Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 21, 2022
Global digital health funding skyrockets to $57.2B with record cash for mental health, telehealth. hlandi. Fri, 01/21/2022 - 11:17.
Health Care Dive
JANUARY 21, 2022
The sectors face continued operational pressure as they head into a third year of the pandemic, including a tight labor market and shifts in payer mix.
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Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 21, 2022
Cigna study: Virtual care can reduce unnecessary ER, urgent care visits by 19%. pminemyer. Fri, 01/21/2022 - 14:24.
Healthcare It News
JANUARY 21, 2022
Scientists from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Harvard Medical School and Brown University published a meta-review in PLOS Digital Health this week seeking to examine the efficacy of apps and other mobile health interventions for mental illness. After examining results from 14 meta-analyses representing 145 randomized controlled trials, researchers said they failed to find convincing evidence of efficacy.
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Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 21, 2022
IBM sells Watson Health assets to investment firm Francisco Partners. hlandi. Fri, 01/21/2022 - 09:44.
Health Care Dive
JANUARY 21, 2022
The government can't require anyone to adopt TEFCA, raising concerns it won't see enough voluntary uptake to create the coast-to-coast interoperability network envisaged by ONC. But competitive advantages to participation could get the ball rolling.
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Healthcare It News
JANUARY 21, 2022
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Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 21, 2022
KFF: 4 out of 13 major insurers rely on mail and faxes to reimburse at-home COVID-19 tests. rking. Fri, 01/21/2022 - 11:05.
Healthcare It News
JANUARY 21, 2022
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Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 21, 2022
Encompass Health to spin off home health, hospice business as new company. dmuoio. Fri, 01/21/2022 - 12:20.
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Health Care Dive
JANUARY 21, 2022
Despite the computing giant's big aspirations for the potential of AI applications in medical research and clinical decisionmaking, Watson Health fell short and is now being sold for an undisclosed amount.
Healthcare It News
JANUARY 21, 2022
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Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 21, 2022
Encompass Health sets July 1 target for its home health, hospice spinoff. dmuoio. Fri, 01/21/2022 - 14:08.
The Rand Blog
JANUARY 21, 2022
U.S. military assistance to Ukraine now will at best be marginal in affecting the outcome of the Russia-Ukraine crisis. It might be morally justified to help a U.S. partner at risk of aggression. But given the scale of the potential threat to Ukraine and its forces, the most effective way Washington can help is to work on finding a diplomatic solution.
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Briggs Healthcare
JANUARY 21, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CDC updated Quarantine and Isolation on January 20, 2022. Keep reading as this is an extensive landing page of information including: Who does/does not need to quarantine After quarantine Quarantine in high-risk congregate settings What to do for isolation Ending isolation Ending isolation for people who had COVID-19 and had symptoms/had no symptoms Ending isolation for people who were severely ill with COVID-19 or have a wea
HIT Consultant
JANUARY 21, 2022
What You Should Know: – Babylon (NYSE: BBLN) acquires patient engagement platform DayToDay Health (“DayToDay”) to provide Babylon members with DayToDay’s digital-first, highly engaging programs and clinical services prior to and following scheduled surgeries, major health events like childbirth, and following diagnosis of chronic conditions. – Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Healthcare ECONOMIST
JANUARY 21, 2022
That is the title of an editorial by Ramanan Laxminarayan published in The Lancet this week. Part of the rationale from this commentary is a recent study also published this week from the Antimicrobial Resistance Collaborators (2022). Undertaking a systematic review of the mortality impact of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) the authors find: …there were an estimated 4·95 million (3·62–6·57) deaths associated with bacterial AMR in 2019, including 1·27 million (95% UI 0·911–1·71) deaths attri
HIT Consultant
JANUARY 21, 2022
What You Should Know: – Casana , a healthcare technology firm that is reinventing in-home health monitoring announced it has raised $30M in Series B funding, bringing the total capital raised to $46 million led by Morningside with participation from Matrix Partners , as well as Series A investors General Catalyst and Outsiders Fund. – The Series B funding will allow Casana to accelerate FDA submission of the Heart Seat with the goal to obtain FDA approval and bring this important new
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Instamed
JANUARY 21, 2022
Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, payers have experienced a boost to their financial outlook. This is due in part to the individual market, where more consumers are enrolling in health plans. The.
