Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Cleveland-based University Hospitals this week announced that it had completed its years-long migration to a single Epic electronic health record across its care sites. THE LARGER TREND University Hospitals joins several other major health systems nationwide that have made the full-on switch to an all-Epic system.

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries have better quality of care and health outcomes than traditional fee-for-service counterparts, researchers from Harvard Medical School found.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 8, 2025

The hospital-at-home (HaH) model of care has gained significant momentum in recent years and is transforming how care is delivered to patients. This model enhances patient satisfaction and clinical outcomes by providing reliable, high-quality acute care in the comfort of patients’ homes.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Srisawan Hospital, a private tertiary healthcare provider in Thailand, is stepping up on its digitalisation efforts to further raise its quality of care provision and hospital experience. Meanwhile, the TrakCare implementation is also being planned for its Nakhon Sawan hospital soon. WHY IT MATTERS.

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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

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Today, many hospitals rely on Wi-Fi and public cellular for connectivity even though the limits of current Wi-Fi solutions are being reached. The mandates of improving quality of care and lowering costs mean that hospital IT directors should consider deploying new, private 5G networks.

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 20, 2024

In response to hospital capacity challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) collaborated with external experts to create the Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCAH) initiative. Once approved, hospitals can start admitting eligible patients to receive inpatient care at home.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Connecticut Children's Care Network, with 37 independent pediatric practices and more than 200 pediatric primary care providers in Connecticut and Massachusetts, has a mission to improve the quality of care and health outcomes for infants, children and adolescents. THE LARGER TREND. Email: afox@himss.org.

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Health Care Dive

JUNE 3, 2024

Transforming your hospital's Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) program from a cost center to a strategic center can enhance financial performance, mitigate risks and improve overall quality of care.

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Data examinations are beginning to shed greater insight on just how much better value-based payment models are for quality of care. When comparing two-sided risk models in Medicare Advantage (MA) versus fee-for-service Medicare programs, the former performed better in all eight quality-of-care metrics.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Israel’s Sheba Medical Center and the Heart Institute at Safra Children's Hospital have partnered to launch a programme for children with complex heart defects. ” Healthtech startup Cerebriu partners with Danish hospital. ” Dublin teaching hospital upgrades pathology system.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 14, 2022

A major ransomware attack at CommonSpirit Health has been disrupting medical operations across several states for nearly two weeks , leaving the Chicago-based health system scrambling to maintain patient care while it conducts a forensics investigation and works to bring its electronic health record systems back online. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 17, 2023

WHAT IT'S ABOUT The startup signed a memorandum of understanding with Siloam Hospitals Group to automate and scale patient-reported outcome measures (PROM) across its hospital chain by powering Siloam's WhatsApp with the Bot MD Care AI chatbot.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

2023 , the answer is ‘no’ The authors use data from AHRQ’s Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) State Inpatient Data, Hospital Cost Reporting Information System Data, Office of Pharmacy Affairs Information System Data, and American Hospital Association Annual Survey for 15 states between 2008 to 2014.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

After all, value-based care – which rewards healthcare providers with incentives based on the quality of care they provide to patients – has been shown to improve healthcare outcomes and reduces costs for patients. On paper, value-based care should be an easy sell for hospitals.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

These environments will showcase the end-to-end care pathway from smart ambulances, control centres, hospital wards, General Practices (GPs) consultation rooms to care homes. The service harnesses the adaptability of mobile devices to allow doctors and hospitals to provide more virtual visits and consultations.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

. – Virtual Sitter aims to enhance patient safety, address workforce challenges, and improve care delivery for hospitals and health systems. This technology offers a valuable tool for hospitals and health systems to enhance patient safety, optimize workforce efficiency, and improve the overall quality of care.

