Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 3, 2023
About 8 in 10 women say they are delaying care until their symptoms worsen or affect their daily lives, and 43% have recently missed a day or more of work due to health issues. | About 8 in 10 women say they are delaying care until their symptoms worsen or affect their daily lives, and 43% have recently missed a day or more of work due to health issues.
Healthcare It News
OCTOBER 3, 2023
A long and deeply-reported feature story in The Washington Post on Tuesday put a spotlight on the stark effect that an epidemic of chronic illness is taking on too many millions of Americans. "Forty years ago, small towns and rural regions were healthier for adults in the prime of life. The reverse is now true," according to the Post. "Urban death rates have declined sharply, while rates outside the country’s largest metro areas flattened and then rose.
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Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 3, 2023
When it comes to kidney disease, the numbers speak for themselves: 130,000 Americans are diagnosed with chronic kidney disease each year, and one in three adults is at risk of developing the diseas | Amidst these challenges, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has proposed policies that will undermine the individuals they seek to serve – those living with kidney failure.
Healthcare It News
OCTOBER 3, 2023
In a letter to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, the American Hospital Association said the U.S. Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights rule regarding the use of online tracking tools is at odds with existing HIPAA rules and could cause meaningful harm to patients and public health. "Congress should urge OCR to withdraw the rule immediately," AHA said in its response to a request for information on data privacy and HIPAA.
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Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 3, 2023
More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers are poised to launch a strike Wednesday that organizers are describing as “the largest healthcare worker strike in U.S. history.” | A Tuesday statement from participating unions showed no signs of slowing down. The large nonprofit provider and insurer, which said it hopes for final-day deal, plans to keep hospitals and EDs open should the three-day demonstration become a reality.
Healthcare It News
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Telehealth has undergone a transition from pandemic-era lifeline to convenient outlet for routine follow-ups, treatment of minor illnesses and mental health service.
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Health Care Dive
OCTOBER 3, 2023
The health insurer expected to be offered a contract to manage the care of Medicaid seniors in a new long-term services and supports program, but wasn’t able to stand up a dual-eligible special needs plan in time.
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 3, 2023
I know several colleagues who, like me, trained to be doctors but they later pivoted to take on largely administrative roles working for health plans. | Health plans rely on their own guidelines, or those licensed from third parties, which have been designed to help them control costs. They do not always agree with guidelines that were designed to be used directly by healthcare professionals.
Health Care Dive
OCTOBER 3, 2023
The nonprofit’s contract labor expenses continued to grow following “unprecedented highs” last year.
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Violence in healthcare workplaces is a growing concern, with clinicians and other workers facing alarming rates of violence on the job. | Violence in healthcare workplaces is a growing concern, with clinicians and other workers facing alarming rates of violence on the job. In this week’s episode of “Podnosis,” Fierce Healthcare’s Anastassia Gliadkovskaya sits down with Andrea Mazzoccoli, Ph.D., the former chief nurse and quality officer for Bon Secours Mercy Health, to delve into the urgent need
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Bill Of Health
OCTOBER 3, 2023
By Alice Fox Technological artifacts do not exist in a vacuum: they bear the undeniable markings of human histories, politics, blind spots, and biases – for better and worse. Consider, for example, the video game: everything in a video game must be created, decided upon, and often negotiated in a dynamic and lively way. As I have written elsewhere , video games can directly embody and reproduce harmful stereotypes and misconceptions, while neatly packaging these dispositions as “the way th
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Elation Health has long been known as an electronic health record provider, but the company has set its sights on being an "all-in-one" technology solution for primary care practices. | Elation Health has long been known as an electronic health record provider, but the company has set its sights on being an "all-in-one" technology solution for primary care practices.
Nordic
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Clear communication is critical in every industry, but it is paramount in healthcare. The information being communicated is inherently complex, highly scientific, and often intimidating. How this information is received will determine the health and well-being of all of the individuals being treated, leaving little room for error. While accuracy and expertise on the clinical side are non-negotiable, if it’s clearly presented through an inviting, empowering medium, patients will thrive and clinic
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 3, 2023
A 14-hospital system in Michigan said it is investigating reports that millions of its patients’ data “may be available on the dark web” following a security breach that reportedly affected its com | Though the 14-hospital organization said its systems remain operational, a ransomware group claimed to still have a backdoor into its system.
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Home Health Care
OCTOBER 3, 2023
April Anthony is used to running large home health and hospice entities. VitalCaring – where she now serves as CEO – is still smaller than what she’s used to. It likely won’t be small for long, however. Despite her industry clout, a smaller footprint has made it hard to negotiate with Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. “We’re having some meetings, but we’re not having success yet,” Anthony told Home Health Care News last month.
