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The Increasing Need for Ambulatory Care During COVID-19

The Beryl Institute

Like many of you, I have witnessed the changing environment of healthcare during these challenging times. it was revealed that consumer engagement in healthcare continues to decline, with consumers reporting fewer visits to primary care providers, hospitals, labs and specialist providers.

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Updated: Infection Control Assessment and Response (ICAR) Tool for General Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Across Settings

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CDC has updated the Infection Control Assessment and Response (ICAR) Tool for General Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Across Settings to include Module 11 – Water Exposure. It appears that this Module was added June 27, 2023. by addressing identified gaps).

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Safety in Health Care Ties Closely to Workforce Well-Being – Updates from Press Ganey and ECRI

Health Populi

While safety outcomes and health care organizations’ “safety cultures” are improving, there is evidence in the U.S. that people — both patients and the health care workforce — feel less safe, discussed in Safety in Healthcare 2024 from Press Ganey. “Safety is the foundation of healthcare.

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Mount Sinai Health tackles digital health inequity with robust RPM program

Healthcare It News

Almost 25% of New Yorkers lacked the infrastructure for basic internet connectivity to see their healthcare clinicians, and approximately 1.6 Person-centered clinical care using RPM technology and services to increase healthcare access and empower patients to engage in self-management for improved health outcomes. MARKETPLACE.

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Day 2 Notes from the 42nd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

Sheppard Health Law

Sustainability of our healthcare system was an interesting topic at Day 2 of the 42 nd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. Paul Markovich, CEO of Blue Shield of California, expressed the concern that “[T]he status quo is an existential threat to our healthcare system.”

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epocrates Launches Bugs + Drugs Tool to Promote Optimal Antibiotic Prescribing

HIT Consultant

company that delivers digital clinical decision support to healthcare professionals, today announced the release of Bugs + Drugs, a mobile tool that offers clinicians information about bacteria types and antibacterial susceptibility patterns by ZIP code. What You Should Know: – epocrates, an athenahealth, Inc.

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Hellman & Friedman and Bain Capital Acquires athenahealth for $17B

HIT Consultant

athenahealth partners with more than 140,000 ambulatory care providers, throughout all 50 states and across more than 120 specialties, to accelerate the pace of healthcare innovation and support the delivery of leading clinical and financial outcomes. athenahealth Market Footprint. athenahealth Market Footprint.