Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Sparrow Health System in Lansing, Michigan, began developing a virtual care strategy in October 2019 – well before COVID-19 struck – with the hope of leveraging the technology as a tool to support patient care and the organizational strategy, rather than as a stand-alone strategy in and of itself. Sparrow's initial goal was to launch on-demand, virtual urgent care to increase access and provide another front door into the health system.

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Health Care Dive

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Even as the uninsured rate has dipped to a record low, having coverage is not enough to protect consumers from the high-cost of care, Commonwealth Fund researchers found.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Sponsor: Wacom Primary topic: Interoperability Topic: Interoperability Patient Engagement Privacy & Security Resource Central: White Papers External url: [link] Thumbnail: Body: Enterprise Taxonomy: Short Headline: New frontiers in signature capture and digital workflow management Region Tag: Global Edition Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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Health Care Dive

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission required the state’s largest health system to submit a cost-cutting plan, a first for the state board.

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Cloud Blogs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

AI is transforming industries by helping organizations in modernizing business processes and accelerating development. While global AI software revenue is forecasted to reach $62.5 billion in 2022, a 21.3 percent increase from 2021 (Gartner ), 1 a common challenge is moving from experimentation to making AI part of standard operations. Microsoft is deeply invested in AI solutions, engaging highly experienced researchers, data scientists, and thought leaders.

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Health Care Dive

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The bill cuts funding for COVID-19 and monkeypox aid but extends two rural hospital programs.

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Health Care Dive

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Expectations are now higher for amyloid-clearing drugs after lecanemab showed it can slow the disease’s progression in a large late-stage clinical trial.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Doreen DeGroff, MEDITECH Senior Productor Director, CereCore. According to the National Assessment of Adult Health Literacy , only 12% of adults in the U.S. have proficient health literacy skills. Healthcare is a unique industry because it is wide-ranging yet highly personalized. Health literacy is important for patients, physicians and their communities.

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The mental health startup Rippl, which is specifically geared toward seniors, has raised $32 million. Led by co-founder and CEO Kris Engskov, the company has a home-based focus. It wants to fix what it calls a “broken” mental health model for seniors, and will target patients with dementia and other neurocognitive conditions. “I think we know overwhelmingly now know that seniors want to stay at home and age at home,” Engskov told Home Health Care News.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

What You Should Know: – Qnovia (formerly Respira Technologies)—a pharma company developing inhaled therapeutics with an initial focus on nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and cardiopulmonary diseases—has raised $17M in Series A funding led by Blue Ledge Capital and included DG Ventures , Evolution VC Partners , Gaingels , TL Capital, and Vice Ventures. – Qnovia will use the Series A proceeds to advance its NRT drug candidate through an IND submission with the FDA and begin human cli

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Two groups of stakeholders that home-based care providers need to win over in the near-term future are payer leaders and policymakers. As Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollment grows, providers need to prove their agency’s value in order to maintain a sustainable business. Meanwhile, policymakers need to understand the value of home health and home care for favorable, future-facing regulations to be implemented or withheld.

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Medi Leadership

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Leaders are corporate athletes. . Elite leadership performance requires considerable physical and emotional endurance, mental focus, and determination. The demands that a leader places on their body are substantial. However, few leaders take the time to remember that they have a body, let alone pay close attention to caring for it. Over time, many healthcare leaders succumb to mediocre physical and emotional health. .

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced that it will recover $9.3 million in back wages and liquidated damages. The funds stem from a Philadelphia health care staffing company misclassifying 1,756 employees, including home health aides, and depriving them of overtime wages. A consent judgment in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania orders U.S.

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The Rand Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Disparities in policing outcomes, so often associated with race and ethnicity, have led to divisive discourse on the necessity of police reform in America. So how might we make progress on police reform? Ultimately, the community, in collaboration with local public officials, should determine what it means to serve and protect.

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Healthy Debate

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The post Youth engagement essential for healthy school environments appeared first on Healthy Debate.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Interesting study from Taylor et al. (2022) , which aims to examine to what extent psychotic experiences become less heritable when adolescents are exposed to more environmental risk factors? The methods are outlined as follows: This twin study, conducted from December 1, 2014, to August 31, 2020, included a UK-based sample of twin pairs aged 16 years.

