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Artificial intelligence could save healthcare industry $360B a year

Health Care Dive

Broader adoption of AI in healthcare is likely in the near future, and could come with a slew of benefits beyond financial gains, according to McKinsey and Harvard researchers.

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Orlando Health to launch AI-driven hospital-at-home services

Healthcare It News

Data from the new hospital-at-home platform will be accessible through Orlando Health's Epic electronic health records through a multi-year agreement with the connected health and digital therapeutics company. WHY IT MATTERS Orlando Health – a non-profit health system with 18 hospitals and emergency rooms with five in development serving the southeastern United States – is expected to launch the new advanced remote patient monitoring capabilities in early 2023.

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Employers ‘disappointed’ in health plan performances, study finds

Health Care Dive

Health plans earned a lower average rating in the Leapfrog Group’s latest rankings than in previous years, earning a 2.29 GPA in 2022 compared to a 2.57 in 2020.

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Reforms needed to make voluminous insurer price data usable: report

Fierce Healthcare

Reforms needed to make voluminous insurer price data usable: report rking Thu, 01/26/2023 - 14:54

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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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Upcoming Medicaid redeterminations could hamper hospitals, payers

Health Care Dive

Medicaid eligibility checks beginning in April will likely curb hospital revenue and enrollment growth for payers, Moody's Investors Service said in a report.

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Private equity owns at least 130 rural hospitals, and other revelations in a sweeping new report on PE in rural healthcare

Fierce Healthcare

Private equity owns at least 130 rural hospitals, and other revelations in a sweeping new report on PE in rural healthcare agliadkovskaya Thu, 01/26/2023 - 09:45

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CMS approves waiver to enable California to offer Medicaid coverage to incarcerated individuals

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CMS approves waiver to enable California to offer Medicaid coverage to incarcerated individuals rking Thu, 01/26/2023 - 16:16

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HHS Issues Proposed Rule to Provide Clarity on Rights of Conscience in Healthcare

Sheppard Health Law

On January 5, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) published a notice of proposed rulemaking entitled “Safeguarding the Rights of Conscience as Protected by Federal Statutes” (the “ Proposed Rule “). In this article we provide a brief summary of the Proposed Rule, while also examining the statutory amendments and previous rulemakings that create its foundation.

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How Amazon's latest pharmacy move lays the groundwork for longer-term play

Fierce Healthcare

How Amazon's latest pharmacy move lays the groundwork for longer-term play hlandi Thu, 01/26/2023 - 06:16

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Sharecare Launches VR Program to Bring Innovation to Exercise

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Digital health company Sharecare launches Get Active , a new virtual reality program to help employers encourage exercise among their workforces in a fun, approachable, and accessible way. – In a pilot with its customer Lennar Corporation , one of the nation’s leading homebuilders, Sharecare’s Get Active program for Meta Quest 2 yielded strong results for both healthy and high-risk Associates.

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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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DOJ charges 25 in alleged scheme that sold thousands of fake degrees to aspiring nurses

Fierce Healthcare

DOJ charges 25 in alleged scheme that sold thousands of fake degrees to aspiring nurses dmuoio Thu, 01/26/2023 - 13:20

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Study: AI-Guided Solution Improves MRI Scan Times & Adoption Rates

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Vista.ai , a pioneer and leader in automated MRI solutions, today announced results from a clinical adaptation study on the company’s One Click MRI™ software, led by Dr. Raymond Kwong, Director, Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital. – The findings show that Vista.ai’s AI-guided image acquisition software improves cardiac MRI (CMR) scan times and achieves high adoption rates by hospital imaging staff.

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How COVID-19 may have enhanced the status of preprint studies

Fierce Healthcare

How COVID-19 may have enhanced the status of preprint studies fdiamond Thu, 01/26/2023 - 15:24

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LHC Group-UnitedHealth Group Deal Hits Another Roadbump

Home Health Care

LHC Group Inc. (Nasdaq: LHCG) had dropped close to 3.5% by market close on Thursday after a report suggested that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is reviewing its pending deal with UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) again, this time due to a potential vertical harm theory. Broadly, vertical harm theory concerns generally are tied to market competition concerns.

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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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Minnesota AG asks Sanford Health, Fairview Health Services to delay 58-hospital merger

Fierce Healthcare

Minnesota AG asks Sanford Health, Fairview Health Services to delay 58-hospital merger dmuoio Thu, 01/26/2023 - 16:08

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Mighty Health Raises $7.6M for Daily Health Program for Medicare-Aged Adults

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Mighty Health , the first all-in-one daily health program designed for adults ages 50 and up, today announced $7.6M in new financing co-led by Will Ventures and GFT Ventures. – Mighty Health has built the modern home for healthy living for 50 on up, offering aging adults access to personalized and holistic health guidance through joint-friendly workouts, chronic condition-specific programs, custom nutrition plans, and 1-on-1 health coaching.