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Home Health Care

MARCH 11, 2025

During the health subcommittee hearing titled After the Hospital: Ensuring Access to Quality Post-Acute Care, Empath President and CEO Johnathan Fleece and Dr. Dana Madison, owner of Compassion Home Health, were among the speakers. At the same time, we must oversee these services to ensure they are delivered in a timely manner.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 13, 2023

Based on a press release, Parkway Shenton looks to roll out 24/7 doctor and nurse house calls, remote health monitoring, as well as, medical consultations and hospital-level care at home for patients.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 1, 2022

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. Direct-to-patient care: Telemedicine platforms can be integrated with providers’ websites.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

"This technology involves uncertainties and risks, but also has the potential to dramatically increase efficiency, improve the quality of care, and create value for health care organisations," WA Medical Research Minister Stephen Dawson said about generative AI.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The patient administration system is one of the most critical foundational digital systems for individual hospitals or broader hospital jurisdictions. With over 252 hospital implementations, Dedalus' webPAS provides absolute confidence that your PAS foundation is deep, broad, and proven.

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 19, 2024

I am concerned that Providence is trying to structure a joint venture that avoids its obligations as a non-profit, tax-exempt hospital, Goldberg wrote. Such practices negatively impact the quality of care that patients report experiencing, Halson wrote.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 6, 2024

hospital turnover rate for registered nurses and an RN vacancy rate of 9.9%, a recent report shows. In fact, more than half of hospitals face nurse vacancy rates of 10% or higher. Moreover: 1 out of 4 nurses who join hospital teams as 1099 resources ultimately choose employment with that hospital. billion in 2023.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 24, 2024

OSF HealthCare, a health system that serves Illinois and Michigan, had a big challenge: Managing the high rate of patient readmissions from hospitals to skilled nursing facilities and eventually to home care. THE PROBLEM This issue stemmed largely from gaps in continuous care during transitions between these settings.

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 23, 2024

Providence, a 52-hospital health system based in Renton, Washington, views digital innovation as an important vehicle to overcoming industrywide challenges and transforming care delivery for the betterment of the communities it serves.

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KHN

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The federal government has penalized 764 hospitals — including more than three dozen it simultaneously rates as among the best in the country — for having the highest numbers of patient infections and potentially avoidable complications.

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 7, 2023

Marcus Perez, president of Altera Digital Health, told Healthcare IT News in January that cloud technology will improve patient care, and through the use of human-centered design , create more efficient workflows for clinicians.

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p3care

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Patient call report services in the US refer to an electronic Patient Care Reporting (ePCR) system used by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) clinicians during ambulance calls to record patient information, interventions, and other important details. Hospitals use these records to treat patients effectively.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Emory Healthcare’s Population Health Collaborative is aligning with Guidehealth to accelerate performance of quality of care and overall health outcomes across its clinics and network. Its reach extends through partnerships with six regional affiliate hospitals, St.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 22, 2025

In a fee-for-service health system, Medicare beneficiaries who qualify for home health care often receive inadequate and uncoordinated care for their chronic health conditions, according to ATI Advisory. How the expanded HHVBP model affects HHAs The expanded HHVBP model aims to improve the quality and efficiency of home health care.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

As AI technology becomes more integrated into healthcare, hospitals and pharmacies are exploring new ways to improve patient outcomes, optimize operations, and ease administrative burdens. Beyond logistics, AI is transforming patient safety and quality of care. AIs role in clinical and operational settings is expanding rapidly.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

"Having the ability to remotely consult and assess patients allowed our providers to reduce travel time between facilities during on-call rotations and improve quality of care. " Follow Bill's HIT coverage on LinkedIn: Bill Siwicki Email the writer: bsiwicki@himss.org Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership Hospital at Home (HaH) is a sustainable, innovative and next-generation health care model. From the physician’s perspective, it offers person-centered medical care and keeps patients out of the hospital, away from possible complications and on to better outcomes.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The abstract is below: Between 2000 and 2020, the share of US hospital bed capacity under multi-unit firms (systems) increased from 58% to 81% – a rapid corporatization of a sector with $1.3 However, little is known about how system ownership affects hospital profitability and quality. trillion in annual spend.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 12, 2023

"Dave provides smart, personalized and accessible information instantaneously, which can greatly improve the quality of care and life for millions of patients worldwide." Dave also retains a long-term memory of previous correspondence, allowing continuous communication across multiple chat sessions, according to the company.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

DECEMBER 19, 2023

2023 found that Johns Hopkins Hospital had to report 162 unique quality metrics, and the cost for collecting these data were over $5.6m actual quality differences are as large as quality indicators suggest) Chandra et al. 2023) aim to test whether hospital quality metrics meet these two criteria. plus $0.6m

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