Center for Health Progress
AUGUST 8, 2023
A year ago, I sat in a hospital waiting room for hours into the night in Denver, only to leave after my intense stomach pains had lessened and my fears about an overwhelming medical bill set in. My frustrations increased as the time passed…Why can’t I just see a doctor? Who is even working here? I unfairly started to blame the doctors, nurses, and other hospital staff.
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 30, 2023
Ivor Campbell, CEO of Snedden Campbell Anyone who recalls the ‘turbo’ trend of the 1980s will have a foreboding sense of déjà vu about the sudden ubiquity of artificial intelligence in every aspect of our lives. What began with the Swedish motor manufacturer, Saab, unveiling its 99 Turbo Coupé in 1977, suddenly had manufacturers scrambling for their own version of the latest technological buzzword in everything from alarm clocks to hairdryers.
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Home Health Care
AUGUST 25, 2023
Resilient Healthcare has teamed up with Community Hospital Consulting – a Community Hospital Corporation (CHC) organization – on a joint venture partnership. The JV, which will be dubbed Resilient Community LLC — would expand CHC’s health-at-home program across more than 40 states. CHC owns and manages hospitals in the community health space. The organization has been looking to provide an innovative hospital-at-home community care model for their hospitals.
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 28, 2023
Erica Jain, CEO and co-founder of Healthie Healthcare providers depend on comprehensive patient data to make fast, informed decisions. Unfortunately, our existing healthcare ecosystem has evolved into a collection of data silos that have, over the years, multiplied because of legacy healthcare systems that have stacked on top of one another. These silos of data were constructed around intentional business decisions to hold data, making it harder for new entrants – both EHR platforms and pr
Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.
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
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 31, 2023
Enforcement of information blocking penalties for health IT entities is slated to go into effect on Friday, opening the door to penalties of up to $1 million per violation. | The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General said it expects to receive more complaints than it can investigate and so will be prioritizing those meeting certain criteria.
Health Care Dive
AUGUST 30, 2023
In the employer-sponsored insurer market, employers play a “critical” role when it comes to quality and outcomes, according to a report by Morgan Health and Embold Health.
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Healthcare It News
AUGUST 16, 2023
The COVID-19 public health emergency prompted a rapid shift to telemedicine as both a replacement and adjunct to usual in-person care. However, based on the National Institute on Aging's National Health and Aging Trends Study , researchers estimated roughly one-third of older adults in the U.S. are not ready to participate in video visits. THE PROBLEM Inexperience with technology was the major barrier – those who were older, Black or Hispanic tended to have less education and lower inc
The Rand Blog
AUGUST 31, 2023
Hundreds of small school districts across America have cut one day a week from their calendars. A shorter school week helps them compete for teachers and reduce costs. Teachers and parents love it. But is it really in the best interests of students?
Health Populi
AUGUST 3, 2023
An aging U.S. population with a preference for growing older at home — and a fiscally challenging health care financing outlook — are setting the demographic and financial table for the shift of medical care to peoples’ homes discussed in The State of Health at Home Models: Key Considerations and Opportunities , published by the American Medical Association (AMA).
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 30, 2023
Humana's senior-focused primary care business, CenterWell, is bringing its services into patients' homes. | Humana's senior-focused primary care business, CenterWell, is bringing its services into patients' homes.
Speaker: Kaitlin Ruby Carroll
Retaining top talent in 2025 means rethinking benefits. In a competitive job market, fertility benefits are more than just offerings - they are a commitment to your team’s well-being. Gain critical insights into the latest fertility benefits strategies that can help position your organization as an industry leader. Our expert will explore the unique advantages and challenges of each model, share success stories from top organizations, and offer practical strategies to make benefits decisions tha
Health Care Dive
AUGUST 30, 2023
The program builds on Humana’s acquisition of home-based primary care provider Heal earlier this year, and could eventually expand to 10 additional southern and southwestern states.
NASHP
AUGUST 30, 2023
To view the model act, visit Model Rural Emergency Hospital Act. Congress established a Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) Designation as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 for certain hospitals that meet requirements set out in 42 U.S.C. § 1395x(kkk)(2). The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) promulgated final regulations for REHs at 87 Fed.Reg. 71748 (November 3, 2022) and 88 Fed.Reg. 58640 (August 28, 2023).
Healthy Debate
AUGUST 28, 2023
Our information ecosystem has become a massive false-balance machine. We need to correct bothsideism and misinformation.
Healthcare ECONOMIST
AUGUST 31, 2023
Let’s say that you have data. This could be say data on how many points Giannis Antetokounmpo scored in a game. One could fit some distribution to the data. For instance, you may know the mean and standard deviation and you could estimate a normal distribution. However, the data may not be normal. Or the data could be bounded (e.g., you can’t score negative points in basketball).