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Humana to open 10 CenterWell senior primary care locations in Dallas-Fort Worth this year

Fierce Healthcare

Humana to open 10 CenterWell senior primary care locations in Dallas-Fort Worth this year pminemyer Thu, 01/26/2023 - 16:59

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Software Supply Chain Risk Is Growing, but Mitigation Solutions Exist

The Rand Blog

Software supply chain security has emerged as a leading risk because of the massively fragmented and decentralized nature of modern software development. While we still have much to learn as a community about this risk, there are concrete steps we can take to better understand and mitigate it.

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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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Tia marks largest partnership to date with Cedars-Sinai to open women's health clinics in LA area

Fierce Healthcare

Tia marks largest partnership to date with Cedars-Sinai to open women's health clinics in LA area hlandi Thu, 01/26/2023 - 08:05

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Caregiver Training Platform CareAcademy Makes First Acquisition, Expands Reach

Home Health Care

The Boston-based training platform CareAcademy has made its first acquisition. On Thursday, the company announced it has acquired NextStep, a digital health care training and job placement company for certified nursing assistants (CNAs). “This acquisition is so powerful because it takes the best of both worlds, the things that we’ve been refining over the last couple of years, and marries them together in a really potent way,” CareAcademy Founder and CEO Helen Adeosun told Home Health Care

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Blue Shield of California bringing Wellvolution program to Medi-Cal plans

Fierce Healthcare

Blue Shield of California bringing Wellvolution program to Medi-Cal plans pminemyer Thu, 01/26/2023 - 14:26

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At-Home Emergency Department Care Likely To Be A Long-Term Trend In US

Home Health Care

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership Since the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) was enacted in 2020, there has seemingly been a new type of care brought to the home every six months or so. Those include skilled nursing facility services in the home (SNF at home), kidney care at home, infusion services at home and ancillary cancer care in the home, among others.

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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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Chutes & Ladders—eVisit welcomes new CEO; Humana Military gets first female president

Fierce Healthcare

Chutes & Ladders—eVisit welcomes new CEO; Humana Military gets first female president aburky Thu, 01/26/2023 - 16:07

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Let’s stop the bickering: Canadians are weary of finger-pointing amid the health-care crisis

Healthy Debate

The post Let’s stop the bickering: Canadians are weary of finger-pointing amid the health-care crisis appeared first on Healthy Debate.

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What the Supreme Court’s Expected Ruling on Affirmative Action Might Mean for US Health Care

Bill Of Health

By Gregory Curfman Affirmative action in higher education may soon be abolished by the Supreme Court, resulting from its review of Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina. The consequences for the physician workforce may be dire. Diversity among physicians is a compelling interest in our increasingly diverse society.

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What Are Patients Looking for in a Doctor? It Depends on Who You Ask…and Their Race

Health Populi

While the same proportion of Black and White patients say they are looking for a doctor with empathy and compassion, there are relatively large differences between patients based on their race, found in the Everyday Health-Castle Connolly Physician-Consumer study. The survey was conducted in December 2022 among a group of 1,001 U.S. consumers and 277 Castle Connolly health care professionals.

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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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AI and healthcare spending. Referral incentives for TB screening. A better measure of population density. IVI: “ No value without equity ” Medicaid’s multi-generational health benefit. How do people use ‘work from home’ time savings ?

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Your Grocery Store as Health/Care Destination: Welcome Kroger to the Clinical Trials Community

Health Populi

Our grocery stores were essential touchpoints for us during the COVID-19 lockdown era and thereafter, addressing our basic needs for food and medicines and even social health from early 2020 and since. Grocery stores have been morphing into health/care destinations for the past decade, in the best cases bolstering nutrition, supporting medication adherence and patient outcomes, and helping us curate healthy grocery carts with nutritionists as part of the store pharmacy team.

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Partnership Aims to Bolster Kidney Care with Predictive Analytics

Health IT Analytics

Trinity Health and Strive… read more

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Wall Street’s View on Prospects for the Healthcare Industry – 2023

Healthcare Council

Healthcare executives gathered January 19, 2023, for the Nashville Health Care Council’s signature event, “Wall Street’s View on Prospects for the Healthcare Industry,” to hear industry analysts discuss the investment outlook for the coming year. Teresa Sparks, executive advisor, Valtruis, introduced the conversation, which was moderated by David Dill, Council board chairman and chairman and.

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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.