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California probes Kaiser over enrollee access to mental health appointments

Health Care Dive

The investigation comes as a strike by therapists over staffing issues at Kaiser facilities in Northern California enters its third week.

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An inside look at a national, bilingual telemedicine service

Healthcare It News

Galileo is a recently launched telehealth service that delivers 24/7 primary and multi-specialty care in both English and Spanish. It aims to set itself apart with its fully bilingual service offerings. Dr. Jason Chirichigno is Galileo's clinical systems leader. His goal is to help remove language as a barrier for access to healthcare for the 53 million U.S.

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Court blocks bid to reinstate OSHA pandemic standard for health workers

Health Care Dive

An appeals court ruled it lacked the authority to force OSHA to make certain rules, leaving discretion up to the workplace safety agency, according to court documents.

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Full coverage: HIMSS22 APAC Health Conference

Healthcare It News

HIMS22 APAC The first HIMSS in-person conference taking place in the Asia-Pacific region since the pandemic will see healthcare changemakers gathering in beautiful Bali from 26 to 29 September 2022. Our reporters will be present to cover discussions on care, data and connectivity, as well as how Indonesia can learn from the lessons of other nations to advance its digital transformation in healthcare.

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How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp

Facing layoffs in your organization? Support your team members' career transition with Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp: Custom Resume & LinkedIn Revamp + 6 Weeks of Career Coaching. Our certified resume writers will create job search-winning resumes and LinkedIn profiles while they work with a career coach to learn unique strategies to stand out, attract the right employers, automate their job search, and land their dream job.

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Cigna expanding ACA footprint to 3 new states in 2023

Health Care Dive

The expansion comes a little over a week since President Joe Biden signed a law extending subsidies for coverage and subsequently creating more stability in the exchanges.

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Virtual Care and Mental Health Top of Mind for Employers’ Workplaces in 2023

Health Populi

The concept that all companies are “health care companies” takes on greater import in the wake of the pandemic. The 2023 Large Employers’ Health Care Strategy and Plan Design Survey from the Business Group on Health (BGH) found that two in three large employers see their health and well-being strategy as an integral part of their overall workforce strategy.

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The Fastest Growing Companies In Home-Based Care

Home Health Care

A number of home-based care providers – and businesses in the aging services sector at large – are among some of the nation’s fastest-growing companies. In fact, these companies recently grabbed a spot on Inc. 5000’s annual ranking. Companies such as connectRN, Entrusted Pediatric Home Care, BarbaraKares In-Home Care Services, Connect Pediatrics and Electronic Caregiver made an appearance in the top half of the list.

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DeliverHealth Exec Talks Combatting Physician Burnout with Automation Tech & Data

HIT Consultant

Jodie Hilliker, Senior Director of EHR and Managed Services at DeliverHealth. Provider burnout has shown no signs of slowing down in the past couple of years – a fact proven by a recent report found that 45% of physicians have been experiencing burnout over the past two years. As providers and healthcare organizations continue to face burnout, staffing shortages and financial pressures, they must find a way to reduce administrative burdens while allowing for more time spent on patient care

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Vaccinating All Kids for COVID-19 May Demand a Block-by-Block Effort

The Rand Blog

Community-based organizations know how to register voters and increase census participation. Reaching out block-by-block, even door-to-door, they can be just as effective in boosting vaccination rates.

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Medical Devices Cleared or Approved by FDA in 2022

HIT Consultant

The medical device industry is booming and shows no signs of slowing down. In 2022, the FDA ( Federal Food and Drug Administration ) will clear or approve over 1,000 medical devices. This is great news for patients who stand to benefit from the latest and greatest technology, but it can be tough for hospitals and doctors to keep up with all of the new devices on the market.

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5 Essentials for Healthcare CIOs: A Provider Data Management Checklist

Complete and accurate provider data is essential for health organizations to operate effectively. A better understanding of your provider network helps to understand patients and consumers, identify gaps in care, and make the best possible decisions for your businesses. A modern provider data management solution should power a complete and accurate view of each of your providers, make this data easily accessible across functional groups, and be flexible and agile enough to scale. with your needs

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Promoting From Within Is Becoming An Advantage For Amedisys, Other Providers

Home Health Care

As an HHCN+ member, your ticket to FUTURE in New York City on September 15 is 25% off. Use the promo code ‘HHCN+’ at checkout. Buy tickets today! Home-based care providers are regularly touting their ability to establish and cultivate organizational culture. One of the ways to do that is to create clear paths for employees at all levels to be promoted. .

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Facebook Pixel Healthcare Data Leak: Understanding Third-Party Risk for Sensitive Data

HIT Consultant

John Elliot, Security Advisor at Jscrambler. A recent report by The Markup , validated by research published in Patterns , highlights the risk of including third-party JavaScript in an organization’s website. The studies discovered that the Meta/Facebook “pixel” that was included on a large number of hospital and health organization websites was sending sensitive medical data to Meta, possibly in violation of HIPAA regulations.

