Healthcare It News

AUGUST 11, 2022

Patient distraction therapy, long-used by UCHealth with virtual reality and other techniques, and joy are framing the Aurora, Colorado-based health system's first in-app augmented reality experience. Beginning this fall, a patient or visitor will be able to click a button in their UCHealth mobile app and be directed to open their device's camera on a trigger point that will make a dog virtually come alive through AR in the waiting room.

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Health Care Dive

AUGUST 11, 2022

The tech giant’s healthcare program for employers, Amazon Care, plans to include Ginger’s behavioral healthcare services as an optional add-on for clients.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 11, 2022

MarinHealth this week said it will implement a new electronic health record system – a version of Epic developed at University of California San Francisco called APeX. WHY IT MATTERS. APeX stands for Advancing Patient-Centered Excellence – it's an Epic EHR system that was customized at UCSF as an integrated platform to help offer access to patient records across the care continuum, from MarinHealth Medical Network clinics to MarinHealth Medical Center.

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Health Care Dive

AUGUST 11, 2022

The lawsuit threatened to again expose millions of patients to surprise out-of-network bills.

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The Rand Blog

AUGUST 11, 2022

State and district education leaders can take steps now to reduce teacher principal stress this fall in two ways: Recognize that job-related stress is systemic and that educators closer to the classroom may experience more of it, and talk with teachers and principals about the sources of stress in their job, and what could alleviate them.

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Health Care Dive

AUGUST 11, 2022

The index analyzes cumulative environmental factors at the individual census tract-level so local public health officials “can identify and map areas most at risk for the health impacts of environmental burden,” the HHS said.

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Healthcare Associates

AUGUST 11, 2022

Is sleep apnea genetic, or is the disorder that makes 30 million people stop breathing for short periods while they sleep caused by something else? Is Sleep Apnea Genetic? Plenty of us have been scolded with a gentle shake and an annoyed “stop snoring” in the middle of the night. We may have even startled ourselves awake a time or two. Snoring, choking and gasping could be signs of sleep apnea.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 11, 2022

What You Should Know: – FundamentalVR has raised an additional $20M to significantly accelerate medical skill-transfer and increase surgical proficiency through its world-leading medical simulation platform, Fundamental Surgery. – The funding was led by EQT Life Sciences investing from the LSP Health Economics Fund 2 and joined by prior investors Downing Ventures.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 11, 2022

When it comes to payment, there are generally two issues that are drawing the ire of home health providers of late: the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed rule for CY 2023 and subpar Medicare Advantage (MA) rates. . A third one has been added to that list: the role of conveners. As with most issues in home health care, it bubbled below the surface for a while, then someone finally said it aloud.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 11, 2022

What You Should Know: – H1 , launches an update to its flagship product, HCP Universe , the daily resource for global medical affairs and medical science liaison (MSL) teams. – New features include a mobile app, Next-gen Smart Search capabilities built on an expansive knowledge graph, out-of-the-box insights tailored to inform MSL and Headquarter decisioning, and AI-powered notifications to improve and accelerate quality HCP engagement. .

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The Rand Blog

AUGUST 11, 2022

Patient health outcomes, communication with providers, and overall patient satisfaction improve when patients and providers share a similar background. Further, diverse work environments may positively impact health care provider job satisfaction. Increasing diversity in health care work settings is a first important step that could help to increase equity and inclusion in these environments.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 11, 2022

What You Should Know: – Abridge, the leader in medical conversation artificial intelligence (AI), today announced an oversubscribed $12.5M Series A-1 led by Wittington Ventures. – The round also had participation from all existing investors including Union Square Ventures , Bessemer Venture Partners , Pillar Venture Capital , and UPMC Enterprises , and new investors including Turing Award winner Yoshua Bengio, and Whistler Capital.

