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3 trends that will define the future of healthcare

Health Care Dive

Over the next 12 months in healthcare, we expect AI technology will help organizations withstand increasing pressures and improve their confidence.

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False and Deceptive Health Claims: Buyers Beware

Bill Of Health

By Aparajita Lath When it comes to health-related consumer purchases, buyers surely need to beware. This is because the regulatory landscape of health-related products contains loopholes that allow false or misleading claims to proliferate. This article reviews recent instances of the issue, and discusses relevant regulations. Health claims: regulation and confusion The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S.

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Interpreting an SPC chart

Life Qi

In this series of blogs we’re going to take a closer look at Statistical Process Control or SPC – something that you may well have encountered in your Quality Improvement (QI) journey thus far. In this article we are going to drill down into SPC or control charts and how you might go about interpreting them. You probably know that measurement is a key element of a successful QI project, so let’s find out how SPC charts can help.

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Cerebral says 3M affected by a patient data breach

Healthcare It News

A patient information disclosure has impacted more than 3 million patients who use online virtual mental health platform Cerebral, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights. WHY IT MATTERS Cerebral is a consumer-facing telehealth platform providing mental and behavioral health services for patients with or without insurance.

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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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Nonprofit hospitals’ tax exemptions paid off big once COVID relief began flowing in

Fierce Healthcare

Nonprofit hospitals’ tax exemptions paid off big once COVID relief began flowing in dmuoio Tue, 03/14/2023 - 15:32

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Google plans to boost Medicaid information during redeterminations

Health Care Dive

Google also shared an a updated version of its medical artificial intelligence that can answer clinical questions at an “expert” level at its annual healthcare event on Tuesday.

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Bot MD powers data collection, enhances doctor experience in Indonesia

Healthcare It News

Singaporean AI health tech startup Bot MD has entered into partnerships with major Indonesian organisations to utilise AI assistant technology in driving patient and clinician experience. WHAT IT'S ABOUT The startup signed a memorandum of understanding with Siloam Hospitals Group to automate and scale patient-reported outcome measures (PROM) across its hospital chain by powering Siloam's WhatsApp with the Bot MD Care AI chatbot.

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North Carolina Blues plan says food-as-medicine program resulted in better outcomes for diabetes patients

Fierce Healthcare

North Carolina Blues plan says food-as-medicine program resulted in better outcomes for diabetes patients fdiamond Fri, 03/17/2023 - 15:06

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Provider directories remain inconsistent, despite No Surprises Act provisions

Health Care Dive

In a new study, researchers analyzed health plan provider directories for over 40% of U.S. physicians, and found inconsistencies for 81% of doctors across five major insurers.

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Should TikTok Doctors Owe Any Duty of Care Toward Their Followers?

Bill Of Health

By Sarah Gabriele Doctors are now using social media platforms to spread medical knowledge and to interact with the communities that they are actively building. This trend poses new ethical questions for physicians who want to create and engage with their communities on social media. A recent survey showed that almost 1 in 5 Americans now turn to TikTok before their doctor for health advice.

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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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NorthShore uses NLP for SDOH

Healthcare It News

Emily Kwan will offer more detail at her HIMSS23 session "Implementing an AI NLP Tool to Address SDOH Needs." It is scheduled for Tuesday, April 18, at 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. CT at the South Building, Level 1, S105 C.

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'Podnosis': Trends that should be on every hospital exec's radar, and the outlook for rural hospitals in 2023

Fierce Healthcare

'Podnosis': Trends that should be on every hospital exec's radar, and the outlook for rural hospitals in 2023 tcarey Tue, 03/14/2023 - 12:38

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The health of a community depends on fair health insurance practices

Health Care Dive

Access to local and convenient care is critical for a community’s health. However, the current approach from payers puts this at risk, argues Antonio Rios, chief of population health at Northeast Georgia Health System.

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Food-as-Medicine Update: How SNAP Members Face Greater Chronic Illness

Health Populi

The pandemic worsened food insecurity for many people in the U.S., putting more people at risk for not only hunger but for chronic diseases that can be managed with access to nutritious, fresh food. In Helping SNAP Consumers During Economic Headwinds from Numerator, we get a current read on food security, the SNAP program, and the challenges of chronic health management that are intimately tied.

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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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Roundup: Digital well-being tools for farmers, hospital staff launched and more briefs

Healthcare It News

Online suicide prevention tool for farmers goes live A new website was launched to provide well-being support and suicide prevention resources to farmers. Developed by researchers from the University of South Australia, the Taking Stock website hosts various resources, including films, interviews and podcasts of farmer experiences, information about setting up a local suicide prevention group, and ways to connect and engage with communities for early approaches to suicide prevention.

