Healthcare It News

JUNE 24, 2024

THE PROBLEM This issue stemmed largely from gaps in continuous care during transitions between these settings. Patients discharged from hospitals often were readmitted due to complications that could have been prevented with better monitoring and more proactive management, said Matt Nieukirk, director of the SNF practice at OSF HealthCare.

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Home Health Care

MARCH 21, 2025

Recognizing the increasing demand for affordable and reliable care for seniors and their families, Blakeney founded Ablake Healthcare, an agency that serves families in several South Carolina counties, including Chesterfield, Lancaster, Marlboro, Kershaw, Darlington, Florence, Richland, Lexington, and York.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 1, 2022

Propelled into mainstream use by the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine is becoming standard practice for many healthcare providers. This allows emergency medicine provider care to be rendered at the EMS scene, preventing unnecessary transport and expense for minor conditions and first responder consultation for complicated conditions.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

But the road to implementing effective pop health strategies is laden with challenges: monitoring chronic illness rates and preventing community transmission, triaging emergencies over routine health care circumstances, and executing preventive services all require providers to alter their traditional fee-for-service workflow.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Before the digital era, healthcare providers relied on paper-based records, which often led to inefficiencies and errors in managing and transferring patient data. There is also evidence of improved patient safety as electronic prescription and allergy tracking features in EHR systems can prevent errors and adverse events.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

is "aging and stretched thin," with the country needing "thousands more primary care doctors. These challenges encompass a spectrum of issues that demand our attention today and will continue to shape the landscape of chronic care management in the future.

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Best Medical Billing Company | Physicians Revenue Group, Inc.

MARCH 16, 2023

Admin March 16, 2023 How Does Medical Billing Audit Help Prevent Revenue Loss? Providing health care in rush hours to critical cases results in the immediate exchange of medical information. Furthermore, this results in quick delivery of services between patients and providers. Physicians Revenue Group, Inc.

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p3care

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

ACO or Accountable Care Organization is a group of doctors, hospitals, medical centers, and other healthcare providers. This unit works together to care for and look after a patient’s health. Their main goal is to improve the quality of care for patients. Advantages for Patients. Accountability.

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p3care

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

ACO or Accountable Care Organization is a group of doctors, hospitals, medical centers, and other healthcare providers. This unit works together to care for and look after a patient’s health. Their main goal is to improve the quality of care for patients. Advantages for Patients. Accountability.

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p3care

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

134 Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for Depression and Follow-up Plan. It is indeed a great step towards the progressive and value-based healthcare system. Quality of Care by ACOs. The idea behind ACOs is to improve the quality of healthcare with collective efforts. 321 CAHPS for MIPS Survey.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 22, 2025

The expanded HHVBP model seeks to enhance the quality and efficiency of home health care across the nation, improving patients’ experiences with their care through better support of physical function and addressing health issues to prevent ED visits, a CMS spokesperson told Home Health Care News.

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Readiness Rounds

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Let’s explore how your hospital can effectively meet these new requirements and enhance outcomes for older patients by integrating the CMS 2025 Age-Friendly Measures into your care model. Mentation: Preventing, identifying, treating, and managing cognitive impairments, including dementia, depression, and delirium.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

The far right column, the Health Care System, identifies components of heatlh coverage (that is, insurance), provider availability, cultural competency to promote health literacy, and quality of care. Do not confuse this with the Amazon-JPMorgan-Berkshire-Hathaway healthcare alliance.

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p3care

JANUARY 23, 2022

As healthcare providers, you would be constantly trying to help your patients by enhancing the quality of care. The healthcare services they may require. It can help healthcare providers understand their unique needs and create strategies for delivering the perfect type of care.

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p3care

JANUARY 23, 2022

As healthcare providers, you would be constantly trying to help your patients by enhancing the quality of care. The healthcare services they may require. It can help healthcare providers understand their unique needs and create strategies for delivering the perfect type of care.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

India’s healthcare system lacks an outcome-based, preventative approach, and struggles with a physician shortage that leads to long waits, fragmented care, and questionable specialist referrals. Furthermore, the absence of electronic health records exacerbates inefficiencies and increases the risk of fraud.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 30, 2024

Value-based care seeks to improve health outcomes by leveraging the Quintuple Aim framework – focusing on the patient experience, population health success, cost reduction, team wellbeing, and health equity. Patient engagement systems are a key to successfully involving patients.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 27, 2023

Curating a specific plan based on a home health provider’s needs, deficiencies and vulnerabilities is key to having successful Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) programs. That was the message from Tammy Stewart, clinical consultant with Healthcare Provider Solutions Inc.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 15, 2024

