Mon.Nov 01, 2021

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What elective healthcare can teach us about the future of patient experience

Health Care Dive

Exploring how elective procedure patients think and feel can give us insight into the changes that providers and networks must make to ensure their patients feel connected during each phase of their journey.

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Lower volumes, higher wages, supply chain disruption all dragged down hospital

Fierce Healthcare

Lower volumes, higher wages, supply chain disruption all dragged down hospital. dmuoio. Mon, 11/01/2021 - 16:04.

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Texas Medical Association sues to block parts of surprise billing ban

Health Care Dive

The lawsuit primarily takes issue with the independent dispute resolution process the regulations governing the law put in place. The No Surprises Act is slated to take effect on Jan. 1.

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Biden administration doubling down on ACA open enrollment outreach campaigns with health equity in mind

Fierce Healthcare

Biden administration doubling down on ACA open enrollment outreach campaigns with health equity in mind. hlandi. Mon, 11/01/2021 - 16:12.

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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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Women in the healthcare workforce

Health Care Dive

Women who work in healthcare have long endured setbacks, and the COVID-19 pandemic has threw a harsh spotlight on the obstacles they face while on the front lines.

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Federal judge rules HHS' efforts to punish pharma over 340B restrictions 'arbitrary and capricious'

Fierce Healthcare

Federal judge rules HHS' efforts to punish pharma over 340B restrictions 'arbitrary and capricious'. dmuoio. Mon, 11/01/2021 - 13:07.

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Kareo and PatientPop merge to create all-in-one provider platform

Fierce Healthcare

Kareo and PatientPop merge to create all-in-one provider platform. rtorrence. Mon, 11/01/2021 - 20:35.

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Nurses bore the brunt of the pandemic. Nearly 9 in 10 of them are women.

Health Care Dive

Women have an outsized role in caring for the nation's health, and were hit exceptionally hard by the pandemic at home and at work.

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Jefferson Health claims full ownership of Health Partners Plans from Temple Health for $305M

Fierce Healthcare

Jefferson Health claims full ownership of Health Partners Plans from Temple Health for $305M. dmuoio. Mon, 11/01/2021 - 17:26.

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Moderna faces new delay in plans to bring coronavirus vaccine to US teenagers, young kids

Health Care Dive

The FDA wants to better understand the risk of vaccine-associated myocarditis in 12- to 17-year-olds based on real-world use overseas.

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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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Cerner's Feinberg says health IT giant will narrow strategic focus, confirms layoffs to 'right the ship'

Fierce Healthcare

Cerner's Feinberg says health IT giant will narrow strategic focus, confirms layoffs to 'right the ship'. hlandi. Mon, 11/01/2021 - 18:16.

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AI is enabling clinicians to focus on what they do best

Healthcare It News

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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COVID-19 Vaccines and Children: State Strategies to Increase Access and Uptake through Pediatric Providers

NASHP

COVID-19 Vaccines and Children: State Strategies to Increase Access and Uptake through Pediatric Providers November 1, 2021 / by Michelle Fiscus, Sandra Wilkniss, Hemi Tewarson. On October 29, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19 for children 5–11 years old.

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Late October CDC Updates to COVID-19 Vaccine Information

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. On October 29, 2021, the CDC updated ACIP Evidence to Recommendations for Use of COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Doses. On that same date, the CDC updated ACIP Evidence to Recommendations for Use of an Additional COVID-19 Vaccine Dose in Immunocompromised People. Also on October 29, 2021, the CDC updated Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine Overview and Safety.

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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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Addressing Immigration Doesn't End at the Border—Schools Need Help

The Rand Blog

All children in the United States have a right to a public education, regardless of their immigration status. But schools are not funded or staffed adequately to support a growing student population or to handle sudden surges in enrollment due to large numbers of displaced children arriving at the border.

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How Can Healthcare Organizations Attract and Retain New Patients?

Clearwave Inc

Reading Time: 3 minutes Each interaction and experience that a healthcare organization has with a patient can impact retention. Retention can preserve sources of revenue, making it critical to develop patient-centric experiences that leave a lasting positive impression on your patients. How do practices and health organizations incentivize new patients to come through the door?

