Health Care Dive
MARCH 31, 2022
"This is a bigger workforce shortage than we have ever dealt with," said Gay Landstrom, senior vice president and chief nursing officer of Trinity Health, a nonprofit system with 88 hospitals nationwide.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 31, 2022
The Southern District Health Board has appointed IT specialist Inde Technology to the consortium designing the Dunedin Hospital, the first digital hospital in New Zealand. It will be collaborating with three other partners – civil engineering consultancy WSP, smart building specialist Torque IP and property developer Lendlease – for the hospital's initial design phase.
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Health Care Dive
MARCH 31, 2022
While 58% of the public said they're worried about being able to afford surprise bills, the majority of people with private insurance stated they knew nothing about the consumer protection law that went into effect in January.
Healthcare It News
MARCH 31, 2022
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Health Care Dive
MARCH 31, 2022
Pear still has substantial challenges going forward, as it faces several unknowns about the long-term adoption and reimbursement of its products. The company has been operating at a net loss, seeing a $65 million loss last year.
NASHP
MARCH 31, 2022
Webinar: An Overview of the Hospital Cost Tool. Monday, April 25, 2022, 3–4 p.m. ET. Register Now. To better understand hospital costs, the National Academy for State Policy (NASHP) in collaboration with Rice University Baker Institute for Public Policy and Mathematica Policy Research, with support from Arnold Ventures, has launched the interactive Hospital Cost Tool.
Health Care Quality Digest brings together the best content for healthcare quality professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Healthcare Associates
MARCH 31, 2022
Early Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s. The number of people living with Alzheimer’s disease doubles every five years beyond age 65, reports the CDC. An early diagnosis can help you plan for the future and prevent your condition from getting worse. Here are early warning signs of Alzheimer’s disease that can alert you to when it’s time to see your doctor for treatment.
Home Health Care
MARCH 31, 2022
Though home health admissions have begun to stabilize, providers are still seeing admissions that are lower than pre-pandemic levels. That’s according to the 2021 post-acute care industry trends report from Atlanta-based analytics and metrics firm Trella Health. The report examines a number of topics including Medicare Advantage enrollment and home health admissions, as well as utilization.
American College of Healthcare Sciences
MARCH 31, 2022
Jennifer Langsdale has been a wellness advocate, practitioner, and yoga instructor for the past twenty years. She is a graduate of the Master of Science in Aromatherapy at ACHS and since the completion of her program, she has opened two yoga studios, Wild Nurturer , in her community and created her own yoga therapy – Inner Wisdom® which she teaches her clients.
The Rand Blog
MARCH 31, 2022
The Cambridge, UK, area performs well in different dimensions of quality of life. However real-life experience differs significantly across communities and across measurements.
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Briggs Healthcare
MARCH 31, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS has posted 20 Nursing homes including rehab services Datasets on March 31, 2022: COVID-19 Vaccination Rates – State and National Averages … State and National averages for facility resident and healthcare personnel COVID-19 vaccination rates. COVID-19 Vaccination Rates – Provider Data … Current resident and healthcare personnel COVID-19 vaccination rates.
Bill Of Health
MARCH 31, 2022
By April Shaw and Taleed El-Sabawi. The COVID-19 pandemic and recent increases in the incidence of televised violence against Black persons by law enforcement actors and others have contributed to the worsening mental health of these subordinated and marginalized communities. While the policy solutions needed to address this disparate impact are structural and multi-faceted, the introduction of 988, a national mental health crisis hotline, offers an opportunity to positively contribute to the ov
Briggs Healthcare
MARCH 31, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The complete set of LTCH CARE Data Submission Specifications have been updated and posted on the LTCH Quality Reporting Technical webpage: [link]. The new version is V4.00.1 and the documents containing the specifications are dated 02/14/2022. These FINAL specifications go into effect on October 1, 2022.
Bill Of Health
MARCH 31, 2022
By Scott Burris. As we look toward National Public Health Week amid two long years of a pandemic, reflection for us at the Center for Public Health Law Research has focused on how we move forward in a mostly broken public health system. We see public health law as a central component of a strong future for public health, where transdisciplinary partnership leads the way.
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Briggs Healthcare
MARCH 31, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS posted the March 2022 State-Level Health Inspection Cut Point Table on March 30, 2022. This document – Five Star Quality Rating System Technical Users’ Guide: State Level Health Inspection Cut Point Table – provides the data for the state-level cut points for the star ratings included in the health inspection domain.
