Healthcare It News

AUGUST 19, 2021

Johns Hopkins Medicine has developed a tool aimed at automatically identifying patients likely to need telehealth technical assistance. According to an editorial in the Harvard Business Review by four members of the Johns Hopkins team, the tool is embedded in the health system's Epic electronic health record. "The tool can be used by either a central IT support team or by frontline clinical and front desk staff, so they can proactively reach out to patients in need of assistance,"

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Health Care Dive

AUGUST 19, 2021

The operating system is often deployed in devices such as cardiac and patient monitors, drug infusion pumps, imaging and surgical robots, according to Nick Yuran, CEO of security consultancy Harbor Labs.

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Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 19, 2021

Physician pay remained stagnant while productivity slumped in 2020, new survey finds. agliadkovskaya. Thu, 08/19/2021 - 19:00.

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Health Care Dive

AUGUST 19, 2021

The letter included an updated AHA-funded study on the benefits of hospital mergers, which was previously criticized by outside experts for cherry-picked data, among other methodological weaknesses.

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Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 19, 2021

Insurers take cue from providers, begin requiring vaccines for employees. pminemyer. Thu, 08/19/2021 - 12:32.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 19, 2021

The dynamic world of voice technology is impacting healthcare through a number of use cases, as technologies like natural language processing allow computers to understand what humans can say – and allowing computers to speak back. In a HIMSS21 Digital discussion between David Metcalf, director of UCF's institute for simulation and training, and Teri Fisher, physician and clinical assistant professor at the University of British Columbia, Fisher pointed out voice allows providers to mu

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Health Care Dive

AUGUST 19, 2021

Medica will invest an undisclosed sum in Dean Health Plan, a subsidiary of St. Louis-based SSM Health, one of the nation's largest nonprofit health systems.

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Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 19, 2021

KFF: Most insurers phasing out cost-sharing waivers for COVID-19 treatments. rking. Thu, 08/19/2021 - 12:10.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 19, 2021

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Wednesday that nursing home staff must be vaccinated against COVID-19. In the wake of that news, senior care experts and post-acute care operators are considering trickle-down effects the mandate could have on other settings, including home health care. As a condition of participation, all nursing homes reimbursed by Medicare and Medicaid will have to comply with Wednesday’s emergency regulation in order to continue receiving

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Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 19, 2021

Cerner taps Google, Geisinger vet David Feinberg as new CEO. hlandi. Thu, 08/19/2021 - 21:17.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 19, 2021

What You Should Know: – Vivalink , a provider of digital healthcare solutions for real-world evidence data, announced the launch of its enhanced Biometrics Data Platform to accelerate the development and deployment of patient monitoring and data analysis applications for ambulatory and remote settings. Vivalink’s Biometrics Data Platform completes the company’s end-to-end solution that includes both advanced data services as well as medical wearable sensors.

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Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 19, 2021

Chutes & Ladders—Cerner snags Google's Feinberg for president, CEO roles; Brigham and Women's names Johns Hopkins surgeon as president. dmuoio. Thu, 08/19/2021 - 17:00.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 19, 2021

The home health industry is at a pivotal moment, with operators weighing exciting new opportunities while simultaneously working through emerging challenges related to the COVID-19 virus. Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED), LHC Group Inc. (Nasdaq: LHCG), Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: AVAH) and other publicly traded providers discussed many of the industry’s biggest developments during their second-quarter earnings calls over the past few weeks.

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Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 19, 2021

10 states nearing—or exceeding—hospital capacity during COVID's summer resurgence. dmuoio. Thu, 08/19/2021 - 14:12.

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Bill Of Health

AUGUST 19, 2021

By Sara Gerke and Chloe Reichel. Should consumers have access to the data (including the raw data) that are collected via direct-to-consumer (DTC) health apps? What real-world challenges might access to this data introduce, and how might they be addressed? In this second installment of our In Focus Series on Direct-to-Consumer Health Apps , that’s what we asked our respondents.

