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The shifting digital health investment landscape in 2022

Health Care Dive

Signs point toward another historic year in VC investment, experts say, which will benefit the medical system as it evolves to encapsulate more digital services.

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CIOs' 5-year plans for precision medicine and emerging technologies

Healthcare It News

One of the next big shifts in patient care will be precision medicine will be "an emerging approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment and lifestyle for each person," as the Precision Medicine Initiative describes it. For physicians and researchers this means predicting more accurately which treatment and prevention strategies for a particular disease will work in particular groups of people.

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MDLive rolls out virtual-first health monitoring program for chronic conditions

Fierce Healthcare

MDLive rolls out virtual-first health monitoring program for chronic conditions. rtorrence. Thu, 01/27/2022 - 10:59.

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Patient Engagement Is Necessary for Practices & Medical Billing

p3care

As healthcare providers, you would be constantly trying to help your patients by enhancing the quality of care. However, an essential part of this process is patient engagement in medical billing services. It can seem like a challenge to interact with patients who are not open to creating a line of communication, but encouraging them is the only way.

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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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Most doctors are compensated for volume, not value of care, research finds

Health Care Dive

Health systems used financial incentives for quality and cost performance measures, but the percentage of total physician compensation based on quality and cost was just 9% for primary-care providers, according to the study.

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Uber Health taps Dr. Michael Cantor as first chief medical officer

Healthcare It News

Uber Health on Tuesday announced the hire of its first chief medical officer. WHY IT MATTERS. Dr. Michael Cantor, a board-certified geriatrician, has more than 20 years of leadership experience, having served as CMO at companies such as Intuition Robotics, Bright Health and CareCentrix. At Uber Health, he'll be in charge of building innovative tools for patients, clinicians and care coordinators.

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Patient Engagement Is Necessary for Practices & Medical Billing

p3care

As healthcare providers, you would be constantly trying to help your patients by enhancing the quality of care. However, an essential part of this process is patient engagement in medical billing services. It can seem like a challenge to interact with patients who are not open to creating a line of communication, but encouraging them is the only way.

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3 key labor trends for hospitals in 2022

Health Care Dive

Hospitals are still grappling with rising turnover, widespread burnout and numerous staff calling in sick nearly two years after the pandemic began. It's unclear when it might get better — or how much worse it could get.

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NYU Langone brings goals of care data into EHR workflow

Healthcare It News

The Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment, or MOLST , program aims to improve care for seriously ill patients and tailor treatment to their end-of-life preferences. Based on communication between the patient and their physician or NP, the eight-step protocol guides treatment for palliative care and during advanced illness and in emergencies. In New York, a statewide MOLST registry guides care teams to help ensure end-of-life care and DNR/DNI orders are consistent with patient goals.

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Chutes & Ladders—North Carolina HHS head joins Aledade; Uber Health adds first-ever chief medical officer

Fierce Healthcare

Chutes & Ladders—North Carolina HHS head joins Aledade; Uber Health adds first-ever chief medical officer. dmuoio. Thu, 01/27/2022 - 16:27.

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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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Mobile Crisis: Maximizing New Medicaid Opportunities

NASHP

The new national crisis line for behavioral health – 988 – will go online this summer, and state crisis systems will need to be ready. Current crisis call centers will need to handle an increase in the volume of calls, and the mobile crisis systems to which they refer will need to provide remote and in-person crisis services to people with a range of behavioral health needs across the state.

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HCA to build 5 new hospitals in Texas

Health Care Dive

The news comes on the heels of HCA's plans to build three new hospitals in Florida, another core market for the Nashville-based health system.

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Customer service for healthcare: Improve patient and staff experiences with efficient service

Healthcare It News

Sponsor: ServiceNow Primary topic: Patient Engagement Topic: Analytics Interoperability Patient Engagement Resource Central: White Papers External url: [link] Thumbnail: Body: Sponsor: ServiceNow.

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Senate health leaders preview bipartisan plan to overhaul the nation's public health response

Fierce Healthcare

Senate health leaders preview bipartisan plan to overhaul the nation's public health response. dmuoio. Wed, 01/26/2022 - 12:17.

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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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Diagnosis: Stress, Anxiety and Anger – the 2022 Medscape Physician Burnout & Depression Report

Health Populi

As physicians deal on the frontlines in Year 3 of the COVID-19 pandemic, they’re stressed, anxious, and angry concludes the Medscape 2022 Physician Burnout & Depression Report. This year, the tagline focuses on stress, anxiety and anger. [Over the past couple of years, the study has used the word “suicide” in the title of the report, FYI].

