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Retail Health: Fad, Failure, or Future?

Healthcare Leadership

Over the past two years, retail health has been a hot topic of conversation. Some see retail health as a threat, some see it as the natural evolution of healthcare, and some see it as an innovative disruptor. We may not know who is right for a decade or more, but there is no doubt that retail health is having an immediate impact. But is that impact good?

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Freezing the squeeze: The three A’s of efficiency

Nordic

In a recent blog post, we covered the plethora of factors forcing health systems to do more with less. Collectively known as The Big Squeeze , they include market forces, labor issues, and a clinical tsunami of Long COVID and post-COVID sequelae. In this article, we discuss how to increase internal efficiency so the organizational strategy can offset the external drivers responsible for the Big Squeeze.

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Home Healthcare Gains New Champions

CHQ Healthcare

The healthcare industry knew COVID-19 would cause changes in critical areas, and a heightened awareness of home healthcare emerged as one of those. In conjunction with The Harris Poll, Interim Healthcare wanted to assess consumers’ feelings about home healthcare and whether the pandemic had altered their perceptions. The two companies conducted a Home Health Insights Study from September 14 to 16, 2021.

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Sparrow Health System uses pandemic lessons to expand its virtual care strategic plan

Healthcare It News

Sparrow Health System in Lansing, Michigan, began developing a virtual care strategy in October 2019 – well before COVID-19 struck – with the hope of leveraging the technology as a tool to support patient care and the organizational strategy, rather than as a stand-alone strategy in and of itself. Sparrow's initial goal was to launch on-demand, virtual urgent care to increase access and provide another front door into the health system.

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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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NYT investigation finds Providence pressured poor patients to pay

Health Care Dive

“The result, in the case of Providence, is that thousands of poor patients were saddled with debts that they never should have owed,” The New York Times found.

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Maximize Marketing ROI With Call Tracking for Healthcare

Healthcare Success

Philadelphia retailer John Wanamaker once said, “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don't know which half.”. And truthfully, it’s probably more for many businesses. Years ago, it was common for healthcare providers to ask, “How did you hear about us?” when you called to schedule an appointment or ask a question. Though well-intentioned, this first step toward identifying the best marketing channel for your business relied solely—and heavily—on front office personne

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Epic-linked collections tech gains $1M pre-service in first year at Catholic Health

Healthcare It News

Catholic Health, a health system serving the Long Island region in New York, has 16,000 employees across six acute care hospitals, three nursing homes, a home health service, hospice and an extensive network of physician practices. THE PROBLEM. The health system was preparing for a revenue cycle transformation centered on Epic Revenue Cycle as the core technology and knew that meant there would be new opportunities to digitally engage patients and modernize the financial experience for patients.

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Almost half of Americans have inadequate healthcare coverage, survey finds

Health Care Dive

Even as the uninsured rate has dipped to a record low, having coverage is not enough to protect consumers from the high-cost of care, Commonwealth Fund researchers found.

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Elon Musk May Have a Point About Bots on Twitter

The Rand Blog

Twitter has a deep bench of engineers working for the company. They have access to trillions of data points on their over 300 million monthly active users. Why has a company this size struggled to clean up its platform?

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Unlocking the power of AI in Microsoft Cloud for industries

Cloud Blogs

AI is transforming industries by helping organizations in modernizing business processes and accelerating development. While global AI software revenue is forecasted to reach $62.5 billion in 2022, a 21.3 percent increase from 2021 (Gartner ), 1 a common challenge is moving from experimentation to making AI part of standard operations. Microsoft is deeply invested in AI solutions, engaging highly experienced researchers, data scientists, and thought leaders.

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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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How one FQHC uses telehealth for primary care, behavioral health and addiction treatment

Healthcare It News

Harbor Care Health and Wellness Center in Nashua, New Hampshire, provides primary care, behavioral health and dental services to a population that is either homeless or at risk of homelessness. Harbor Care Health is a Federally Qualified Community Center. FQHCs were established to provide affordable medical services to those in need, regardless of their ability to pay.

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Mass General Brigham’s plan to slash millions in costs gets green light

Health Care Dive

The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission required the state’s largest health system to submit a cost-cutting plan, a first for the state board.

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India-Pakistan Ties Are Warming—but Don't Get Excited Just Yet

The Rand Blog

While the warming trend in India-Pakistan ties is encouraging, it makes sense to keep a healthy check on expectations. Events could easily derail progress. Ultimately, it will take trust for India and Pakistan to normalize their relationship, and developing trust takes time.

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Use of PDSAs in healthcare

Life Qi

Why use PDSAs in healthcare? In this article we are going to take a look at why the ‘Plan-Do-Study-Act’ or PDSA cycle is so widely used within healthcare organisations. We’re going to delve into the benefits – and any disadvantages – of using PDSAs in healthcare and how you can use them to drive Quality Improvement.

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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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How Hospital Authority Hong Kong is working towards sustainable healthcare

Healthcare It News

Hospital Authority has made significant achievements over the past years in digitising its processes and ways of delivering care to patients and communities. For over 30 years, it has invested in developing its clinical management system, which is now considered one of the most advanced systems in the world. Recently, it also began working on projects that contribute to its vision of a smart hospital.