Vie Healthcare
JANUARY 21, 2022
In Episode 30 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience , Lisa is joined by Drew Lerman, Director of Finance at Southwestern Vermont Healthcare, to discuss challenges in healthcare finance and his upcoming book “It’s Nobody’s Money.’’. Drew comments: ‘’…the challenges I see are accounts receivable, hiring, getting people through the door and planning on living on Medicare.
HIT Consultant
JANUARY 21, 2022
What You Should Know: – Today, IBM announced it has sold off healthcare data and analytics assets from IBM that are currently part of the Watson Health business to global private equity firm Francisco Partners. The assets acquired by Francisco Partners include extensive and diverse data sets and products, including Health Insights, MarketScan, Clinical Development, Social Program Management, Micromedex, and imaging software offerings. – Financial terms of IBM’s agreement with F
nThrive
JANUARY 21, 2022
Dates: February 15, 2022 at 11:30 AM, CST. Location: Virtual. Speakers: Elliot Holt, Product Manager of Data Science, nThrive. The expensive and wasteful practices of the U.S. healthcare system are causing the country to be ranked toward the bottom of the Bloomberg list of Healthcare Efficiency Scores (Miller, 2018). So what can we do about it? Join nThrive’s Product Manager of Data Science, Elliot Holt, and HFMA Region 9 for a webinar focused on the benefits of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and
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.
HIT Consultant
JANUARY 21, 2022
What You Should Know: – CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) announced a collaboration with Uber Health , Uber’s healthcare arm, to provide free transportation through a new Health Zones initiative to people who need it most when seeking access to medical care, work, or educational programs. – CVS Health and Uber Health will help eliminate a critical barrier to care and overall well-being transportation which can limit a person’s ability to receive medical care, to get to work or to jo
Vie Healthcare
JANUARY 21, 2022
In Episode 30 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience , Lisa is joined by Drew Lerman, Director of Finance at Southwestern Vermont Healthcare, to discuss challenges in healthcare finance and his upcoming book “It’s Nobody’s Money.’’. Drew comments: ‘’…the challenges I see are accounts receivable, hiring, getting people through the door and planning on living on Medicare.
Briggs Healthcare
JANUARY 21, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. As expected, CMS issued QSO-22-11-ALL on January 20, 2022 now that the Texas injunction has been lifted. This QSO contains the same guidance verbiage as the two previous Memorandums (see above in the Summary) but the compliance dates are different for the state of Texas because of the QSO release date following the lifting of that injunction.
The Rand Blog
JANUARY 21, 2022
This weekly recap focuses on U.S.-Russia diplomacy in the context of the Ukraine crisis, the value of citizen science, strengthening the America's blood supply, and more.
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.
Briggs Healthcare
JANUARY 21, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. Last week, I noted that the CMS posting of NH data for the week ending January 2, 2022 was missing the “By the Numbers” information. That data is now present on the website (as of the evening of January 19, 2022 – the eve of the updated data for week ending January 9, 2022). Comparing the January 2 nd data to the December 26 t h data shows these differences: Resident vaccination rate remained unchanged Staff vaccination incre
HIStalk
JANUARY 21, 2022
IBM announced this morning that it has signed a definitive.
Briggs Healthcare
JANUARY 21, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. Dear NHSN Users, This e-mail serves as a reminder that for weekly COVID-19 vaccination data reporting, you should be reporting cumulative data for Question 5, the number of individuals who have received an additional or booster dose. This means that for each reporting week, you should be reporting the total number of individuals in Question 1 who have ever received an additional or booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine as of that
HIStalk
JANUARY 21, 2022
Weekly News Recap Quest Diagnostics will acquire Pack Health. Big.
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.
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