Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The year 2020 was one of the most challenging years for the healthcare industry. Many healthcare providers had to rethink the way they serve their patients, access systems securely and innovate care services and delivery. During the "The key to effectively harnessing digitisation in healthcare" webinar on 23 June last year, Raj Kurup, Digital Strategy Lead for Healthcare at Equinix Asia Pacific and Chad Rajapakse, Client Account Lead in Health and Public Sector for Accenture Australia,

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Health Care Dive

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Rural providers are weighing whether to switch to a new payment model as federal regulators aim to curb hospital closures.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Every year, over 100,000 newborns die and 60,000 suffer lifelong disability because of newborn jaundice. In Asia, it is one of the top ten leading causes of disability in newborns. Jaundice is also a leading cause of hospital readmission after birth in high-income economies. When detected early, treatment of jaundice is easily treated with phototherapy.

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Health Care Dive

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Iowa will soon have three health insurers to manage its $7 billion Medicaid program.

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The Rand Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The growing trend toward sleep vacations reflects the increasing awareness that Americans live in a sleep-starved society. Whether embarking on a sleep vacation or creating one in your own home, making intentional steps to prioritize sleep is one of the best investments you can make in your own health and well-being.

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Health Care Dive

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The proposal comes as states begin to notify Medicaid beneficiaries about potential losses of coverage due to the impending end of the COVID-19 public health emergency.

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Life Qi

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

In this blog we are going to look at the difference between audit and research in Quality Improvement (QI) and how these methodologies can work together in the quality space. We’re going to see which areas of research and audit can support your QI projects and exactly how they work. Let’s start by taking a look at Quality Improvement or QI. There are many definitions of QI.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

What You Should Know: – Rimidi, a leading clinical management platform designed to optimize clinical workflows, enhance patient experiences and achieve quality objectives, and Boston Medical Center , a private, not-for-profit academic medical center in New England, recently released metrics from an ongoing remote patient monitoring program for new moms at high-risk of postpartum hypertension. – Of the 1,000 patients monitored, 98.7% submitted at least one blood pressure measurement,

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The Rand Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

A succession of high-profile police killings has prompted some departments and communities to seek change. But data is sparse, and research is thin. Melissa Labriola helped lead a study of police violence and developed a road map for future research that could move the field forward.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

What You Should Know: – Viz.ai , a provider of AI-powered disease detection and intelligent care coordination, today announced it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for an automated RV/LV ratio algorithm, a seamless new component of the Viz PE Solution (launched in November 2021). – The algorithm is designed to quickly and accurately measure the diameter of the heart’s ventricles to provide the ratio of the maximum right ventricle (RV) diam

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership. Medicare-reimbursement cuts to home health agencies in 2023 threaten to destabilize the workforce, namely through handcuffing operators by limiting their ability to offer competitive compensation. The 2023 home health proposed payment rule from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) seeks to cut agency payments by an aggregate 4.2%, or $810 million, next year.

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Briggs Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will be undergoing an email transition over the Labor Day weekend (late Friday, September 2, to early Tuesday, September 6). CMS employees will not be able to access or receive email during the transition. If you send an email to CMS during this time, you will receive an error message that the CMS users account does not exist, and your email will not be received.

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Advanced Data Systems

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

How good of a job do you think you are doing as a physician? If you have a healthy sense of objectivity, you can evaluate your skills and experience level to see where you might be falling short. Here are 10 success tips from experienced doctors that you can apply in your own life and hopefully achieve even greater levels of success from medical school to residency and beyond.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

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Center for Health Progress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Building Community Power to Reclaim Health Nonprofit Quarterly recently highlighted Center for Health Progress’ legislative win and our power building strategy , in the second installment in a five-part series, Reclaiming Control: The History and Future of Choice in Our Health. Dr. Sonia Sarkar of Healing Capital examines how organizers have reclaimed control over health at both the individual and systems levels , disrupting the legacy of a health care system that has imposed control over our bo

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Patient Safety Movement

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

A LETTER FROM DR. MICHAEL RAMSAY Dear Patient Safety Advocates, I am excited to share some updates about the work we have been doing and introduce you to our new Chief Operating Officer – Dr. Sanaz Massoumi PhD. We are so fortunate to have her on the team. Dr. Massoumi joins us from Keck Medicine where she was Director of Regulatory and Patient Safety, Quality, and Outcomes Management.

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Bill Of Health

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

By Laura Hannon and Alex Willhouse . An estimated 65 percent of the United States prison population has an active substance use disorder (SUD). Providing comprehensive substance use treatment to incarcerated individuals has been shown to reduce both drug use and crime upon release. Treatment is a critical intervention to prevent opioid overdose deaths, which the CDC estimates increased by 15.4 percent, from 70,029 in 2020 to approximately 80,816 in 2021.

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Etactics

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Medicare processes more than 4.5 million claims each day. As you can imagine, it’s often difficult to sort through all of those claims to figure out which ones are real versus fraudulent. That last statement likely doesn’t surprise you. You’re probably well aware of how complicated the financial side of healthcare can be. Of course, the “financial side” of healthcare is called the revenue cycle.

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Center for Health Progress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Building Community Power to Reclaim Health. Nonprofit Quarterly recently highlighted Center for Health Progress’ legislative win and our power building strategy , in the second installment in a five-part series, Reclaiming Control: The History and Future of Choice in Our Health. Dr. Sonia Sarkar of Healing Capital examines how organizers have reclaimed control over health at both the individual and systems levels , disrupting the legacy of a health care system that has imposed control over our

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Briggs Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The draft Minimum Data Set (MDS) Nursing Home Comprehensive (NC) Item Set version 1.18.11 is now available in the Downloads section of this website. CMS plans to release the final version of the MDS Item Sets later in 2022, which will be effective beginning October 1, 2023. The direct link to the draft NC Item Set is here.

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HIStalk

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

ESO Acquires Occam Technologies, Leading Provider of Enterprise Master Patient.

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