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Proposed 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The February 10, 2022 Federal Register includes the announcement of the opening of a docket to obtain comment on the proposed clinical practice guideline, CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids—United States, 2022.

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CDC Releases UPDATED Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is releasing updated and expanded recommendations for clinicians providing pain care for adult outpatients with short- and long-term pain.

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IT execs talk priorities and predictions for 2022

Healthcare It News

The healthcare workforce is depleted, exhausted and demoralized. Hospitals and health systems are grappling with "ongoing labor shortages, increased workplace violence and many other burdens impacting the safety and wellbeing of pandemic-weary healthcare workers," said Collins. But for a U.S.

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Podimetrics Secures $45M for SmartMat to Prevent Diabetic Amputations in High-Risk Patients

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Podimetrics raises $45M to help at-risk providers and health plans prevent diabetic amputations in high-risk patients. In a previous multi-center trial , diabetic foot complications were shown to be detected up to five weeks before they presented clinically. One Step Closer to Healthier Feet.

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ScionHealth to launch RPM for chronic care at 79 hospitals

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Louisville-based ScionHealth system, the combined LifePoint Health and Kindred Healthcare delivery network, and Cadence, a New York-based healthcare technology company, are implementing a remote patient monitoring platform starting with 18 community hospitals in 12 states. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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GE Healthcare Launches Digital Tool for AFib

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What You Should Know: – GE HealthCare launches CardioVisio for Atrial Fibrillation (AFib), a digital tool designed to assist clinicians in visualizing longitudinal data relevant for disease progression from multiple data sources, and driving evidence based clinical decision support directed by up-to-date AFib guidelines.

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How one gastroenterology practice uses hybrid virtual care to improve patient experience

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"Like so many specialties, GI is facing a huge backlog of preventive care and deferred screenings as well as treating patients to achieve and maintain remission," he continued. "Our eight advanced practice providers are seeing patients all day; our 42 gastroenterologists are caring for patients all day and after hours.