Healthcare It News
MAY 17, 2023
Patient engagement is top of mind for executives and clinicians at hospitals and health systems today. While there may be a need for more constant touchpoints with patients, that would bring with it an unintended physician burden. So, what's the solution? Some say artificial intelligence can play a role. Especially the latest and most powerful flavor – generative AI, the kind behind ChatGPT.
Healthcare Success
MAY 9, 2023
A successful health system, hospital, practice, or healthcare organization website facilitates patient communication and helps you win more of the patients you want. But this doesn’t mean much if patients can’t find your website. To get on page #1 for an organic search, you need a strong healthcare marketing SEO company, a solid website, an even stronger medical SEO strategy, and a tactical SEO team.
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The Rand Blog
MAY 3, 2023
The United States badly needs a new secrecy paradigm to protect classified information, and one that also improves government transparency. Our archaic system for keeping classified information secure is terminally flawed, and no amount of triage tinkering can hope to fix it.
Healthcare It News
MAY 4, 2023
According to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine this past week, artificial intelligence chatbot assistants can provide responses to patients' health questions that are of comparable quality – and empathy – to those written by physicians. A team of licensed healthcare professionals compared physicians' and the chatbot’s responses to patients’ questions asked publicly on the social media forum Reddit’s r/AskDocs in October 2022, but were summarily won
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Health Populi
MAY 3, 2023
With May being Mental Health Awareness Month , there’s no shortage of press releases promoting a wide range of services and programs emerging from both the public and private sectors. In the wake of the COVID-19 public health crisis, the exposed epidemic-beyond-the-pandemic of mental health has inspired many collaborations between public, private commercial and not-for-profit organizations.
Health Care Dive
MAY 22, 2023
The online pharmacy said the attack exposed customers’ email addresses, prescription information and contact details for their prescribing provider. Around 3,600 affected accounts included prescription information.
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HIT Consultant
MAY 31, 2023
Brian Fugere, Chief Product Officer at symplr As hospitals and health systems continue to be stretched thin by negative operating margins , competitive pressures, and workforce shortages, decision-makers must do more with less and make strategic software investments to reduce costs and increase efficiencies in both the short and long term. Decision-makers agree that now is not the time to pull back on software investment: according to research from Bain & Company , 45% of providers have incr
The Rand Blog
MAY 16, 2023
Extremism is like cancer: It will always exist, but ignoring it runs the risk that it rears its ugly head, metastasizing throughout the country. The United States needs to ensure it has the proper tools to diagnose extremism in its earliest stages, and that the agencies tasked with protecting our democracy have the capability to get it into, and keep it in, remission.
Healthcare It News
MAY 12, 2023
The pace of innovation is picking up as health IT vendors seek to integrate artificial intelligence into their offerings for provider operations, medical testing, patient engagement and other use cases. Aspira Women's Health, Belong.life and Outbound AI are just three companies that have announced new AI-driven technologies, supporting advanced discovery of ovarian cancer, oncology patient engagement and billing administration, respectively.
Healthcare Associates
MAY 19, 2023
Seven Common Causes of Aching Legs at Night Aches and pains in your legs aren’t always a sign of a serious condition. You may simply be experiencing pain from using your joints and muscles all day long. Aching legs can also be a side effect of taking certain medications or lifestyle choices such as alcohol consumption. Some of the most common causes of aching legs at night include: · Restless leg syndrome: Restless leg syndrome doesn’t always cause leg pain.
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Health Care Dive
MAY 18, 2023
“Insurers are in effect denying Americans necessary care in order to fatten and pad their bottom lines, and that phenomenon is unacceptable,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said at a subcommittee hearing.
Fierce Healthcare
MAY 31, 2023
BJC HealthCare of St. | The two organizations are hoping to close their cross-market deal by the end of the year, potentially creating a new 28-hospital, integrated, academic health system.
HIT Consultant
MAY 24, 2023
What You Should Know: H1, the connecting force for global healthcare provider, clinical, science, and research information, today announced the world’s largest nonprofit funder of Parkinson’s research, The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF), has selected its Trial Landscape solution to improve and transform its education and research initiatives.
The Rand Blog
MAY 31, 2023
After months of publicly lobbying to acquire U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets, it appears that Ukraine may receive them later this year. However, there remains a long road ahead before the F-16s would see service in Ukraine—and it is an open question how much they would affect the outcome of the war.
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Healthcare It News
MAY 31, 2023
Qualitative data provided by 87 primary care practices in New York and Florida showed that while telehealth experiences differed on the basis of pre-pandemic clinician and practice familiarity with virtual care platforms, varying state regulations during the public health emergency, the lack of formal guidelines and physician burnout affected how quickly telemedicine offerings matured within practices.
