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Nuvance Health develops new memory care-at-home platform

Healthcare It News

Patients with mild cognitive impairment being treated at Nuvance Health Neuroscience Institute practices in New York and Connecticut, as well as their caregivers, have access to a new virtual neurological specialty care support program. WHY IT MATTERS. MCI is an early stage of memory loss or other cognition problems, such as difficulty with language and thinking.

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Cigna partners with in-home primary care provider Heal

Health Care Dive

The provider, which focuses on care for seniors, is collaborating with Cigna to offer house calls and remote monitoring to Medicare Advantage customers in four states.

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Grand challenges and opportunities for patient-centered CDS

Healthcare It News

Clinical Decision Support Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Government & Policy Patient Engagement AHRQ is helping the transition towards evidence-based recommendations to guide clinical decision-making that incorporates patients' needs and preferences. Dr. Prashila Dullabh Dr. Prashila Dullabh is vice president and senior fellow at NORC at the University of Chicago, and Director of NORC’s Health Implementation Science Center.

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U.S. seeing loss of physicians providing contraceptive services, study suggests

Health Care Dive

The study highlights how the reproductive care workforce has changed over the pandemic, which is likely to have important ripple effects for patients seeking out abortion and contraception services after the fall of Roe v. Wade.

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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 To Deal with Sebaceous Hyperplasia Treatment

p3care

Our entire body is covered with skin, which is the biggest organ in our body. It always protects us from harmful environments and weather changes. However, the aging factor came with several risks. One of them is sebaceous hyperplasia which calls for appropriate sebaceous hyperplasia treatments. Although we have a myriad of new treatments for sebaceous hyperplasia, all of them act differently on different skin types from person to person.

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8 ways hospitals can prevent a cyberattack

Health Care Dive

After the ransomware attack at CommonSpirit, cybersecurity experts share the top ways health systems can protect valuable patient data.

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Consumers Rank Healthcare Experiences in the Bottom-Third of All Industries – the ACSI 2021-2022 Index

Health Populi

While consumers’ satisfaction with inpatient care experiences improved a few points over the past year, health insurance and hospitals still fall in the bottom-third of all industries with which people interact, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) Insurance and Health Care Study 2021-2022. “With visitor restrictions relaxing and more elective procedures going forward, hospitals are slowly coming out of a COVID-induced satisfaction slump,” the study pres

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Urgent Care Medical Billing for an Improved Profit Margin

p3care

The patient always visits a related physician to get treatment for whatever illness they are dealing with. On the other hand, a physician always attends to them and performs tests and processes to restore their health. However, the more patients flow in a healthcare center, hospital, or clinic, the more will be the cash flow, and this upgrades the medical billing profit margin.

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PBJ Staffing Submission Deadline Approaching!

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. Monday, November 14, 2022. That’s the deadline for submission of 4 th quarter fiscal PBJ (Payroll Based Journal) data. Submissions must be received by the end of the 45th calendar day (11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time) after the last day in each fiscal quarter to be considered timely.

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Modivcare Makes Leadership Change Official, Names L. Heath Sampson CEO

Home Health Care

Modivcare Inc. (Nasdaq: MODV) announced it has made a familiar face the official leader of the company Tuesday. L. Heath Sampson has been named the company’s president and CEO after holding the position of CEO on an interim basis since August. “As we continue to align our people, processes and technology as one Modivcare, I am committed to driving the organization to new heights of performance, where we recognize that each member has a unique set of needs and their experience is our number one p

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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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Inspiring digital perseverance at HLTH 2022

Cloud Blogs

The past few years have been a period of dramatic change, with disruptions to our society, public health, frontline healthcare worker shortage, technology, and the way we work. As organizations adapt to new challenges, they are turning to their technology providers to help them succeed. At this year's HLTH 2022 conference Microsoft + Nuance will join other industry innovators and thought leaders to consider how organizations are using digital technology to turn the corner in unprecedented times.

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MedCrypt Raises $25M for Medical Device Cybersecurity Platform

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Today, MedCrypt , the proactive cybersecurity solution provider for medical devices and manufacturers raises $25M in Series B funding led by Intuitive Ventures and Johnson & Johnson Innovation. . – The round included participation from institutional investors Section 32 , Eniac Ventures , Anzu Partners , and Dolby Family Ventures.

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Dog Tag Bakery: A Fresh Start for Veterans

The Rand Blog

A bakery in Washington, D.C., brings together service-disabled post–9/11 veterans, military spouses, and caregivers. For five months, they are immersed in an intensive entrepreneurial-focused business program. It's become a model for helping veterans and others in the military community reestablish their lives.

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Mount Sinai Develops Employee Health Contact Tracing Database to Mitigate COVID-19 Spread

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Mount Sinai researchers have developed an Employee Health COVID-19 REDCap Registry to address the need for contact tracing and agile exposure investigations to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 among hospital staff. – Employee Health COVID-19 REDCap Registry is a cloud-based digital framework using the Research Electronic Data Capture web application—to track and reduce the spread of the virus across the Mount Sinai Health System including 8 hospitals and more t

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Level up Culture & EQ | Sign up for the #CultureDrop

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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Post Final Rule, Addus Sees Chance To Jump On Larger Home Health Deals

Home Health Care

Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS) is bullish on its M&A pipeline across all segments, its value-based care strategy and favorable rates across some of its markets. Perhaps more important than anything, however, is its leaders’ belief that the company has turned the corner on hiring. In the third quarter of this year, Addus’ hires per business day were up 3% compared to the second quarter, and up 14% year over year.

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Is TEE the answer for incentivizing the development of new antibiotics?

