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Congress poised to address mental health crisis — including fining payers for benefit inequities

Health Care Dive

"If we're going to respond to the behavioral health issues the pandemic has made worse. that will take legislative action," Senate health committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., said.

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Withings grabs health and fitness app 8fit to dig deeper into consumer-centric tech

Fierce Healthcare

Withings grabs health and fitness app 8fit to dig deeper into consumer-centric tech. rtorrence. Fri, 02/04/2022 - 13:55.

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Why Does My Head Hurt When I Cough?

Healthcare Associates

Why Does My Head Hurt When I Cough? Coughing is your body’s way of responding to something that is irritating your airways. A cough typically only bothers your throat and lungs, though there may be times when it causes head pain. Knowing more about cough headaches can help you determine whether your cough is serious enough to require a visit to the doctor.

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Investment firm will take SOC Telemed private in deal valued at $300M

Fierce Healthcare

Investment firm will take SOC Telemed private in deal valued at $300M. hlandi. Fri, 02/04/2022 - 11:24.

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How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp

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Medidata, Parexel Expands Partnership to Enhance Decentralized Clinical Trial Delivery

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Medidata , a Dassault Systèmes company and Parexel , a global clinical research organization (CRO) focused on development and delivery of innovative new therapies to advance patient health extends their 15-year global strategic partnership. This extension includes gaining access to Medidata’s continued innovations in clinical trial technology solutions with its unified platform, support of decentralized clinical trials (DCTs), the myMedidata patient portal, Sensor C

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CEO Jain: How SCAN Health Plan went 'viral' during Medicare open enrollment

Fierce Healthcare

CEO Jain: How SCAN Health Plan went 'viral' during Medicare open enrollment. pminemyer. Fri, 02/04/2022 - 14:05.

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Hospital CEOs: Workforce shortages outweigh financials as top concern in 2021

Fierce Healthcare

Hospital CEOs: Workforce shortages outweigh financials as top concern in 2021. dmuoio. Fri, 02/04/2022 - 13:46.

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NATO's Open-Door Policy, U.S. Health Care Payments, Climate Migrants: RAND Weekly Recap

The Rand Blog

This weekly recap focuses on NATO’s open-door policy, U.S. health care payments, supporting climate migrants, and more.

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HHS reinforces requirements for providers to give equal care to people with disabilities

Fierce Healthcare

HHS reinforces requirements for providers to give equal care to people with disabilities. rking. Fri, 02/04/2022 - 16:11.

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Health Years in Total (HYT)

Healthcare ECONOMIST

Standard quality approach compares the difference in QALYs which is a function of survival and quality of life during each survival period. Consider the comparison of treatments A and B, where treatment A is the novel treatment and treatment B is the standard of care. Under the QALY based approach this is calculated as. Where the S term is the survival probability in a given year and the Q term is the quality of life in that year.

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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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MedStar Health Launches Patient Experience Platform Powered by b.well

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – MedStar Health launches a new patient experience platform, a patient-focused tool that has the most comprehensive product features available in the region to greatly improve the patient experience and access to care, powered by b.well Connected Health , a Baltimore-based digital health platform company focused on re-imagining the consumer healthcare experience and supporting healthcare stakeholders with their digital transformation efforts. – Using a smartph

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Updated Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations to Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Spread in Nursing Homes

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. In case you missed this link in my blog following the National NH Stakeholder call a couple of days ago, this updated guidance merits your attention and action as well. It’s the last link within the Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic guidance and it’s considered a supplement specifically for NHs and LTCFs in addition to the

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UNC Researchers To Lead NIH Precision Nutrition Centers

Health IT Analytics

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Iowa Governor Announces Expiration of Public Health Proclamation and Changes to COVID-19 Data Reporting

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. Thursday, February 3, 2022…. “DES MOINES – Governor Reynolds signed the final extension of the state’s Public Health Disaster Emergency Proclamation today, announcing it will expire at 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, February 15, 2022. The signed proclamation can be found here. (Be sure to review the expanded information – 16 sections – including the HC system, education workforce licensure and state agency operations found beneath t

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