Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 8, 2024
Community pharmacies are well positioned to make a difference in the lives of their patients by providing convenient access to quality, affordable clinical pharmacy services while closing gaps in c | The current environment of decreasing reimbursement and increasing drug costs is not sustainable for either chain or independent pharmacies.
Health Care Dive
MARCH 8, 2024
The move — the first of its kind — comes as pharmacy benefit managers continue to try to prove their value to clients, and shows how major players are shoring up to meet sky-high GLP-1 demand.
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Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 8, 2024
LOS ANGELES—Health insurers have access to a bevy of valuable data, and the push toward interoperability made it easier for those data to be shared with providers. | LOS ANGELES—Payers have access to a wealth of data, but the challenge now becomes making those data usable and useful for providers in a way that does not disrupt their workflows and interactions with patients.
Health Care Dive
MARCH 8, 2024
The nonprofit cut losses compared to 2022 as it implemented a financial recovery strategy, but expenses continued to plague the system.
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Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 8, 2024
More than half of diabetes patients believe that popular weight loss drugs alone may improve their health, according to a new report. | More than half of diabetes patients believe that popular weight loss drugs alone may improve their health, indicating that the hype around buzzy new medications may be creating some false hope.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 8, 2024
Corti, a Copenhagen-based AI startup, helps automate and analyze virtual and face-to-face patient engagements, says Lars Maaløe, its cofounder and chief technology officer.
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Healthcare It News
MARCH 8, 2024
Philips is partnering with high tech manufacturers for a Silent Patient Room, especially in the ICU, and will demonstrate the new technology at HIMSS24. For an ICU to be silent, there has to be interoperable device integration, and that's not an easy thing to figure out, according to Christoph Pedain, business leader of Hospital Patient Monitoring at Philips.
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 8, 2024
WellSpan Health is taking the burden off its providers by deploying an AI-driven clinical documentation tool from Nuance. | DAX Copilot, from Microsoft’s speech recognition subsidiary Nuance Communications, integrates with Epic to draft clinical notes during visits. This process happens within seconds, the company claims, and makes the note available for review and entry into the EHR by clinicians.
Health Care Dive
MARCH 8, 2024
Insurer UnitedHealthcare said it will also advance payments to providers as the outage stretches into its third week.
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 8, 2024
Fewer than 1 in 5 claims related to email messages between patients required a private health plan member to pay out of pocket, and those that did paid a median $25, according to a new analysis see | A recent analysis of 2020-2021 private claims for email messaging found just 18% involved patient cost sharing, and those that did "typically" handed over $25.
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Health Care Dive
MARCH 8, 2024
CHS is the first national health system to partner with the billionaire’s drug distribution company. Epinephrine and norepinephrine are the first two drugs included in the purchasing deal.
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 8, 2024
Welcome to this week's Chutes & Ladders, our roundup of hirings, firings and retirings throughout the industry.
NASHP
MARCH 8, 2024
The National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) is pleased to announce that the following four states have been selected to participate in the Health and Housing Institute (HHI) 2024–2026 cohort: Connecticut New Jersey New Mexico Oregon Through the HHI, a project funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), NASHP will work with each state team to develop, implement, and align health and housing programs.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 8, 2024
What You Should Know: Teladoc Health, Inc. (NYSE: TDOC) , the global leader in whole-person virtual care, today announced expanded capabilities designed to help employers and health plans manage rising demand for anti-obesity medication such as glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) agonists and support safe, sustainable weight loss and cardiometabolic health improvement for members.
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The Rand Blog
MARCH 8, 2024
Jason Matheny is one of the nation's leading experts on the interplay between technology and national security. In this Q&A with Bob Davis, he talks about semiconductors, artificial intelligence, and the future of Chinese investment in the United States.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 8, 2024
Working in Emory’s Apple Digital Innovation and Testing Lab, Emory Digital team members (L-R) Michael Duffell, Jewel Witherspoon and Nicole Picardo Bellis were instrumental in validating Epic Hyperspace on Macs at Emory. (Source: Emory) What You Should Know: – Emory Healthcare is making waves in the healthcare industry by becoming the first health system in the US to deploy Epic ’s EHR on a large scale using MacBook Air via a new native Epic Hyperspace app. – This strategic initiativ
Healthcare ECONOMIST
MARCH 8, 2024
Hydery and Reddy (2024) provide a nice primer on drug formularies. Below is a quick overview. What is a formulary? A formulary is a continually updated list of medications, products, and technologies supported by current evidence-based medicine, as well as the judgment of physicians, pharmacists, and other relevant experts in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and preservation of health.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 8, 2024
What You Should Know: – Rhapsody , a leader in digital health enablement, has unveiled a groundbreaking technology called Rhapsody Autopilot. – The first-of-its-kind solution utilizes machine learning (ML) to automatically link patient records, ensuring a comprehensive view that aligns with each customer’s specific preferences. The Problem: Drowning in Data The healthcare industry faces a growing challenge: a constant surge of patient information.