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With lower Medicare drug copays slated for April, Biden says US has 'finally won' a battle against pharma's 'exorbitant profits'

Fierce Healthcare

With lower Medicare drug copays slated for April, Biden says US has 'finally won' a battle against pharma's 'exorbitant profits' dmuoio Wed, 03/15/2023 - 16:11

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Medpac recommends physician pay bump, but not enough for provider groups

Health Care Dive

Updating base physician payment rates by 1.45% in 2024 as proposed by the group that advises Congress on Medicare policy is “grossly insufficient,” the Medical Group Management Association said in a statement.

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Financial Panic in the Age of Digital Banking Social Media

The Rand Blog

Bank runs as a source of systemic risk are nothing new. To manage systemic risks in the age of social media, regulators may need to anticipate where the crisis will go and build in automatic brakes to slow them down. There likely won't be time to react at the speed of negotiation between regulators and bankers.

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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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St. Luke's finds success with its Hospital In Your Home program

Healthcare It News

St. Luke's Health System, an 11-hospital network based in Kansas City, Missouri, initiated its Hospital In Your Home care model in July 2022 to reduce costs, improve outcomes and enhance the patient experience. THE PROBLEM Saint Luke’s historically has had positive patient experience scores, but continuously strives to improve. The HIYH care model offers the patient the opportunity to stay in the comfort of their home, receive quality care and remain close to family.

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Thomas Jefferson University to offer master's in health professions education to support rising interest in academia

Fierce Healthcare

Thomas Jefferson University to offer master's in health professions education to support rising interest in academia agliadkovskaya Fri, 03/17/2023 - 15:38

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Majority of states plan to take their time with Medicaid redeterminations

Health Care Dive

Some states are proposing to unwind Medicaid coverage more slowly, while others are moving more quickly to focus on reducing budgetary costs, according to a survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

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Why Amedisys And Its Next CEO Chose Each Other

Home Health Care

Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) Chairman and CEO Paul Kusserow hit it off right away with Richard Ashworth, the man who will be taking over the CEO role from him in April. That was at – at least in part – a reason why Amedisys was able to deliver on what Kusserow called a surprisingly “quick” hiring turnaround. The company began looking for a new CEO in November.

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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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HIMSSCast: Telehealth is improving the care experience for cancer patients

Healthcare It News

Together, telehealth consults and an array of emerging digital health tools are helping streamline access to care and improve the patient experience for oncology and other specialty care. One place where that's proving true is The Clinic at Cleveland Clinic , that health system's joint telemedicine venture with Amell. Frank McGillin, CEO of The Clinic spoke with Healthcare IT News about some of the cost savings, patient experience gains and other care delivery efficiencies occurring ther

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Pennsylvania systems Penn Medicine, Crozer Health cut jobs amid reorganizations

Fierce Healthcare

Pennsylvania systems Penn Medicine, Crozer Health cut jobs amid reorganizations dmuoio Thu, 03/16/2023 - 16:19

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Oscar Health names current physician leader new CMO

Health Care Dive

Sean Martin is stepping up as chief medical officer of the New York-based insurer, after Oscar’s old CMO left to become CMO of L.A. Care Health Plan in December.

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The Long Unwinding Road: States Prepare for the End of the Medicaid Continuous Coverage Requirement

NASHP

In 2022, the number of individuals in the U.S. without health insurance reached a record low of 8 percent. These gains are largely due to the success of federal and state efforts to connect individuals to health coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the Medicaid continuous coverage requirement, which has provided states with an enhanced federal match with a corresponding requirement to keep individuals enrolled for the duration of the federal COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE).

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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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Using RPM to manage customized, specialty care between office visits

Healthcare It News

Yes, telemedicine has finally made it into the mainstream of healthcare delivery. From the comfort, ease and safety of their own homes, patients are seeing doctors of all stripes. But what about what happens with patients between doctor appointments, namely for patients with chronic illnesses? This is where a form of telemedicine – remote patient monitoring – can play a big role.

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SXSW 2023: How retailers like Walgreens and healthcare startups aim to make inroads in underserved markets

Fierce Healthcare

SXSW 2023: How retailers like Walgreens and healthcare startups aim to make inroads in underserved markets hlandi Tue, 03/14/2023 - 15:49

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Pediatric mental health crisis top concern this year for patient safety organization

Health Care Dive

Physical and verbal violence against healthcare staff is the second top safety concern for the year, followed by clinician needs in times of uncertainty around maternal-fetal medicine.

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North Korea Is Forcing U.S. Military Counters

The Rand Blog

If the U.S. military shoots down a North Korean ICBM fired in the direction of the United States and its territories, North Korea will regard it as an act of war. Even in the realm of North Korean rhetoric, this is extreme.

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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.