February, 2023

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Major coalition of health groups aims to combat health misinformation

Fierce Healthcare

Major coalition of health groups aims to combat health misinformation rking Fri, 02/24/2023 - 11:17

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ChatGPT AI-Generated Content Dangerous for Healthcare?

Healthcare Success

ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence chatbot that can have human-like conversations, translate, and provide users with information. It can also write good content. Like, really good. And now that Google has openly stated, “Appropriate use of AI or automation is not against our guidelines,” it begs the question: Should we use it to produce healthcare content?

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DocsGPT in beta targets physician burnout

Healthcare It News

Developed using OpenAI's ChatGPT and trained on healthcare-specific prose, the online DocsGPT offers doctors a chance to test and weigh in on AI-powered product development. Testing AI for workflow 'scut' OpenAI developed ChatGPT, which launched in November as a prototype, using multiple learning methodologies. Human trainers, in collaboration with Microsoft on Azure's supercomputing infrastructure, created reward models to improve its performance.

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Hospice care, not hospital beds: Investing in palliative care will help solve the health-care crisis

Healthy Debate

The post Hospice care, not hospital beds: Investing in palliative care will help solve the health-care crisis appeared first on Healthy Debate.

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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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Hospital lobby opposes noncompete ban, says ‘now is not the time to upend’ labor markets

Health Care Dive

The American Hospital Association is pushing the FTC to abandon its proposal to eliminate restrictive covenants. At the very least, the lobby wants physicians and senior executives exempt.

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Hospitals That Ditch Masks Risk Exposure

Bill Of Health

By Nina Kohn and Irina D. Manta This month, New York became the latest to join the growing list of states that have ended their requirements for routine masking in hospitals and other healthcare settings. In response, at least one of the state’s largest hospital systems is throwing off the mask despite the continued high level of virus transmission in New York City and most of the rest of the state.

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Brain and Machine Confluence Requires Multi-Sectoral Regulation To Maximize Gains

The Rand Blog

As the commercialization of brain-computer interface technology expands, it would be prudent for international policymakers to consider how this technology should be regulated, in order to reap its benefits and minimize its risks.

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Why healthcare leaders should embrace home-based technologies

Healthcare It News

Home health technologies will have an increasingly larger role to play in healthcare delivery as the silver tsunami of the aging population strain the system. And if more consumers embrace preventative care that can easily be done in the home. It's important to understand that home health technologies are leveraged in home health settings by clinicians for home health patients, and at-home or home-based health technologies are diagnostic and/or screening tools that can be used in non-clinica

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Change Is Coming In The Fight Against Sepsis

CDC

This blog is a part of a series that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched to highlight the importance of patient safety by providing educational information and simple ways to help people stay informed on public safety topics. Read the blog below, authored by Orlaith and Ciaran Staunton, to learn more about sepsis and the importance of voicing your concerns as a patient.

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UPMC, top surgeon pay $8.5M to settle whistleblower lawsuit over simultaneous surgeries

Health Care Dive

A whistleblower and the DOJ allege that UPMC’s longtime head of cardiothoracic surgery, James Luketich, regularly performed as many as three complex surgeries at the same time and didn’t participate in critical portions of his procedures.

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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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Personal Crusades for Public Health

Bill Of Health

By Katherine Macfarlane Public health in the U.S. has collapsed. In its place, we are left with an insufficient, impoverished alternative: personal crusades. This essay describes the cost of casting aside what is best for the public’s health in favor of individual choice, especially to those who are high-risk for serious illness or death from COVID-19.

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Senators question why PBMs 'even exist' in heated hearing amid push for reform

Fierce Healthcare

Senators question why PBMs 'even exist' in heated hearing amid push for reform rking Thu, 02/16/2023 - 14:49

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Support to Ukraine Continues to Be for America First

The Rand Blog

Why should the United States spend tens of billions of dollars on a war half a world away? Because it's in America's economic and strategic interests.

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New Jersey Cancer Care launches remote patient monitoring

Healthcare It News

With the Veris Cancer Care Platform, cancer care teams at the New Jersey Cancer Care, PA can now review patients' physiologic and clinical data in real time and deliver personalized care. WHY IT MATTERS Today, NJCC and Veris Health, a subsidiary of New York-based PAVmed Digital Health, announced that the cloud-based clinician portal was successfully integrated into the oncology practice's information technology systems.

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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 Pros, Cons And Future of Self-Directed Care

Home Health Care

Self-directed care undeniably has a place in the future of home-based care. How big that place is, however, is still up in the air. There are many benefits to offering self-directed or consumer-directed care, especially for patients who would rather be cared for by a caregiver of choice. States see it as a win-win because it lowers the cost of care and gives families their preferred option.

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Lawmakers stress urgency of healthcare worker shortage

Health Care Dive

Addressing the education pipeline is one thing that legislators can focus on to improve nurse and physician shortages, medical school and health system leaders said during a Senate committee hearing.

