Healthcare It News
AUGUST 23, 2021
Connected Health Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Mobility Patient Engagement With Google Health and Apple both reported to be, respectively, closing down and scaling back their healthcare efforts, it's worth asking just how disruptive consumer technology companies can be in this hugely complex and fragmented industry.
Health Care Dive
AUGUST 26, 2021
As Headspace Health, the two companies will offer support for mental health symptoms from anxiety to depression to more complex diagnoses, selling direct to consumer and to employers and health plans.
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Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 23, 2021
KFF: Preventable COVID hospitalizations among unvaccinated cost U.S. health system $2.3B. dmuoio. Mon, 08/23/2021 - 16:01.
Health Populi
AUGUST 24, 2021
“Racial and ethnic inequities in the US health care system have been unremitting since the beginning of the country. In the 19th and 20th centuries, segregated black hospitals were emblematic of separate but unequal health care,” begins the editorial introducing an entire issue of JAMA dedicated to racial and ethnic disparities and inequities in medicine and health care, published August 17, 2021.
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Healthcare It News
AUGUST 25, 2021
Virtual care can help fill the gaps in behavioral healthcare, including the critical supply-and-demand issue – too many patients, not enough clinicians – that has been hampering care for quite some time. This was the focus of a HIMSS21 Digital discussion between Michael Hasselberg, senior director of digital health at the University of Rochester and Julie Rish, clinical psychologist and director of design and best practices at the Cleveland Clinic.
Health Care Dive
AUGUST 25, 2021
One aim of the deal is to provide a more competitive Medicare Advantage product in Florida and Puerto Rico, executives outlined in a letter to other Blue Cross Blue Shield CEOs.
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Bill Of Health
AUGUST 23, 2021
By Ross D. Silverman and Gabriel T. Bosslet. As COVID-19 vaccination mandates become increasingly common , we can expect exemption requests (and misuse) to become increasingly widespread, too. Most entities requiring vaccination mandates or proof of vaccination upon entry may offer limited grounds upon which an individual may request an exemption, usually based upon religious beliefs or medical reasons.
Healthcare It News
AUGUST 24, 2021
Just like many healthcare provider organizations across the country, Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Virginia, offers patients a multitude of services spanning several floors in multiple buildings that were constructed at different times on varying terrain. THE PROBLEM. Because of the geography, floors across buildings do not even match up. For example, at Virginia Hospital Center, what is the second floor on one building connects to the third floor on another.
Health Care Dive
AUGUST 24, 2021
Roughly 113,000 of the 185,000 inpatient stays with a COVID-19 diagnosis, or about 61%, could have been prevented by vaccination in June and July, researchers estimated.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 25, 2021
Three-quarters of employers have accelerated telehealth offerings amid pandemic: Business Group. pminemyer. Wed, 08/25/2021 - 16:29.
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Home Health Care
AUGUST 23, 2021
In a move to increase COVID-19 vaccinations among home-based care workers, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) has teamed up with the National Minority Health Association (NMHA) and the Flex for Checks program. “We don’t see this as a small issue to be addressed,” NAHC President Bill Dombi told Home Health Care News. “We still see it as a continuing and large issue.
Healthcare It News
AUGUST 24, 2021
Kaiser Permanente has donated a total of $143,000 to four safety net organizations that aim to expand virtual care to low-income and unhoused communities across Hawaii. The organization did so through the Virtual Care Innovation Network, a Kaiser Permanente-founded collaboration that aims to solve challenges associated with telehealth's implementation and sustainability.
Health Care Dive
AUGUST 25, 2021
While the screening recommendation could lead to more treatment, and therefore more costs to health insurers, catching the disease earlier may save money in the long run.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 26, 2021
Boehler's Rubicon Founders is taking aim at kidney care. Here's why. pminemyer. Thu, 08/26/2021 - 15:50.
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The Rand Blog
AUGUST 23, 2021
The Biden administration has yet to detail its goals in the Indo-Pacific region and how it plans to achieve them. But following recent virtual engagements and U.S. visits to the region, at least three key points have crystallized.
Healthcare It News
AUGUST 27, 2021
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Health Care Dive
AUGUST 26, 2021
The expansion, which is pending regulatory approval, means Cigna's exchange footprint now spans 13 states, and puts some 1.5 million additional consumers within reach.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 25, 2021
AI startup Kintsugi secures $8M from investors to build out voice biomarker-based mental health tech. elucas. Wed, 08/25/2021 - 13:56.
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NASHP
AUGUST 26, 2021
State Approaches to Contact Tracing during the COVID-19 Pandemic Updated August 26, 2021. Contact tracing is an essential strategy to curb the spread of COVID-19. Across the country, states have developed, deployed, and adapted their contact tracing approaches in response to the pandemic. NASHP and Mathematica partnered to develop this interactive map.
Healthcare It News
AUGUST 23, 2021
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Health Care Dive
AUGUST 22, 2021
While the report was generally upbeat, the system warned “COVID-19 could still negatively affect the operating margins." And results don't include the late summer surge due to the delta variant that has hammered some regions.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 26, 2021
Study names best and worst U.S. cities for mental health. agliadkovskaya. Thu, 08/26/2021 - 13:44.
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The Rand Blog
AUGUST 27, 2021
China is likely to recognize and legitimize the new leadership in Afghanistan within the coming weeks or months. Even if China has real concerns about the Taliban's willingness to keep its promises, the potential benefits are simply too great for Beijing to ignore.
Bill Of Health
AUGUST 26, 2021
By? Ameet Sarpatwari , Beatrice Brown , Alexander Egilman , Aviva Wang, and? Aaron S. Kesselheim. Each month, members of the Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law (PORTAL) review the peer-reviewed medical literature to identify interesting empirical studies, policy analyses, and editorials on health law and policy issues. Below are the citations for papers identified from the month of July.
Health Care Dive
AUGUST 23, 2021
The dissolution of the health-specific division is the latest of a number of rolled back initiatives from tech giants in the space.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 25, 2021
Ginger and Headspace plan merger to rapidly scale up digital mental health services. hlandi. Wed, 08/25/2021 - 07:45.
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The Rand Blog
AUGUST 26, 2021
Over the years the United States has been humbled abroad more than once but bounced back. Now, as the United States withdraws from Afghanistan, might Russia see the United States as defeated and vulnerable to pressure? This could be an error.
Geek Doctor
AUGUST 23, 2021
The evidence is mixed but suggests that these overlooked variables have a profound impact on each patient’s journey. This article was written by Tim Suther, Nicole Hobbs, Jeff McGinn, Matt Turner with Change Healthcare, John Halamka, MD, MS, president of Mayo Clinic Platform, and Paul Cerrato, senior research analyst and communications specialist, Mayo Clinic Platform.
Health Care Dive
AUGUST 27, 2021
As hospitalizations overwhelm facilities, operators need more staffing. But workers are in short supply, causing costs for contracted labor to rise. The ratings agency expects staffing shortages to persist into next year.
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 27, 2021
ACA navigators expected to quadruple in 2022 after $80M increase in funding. rking. Fri, 08/27/2021 - 11:27.
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