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Caption Health Receives CE Mark for AI Ultrasound Tech

HIT Consultant

Today, it can be used at scale to detect signs of heart failure in at-risk patients in doctors’ offices and even at home, helping to prevent avoidable hospitalizations and support improved clinical outcomes. since it received FDA 510(k) clearance in 2020.

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How Essen Health Care used an AI virtual care assistant to make thousands of patient calls in just days

Healthcare It News

"Patients open up to Eleanor, often telling her things they won't even tell their doctor – but she can also detect worsening medical conditions from what they're not saying, too, including falls risk, behavioral health issues and more," Sahgal noted.

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Newsletter, March 2024

Patient Safety Movement

Early detection coupled with a healthy diet and exercise could prevent over 90% of deaths caused by this type of cancer. We thank doctors for their tireless efforts in mitigating negative health outcomes and fostering continuous medical improvement. 1 Colorectal cancer is the third most diagnosed cancer in the United States in adults.

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What is a Revenue Code in Medical Billing

Etactics

If a doctor provides procedure CPT-12001 in an operating room along with any other procedure, then the correct revenue code is 0360. Today, it is standard practice to outsource revenue cycle management operations , such as coding quality assurance systems.

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Back to the Future: Welcome to the Patient Centered Medical Home (Guest Post)

Health Dialog

There once was a time when if you got sick, you’d call the family doctor. The doctor would take care of you quickly and coordinate any additional care that you needed. In those days, your family doctor was a “home base” for all your medical needs. . Now, if you get sick, you may have a hard time reaching your doctor by phone.

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Data Strategies to Understand and Address Health Disparities

NASHP

Improving Data Quality and Transparency to Capture Health Disparities Standardized assessment tools and data stratification approaches improve the accuracy of identifying health disparities. National efforts to standardize are useful to inform state approaches.

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Sustainability and Value: State Palliative Care Reimbursement Strategies

NASHP

Debbie, a grandparent with multiple myeloma, worked with a doctor with palliative care expertise and a palliative care team to address pain and stress – and is now back at work at a job she loves. Read the full patient stories on the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) website.