Healthcare It News

MAY 27, 2022

CVS Health Virtual Primary Care will feature a member-selected physician-led Care Team – comprising, for example, nurse practitioners, RNs or licensed vocational nurses – who can be accessed through the platform. They can consult with CVS pharmacists for medication management needs.

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Healthcare Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Behind every patient’s journey toward recovery stands a nurse who has taken on the role of caregiver, advocate, and support system. The nurse/patient relationship is built on trust, empathy, and mutual respect. Nurses are often the first to greet patients as they walk through the door. All of these impact nurses’ mental health.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Advanced practice providers, such as Advanced Practice Nurses (APRNs) and Physician Assistants (PAs), are helping to fill that void. There are approximately 370,000 nurse practitioners that are licensed in the United States, and that number is growing. By Stephen Wood The number of physicians in the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Today, we’re featuring the Staff Nurse III – Information Technology at Natividad position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. Staff Nurse III – Information Technology Natividad is accepting applications for a permanent, full-time Staff Nurse III in the Information Technology Department.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Topics included the workforce shortage and burnout , increasing access to telebehavioral health , expanding critical and emergency care on demand, cybersecurity, and telehealth waivers and licensing. The lack of tenured nurses creates a risk to quality outcomes. What was the main message you heard at the conference?

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The Health Law Firm

AUGUST 24, 2022

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law Do you have a medical, pharmacist, counselor, or nursing license in more than one state? Do you have a license in more than one profession? Have you been notified that an investigation has been opened against your professional license? Indest III, J.D.,

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 10, 2020

The CMS changes reduce certification requirements for clinicians, with the aim of expanding workforce flexibilities and enabling practitioners to be hired quickly and "perform work to the fullest extent of their licenses."

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Provider Trust

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

As healthcare becomes an increasingly mobile field, licensing boards are adjusting certain rules and regulations to accommodate the needs of their workforce while upholding standards of care. What is a Compact License? However, multistate license verification comes with its own unique challenges.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Teri Ridge, RN, Clinical Operations Advisor, LeanTaaS Frontline nurses across the country remain in a state of constant crisis as they attempt to deliver patient care while facing tremendously stressful environments, untenable patient-to-nurse ratios, and frustrating process inefficiencies.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 12, 2021

"We have additionally implemented a process wherein our nurses who conduct home visits for our most high-risk patients bring tablet technology to their bedside in their home and help them navigate through their telehealth visit," she noted. " USING FCC AWARD FUNDS.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 22, 2021

How interactive patient systems help hospitals support their nurses – ultimately allowing them to provide better patient care and work at the top of their licensure, while also educating patient in their care plans, and enhancing the overall patient experience with no expense to the nursing staff.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 22, 2023

NP-C, CSE Nurses have the highest level of public trust across medical professions, yet there’s a huge chasm between Americans’ appreciation for nursing and the profession’s uncertain future. Left unchecked, the country will experience a critical shortfall of nearly 200,000 nurses in just a few years, according to the latest U.S.

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C&M Health Law

AUGUST 7, 2023

On July 21, 2023, the Department of Health Care Access and Information of the California Health and Human Services Agency released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Proposed Rule”) with regulations that would implement new financial and ownership transparency requirements for skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) in California.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 15, 2022

A former nurse employed by the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, NY, has been sentenced to 37 months in prison for tampering with and stealing controlled medications intended for cancer patients. Mulvey, 30, of Grand Island, NY, worked as a registered nurse at Roswell Park between February 2018 and June 2018.

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The Health Law Firm

MARCH 9, 2023

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law In late February 2023, multiple states began taking action against licensed practical nurses (LPNs) and registered nurses (RNs) because of the FBI's "Operation Nightingale." This is also being pushed by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCBSN).

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The Health Law Firm Blog

APRIL 24, 2024

Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) launched a multi-state coordinated law enforcement action to apprehend individuals engaged in a scheme to sell false and fraudulent nursing degree [.]

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Kim Howard, Chief Client Officer, Nomad Health When it comes to the Great Resignation, forget office workers – the real wave of resignation is coming from nurses. What was underreported then – and continues to be – is that the Great Resignation came in full force for nurses. Nurses provide critical care for all of us.