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Meditech

AUGUST 11, 2022

It’s no secret that nurses have faced a seemingly endless string of challenges over the past few years. In many ways the pandemic accelerated trends already underway. Staffing shortages and higher patient acuity; symptoms of nursing stress and burnout; and frustration with software and processes that interrupt patient care. So how have some nurses maintained their resilience in the face of these mounting challenges?

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 11, 2022

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: AVAH) is bullish on its company ethos, but is still trying to find its footing a little more than a year after going public. Like many in the space, Aveanna continues to struggle with labor issues and inflation on a macro level, while simultaneously being able to tout a strong demand for home health services.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

AUGUST 11, 2022

One of President Biden’s top priorities is reducing health disparities. In fact, President Biden created a Health Equity Task Force to address the issue; the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have created their own Framework for Health Equity 2022–2032. The 5 priories in this CMS Framework are: Expand the collection, reporting, and analysis of standardized data Assess causes of disparities within CMS programs, and address inequities in policies and Ooperations to close gaps

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Bill Of Health

AUGUST 11, 2022

By Luciano Bottini Filho. Despite the value of a constitutionally enshrined right to health, such a guarantee, on its own, does not ensure patient rights or a nuanced understanding of patient-centered care. This article will consider the case study of Brazil as an example. Despite Brazil’s recognition of the right to health, this constitutional protection does not set sufficient standards to guide judicial decision-making around patient care.

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Medi Leadership

AUGUST 11, 2022

Without effective physician leadership , clinical redesign strategies will fail. A growing number of physicians are stepping into leadership roles in hospitals and health systems. Many health system CEOs are physicians. There is clearly a strong case for clinicians in the C-suite of the future. As a career health system executive CEO and executive coach to healthcare leaders, I’ve noted an interesting pattern in how physicians often emerge as leaders.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 11, 2022

Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) announced Thursday that it has completed its divestiture of Kindred at Home’s hospice and personal care divisions. Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) has acquired a majority interest in those assets, or 60%. Now that the deal is closed, the hospice and personal care assets will be restructured into a standalone company. The deal was first announced in April.

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Sheppard Health Law

AUGUST 11, 2022

The Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) recently issued Advisory Opinion 22-08 (the “Advisory Opinion”), concluding that the provision of limited use smartphones by a federally qualified health center (“FQHC”) to existing, low-income patients (the “Arrangement”) lacked the intent required to violate the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) [1] and was not likely to generate remuneration prohibited under the federal Civil Monetary Penalties Law prohibiting inducements to health care program

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Healthcare Performance

AUGUST 11, 2022

A surgeon tweeted a selfie of himself operating on a patient while wearing a bike helmet. A dentist texted a video of himself extracting a tooth while standing on a hoverboard. A nursing home contracted with a chicken farm for medical records shredding services. No, I’m not making these up. They actually happened. These are all potential HIPAA violations.

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NASHP

AUGUST 11, 2022

Q&A on NASHP’s Model Act to Reduce the Cost of Prescription Drugs by Establishing a Prescription Drug Affordability Board. In 2017, the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) released model legislation to enable states to address high drug costs by creating a Prescription Drug Affordability Board (PDAB). Since then, six states have enacted laws to establish PDABs, and PDAB bills continue to be introduced and considered in legislatures each session.

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HIStalk

AUGUST 11, 2022

Top News Cerner will pay $1.9 million in back pay.

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The Rand Blog

AUGUST 11, 2022

There is no single source for reliable current data about teacher and principal turnover or job openings, so it's understandable that journalists rely on survey data to monitor the health of the teacher and principal workforce. But media coverage that focuses only on the connection, or lack thereof, between teachers' intentions to leave and actual turnover stands the risk of minimizing the clearly stated dissatisfaction that educators are expressing.

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HIStalk

AUGUST 11, 2022

GHX Launches Lumere Consulting Services to Accelerate the Clinically Integrated.

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AUGUST 11, 2022

One of my clients reached out to me for assistance.

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