Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Portland, Oregon-based OCHIN announced its entrance into acute care this week with a full-service inpatient electronic health record system that supports interdisciplinary care plans and clinical care coordination in an effort to focus on helping smaller hospitals nationwide. million patients.

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Kaiser Health News

JANUARY 28, 2022

A three-judge federal appeals court panel in Connecticut has likely ended an 11-year fight against a frustrating and confusing rule that left hundreds of thousands of Medicare beneficiaries without coverage for nursing home care, and no way to challenge a denial. But it can have serious repercussions. The trial took place in 2019.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 17, 2020

A unique remote monitoring system, developed at MIT and deployed in some hospitals and long-term care settings, is now showing further promise for advanced assessment of potential COVID-19 outbreaks in nursing homes and other congregate care communities, according to researchers at the school's CSAIL institute.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 12, 2020

The Reducing Unnecessary Senior Hospitalizations (RUSH) Act of 2020, bipartisan legislation introduced in both the House and Senate, aims to enable more widespread use of telehealth in skilled nursing facilities. WHY IT MATTERS. The RUSH Act – introduced in companion bills from Sens. THE LARGER TREND.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 14, 2022

Hospitals forced to delay patient discharges as nursing homes and rehab centers face major staff shortages. Fri, 01/14/2022 - 16:07.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 28, 2023

Thammasat University Hospital is embarking on a digital transformation of its elderly care service. The hospital signed a memorandum of understanding with NEC Thailand for the development of a digital platform to digitise all records and treatment plans at Thammasat Thammarak Center.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 3, 2022

My commitment to this work has led me to build innovative programs both in the community and in skilled nursing facilities, designed to provide more and better-focused care to our frail elderly. According to Bureau of Labor Statistics data 1 , the number of workers employed at nursing care facilities nationwide has declined by 15%—from 1.59

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Integrated healthcare provider Apollo Hospitals is now rolling out its connected care programme across its entire network in India. This follows the recent nationwide expansion of a similar programme for its partner hospitals, aiming to build the largest connected healthcare ecosystem in the country.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 12, 2024

Since it was built in 2020 at NYP's Centre for Innovation for Electronics and Internet of Things, it has been piloted at Singapore General Hospital and St. A new trial is ongoing at the SASCO Senior Citizens' Home while another pilot is slated at St. Andrew's Nursing Home.

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Healthcare Dive

APRIL 20, 2022

In data released for the first time Wednesday, HHS also found changes in ownership over the past six years have been much more common in nursing homes than hospitals, with wide variations in ownership by state.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 4, 2022

On another note, there has been a continued shift in referral patterns to home health. Patients are increasingly opting to recover in the home instead of a hospital or rehab facility, which requires care coordination. What's clear is that in the shift to home-based care, care coordination is a must-have, not a nice-to-have.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 28, 2022

The question is: How will hospitals provide more robust, timely and cost-efficient care moving forward? In the past, health systems expected consumers to come to them, delivering care in hospitals and clinics. Seniors want to avoid costly nursing homes and will need help living independently. Please explain.

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Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 11, 2023

Fitch Ratings: Workforce pressures easing for hospitals, ambulatory care, nursing homes dmuoio Tue, 04/11/2023 - 12:40

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 7, 2023

WHAT IT'S ABOUT The municipality of Chiang Mai and NEC Thailand recently signed a memorandum of understanding for the development of smart city solutions, including smart hospital technologies to support its provision of elderly care.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 28, 2023

Mentors for the newest global healthcare workforce accelerator include the American Hospital Association, CATI, Deloitte, Intermountain Ventures and several others across the U.S. A "BedSense" App provides insights into the needs of memory care and nursing home residents. Babblevoice. Compassly.

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Med-Net Compliance

JUNE 21, 2022

The Justice Department has filed a complaint under the False Claims Act against an Ohio nursing home operator and three affiliated nursing homes for providing grossly substandard skilled nursing services between 2016 and 2018. The nursing homes are in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Iowa.

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Compliancy Group

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Last November, the OIG published industry-specific compliance guidance for 2024 for several healthcare subsectors, including nursing homes and facilities. While the CPG applies to all hospitals, practices, suppliers, and other healthcare entities, the ICPGs address the salient risk factors in each specific sector.

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Med-Net Compliance

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has announced that they will be enhancing their focus on potentially preventable hospitalizations of Medicare-eligible skilled nursing facility (SNF) residents. and 42 CFR § 483.25).

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Fierce Healthcare

JULY 25, 2023

Hospitals are finding it harder to place patients into post-acute care settings, a new report finds. | The number of referrals to nursing homes and home health agencies per patient has increased over the last year, as has patient acuity. At the same time, referral rejection rates are also on the rise.

