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Delta patients clog hospitals, spur more procedure delays

Health Care Dive

Intermountain is the latest system to announce it's putting non-emergency procedures back on hold at 13 of its hospitals, and expects the pause to last several weeks, CEO Marc Harrison said Friday.

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Docs press CMS for permanent telehealth flexibility, relief from pay cuts in fee schedule comments

Fierce Healthcare

Docs press CMS for permanent telehealth flexibility, relief from pay cuts in fee schedule comments. rking. Tue, 09/14/2021 - 11:44.

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CMS moves to scrap Medicare coverage of breakthrough devices due to clinical evidence concerns

Health Care Dive

AdvaMed said the repeal of the Medicare Coverage of Innovative Technology rule is the wrong decision for patients. Analysts noted the reimbursement pathway could be resurrected in Cures 2.0 legislation.

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Digital wound care startup pushes into decentralized clinical trials market

Fierce Healthcare

Digital wound care startup pushes into decentralized clinical trials market. hlandi. Tue, 09/14/2021 - 17:31.

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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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Preventable hospitalization costs among unvaccinated patients surged to $3.7B in August, KFF says

Health Care Dive

More than 280,000 hospitalizations from COVID-19 between June and August could have been prevented by vaccination, researchers found.

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KFF: System-wide costs of preventable COVID-19 hospitalizations nearly tripled to $5.7B in August

Fierce Healthcare

KFF: System-wide costs of preventable COVID-19 hospitalizations nearly tripled to $5.7B in August. dmuoio. Tue, 09/14/2021 - 11:34.

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Medicare patients could benefit from expanded dental coverage but lawmakers clash over adding benefits

Fierce Healthcare

Medicare patients could benefit from expanded dental coverage but lawmakers clash over adding benefits. agliadkovskaya. Tue, 09/14/2021 - 17:33.

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Necessity is the Mother(board) – How COVID-19 Inspires Local Communities to Build Broadband

Health Populi

“The simple fact is that the federal and state governments are doing almost nothing to help people who have a broadband service available that partially meets their needs but abuses them with regular price hikes, spotty reliability, and poor customer service. Local governments will continue to step in to build better networks because communities have very few other options.”.

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Google, ProMedica team up with IncludeHealth to tap into growing virtual MSK market

Fierce Healthcare

Google, ProMedica team up with IncludeHealth to tap into growing virtual MSK market. hlandi. Tue, 09/14/2021 - 10:02.

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Reasons Why You Should Consider Joining an ACO

p3care

The focus on value-based service is now more than ever. Medical practices cannot ignore the importance of keeping a check on the quality and cost alongside. Payment incentive programs like QPP MIPS are some of the examples that reward clinicians on quality parameters. So, in this article, we will discuss why you should consider ACO reporting to CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services).

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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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Seniors faced more economic, healthcare disruptions in U.S. than other wealthy nations during COVID

Fierce Healthcare

Seniors faced more economic, healthcare disruptions in U.S. than other wealthy nations during COVID. dmuoio. Tue, 09/14/2021 - 15:47.

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How humanizing technology can improve patient outcomes

Healthcare It News

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Census Bureau: 28M Americans lacked health coverage in 2020

Fierce Healthcare

Census Bureau: 28M Americans lacked health coverage in 2020. pminemyer. Tue, 09/14/2021 - 13:27.

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6 Questions to Ask When Selecting a Healthcare LMS

Medbridge Education

Finding the right healthcare learning management system (LMS) for your organization can be a daunting task, as there are many out there to choose from and each one offers a different combination of features. With that in mind, we’ve compiled the six most important questions for healthcare organizations to ask when selecting an LMS. 1. […]. The post 6 Questions to Ask When Selecting a Healthcare LMS appeared first on MedBridge Blog.

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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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Tia clinches $100M to build out clinics, virtual care as investors bank on women's health startups

Fierce Healthcare

Tia clinches $100M to build out clinics, virtual care as investors bank on women's health startups. hlandi. Tue, 09/14/2021 - 08:51.

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NHS Deploys TytoCare’s Telehealth Solution to 14 Trusts Across UK

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – TytoCare , an NYC-based all-in-one modular device and examination platform for AI-powered , on-demand, remote medical exams, today announced its expanded partnership with the NHS that will see the deployment of TytoCare’s telehealth solution across 14 organizations and 26 projects in Yorkshire and Humber, including Leeds Children’s Hospital, Sheffield Children’s, and nearly 70 care homes. – The integration of the telehealth solution will allow clinicians to di

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Rite Aid moving corporate workforce to remote-first model

Fierce Healthcare

Rite Aid moving corporate workforce to remote-first model. pminemyer. Tue, 09/14/2021 - 15:07.

