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Abbott, BD, Quidel pursue DTC strategies amid 'paradigm shift' for at-home, self-testing

Health Care Dive

The three test makers said at last week's J.P. Morgan healthcare conference that they see opportunities for direct-to-consumer, digitally-connected testing for other diseases beyond COVID-19.

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How Using an Automated Orthopedics Patient Engagement Platform Improves Patient Experience

Clearwave Inc

Reading Time: 2 minutes Your orthopedics practice relies not only on attracting new patients to stay profitable but also on encouraging those patients to keep coming back. The best way to target patient retention and profitability simultaneously is by adopting a practice management platform that engages directly with your patients. Engaging with patients at their level addresses their needs by opening up prompt lines of communication.

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NAHC’s Bill Dombi: Horizontal Integration, Workforce Innovation to Accelerate in 2022

Home Health Care

This article is an exclusive feature available as a part of your subscription to HHCN +. The end of 2021 brought a handful of key home health policy issues to a temporary conclusion, including the congressionally secured delay to Medicare sequestration. But the industry still has a long list of other priorities that it’s hoping to carry out in Washington, D.C. – starting with Choose Home.

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National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes: Antipsychotic Medication Use Data Reports (Q2 – 2021) Available

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes is committed to improving the quality of care for individuals with dementia living in nursing homes. The National Partnership has a mission to deliver health care that is person-centered, comprehensive and interdisciplinary with a specific focus on protecting residents from being prescribed antipsychotic medications unless there is a valid, clinical indication

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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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How Will AI Continue to Shape Healthcare in 2022? 9 Predictions to Watch

HIT Consultant

Digital health executives share their predictions on how artificial intelligence (AI) will continue to shape the healthcare industry in 2022. Diana Nole, EVP and GM of Healthcare at Nuance Communications, Inc. AI will find more game-changing use cases – According to Optum’s fourth annual survey on AI in healthcare, 96% of respondents said AI plays an important role in increasing health equity, and 94% said they have a duty to ensure AI is used responsibly in healthcare.

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Guidance for Interim Final Rule for Remaining 24 States: Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. Late afternoon Friday, January 14, 2022, CMS posted QSO-22-09-ALL for the remaining 24 states not already covered by QSO-22-07-ALL. See the 4 th bullet in the Memorandum Summary below: The remaining state not covered by the Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination regulation – Texas – is still covered by a separate preliminary injunction issued in a district court there.

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Updates to CDC’s COVID-19 Quarantine and Isolation Guidelines in Healthcare and Non-healthcare Settings

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. If you missed this COCA call last Thursday, January 13, 2022, you can listen at your convenience and obtain the corresponding slides as well here. If you’re just looking for the slide deck, click here. Lots of great information in this as well as all COCA (Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity Call) calls.

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Healing Power of Poetry & The Arts

Healthcare Leadership

Art by Carol Rickey. Introduction by Joe Babaian. Blog by Britta Bloomquist , Pamela Ressler MS, RN , and Brian Stork, MD. Starting 2022, Colin and I are so excited for what comes next to healthcare and #hcldr this year. So much positive energy wrapped up in hope plus the ongoing very real ongoing pandemic saga, we might wonder where to turn next. This is one of my favorite blogs by some of my favorite people.

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Updated Toolkit on State Actions to Mitigate COVID-19 Prevalence in Nursing Homes

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS has updated this toolkit again. The 220-page toolkit (version 25) carries a date of December 2021 and was posted on Wednesday, January 12, 2022. If you’re not familiar with the toolkit, it’s a valuable resource! Here’s a look at the Table of Contents: This document is a compilation of actions employed by organizations, including state governments, in the United States and outlying territories to assist nursing homes in me

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Morning Headlines 1/18/22

HIStalk

ContinuumCloud Acquires CaredFor to Expand Solution Offering ContinuumCloud, a cloud-based.

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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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Healthcare and Public Health Sector Cybersecurity Notification: Microsoft Warns of Destructive Malware Targeting Ukrainian Organizations

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. January 16, 2022. Microsoft Security Blog Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) has identified evidence of a destructive malware operation targeting multiple organizations in Ukraine. Specifically, Microsoft identified intrusion activity originating from Ukraine that appeared to be possible Master Boot Records (MBR) Wiper activity.

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Curbside Consult with Dr. Jayne 1/17/22

HIStalk

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Virtual Primary Care Reimagined With A Virtual First Health Plan

HIT Consultant

Robert Bressler, SVP of Primary360, Teladoc Health. The promise of primary care on improved health outcomes has been proven over time. At the core of this equation is a robust and longitudinal patient-provider relationship. These positive relationships often improve patient satisfaction, yielding higher engagement and utilization of primary care services.

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Readers Write: Why 2022 Will Be the Year of Wide Adoption of Blockchain Technology in Healthcare

HIStalk

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Why You Should Not Abandon Traditional Media Advertising (& What to Do Instead)

Health Care Success

The pendulum has swung dramatically from traditional to digital media marketing in the healthcare marketing industry over recent years. Digital ad spending surpassed traditional media spending in 2019 and is expected to exceed two-thirds of total media spending by 2023. . Healthcare audiences live and communicate in a digital world. Understandably, healthcare organizations and the agencies that support them (including our own) have taken a digital-first approach to appeal to new and shifting aud

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Physician Group Influences on Treatment Intensity

Healthcare ECONOMIST

Over time, physicians are less likely to operate in solo or small group practices. In fact, the share of physician-owned practices has fallen below 50% in recent years. A key question then is how does a physician’s environment or the group they have join affect their practice patterns? Previous research has found that a physician’s residency training and their local peers (i.e., physicians in the same hospital or in the same market) affect a physician’s propensity to opt for a C-sect