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Fierce Healthcare

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Smaller healthcare organizations, such as regional hospitals, nursing homes, rehab centers and clinics, are not immune from cyberattacks and data breaches. Smaller healthcare organizations, such as regional hospitals, nursing homes, rehab centers and clinics, are not immune from cyberattacks and data breaches.

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Med-Net Compliance

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

A fire at a Washington nursing home displaced seventy-seven residents and drew a coordinated response from local firefighters. Five residents were transported to local hospitals for further evaluation, according to the local police department. They were then moved to other facilities or hospitals.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 18, 2020

Telehealth is in the spotlight as the coronavirus crisis unfolds, offering an essential link between patients and physicians while removing the need to travel to overburdened hospitals. ON THE RECORD.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

. – The web-based platform empowers MEDITECH hospitals to expand their laboratory outreach programs, streamline operations, and improve collaboration with non-affiliated healthcare organizations.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 3, 2023

The need for remote patient monitoring grew rapidly during the pandemic as it helps providers treat chronic conditions and ease overburdened hospitals. Seniors want to avoid costly nursing homes and will need help living independently," Carroll told Healthcare IT News in June 2022. ON THE RECORD.

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Hanys

JANUARY 10, 2025

14 HANYS' Sepsis Program: Applying the CDC Hospital Sepsis Core Elements Jan. 23 Fireside chat: How nursing homes can support and leverage their resident council Jan. Establishing boundaries and time management best practices Jan. 15 MarketEdge user group winter webinar Jan. 15 HANYS and Hyve Health payer data strategy Jan.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 17, 2022

Failure to adhere to guidelines can increase the risk of complications, drive up costs, and lengthen hospital stays [5]. It facilitates access to health data for patients and authorized ELGA health service providers – attending physicians, hospitals, nursing homes or pharmacies. Roles in healthcare are changing.

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

JUNE 8, 2022

A Maine nursing home with a history of federal fines was listed as a special focus facility (SFF) after two residents wandered off in separate incidents last year. They were one mile from the nursing home, so police took her to the facility. In the second case, the resident was hit and killed by a motor vehicle.

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Created in response to the challenge of wound management in the community care sector in Singapore, the CARES4WOUNDS wound management application was developed and pilot-tested with 25 patients at Ren Ci Hospital and Tetsuyu Healthcare since November 2017, with good initial results.

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Med-Net Compliance

JUNE 14, 2022

An Illinois nursing home was fined $25,000 after the Illinois Department of Public Health determined it failed to implement progressive interventions to prevent falls. The facility was investigated after a complaint about a resident who fell and wasn’t sent to the hospital for multiple days despite having right leg pain.

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Modern Healthcare

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

A ruling in favor of the Health and Hospital Corp. of Marion County could affect millions of Americans who rely on federal assistance programs.

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HealthStream

APRIL 28, 2021

Though many people think of the hospital as a typical nursing work environment, the reality is that nurses work in a variety of settings. This blog post looks at some of the characteristics and challenges of working in assisted living vs. nursing home care.

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Modern Healthcare

APRIL 15, 2022

“And while we are learning to live with this virus and when we should ramp up and ramp down with our preparedness, we are able to move on from these orders which served a very important purpose,” said Manisha Juthani, the state's public health commissioner.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 6, 2020

A large number of hospitalizations end with discharges to nursing homes, rehabilitation facilities, and other types of post-acute care.

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Med-Net Compliance

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Charges were filed against two nursing home employees who were caught on camera beating and dragging an 87-year-old resident, according to officials with the Texas City Police Department. Texas City police said they had received a complaint about an elderly male being assaulted by two caregivers at an area nursing home.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 20, 2020

Curavi notes that it has performed some 60,000 remote consults since it was founded, enabling a 94% treat-in-place rate and helping reduce the risks of harmful transfers between nursing homes and LTPAC settings to hospital emergency departments.

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Hanys

JANUARY 17, 2025

23 Fireside chat: How nursing homes can support and leverage their resident council Jan. 6 Regional state budget and policy briefing | Northern Metropolitan Hospital Association and Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council Feb. 23 Fireside chat: How nursing homes can support and leverage their resident council Jan.

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Hanys

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Nursing home back-to-basics series: Site visit readiness Nov. 18 HANYS' Sepsis Program: Applying the CDC Hospital Sepsis Core Elements Nov. 20 - April 16 Post-acute and continuing care quarterly meeting Nov. 20 Latest updates on HIPAA, web tracking and state privacy laws Nov. 26 AHEI virtual showcase Dec.

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