Healthcare It News

JANUARY 20, 2022

Artificial Intelligence Connected Health Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Patient Engagement Workflow As ambient technologies improve, additional use cases to leverage voice will emerge – that leaves us with the question of how patients and physicians are responding to voice-enabled tools in their healthcare encounters. Paddy Padmanabhan For a while now, we have been watching how voice-recognition based artificial intelligence tools can improve physician productivity, reduce burnout and impr

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Health Care Dive

JANUARY 19, 2022

Cyber incidents can compromise patient care and attacks against hospitals have become more prevalent in recent years. However, ECRI said the worst consequences are preventable.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 21, 2022

Global digital health funding skyrockets to $57.2B with record cash for mental health, telehealth. hlandi. Fri, 01/21/2022 - 11:17.

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NASHP

JANUARY 18, 2022

State Legislation to Fund and Implement ‘988’ for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline January 18, 2022. State legislatures are introducing and passing legislation in preparation for the July 2022 rollout of 988, the new congressionally mandated three-digit calling code for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. States are considering necessary components for implementation like telecommunications charges and funding schemas, workgroups to drive 988 policy, and how to integrate this into

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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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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 18, 2022

Social determinants of health are major contributors to health inequity and rising healthcare costs in vulnerable populations such as Medicaid beneficiaries. Healthcare innovators are building proactive care management programs to mitigate SDOH risk by connecting high-risk members with community-based organizations to arrange food delivery, transportation to appointments, emergency housing and other services.

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Health Care Dive

JANUARY 20, 2022

Black patients were 2.5 times more likely to have one or more negative descriptor such as "noncompliant" or "aggressive" in their EHR compared with White patients, researchers found.

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The Rand Blog

JANUARY 21, 2022

U.S. military assistance to Ukraine now will at best be marginal in affecting the outcome of the Russia-Ukraine crisis. It might be morally justified to help a U.S. partner at risk of aggression. But given the scale of the potential threat to Ukraine and its forces, the most effective way Washington can help is to work on finding a diplomatic solution.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 20, 2022

As more data has emerged about telehealth after the initial spike in March 2020, many industry-watchers, providers and patients are seeking to dig into who's using virtual care – and who's eased off. But it's not just about the "who," notes Sanjula Jain, chief research officer at the market analytics company Trilliant Health.

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Health Care Dive

JANUARY 21, 2022

The sectors face continued operational pressure as they head into a third year of the pandemic, including a tight labor market and shifts in payer mix.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 21, 2022

Cigna study: Virtual care can reduce unnecessary ER, urgent care visits by 19%. pminemyer. Fri, 01/21/2022 - 14:24.

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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

JANUARY 18, 2022

President Biden's public statements since December have focused on how further Russian invasion of Ukraine would result in material consequences. His rhetorical restraint may have important implications for the current conflict.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 19, 2022

A new study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons sought to take a closer look at the patients who sought surgical consultations in-person and via telemedicine in 2020. Between March 24 and June 23, researchers found that Latinx patients were significantly less likely to have video telemedicine compared with audio-only visits.

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Health Care Dive

JANUARY 18, 2022

New guidance from CMS sets different vaccine deadlines for healthcare workers in half the country, which could create confusion. Further complicating compliance is Texas' current shield from any deadline.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 18, 2022

Microsoft, Cleveland Clinic and Providence join coalition to innovate AI in healthcare. rtorrence. Tue, 01/18/2022 - 11:32.

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Meditech

JANUARY 18, 2022

Sometimes, despite your best efforts, your ED becomes a revolving door of the same patients. Not because of treatment issues, but because of care inequality issues. At Ozarks Healthcare , we serve a community where 23% of the population lives below poverty level, and many residents are uninsured or on Medicaid/Medicare without supplemental insurance.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 21, 2022

Scientists from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Harvard Medical School and Brown University published a meta-review in PLOS Digital Health this week seeking to examine the efficacy of apps and other mobile health interventions for mental illness. After examining results from 14 meta-analyses representing 145 randomized controlled trials, researchers said they failed to find convincing evidence of efficacy.

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Health Care Dive

JANUARY 21, 2022

The government can't require anyone to adopt TEFCA, raising concerns it won't see enough voluntary uptake to create the coast-to-coast interoperability network envisaged by ONC. But competitive advantages to participation could get the ball rolling.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 18, 2022

Study: Insurers spend nearly $130M a year on ivermectin prescriptions. pminemyer. Tue, 01/18/2022 - 16:23.

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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

JANUARY 20, 2022

Many of the in-home supplemental benefits offered by Medicare Advantage (MA) plans are new. But whether they are through the primarily health-related pathway, which began in 2019, or through Special Supplemental Benefits for the Chronically Ill (SSBCI), which came a year later, these benefits are still being experimented with. Generally, the plans offering these new benefits are what you’d call “early adopters,” and maybe even “innovators,” if we’re assigning labels based on Everett Rogers’ “Dif

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 19, 2022

Maimonides Medical Center is an academic medical center located in Brooklyn, New York. It is Brooklyn's largest hospital, with more than 600 beds, 6,500 staff, 43,000 annual inpatient discharges and 600,000 annual outpatient encounters. It is Brooklyn's tertiary care hub serving diverse communities with large Medicaid, Medicare and uninsured populations.

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Health Care Dive

JANUARY 19, 2022

The news sparked headlines about an attempt by regulators to target big tech, but it could have serious implications for the healthcare sector for years to come.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 21, 2022

IBM sells Watson Health assets to investment firm Francisco Partners. hlandi. Fri, 01/21/2022 - 09:44.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 18, 2022

Non-medical home care providers know they provide significant value to their clients. The issue many have had in the past is proving that value to others, whether it be potential partners or even seniors’ families. To change that, companies have begun to invest considerable money and resources into extracting data from the work they do. The latest example is BrightStar Care, which found through an analysis that it was saving “up to” $29,902 in total cost of care on a per-patient basis.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 21, 2022

Sponsor: ServiceNow Primary topic: Patient Engagement Topic: Analytics Interoperability Patient Engagement Resource Central: White Papers External url: [link] Thumbnail: Body: Sponsor: ServiceNow.

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Health Care Dive

JANUARY 19, 2022

"Big picture, really positive," CEO Andrew Witty said about the fruitful MA market, despite dismal projections from some of UnitedHealth's peers about slowing enrollment.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 20, 2022

Cyberattacks top list of 2022 health tech hazards alongside supply chain problems, damaged infusion pumps. rtorrence. Thu, 01/20/2022 - 15:20.

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Speaker: Andrea Wuchiski

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Clearwave Inc

JANUARY 17, 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutes Your orthopedics practice relies not only on attracting new patients to stay profitable but also on encouraging those patients to keep coming back. The best way to target patient retention and profitability simultaneously is by adopting a practice management platform that engages directly with your patients. Engaging with patients at their level addresses their needs by opening up prompt lines of communication.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 21, 2022

Sponsor: ServiceNow Primary topic: Interoperability Topic: Interoperability Patient Engagement Telehealth Resource Central: White Papers External url: [link] Thumbnail: Body: Sponsor: ServiceNow.

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Health Care Dive

JANUARY 19, 2022

Relying on the qualifying payment amount, or median in-network rate, helps center the payment dispute, creating a starting point for when payers and providers may need to turn to a third-party arbiter, the lobby argued.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 19, 2022

Biden confident he can get 'big chunks' of $1.75T Build Back Better Act signed into law. rking. Wed, 01/19/2022 - 17:12.

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