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Joint Commission launches new telehealth stamp of approval for virtual healthcare providers

Fierce Healthcare

A third-party healthcare accrediting organization will offer a new program for telehealth and remote monitoring platforms to build patient trust and ensure high-quality virtual healthcare. The Joint Commission announced Tuesday a new set of accreditation standards for telehealth and remote patient monitoring companies. |

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HHS Finalizes Rules to Penalize Healthcare Providers Engaging in Information Blocking

HIT Consultant

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a new final rule today aimed at preventing information blocking in healthcare. – The final rule establishes disincentives for healthcare providers who engage in practices that interfere with a patient’s access to their electronic health information (EHI).

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Empowering healthcare providers against rising payer denials

Health Care Dive

The rise in denial rates is more than a mere statistic; it's a symptom of a broader systemic challenge that calls for strategic foresight and robust expertise.

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Equiva Health, Gilda's Club, healthcare providers leverage affordable broadband funding

Healthcare It News

Gilda’s Club Twin Cities, part of the national non-profit Cancer Support Community network, and Equiva Health, a digital patient engagement company, are partnering to provide stand-alone devices configured for at-home use as part of an oncology-specific initiative to address health disparities through discounted broadband funded by a $14.2

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Strategies to Deal with Collaborative Healthcare Communication

Speaker: Dr. Ugo Uwaoma, MD, MBA

In turn, this has increased the effectiveness of collaborative healthcare by strengthening communication amongst healthcare workers and helping combat the woes of burnout. Communication between patients and healthcare providers has also improved, allowing patients to reach their providers easily and decreasing turnaround time.

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Digitisation drives value-based care for Auckland healthcare provider

Healthcare It News

The evolution of data from a historical asset into live, instantly usable information is fundamental for any healthcare provider looking to value-based care models for the delivery of optimised patient treatment. "Healthcare providers have been very data rich but intelligence and information poor.

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White House unveils $1.5B investment to train over 22,700 new healthcare providers

Fierce Healthcare

investment to train over 22,700 new healthcare providers. White House unveils $1.5B Mon, 11/22/2021 - 14:29.