Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 16, 2022

What does 2023 hold for healthcare technology, as innovation continues at rapid speed, policymakers and regulators try to keep up with the pace of change – and health systems large and small deal with significant budgetary shortfalls that could hamper their ability to build out their digital transformation efforts? It's anyone's guess what the next dozen or so months hold for value-based care, telehealth and remote monitoring, digital therapeutics, cybersecurity, artificial intelli

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Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 16, 2022

2023 forecast: Health tech tools begin constructing the Alzheimer's treatment plan. aburky. Fri, 12/16/2022 - 17:17.

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Health Care Dive

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Staffing challenges and high inflation are expected to continue into 2023, along with affordability issues for patients, shrinking margins and continual supply chain disruptions, according to a survey from Deloitte.

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Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 16, 2022

2023 forecast: Pharmacists push to take on a greater role in patient care. pminemyer. Fri, 12/16/2022 - 12:39.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The Medicaid and CHIP Access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics Act seeks to expand care options that can help improve health outcomes and quality of life for those facing barriers to healthcare. The Digital Therapeutics Alliance this week encouraged legislators to support its efforts to broaden access to DTx. WHY IT MATTERS. For those with chronic and mental health conditions covered by Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, reimbursement for digital platforms and app

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Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 16, 2022

2023 forecast: 7 immediate and long-term priorities for hospital leaders. dmuoio. Fri, 12/16/2022 - 18:10.

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Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Industry Voices—Innovative mental healthcare practices are hampered by access challenges, administrative burdens. hlandi. Fri, 12/16/2022 - 08:14.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Centene expects to earn at least $137.4B in revenue for 2023. pminemyer. Fri, 12/16/2022 - 16:16.

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The new year is shaping up to be another critical one for personal home care agencies. While bill and pay rates continue to rise, many agencies are figuring out how to provide long-term sustainable care plans that are both effective and affordable. At the same time, technology implementation and data collection are two aspects of the evolving business that seem to be top of mind for many in the industry.

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Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Misdiagnoses in EDs lead to 250K deaths a year: study. fdiamond. Fri, 12/16/2022 - 13:12.

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 16, 2022

A new survey shows that nearly two-thirds of executives rarely meet to discuss home care and only 38% say their organization is performing “very well” when it comes to supporting members’ use of home care services. Poor communication and coordination among various stakeholders, delayed services and lower member satisfaction are just a few of the challenges facing home care implementation from health plans.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 16, 2022

What You Should Know: – Greenway Health has launched its new client engagement program, the Greenway Engagement Model (GEM) , designed to strengthen Greenway’s trusted advisor relationship with clients and support a more successful healthcare technology journey for Greenway clients through intentional interaction and strategic support. – The GEM program provides a dedicated client support team and creates a client feedback program aimed at improving the user experience, creatin

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Patient Safety

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Emergence delirium (ED) is a temporary condition associated with a patient awakening from an anesthetic and/or adjunct agent (e.g., sedatives and analgesics). During the condition, patients risk harming themselves or staff by engaging in dangerous behavior, which may include thrashing, kicking, punching, and attempting to exit the bed/table. A multidisciplinary team at Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS) developed and implemented a multicomponent intervention to reduce the seve

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 16, 2022

What You Should Know: – Music Health Inc. announced that its music wellness app, Vera, is now available through Walgreens Find Care ® to provide people living with different forms of dementia with convenient and affordable access to personalized music from their computers and smart devices. – Vera is a new app that supports caregivers by offering the person in their care a custom-made “soundtrack of their lives” that can trigger long-lost memories which may temporarily improve cognit

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 16, 2022

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership. Enhabit purchases Southwest Florida Home Care’s Fort Myers location. Enhabit Inc. (NYSE: EHAB) has acquired the Fort Myers, Florida, location of Southwest Florida Home Care. “We are excited to welcome the Southwest Florida Home Care employees to our Enhabit team,” Enhabit President and CEO Barb Jacobsmeyer said in a press statement.

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Patient Safety

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Background: Inadequate hand-off communication from hospital to skilled nursing facility (SNF) hinders SNF nurses’ ability to prepare for specific patient needs, including prescriptions for critical medications, such as controlled medications and intravenous (IV) antibiotics, resulting in delayed medication administration. This project aims to improve hand-off communication from hospital to SNF by utilizing a standardized hand-off tool.

