Fri.Apr 07, 2023

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Preparing for digital transformation in healthcare

Health Care Dive

John Glaser, an executive in residence at Harvard Medical School, and Ranil Herath, president at Emeritus Healthcare, address healthcare’s digital transformation and how to successfully adapt to change.

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Avoid losing 55% of your patients to poor digital communication

Healthcare It News

If you aren’t already, pretend you’re the owner of a successful specialty healthcare practice. Or maybe you’re an administrator for a large regional healthcare system. How would you keep your organization afloat if more than half of your patients suddenly walked out the door and never returned? Improbable as it seems, a recent survey indicates otherwise.

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New York judge denies UnitedHealth’s request for summary judgment in TeamHealth lawsuit

Health Care Dive

U.S. District Judge John Koeltl rejected UnitedHealth’s argument that New York’s surprise billing law prevents providers from taking legal action against payers for alleged underpayments.

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Digital pathology experts say that human-centered augmented intelligence will remain the standard for pathology, radiology

Fierce Healthcare

Digital pathology experts say that human-centered augmented intelligence will remain the standard for pathology, radiology aburky Fri, 04/07/2023 - 16:13

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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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Cognizant and Microsoft collaborate on new cloud offerings

Healthcare It News

The partners announced that they are building an integration roadmap so Cognizant can run current and future healthcare platforms on Microsoft Azure – and migrate new and existing clients from on-premise environments to Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare. WHY IT MATTERS Cognizant collaborates with Microsoft on various healthcare provider and payer solutions, including interoperability and cost estimation suites in a SaaS environment.

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Sweeping new study analyzes maternal health outcomes with SDOH, finds Black mothers at much higher risk

Fierce Healthcare

Sweeping new study analyzes maternal health outcomes with SDOH, finds Black mothers at much higher risk agliadkovskaya Fri, 04/07/2023 - 15:50

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Layoffs are ramping up among hospitals and health systems. Here are 34 examples from 2023

Fierce Healthcare

Layoffs are ramping up among hospitals and health systems.

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The Army Should Be Looking for a Few Older Soldiers

The Rand Blog

Recruiting older people to enlist in the Army could help increase numbers, quality, and talent. Individuals who enlist over the age of 21 perform better as soldiers on several metrics. Recruiters have noted that older recruits are of higher quality, more focused, and more motivated.

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Industry Voices—As healthcare's labor shortages worsen, masking remains critical

Fierce Healthcare

Industry Voices—As healthcare's labor shortages worsen, masking remains critical pminemyer Fri, 04/07/2023 - 16:03

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Clearday and Viveon Health Merge to Create Longevity Care Company

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Clearday , an innovative longevity technology company using an integrated platform of robotic companion care and AI-driven technology to serve the senior adult care sector, and Viveon Health Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition (SPAC) company have entered into a definitive merger agreement. – The combined company’s pro forma equity valuation (assuming no share redemptions) is expected to be approximately $370M.

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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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RAND: Audio-only telehealth still popular among safety-net providers

Fierce Healthcare

RAND: Audio-only telehealth still popular among safety-net providers rking Fri, 04/07/2023 - 17:03

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Bayada Home Health Leader’s Thoughts On Navigating Payment Rates, Real Risk-Taking

Home Health Care

Bayada’s home health care leader, Michael Johnson, has taken over the company’s hospice practice as well. In one world, he is trying to perfect easing patients to back to life, or better health. In the other world, he is trying to perfect easing them to death with grace. Those are near-opposite frames of mind, and yet, there are thousands of providers that work at both on a daily basis.

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Florence picks up $20M backed by Salesforce, GV to scale up clinical workflow, patient intake software

Fierce Healthcare

Florence picks up $20M backed by Salesforce, GV to scale up clinical workflow, patient intake software hlandi Fri, 04/07/2023 - 06:16

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How Arosa, Care Advantage Are Using ‘Gamification’ To Reduce Turnover

Home Health Care

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership To solve some of home care’s more persistent challenges – such as retention – agencies have embraced out-of-the-box thinking. Specifically, they’ve turned to engagement platforms – or the “gamification” of the retention process. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content. Get Membership Already a member?

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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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New York judge rejects summary judgment request from UnitedHealth in ongoing TeamHealth legal spat

Fierce Healthcare

New York judge rejects summary judgment request from UnitedHealth in ongoing TeamHealth legal spat pminemyer Fri, 04/07/2023 - 15:53

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Lawsuit Filed Against HHS Over Home Health Care Shortcomings Dismissed

Home Health Care

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has dismissed a class action lawsuit that accused the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) of failing to properly administer the Medicare home health benefit. The plaintiffs had argued the home health services required under Medicare law were wholly insufficient. Medicare law authorizes coverage for up to 35 hours per week of home health aide services for personal, hands-on care.

