Health Care Dive

AUGUST 15, 2022

With rising healthcare costs, protecting patient digital payments data is more important than ever.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 17, 2022

Through the Million Health Discoveries Program, the Regeneron Genetics Center will sequence and analyze DNA from Mount Sinai Health patients. The data will be linked to anonymized versions of their electronic health records for a multi-pronged study of personalized medicine by the Icahn School of Medicine. WHY IT MATTERS. In order to learn how effective genetics can be in helping to treat and diagnose most patients and to discover and develop new treatments, Mount Sinai Health and Regeneron are

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Healthcare Success

AUGUST 16, 2022

Women make over 85 percent of consumer purchases in the U.S. When it comes to the household, they make up to 90 percen t of the healthcare decisions. Ninety four percent of women make their own healthcare decisions, and 59 percent of women make healthcare decisions for others. And yet women’s health marketing isn’t doing a good job of meeting their needs.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 14, 2022

“Tom Lawry reminds us that the health care industry can shift from glacial to warp speed when it needs to. Given the right tools, we can evolve from health systems to systems of health, baked with Responsible Intelligence to do good while embedded with respect, inclusion, and transparency. Health citizens deserve Tom’s vision to emerge,” I wrote in a quote on the back of Tom’s new book, Hacking Health Care: How AI and the Intelligence Revolution Will Reboot an Ailing Syst

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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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Health Care Dive

AUGUST 16, 2022

On Monday, some 15,000 nurses at 15 hospitals across Minnesota voted to authorize a strike.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 18, 2022

Duke University and the University of Connecticut are two of 13 recipients receiving funding through the third round of Fairness in AI program funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation and Amazon. WHY IT MATTERS. The accepted proposals set goals to improve access to underserved patients and to improve patient care in high-stakes hospital settings.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 16, 2022

Amid a slowdown in funding for startups , the senior tech company Naborforce has secured $9 million in a Series A. The company “connects older adults to a network of trusted ‘Nabors’ for on-demand support and social engagement.” Its financing round was led by Translink Capital. Existing investors Claritas Capital, The Artemis Fund and TechStars also participated in the round.

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Health Care Dive

AUGUST 16, 2022

The Boston-based health system struggled with cost inflation, labor shortages and capacity constraints in its fiscal third quarter.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 16, 2022

There is a commonly held belief that social determinants of health like income and education level may negatively impact the use of digital health programs, and that this could widen gaps in health equity. However, a recent study from telemedicine technology and services vendor Teladoc Health found that participants were successful in controlling their diabetes through a remote diabetes monitoring program despite existing barriers to care access.

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Briggs Healthcare

AUGUST 19, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS has posted the Nursing Home COVID-19 data for the week ending August 7, 2022. Comparing the August 7 th data to the July 24 th data shows these changes: Resident primary vaccination completion rate decreased by 0.4% from 2 weeks prior Residents with booster doses increased 0.5% from 2 weeks prior Staff primary vaccination completion rate remained the same (same as previous 7 weeks) Staff with booster doses increased 0.6%

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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

AUGUST 16, 2022

Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the West's support for Kyiv has been tempered by an ace up Vladimir Putin's sleeve: the potential use of nuclear weapons. But other countries are taking notice, which could imperil world stability even further.

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Health Care Dive

AUGUST 14, 2022

The nonprofit accreditation organization said racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare are a quality and safety problem that requires a new approach.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 19, 2022

OpenNotes and The Roger C. Lipitz Center for Integrated Health Care at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have launched the Coalition for Care Partners to strengthen healthcare's capacity to systematically identify, engage and support care partners effectively through existing patient portals. WHY IT MATTERS. Care partners often take the reins of patient medical journeys, organizing medical appointments, refilling prescriptions and encouraging doctors' orders, but they d

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Briggs Healthcare

AUGUST 19, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. These items have been added to the OIG work plan this month (August): “Understanding skilled nursing facilities’ (SNFs’) costs is crucial to understanding the factors that contribute to nursing home performance and how nursing homes deliver care to beneficiaries. The cost of services, facilities, and supplies furnished to a provider by an organization related to the provider by common ownership or control may be i

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The Rand Blog

AUGUST 15, 2022

The Russian armed forces have suffered tens of thousands of casualties and lost more than 5,000 pieces of equipment. These deficits will make it hard for Russia to hold regions in Ukraine that it may soon try to annex. To succeed, Moscow will have to replenish personnel and equipment at scale—tasks that will prove extremely difficult.

