Healthy Debate

DECEMBER 14, 2022

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Health Care Leader News

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Real-time data is becoming the norm in everyday life. From instant mobile banking notifications, to live energy usage updates and ‘stream on demand’ films, waiting for information is fast going out of fashion. But we are not yet seeing the same advances in healthcare data. Cases where a GP entering patient data instantly appears in a national record, for example, are very few and far between.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Michael Sheeley, Co-founder & CEO of Nurse-1-1. I met Mark Cuban once. Our conversation didn’t last very long. It was at a medical conference a few years ago. Cuban felt like a great guy to approach with an idea for a healthcare startup. We were both investors in an automation software startup called Zoba , and I of course knew him from his role on the popular entrepreneurial reality TV series Shark Tank.

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Health Care Dive

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The vaccines also reduced infections and hospitalizations, which freed up hospital resources, researchers at the Commonwealth Fund and Yale School of Public Health concluded.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 16, 2022

What does 2023 hold for healthcare technology, as innovation continues at rapid speed, policymakers and regulators try to keep up with the pace of change – and health systems large and small deal with significant budgetary shortfalls that could hamper their ability to build out their digital transformation efforts? It's anyone's guess what the next dozen or so months hold for value-based care, telehealth and remote monitoring, digital therapeutics, cybersecurity, artificial intelli

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Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 14, 2022

In states with abortion bans, maternal and infant death rates are significantly higher, study finds. hlandi. Wed, 12/14/2022 - 07:33.

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Health Care Dive

DECEMBER 12, 2022

At least 10 organizations with records of healthcare fraud and abuse prior to 2021 participated in the direct contracting program last year despite CMS screening requirements, the letter said.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 14, 2022

From the distant past of the 1990s up to just a few years ago, many healthcare technologists have predicted that telemedicine would make it into the mainstream of healthcare delivery. Well, today, thanks to many factors surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine has finally made it into the mainstream. And now that it is being so robustly used across the country, the big question is: What's next?

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Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 16, 2022

2023 forecast: Health tech tools begin constructing the Alzheimer's treatment plan. aburky. Fri, 12/16/2022 - 17:17.

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The new year is shaping up to be another critical one for personal home care agencies. While bill and pay rates continue to rise, many agencies are figuring out how to provide long-term sustainable care plans that are both effective and affordable. At the same time, technology implementation and data collection are two aspects of the evolving business that seem to be top of mind for many in the industry.

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DECEMBER 16, 2022

Staffing challenges and high inflation are expected to continue into 2023, along with affordability issues for patients, shrinking margins and continual supply chain disruptions, according to a survey from Deloitte.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Matthew Gitelis, CEO of PatientIQ, a health IT company deriving insights from patient-reported outcomes data, has some thoughts about healthcare information technology in 2023. For one, that patient experience will be king in the year ahead. Between CMS doubling the weight of patient-experience CAHPS metrics and its recent unveiling of new performance metrics pertaining to patient-reported outcomes , it's clear that patients will be a top priority in 2023, Gitelis said.

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Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 16, 2022

2023 forecast: Pharmacists push to take on a greater role in patient care. pminemyer. Fri, 12/16/2022 - 12:39.

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Spending on home health care stayed mostly flat in 2021, a new analysis from the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reveals. The steady spending on home health care last year came despite a sharp dip in government funding tied to the public health emergency (PHE). The decrease in PHE-related funding was generally offset by a rebounding of health care utilization across the board, according to the analysis, published online Wednesday by Health Affairs.

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DECEMBER 14, 2022

Increases in healthcare utilization and insurance coverage were offset by lower government spending on COVID-19, according to new CMS data.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 13, 2022

As part of its All of Us Research Program , the National Institute of Health will issue reports informing study participants if they have increased risks for certain health conditions – and givign them pharmacogenetic information that can indicate how their bodies might pocess certain medications. Color Health has partnered with NIH to offer no-cost follow-up clinical DNA tests for those who request and receive results with pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants.