The ransomware strike caused a chain reaction among healthcare providers, where payment systems were disrupted, cash flow halted, and—worst of all—patient safety was put in jeopardy. During the COVID-19 pandemic, providers accelerated their use of digital tools to deliver care and continue operations.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 23, 2024

People of color, low-income families, rural residents, and immigrant communities often face a daunting array of barriers that prevent them from accessing quality preventive and diagnostic services. The consequences of these disparities are staggering, especially when it comes to diseases like lung cancer.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The enterprise health system created six distinct service lines supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The six virtual care programs are as follows. First, Urgent Care Telehealth. As a result, staff anticipate realizing higher quality of care outcomes in these two patient populations.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 13, 2023

Weave’s survey shows that, while many practices are implementing measures to “recession-proof” their practice, opinions are mixed among healthcare providers as to who is investing more in their practice and what the best practices are for investing in 2023.

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Cloud Blogs

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Today, regulatory and market forces have led to improved transparency and enhanced consumerization, changing the face of healthcare. These shifting priorities have catalyzed the desire to track patient outcomes and cost-savings for improved quality of care. Heightened cybersecurity threats. Regulatory compliance.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 20, 2023

As is often the case in today’s healthcare environment, advanced technologies powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are emerging as a potential solution, helping to both prevent falls and accelerate recovery when falls lead to injury – particularly when they can be used in the comfort of the patient’s home.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 24, 2025

Meanwhile, 60% of Americans grade the healthcare system C or worse , and 70% express a desire for stronger relationships with their healthcare providers (HCPs). It can deliver customized content about conditions, treatments, and preventive care. in April 2020 to 40.1% Many are turning to AI to help.

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Cloud Blogs

OCTOBER 20, 2022

You'll also find practical use cases for applying AI and data analytics to make healthcare more efficient, including how to: Share and analyze clinical data to deliver targeted health services and improve outcomes through predictive care. Detect and prevent fraudulent claims and other abuses based on behavioral patterns.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 12, 2024

VBC: A Shift from Quantity to Quality VBC represents a paradigm shift in healthcare, moving away from fee-for-service models that reward the number of patients seen and procedures performed. Instead, VBC incentivizes healthcare providers based on patient outcomes and the quality of care delivered.

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GoMoHealth

JULY 7, 2021

In a landscape in which consumers are routinely left with questions and feeling underserved, it’s considerably important that healthcare providers offer a heightened level of service and support in what are, very often, “life-or-death” matters. Simply put, value-based care seeks to reduce spending while improving treatment outcomes.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 31, 2023

5G provides a low-latency connection and increased bandwidth that is essential to applications that are enabling remote healthcare. Interruptions in a procedure can cause complications for the patient, reduce the quality of care, and in the worst-case scenario, put lives at risk. This is important for a few reasons.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Rupert Colbourne, Chief Technology Officer at Orbus Software The digital arms race continues in healthcare as the industry struggles to tackle fundamental issues, including systemic labor shortages, spiraling costs, and the shift to preventative care. Therefore, the industry needs to rethink its approach.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 22, 2024

Aaron Marcum, founder of Breakaway Home Care Accelerator With the advancements in medical care and the resilience of the human spirit, most people now live longer. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention supports this, publishing data about the rise in life expectancy in the U.S.,

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 4, 2024

As we pivot towards these models, the focus intensifies on creating frameworks that not only reward outcomes but also emphasize the quality of care over the volume of services provided. Providing them with the realities of what healthcare professionals face can help prevent the passing of unfunded mandates.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 26, 2024

Creating a culture of preventative maintenance allows healthcare organizations to address potential equipment disruptions, minimizing downtime and optimizing operational efficiency. This also enables informed procurement decisions, ensuring that future investments align with the evolving needs of the healthcare ecosystem.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 31, 2022

As the relationship between healthcare providers and patients evolves, the healthcare industry is beginning to acknowledge and encourage patients as active partners in their care journey. Over the past 50 years, there has been a slow but steady transition from paper medical records to today’s digital health record system.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 2, 2023

Andy Auerbach, Chief Revenue Officer of SafeRide Health As the healthcare industry continues to evolve, there is a growing need for innovative solutions that not only improve the quality of care but also make care more accessible.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 4, 2024

David Navarro, Senior Director of Data Science at Harmony Healthcare IT Healthcare interoperability remains one of the most critical and challenging aspects of the healthcare industry. How can we break down the barriers that prevent us from achieving full interoperability? I know what you’re thinking.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 20, 2024

She might overlook the message, or disregard it because it doesn’t come from her trusted healthcare provider. Scenario 2: Active Engagement Compare this to a situation in which Sarah is engaged with her healthcare journey and values the guidance provided by her healthcare provider.

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