Healthcare It News
MARCH 2, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic added unprecedented levels of stress to an already-strained provider community – leading to high rates of burnout and waves of resignation. At the same time, notes Fran Ayalasomayajula, president of the social impact organization REACH, it's important to acknowledge another pervasive problem in the healthcare industry: the so-called empathy gap.
Health Care Dive
MARCH 1, 2022
The two companies make interesting bedfellows for the partnership, given they are direct competitors in virtual-first primary care delivery.
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Cloud Blogs
MARCH 4, 2022
This blog post is co-authored by Diana Nole, EVP and GM of Healthcare, Nuance There is nothing more personal or important than our health. These last two years have exacerbated an already fragile healthcare ecosystem, taxed our essential services, and put unimaginable strain on frontline workers. In response to these mounting pressures, the healthcare industry has embarked on a digital transformation that has laid the foundation for a new era of innovation and collaboration.
NASHP
MARCH 4, 2022
Governors use their annual state-of-the-state addresses to showcase successes and accomplishments over the past year and to define their policy priorities for the year ahead. This year 36 states will hold gubernatorial elections, so many governors use their state-of-the-state addresses to build their case for reelection and visions for the future. By late February, 41 governors had delivered speeches outlining plans to address a wide variety of health and economic related issues in the coming ye
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
Healthcare It News
MARCH 1, 2022
Propelled into mainstream use by the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine is becoming standard practice for many healthcare providers. According to David Ernst, MD, president of telemedicine innovator EPOWERdoc, these solutions will transform access to care and continue to drive more cost-effective delivery models, particularly at the EMS and emergency medicine level.
Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
The decision to retain the direct contracting model — albeit with numerous changes and a new name — was met with mixed reactions from stakeholders.
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The Rand Blog
MARCH 3, 2022
After decades of military neutrality between NATO and Russia, recent events saw a potential sea-change in how Finland and Sweden consider their role with the NATO alliance. NATO leadership could start planning now so that if Sweden and Finland make the jump to joining the alliance, they can be welcomed in quickly.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 2, 2022
One of the lasting lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic is the insidious and corrosive power of mis- and disinformation to undermine public health efforts. On the website for its COVID-19 Health Communication Playbook , MITRE offered just a few examples of the online epithets that bombard credulous social media users: "Some of these new vaccines will rewrite your DNA.
Health Care Dive
MARCH 2, 2022
Staffing firms appeared to negotiate significantly higher prices for anesthesia services, the study authors concluded, raising concerns that such price inflation could lead to higher insurance premiums and patient cost-sharing.
Cloud Blogs
MARCH 4, 2022
This post is co-authored by Robert Weideman, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Enterprise Division, Nuance The disruption of the pandemic has shifted customer service expectations, and for many brands, it has cemented superior customer experiences as one of the most important priorities for their organization. Today's consumers have more choices than ever before and can switch brands with ease.
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
Health Care Success
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
How much of your marketing budget is allocated to paid social media advertising ? Are you wondering if it’s worth investing in healthcare Facebook ads? If it’s not something you’re taking seriously in 2022, you’re missing out on a massive opportunity to attract new audiences, increase awareness, drive conversions, and improve your bottom line. With approximately 1.9 billion daily active users (DAU) on Facebook and 500 million DAU on Instagram stories , social media offers an enormous advertising
Healthcare It News
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
Teladoc Health announced this week that it was partnering with Amazon to launch voice-activated virtual care on Alexa-supported Echo devices. According to the companies, U.S. customers around the country can connect with a Teladoc provider via audio at any time for general medical needs. "By introducing and integrating our virtual first care experience with Echo devices, we are providing an innovative and convenient way for users to connect with a doctor," said Donna Boyer, chief produ
Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
Inpatient volumes for non-COVID-19 care have flagged throughout the pandemic, leading some operators to focus more heavily on outpatient service lines like ASCs and freestanding emergency departments.
Briggs Healthcare
MARCH 1, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CDC updated mask guidelines on Friday, February 25, 2022. In short, here’s what that looks like: “ COVID-19 Community Levels are a new tool to help communities decide what prevention steps to take based on the latest data. Levels can be low, medium, or high and are determined by looking at hospital beds being used, hospital admissions, and the total number of new COVID-19 cases in an area.
