Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

A team of French cognitive scientists has addressed the urgent issue of vaccine hesitancy within many EU countries and proposes a new approach. With a study published in October this year, the researchers successfully demonstrated that the reluctance to be vaccinated could be decreased by deploying chatbot technology. WHY IT MATTERS. The chatbot study involved researchers from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research IN

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Health Care Dive

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The ratings agency said staffing shortages, higher transportation costs and trouble sourcing some materials threaten healthcare revenue and operating margins in the near term.

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Epic's sepsis algorithm may have caused alert fatigue with 43% alert increase during pandemic. rtorrence. Tue, 11/23/2021 - 12:45.

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The Rand Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Although tensions over the coronavirus seem to be prompting China to isolate itself in terms of data sharing, the first coronavirus pandemic in 2003 actually helped open China to health collaborations with other countries. World leaders may be doing their citizens—and global health efforts—a disservice when they allow toxic geopolitics to undercut trust and international collaborations that took decades to build.

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Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Erica Land wasn't surprised to get a call that her father needed to be rushed to the emergency department. He's long struggled with addiction, and this time it was a near-lethal combination of heroin and fentanyl. She'd lost count of how many times this scene had replayed. What surprised her was that because of the pandemic, the ED could offer to connect her father to a psychiatrist via telehealth.

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Health Care Dive

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Doctors are raising the alarm against what they perceive as Blue Cross NC's "take it or leave it" ultimatums to in-network clinicians, using the consumer protection legislation as a bargaining chip to negotiate more favorable rates.

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The Rand Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

U.S. veterans are at great risk of food insecurity, but there is limited understanding of exactly how many veterans lack resources to attain adequate and nutritious food and why. If resources are to be directed more effectively, the United States needs better clarity into the magnitude of the problem.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The six partners of EIT Health met earlier this month in Vienna, ahead of the planned launch of Austria’s new EIT Health Regional Innovation Hub in early 2022. They discussed how the hub is going to operate across Austria and how it is going to be linked into the European network of EIT Health. WHAT’S THE IMPACT. The six partners who will jointly establish the regional EIT Health network in Austria are: The Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT).

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Health Care Dive

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Like its peers, the nonprofit giant reported expense growth outpacing revenue growth in the third quarter, though the disparity between the two wasn't as sharp as other systems'

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

HHS warns of increasing zero-day attacks in healthcare. rtorrence. Wed, 11/24/2021 - 11:05.

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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 Rand Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

As Western policymakers consider how to deal with Afghan evacuees, including former members of the Afghan security forces, they might consider how to prevent adversaries such as Iran from recruiting Afghan refugees for dangerous and destabilizing operations. Greater attention to these risks may become increasingly important as refugee flows from Afghanistan continue.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The UK government has launched a “far-reaching review” into the impact of potential bias in the design and use of medical devices. Race Equality Foundation CEO Jabeer Butt welcomed the review, but said it was not enough to explain the disproportionate deaths of Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people from COVID-19. The review will examine medical devices currently on the market to identify where systematic bias and risk exist and make recommendations on how these issues should

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Health Care Dive

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Over the years, workers describe a dwindling partnership. Some believe it is this deterioration that led the organization to where it is today — recently on the brink of a major work stoppage following disputes over a new contract.

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Major insurers won't pay for Biogen's Alzheimer’s drug until they get more proof that it works: Bloomberg survey. rking. Mon, 11/22/2021 - 16:43.

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Home health agencies continued to make a major contribution to the U.S. economy last year, despite the harsh headwinds brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Overall, home health agencies contributed toward 1.49 million jobs in 2020, according to the most recent Home Health Chartbook , released annually by the Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation (AHHQI) in collaboration with Avalere.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The group of leading experts gathered virtually to discuss the importance of harnessing technology to gain health insights from data, and their findings were discussed on Day Two of the HIMSS21 Middle East session around 'Leveraging Data and Technology to Advance Population Health Management' The session participants were: Dr Ada Al-Qunaibet, Director of Public Health Research and Health Statistics, Public Health Authority Saudi Arabia; Dr Charles Alessi, Chief Clinical Officer, HIMSS, U

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Health Care Dive

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Recommendations from the new federal advisory committee will help inform policy changes to improve how charges and fees for ground ambulance services are disclosed to consumers, CMS said.

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Patients with do-not-resuscitate orders have worse outcomes, higher death rates, study finds. agliadkovskaya. Wed, 11/24/2021 - 13:09.

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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.

Healthcare Associates

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

10 Ways to Get Rid of Indigestion Fast. Indigestion, also known as dyspepsia, causes discomfort in the upper portion of your abdomen, and just about everyone experiences it at some point. “Indigestion is commonly caused by an imbalance of stomach acid, either overproduction or underproduction,” Dr. Jolson Tharakan, a family medicine physician with Healthcare Associates of Texas says.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

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Health Care Dive

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

CEO Geoff Martha said the medtech was hit in its second quarter by pandemic-related challenges that weighed on procedure volumes, particularly in the U.S.

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Two private equity firms near $17B deal to acquire Athenahealth: WSJ report. hlandi. Sun, 11/21/2021 - 21:34.

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Signify Health (NYSE: SGFY) doesn’t know exactly how many in-home evaluations would be right for every senior yet, but it’s hoping to know soon enough. For now, it just believes that the more it can coordinate, the better. “I think that is the holy grail of community-based medicine – the puzzle that needs to be cracked and solved,” Signify CMO Marc Rothman told Home Health Care News.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

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Health Care Dive

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The St. Louis-based nonprofit reported operating income of $25 million for the quarter, a steep decline from the prior-year period.

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Amid Talkspace leadership exodus and stock freefall, law firms investigating potential claims of securities violations. hlandi. Wed, 11/24/2021 - 11:09.

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Speaker: Andrea Wuchiski

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

While generic drugs frequently replace their branded counterparts after the latter lose their market exclusivity, the uptake of biosimilar products is often slower. Further, biosimilars are relatively more expensive compared to generic small molecule drugs. A key question then is how much could payers save by switching to biosimilars after loss of exclusivity.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

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Health Care Dive

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The insurer also announced it extended another value-based care partnership for Medicare Advantage members with Hutchinson Clinic, a physician group in central Kansas.

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Labor shortages impacting care for patients with disabilities. Here's how some organizations are tackling the problem. agliadkovskaya. Tue, 11/23/2021 - 20:12.

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