May, 2020

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Trust My Doctor and Fear the Office: The Telehealth Opportunity in and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic

Health Populi

Doctors maintain their top status as U.S. patients’ most-trusted source of coronavirus information. However, as patients continue to be concerned about exposure to COVID-19, 3 in 5 are concerned about being at-risk to the virus in their doctor’s office, according to research from the Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP) and AMCP , the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy.

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When Virtual Care Becomes the New Normal

CiscoHealth

Follow along with our new blog series #HealthcareNow and #PublicSectorNow , where we’ll addresses healthcare innovation around the world and how to maintain business continuity in today’s health climate. . In the last few months we have witnessed an unprecedented acceleration in the adoption of telehealth. To keep providers and patients safe, hospitals are shedding their initial he sitation to adopt virtual care , and are using video consultations for everything from routine visits to vir

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Stark COVID-19 images are echoes of the past

Healthy Debate

As a historian of medicine and disease, I encounter this stark image of past pandemics with sad repetition: from centuries of recurrent plague outbreaks to waves of cholera epidemics to the Spanish Flu. Images of devastated African villages during the Ebola outbreak of 2014 echo past stories as do pictures from Madagascar’s deadly plague epidemic of 2017.

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Breaking News: Telehealth Update for Institutional Providers of Therapy Services

Medbridge Education

CMS has added hospital outpatient and other institutional providers as eligible providers of telehealth services for the duration of the COVID-19 crisis. Therapy services paid under Part B and reported on an UB-04 form (with the -95 modifier) can be paid for as long as they are not part of a bundled institutional payment. This […]. The post Breaking News: Telehealth Update for Institutional Providers of Therapy Services appeared first on MedBridge Blog.

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From Diagnosis to Delivery: How AI is Revolutionizing the Patient Experience

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

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How healthcare partners are using IoT to adapt with agility

Cloud Blogs

The urgent and widespread impact of the global health pandemic is shining a light on the healthcare industry and the critical need for continued , rapid transformation. In response, Microsoft partners are applying advanced technologies such as the internet of things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) to create solutions that are enabl ing healthcare workers to deliver quality care to more people while keeping patients and providers safer.

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The Streamlined Payments Experience Consumers Want From Healthcare [Infographic]

Instamed

The Burden of Rising Healthcare Costs The 10th edition of the Trends in Healthcare Payments Annual Report reveals that rising costs continue to influence consumer healthcare decisions. The data also.

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Keeping Families and Patients Updated in the ICU with Cisco’s Video Conferencing Solution

CiscoHealth

The Customer Story blog series highlights how Cisco’s collaboration technology has helped customers solve their business challenges. Learn how Cisco is meeting customers where they are helping them achieve their business goals. NUI Galway, Cisco, and IBM Team up to Connect Family Members with Patients and Staff in the ICU. When the visiting restrictions were introduced in early March, the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) team in University Hospital Galway (UHG) in Ireland realized that it was goi

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We Can’t Go Back

Healthy Debate

Over the past few months, COVID-19 has impacted almost every part of the healthcare system. Now that we are deep into conversations about “re-opening” both broader society and healthcare, I regularly hear from patients, colleagues and others that we need to “get back to normal.

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Your Guide to Telehealth Implementation: 7 Steps to Move Forward

Medbridge Education

For PTs, OTs and SLPs in Private Practice, telehealth is here for at least the duration of the COVID-19 crisis. Many practices are already exploring their options to develop remote care programs and capabilities to meet the needs of patients following local shelter-in-place orders, or that have been affected directly by the virus. Others have […].

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There will not be a “new normal” but rather a New Existence for healthcare and human experience

The Beryl Institute

It is hard to believe that it has been just over eight weeks since the COVID-19 crisis truly hit global proportion. On March 13, with soaring cases in Europe, Asia in lockdown and Africa, Australia and the Americas bracing for the wave, I offered in announcing the reformatting of Patient Experience Conference 2020 , “We stand together to tackle this health crisis in a way that ensures the best outcomes, the greatest of dignity and respect, and the human experience it deserves.