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The Rand Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Police recruiting is in a prolonged crisis. Without sufficient numbers of quality recruits who will form the foundation of change in policing in the coming decade, no amount of planning, strategies, or programs will succeed. It is critical to draw from a pool of interested persons who are diverse, eclectic, technologically adept, and who have a spirit of community service that is the core of public safety professions.

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Patient Safety

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Background: The nurse’s transition into practice is challenging. The need to facilitate a safe transition into practice and retain nurses is crucial in today’s healthcare. Objective and Design: The qualitative study aim was to describe the lived experiences of new nurses’ safe transition into practice and their perceptions of functioning as safe practitioners.

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Medi Leadership

DECEMBER 16, 2022

As hospitals work to navigate change, it is critical that they do so in a manner which reflects respect for the impact of change on the practice of their physicians in order to secure their support and commitment. We’ve seen rising interest in best practices for developing effective physician champions who can bring the voice of the physician into the change process and work to cultivate commitment among their medical staff peers.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

DECEMBER 16, 2022

While randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are the gold standard of experimental research, there are some limitations. For instance, in some cases use of an RCT is not feasible (e.g., the sample size may be too small as in the case of rare disease), not ethical (e.g., if the previous standard of care is not effective) or not practical (e.g., answers are needed quickly or there is not sufficient funding for an RCT).

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Bill Of Health

DECEMBER 16, 2022

By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research. Hilary Wething, PhD, is an assistant professor of public policy and a Jackman-McCourtney Early Career Professor at Penn State University. Her research examines the relationship between economic volatility and labor market policy, household decision-making, and social safety-net programs. Dr.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Reference pricing in Germany. End of life therapy after checkpoint inhibitors. Private equity and healthcare. medRxiv vs. peer-reviewed journals. Health benefits of long-term care insurance.

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Medi Leadership

DECEMBER 16, 2022

As hospitals work to navigate change, it is critical that they do so in a manner which reflects respect for the impact of change on the practice of their physicians in order to secure their support and commitment. We’ve seen rising interest in best practices for developing effective physician champions who can bring the voice of the physician into the change process and work to cultivate commitment among their medical staff peers.

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CHQ Healthcare

DECEMBER 16, 2022

At CHG, our people come first, which is why we plan our benefits to be both flexible and inclusive. And we’re always looking for new benefits to enhance the CHG employee experience — including some that are hard to find anywhere else. Here are several unique employment benefits CHG is providing its employees in 2023. Fully paid extended leave of absence.

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Medi Leadership

DECEMBER 16, 2022

As hospitals work to navigate change, it is critical that they do so in a manner which reflects respect for the impact of change on the practice of their physicians in order to secure their support and commitment. We’ve seen rising interest in best practices for developing effective physician champions who can bring the voice of the physician into the change process and work to cultivate commitment among their medical staff peers.

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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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NASHP

DECEMBER 16, 2022

States provide access to contraception under their Medicaid programs in various ways. This explainer describes different types of contraception and state strategies on how to cover these methods. What is contraception? Contraception , also known as birth control, is the use of drugs, barriers, or surgery to prevent pregnancy. Some types of contraception also protect against sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and some may help control painful, heavy menstrual periods.

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Patient Safety

DECEMBER 16, 2022

As the journal of the Patient Safety Authority, committed to the vision of “safe healthcare for all patients,” Patient Safety (ISSN 2689-0143) is fully open access and highlights original research, advanced analytics, and hot topics in healthcare. The mission of this publication is to inform and advise clinicians, administrators, and patients on preventing harm and improving safety, by providing evidence-based, original research; editorials addressing current and sometimes controversial topics;

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 16, 2022

What You Should Know: – AKASA™ , a developer of AI for healthcare operations, released findings from a new survey conducted on its behalf by YouGov. – The survey findings highlight uncertainty looms among patients about what is included in a bill and if they can pay – two factors that drive the most confusion on medical bills. However, there are strategies healthcare organizations can take to be proactive and prevent billing surprises from trickling down to patients.

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Patient Safety

DECEMBER 16, 2022

In the article we published in June 2022 on patient safety trends in 2021, reporting rates and fall rates for 2021 were calculated based on Q1 and Q2 only, as denominator data for Q3 and Q4 were not yet available. Given that the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted reliable forecasting in healthcare, we did not forecast rates for Q3 and Q4 in our June 2022 article.

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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.