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Meditech
AUGUST 29, 2023
At Southern Ohio Medical Center (SOMC) we have critical care as a specialty service. We pride ourselves on accomplishing advanced and complex care in our rural setting, continuously bringing value to our community. The capability of providing high levels of acuity close to home allows families to be at the bedside, easing stress and worry. We remain dedicated to making a difference in the lives of our patients, their families, and our community, and for our critical care team the stakes are alwa
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 30, 2023
In a letter sent to all states (PDF), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ( | As more Medicaid beneficiaries are wrongly kicked off the program, CMS is requiring states to reevaluate its eligibility systems and auto-renewal process.
Health Care Dive
AUGUST 31, 2023
The South Carolina-based health system alleges that the insurer broke its contract and gave "false and misleading" statements to the press about Prisma’s proposed rates for 2024.
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 28, 2023
Annmarie Ison, Head of Customer Service for the Oncology Software Solutions Business Line at Elekta The complex and dynamic landscape of multimodal cancer care is boosting demand for oncology-specific technological innovations. The need for elevated cancer care is steadily climbing, compelling software developers to create increasingly integrated and sophisticated solutions.
Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson
Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.
The Rand Blog
AUGUST 24, 2023
Earlier this year, a group of experts from RAND and the Special Competitive Studies Project launched a new wargame effort around China's invasion of Taiwan—but unlike most D.C.-based wargames, this effort heavily involved members of the commercial technology sector, in order to understand what near-term capabilities might be brought to bear on a Taiwan scenario.
Home Health Care
AUGUST 30, 2023
Another home-based care company has entered the franchise arena. First Day Homecare recently announced the launch of the franchising of its brand — making it the first franchise in the U.S. to specialize in pediatric home care services, according to the company. Emily Wiechmann — First Day Homecare’s CEO and co-founder — believes that the move will bring value to the beneficiaries of pediatric home care services.
Vie Healthcare
AUGUST 23, 2023
Episode Introduction Clifford explains the two types of echocardiograms, the benefits of 3D versus 2D echoes, and why it takes $72 million and a decade to launch new medical devices in the US. He also highlights how spending on cardiovascular care has risen to $600 bn a year and offers a Top Gun analogy to emphasize why healthcare leaders must carry out competitive and environmental scans.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 30, 2023
GoodRx has launched a new feature to allow healthcare professionals to see the cost of a patient’s prescription with their insurance. | The feature, embedded in GoodRx's provider solution, surfaces a patient’s coverage and benefits at the point of care with the goal of increasing price transparency and access to drugs.
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Health Care Dive
AUGUST 29, 2023
A limited group of Google Cloud clients, including systems HCA and Mayo Clinic, have been testing the large language model since April in a variety of use cases.
Meditech
AUGUST 22, 2023
When a health system decides to deploy a new EHR , most of its resources and efforts focus on the go-LIVE, and rightly so — a project of this size has to be managed effectively and within strict timelines. Healthcare systems often need to bolster their IT infrastructure to accommodate the EHR deployment, and the go-LIVE can feel more like the end of a process rather than the beginning of a new one.
Health Recovery
AUGUST 30, 2023
The presence of wounds and the cost to care for them has become a growing problem, needing an urgent solution. HRS has partnered with wound experts to provide our customers a much-needed solution to this growing social and economic burden.
Healthcare Associates
AUGUST 16, 2023
Why Does My Eye Feel Bruised When I Blink? Blinking is an involuntary and nearly constant activity. Most people blink 15 to 20 times per minute. This momentary closing and reopening of the eye is important for overall eye health. It ensures that your eyes stay oxygenated and well moisturized. It also helps remove any debris from the surface of the eye.
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Complete and accurate provider data is essential for health organizations to operate effectively. A better understanding of your provider network helps to understand patients and consumers, identify gaps in care, and make the best possible decisions for your businesses. A modern provider data management solution should power a complete and accurate view of each of your providers, make this data easily accessible across functional groups, and be flexible and agile enough to scale. with your needs
Life Qi
AUGUST 30, 2023
The importance of effective reporting In the world of improvement, buy-in and communication are critical. Whether you're leading a small-scale process improvement initiative or managing a large-scale transformation project, having all stakeholders onboard and vital decisions made in a timely fashion can make all the difference in achieving your goals.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 30, 2023
In order to address deteriorating adolescent mental health, interventional behavioral health app BeMe Health moved to meet teens where they’re at—online. | In order to address deteriorating adolescent mental health, interventional behavioral health app BeMe Health moved to meet teens where they’re at—online. Amd according to new research, this methodology is proving successful.
Health Care Dive
AUGUST 9, 2023
The letter, sent by a bipartisan group of senators to tax commissioners, comes as the federal government increases scrutiny into nonprofit hospitals’ charity care spending.
CDC
AUGUST 15, 2023
CDC’s evidence-based guidelines for health care are designed to protect healthcare workers and patients, encourage safe practices, improve health outcomes, and save lives. They are not regulations, but many regulatory bodies consider this advice when they create the rules that lead to penalties and payments for healthcare facilities. We have learned a lot about how to improve CDC guidance, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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