Fri.Mar 03, 2023

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Healthcare cybersecurity still has room to improve safety

Health Care Dive

Steve Winterfeld, Akamai's advisory chief information and security officer, outlines the threat of cyberattacks to healthcare organizations and what the industry can do to prevent them.

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Walgreens won't sell abortion pills in GOP states after legal threats from state officials

Fierce Healthcare

Walgreens won't sell abortion pills in GOP states after legal threats from state officials agliadkovskaya Fri, 03/03/2023 - 17:18

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Walgreens-backed VillageMD acquires Connecticut medical group

Health Care Dive

On Friday, VillageMD said it snapped up Starling Physicians, which operates primary care and multi-specialty practices, for an undisclosed sum.

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Physicians are twice as likely as the general population to attempt suicide, Medscape survey finds

Fierce Healthcare

Physicians are twice as likely as the general population to attempt suicide, Medscape survey finds aburky Fri, 03/03/2023 - 14:54

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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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Contracts covering tens of thousands of unionized HCA workers set to expire soon

Health Care Dive

Contracts covering workers at nearly two dozen hospitals in Nevada and Florida expire on March 31 and May 31, respectively, according to the release.

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Black adults more likely to seek mental health treatment at EDs, pre-pandemic data show

Fierce Healthcare

Black adults more likely to seek mental health treatment at EDs, pre-pandemic data show dmuoio Fri, 03/03/2023 - 11:36

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Healthcare Dealmakers—CVS buys Oak Street Health for $10.6B; Amazon closes $3.9B One Medical deal; and more

Fierce Healthcare

Healthcare Dealmakers—CVS buys Oak Street Health for $10.6B; Amazon closes $3.

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Wi-Fi 6E, Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue – Part 1

CiscoHealth

Part 1 of the 4-part Wi-Fi 6E Series This is part 1 of a 4-part series entitled “Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue”.

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Kindbody banks $100M to fuel more acquisitions, growth of fertility clinic network

Fierce Healthcare

Kindbody banks $100M to fuel more acquisitions, growth of fertility clinic network hlandi Fri, 03/03/2023 - 12:06

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Surgo Health Launches RWD-Driven Socio-Behavioral Analytics Platform

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Surgo Health, a new healthcare technology company dedicated to personalized care announced its official launch in Washington, D.C. – Formed as a public benefits company (PBC), Surgo Health is building on the analytics and proprietary data assets from Surgo Ventures and is developing a revolutionary socio-behavioral analytics platform and generating novel, real-world data to enable a greater understanding of the complex factors that influence how individuals en

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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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Preterm births fell 4% across the world during the early months of COVID-19: study

Fierce Healthcare

Preterm births fell 4% across the world during the early months of COVID-19: study fdiamond Fri, 03/03/2023 - 13:47

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Informational Webinar: Community Health Worker (CHW) State Policy Development Technical Assistance Opportunity (March 22)

NASHP

This webinar will offer an opportunity to talk with NASHP staff about any questions regarding the application for the Community Health Worker (CHW) State Policy Development Technical Assistance Opportunity. NASHP will be holding two informational webinars on this technical assistance opportunity. Register for the March 14 webinar. If you have any questions or any trouble registering, please email Elinor Higgins.

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North Carolina legislators make deal on Medicaid expansion

Fierce Healthcare

North Carolina legislators make deal on Medicaid expansion pminemyer Fri, 03/03/2023 - 10:30

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Major Health Partners Reduces Home Medication Reconciliation Time by 30%

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Major Health Partners (Shelbyville, IN) announced that technicians saved on average three minutes of time per patient and realized a 30% improvement in the average time for overall home medication verification leveraging MEDITECH’s Expanse Patient Care solution. The solution was rolled out facility-wide, including in the ED, where medication reconciliation technicians saw immediate results.

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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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Highmark taps Kinsa to predict the spread of infectious disease

Fierce Healthcare

Highmark taps Kinsa to predict the spread of infectious disease pminemyer Fri, 03/03/2023 - 16:24

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How Long Do Migraines Last?

Healthcare Associates

How Long Do Migraines Last? A normal headache often lasts only a few minutes or hours, or until you address its root cause by eating, drinking water, or sleeping. Conversely, migraines can last for much longer and produce symptoms that are often severe and debilitating. Here’s more about how to know when you’re having a migraine and not a normal headache, how long migraines last, and how to contact Healthcare Associates of Texas if you need professional diagnosis and treatment for migraine

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How Home Health Providers Can Prepare For The Survey Processes

Home Health Care

It’s more important than ever for home health organizations to be ready for the survey process. In order to be prepared, providers will need to be armed with strategies that will help them come out on top. “Even the most prepared operations are blindsided by unexpected interpretations and requirements,” Lynn Smith, senior manager on the compliance and regulatory team at SimiTree, said during a recent webinar.

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Remembering Slain LA Bishop David O'Connell and His Tireless Community Work

The Rand Blog

Bishop Dave left a mark on so many lives, and, even after becoming bishop, remained close to the community he so loved. The world has lost a fearless and compassionate leader.