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The Rand Blog
MARCH 8, 2024
For a public-private partnership to work, the individual interests of the private sector must be brought into alignment with the requirements of the collective good perspective and policy goals of the public sector. Both partners have useful tools and working examples to make this vision happen.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 8, 2024
What You Should Know: – Genesys ®, a provider of cloud-based experience orchestration solutions powered by AI, has announced a strategic integration with Epic to enhance patient communication and care experiences. – Through Epic’s Workshop program, the companies will integrate the Genesys Cloud™ platform with Epic’s Cheers customer relationship management (CRM) suite.
Home Health Care
MARCH 8, 2024
Nova Leap Health Corporation is actively pursuing M&A opportunities. That’s one of the main takeaways of a public letter that the company’s CEO and president, Chris Dobbin, recently penned to shareholders. Nova Leap is a Canada-based home care organization that has been growing in the U.S. The company has operations in Nova Scotia and 11 different U.S. states.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 8, 2024
What You Should Know: – The Sequoia Project , a leader in promoting nationwide health IT interoperability, has partnered with the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) to launch a groundbreaking data usability validator tool. – The new validator tool aims to significantly improve the quality and usability of health information exchanged across the United States.
Speaker: Paul Weald, Contact Center Innovator
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Baird Group
MARCH 8, 2024
Yesterday, I was doing physician communication training with a large group of doctors. To give context, I showed them their current patient experience scores focused on physician communication. One of the attendees raised his hand and said, “There has never been any research that shows doing these surveys improves patient experience.” I agreed with him, and I think that surprised him.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 8, 2024
Dr. Geeta Nayyar, Chief Medical Officer at RadiantGraph Kirk Goodman, SVP of Commercial at RadiantGraph What You Should Know: – RadiantGraph , a healthcare personalization platform powered by AI and machine learning, has announced the strategic appointments of Dr. Geeta Nayyar and Kirk Goodman to its executive team. – RadiantGraph welcomes Dr.
Sequence Health
MARCH 8, 2024
In today’s fast-paced healthcare environment, the call center plays a crucial role in facilitating smooth communication between patients and medical service providers. The customer satisfaction call center performance can significantly influence patient perception and trust in healthcare organizations. A pivotal aspect of enhancing customer satisfaction in healthcare call centers revolves around the listening behaviors of call center agents.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 8, 2024
What You Should Know: Nomi Health a nd CHG Healthcare announced a partnership to radically expand medical support to underserved communities throughout the United States today. Instead of the traditional friction in most patient care models, the Nomi and CHG partnership delivers a seamless, integrated solution that includes: multi-channel patient engagement, access to virtual care, and performance tracking metrics with clinical and claims-based data.
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.
Etactics
MARCH 8, 2024
Is anyone else just feeling tired? Worn out? Wondering if it is just that time of year? Still recovering from the holiday madness or itching into Spring fever? Statistics show that 89% of workers experienced burnout in 2023. I can provide you with plenty more statistics about the relevance of burnout. Chances are I don’t have to do that. If you’re reading this, you’re likely experiencing burnout in your current position.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 8, 2024
What You Should Know: Nuance Communications, Inc., a Microsoft Company, and Providence, a not-for-profit health system serving the Western U.S., have announced that the organizations are working to accelerate AI innovation at scale, propel in-house solutions development, advance clinical research and spur further collaborations between health systems and healthcare IT vendors.
Home Health Care
MARCH 8, 2024
This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership The erosion of non-solicitation agreements poses a significant challenge for home care providers, potentially undercutting their business models and profitability. Non-solicitation agreements keep home care clients from poaching caregivers trained and supplied by agencies. In certain states with stricter rules against non-competes — like California and Connecticut — the lines between non-solicitation and non-compete agreements are being blurred.
Bill Of Health
MARCH 8, 2024
By DeAnna Baumle and Katie Moran-McCabe Americans are deeply in debt. In the fourth quarter of 2023, total household debt increased by $212 billion to reach $17.5 trillion, according to a report by the Center for Microeconomic Data. Debt is linked to lower life expectancy, higher mortality, depression, high blood pressure, and forgone medical care. Debt and resulting bad credit scores can impact a person’s ability to secure housing, employment, and medical care.
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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