Violence against emergency room physicians is on the rise, survey finds
Health Care Dive
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
Two-thirds of physicians working in emergency departments reported being assaulted in the past year alone, according to a survey.
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Take charge of your professional development
Pro CRNA
SEPTEMBER 18, 2022
By Thomas Davis, DNAP, MAE, CRNA. A common theme of my leadership articles is emphasis on the importance of creating a preferred workplace. Both healthcare and business management literature reinforce the connection between employee engagement/productivity and working in a favored environment. Among the foundational elements of a great workplace is professional development where the employer actively seeks avenues for employees to gain new professional skills.
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It’s Time to Give Patients “Admin Access” to Manage Their Healthcare
HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
Vik Krishnan, General Manager of Intrado Digital Workflows. While the entire healthcare industry is inching toward giving people more autonomy to manage their care, we can’t seem to hand over the keys just yet. The latest KLAS data on patient preferences shows that most individuals interacting with the healthcare system want greater control, especially over their care visits.
10 Ways to Attract New Patients from Key Local Employers
Healthcare Success
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
Help Providers Win New Patients from Large Local Businesses with These Tactics. Large or dominant employers in your local communities are excellent targets of opportunity for new patients and cases. Most healthcare providers have local businesses that are (or could be) a source of new business. Whether it’s a company that's conveniently located across the street, or a dominant employer in the community, your providers want their business—here’s how you can help them win it.
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
HHS ‘roadmap’ aims to tackle nation’s mental health crisis
Health Care Dive
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
The initiative prioritizes integrating behavioral health services into primary and other specialty care areas as well as community-based settings like schools.
ATA hosts series this week on the value of virtual care
Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
The American Telemedicine Association has gathered a number of speakers to share their expertise on integrating virtual care into healthcare delivery. WHY IT MATTERS. ATA is taking the week to encourage telehealth solution providers, hospital systems and medical practices, patient advocacy leaders, policymakers and other stakeholders to examine hybrid care models that include in-person and virtual care.
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Health is Everywhere, and Telehealth Is Health – And It’s Personal
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
If health is nurtured and made where we live, work, play pray, learn, and shop, the healthcare should be everywhere. That’s the promise, increasingly a reality, of telehealth. We are in the middle of Telehealth Awareness Week , an advocacy program launched by the ATA (American Telemedicine Association) whose mission I share — that #TelehealthIsHealth.
Watchdog faults FDA for rushing COVID tests to market by easing emergency use rules
Health Care Dive
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
The HHS Office of Inspector General found that by loosening emergency use authorization requirements to bring COVID-19 tests to market faster, the agency allowed inaccurate tests to be distributed.
South Korea's Myongji Hospital to develop robots that support dementia patients
Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
Myongji Hospital, a tertiary healthcare institution in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province, is developing an AI-driven care robot to assist patients with dementia. The AI robot called "PIO" will be developed as part of a recently-signed technology development agreement with Whydots, a local robot maker. WHAT IT'S ABOUT. The PIO robot, which resembles a parrot, aims to stimulate attachment and emotions in early dementia patients.
RAND Experts React to Putin's Latest Threatening Rhetoric
The Rand Blog
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Vladimir Putin appeared to double-down on his country's war effort in Ukraine September 21st, calling up hundreds of thousands of new troops, threatening Ukraine and the West, vowing to use “all the means at our disposal,” and pointing out that he is not bluffing. Here's what a few RAND experts had to say.
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
The Direct Link Between Value-Based Health Care, Digital Transformation and Social Determinants – Insights from Innovaccer and Morning Consult
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
Only 4% of health care payments in the U.S. are pure fee-for-service (FFS) these days. “The end of pure FFS is near,” according to The State and Science of Value-Based Care , a report-out of survey research from Innovaccer and Morning Consult. Innovaccer, a health cloud/data analytics company, worked with Morning Consult to do deep-dive interviews with 75 senior health care executives; research was conducted in November and December 2021, so these perspectives represent those of heal
Will the healthcare labor shortage fuel more consolidation?
Health Care Dive
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
J.P. Morgan’s head of healthcare corporate client banking lays out trends to consider as private equity firms snap up physician groups.
Digital front doors' advantages when meeting population health needs
Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
Population health management has become an important competency for hospitals and health systems. But the road to implementing effective pop health strategies is laden with challenges: monitoring chronic illness rates and preventing community transmission, triaging emergencies over routine health care circumstances, and executing preventive services all require providers to alter their traditional fee-for-service workflow.
HHS Releases First of Its Kind National Strategy on Family Caregiving
NASHP
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
HHS Releases First of Its Kind National Strategy on Family Caregiving The far-reaching report details 350 recommendations across 15 federal agencies and includes actions for state and local governments, employers, and community organizations. Washington, DC — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a broad national strategy that provides the roadmap needed for federal, state, and local governments, as well as businesses and communities, to better support family caregi
Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide
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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.