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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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How Immigration Adjustments Could Alter The Entire Home-Based Care Landscape

Home Health Care

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership More immigration – and changes to U.S. visa stipulations – would be a major boost from home-based care. It’s no secret that agencies across the country are struggling to meet demand. Tapping into the large pool of workers outside the U.S. will have to be a part of the strategy that helps meet that unmet demand. in Sign up for HHCN + to read this exclusive content.

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Will half the world be overweight?

Healthcare ECONOMIST

A study by the World Obesity Foundation predicts that more than half the global population will be living with overweight and obesity within 12 years if prevention, treatment and support do not improve. The report also predicts that the global economic burden of overweight and obesity will be $4.32 trillion or approximately 2.9% of global GDP. You can read the full report here.

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Decriminalizing Abortion in Argentina: 8 Takeaways from the Inflection Point of Legalization

Bill Of Health

By Alicia Ely Yamin In December of 2020, Argentina’s Congress passed Law 27.610 , which overhauled the country’s previously restrictive legal framework on abortion. Law 27.610, “ Access to Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy ,” created two kinds of legal abortion: (i) IVE (its acronym in Spanish, which translates to “Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy”), which allows any person to request an abortion up to 14 weeks gestation; and (ii) ILE (which stands for “Legal Interruption

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Alto riesgo y máximas ganancias: reguladores se preocupan por el auge del levantamiento de glúteos en Florida

KHN

MIAMI, FL – En retrospectiva, debería haber reconocido las señales de alarma, dijo Nikki Ruston. El consultorio de Miami donde programó lo que se conoce como levantamiento (lifting) de glúteos brasileño había cerrado y transferido sus registros a un centro diferente, explicó El precio que le ofrecieron, y que pagó por adelantado, aumentó el día de la intervención, y no conoció a su cirujano hasta poco antes de recibir anestesia ge

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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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A Look Back at the War in Afghanistan, National Security Risks, Hospice Care: RAND Weekly Recap

The Rand Blog

This weekly recap focuses on why the United States “stayed the unfavorable course” in Afghanistan, the Ohio train derailment, state data on gun deaths, and more.

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Alto riesgo y máximas ganancias: reguladores se preocupan por el auge del levantamiento de glúteos en Florida

KHN

MIAMI, FL – En retrospectiva, debería haber reconocido las señales de alarma, dijo Nikki Ruston. El consultorio de Miami donde programó lo que se conoce como levantamiento (lifting) de glúteos brasileño había cerrado y transferido sus registros a un centro diferente, explicó El precio que le ofrecieron, y que pagó por adelantado, aumentó el día de la intervención, y no conoció a su cirujano hasta poco antes de recibir anestesia ge

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Informational Webinar: Community Health Worker (CHW) State Policy Development Technical Assistance Opportunity (March 14)

NASHP

This webinar will offer an opportunity to talk with NASHP staff about any questions regarding the application for the Community Health Worker (CHW) State Policy Development Technical Assistance Opportunity. NASHP will be holding two informational webinars on this technical assistance opportunity. Register for the March 22 webinar. If you have any questions or any trouble registering, please email Elinor Higgins.

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Anticipated State Timelines for Initiating Unwinding-Related Renewals

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Today (March 2, 2023), CMS posted the anticipated state timelines for initiating unwinding-related renewals as of February 24, 2023. This chart details the expected first month for each state/territory’s unwinding-related renewals, as well as the anticipated effective date for the first procedural terminations.

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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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Community Health Worker (CHW) State Policy Development: In-State Technical Assistance Opportunity

NASHP

To apply to NASHP’s Community Health Worker (CHW) State Policy Development In-State Technical Assistance Opportunity, please complete this brief application. Informational webinar: Interested state teams are encouraged to participate in one of the following informational webinars. March 14th, 12–12:30 p.m. ET — Register here March 22nd, 3:30–4 p.m. ET — Register here Applications due : April 5, 2023 Selected states notified : Week of April 10, 2023 In-state opportunities : April–November 2023 Th

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Best Practices for Behavioral Health Documentation

Icanotes

Behavioral health practitioners must complete many different types of documentation during their clients' treatment. From intake to discharge, you must document each encounter with a patient fully and accurately. Behavioral health documentation has many uses, including providing diagnostic summaries, monitoring progress, keeping patient records up to date and serving as a tool to facilitate communication between professionals and care teams.

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Latest COVID-19 Nursing Home Data From CMS-CDC-NHSN

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted the nursing home data for the week ending February 19, 2023. Comparing the February 19, 2023 data to the February 12, 2023 data shows these changes: Resident primary vaccination completion rate remained the same as last week; Residents up to date with vaccines increased 0.3% this past week; Staff primary vaccination completion rate decreased 0.1% from last week; Staff up to date with vaccines remained remains th

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Implicity Launches SMART on FHIR App to Optimize Interoperability & Workflow Efficiencies

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Implicity , a leader in remote patient monitoring (RPM) and cardiac data management solutions, released a new SMART on FHIR application to improve interoperability and workflow efficiencies for providers. – The new app improves cardiac remote monitoring workflows by providing clinicians access to Implicity alerts and reports directly within Epic’s EHR system.

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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.