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Kaiser Permanente union in California nearing strike

Health Care Dive

The union contends the health system is planning "hefty cuts" to nurse wages and benefits despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and high levels of burnout among staff.

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ONC: More patients are downloading their medical records and using portals

Healthcare It News

A brief out this month from the U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT found an increase in patient portal access and online medical record download rates over the past few years. In 2020, the agency said , about six in 10 individuals throughout the country were offered access to their patient portal, and nearly 40 percent accessed their record at least once.

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RIP Medical Debt surpasses $5B in total forgiven bills, notches its largest corporate contribution to date

Fierce Healthcare

RIP Medical Debt surpasses $5B in total forgiven bills, notches its largest corporate contribution to date. dmuoio. Tue, 09/21/2021 - 13:30.

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Equipping the Next Generation of Health Justice Leaders

Bill Of Health

By Yael Cannon. Health justice begins with exploring and understanding health disparities and the role of law in facilitating the social, political, and economic determinants at their roots. It requires naming structural racism — and the many forms of subordination that flow from it — as a public health crisis and recognizing that health justice is racial justice.

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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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How artificial intelligence is making health care more human

Health Care Dive

Health-care institutions have been anticipating the impact that artificial intelligence (AI) will have on the performance and efficiency of their operations and their workforces—and the quality of patient care.

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What will the next year look like for telehealth? 'Well above pre-pandemic levels'

Healthcare It News

With the rise of the coronavirus Delta variant, two out of five American adults would use telehealth to get medical care, according to a recent Jarrard poll. It's very clear to one and all that the pandemic has truly brought telemedicine into the mainstream. Use of virtual care spiked big-time last year, and remains in wide use today. And Americans, as the Jarrard poll shows, are still ready to go when it comes to telehealth.

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China and Pakistan See Eye to Eye on the Taliban—Almost

The Rand Blog

Beijing and Islamabad share a long history of cooperation and have much in common on Afghanistan. Both are poised to benefit strategically from the Taliban's success. But the Taliban's resurrection almost certainly will add some stress to an otherwise positive and productive bilateral partnership.

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Over 2,000 workers at Catholic Health Mercy Hospital in New York plan strike

Health Care Dive

Staff at the Buffalo facility are ready to strike in less than two weeks if they're unable to nab a new contract with the measures they say are necessary to attract and retain staff.

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Why patient-centred digital systems are revolutionising healthcare

Healthcare It News

Traditionally, healthcare data has centred around clinicians and institutions who largely controlled patient interaction. Lately, however, there has been a shift to consumer-centred systems. This is enabling patients to interact with health professionals and get involved in their own care, leading to greater engagement, improved outcomes and increased satisfaction.

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CMS official says Medicaid must cover Aduhelm as industry awaits national coverage decision

Fierce Healthcare

CMS official says Medicaid must cover Aduhelm as industry awaits national coverage decision. pminemyer. Thu, 09/23/2021 - 10:54.

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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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Telehealth is Health: It’s Telehealth Awareness Week

Health Populi

In April 2020, telemedicine morphed into mainstream medical care as hospitals and physicians risk-managed exposure to infection by meeting with patients, virtually, when possible. By March 2020, telehealth channels were replacing visits to doctors and emergency departments as shown in the first chart from the CDC’s report on the early pandemic period.

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HCA to acquire 5 Utah hospitals from Steward Health Care

Health Care Dive

The move comes less than a week after the state's largest provider, Intermountain Healthcare, announced a merger with SCL Health to expand its footprint to Colorado, Montana and Kansas.

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California Consumer Privacy Act can cause headaches for healthcare orgs

Healthcare It News

The California Consumer Privacy Act, passed in 2018, aims to give consumers more control over their online personal information. A new study published in this month's issue of Health Policy and Technology found, however, that healthcare organizations may face obstacles when it comes to complying with the law. "It’s critical for organizations to proactively comply with CCPA regulations, rather than face expensive legal battles," said Raj Sharman, professor of management scienc

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Aetna hit with class-action lawsuit alleging discriminatory policies for mental health treatment

Fierce Healthcare

Aetna hit with class-action lawsuit alleging discriminatory policies for mental health treatment. hlandi. Thu, 09/23/2021 - 17:16.

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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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As U.S. Shifts Arctic Strategy to Counter Russia, Allies Offer Valuable Info

The Rand Blog

U.S. strategy is shifting toward a renewed focus on the Arctic region, reflecting increasing Russian military activity there. The extreme Arctic environment requires specialized equipment and procedures. U.S. forces could benefit from the knowledge and capabilities of partners and allies with extensive Arctic experience.