Healthcare ECONOMIST

Antibiotic resistance is an increasing problem. My own research shows that when infections are antibiotic resistance, the risk of complications rises as does the cost to treat the infection. According to the CDC , antimicrobial resistance is a major public health problem: …killing at least 1.27 million people worldwide and associated with nearly 5 million deaths in 2019.

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Final Rule ‘Blunts Immediate Impact,’ But CMS-Home Health Industry Core Disagreement Remains

Home Health Care

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership. Nearly five months after the unveiling of the proposed payment rule caused a stir among home health stakeholders and advocates, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its final payment rule on Monday. Back in June, CMS proposed a 4.2% aggregate decrease for 2023, a cut the industry at large felt would be devastating. .

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Health Is Social, With More People Using Apps for Physical and Emotional Wellbeing

Health Populi

People who need people aren’t just the luckiest people in the world: they derive greater benefits through monitoring their health via apps that make it easier to make healthy choices. Channeling Barbra Streisand here to call out a key finding in new consumer research from Kantar on Connecting with the Health & Wellness Community. Kantar polled 10,000 online consumers in ten countries to gain perspectives on health citizens’ physical and emotional health and the role of technology

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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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The Faces & Phases of COVID-19

Healthy Debate

The post The Faces & Phases of COVID-19 appeared first on Healthy Debate.

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Grassroots Mobilization Needed to Defend Abortion Access

Bill Of Health

By Camila Gianella. On August 3, Kansas voters spurned the recent decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization by rejecting a proposed constitutional amendment that, in line with the ruling, aimed to ban abortion in the state. What happened in Kansas shows the central role of social and political mobilization in securing abortion rights.

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Newsletter, October 2022

Patient Safety Movement

JOE KIANI – FORBES This month, Forbes Magazine featured our Founder and Board Member Joe Kiani on its cover. Joe’s passion for patient safety has been a driving force behind breakthrough developments in medical innovation at the company he founded, Masimo. Joe is the co-inventor of what is now recognized as “modern pulse oximetry.” His innovation reduced false alarms in pulse oximetry by 95% and changed the way physicians use the “fifth vital sign.

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Inspiring digital perseverance at HLTH 2022

Cloud Blogs

The past few years have been a period of dramatic change, with disruptions to our society, public health, frontline healthcare worker shortage, technology, and the way we work. As organizations adapt to new challenges, they are turning to their technology providers to help them succeed. At this year's HLTH 2022 conference Microsoft + Nuance will join other industry innovators and thought leaders to consider how organizations are using digital technology to turn the corner in unprecedented times.

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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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What to Look For When Choosing CBD Products

American College of Healthcare Sciences

We met with Frogsong Farm, an Organic certified Hemp farm in the Willamette Valley, to learn the details of what you should be looking for when you purchase a CBD product. Fun fact: Frogsong Farm is the first CBD Company to obtain a B Corp Certification! Things any CBD customer should always look for at […]. The post What to Look For When Choosing CBD Products appeared first on American College of Healthcare Sciences.

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How to Reduce Your OR Supply Costs

Vie Healthcare

In this report we explore the cost savings opportunities available within the OR, specifically, the strategies which enable your hospital to reduce your OR supply costs by $1m and increase service line profitability by 15%. At VIE Healthcare® we successfully partner with hospitals and health systems to achieve cost savings and deliver margin improvement.

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How to Cope with Depression from Working at Home

Etactics

Workplace flexibility is one of the top factors employees consider while looking for a new job. But a study by the Journal of Occupational Environmental Medicine reports that approximately 73.6% of employees say they deal with new mental health issues while working at home. So while for some of us have the option to work remotely is a perk, this isn’t the case for everyone.

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Optimizing the Patient Experience by Working Towards Health Equity

Vie Healthcare

Most health experts agree that the current global pandemic is temporary. Whether through herd immunity, the development of a vaccine or the establishment of effective treatments, the virus and its devastating effects will eventually come to an end. Unfortunately, the health disparities which have come to light as a result of the COVID-19 crisis will remain.

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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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CMS Pushes Publication of Final FFS Adjuster for RADV Audits Rule to February 1, 2023

Sheppard Health Law

CMS announced today a further extension until February 1, 2023, of the deadline for its publication of the long-awaited final rule on the use of extrapolation and the application of a fee-for-service adjuster (FFS Adjuster) in risk adjustment data validation (RADV) audits of Medicare Advantage organizations (MAOs). On November 1, 2018 , CMS issued a proposed rule that, among other changes, would use extrapolation in RADV contract-level audits of MAOs starting with payment year 2011 contract-leve

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Healthcare Delivery is Changing – What Is The Future of Telehealth?

Vie Healthcare

In this report, we explore the history of telehealth in the United States and consider the impact of the COVID-19 crisis, together with the current infrastructure and future strategies for the implementation of telehealth. We will also explore the regulations in this area and the readiness of the current health system to sustain telehealth services in the long term.

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The Ultimate CMMC Scoping Guide: A Matrix for Every Level

Etactics

Scoping is often overlooked when preparing for a cybersecurity maturity model certification (CMMC). That statement is part of the reason why we made a checklist in the first place. The scope includes assets that provide security or process, store or send sensitive information. The purpose of this blog is to provide a resource that documents how to tailor the 320 objectives within NIST SP 800-171A to the CMMC scope.

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Calendar Year 2023 Home Health Prospective Payment System Final Rule

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The calendar year 2023 Home Health Prospective Payment System Final Rule was published on October 31, 2022. The following are the Home Health Quality Reporting Program proposals have been finalized: CMS finalized a proposal to end the suspension of the collection of Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) data on non-Medicare/non-Medicaid patients under section 704 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Mo

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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.