Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Experts push to remove barriers for physician-owned hospitals fdiamond Tue, 02/28/2023 - 14:42

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Pro CRNA

MARCH 1, 2023

By Thomas Davis, DNAP, MAE, CRNA Trust is a glue that holds relationships together whether they be family, social, or work related. Brittany has been a chief CRNA for almost a year and is struggling in the position. As a colleague, she was a rising star on the team and when the Chief CRNA retired, she was quickly moved into the position. Brittany is a person who likes to be liked and needs to be needed, therefore she avoids conflict by saying yes to every request that is made.

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CDC

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

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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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Anne Kim, Co-Founder and CEO of Secure AI Labs (SAIL) Clinical research is only as good and thorough as the data that’s available — and we need to do a better job of making that data accessible for researchers. Unfortunately, the majority of clinical data is based on the same clinical sites and makes conclusions off a limited range of data points. Clinical trials often exclude minorities, rare disease subtypes and other underrepresented populations.

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Health Care Dive

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

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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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

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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Healthcare Success

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

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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Health Care Dive

MARCH 1, 2023

The ecommerce giant's $3.9 billion buy of primary care company One Medical closed last week without a challenge from the FTC, even as consumer protection groups and regulators aired worries about the tie-up.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 2, 2023

To explore the efficacy of primary care telehealth, a recent Epic Research study examined the frequency of in-person physician visits that followed 18,636,522 primary care telemedicine appointments. WHY IT MATTERS The dual team study published by Epic found that 60% of the time, the virtual primary care telehealth appointments held between March 1, 2020, and October 15, 2022, did not result in subsequent doctors visits.

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

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

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CiscoHealth

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Digital Mining for increased production, safety, and sustainability In this new era of digitized mining, the industry has repeatedly relied on Cisco to help increase production, improve safety, and… Read more on Cisco Blogs

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Health Care Dive

MARCH 3, 2023

Steve Winterfeld, Akamai's advisory chief information and security officer, outlines the threat of cyberattacks to healthcare organizations and what the industry can do to prevent them.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 2, 2023

Sun Pharma probes cyber breach Indian pharma giant Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has reported an "information security incident," according to PTI. The news report noted that the company has already reported the incident to the authorities and has since isolated its affected IT assets. Presently, the company is investigating the matter while taking appropriate containment and remediation actions in a "controlled" manner to address the apparent cyber attack.

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Hospitals' margins ticked downward in January but are still better off than much of 2022 dmuoio Tue, 02/28/2023 - 15:07

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CiscoHealth

MARCH 3, 2023

Part 1 of the 4-part Wi-Fi 6E Series This is part 1 of a 4-part series entitled “Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue”.

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Health Care Dive

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Regulators are continuing to work on new guidance in light of a court decision that ruled against the government and threw a wrench in the third-party process to resolve payment disputes between payers and providers.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 2, 2023

The Australian Digital Health Agency has come up with its first mobile consumer application for accessing health information on My Health Record. WHAT IT DOES Available on both iOS and Android devices, the my health app has a user-friendly interface where users can quickly view medicine information history, vaccination history and upcoming immunisations, hospital discharge summaries, pathology results, and other records.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 3, 2023

Physicians are twice as likely as the general population to attempt suicide, Medscape survey finds aburky Fri, 03/03/2023 - 14:54

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The Rand Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Whatever may happen in Ukraine or in Russia, things will never be the same. A Russian failure in Ukraine could lead to escalation and a world-changing wider war, or it could lead to dramatic changes within Russia. Either outcome would make for a very different world.

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Health Care Dive

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The health system said contract labor increased 37% compared to the prior year as admissions declined year over year, due to capacity constraints and longer patient stays.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

UPMC Central Pennsylvania, a hospital that in 2021 achieved Stage 7, the top of the HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model, has been a leader in telemedicine, with more than two dozen robust virtual care programs. THE OPPORTUNITY The COVID-19 pandemic created an immediate opportunity for UPMC Central to rethink healthcare beyond the walls of the office setting.

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

UPMC, DOJ settle whistleblower suit alleging 'world-renowned' surgeon performed, billed simultaneous surgeries dmuoio Mon, 02/27/2023 - 14:14

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Gentiva – the company comprised of the hospice and personal home care assets of what was formerly Kindred at Home – has reportedly agreed to acquire ProMedica’s Heartland home care and hospice assets for $710 million. Led by the former CEO of Kindred, David Causby, Gentiva is backed by both Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) and the private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R).

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Health Care Dive

MARCH 2, 2023

Audio-only and asynchronous telemedicine, which include live phone calls, emails and text messages, were more popular than video chats, the survey found.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Today, many hospitals rely on Wi-Fi and public cellular for connectivity even though the limits of current Wi-Fi solutions are being reached. The mandates of improving quality of care and lowering costs mean that hospital IT directors should consider deploying new, private 5G networks. Healthcare facilities can create their own private cellular networks to help achieve HIPAA compliance, provide high availability for healthcare’s critical applications and create control and prioritization f

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 3, 2023

Black adults more likely to seek mental health treatment at EDs, pre-pandemic data show dmuoio Fri, 03/03/2023 - 11:36

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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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Home Health Care

MARCH 2, 2023

Over the next year, Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) expects to grow its Best Buy Health sales faster than its base business as it leans more heavily into its at-home care platform. “The role of technology within health care is becoming more important than ever and our strategy is to enable care at home for everyone,” Best Buy CEO Corie Barry said Thursday during the company’s earnings call.

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Health Care Dive

MARCH 1, 2023

Along with regulatory oversight and concerns about physician attrition due to the transaction, the merger could disrupt Oak Street by hurting relationships with its business partners — including Humana, according to a financial filing.

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The Rand Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

RAND President and CEO Jason Matheny appeared on February 28, 2023, before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. His remarks covered advances in synthetic biology and artificial intelligence and their potential impact on national security.

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Digital health startup aims to gamify medication adherence to tackle heart disease aburky Tue, 02/28/2023 - 12:44

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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.