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How to Make The Best Benefits Decisions for 2025's Workforce: An HR and Total Rewards Guide

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

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What is the Cost of Outdated Provider Payment Collection Practices?

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How COVID-19 Has Re-Shaped Health Care Delivery So Far

Health Populi

COVID-19 is re-shaping health care in America across many dimensions. In Shifts in Healthcare Demand, Delivery and Care During the COVID-19 Era , IQVIA presents a multi-faceted profile of the early impacts of the pandemic on U.S. health care. In the report, published in April 2020, IQVIA mined the company’s many data bases that track real-time data, including medical claims, flu data, sales data, oncology medical and pharmacy claims, formularies, among other sources.

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STOP INAPPROPRIATE CARE. STOP RISING HEALTHCARE COSTS.

Healthcare Highways

As quarantines and shut-down orders bring budgets to their breaking point, inappropriate care is more dangerous to company (and employee) health than ever before. Paying for inappropriate care makes it difficult to determine if you are paying the right price for your health plan. Companies may have a health plan paying reasonable unit costs for procedures, but the presence of inappropriate care raises the total cost of care over time while diminishing performance.

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Health teams incomplete without family doctors

Healthy Debate

When the time for reflection begins, so too will the soul-searching on our response to COVID-19. As a family doctor, allow me to offer this lesson learned. Family doctors who have been better able to weather the storm have had the benefit of existing and strong connections within their communities.

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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Getting an overall picture of the COVID-19 pandemic

Osf Healthcare

Ensuring OSF HealthCare has everything it needs to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic has been easy thanks to a dashboard created by Healthcare Analytics.

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A Focus on National Women’s Health Week: Managing the Mental Health Impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Women

Health Dialog

National Women’s Health Week is upon us—a time to raise awareness about steps women can take to improve their health. The week serves as a reminder for women to make their overall wellbeing a priority, which is especially important true during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mental health plays an essential role in a person’s overall wellbeing, and a recent poll shows that stress caused by the coronavirus may be taking a greater toll on women’s mental health than on men’s.

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Why Digital Healthcare Payment Experiences Are Important to Consumers

Instamed

The idea of a largely digital world is no longer a far off fantasy. It is today’s reality. Digital adoption is expected to continue growing as precautionary guidelines related to the COVID-19.

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Consumers Focus on Basic Needs in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Is Self-Care a New Normal?

Health Populi

Personal health, food and medicine, safety and financial security are consumers’ top priorities as of April 2020, learned in consumer research analyzed in How COVID-19 will permanently change consumer behavior from Accenture. Both health and economic concerns plague consumers around the world as people “strive to adapt to a new normal,” Accenture reports. “Fear is running high as individuals contemplate what this crisis means for them…for their families and friends,

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

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.

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CARE COORDINATION and COVID-19

Healthcare Highways

The healthcare system is a complex network of independent entities, including service providers, insurers, and government organizations.

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After the pandemic: Form good habits now to save local clinics

Healthy Debate

COVID-19 has affected much of our public and private lives – the way we eat, work, communicate and even see our family doctor has changed. Some of these changes may reverberate once the COVID-19 pandemic stops being a daily reality and becomes a collective memory. One trend in the healthcare field has been a shift toward more privatized medicine.

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Ensuring facilities have what they need for a pandemic

Osf Healthcare

Running out of space, staff and supplies has not been an issue for OSF HealthCare during the COVID-19 pandemic thanks to predictive modeling.

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Miami-Dade Criminal Mental Health Program: A Best Practice Model

Turner Healthcare Quality

Bringing Hope and Recovery to a High-Need, Vulnerable Population

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How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp

Facing layoffs in your organization? Support your team members' career transition with Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp: Custom Resume & LinkedIn Revamp + 6 Weeks of Career Coaching. Our certified resume writers will create job search-winning resumes and LinkedIn profiles while they work with a career coach to learn unique strategies to stand out, attract the right employers, automate their job search, and land their dream job.

