culturally accepted as an integral part of the patient experience as telemedicine gained popularity. As healthcare providers look ahead to 2023, being at the forefront of what's next in telehealth and strategically integrating the technology necessary to stay there

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 25, 2023

By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research COVID-19 called for quick, decisive action by public health authorities to support communities and prevent infections. Since the pandemic began, legislators around the country have been acting to change the way authorities may respond to future public health emergencies — expanding or limiting officials’ authority to act in an emergency, changing who has authority to act, and the actions they may have the authority to take.

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Healthcare Dive

JANUARY 23, 2023

Healthcare job growth rates have yet to return to levels predicted before the pandemic, according the tracker from the Kaiser Family Foundation and Peterson Center on Healthcare.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 25, 2023

Benjamin C. Gonzales, operations manager II, virtual care, at Geisinger, said the prominent health system has faced a problem that is the biggest problem in behavioral healthcare: access. And while Geisinger’s population certainly has experienced its own challenges with behavioral health access like other communities, the problem has been significantly compounded by three things.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 23, 2023

With Congress providing telehealth waivers as part of its omnibus spending bill at the close of 2022, delaying the "telehealth cliff" for two years, HIMSS says it's now ready to make the case for permanent reimbursement of virtual care. Also on its policy agenda for the year ahead: advocating for data standardization, offering input for interoperability rulemaking and engaging with agencies and states to increase telehealth access.

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MRO Compliance

JANUARY 26, 2023

Follow the (Medical) Record: Leadership with Jason Brown Part 2 On this episode, host Don Hardwick interviews Jason Brown, CEO of MRO, once again. In this follow up episode, Don and Jason discuss MRO, including clinical data workflows to empower healthcare, provider/payer relationships, and value-based care.

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Healthcare Dive

JANUARY 26, 2023

Health plans earned a lower average rating in the Leapfrog Group’s latest rankings than in previous years, earning a 2.29 GPA in 2022 compared to a 2.57 in 2020.

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Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 24, 2023

Healthcare data is growing exponentially, driven by multiple factors including the prevalence of consumer health devices, connected medical devices, and remote patient monitoring solutions. Aggregating and analyzing the mass amounts of data available can make a significant impact on the outcomes of patients through better insights into the diagnosis and treatment of disease.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 24, 2023

Hyndman Area Health Center – a holistic Pennsylvania-based health center providing family medicine, dental health, behavioral health and more – transitioned from client-hosted servers to eClinicalWorks cloud-based servers to expand its network capacity and meet a rising data demand. Since then, it has experienced a more than 150% increase in patients and has saved hundreds of thousands of dollars over the past few years since it no longer relies on physical servers.

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MRO Compliance

JANUARY 25, 2023

2023 HIM Planning Includes Seven New Ways to Focus Your Internal Coding Audits I recently collaborated with Jacqueline Erickson, RHIA, CRCR, to provide HIM professionals with valuable advice on how to plan for their 2023 internal audits. This Journal of AHIMA article is an important launch point for anyone involved in HIM and coding audits. Since nearly every department in hospitals and health systems faces staffing challenges, now is the time to proactively seek ways to streamline processes and

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Healthcare Dive

JANUARY 26, 2023

Medicaid eligibility checks beginning in April will likely curb hospital revenue and enrollment growth for payers, Moody's Investors Service said in a report.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 24, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Do you know the estimated revenue generated in 2023 from the healthcare industry will be around?$63.9 billion? The healthcare industry is extremely competitive, and survival is often challenging. Medical businesses spend around 10% to 15% of […] The article Top 5 Healthcare Marketing Ideas appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 25, 2023

It's a new year, and healthcare technology vendors are rolling out their latest innovations, market approvals, acquisitions and staffing shake-ups. OptumRx launched Price Edge, a tool that compares pricing for traditional generic drugs to ensure members get the lowest prescription drug prices. A suite of new tools for both patients and providers target aspects of pharmacy logistics that have been known to delay or complicate care, such as getting real-time pharmacy benefits information and o

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 25, 2023

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Sr. Solution Architect – Radiology position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by e4 Services and is in Alabama. Here’s a description of the position: e4 is a Healthcare Consulting firm based in Philadelphia established in 2006.

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Healthcare Dive

JANUARY 27, 2023

In a lawsuit filed Thursday, Cigna alleged that Amy Bricker’s appointment to chief product officer of CVS’s consumer segment places the payer’s trade secrets at risk and violates her noncompete agreement.

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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.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 26, 2023

Blackberry has recently published its Global Threat Intelligence Report, which provides actionable and contextualized intelligence that can be used to improve cyber resilience. The report is based on data collected by Blackberry and threat intelligence provided by third parties, gathered over 90 days between September and November 2022. Throughout the reporting period, downloaders were among the most commonly observed threats.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 22, 2023

More people in the U.S. than ever have put off medical care due to cost, according to Gallup’s latest poll of patients in America. Gallup conducted the annual Health and Healthcare poll U.S. adults in November and December 2022. This was the highest level of self-rationing care due to cost the pollster has found since its inaugural study on the topic in 2001.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 23, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Mike Peluso, chief technology officer, Rectangle Health Artificial Intelligence (AI) has unlocked new possibilities that are pushing boundaries in healthcare. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs partnered with an AI company to create a […] The article AI Isn’t Just for Clinical Use: Here’s How It’s Changing Healthcare Outside the Exam Room appeared first on electronichealthreporter.c

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Healthcare Dive

JANUARY 24, 2023

Lawmakers in three states are considering legislation around healthcare worker staffing and nurse-to-patient ratios after the pandemic caused the industry to suffer major workforce challenges.

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Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

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