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Emergency physicians' level of burnout jumped last year

Health Care Dive

An overload of bureaucratic tasks, such as charting and paperwork, was doctors' No. 1 reason for burnout, affecting 60% of those polled by Medscape.

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Customer operations in healthcare: Building blocks to transform patient experiences and minimize operational complexity

Healthcare It News

Sponsor: ServiceNow Primary topic: Interoperability Topic: Analytics Interoperability Patient Engagement Resource Central: White Papers External url: [link] Thumbnail: Body: Sponsor: ServiceNow.

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Number of ACOs increases modestly to 483 for 2022, which advocates say should be wake-up call

Fierce Healthcare

Number of ACOs increases modestly to 483 for 2022, which advocates say should be wake-up call. rking. Wed, 01/26/2022 - 13:36.

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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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Prison Health Care is Broken Under the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy

Bill Of Health

By Sarah Wang. Incarcerated individuals need health care, but punitive policies make securing access to care particularly difficult among this population, which numbers about 2.1 million as of 2021. As a first step to protecting incarcerated individuals’ right to health, Congress should repeal the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy (MIEP). The MIEP, established in 1965, prohibits Medicaid from covering incarcerated individuals, despite any prior eligibility.

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Medicaid stakeholders warn of hurdles for redeterminations process

Health Care Dive

Resuming the process of determining whether people are still eligible for Medicaid may sound easy, but stakeholders caution it's much more nuanced than flipping a switch, and poor planning risks massive enrollment losses.

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Healthcare book of knowledge

Healthcare It News

Sponsor: ServiceNow Primary topic: Artificial Intelligence Topic: Analytics Artificial Intelligence Patient Engagement Resource Central: White Papers External url: [link] Thumbnail: Body: Sponsor: ServiceNow.

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From full-page newspaper ads to press events, hospitals say their pandemic pleas are reaching the public

Fierce Healthcare

From full-page newspaper ads to press events, hospitals say their pandemic pleas are reaching the public. dmuoio. Mon, 01/24/2022 - 15:20.

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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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Correctional Sleep: Where Litigation Falls Short and Where Research, Policymaking are Needed

Bill Of Health

By James R. Jolin. U.S. incarcerated populations have long dealt with chronic sleep deprivation, often with little to no reprieve. This disturbing health crisis is insidiously ingrained in the culture of corrections and surprisingly neglected in American public health scholarship. Estimates for the incidence of such sleep deprivation in correctional facilities are admittedly varied (likely a consequence of little epidemiological sleep research in the U.S. correctional systems on the whole), but

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ACA open enrollment period drove record number of sign-ups

Health Care Dive

Expanded tax credits through the American Rescue Plan made coverage more affordable and greater outreach efforts helped accelerate enrollment, health officials said.

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Orbita transforms nurse and patient hospital experiences with ServiceNow

Healthcare It News

Sponsor: ServiceNow Primary topic: Interoperability Topic: Analytics Interoperability Patient Engagement Resource Central: White Papers External url: [link] Thumbnail: Body: Sponsor: ServiceNow.

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Uber taps first chief medical officer for growing healthcare arm

Fierce Healthcare

Uber taps first chief medical officer for growing healthcare arm. rtorrence. Wed, 01/26/2022 - 16:24.

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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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Bayada to Lay Off Nearly 700 Employees, Close Four Locations

Home Health Care

Bayada Home Health Care is laying off 682 workers in Florida while closing five of its locations in the state. The Business Observer was the first to report the news. The locations hit hardest by the layoffs are Brooskville, Brandon and New Port Richey, where 306, 150 and 144 workers will lose their jobs, respectively, according to the report. Other locations that were affected include Clearwater and Tampa.

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OIG audit targets hospital compliance with surprise billing rule

Health Care Dive

The effort aims to gauge whether providers receiving federal relief funds to help survive the pandemic complied with restrictions on unexpected bills for inpatients with COVID-19.

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Make “Delighting the Patient” a differentiator for your organization

Meditech

When you’re a small fish in a big pond, you need to do something to stand out from the crowd and be noticed. The same holds true for when you are a relatively small healthcare organization surrounded by giants. You need a differentiator — something that you can give patients that others cannot. With consumerism becoming prevalent in healthcare and patients exhibiting more control over how and where they receive care, it is no longer enough to merely improve the experience for patients.

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As HHS releases another $2B in COVID relief payments, hospitals call for Congress to cover delta, omicron expenses

Fierce Healthcare

As HHS releases another $2B in COVID relief payments, hospitals call for Congress to cover delta, omicron expenses. dmuoio. Tue, 01/25/2022 - 12:13.

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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.