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Health Dialog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

This is the next installment of our blog series, “The Top Five Reasons People Call the Nurse Advice Line.” Read our introductory blog post , the article on the fifth most common reason why people call in, fevers and chills , or the fourth reason people call our Nurse Advice Line, urinary problems.

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Medical GPS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Any debate about the importance of care team receptionists is sure to be a short one. Unfortunately, there is a tendency to diminish or even overlook the receptionist’s role. You won’t find any of that here. Instead of Receptionist , a better job title might be, First Impression Specialist. Simply put, no job is more important than making a good first impression.

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Briggs Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS has posted 2 updates for the LTCSP on 2 consecutive days this week: #3 in the 9/27/2022 update – 2022 Summary of Major Software Enhancements looks like this: The Revision History and the.zip folder containing the Survey Resources with Staff Vaccine are found beneath the Downloads are of the website – click on the hyperlink in the first sentence of this blog.

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Etactics

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

According to a survey by Sophos , 66% of healthcare organizations report experiencing a ransomware attack in 2021. This was a 34% increase from 2020. In just one year, that is a 94% increase in cybercrime. Ransomware is a fast-growing form of malware that can cost your business large sums of money if no prevention plan is in place. In fact, only 50% of small US businesses have a cybersecurity plan.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

What You Should Know: – Rippl , a new mental health startup focused on caring for seniors with dementia and other neurocognitive conditions, launched today with $32M in seed round funding led by ARCH Venture Partners and General Catalyst. The round also includes investment from GV , F-Prime Capital , and Mass General Brigham Ventures. – Rippl will use its seed funding to hire and train a team of clinicians, build technology, and open a Washington state-based clinical support center t

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Briggs Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. On October 11 th from 2:00 pm ET – 3:00 pm ET , the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Technical Assistance (TA) Team will present a live encore presentation of the August 25 th webinar: Navigating Performance Feedback Reports: Interim Performance Report (IPR) and Annual Performance Report (APR).

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

What You Should Know: – IntelyCare , a healthcare workforce management platform in the United States, today announced the launch of The IntelyHeart Foundation, a charitable not-for-profit organization. – The IntelyHeart Foundation, with support from IntelyCare, will provide need-based grants to healthcare professionals who apply and meet established criteria.

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HIStalk

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

InterWell Health Enhances Capabilities to Transform Kidney Care with Addition.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

– BrightInsight, Inc., a global platform for biopharma and medtech regulated digital health solutions, recently announced the expansion of its recently launched BrightInsight Ecosystem , a network of the world’s leading healthcare and technology companies collaborating to solve healthcare’s biggest challenges to drive digital innovation, adoption and engagement. – In addition, BrightInsight is proud to be a part of General Catalyst’s Health Assurance network—comprised of healthcare t

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Health Care Dive

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The reduction is tied to lower-than-expected spending for the controversial Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm.

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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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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

What You Should Know: – PerfectServe ®, a leading provider of cloud-based clinical collaboration and provider scheduling solutions, recently announced the successful go-live of a project at Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health that utilizes its Clinical Collaboration solution to transform clinical workflows for nurses. – Bon Secours Mercy Health is a long-time PerfectServe customer and is one of the top five largest Catholic health systems in the United States.

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Bill Of Health

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

By Matthew Chun. In an effort to “ promote robust and reliable patents ” and increase access to life-saving drugs, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently issued a Federal Register Notice clarifying the responsibilities of individuals involved in the patent application process. In the July 29, 2022 notice, the USPTO set forth its views on the “duty of disclosure” and “duty of reasonable inquiry,” emphasizing the importance of consistency

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

What You Should Know: – Increased usage of telehealth , driven by COVID-19, not only remains substantially above pre-pandemic levels but has also emerged as both a key diagnostic tool and treatment vehicle, according to new research from athenahealth. – The findings, announced today by athenahealth, a leading provider of network-enabled software and services for medical groups and health systems nationwide, suggest that telehealth is now integrated across the care continuum.

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Bill Of Health

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

By Justin Feldman. The inadequacies of the early U.S. pandemic response are well-rehearsed at this point — the failure to develop tests , distribute personal protective equipment , recommend masks for the general public, protect essential workers, and take swift action to stop the spread. But to focus on these failures risks forgetting the collective framing and collective policy response that dominated the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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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.