Healthcare ECONOMIST
MARCH 31, 2022
Ukraine’s cancer children. Is AI for medicine overhyped ? Where is antitrust litigation heading? What is the future of the workplace post-COVID ? Do pharmacists have prescribing authority ?
Solution Reach
MARCH 31, 2022
By popular demand, we're republishing one of our frequently visited posts by Lori Boyer that addresses the topic of how you can make you patients feel more valued, respected, and appreciated. In today's often hectic and fast-paced healthcare environment, it can be easy to lose sight of the human connection when delivering care to your patients. Check-in lines may be long and waiting rooms may be filled, but it's important that you step back and remember to help your patients feel valued and resp
HIT Consultant
MARCH 31, 2022
What You Should Know: – Nurse-1-1 , the first conversational marketing company for healthcare raises $2.3M in seed funding round led by Argon Ventures with participation from York IE and Hyperplane. – The company will use the financing to expand its team, accelerate its go-to-market efforts, and scale its current partnerships with publicly traded and nationwide digital health, at-home testing, and pharma companies.
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Briggs Healthcare
MARCH 31, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. On Wednesday, March 30, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule (CMS-1754-P) that would provide routine updates on the development of a patient assessment instrument Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation (HOPE) assessment tool, which would contribute to the patients plan of care when adopted within the Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP).
HIT Consultant
MARCH 31, 2022
What You Should Know: – Reema Health , a Minneapolis, MN-based community-based health technology platform raises $8M in seed funding led by MaC Venture Capital and DNA Capital. Combined with a previous $1.25 million pre-seed round and earlier preliminary investments, Reema’s has raised over $10 million to date. – Reema uses technology to power human relationships with the goal of improving health outcomes for people who are hardest to reach.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 31, 2022
What You Should Know: – Blessing Health System , an integrated rural health system selects Biofourmis , a virtual care and digital therapeutics provider to launch its own home hospital services. – As part of the selection, Biofourmis is supporting the health system with its turnkey, end-to-end, home hospital solution for participation in the Rural Home Hospital project.
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Triage Health Law
MARCH 31, 2022
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, policymakers at both the federal and state level have worked to expand the availability of telehealth services. Since telehealth , in many cases, is viewed to provide a convenient, accessible and safe alternative to in-person visits with healthcare providers, it has been considered an effective tool to maintain access to healthcare services in light of the pandemic’s challenges.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 31, 2022
What You Should Know: – 4C Medical Technologies , a privately-held medical technology company focused on the development of minimally invasive therapies for structural heart disease raises $35.4M in Series C funding was led by MicroPort CardioFlow Medtech Corporation (HKEX:2160). – The Company’s AltaValve® would be the first MR treatment with atrial-only fixation that is designed to minimize known issues associated with current TMVR technologies, which rely on placement and fix
Briggs Healthcare
MARCH 31, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) discovered an error in measure calculations for the IRF Functional Outcome Measure: Change in Mobility Score for Medical Rehabilitation Patients (NQF #2634) and IRF Functional Outcome Measure: Discharge Mobility Score for Medical Rehabilitation Patients (NQF #2636) measures in the IRF provider preview reports previously issued on January 26, 2022, related to the March 2022
HIT Consultant
MARCH 31, 2022
Blue IMO logo horizontally oriented for use on light backgrounds. Lower resolution and smaller size for on-screen use. What You Should Know: – Thomas H. Lee Partners , a premier private equity firm investing in growth companies, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority interest in Intelligent Medical Objects, a healthcare data enablement company and market leader in clinical terminology solutions in a $1.5B + deal. – Founded in 1994, IMO manages mor
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.
HIStalk
MARCH 31, 2022
Thomas H. Lee Partners Acquires Intelligent Medical Objects Private equity.
HIT Consultant
MARCH 31, 2022
During, and in the run-up to, HIMSS earlier this month there were several announcements from US EHR vendors that will shake up the US EHR market, particularly in the ambulatory segment. These included: . – Allscripts’ announcement that it is to sell its Sunrise, Paragon, TouchWorks, Opal, dbMotion, STAR and HealthQuest business to Harris Computer Corp. – Meditech’s announcement that Expanse Ambulatory is to be made available to independent and physician-owned practices, alongside its
HIStalk
MARCH 31, 2022
The United States and Practice Fusion, Inc. Resolve Allegations of.
Health Policy News
MARCH 31, 2022
This month’s edition of Health Policy News focuses on opportunities to leverage electronic health tools to improve healthcare delivery. We feature an article prepared by a collective of our subject.
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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