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When Advancing a Medical Device, Be A Partner First & Seller Second to Hospital Systems

HIT Consultant

US hospital systems validate the safety, clinical utility, and robustness of newly FDA-approved devices, 510(k) cleared, before adopting them into clinical practice. Navigating this new reality is challenging for companies and hospital systems. Every six months, CMS puts out a compliance score for each hospital.

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Impact of hospital mergers on quality: a case study

Healthcare ECONOMIST

There is mixed evidence about whether hospital mergers improve quality. 2022) investigates the impact of a recent hospital merger on quality in New York. The merging hospitals were described as follows: NYU Langone Health (NYULH) is an urban academic medical system. A recent paper by Wang et al.

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UConn Health squares away CMS audit trail and more with digital health platform

Healthcare It News

" MEETING THE CHALLENGE UConn Health went live on the platform in early August 2023, and it is in active use by patients and more than 60 MSK surgeons, care team members and clinical practice leaders for spine, arthroplasty, sports and foot/ankle care. "We will follow these trends as more data is gathered over time.

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CAPS at Work

CAPS

CAPS provided Patient and Family Engagement technical support to the Hospital Engagement Networks (2012-2015) and Hospital Improvement Innovation Network (2015-2020) programs and the Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative (2015-2019). PFE Metric 1) and bedside rounding (PFE Metric 2) leads to improved outcomes.

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Wolters Kluwer Launches Workflow Solution to Support Evidence-Based Practice

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Wolters Kluwer Health announced the launch of Ovid® Synthesis , a suite of applications to power evidence-based workflows in hospitals and health systems. Streamlining the Research Process.

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Changing Your Healthcare Mindset with Rhone D’Errico | E. 63

Vie Healthcare

” And so what I would say mainly, especially to employers, to hospital systems, there’s always been sort of a stigma about online. We have accreditation programs that really work to make sure that that variance in quality is very narrow. We always work to have high quality graduates. Now you need online education.”

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Public Health Modernization Toolkit: Key Commitments, Priorities, and Strategies to Advance Collaboration between Public Health and Health Systems

NASHP

Interviewees shared a range of perspectives, including those of local health departments, the state’s sheriff’s association, the state medical society, community health centers, hospital and primary care associations, funders, a CBO, aging and assisted living partners, consumer advocacy groups, and legislators.