‘Dr. Pharmacist?’
Healthy Debate
DECEMBER 14, 2022
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Are we taking patient privacy as seriously as we ought to be?
Healthcare It News
DECEMBER 5, 2022
BOSTON – Anita Allen, professor of law and philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, kicked off the 2022 HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum on Monday, with a nuanced and thought-provoking discussion on patient privacy in an era of widespread data sharing. Allen said ahead of the conference that she wanted to bring her expertise in law and bioethics to bear on problems of great concern to healthcare and technology and would focus her discussion on data exchange and patient privacy.
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2023 forecast: Health tech tools begin constructing the Alzheimer's treatment plan
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Groundbreaking research into ME/CFS a pandemic ‘silver lining’
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DECEMBER 5, 2022
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From Diagnosis to Delivery: How AI is Revolutionizing the Patient Experience
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The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven
COVID-19 vaccine saved millions of lives, study calculates
Health Care Dive
DECEMBER 13, 2022
The vaccines also reduced infections and hospitalizations, which freed up hospital resources, researchers at the Commonwealth Fund and Yale School of Public Health concluded.
9 Healthcare Marketing Trends to Embrace in 2023
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DECEMBER 6, 2022
Healthcare consumers continue to move swiftly down the paths of least resistance toward quality care. This spells trouble for healthcare organizations that cannot change with the times. It’s time to pay attention to what competitors offer and find ways to remove unnecessary obstacles to care. In this blog, I share nine healthcare marketing trends you need to embrace in 2023 to remain competitive in today’s ever-changing healthcare marketplace. 9 Healthcare Marketing Trends 2023. 1.
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HHS issues guidance on the use of online tracking tools in healthcare CRM
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DECEMBER 2, 2022
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a bulletin to highlight the obligations on covered entities and business associates under HIPAA's Privacy, Security and Breach Notification Rules when using online tracking technologies. These tracking tools have caused a number of patient data security concerns and there are several class-action lawsuits, creating a new challenge for healthcare organizations.
2023 forecast: Pharmacists push to take on a greater role in patient care
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Could Amtrak’s Quiet Car Be a Model for COVID-19 Travel Policies?
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DECEMBER 5, 2022
By Terri Gerstein. Consider the quiet car. Some Amtrak trains have a designated car for people who want a hushed environment in which to work, read, or sleep. Passengers who want quiet choose the quiet car. People who don’t want quiet sit elsewhere. In short: people want different options for travel, and Amtrak threads the needle, accommodating varying needs.
Progressive lawmakers call on CMS to cull companies with history of Medicare fraud from ACO REACH
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DECEMBER 12, 2022
At least 10 organizations with records of healthcare fraud and abuse prior to 2021 participated in the direct contracting program last year despite CMS screening requirements, the letter said.
How to Make The Best Benefits Decisions for 2025's Workforce: An HR and Total Rewards Guide
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India Upholds the Rules-Based Liberal International Order—But in Its Own Way
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DECEMBER 9, 2022
Contrary to continued U.S. questions about the degree of New Delhi's commitment to the liberal international order, India has shown that it is committed in its own, sometimes limited, way. Of course, securing Indian national interests will always be paramount. U.S. policymakers might recognize that any additional pressure is likely to be counterproductive.
State Approaches for Distribution of National Opioid Settlement Funding
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DECEMBER 8, 2022
State Approaches for Distribution of National Opioid Settlement Funding December 2022. States are in the process of implementing administrative structures to disburse an expected $50 billion awarded to states and localities from opioid-related lawsuits, which includes $26 billion awarded to 46 states as part of the National Opioid Settlement. These structures include strategies for engaging a wide variety of stakeholders on priorities for reducing opioid-related deaths and investing in SUD preve
How AI and machine learning can predict illness and boost health equity
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DECEMBER 8, 2022
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are key to unlocking patient data and solving some of healthcare's most complex problems. Even as the U.S. seeks to put the COVID-19 pandemic in the rearview mirror, many who survive the initial illness suffer debilitating long-term health impacts, especially those with underlying health conditions. Technology allows easier access to disparate data sources without compromising data privacy or integrity.
Digital health VCs eye healthcare workforce, cancer care as ripe for startups in 2023
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DECEMBER 2, 2022
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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide
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The Not-So-Sacred Human Genome: What South Africans Think About Heritable Human Genome Editing
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DECEMBER 2, 2022
By Donrich Thaldar. South Africans have issued a clarion call for research to move ahead on health-related applications of heritable human genome editing (HHGE), finds my research group’s new public engagement study — the first of its kind in Africa. The study engaged a diverse group of 30 South Africans in three evenings of deliberations on the governance of HHGE.
Judge questions surprise billing ban implementation during court hearing
Health Care Dive
DECEMBER 21, 2022
A federal judge tested the government’s defense concerning a rule designed to help third parties resolve payment disputes between healthcare providers and insurers.
