Health Care Dive
JUNE 16, 2022
With the new feature, atrial fibrillation patients may have an easier way to track the frequency of the condition over time and see whether lifestyle changes may have positive effects.
Healthcare It News
JUNE 16, 2022
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Health Care Dive
JUNE 16, 2022
Millions of Americans will experience dramatic price increases, become uninsured and likely accrue medical debt, GetInsured’s Heather Korbulic argues.
Health Populi
JUNE 16, 2022
Consumers continued to invest in and use several technologies that supported self-care at home in 2021, with plans to purchase connected health devices, sports and fitness equipment in the next year. But these purchases will be made with greater attention to budget and value consumer mindsets firmly focused on (and stressed by) inflation. The 24th Annual Technology Ownership & Market Potential Study from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) tells us that Americans in 2022 will have to m
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Health Care Dive
JUNE 16, 2022
The health system plans to build the facility about nine miles from Mission Hospital, the only other acute care hospital in the area.
Home Health Care
JUNE 16, 2022
For home-based providers, maximizing the seamlessness of a post-hospital care transition is paramount. As hospitals are sending more patients than ever to the home, the ones that can take the patient with the most ease are more likely to win out. RML Specialty Hospital — a long-term acute care hospital that offers critical care — has seen this firsthand through its utilization of the care coordination platform CarePort, which is a WellSky-owned company.
Health Care Quality Digest brings together the best content for healthcare quality professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Home Health Care
JUNE 16, 2022
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) is, once again, calling for federal policymakers to streamline alternative payment models within the Medicare program. Released late Wednesday, MedPAC’s June report details how that could theoretically be done. The focus on alternative payment models should come as no surprise for those who have been watching closely.
Health Care Dive
JUNE 16, 2022
The payer announced the move, meant to streamline its brand portfolio and reduce complexities, ahead of a corporate rebranding scheduled for later this month.
HIT Consultant
JUNE 16, 2022
Patricia (Pat) Black, Director of Technical Solutions at Cardinal Peak. When it comes to your health and treatment, hospitals leverage a variety of sensors and instruments to collect the necessary information to monitor and diagnose your health status. With essential health data integrated into one platform, healthcare professionals are able to quickly and easily monitor critical care parameters, which allows them to make decisions and deliver the best possible patient care. .
Home Health Care
JUNE 16, 2022
Last Thursday, I moderated three panels at Home Health Care News’ VALUE event, sat in on another three and talked to dozens of attendees, both on the record and off. There were plenty of highlights and insights that came from those conversations. And while everyone seemed to not only have a good time, but also a productive one, my feeling is that the takeaways varied considerably from person to person.
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Briggs Healthcare
JUNE 16, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. MedPAC released its June 2022 Annual Report to Congress on Wednesday, June 15, 2022. The 3-page Press Release is found here. The full report is found on the MedPAC website ; the direct link to the 267-page report is here. It’s always interesting to read the Commission’s cover letter to Congress, found on page 5 of this year’s report.
Healthcare ECONOMIST
JUNE 16, 2022
“… current inflation levels are much closer to past inflation peaks than the official series would suggest.” Impact of minimum wage on health Alcohol excise tax impact on drinking. Good looking CEOs ? 100m Americans have health care debt.
Bill Of Health
JUNE 16, 2022
By Leah Pierson. Medical students spend a lot of time learning about conditions they will likely never treat. This weak relationship between what students are taught and what they will treat has negative implications for patient care. Recently, I looked into discrepancies between U.S. disease burden in 2016 and how often conditions are mentioned in the 2020 edition of First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 , an 832 page book sometimes referred to as the medical student’s bible.
HIT Consultant
JUNE 16, 2022
Lynne Rinehimer, Esq, GRC Sales Engineer and Compliance SME for symplr. The importance of the No Surprises Act (NSA) cannot be overstated, as surprise medical bills have long been burdensome for patients in the U.S. healthcare system. In fact, more than half of all U.S. consumers have received an unexpectedly large medical bills. The purpose of the No Surprises Act is to prevent surprise out-of-network bills, often for emergency services.