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Texas judge suspends FDA approval of abortion pill but gives HHS time to appeal

Fierce Healthcare

Texas judge suspends FDA approval of abortion pill but gives HHS time to appeal rking Fri, 04/07/2023 - 19:38

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Dementia and National Security, Finland Joins NATO, the Four-Day School Week: RAND Weekly Recap

The Rand Blog

This weekly recap focuses on the risk that dementia could pose to national security, Finland's NATO membership, the downside of a four-day school week, and more.

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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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ViVE 2023: Cigna's digital chief on the phases of healthcare innovation

Fierce Healthcare

ViVE 2023: Cigna's digital chief on the phases of healthcare innovation pminemyer Fri, 04/07/2023 - 12:59

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The Commercial Determinants of Health – How the Private Sector Shapes Public and Peoples’ Health

Health Populi

You’ve heard of the social determinants of health (SDoH), the driving factors that shape a person’s health beyond medical care. These include lifestyle behaviors such as smoking and food consumption, education, job security and wage stability, transportation and safe/clean physical environments, among other issues. There’s another lens on drivers of health that impact our well-being, the commercial determinants of health (CDoH).

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Unlocking the mRNA Platform Technology: Walking the Talk with Investment Protection

Bill Of Health

By Aparajita Lath Two articles published last month in the BMJ analyze the public investment and financing of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, highlighting the extensive government funding that has supported the development of mRNA technology from 1985 to 2022. However, rewards from these government investments are going back into the hands of pharma corporations and shareholders, with little thought given to public needs.

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How CRM Software Helps Elevate Your Medical Billing Services?

Best Medical Billing Company | Physicians Revenue Group, Inc.

PRGMD April 7, 2023 How Does CRM Software Help Elevate Your Medical Billing Services? CRM is user-centric software that makes every patient’s experience unique and seamless. It helps medical practices track patient interactions and build better relationships with them. This billing software facilitates the healthcare system to connect with every patient.

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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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In Conversation: Dr. Nathan Chomilo, Medical Director of Minnesota Medicaid

NCQA

A relentless pursuit: Strong leaders need this in order to effect change. Two public policy leaders—motivated by change—sat down for our most recent NCQA Fireside Chat to exchange ideas and inspire new ways of thinking. NCQA’s President Peggy O’Kane hosted Dr. Nathan Chomilo, Medical Director for Minnesota Medicaid, in a discussion about his work to improve the health of Minnesotans.

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Drug Discovery Outsourcing Market Expected to Reach $7.5B by 2033

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: The drug discovery outsourcing market is expected to reach $3.75B in 2023 and is expected to grow at a steady CAGR of 7.2% and is expected to reach $7.52B by 2033, according to a new report by Future Market Insights. The research report on the drug discovery outsourcing market states that the pharmaceutical industry is expanding thoroughly with new extensions and high-end research programs.

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Latest CMS, CDC and NHSN COVID-19 Nursing Home Data

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CDC has posted the latest nursing home data for the week ending March 26, 2023. Comparing the March 26, 2023 data to the March 19, 2023 data shows these changes: Resident primary vaccination completion rate decreased 0.1% again this past week; Residents up to date with vaccines increased 0.2% this past week; Staff primary vaccination completion rate decreased 0.1% this past week; Staff up to date increased 0.1% this past week;

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HIStalk’s Guide to HIMSS23

HIStalk

These are the HIStalk sponsors that provided responses. Send me.

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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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Home Health Preview Reports and Star Rating Preview Reports for the July 2023 Refresh

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare For this refresh, Home Health (HH) Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) will be based on the standard number of quarters. The July 2023 refresh will add a new claims-based measure for public reporting: Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations (PPH) Due to the COVID-19 reporting exceptions, the claims-based measures have been calculated excluding Q1 and Q2 2020 data from measure calculations.

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Indiana University Projects to Support Precision Medicine for Alzheimer’s

Health IT Analytics

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Next-Generation Tokenization of Real-World Data Creates More Complete Patient and Population Insight

Lexis Nexis

Big health data holds substantial promise for improving insight into individual patients and specific populations, improving inclusive research for clinical trials, and providing healthcare leaders the kind of data that can make a meaningful difference in many people’s day-to-day lives. “The entire time I’ve been covering the health tech space everybody’s always talking about the promise of healthcare big data,” said Jessica DaMassa, executive producer and host of WTF Health, or What

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What Is A Medical Marketing Funnel And How Can It Help Your Practice?

Sequence Health

Medical marketing strategies range from having an effective website to your advertising, digital marketing, educational videos, and more. However, when it comes to driving more qualified leads to your medical business, understanding the medical marketing funnel is of the utmost importance. So in this article, let’s talk about what a medical marketing funnel is.

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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.