Life expectancy in China surpasses the US
Healthcare ECONOMIST
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
Back in 1960, life expectancy in the US was 69.7 years as compared to 43.7 years. At the turn of the century, this gap had closed to 76.8 to 71.4 years. As of 2021, however, US life expectancy was 76.1 whereas life expectancy in China was 77.1, a full year ahead of the U.S. Part of the reason for China pulling ahead was a bigger decrease in life expectancy in the US during COVID-19 (falling from 78.8 in 2019 to 77.1 in 2021) whereas life expectancy actually increased in China (76.9 to 77.1).
Health sector causes 10% of greenhouse gas emissions, report finds
Health Care Dive
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
The congressional report also found a majority of health systems surveyed had been affected by an extreme weather event.
Inside a new virtual-first, Epic-based, nationwide telehealth services company
Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, health systems now provide the majority of telehealth across the country. However, while health system physicians are going back to their office-based routine, patient demand in many cases has started to outstrip the health system supply. Some health systems have contracted with third-party telemedicine vendors that often require patients to go into a separate system that is not well-integrated with the health systems' other technologies.
Legal Preparedness for Aging and Caregiving
Bill Of Health
SEPTEMBER 17, 2022
By Sharona Hoffman. During 2013 and 2014, I endured a very difficult 18 months. Both of my parents died, my mother-in-law died, and my husband was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at the age of 55. As I went through all of this, I learned a great deal about getting older, getting sick, facing the end of life, and caregiving. As a result of my personal experiences and my professional background as a Professor of Law and Bioethics at Case Western Reserve University, I wrote a book called Aging w
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.
Regime Change in Russia?
The Rand Blog
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
A careful strategy of strength and prudence has helped the West maintain security and manage relations with Moscow. The West may continue this course while upping the ante to help Ukraine defeat and expel Russian forces. In so doing, the West may also be advancing prospects for longer-term peace that might come only through liberalization in Russia.
Emotional exhaustion worse for healthcare workers in second year of pandemic, research finds
Health Care Dive
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
Nurses reported feeling more emotionally exhausted during the pandemic, with physicians also noticing an increase. The report comes as some nurses fight for better working conditions.
Avenues are expanding for healthcare access
Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
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Most Recent CMS, CDC and NHSN COVID-19 Nursing Home
Briggs Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 17, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS posted the latest nursing home data for the week ending September 4, 2022. Comparing the September 4 th data to the August 28 th data shows these changes: Resident primary vaccination completion rate increased 0.1% from previous week. Residents with booster doses increased 0.5% from previous week.
How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp
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How ‘Workforce Sharing’ Could Help Fill Gaps In Home Care
Home Health Care
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
In lieu of competing, home-based care providers may need to work together in order to keep up with the growing demand for services. Companies can do that by finding unique ways to deploy caregivers and leverage certain technologies to increase productivity. “We were challenged before the pandemic and we’ve certainly been challenged through the pandemic,” Home Helpers President and CEO Emma Dickison said last week at Home Health Care News’ FUTURE event.
Judge denies DOJ’s move to block $13B UnitedHealth, Change deal
Health Care Dive
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
The judge’s ruling follows a trial in which the DOJ argued that UnitedHealth’s bid for Change would disadvantage rivals and result in higher costs, lower quality and less innovative commercial health insurance.
Showcasing new tools for patient experience and population health
Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
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Synthetic Cannabinoids and the Lack of Substance Use Disorder Treatment in Carceral Settings
Bill Of Health
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
By Aaron Steinberg, Ada Lin, Alice Bukhman, LaToya Whiteside, and Elizabeth Matos. The inability of prisons and jails to address the drivers of and treat substance use disorders, especially during the pandemic, is leading to underexplored health ramifications for prisoners, and particularly for prisoners who identify as Black, Indigenous, or other people of color (BIPOC), who already had comparatively poorer health outcomes.
How To Empower Your Workforce With Modern Fertility Benefits
Speaker: Andrea Wuchiski
In an era where a workforce spans multiple generations, HR managers and Total Rewards leaders face the unique challenge of designing benefits packages that cater to diverse employee needs. This session will delve into how comprehensive fertility benefits can bridge generational gaps, support employees’ health, and enhance workplace satisfaction. Join us for an insightful session that highlights the strategic importance of fertility benefits in today’s competitive job market.
How MEDITECH is redefining the gender balance in organizational leadership
Meditech
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
It is no secret that historically, women have been underrepresented in corporate leadership positions and decision-making processes. This is despite the fact that companies that boast a higher representation of women on their leadership team and boards are shown to outperform organizations that do not. At MEDITECH, women fill the roles of CEO, COO, CFO and legal counsel, and the company has three female vice presidents.
Texas Medical Association files another lawsuit over surprise billing ban
Health Care Dive
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
“We are, once again, asking for the law to be followed as Congress intended, and for the challenged provisions to be invalidated,” TMA’s president said.
To help reduce maternal mortality, everyone has a role to play
Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
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Financial health: Lean hacks to accelerate your recovery
CHQ Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
Updated Sept. 19, 2022. Ongoing financial losses some healthcare organizations are suffering have prompted facilities to seek alternate ways to regroup, and recoup some of these losses. Applying some of these basic quality improvement strategies from the Lean methodology can help you identify and eliminate waste and standardize your processes to increase efficiency, lower costs, and improve employee job satisfaction.
Enhance Healthcare Efficiency With Top Payroll & HCM Services
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