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Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 19, 2021

Nursing home groups decry mandate push by CMS for staff to get COVID-19 vaccine. rking. Thu, 08/19/2021 - 16:27.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 19, 2021

What You Should Know: – Today, global healthcare company AmerisourceBergen announced it has acquired FirstView Financial (FirstView), a fintech solutions provider that delivers innovative digital payment processing services to support patient affordability and access programs, pharmacy and provider networks, and payors and plan administrators. – The addition of FirstView to AmerisourceBergen’s existing suite of manufacturer services positions the company to meet the increased demand

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CDC

AUGUST 19, 2021

Denise Cardo, MD Director, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention In keeping with the catalyzing nature of past Decennial conferences, an international conference that occurs once every 10 years, to set the research agenda for the prevention of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), I am sharing my perspective on what we have learned and what more is needed to protect lives from i

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 19, 2021

The Brentwood, Tennessee-based naviHealth helps patients receive care where they can best be treated. Over its history as a convener, it has traditionally helped payers and providers with the coordination of care in facility-based settings. Now, it’s shifting with the health care world to help more patients receive care in the home. Recently acquired by UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) Optum, naviHealth’s goal is to help facilitate care in a way that reduces overall costs and keeps patients heal

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HIStalk

AUGUST 19, 2021

Top News Healthcare connectivity platform vendor Commure will acquire mobile.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

AUGUST 19, 2021

An interesting paper from Kevin Chiu in the Journal of Health Economics looks at the relationship between certificate of need laws and health outcomes: Certificate of need (CON) regulations requires that health care providers obtain state approval before offering a new service or expanding existing facilities. The purported goal of CON regulations is to reduce health care costs by generating regional economies of scale and reducing redundant investments resulting from excessive competition.

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Health IT Analytics

AUGUST 19, 2021

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Speaker: Paul Weald, Contact Center Innovator

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Cloud Blogs

AUGUST 19, 2021

With a theme of "be the change," HIMSS21 had something for everyone, whether participants attended in person or online. We're always happy to connect with the HIMSS community and merge our respective missions of "empowering every person and organization on the planet to achieve more" with "reforming the global health ecosystem through the power of information and technology.

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Briggs Healthcare

AUGUST 19, 2021

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. Late afternoon, Wednesday August 18, 2021, public health and medical experts from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the following statement on the Administration’s plan for COVID-19 booster shots for the American people: “The COVID-19 vaccines authorized in the United States continue to be remarkably effective in reducing risk of severe disease, hospitalization, and death, even against the widely

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Baird Group

AUGUST 19, 2021

3 Questions to Ask Before Assuming Bad Attitude. I was coaching a new manager who said she was getting really frustrated with the bad attitudes of her team. She wanted them to deliver better customer service and felt they were being resistant. Probing a bit, I found that she assumed it was a bad attitude but hadn’t checked for understanding and skill. .

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Health IT Analytics

AUGUST 19, 2021

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Speaker: Dr. Ugo Uwaoma, MD, MBA

Due to the impact of COVID-19, integrating telehealth software into practices and organizations has become the new normal. In turn, this has increased the effectiveness of collaborative healthcare by strengthening communication amongst healthcare workers and helping combat the woes of burnout. Communication between patients and healthcare providers has also improved, allowing patients to reach their providers easily and decreasing turnaround time.

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Solution Reach

AUGUST 19, 2021

Though telehealth and other virtual health services have become a fixture for healthcare providers and their patients, it’s still unclear how extensively they may be used in the near future and once the pandemic is fully behind us.

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Lexis Nexis

AUGUST 19, 2021

Predicting health trends and planning relevant services can be challenging for pharmacy corporate leadership. From striving to improve medication adherence programs to providing better walk-in care services, pharmacies face numerous obstacles to achieving optimal health outcomes for their patients. Incorporating targeted social determinants of health (SDOH) can uncover opportunities to improve health, patient engagement, and patient retention outcomes that might otherwise be missed.

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Etactics

AUGUST 19, 2021

There are four basic personas when it comes to patients and their statements. The first scenario involves the patient that wants to do the right thing. They’re on top of all their bills and just need some directions as to how they should pay. This is the most ideal scenario and will cost your organization the least amount of money since you’ll really only need to send one or two collection letters.

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Medcenter

AUGUST 19, 2021

Painful, throbbing, debilitating…that’s how the pain is described by those who suffer from migraines. Yet in 56 percent of the population, migraines go undiagnosed. Adam Sprouse Blum, MD, a headache specialist at the University of Vermont Medical Center’s Headache Clinic, explains how to combat this mysterious disease. What are the symptoms of migraine?

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Speaker: Matt McBride, CEO and Co-Founder of Mend

Patient engagement happens before, during, and after interactions. Consumer research has found that in 2021, 64% of US households reported using Telehealth services. In addition 34% of patients would prefer Telehealth visits to in-office visits. Accessible patient engagement technology can help you improve your relationships with your patients while also improving your KPIs.