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Stopgap Senate bill advances, but leaves COVID-19 funding behind

Health Care Dive

The bill cuts funding for COVID-19 and monkeypox aid but extends two rural hospital programs.

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When is the best time to get a flu shot?

Healthcare Associates

When is the best time to get a flu shot? As September rolls into October, your local pharmacy may be advertising that it has received this season’s shipment of flu vaccines. However, you may be wondering when is the best time to get a flu shot. The best time to get flu shots is not necessarily as soon as they become available every year. Here’s what you need to know about when is the best time to get the flu shot, including why you should consider the best time to get the flu vaccine before imme

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Sequential PDSA cycles vs. Simultaneous PDSA cycles

Life Qi

We’ve taken a look at ‘Plan-Do-Study-Act’ (PDSA) cycles in some of our previous blogs. You can use this four-step model for improvement as a framework for changes across a wide range of industries.

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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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New frontiers in signature capture and digital workflow management

Healthcare It News

Sponsor: Wacom Primary topic: Interoperability Topic: Interoperability Patient Engagement Privacy & Security Resource Central: White Papers External url: [link] Thumbnail: Body: Enterprise Taxonomy: Short Headline: New frontiers in signature capture and digital workflow management Region Tag: Global Edition Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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Digital pathology picking up among US providers, vendors, report finds

Health Care Dive

Digital pathology technologies, already popular in Europe, are primed for growth in the U.S., according to a report from KLAS research.

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Rockley Photonics Develops Smaller, Powerful Chip for Health Wearables

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Rockley Photonics Holdings Limited , a global leader in photonics-based health monitoring and communications solutions, recently announced that it has developed what it believes to be the world’s first micro-transfer-printed (mTP) silicon-photonics-based laser for commercial applications. – This groundbreaking achievement is expected to allow Rockley to further increase the density and reduce the size of its high-density spectrophotometer chips — which are alr

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Climate, Technology, Trust: Ways to Help Students Report Threats to Their School

The Rand Blog

When students or others don't know how to report a threat or aren't willing to do so, important opportunities to protect students may be missed. Schools receive comparatively little guidance about how to implement an effective reporting program or how to build a robust reporting culture. A recent research effort helps to fill this gap, highlighting seven key implications for school safety planning.

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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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Has the era of 'hyper-personalized' patient engagement arrived?

Healthcare It News

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CommonSpirit posts $1.3B full-year operating loss

Health Care Dive

It’s the latest system to report that pressures from inflation and expenses are outpacing revenue growth.

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Home- and Senior-Focused Mental Health Startup Rippl Raises $32 Million 

Home Health Care

The mental health startup Rippl, which is specifically geared toward seniors, has raised $32 million. Led by co-founder and CEO Kris Engskov, the company has a home-based focus. It wants to fix what it calls a “broken” mental health model for seniors, and will target patients with dementia and other neurocognitive conditions. “I think we know overwhelmingly now know that seniors want to stay at home and age at home,” Engskov told Home Health Care News.

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Launches Telemedicine Platform

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Today, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) announced it has collaborated with Accenture and Microsoft over the last 12 months to help develop and refine MSK Telemedicine. MSK Telemedicine was created to provide patients access to care during the COVID-19 pandemic and into the future, allows MSK patients and families to virtually interact with their entire care team, seamlessly replicating an in-clinic visit. – With the combined resources of Accenture,

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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.

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The Future of Healthcare is in the Home

GoMoHealth

GoMo Health CEO and Chief Behavioral Technologist Bob Gold was featured in the Invest NJ 2022 North & Central Jersey report discussing the future of healthcare and the shift to at-home care models. “Our general outlook is that there is going to be an increasing shift to healthcare not delivered in a facility, but at home, and all healthcare institutions have to build an infrastructure to support the shift from facility-based care to home-based care.

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DOJ silent on appeal as UnitedHealth-Change deal close looms

Health Care Dive

A closed deal would be a major setback for the DOJ, which lost another merger case this year, antitrust legal experts told Healthcare Dive.

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Mapping Out A Unified Post-Acute Care Payment System Prototype

Home Health Care

The idea of a unified post-acute care payment system has captured the imagination of home health industry stakeholders for years. One question that has always loomed large, however, was how one payment system could be applied to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), in-patient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs), long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) and, of course, home health providers.

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Bridge The Health Literacy Gap for Your Patients With These Top Tips

HIT Consultant

Doreen DeGroff, MEDITECH Senior Productor Director, CereCore. According to the National Assessment of Adult Health Literacy , only 12% of adults in the U.S. have proficient health literacy skills. Healthcare is a unique industry because it is wide-ranging yet highly personalized. Health literacy is important for patients, physicians and their communities.

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Enhance Healthcare Efficiency With Top Payroll & HCM Services

Running a healthcare facility requires precision and care, not just for patients but also for your staff. Our guide, "A Buyer’s Guide to Payroll & HCM Services," helps healthcare providers choose the best provider. Efficient payroll management ensures timely, accurate payments, critical for maintaining staff morale and trust. Compliance support helps navigate complex healthcare regulations and avoid costly fines.