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Suicide is NOT a Symptom: Healthcare Is Missing the Mark on Suicide Prevention

HIT Consultant

Current Healthcare Is Missing the Mark on Suicide Prevention Despite advances in understanding suicidality, our healthcare system isn’t well-equipped to deal with its complexity. Looking Ahead: Future Approaches to Suicide Prevention Timely accessibility to clinicians specially trained in suicide is paramount.

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Help at Home’s Care Coordination Program Prevents Hospitalizations, Increases Caregiver Satisfaction

Home Health Care

Community health workers (CHWs) also conduct a self-reported health assessment using the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Accountable Health Communities Health-Related Social Needs screening tool. This tool includes 24 questions about the home environment and access to eligible benefits and services.

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Accountable care from concept to reality. Interview with CVS’s Dr. Mohamed Diab

Health Business Group

In this episode, we dive deep into this pressing question with Dr. Mohamed Diab , president of CVS Accountable Care. Dr. Diab highlights systemic challenges, such as physician burnout and the inadequacies of primary care funding.

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Ciba Unveils Thrive: AI-Powered Disease Prevention Platform

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Ciba Health , a digital health company transforming healthcare with root-cause medicine and leveraging cutting-edge technology AI/ML, announced today its launch of Thrive by Ciba (Thrive), a data-powered, customizable disease prevention platform to help people live longer and healthier lives.

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23andMe Launches Prevention-Based Health Membership, Total Health

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – 23andMe has launched 23andMe+ Total Health , a comprehensive prevention-based health membership. Comprehensive, Prevention-Based Health Membership The offering aims to provide a comprehensive approach to prevention, enhancing patient understanding of disease risks and leading to healthier lives.

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HEDIS and Cancer Prevention—Updates and New Measures

NCQA

HEDIS measures focused on cancer prevention and early detection can help hold health care organizations accountable for making sure their members are getting needed care. Preventive Services Task Force. The post HEDIS and Cancer Prevention—Updates and New Measures appeared first on NCQA.

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Care coordination: What's needed to succeed with accountable care and home health?

Healthcare It News

By leveraging care coordination technologies, home-based providers can help prevent unnecessary readmissions by, for example, identifying patients who are at rising risk and receiving real-time notifications whenever a patient presents at the ED. They may learn that a patient was readmitted to the hospital multiple days after the fact.