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Cedars Sinai's real-time ER feedback platform helps improve patient satisfaction

Healthcare It News

The emergency room is a stressful and unplanned way to begin a patient journey, and the Ruth and Harry Roman Emergency Department at Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles is one of the nation's busiest. THE PROBLEM. Staff wanted their patients to feel supported and heard, so instead of relying solely on post-discharge/post-transfer insights, they committed to collecting real-time feedback to better understand patient needs and quickly implement changes to improve the patient experience.

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PBM practices are keeping consumers from generics savings, white paper finds

Health Care Dive

Consumers are overpaying for generic drug prescriptions by as much as 20% due to pharmacy benefit manager practices like copay clawbacks and spread pricing, researchers found.

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14 Ways to Reduce Long Patient Wait Times

Healthcare Success

The pandemic fast-tracked the growing notion of healthcare consumerism , spurring several changes in the healthcare industry. These changes include modernizing business processes and focusing on improvements that positively impact patient wait times and appointment times. . It is well-established that longer patient wait times negatively impact patient satisfaction , specifically regarding patient confidence (in the provider) and perceived quality of care.

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10 Behaviors that generate powerful results

Pro CRNA

By Thomas Davis, DNAP, MAE, CRNA. People are always looking for an edge; a way to position themselves a half step ahead of the crowd. To that end, they throw caution to the wind, use money or power to get their way, and rationalize their extreme behavior because it justifies the results that are achieved. For example, Lori Laughlin made the headlines when she was caught paying thousands of dollars in what is now referred to as the college admission cheating scam.

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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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The virtual ward is on its way: how remote monitoring is changing the face of clinical care

Healthcare It News

Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust (CUH) has implemented a fully integrated patient surveillance infrastructure based on Masimo’s Patient SafetyNet TM supplemental remote monitoring and clinician notification system and Halo ION™, which provides clinicians with a comprehensive, personalised and continuous patient score. Masimo’s Root® device allow them to create a centralised patient monitoring and connectivity hub, while a variety of sensor types monitor patie

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Telehealth visits dropped in March amid sunny COVID-19 outlook, new report finds

Health Care Dive

The data provides a snapshot of early 2022 when COVID-19 infections dropped and patients seemed more willing to return to the doctor's office.

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The Return of 'Don’t Poke the Bear'

The Rand Blog

Some argue that, in order to avoid antagonizing Russia, the West should call for Ukraine to back down and move toward a negotiated peace. But this strategy comes with its own set of consequences.

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Computer glitches and human error still causing insurance headaches for Californians

Healthcare It News

Since California expanded health coverage under the Affordable Care Act, a large number of people have been mistakenly bounced between Covered California, the state’s marketplace for those who buy their own insurance, and Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program for low-income residents. Small income changes can cause people’s eligibility to shift, but when bad information is typed into a computer system shared by the two programs — or accurate information is deleted from i

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Gender pay gap for registered nurses widened during pandemic

Health Care Dive

The findings come as hospitals face major hurdles recruiting and retaining enough staff two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, and as healthcare workers and unions push for higher wages.

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HHS Extends States’ Deadline to Utilize American Rescue Plan’s HCBS Funding

Home Health Care

On Friday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) – through the U.S Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) – announced that states would have an additional year to use funding from the American Rescue Plan to both enhance and expand home- and community-based services (HCBS). The news is major for home-based care providers, as the federal government is committing to further and prolonged support for HCBS in general.

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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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It’s Time for the Federal Government to Get Back to Protecting the Nation Against COVID-19

Bill Of Health

By Jennifer S. Bard. Over the past two years, the Supreme Court has shown unprecedented hostility to efforts by both state and federal government to stop the spread of what every day turns out to be an even more deadly pandemic. These decisions are devastating, and likely signal a continued attack on government authority , but they are not a reason to give up.

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Melbourne-based Northern Health taps The Clinician for patient registration platform

Healthcare It News

Northern Health, a health provider serving Melbourne's northern region, has engaged digital health firm The Clinician to develop its new patient registration and intake platform. The newly built digital platform replaces the provider's old intake technology as part of the state-wide expansion of its Victorian Virtual Emergency Department (VVED).

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Rite Aid forays into care delivery for rural seniors with new Homeward partnership

Health Care Dive

The new Homeward partnership is Rite Aid's first effort to bring clinical services to its stores, following in the tracks of rivals like CVS Health and Walgreens.