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Briggs Healthcare
JUNE 16, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS has posted the COVID-19 data for nursing homes for the week ending June 5, 2022. Comparing the June 5 th data to the previous May 29 th data shows these changes: Resident vaccination rate remained the same as last week’s report Residents with booster doses increased by 1.0% this past week Staff vaccination rate remained the same as last week’s report Staff with booster doses increased by 1.2% this past week An additional
HIT Consultant
JUNE 16, 2022
What You Should Know: – Intelerad Medical Systems and DiA Imaging Analysis , a leading global provider of AI-based ultrasound software solutions, today announced a new partnership to offer DiA’s LVivo Seamless AI-based cardiac ultrasound software solution as part of Intelerad’s cardiac imaging solutions, IntelePACS. – This collaboration will empower Intelerad’s 2,000 global customers to access critical key measurement results for their echo studies, as well as will improve the effici
Briggs Healthcare
JUNE 16, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. A recission of a previously issued QSO is something you don’t see every day. I can’t recall this happening in the many years I’ve followed CMS. It happened just a bit ago, Thursday, June 16, 2022 via QSO-22-18-ALL. “Discussion. CMS is rescinding QSO 22-10-ALL. As stated in the original guidance document, “State Survey Agencies and [Accrediting Organizations] are ultimately responsible for compliance with this expectation.
HIT Consultant
JUNE 16, 2022
What You Should Know: – Yseop , an artificial intelligence (AI) software company and pioneer in Natural Language Processing (NLP) , today announced that Sanofi , the global healthcare company, has chosen to scale its natural language generation (NLG) capabilities with Yseop. – Sanofi will use the platform to accelerate its clinical study submission processes and bring new treatments to patients faster. – Sanofi plans to continue to expand the use of the Yseop platform to a wide
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Health Advances
JUNE 16, 2022
By Karson Kump, Consultant. For the first time in two years, oncologists, scientists, industry leaders, and everyone in between were able to rest from the Zoom fatigue and put their physical stamina to the test trekking McCormick Place and the city of Chicago for the ASCO Annual Meeting. Health Advances joined the homecoming to soak in the (quite literally breathtaking) data, social connections, and enthusiasm to bring hope to each cancer patient.
HIT Consultant
JUNE 16, 2022
What You Should Know: – Clinical AI-powered healthcare company K Health announced today a new collaboration with Mayo Clinic’s digital healthcare initiative, Mayo Clinic Platform , which harnesses new knowledge, solutions and technologies to improve patients’ lives. – Primary Care clinicians practicing on K Health’s virtual platform are now able to use a predictive model based on real-time insights from Mayo Clinic’s de-identified medical data to treat hypertension more accurat
HIStalk
JUNE 16, 2022
The American Medical Association Annual Meeting is happening in Chicago.
HIT Consultant
JUNE 16, 2022
What You Should Know: – Walgreens today announced the launch of its clinical trial business to redefine the patient experience and increase access and retention in sponsor-led drug development research. – Walgreens flexible clinical trial model combines the company’s vast foundation of patient insights, partner-enabled health and technology capabilities and in-person and virtual care options to break through barriers to engaging broader and more diverse communities.
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Healthcare ECONOMIST
JUNE 16, 2022
Today, one of my studies was published. The title of the study was “ Economic burden of antibiotic-not-susceptible isolates in uncomplicated urinary tract infection: Analysis of a US integrated delivery network database ” This is work with co-authors Alen Marijam, Ashish V. Joshi, Fanny S. Mitrani-Gold, Katie Everson, Rifat Tuly, Peter Rosenquist, Michael Gillam & Maria Elena Ruiz.
HIStalk
JUNE 16, 2022
Constellation4 Health closes round with new outside investment Florida-based startup.
Briggs Healthcare
JUNE 16, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Provider Preview Reports have been updated and are now available. These reports contain provider performance scores for quality measures, which will be published on Care Compare and Provider Data Catalog (PDC) during the September 2022 release.
HIStalk
JUNE 16, 2022
Facebook Is Receiving Sensitive Medical Information from Hospital Websites An.
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.
Briggs Healthcare
JUNE 16, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Provider Preview Reports have been updated and are now available. These reports contain provider performance scores for quality measures, which will be published on Care Compare and Provider Data Catalog (PDC) during the September 2022 release.
Briggs Healthcare
JUNE 16, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The Office of the National Coordinator, (ONC) for Health Information Technology (HIT) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is currently conducting a national phone-based survey to better understand the state of health IT use and interoperability among skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and hospice facilities.
Etactics
JUNE 16, 2022
One of the scariest factors associated with human trafficking is that it can happen to anyone. It doesn't matter how old someone is, their ethnicity, or national origin. Ohio's circumstances amplify the problem as it ranks as one of the top ten states for the number of human trafficking cases in the United States. The situation may seem hopeless, especially when you take a closer look at the human trafficking statistics associated with Ohio.
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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.
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