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Barriers to Virtual Healthcare Adoption Pre-COVID-19 Pandemic

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Food, Housing, Energy and Medical Care – the Material Hardships of COVID-19 in America

Health Populi

The Coronavirus has impacted every aspect of human life: first, the direct biological impact of COVID-19 on people, as of today the cause of over 63,000 deaths in the U.S. along with unquantifiable morbidity among millions of Americans who are surviving the virus and the toll on family caregivers. Beyond the direct physical impact of the virus, social and emotional health impacts are emerging now due to physical distancing, mandates to #StayHome, and telecommuting to jobs when possible.

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What $6,553 Buys You in America: A Luxury Watch, a Year at Valdosta State, or a PPO for One – the 2020 Milliman Medical Index

Health Populi

Imagine this: you find yourself with $6,553 in your pocket and you can pick one of the following: A new 2020 Breitling Navitimer watch; A year’s in-state tuition at Valdosta State University; or, A PPO for an average individual. Welcome to the annual Milliman Medical Index (MMI) , which gauges the yearly price of an employer-sponsored preferred-provider organization (PPO) health insurance plan for a hypothetical American family and an N of 1 employee.

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Seeking Comfort and Safety for Being Well: Consumers Turn to Virtual Health Modes

Health Populi

“We’re not getting back to business as usual any time soon,” Sage Growth Partners and Blackbook Research introduce their latest report on the COVID-19 pandemic, As the Country Reopens Safety Concerns Rise. One of the areas that won’t be getting “back to business” soon will be patients’ visits to doctors’ offices, hospitals, and urgent care centers, the report notes, based on a survey conducted among 591 U.S. consumers on April 28 and 29, 2020.

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5 Essentials for Healthcare CIOs: A Provider Data Management Checklist

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

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The Hair Economy in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Control, Wellness, and Self-Care

Health Populi

The barbershop and beauty salon are important community touch points for health, wellness, and social connection in so many peoples’ lives. In my book, HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen , I feature the black barbershop to introduce a chapter on “The New Retail Health.” In the COVID-19 pandemic, how we’re dealing with hair is a metaphor for personal control, for political statements, for mental health, and for overall well-being.

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Big Hearts, High Tech – How Caregiving Has Changed in the U.S.

Health Populi

We are all caregivers now. The COVID-19 pandemic has touched and continues to re-shape our daily lives. One reality that the coronavirus era has revealed is that caregiving is a daily life-flow for everyone around the world. In the U.S., this has particularly acute impacts — physical, emotional, and financial. The 2020 AARP report on caregiving was published this month, and the survey research into caregivers uncovered fresh insights about caregivers’ demographics, financial stressor

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Financial Insecurity Among U.S. Workers Will Worsen in the Pandemic ? Especially for Women

Health Populi

Millions of mainstream, Main Street Americans entered 2020 feeling income inequality and financial insecurity in the U.S. The coronavirus pandemic is exacerbating financial stress in America, hitting women especially hard, based on PwC’s 9th annual Employee Financial Wellness Survey COVID-19 Update. For this report, PwC polled 1,683 full-time employed adults between 18 and 75 years of age in January 2020.

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Health Care In the COVID-19 Era – PwC Finds Self-Rationing of Care and Meds Especially for Chronic Care

Health Populi

Patients in the U.S. are self-rationing care in the era of COVID-19 by cutting spending on health care visits and prescription drugs. The coronavirus pandemic’s impact on health consumers’ spending varies depending on whether the household is generally a healthy family unit, healthy “enthusiasts,” dealing with a simple or more complex chronic conditions, or managing mental health issues.

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A Guide to Improved Sepsis Detection & Compliance: 6 Areas You Should Address

This guide highlights key areas that your sepsis detection platform should address to minimize the impact of this leading, entirely preventable cause of in-hospital deaths, as well as how to increase compliance by 20% in 30 days. Download to learn more!