What Does China's Arctic Presence Mean to the United States?
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China has engaged in economic, scientific, cultural, diplomatic, and military activities in the Arctic region. The United States sees China as a potentially destabilizing force. But there are opportunities to cooperate, for example, on climate change.
What Makes Home Health Provider-Payer Relationships Work
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Amid the ongoing shift toward value-based care — and away from fee-for-service payment models — providers in senior care are still navigating in the dark, especially when it comes to working with payers and other third-party stakeholders. Those aren’t not always the easiest relationships to cultivate, they’re learning. But creating relationships based on trust, understanding the long road to scaling value-based models and finding new avenues to value are some of the keys to a successful partners
Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth
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San Diego practice develops a 4-part plan to reduce burnout
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DECEMBER 30, 2022
While occupational burnout among clinicians is higher relative to the U.S. workforce, the American Medical Association and its research partners have been monitoring career disengagement through the pandemic, which it says is at an all-time high. But last year, AMA recognized Children’s Primary Care Medical Group in San Diego, among 44 health systems cited for emphasizing professional well-being, for implementing a peer-support program and a well-being committee to address burnout.
House and Senate Dems want CMS to drop ACO REACH members due to fraud concerns
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DECEMBER 12, 2022
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Protecting AI’s Boundless Potential in Healthcare
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Mike Frane, VP of Product Management at Windstream Enterprise. Artificial intelligence can do amazing things for patients, providers and the healthcare business — but only if the right cyber safeguards are in place. For more than a decade, a cybercrime syndicate known as Evil Corp has tormented organizations around the world with malware and ransomware attacks.
Centene reaches $44M settlement with Iowa
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It’s the latest deal in a string of settlements to resolve allegations the nation’s largest Medicaid managed care organization overcharged states for pharmacy services.
How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp
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2021 US National Health Expenditures
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A paper in Health Affairs by Martin, Hartman, Benson, Catlin, and The National Health Expenditure Accounts Team (2022) finds that national health expenditures (NHE) rose but declined as a share of gross domestic product (GDP). Health care spending in the US grew 2.7 percent to reach $4.3 trillion in 2021, a much slower rate than the increase of 10.3 percent seen in 2020.
Arctic Governance Is in Trouble. The Antarctic Could Be Next
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DECEMBER 7, 2022
The war in Ukraine has shattered the myth that the polar regions are somehow immune from global geopolitics. If Arctic governance is in trouble, the Antarctic could follow.
HIMSSCast: Predicting what's next for health IT, mobile tech and health system finances
Healthcare It News
DECEMBER 16, 2022
What does 2023 hold for healthcare technology, as innovation continues at rapid speed, policymakers and regulators try to keep up with the pace of change – and health systems large and small deal with significant budgetary shortfalls that could hamper their ability to build out their digital transformation efforts? It's anyone's guess what the next dozen or so months hold for value-based care, telehealth and remote monitoring, digital therapeutics, cybersecurity, artificial intelli
2023 forecast: Amid dwindling COVID relief funds, rural hospitals face a 'fiscal cliff'
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DECEMBER 19, 2022
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5 Essentials for Healthcare CIOs: A Provider Data Management Checklist
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Developing an award winning mindset [Podcast]
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DECEMBER 13, 2022
Billy Helmandollar, CIO of DCH Health System in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, recently received the Alabama Chapter ORBIE CIO of the Year award in the Large Corporate category, for organizations with over $100 million annual revenue. The ORBIE honors chief information officers who have demonstrated excellence in technology leadership. On the latest MEDITECH Podcast, I had the pleasure of discussing this success with Billy.
HHS releases ownership data on nation’s hospitals
Health Care Dive
DECEMBER 21, 2022
“We are pulling back the curtain and letting the sunshine in on hospital and nursing home ownership because it is what the public deserves,” HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said Tuesday in a statement.
Staffing, Compliance and Technology: What Legal Issues Providers Should Watch For In 2023
Home Health Care
DECEMBER 1, 2022
As home-based care becomes more popular and renowned among the larger health care system, agencies will need to put a greater emphasis on legal compliance. Matt Wolfe, a health care attorney with the law firm Baker Donaldson, believes that value-based care, staffing struggles and the emergence of telehealth will all present even more struggles for providers in 2023.
Historic Research Conference Combats the Rise in Gun Violence
The Rand Blog
DECEMBER 9, 2022
With new funding for gun violence prevention research, projects are beginning to produce findings. To capitalize on the new findings and help integrate the growing field of researchers working on gun violence prevention, RAND partnered with other research programs to organize the 2022 National Research Conference on Firearm Injury Prevention.
A Guide to Improved Sepsis Detection & Compliance: 6 Areas You Should Address
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