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‘We Can Be the Largest Provider in the Country’: Fastest-Growing Home Care Companies in the US

Home Health Care

Elder Care Homecare, HomeWell Care Services, 24 Hour Home Care and Georgetown Home Care (GHC) are four of the fastest-growing aging-in-place providers in the nation. Revenue diversification, cross-continuum partnerships and niche service offerings have allowed each home care business to maintain strong growth over the past 18 months, even during a pandemic that has triggered staffing shortages, client-volume swings and regulatory confusion.

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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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Saint Luke’s Health System Deploys Innovaccer Health Cloud

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – St. Luke’s Health System , one of the largest health networks in Kansas City, has adopted Innovaccer Health Cloud to support its initiatives around the Primary Care First and commercial value-based care models. – St. Luke’s Health System turned to the Innovaccer Health Cloud and it’s Data Activation Platform to unify claims and clinical data from its EHR and disparate HIT systems.

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What is wrong with QALYs?

Healthcare ECONOMIST

A paper by Rand and Kesselheim (2021) in Health Affairs this month conducts a systematic literature review to answer this question. Based on 113 articles they identified in peer-reviewed journals, they identify the following 10 criticisms categories. The graph above has each criticism category and the number of peer-reviewed articles that mention this critique type.

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Groups call on federal parties to commit to removing barriers for internationally trained health professionals

Healthy Debate

The post Groups call on federal parties to commit to removing barriers for internationally trained health professionals appeared first on Healthy Debate.

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Facing Down the Demon of Self-Doubt

Medi Leadership

In my coaching practice it is surprisingly common for me to encounter experienced and highly accomplished leaders riddled periodically with crippling self-doubt. Known as the “imposter syndrome” or “inner critic,” that internal voice of self-doubt is something that seemingly every leader battles to some extent at some time, regardless of overwhelming, objective evidence to the contrary.

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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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Microscopy, Artificial Intelligence Aids Detection of COVID-19

Health IT Analytics

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Whack-a-Mole, Fungi, and Intersectionality, or What I’ve Learned from Health Justice

Bill Of Health

By Mary Crossley. Nearly three decades ago, I published my first law review article considering the law’s ability to address unequal treatment in a health care setting. The newly minted Americans with Disabilities Act was the law, and physicians’ reluctance to provide treatment to infants believed to be infected with HIV was the inequality. Eventually I expanded my horizon beyond disability law to consider potential legal remedies for physician bias across a range of patient traits.

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Healthcare Scene's Colin Hung shares his outlook for the future of healthcare [Podcast]

Meditech

Recently I had the pleasure of talking with one of healthcare IT’s “true believers” as well as a prolific industry thought leader. Colin Hung, CMO and Editor of Healthcare Scene as well as co-host (with John Lynn) of the Healthcare IT Today podcast joins me for the latest episode of MEDITECH Podcasts.

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SCAN Health Plan Enters Several Markets, Opening New Doors for In-Home Care Providers

Home Health Care

SCAN Health Plan has been serving numerous counties across California for decades. Now, the Medicare Advantage insurer plans to expand its footprint to two additional states, opening new doors to potential home care partners in the process. Founded in 1977, Long Beach, California-based SCAN Health Plan is one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit Medicare Advantage plans, serving more than 220,000 members.

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Strategies to Deal with Collaborative Healthcare Communication

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.

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Lightstone Ventures Raises $375M Fund to Invest in Early Stage Biotech and Medtech Companies

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Lightstone Ventures today announced the closing of Lightstone Ventures III with $375M in capital commitments, to invest in early-stage companies developing high-impact therapeutics and technologies. – The new fund was oversubscribed, exceeding the firm’s targeted raise, and included strong support from both new and existing limited partners.

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What Is Patient Retention and Why Does It Matter for Your Practice?

Sequence Health

Without patients, even the best doctor won’t see profit, and their practice will fail. But your goal isn’t just to land new ones; you need to keep the patients you do have coming back when they need assistance. In this blog post, we are going to dive into the importance of patient retention. If you’d like more information on how to keep the patients you have, check out Patient Retention Strategies for Reducing Leakage.

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HLTH 2021 Boston – Health Innovation Conference

Twistle

UPCOMING EVENT. HLTH 2021 Boston – Health Innovation Conference. Join us at HLTH 2021 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center October 17th-20th. HLTH 2021 is the leading event focused on innovation in healthcare for senior health industry leaders. The conference brings together a range of topics and themes focused on helping solve healthcare’s most pressing challenges and bringing to life health’s future opportunities.

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RWE: Supporting Regulatory Submissions with Real-World Evidence

HIT Consultant

Tiffany Siu Woodworth, Director, Analytic Solutions, Panalgo. In 2016, the 21 st Century Cures Act was signed into law, mandating that the FDA “establish a program to evaluate the use of real-world evidence (RWE) to help support the approval of new indications for a drug and to help to support or satisfy post-approval study requirements.” Along with advances in the availability and quality of real-world data (RWD) from sources like electronic health records (EHRs) , registries, medical claims an

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Top 12 Telehealth KPIs Every Health Tech Leader Should Know

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.