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The Rand Blog
MARCH 2, 2022
Russia has launched an unprecedented act of aggression against Ukraine. The United States and its allies must respond forcefully. But as they do, they should take into account the possibility of triggering a spiral of escalation that could lead to the only outcome worse than the invasion of Ukraine itself: a hot war between Russia and NATO.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 2, 2022
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Adelaide, South Australia, has reduced how long patients have to wait for their endoscopy or colonoscopy procedures through digital patient pathways. WHY IT MATTERS. Since 2008, the 303-bed teaching hospital has provided care to endoscopy patients through its Direct Access Colonoscopy (DAC) programme. This programme seeks to give accelerated care access to eligible, lower-risk patients.
Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
AHA is especially concerned that some hospitals were collateral damage after Russia targeted Ukraine in a 2017 cyberattack that quickly spilled worldwide.
Meditech
MARCH 2, 2022
Although there is much to be optimistic about in 2022, the steep rise in healthcare security breaches remains unrelenting. In fact, insider threats increased by 47% in two years , and the bad news doesn’t stop there. Research shows that a whopping 80% of breaches involve privileged credentials. What are health systems to do? Fortunately, the news isn’t all bad.
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.
The Rand Blog
MARCH 4, 2022
India has strong ties with Russia dating back to the Cold War. But the geostrategic winds have shifted significantly in recent years, suggesting that India might want to reconsider the benefits of close Russia ties.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 1, 2022
Tech-enabled vendors and services on the market have expanded with rapid acceleration since the pandemic. Telemedicine, though, cannot directly provide services to address social determinants of health, services that still remain scattered and disparate. Hospital technology leaders could potentially benefit from companies that offer an umbrella of technologies and services that address health disparities for vulnerable populations to promote health outcomes and equity with an inclusive and expan
Health Care Dive
MARCH 3, 2022
An analysis of more than 200,000 infusion pumps, using crowd-sourced data supplied by healthcare organizations, found about half were susceptible to "critical" and "high" severity cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
Home Health Care
MARCH 3, 2022
Right now, there are three sections of home-based care that I see as core components to the concept: home health, hospice and personal care. . There are companies that offer one, two or all three services in some spots. But there’s a growing group of home-based care providers that are hellbent on building out the “three legs of the stool” in all the markets they serve.
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The Rand Blog
MARCH 1, 2022
Business leaders have warned for years that what they see on job applications does not match what they need in new employees. There are not enough workers with the right digital skills. And as the world economy struggles to its feet after COVID-19, that skills gap threatens to keep pushing it down.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 2, 2022
A recent University of California study of telehealth implementation at community health centers found that although phone visits were beneficial to historically marginalized patients, continued virtual care use depends on increased technological resources. The study, published in SSM - Qualitative Research in Health , took a closer look at the rollout of telemedicine at two federally qualified health centers serving primarily Chinese and Latino immigrants.
Health Care Dive
MARCH 1, 2022
Pear Therapeutics CEO Corey McCann said the agency's new HCPCS code for prescription digital behavioral therapy is an important milestone for getting digital therapeutics as a product category covered by more insurance plans.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 4, 2022
Chad Waldman, VP of Engineering at DexCare. Over the past several years, nearly all of the leading health systems in the United States have adopted some form of AI , such as machine learning (ML) or natural language processing (NLP), to assist in managing healthcare operations. The unprecedented growth and development of AI has been instrumental in transforming health system administration, healthcare data analytics and patient diagnosis and treatment.
Speaker: Andrea Wuchiski
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Nordic
MARCH 3, 2022
According to the most recent Gallup poll , 5.6% of American adults identify as LGBT2QIA+. The U.S. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) has highlighted multiple social determinants that impact the health of the LGBT2QIA+ community, some relating to issues of discrimination by uninformed or intolerant providers. A simple internet search can tell a compelling story: accounts of LGBT2QIA+ patients searching for healthcare, probing and inappropriate questions, unfair treatment,
Healthcare It News
MARCH 4, 2022
Care coordination is becoming increasingly important in U.S. healthcare for a variety of reasons, including the increased use of value-based care models, the behavioral care shortage and a boom in home healthcare. The pandemic underscored the need for providers to lean into value-based care – physicians are paid according to the quality of care they deliver, as indicated by patient outcomes.
Health Care Dive
MARCH 3, 2022
Organizations need to have intelligent, integrated data platforms to make rapid innovation possible, CVS' Roshan Navagamuwa argues.
Center for Health Progress
MARCH 1, 2022
In 2018, a domestic terrorist and white supremacist opened fire and killed innocent members of the Tree of Life Synogogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This place of prayer was partially targeted because of their resettlement support programs for immigrants and refugees. This was an act of antisemitism deeply embedded in racism and white nationalism.
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