Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
Regulators allege a union between Lifespan and Care New England would increase prices and diminish quality as the combined system would control at least 70% of the state's hospital market.
Healthcare It News
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
At Bumrungrad International Hospital, chief digital MarTech officer Wisut Ua-Anant has led the development of a comprehensive digital health application that brings the benefits of transformation directly to its Thai and international patients. One of the major impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic was a significant reduction in the hospital’s international business and a need to refocus strategically on the needs of domestic patients during the crisis, as Ua-Anant explains.
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Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
An election to decertify the Massachusetts Nurses Association from representing nurses at the hospital could threaten gains achieved in a new contract agreement following a 10-month strike last year.
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
What You Should Know: – EarliTec Dx , a digital health company developing novel diagnostic and therapeutic products for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and early childhood vulnerabilities, today announced a $19.5 million financing led by Bernie Marcus, with participation from the Georgia Research Alliance (GRA). – This round of financing will be used to support filing with the U.S.
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Life Qi
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
The huge ongoing transformation in how health and social care in the NHS in England is being planned, structured and delivered - in the form of the new Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) - will have a huge impact on the role that leadership plays in healthcare. This seismic shift will naturally create challenges for leadership in ICSs, while there is an onus on the NHS to help support these transformational changes.
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
What You Should Know: – Sirona Medical , a software company with a cloud-native solution for radiologists, has announced its acquisition of Nines Radiology’s AI division. Sirona Medical did not acquire Nines’ teleradiology business, Nines Radiology. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. – This is Sirona’s first acquisition just months after its exit from stealth in Aug. 2021 with a total of $62.5M in Series A & B financing rounds.
Health Care Quality Digest brings together the best content for healthcare quality professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
Meg Aranow, SVP & Platform Evangelist, WELL Health. Research tells us that self-advocacy in healthcare is important, for both patients and providers. But self-advocacy is hard for patients today. Patients must navigate the complex, fragmented healthcare ecosystem to advocate for personal needs and have their voices heard. Unfortunately, patients now face a new challenge: the clinical support staff that plays a crucial role in guiding patients through their healthcare experience are increasin
The Rand Blog
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
This weekly recap focuses on the humanitarian fallout from a Russian invasion of Ukraine, investing in women’s health research, supporting incarcerated parents, and more.
Healthcare ECONOMIST
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
Most health technology assessment (HTA) bodies measure treatment value as benefits from reduced patient morbidity and mortality and weigh these health gains against incremental changes in treatment cost. The limitation of this approach, however, is that it may ignore broader societal value. For instance, if patients have improved functional status, caregiver time and cost burden may less; further, patients themselves may be able to go back to work; the public sector may save money from reduced p
Twistle
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
“Drugs don’t work in patients who don’t take them.”. ? Former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Coop. Patient adherence to their prescribed medications is essential for optimal outcomes, especially as it relates to chronic disease prevention and management. The consequences for medication non-adherence can include poor quality of life, physical limitations, hospitalization, or worse, and yet, according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 20 to 30 percent of prescr
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Briggs Healthcare
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. This blog title is the same as the title of a February 17, 2022 Kaiser Family Foundation data note. It is an interesting read, to be sure. “This data note presents completed vaccination and booster rates among nursing home staff, by state. This analysis does not categorize states or facilities by compliance since deadlines for all states have not passed and facility-level data is lagged.
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
What You Should Know: – Today, FemTec Health , the leading health and beauty sciences company, announced an exclusive partnership with online pharmacy company GeniusRx that will provide Awesome Woman members access to on-demand, door-to-door prescription delivery. – Launching later this month, Awesome Woman is FemTec Health’s consumer brand that will provide personalized health and wellness services along with products that are meaningful and effective to women at all life stages.
Briggs Healthcare
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS posted the monthly update to RAI 3.0 User’s Manual … Appendix B on February 16, 2022. the direct link to Appendix B (carries a date of February 24, 2022) the direct link to the Changes to Appendix B.
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
What You Should Know: – Rush University System for Health (RUSH) announced a partnership with Transcarent , a new and different health and care experience company for employees of self-insured employers and their families led by Glen Tullman, to provide 9,000 RUSH employees with a new way to access high-quality medical care. – With Transcarent, RUSH employees can use Transcarent’s digital health care app, 24/7 personalized Health Guides, and other tools and resources to enhance their
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The Rand Blog
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
When policy problems involve many different groups with diverging interests along with significant uncertainty about the future, games can be a valuable way to explore the potential consequences of important policy decisions. What could gaming bring to the area of AV safety?
Briggs Healthcare
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS has posted the nursing home COVID-19 data for the week ending February 6, 2022 : Comparing the February 6 th data to the January 30 th data shows these differences: Resident vaccination rate is down 0.1% from the previous week Residents with booster doses ( new last week ) increased by 0.9% Staff vaccination rate increased 0.6% this week (same increase as previous week) Staff with booster doses ( new last week ) increased
Vie Healthcare
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
In these audiograms, from Episode 11 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience , Lisa Miller is joined by Curtis Brooks. Together they discuss how to think differently when engaging with the C-Suite and build a high performing internal business. . There Are Identical Success Factors To Building A Business Case. An internal business case is usually what you would present to the hospital Board, a CFO, or a CEO.
Briggs Healthcare
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. Still working your way through the CMS QSO Memorandums on HC Staff Vaccination? Looking for some additional guidance on precautions for your unvaccinated staff? AHCA/NCAL offers this information. The posting date is February 11, 2022. “The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) staff vaccination rule requires facilities to take additional precautions for those staff who remain unvaccinated due to a medical/religious
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Vie Healthcare
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
In these audiograms, taken from Episode 9 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience , Lisa Miller is joined by Charlene Li to discuss harnessing a disruptive mindset in healthcare. Any Worthwhile Innovation Will Feel Disruptive. Innovation moves your organization from its comfort zone into a new space. Making that transition is a challenge. Hospitals need to learn new things and establish new relationships.
NASHP
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
Transparency Regulations and the Consolidated Appropriations Act: A Checklist for SEHPs February 18, 2022 / Sabrina Corlette, Maanasa Kona, Marilyn Bartlett , Adney Rakotoniaina. Congress enacted the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) in December 2020. Along with prior federal rules promoting hospital and health plan price transparency, the CAA promotes tools designed to improve health care purchasers’ decision-making with respect to health care services and network design, as well as to limi
Vie Healthcare
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
In these audiograms, from Episode 10 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience , Lisa Miller is joined by Noah Fleming, strategic marketing expert, and CEO of The Fleming Consulting Company. Successful Patient Referrals Require a Process. In every organization, customer referrals are intended to generate additional revenue. How successful those requests depend on following a process.
Bill Of Health
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
By Matt Bauer. The changing landscape of the life sciences industry relies more and more on a form of intellectual property protection called trade secrets to safeguard mechanisms of manufacturing and process knowledge not always included within life science patents. To the public, this means the methods of production for life saving therapeutics may be kept indefinitely in the hands a single company, never to enter the public domain.
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