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How AI Is Transforming Rehabilitation Healthcare Administration

HIT Consultant

Administrative tasks are essential for ensuring high-quality patient care in health care, and the rehabilitation sector is no different. Any inefficiency not only undermines the quality of care by causing delays for patients but also leads to therapist burnout. Let’s dig a little deeper.

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Fixing A ‘Badly Broken Medical System’: Home Care Leaders Testify Before Congress On Post-Acute Care

Home Health Care

Also testifying before the committee were Paul Dongilli, CEO of Madonna Rehabilitation Hospitals; Lisa Grabert, a research professor from Marquette University and Eric Carlson, director of long-term services and supports advocacy at Justice in Aging. It funds long-term support for 9.3 Patients want it. Families need it and taxpayers benefit.

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Mitigating Serious Fall Risks and Associated Costs and Injuries with AI-Driven Motion Sensor Technology

HIT Consultant

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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Future Leader: Christian Rodriguez, CEO, Woundtech

Home Health Care

I’ve witnessed firsthand how inadequate health care can drastically affect lives. One poignant example was my uncle, who, despite having access to care, faced a preventable diabetes complication that led to an amputation. This experience highlighted the critical importance of timely and preventive care.

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Trends in State Strategies to Improve the Behavioral Health Workforce

NASHP

percent increases in five areas of policy : targeted case management, community support services, rehabilitative and community support, behavioral health services, and behavioral health home services. Effective January 1, 2023, MaineCare payment rates were updated for over 115 discrete services, ranging from 6.6 percent to 72.3

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The Critical Shift in ASC EHR Adoption: Overcoming Barriers

HIT Consultant

The EHR is the best way to support the immediate and long-term trajectory of a patient’s health by allowing for more efficient information gathering and information analysis along the continuum of care, including preventive care, through medical incidents, rehabilitation and maintenance.

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Navigating the Health Care System is a Challenge—Even for Those Within It

NCQA

Despite the many tests she received—at the nursing facility, in the hospital and at a rehabilitation center—she did not receive a proper neurologic evaluation until I personally arranged one months later. While the rules were in place for her own safety, my stepmother’s condition prevented her from understanding this.

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