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C&M Health Law

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a much anticipated and contested proposed rule that seeks to establish minimum staffing level requirements for nursing homes. hours of nursing staff per resident per day, or 3.0 HPRD from registered nurses (RNs) and 2.45

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 10, 2024

"There was a call to action to engage clinicians, nurses in particular, as we transform models of care to improve patient outcomes and bring the joy back to medicine." "We can't design new systems that cost more than what we are doing today or worse, drain nurses' time, talent and energy.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 18, 2020

Physicians, nurse practitioners, clinical psychologists and licensed clinical social workers can now offer telehealth to Medicare beneficiaries in any healthcare facility, including a physician's office, hospital, nursing home or rural health clinic, as well as from their homes, according to CMS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Just before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, CarDon & Associates, which operates 20 senior housing/skilled nursing communities in the Midwest, was exploring different ideas to give its staff time back, improve resident outcomes and reduce rehospitalizations. THE PROBLEM. " PROPOSAL. Coverage includes nights, weekends and holidays.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 6, 2022

Only Florida, Arizona and Indiana have what the report defines as a "clear, straightforward, predictable registration or licensing process for all out-of-state health care providers." " Steps exist to address those hurdles, however: Many states have established compacts to try and ease the process for cross-border care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 9, 2023

But even if some important questions about virtual care's staying power have been answered recently , health systems and telehealth startups continue to face major challenges navigating licensing requirements to operate across state lines. Not only does this process create inefficiencies and confusion, but mistakes can be very costly.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Inpatient care programs like virtual nursing, virtual sitting and virtual rounding are already helping health systems offset challenges while delivering significant benefits for patients and staff. Virtual nursing offloads a significant portion of the administrative burden that falls on bedside nurses.

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The Health Law Firm Blog

JANUARY 29, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) launched a multi-state coordinated law enforcement action to apprehend individuals engaged in a scheme to sell false and fraudulent nursing degree [.]

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The Health Law Firm Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On September 22, 2022, Florida's First District Court of Appeal reversed a final administrative order from the Board of Nursing, saying that the state agencies engaged in “a game of bait and switch" when revoking a Florida nurse's [.] Indest III, J.D.,

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 5, 2022

how streamlined licensing and credentialing can help with the psychiatrist shortage. How can telehealth, combined with streamlined licensing and credentialing, help solve the nation's current psychiatrist shortage? Telehealth, however, does so directly and immediately. More than three-quarters of U.S.

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The Health Law Firm Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On September 22, 2022, Florida's First District Court of Appeal reversed a final administrative order from the Board of Nursing, saying that the state agencies engaged in “a game of bait and switch" when revoking a Florida nurse's [.] Indest III, J.D.,

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 22, 2024

Phase one testing was conducted by leading physicians and nurses (< 50) to ensure the agent completes all critical checklist items with the patient for a given use case. Phase two testing required testing to be completed by 1000+ licensed US nurses, and 100+ US licensed physicians talking to the AI while acting as a patient.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 28, 2020

It reduced certification requirements for clinicians to expand workforce flexibilities and sought to allow care practitioners to be hired more quickly and "perform work to the fullest extent of their licenses." Physician assistant programs are two years in length and require 2,000 hours of clinical care.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 10, 2024

For instance, if the patient is just asking for a pillow, the call goes to a technician instead of a nurse. This relieves the nurses of trivial tasks and lets them “practice at the top of their licenses.” Virtual nursing is also easier with seamless communications.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 9, 2021

Licensing, credentialing and privileging. The courses may be used for Continuing Medical Education or Continuing Nursing Education credits. Legal, regulatory and quality. Reimbursement. Ethical considerations.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

According to the Amazon Care website, with a user's approval, "the clinician will send a Mobile Care nurse to [their] home, a designated room on the Amazon campus, or other private location within our service area.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 24, 2021

"We had to deploy not only new beds, nurse call systems, oxygen lines and infection control solutions, we also had to prepare for staffing the new departments," said Dr. Kevin Dawson, CIO at Howard University Hospital. "With the help of Amwell, we developed training programs for physicians and nurses," he added.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 15, 2021

Those in the greater Seattle area can also have a nurse dispatched to them for follow-up treatment such as blood draws. However, it will likely have to contend with changing regulations regarding licensing and telehealth as lawmakers look toward the horizon of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 12, 2020

"As a lifetime resident of rural Pennsylvania and having spent nearly three decades as a therapist and licensed nursing home administrator, I have been amazed at how telehealth services make life easier for rural and underserved communities – particularly older Americans," said Thompson.

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 21, 2022

The pressures of COVID-19 pushed clinician burnout to new heights – one out of five physicians and two in five nurses say they will leave their profession within two years because of it, an American Medical Association study shows. How can chatbots and automation tech be used to combat clinician burnout?

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