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Payers double down on population health programs amid COVID-19

Health Care Dive

Keys to successful interventions include good data, local connections and realistic ROI expectations, payer executives said Tuesday at AHIP's annual conference on Medicare, Medicaid and dual eligibles.

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Providence forms philanthropy initiative to tackle health equity, IT innovation

Healthcare It News

Providence health system this week announced the launch of its new Providence National Foundation, which aims to drive philanthropy for technology-driven innovation and clinical research toward whole person care, health equity and more. WHY IT MATTERS. Providence National Foundation will work with local organizations across the seven states covered by the health system: Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington.

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How many employees have hospitals lost to vaccine mandates? Here are the numbers so far

Fierce Healthcare

How many employees have hospitals lost to vaccine mandates? Here are the numbers so far. dmuoio. Thu, 09/23/2021 - 15:38.

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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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CMS Posts Latest COVID-19 Data for Week Ending September 12, 2021

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS has posted nursing home COVID-19 data for week ending September 12, 2021. This latest data set shows these changes from the September 5 th data set: Resident vaccination remains unchanged from the previous week Staff vaccination increased 0.7% from the previous week Resident confirmed cases increased 5,257 from the previous week Staff confirmed cases increased 6,968 from the previous week An additional 435 resident deaths

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Sutter kicks off nationwide CEO search as Sarah Krevans announces retirement

Health Care Dive

Whoever replaces Krevans will inherit a difficult financial situation, shaky relations with worker groups and a brand marred by several recent legal disputes with the federal government.

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Queensland's Gold Coast Health deploys Rauland's Concierge platform to reduce contact in COVID-19 wards

Healthcare It News

Queensland's Gold Coast Health has set up a bedside terminal solution by health IT provider Rauland Australia to reduce physical interactions in its COVID-19 ward. WHAT IT DOES. Rauland's Concierge platform combines Siemens HiMed bedside terminals and Rauland’s software and services. It supports patient engagement with features including telehealth, on-demand patient education, patient information, electronic meal ordering, patient communications and entertainment.

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UnitedHealthcare to make Apple Fitness+ available in fully insured employer plans

Fierce Healthcare

UnitedHealthcare to make Apple Fitness+ available in fully insured employer plans. pminemyer. Thu, 09/23/2021 - 14:57.

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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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How Telehealth is Helping Underserved Populations in Healthcare

Health Recovery

The healthcare ecosystem is experiencing many obstacles today. The COVID-19 pandemic, the nursing shortage, and the added challenge of health inequity pose large barriers to healthcare delivery.

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AHA-backed study predicts hospitals could lose $54B in profit this year

Health Care Dive

Despite the dire prediction, most major U.S. systems reported major year-over-year profit jumps in the second quarter, illustrating that the industry continues to be highly lucrative.

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Clover Health, MedArrive Team Up for In-Home Vaccination Effort

Home Health Care

As of Friday, nearly 55% of the U.S. population was fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. Despite a strong start, that figure now puts the nation behind several other countries as far as vaccination rates. A big part of the issue with the modestly increasing vaccination rates in the U.S. is widespread skepticism, often fueled by misinformation campaigns.

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Many top health systems still behind on digital patient access, report finds

Fierce Healthcare

Many top health systems still behind on digital patient access, report finds. agliadkovskaya. Tue, 09/21/2021 - 17:12.

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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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2021 State Legislative Action to Lower Pharmaceutical Costs

NASHP

2021 State Legislative Action to Lower Pharmaceutical Costs Updated September 22, 2021. Find the status of state legislation to address prescription drug costs below. Use the category button to search by type of legislation and roll over a state to view its pending drug legislation. View state action in 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , and 2015-2016. Email information about new bills or legislative action to Sarah Lanford.

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Mergers cut mortality rates at rural hospitals, study finds

Health Care Dive

Researchers concluded that the lower rate continued for years after the merger was completed, and that such deals could play a significant role in improving the quality of rural healthcare services.

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What Instability at the Top Means for Japan's Alliance with the United States

The Rand Blog

Having shorter-serving prime ministers tends to minimize Japan's ability to operate as a strategic player. The longer the tenure, the greater the confidence in exercising a broader set of foreign policy tools. If Suga's resignation is the start of revolving-door prime ministers, the implications for Japan's security and foreign policies, and the U.S.

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Feds charge 138 medical professionals with $1.4B in healthcare fraud, including telehealth schemes

Fierce Healthcare

Feds charge 138 medical professionals with $1.4B in healthcare fraud, including telehealth schemes. hlandi. Mon, 09/20/2021 - 12:25.

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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.