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Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 12, 2022

House and Senate Dems want CMS to drop ACO REACH members due to fraud concerns. rking. Mon, 12/12/2022 - 16:08.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 16, 2022

What You Should Know: – Greenway Health has launched its new client engagement program, the Greenway Engagement Model (GEM) , designed to strengthen Greenway’s trusted advisor relationship with clients and support a more successful healthcare technology journey for Greenway clients through intentional interaction and strategic support. – The GEM program provides a dedicated client support team and creates a client feedback program aimed at improving the user experience, creatin

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DECEMBER 13, 2022

The insurtech, which went public last year, has struggled with medical costs during the pandemic and has shrunk its business over the past year.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Unite Us, which seeks to use software to address social determinants of health, will help PVA's Veterans Career Program assist transitioning service members, veterans, military spouses and their caregivers connect with essential resources, like housing, transportation, mental health and more. WHY THIS MATTERS. This population's immediate need is to address a lack of access to basic necessities, which are beyond the scope of the career program, according to PVA's announcement.

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Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Healthcare companies' default risk steadily rising, with most owned by private equity: Moody's. hlandi. Mon, 12/12/2022 - 22:05.

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Patient Safety

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Emergence delirium (ED) is a temporary condition associated with a patient awakening from an anesthetic and/or adjunct agent (e.g., sedatives and analgesics). During the condition, patients risk harming themselves or staff by engaging in dangerous behavior, which may include thrashing, kicking, punching, and attempting to exit the bed/table. A multidisciplinary team at Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS) developed and implemented a multicomponent intervention to reduce the seve

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Health Care Dive

DECEMBER 15, 2022

For specialties that required follow-ups like obstetrics, the additional visits were likely due to patients needing additional, not duplicative, care, Epic researchers said.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The Medicaid and CHIP Access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics Act seeks to expand care options that can help improve health outcomes and quality of life for those facing barriers to healthcare. The Digital Therapeutics Alliance this week encouraged legislators to support its efforts to broaden access to DTx. WHY IT MATTERS. For those with chronic and mental health conditions covered by Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, reimbursement for digital platforms and app

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Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 16, 2022

2023 forecast: 7 immediate and long-term priorities for hospital leaders. dmuoio. Fri, 12/16/2022 - 18:10.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Dr. Ernest Darkoh-Ampem, co-founder of BroadReach Group. At this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, the topic of the COVID-19 pandemic and its destructive impact was central to many of the discussions that took place. Among them, was the issue of vaccine hesitancy around the world, especially in underdeveloped nations such as those in Africa. According to Africa CDC, as of September 2022, Africa, the second most-populated continent, has only vaccinated 21% of its people; an inadequate number

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Speaker: Dr. Ugo Uwaoma, MD, MBA

Due to the impact of COVID-19, integrating telehealth software into practices and organizations has become the new normal. In turn, this has increased the effectiveness of collaborative healthcare by strengthening communication amongst healthcare workers and helping combat the woes of burnout. Communication between patients and healthcare providers has also improved, allowing patients to reach their providers easily and decreasing turnaround time.

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DECEMBER 13, 2022

The Office of Information Security outlined ways that hackers are using artificial intelligence and machine learning to build more effective malware.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Paras Healthcare, a chain of multispecialty hospitals in India, is embarking on a digital transformation with the aid of its partner MyHealthcare. WHAT IT'S ABOUT. The 700-bed hospital group will be deploying the MyHealthcare Enterprise Application ecosystem, which is built on a scalable, microservices cloud-based platform. It will enable Paras to launch a suite of patient engagement apps, including the Paras Patient Mobile App, Patient Portal, and a WhatsApp channel, which all connect to an

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Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Oracle Cerner has ambitions in national public health tech as software giant reports better-than-expected Q2 results. hlandi. Wed, 12/14/2022 - 10:12.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 16, 2022

What You Should Know: – Music Health Inc. announced that its music wellness app, Vera, is now available through Walgreens Find Care ® to provide people living with different forms of dementia with convenient and affordable access to personalized music from their computers and smart devices. – Vera is a new app that supports caregivers by offering the person in their care a custom-made “soundtrack of their lives” that can trigger long-lost memories which may temporarily improve cognit

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Speaker: Matt McBride, CEO and Co-Founder of Mend

Patient engagement happens before, during, and after interactions. Consumer research has found that in 2021, 64% of US households reported using Telehealth services. In addition 34% of patients would prefer Telehealth visits to in-office visits. Accessible patient engagement technology can help you improve your relationships with your patients while also improving your KPIs.