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Reclaiming Salus Populi

Bill Of Health

By Wendy E. Parmet and Elaine Marshall I. Introduction: The Threat to Public Health As we reach the COVID-19 pandemic’s third anniversary, the warning signs for the future of public health law are everywhere. In the past three years, courts, led by the Supreme Court, have endangered reproductive health and handcuffed governments’ capacity to meet a wide array of public health challenges.

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American Telemedicine Association announced 12 telehealth innovators challenge finalists

Fierce Healthcare

American Telemedicine Association announced 12 telehealth innovators challenge finalists aburky Fri, 02/17/2023 - 11:45

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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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Earthquake in Turkey, Syria: Insights from RAND Researchers

The Rand Blog

More than 36,000 people have been confirmed dead in one the strongest earthquakes to hit Turkey and Syria in the past century. As search-and-rescue missions continue and recovery begins, a handful of RAND researchers shared some of their initial thoughts.

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An inside look at AdventHealth's powerful telemedicine program

Healthcare It News

Most healthcare consumers have experienced certain pain points in receiving care for family and friends. THE PROBLEM Patient access is a top priority for AdventHealth, a health system based in Altamonte Springs, Florida. For the health system, improving the way it delivers care to patients starts with meeting them at the place of their needs. "Looking for ways to solve for bringing the right care to the right patient at the right place and time is imperative to stay ahead of the ever-changi

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Further FTC Education Needed On Non-Compete Ban’s Potential Effects, Legal Insiders Suggest

Home Health Care

Because the home care industry is so large and fragmented, consensus is often hard to come by. That is the likely outcome for the debate around banning non-compete agreements , too. For instance, there are plenty within the industry who believe that would be a step in the right direction. But then there are the providers. And many of their leaders recognize how much the ban could hurt their businesses – in more ways than one.

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HIPAA complaints, breaches increased from 2017 to 2021 as HHS urges more funding

Health Care Dive

The HHS Office for Civil Rights is facing a “severe strain” on its staff and budget amid rising breaches and complaints, according to the agency’s annual report to Congress.

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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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Medicaid Structured Family Caregiving Enables Caregivers to Make Caregiving Their Primary Focus

NASHP

Family caregivers play an important role in caring for Medicaid Home and Community Based (HCBS) waiver participants. Some states have moved to offer structured family caregiving (SFC) services within their Medicaid program to help HCBS waiver participants’ primary caregivers fulfill that role. SFC services include payment, individualized training based on the needs of the waiver participant, coaching, back-up or respite care, and other supports.

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DEA's proposed telehealth rules pull back COVID-era remote prescribing flexibilities

Fierce Healthcare

DEA's proposed telehealth rules pull back COVID-era remote prescribing flexibilities aburky Mon, 02/27/2023 - 14:17

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One Year After Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Experts React

The Rand Blog

We asked nearly 30 RAND experts to highlight takeaways from the first year of Russia's all-out war—and share what they're watching as the conflict in Ukraine grinds on. Here's what they said.

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Chang Gung Memorial Hospital ranks second globally in 2022 HIMSS Digital Health Indicator

Healthcare It News

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taoyuan City, Taiwan has become the second-highest-ranking organisation in the latest HIMSS Digital Health Indicator. Based on the assessment, it scored 349/400 overall, achieving strong scores in each DHI dimension. In the area of interoperability, CGMH was commended for its "highly structured documentation and medical records" that have enabled "advanced and effective" clinical decision support and data collection for research.

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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.

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CMS’ Rate Cuts Have Had Varying Levels Of Effect On Home Health Providers

Home Health Care

The home health final rule will have a lasting effect on providers’ bottom line. The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its 2023 final payment rule for home health care in late October. Many providers believe that the final rule will have an impact on their business in the near- and long-term future, a new survey from Homecare Homebase and Home Health Care News suggests.

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Medicaid enrollees largely unaware of upcoming redeterminations, survey finds

Health Care Dive

About 64% of adults in a Medicaid-enrolled family said they did not know they may lose coverage once pandemic-era policy ends and eligibility checks resume on April 1, a survey from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found.

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CMS Issues Long-Awaited Medicare Advantage RADV Final Rule

Sheppard Health Law

On January 30, 2023 , the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the long-delayed final rule on risk adjustment data validation (“RADV”) audits of Medicare Advantage (“MA”) organizations (the “Final Rule”). CMS promotes the Final Rule as improving program integrity and payment accuracy as well as transparency and certainty. One thing that is certain, CMS can expect further challenges to its RADV audit methodology.

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AARP leans into at-home care with Luna, providing its 38M members with in-person MSK care

Fierce Healthcare

AARP leans into at-home care with Luna, providing its 38M members with in-person MSK care aburky Wed, 02/15/2023 - 17:23

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