CHQ Healthcare
MAY 16, 2023
CHG Healthcare has been named to the 2023 Parity.Org Best Companies for Women to Advance TM list. The ParityLIST TM program recognizes organizations that are creating the culture and conditions in which women can rise. Companies are rated across a comprehensive rubric covering recruiting, promotion, and compensation practices, as well as specific employee benefits and policies and quantitative representation at the leadership level.
Health Care Dive
MAY 26, 2023
Just 21% of CVS’ MA members are currently in plans with a star rating of at least four, down from 87% at the end of 2021, the payer disclosed.
Fierce Healthcare
MAY 31, 2023
Employers are bracing for 2024, fearing they’ll face inflation and soaring healthcare costs while still trying to recruit and retain workers in a tight labor market, a new survey shows. | Employers got something of a break last year from inflation when it comes to healthcare costs because most contracts with providers last three years. A survey by the consulting company Mercer says they won’t be so lucky in 2024.
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HIT Consultant
MAY 22, 2023
Lindsey Klein, Chief Strategy Officer at QGenda How do we attract good nurses? More importantly: How do we keep them? Those questions have reverberated throughout hospitals and health systems nationwide lately—but they’re not new. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, industry analysts warned of significant nurse shortages. The pandemic only added more stress and exhaustion to the nursing experience, prompting the largest exodus of nurses from the profession in 40 years.
The Rand Blog
MAY 8, 2023
From anticipating the Space Age in the 1940s to studying gun policy and COVID-19 responses in the 2020s, RAND is celebrating 75 years of research that has made a difference.
Healthcare It News
MAY 8, 2023
The New York City-based Urban Health Plan used artificial intelligence to improve operational efficiency and patient care and got a handle on its annually high patient no-show rates with cost-effective patient interventions. Higher-than-average missed appointments No-shows are due to multiple factors, including social determinants of health like transportation.
CHQ Healthcare
MAY 10, 2023
CHG Healthcare’s Top Women in Healthcare Staffing award recognizes leaders and rising stars in physician and advanced practice recruiting, staffing, and retention. The annual award spotlights the women who have demonstrated the highest levels of excellence in their career, quality in recruitment and retention, and a commitment to the growth and improvement of the healthcare staffing industry in 2022. 2022 Top Women in Healthcare Staffing Winners This year, CHG Healthcare’s family of brands selec
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.
Health Care Dive
MAY 18, 2023
Suki incorporates generative AI to “listen” to clinician-patient encounters and auto-generate clinician notes, but says clinicians maintain ultimate control.
Fierce Healthcare
MAY 19, 2023
Cybersecurity attack against Amazon-owned online pharmacy PillPack exposed user health data aburky Fri, 05/19/2023 - 16:16
HIT Consultant
MAY 18, 2023
What You Should Know: Three years after COVID-19 was declared a public health emergency, many healthcare supply chain leaders and frontline professionals are operating in survival mode, according to new industry research from Deloitte Consulting LLP. Ongoing challenges include economic pressures, multiple resource shortages, data visibility and labor issues.
The Rand Blog
MAY 13, 2023
Policies restricting discussion of LGBTQ+ issues and representation of LGBTQ+ individuals are likely to make schools less welcoming to the nation's estimated 2 million LGBTQ+ youth. Policymakers should develop policies that cultivate learning and work environments where students and educators of all backgrounds feel safe and valued.
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.
Healthcare It News
MAY 25, 2023
In the past at Atrium Health's Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute, as in many other hospitals, postoperative cardiac patients were discharged with a vague understanding of what recovery entails. Uncertainty can lead to preventable poor outcomes and readmissions for issues that could have been managed in the outpatient setting. THE PROBLEM Anxiety is common in patients preparing for cardiac surgery.
Healthcare Associates
MAY 11, 2023
Osteoporosis vs. Osteoarthritis Osteoporosis and osteoarthritis may sound very much alike, but they are two completely different health conditions. Although these conditions are not the same, they do share some characteristics — such as, they both tend to affect older adults and the musculoskeletal system. Understanding the differences and similarities between osteoarthritis vs. osteoporosis can help determine your next steps for treating and managing your condition.
Health Care Dive
MAY 24, 2023
The digital health sector defied trends seen in the larger venture capital environment, where funding continues to fall. But digital health investment is still at its lowest level seen in years.
Fierce Healthcare
MAY 31, 2023
Despite the increased adoption of digital health tools and telehealth in the past three years, patients and providers see the "digital front door" as still being a less-than-ideal entry point into | More than a quarter of patients believe the payment experience has gotten worse. Four in 10 patients said they’re likely to cancel or postpone care without an accurate cost estimate.
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