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Health Care Dive

AUGUST 15, 2022

Find out how MRD testing with advanced technology is changing cancer diagnosis and treatment.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 15, 2022

Salesforce Health Cloud introduced a suite of new technologies this past week designed for remote patient monitoring, connected health, medication management and more. WHY IT MATTERS. Salesforce says it designed new features to help providers streamline operations and achieve better health outcomes as well as meet patients where they are–at home, at work or on-the-go.

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Briggs Healthcare

AUGUST 18, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. If you listened to the August 4, 2022 CMS SNF/LTC Open Door Forum, you heard the announcement from Ellen Berry of CMS that SNFs/LTCs will transition to the iQIES system in early 2023. 3 PAC providers have already made this transition to submit OASIS (HH), IRF PAI (IRF) and LTCH assessments and receive CASPER reports.

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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.

Home Health Care

AUGUST 17, 2022

Androscoggin Home Healthcare + Hospice President and CEO Ken Albert was busy at the National Association for Home Care & Hospice’s (NAHC) annual Financial Management Conference last month. In addition to leading his own organization, he was on the heels of a Washington, D.C., trip to vie for the entire home health industry in the wake of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) home health proposed payment rule.

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Health Care Dive

AUGUST 18, 2022

Fewer than one in five primary care physicians electronically exchanged patient health information with public health agencies in 2019, according to a new report from the Office of the National Coordinator.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 15, 2022

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 19, 2022

What You Should Know: – EchoNous , a company delivering AI-enabled handheld ultrasound capable of producing diagnostic-quality images, forms an alliance with Samsung that enables its Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Kosmos platform run on Samsung’s Galaxy Tab Pro tablets (models 12.0 and higher). – Made possible through the EchoNous/Samsung alliance, this new compatibility will lower the overall price point of the Kosmos platform, which already costs tens of thousands of dollar

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Life Qi

AUGUST 18, 2022

In this blog, we are going to look at the Virginia Mason Production System (VMPS) and its influence on Quality Improvement (QI) across the globe.

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Health Care Dive

AUGUST 16, 2022

A report released Monday compiles research that shows arrangements, called Certificates of Public Advantage, result in higher prices, lower quality of care and lower wage growth for employees.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 16, 2022

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Healthcare Associates

AUGUST 17, 2022

7 Reasons Why You’re Coughing After Eating. Postprandial cough, or coughing after eating, is a common problem that many people face. There are many possible causes for this problem, and fortunately, most of them will not cause you long-term health problems. Let’s discuss some of the reasons you may be coughing after you eat and when you should see your healthcare provider.

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Speaker: Andrea Wuchiski

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 18, 2022

What You Should Know: – Digital health solutions company imaware today announced its collaboration with Favor (formerly The Pill Club), the leading integrated digital healthcare platform, to offer at-home sexually transmitted infections (STI) testing for it’s more than 220K patients across the country. – This custom, one-of-a-kind test kit goes beyond existing at-home STI tests on the market to provide women and people who menstruate with a more comprehensive and accurate picture of

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Health Care Dive

AUGUST 17, 2022

A new price transparency rule lends itself to creating a more equitable, cost-effective market for medical coverage, Clarify Health CEO Niall Brennan argues.

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AUGUST 15, 2022

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Healthcare Associates

AUGUST 16, 2022

Can Heat Give You a Headache: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment, and More. Heat headaches are an unfortunate part of the summer season, given that many factors during this time of year can give you heat headaches. Changes in air pressure, humidity, temperature, and dehydration can give you a heat headache. Headaches, heat-induced migraine, and tension headaches are all distinct yet interrelated phenomena that can occur.

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