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Removing Barriers to Diversity and Inclusion in the Military

The Rand Blog

Efforts to improve representation and remove barriers for personnel with protected characteristics are seen as essential steps for modern militaries, but have not gone without controversy. The UK Armed Forces could take a more-strategic approach to leveraging diversity to elevate it as a strategic enabler of military fighting power in the contemporary threat environment.

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Harnessing Healthcare Data: How the Right Low-Code Solution Empowers Clinicians & Improves Patient Experience

HIT Consultant

Ryan Kimber, CEO and Co-Founder, Daylight. The healthcare industry has been slowly adopting new technology solutions to improve efficiency and patient care, but it’s still largely known for paper-based processes, and for having massive amounts of data 1. To make matters worse, it’s estimated that 80% of the data in the healthcare industry is unstructured, in the form of discharge summaries, medical images, and clinical notes. 2.

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Level up Culture & EQ | Sign up for the #CultureDrop

Once a week, culture & leadership expert Galen Emanuele gives free, actionable EQ training in 5 minutes or less. Subscribe to the #CultureDrop and access free resources & content.

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Unintended effects of soda taxes

Healthcare ECONOMIST

Soda taxes seem like a sensible tax. Most studies show that soda is not healthy and taxing something that leads to negative health benefits seems like a reasonable policy. A key question, however, is whether soda taxes–more formally known as taxes on sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs)–lead to a reduction in soda consumption and healthier eating habits.

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Hospital Finances Down As Funding Dries Up, Report Finds

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Hospitals and health systems saw decreases in outpatient revenue and operating room time and increases in inpatient lengths of stay from June to July 2022, leading to a decline in financial performance after months of improvement, according to the latest National Hospital Flash Report from Kaufman Hall. – The analysis reveals that U.S. hospitals and health systems are experiencing some of the worst margins since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, with 202

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Curbside Consult with Dr. Jayne 8/29/22

HIStalk

I spent most of last week at the Epic Users.

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ONC and HRSA Launches USCDI+ Initiative to Support UDS Modernization

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – ONC and HRSA launches a new USCDI+ collaboration to support HRSA’s Uniform Data System (UDS) reporting through the UDS Modernization Initiative. – Last October ONC announced USCDI+ , an initiative to support the identification and establishment of domain or program-specific datasets that will operate as extensions to the existing USCDI.

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A Guide to Improved Sepsis Detection & Compliance: 6 Areas You Should Address

This guide highlights key areas that your sepsis detection platform should address to minimize the impact of this leading, entirely preventable cause of in-hospital deaths, as well as how to increase compliance by 20% in 30 days. Download to learn more!

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Morning Headlines 8/30/22

HIStalk

Fulcrum Equity Partners Announces $13M Series A Growth Equity Round.

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No Take-Backs: Moderna’s Attempt to Renege on its Vaccine Patent Pledge

Bill Of Health

By Jorge L. Contreras. On October 8, 2020, Moderna, the maker of one of the first mRNA-based vaccines for COVID-19 and the recipient of billions of dollars of U.S. government funding, announced that it felt “a special obligation … to use our resources to bring this pandemic to an end as quickly as possible.” As a result, it publicly promised that “ while the pandemic continues, Moderna will not enforce our COVID-19 related patents against those making vaccines intended to combat the pandemic.

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Seeking Patient Engagement to Sustain Telehealth Flexibilities into the Future

NASHP

Seeking Patient Engagement to Sustain Telehealth Flexibilities into the Future August 26, 2022/ by Maureen Hensley-Quinn. With support from a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) award, the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) engaged state officials representing Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), state-based marketplaces (SBMs), state employee health plans (SEHPs) and insurance departments, as well as key patient and advocate groups to learn mo

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Can Children Consent to the COVID Vaccine? The Case of Foster Care and Juvenile Justice

Bill Of Health

By Victoria Kalumbi. Despite pediatric COVID-19 vaccine availability, many youth remain unvaccinated , and are thus at higher risk of life-altering outcomes as a result of contracting COVID-19. [1]. Some children may be unvaccinated by no choice of their own, but instead because of decisions made by parents, guardians, or state or local government officials.

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The New Tech Experience: Innovation, Optimization, and Collaboration

Speaker: Paul Weald, Contact Center Innovator

Learn how to streamline productivity and efficiency across your organization with machine learning and artificial intelligence! No matter what industry you're in - healthcare, customer service, sales, and more - it’s easier than you think to reduce wait times, monitor sentiment, and provide enhanced self-service options for all of your users. This means that you can achieve a more consistent and engaging customer experience while reducing sources of friction.

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Wellness Marketing Guide: How to Reach & Nurture Your Wellness Consumer

Healthcare Success

More consumers care about wellness than ever before—but it encompasses more than just fitness and nutrition. Today's wellness consumers actively engage with brands offering holistic products and services that promise to improve their physical and mental health and overall appearance. As consumer interest grows, health and wellness brands have ample opportunity to attract a larger audience and increase their revenue.