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Nevada Pilots Innovative Program to Increase Access to Preventive Oral Care for Children

NASHP

Nevada Pilots Innovative Program to Increase Access to Preventive Oral Care for Children November 1, 2021 / by Ella Roth and Carrie Hanlon. Oral health is critical to overall health , but the COVID-19 pandemic has magnified existing restrictions in access to dental care in the US. Before the pandemic, dental care for children represented a significant unmet health need , and the pandemic only served to exacerbate health care disparities for disadvantaged youth.

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They Aren't Striking Workers, but They Are Saying the Same Thing

The Rand Blog

If we are in the middle of a labor shortage, recruiting people back into the labor force is key to sustaining a recovery. The historic work choices of married mothers reveal a lot about what might lure people back into the workforce, especially when—even if they want the income—there are competing forces at play.

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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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SNF/LTC Open Door Forum: Thursday, November 4, 2021

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The next CMS Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)/Long Term Care (LTC) Open Door Forum scheduled for: Date: Thursday, November 4, 2021. Start Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Time (ET). This call will be Conference Call Only. To participate by phone: Dial: 1-888-455-1397 & Conference Passcode: 8604468.

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Health Consumers, Health Citizens, and Wearable Tech – My Chat with João Bocas

Health Populi

The most effective, engaging, and enchanting digital health innovations speak to patients beyond their role as health consumers and caregivers: digital health is at its best when it addresses peoples’ health citizenship. I had the great experience brainstorming the convergence of digital health, wearable tech, user-centered (UX) design, and health citizenship with João Bocas, @WearablesExpert , in a on his podcast.

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Prescription Drug Pricing Transparency Law Comparison Chart

NASHP

Prescription Drug Pricing Transparency Law Comparison Chart Updated November 1, 2021. A number of states have enacted drug pricing transparency laws requiring drug supply chain entities such as manufacturers, pharmacy benefit managers, health plans, and others to report information explaining high price increases and high-priced new drugs. This chart compares states’ transparency laws, each tab provides an overview of required reporting from specific supply chain entities.

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On behavioral change, health and age

Healthcare ECONOMIST

A Health Affairs article ( Meyer 2021 ) discusses the potential benefits of Medicare Diabetes Prevention Programs (MDPP). MDPP aims to reduce patient weight and prevent patients from becoming diabetic. Commenting on her Medicare clientele enrolled in the program, one instructor noted: “I’ve seen a lot of Medicare people do really well with the program because they have more time than younger people who are working or raising children,” she said.

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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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Can Price Transparency Alone Improve Patient Experiences?

Instamed

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GrandCare Health Services CEO: ‘Generalist’ Home Health Agencies Will Be Squeezed Out of the Market

Home Health Care

When David A. Bell first took over as the CEO of GrandCare Health Services, the home-based care provider was stuck in limbo. While the Southern California-based GrandCare had a solid orthopedic home health division, it was weighed down by several other service lines that really weren’t going anywhere. To get his company trending upward, Bell decided to go all in on orthopedic specialty care, bucking the trend of being a “generalist” home health provider.

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Planning Your 2022 Cost Savings Pipeline of Opportunities | Ep.20

Vie Healthcare

In Episode 20 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience , Lisa is joined by her producer, Lisa Larter of The Lisa Larter Group , and Rich Dormer and Bryan Covert from the VIE Healthcare® team. Together they discuss planning your health system’s pipeline of cost savings opportunities for 2022. As Lisa comments: ‘’Inflation is here and it’s going to get worse….As we go into 2022 and 2023, cost focus, expense focus has to be a number one priority.

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Xtelligent Payer+Provider Virtual Summit

Twistle

UPCOMING EVENT. Payer+Provider Virtual Summit. The Payer+Provider Virtual Summit 2021 hosted by Xtelligent Healthcare Media will focus on strategies for payers and providers to succeed at improving the patient experience, population health, healthcare spending, and provider satisfaction. The event will take place November 16th through 18th, live online.

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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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Advancing Personalized Treatment For Throat Cancer Patients

Health IT Analytics

University of California… read more

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Leicestershire Partnership Trust 'Step Up to Great' Campaign

Life Qi

The LPT QI Programme:

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Genetic Signatures Predict Outcomes, Advance Personalized Treatment

Health IT Analytics

Baylor College of Medicine… read more

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Readers Write: The Rise in Health IT Valuations and Deal Flow

HIStalk

The Rise in Health IT Valuations and Deal FlowBy Chris.

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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.