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The Patient as Consumer and Payer – A Focus on Financial Stress and Wellbeing

Health Populi

Year 3 into the COVID-19 pandemic, health citizens are dealing with coronavirus variants in convergence with other challenges in daily life: price inflation, civil and social stress, anxiety and depression, global security concerns, and the safety of their families. Add on top of these significant stressors the need to deal with medical bills, which is another source of stress for millions of patients in America.

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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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Beat the Heat for Older Adults

Healthcare Associates

Beat the Heat for Older Adults. Seniors are often at higher risk for heat-related illnesses like sunstroke due to how their bodies regulate temperature less efficiently than younger adults. If you are over the age of 65, follow these six effective ways to “beat the heat for seniors” to stay safe and feel more comfortable in the sweltering Texas summer heat. 1.

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Hospital design should bring hospitals back into the community

Healthcare It News

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Medicare premiums will remain unchanged after Aduhelm price cut spurs review

Health Care Dive

The HHS Secretary had hoped premiums could be cut for seniors sooner rather than later but there are "legal and operational hurdles" to changing premiums midyear, according to a statement released Friday.

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Most Recent CMS, CDC and NHSN Long-Term Care COVID-19 Data

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS has posted the Nursing Home COVID-19 data for the week ending May 22, 2022. Comparing the May 22 nd data to the previous May 15 th data shows these changes: Resident vaccination rate again remained the same as the 4 previous weeks Residents with booster doses increased by 0.2% this past week Staff vaccination rate increased by 0.1% this past week Staff with booster doses increased by 0.5% this past week An additional 9,7

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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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In support of addiction and mental health patients in emergency departments

Healthy Debate

The post In support of addiction and mental health patients in emergency departments appeared first on Healthy Debate.

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How to support senior health while respecting independence

Healthcare It News

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Ascension taps current chief data officer as new CIO

Health Care Dive

Gagan Singh is replacing Gerry Lewis, who during his time as CIO oversaw layoffs and the outsourcing of tech support in Ascension's technologies team.

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National Action Plan to Advance Patient Safety (IHI) 

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. Despite substantial effort over the past 20 years, preventable harm in health care remains a major concern in the United States. Though many evidence-based, effective best practices related to harm reduction have been identified, they are seldom shared nationally and implemented effectively across multiple organizations.

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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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The Growing Risk of Wound Care Negligence for Home Health Providers

Home Health Care

With wound care services becoming more prevalent in the home health care world, the risk of being liable for negligence has become greater for providers. Due to the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) and changing demographics — among other reasons — wound care has gotten more popular among home health care providers of late. And yet, it comes alongside cautionary tales that many providers may not be completely attuned to. .

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CIO Spotlight: Interview with Josh Wilda, University of Michigan Health-West

Healthcare It News

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5 ways to future-proof your telehealth program

Health Care Dive

Leaders have an opportunity to reimagine their telehealth infrastructure with these five best practices.

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SNF 3-Day Rule Billing Fact Sheet Updated

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS has provided a routine update of the SNF 3-Day Rule Billing Fact Sheet for May 2022. No substantive changes were made from the previous version. The Fact Sheet speaks to the existence of the waiver of the QHS (qualifying hospital stay) during the PHE. You’ll find that on page 4: This fact sheet describes the 3-day rule, how it impacts payment, and how hospitals, including CAHs, should correctly communicate the number of i

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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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Health Systems Continue to Extract Value Out of Home-Based Care Partnerships

Home Health Care

Joint ventures and collaborations between home-based care providers, tech companies and health systems continue to have operational upside. Some of the biggest names in home-based care have already proven that to be the case with their joint venture strategies over the past several months and years. Moving forward, however, it could be even more so the case, experts said at the Health Care Council of Chicago conference this week.

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There is no debate – Patient Medical Homes are the way to go

Healthy Debate

The post There is no debate – Patient Medical Homes are the way to go appeared first on Healthy Debate.

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Cleveland Clinic, scrambling to staff hospitals, posts Q1 loss

Health Care Dive

The academic medical giant is paying higher employee wages and hiring more agency nurses and other temporary personnel to cope with a nationwide shortage of healthcare workers.

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New/Modifications to the Place of Service (POS) Codes for Telehealth 

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS posted a replacement Transmittal 11437 – Change Request 12427 on Friday, May 27, 2022. A corresponding 2-page MM12427 – New/Modifications to the Place of Service (POS) Codes for Telehealth was posted as well. This MLN Matters Article is for physicians, providers, and suppliers billing Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) for telehealth services they provide to Medicare patients.

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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.