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 3, 2023
There's a growing list of startups focused on building automation technology and artificial intelligence solutions to alleviate staffing shortages and increase efficiency at health systems and hosp | Labor challenges and administrative bottlenecks plague pharmacy operations. Startup Plenful aims to automate healthcare and pharmacy workflows and streamline tasks with the help of artificial intelligence.
HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 3, 2023
What You Should Know: Wolters Kluwer Health has launched AI Labs, a collaborative resource that brings the power of generative AI to UpToDate, its market leading clinical decision support (CDS) solution, helping medical professionals make more informed decisions. UpToDate is used by more than two million users at over 44,000 healthcare organizations in over 190 countries.
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Trinity Health has wrapped its fiscal year with escalating operating losses but a nearly $1 billion bottom line, according to recently published financial statements. | A fiscal year of acquisition-fueled growth led the Catholic nonprofit to rack up higher revenues and expenses alike.
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Home Health Care
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Home-based care providers are changing the way they do business. Three of the ways they’re doing so: diversifying payer mixes, adopting new technologies and engaging differently with clinicians around care plans. “Historically we’ve allowed a lot of autonomy to the basic caregiver in the field,” Excelin Health CEO Alicia Marr said during Home Health Care News’ FUTURE conference in August.
Healthy Debate
OCTOBER 3, 2023
The post Housing first: The case for social prescribing of housing in emergency departments appeared first on Healthy Debate.
HIStalk
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Top News Providence launches Praia Health, which uses identity-driven personalization.
The Rand Blog
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Will F-16s win the war for Ukraine? No. Only ground victories and unacceptable Russian losses will force Putin to negotiate. However, a long-term commitment to supporting a well-equipped, sizable F-16 force will improve the likelihood of Ukrainian success even if an F-16 never shoots a Russian fighter.
Speaker: Paul Weald, Contact Center Innovator
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Healthcare ECONOMIST
OCTOBER 3, 2023
That is the finding from a recent report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on the activities of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) CBO previously estimated that CMMI’s activities would reduce net federal spending but now estimates that they increased that spending during the first 10 years of the center’s operation and will continue to do so in its second decade.
The Rand Blog
OCTOBER 3, 2023
A proper understanding of the threat Russia poses must begin with an accurate appraisal of Russian power. Putin might harbor fantasies of world conquest. But his military cannot even fully conquer any of the four Ukrainian provinces he claims to have annexed last year. Ultimately, those are the constraints that should bound the debate about the extent of the threat.
HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 3, 2023
What You Should Know: The digital health sector has encountered substantial declines in funding and deal volume; however, quarterly trends are now stabilizing within a fresh investment cycle, with investors directing funds toward startups engaged in exploring innovative treatment pathways and addressing nonclinical workflow challenges. Despite witnessing notable bankruptcies among former IPO success stories in 2023, the overall public market performance of the entire digital health sector has sh
Sheppard Health Law
OCTOBER 3, 2023
California is taking steps through Assembly Bill 254 (the “Bill”), approved by the State’s Governor on September 27, 2023, to ensure that patient information collected through reproductive or sexual health applications enjoys protections under the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (the “CMIA”). [1] In addition to applying to providers and plans, the CMIA applies to businesses that offer software or hardware to consumers, such as mobile applications, which maintain medical information fo
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.
HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 3, 2023
What You Should Know: – 7wireVentures , one of the country’s leading digital health venture capital firms, today announced the successful completion of a $217 million Growth & Opportunity “GO” Fund, its largest to date. – The new venture fund will support later-stage digital health investments in high-potential companies from existing portfolios as well as new opportunities.
Readiness Rounds
OCTOBER 3, 2023
In today’s blog post we're discussing how Rise & Shine–our latest regulatory compliance solution–can help hospitals deal with the tightened CMS rules on unannounced visits. This approach helps reduce findings, improves patient safety, and supports sustainable performance improvement. Headlines: 1. The Tightening Grip of CMS Regulations 2. 7 Challenges Hospitals Face During Unannounced Regulatory Visits 4.
HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 3, 2023
What You Should Know: Concert Health , a leading behavioral health medical group, today announced a collaboration with Mass General Brigham , an integrated academic health care system, to expand behavioral health services delivered through primary care. The launch program will be rolled out in Mass General Brigham’s primary care facilities throughout Massachusetts, giving more than 400 primary care providers and their patients access to Concert Health’s behavioral health services.Collaborative c
HIStalk
OCTOBER 3, 2023
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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.
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