Healthcare It News
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
The World Health Organization released a policy brief this past week aimed at combating age-related bias in health-related artificial intelligence tools. The brief , "Ageism in artificial intelligence for health," proposes a wide range of measures to ensure older people are effectively engaged in the processes, technologies and services affecting them.
Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
Among today's leaders in healthcare, few health system executives have the fortitude and patience to stand by a long-term investment until it pays dividends. CommonSpirit Health CEO Lloyd Dean, who announced that he is retiring in 2022, is someone whom we should all aspire to model. While.
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Health Populi
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
While love can’t solve all of the world’s problems, it is absolutely a basic human need and a positive force for health and well-being. For today’s Health Populi blog, I have curated a big hug-full of posts I’ve written over the years building the evidence base of love as a determinant of health. As a sidebar, the graphic you see here — my “WiFi Heart” — was purposefully commissioned to my web designer to incorporate elements of love and connectivi
Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
It's not an uncommon story for nonprofits, which generally sit on a huge pot of investment assets, to see their bottom line boosted by returns. But the scale to which these returns hoisted Kaiser's net income sets 2021 apart.
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Home Health Care
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
Sprinter Health – an on-demand mobile health startup – has raised a lot of money since it was founded at the beginning of last year. The company, which partners with home-based care agencies, has taken a slow-and-steady approach to spending that money as it figures out what works in the home and what doesn’t. Of the nearly $38 million it has raised, it hasn’t spent more than $5 million of it.
Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
The agency pushed back plans to expedite review of the shot in children under 5, seeking more data on a third dose. An advisory meeting scheduled for next week has been postponed as a result.
Health Care Quality Digest brings together the best content for healthcare quality professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
Learn how Virtual Construction technologies can make sure your next project is more efficient.
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
What You Should Know: – Variantyx , a technology-driven precision medicine company providing advanced genomic testing for the rare genetic disorders, reproductive health, and precision oncology markets, today announced they have secured $41.5M in C-2 funding led by New Era Capital Partners and includes Peregrine Ventures, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, 20/20 HealthCare Partners, and Pitango HealthTech. – Founded in 2014, the Variantyx proprietary whole genome sequencing and analysis p
Health Care Dive
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
Distribution of Lilly's earlier antibody treatments was halted as testing showed them ineffective against omicron. Bebtelovimab, which was discovered by AbCellera, is currently under FDA review.
Home Health Care
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
Transitions of care involving seniors — especially those with multiple chronic conditions — can be risky. Despite this, there are a number of methods skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and other health organizations can adopt to improve the transition from inpatient care to home for patients and their caregivers. That’s according to a report released Monday by United Hospital Fund (UHF), a New York-based health equity nonprofit.
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Healthcare ECONOMIST
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
Today, the Office of Generic Drugs (OGD) at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its 2021 Annual Report. As noted in the report, 90% of all drugs dispensed in the US are generic. In 2021, there were 776 approved generic drugs through the Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDA) process. Approvals by month are below. Out of these 776, 93 were first generic drugs.
Healthcare Leadership
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
Blog post by Joe Babaian. It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently. ~ Warren Buffett. This week on #hcldr let’s talk about something we all think about – sometimes directly, other times more passingly, but we all know it matters: our online reputation via our interactions and how that translates into our “real life” During this entire pandemic, everyone has shed some layers of their pr
Bill Of Health
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
By James R. Jolin. Weatherization serves as an important yet strikingly neglected tool not only to meet vulnerable communities’ energy needs, but also to combat the negative health effects associated with the climate crisis. In the United States, households with lower gross income experience higher “energy burdens” — that is, the proportion of a household’s income that is expended to meet energy costs.
Twistle
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
The Financial Impact of Dissatisfied Medicare Beneficiaries . Healthcare organizations across the country use the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) survey to assess patient experiences. CAHPS insights help organizations understand their strengths and identify weaknesses with the goal of improving the quality and safety of healthcare throughout the United States. .
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Home Health Care
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
Nick Loporcaro joins The Vistria Group. The former CEO of Landmark Health, Nick Loporcaro, has joined the The Vistria Group as a senior operating partner for its health care team. Loporcaro served as the CEO of Landmark, which is an in-home medical care provider, for over three years. The company was acquired by UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) Optum last year.
NASHP
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
In January, for the first time in its history, the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC)’s Board voted to require the Mass General Brigham (MGB) health system to submit a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) because of the system’s substantial contributions to the state’s health care cost increases. The HPC’s comprehensive analysis of MGB cost data and decision to require the PIP comes at the same time as MGB is seeking approval from the state’s Department of Public Health to expand its hos
HIStalk
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
I started the HIMSS22 vaccine verification process today, and we’ll.
Healthcare It News
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
For vulnerable patient populations – and for those who just prefer the convenience of care at home – telemedicine has been a success. But it still has its limitations. For example, the precise movements and exercises involved in physical therapy rehab are hard for a patient to accomplish remotely. A provider on a video call may seem about as valuable as a YouTube video.
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NASHP
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated rising mental health needs among children and youth. In addition to experiencing the human cost and social isolation brought upon by COVID-19, many children have lacked consistent time in classrooms. School closures and shifts to online learning have limited access to educational and social opportunities as well as mental health services.
Health Care Success
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
The digital advertising industry is constantly evolving. . One major evolution is in the way people buy ads in the first place. . The traditional method was a manual, complicated process. . But recent technological advancements – such as programmatic advertising – have improved and automated the way people buy and sell online ads. . Programmatic digital advertising is a type of data-driven marketing that gives healthcare executives access to an extensive network of relevant publishers and total
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
What You Should Know: – LifeSpeak Inc. (TSX: LSPK), today announced it will acquire Wellbeats Inc., an on-demand physical well-being platform, for up to $92.5M USD. As the leader in mental health and total wellbeing for employers, this acquisition enables LifeSpeak to meet the rapidly growing demand for a comprehensive, single-vendor solution that addresses both mental and physical health support needs. – Wellbeats, a Minnesota-based market-leading provider of an on-demand, software-
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