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Third of nurses plan to quit their jobs by end of 2022, survey shows

Health Care Dive

Nurses cited burnout and high-stress work environments as the No. 1 reason for leaving their jobs, followed by pay and benefits, according to a survey from staffing firm Incredible Health.

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What do patients really want from a great healthcare experience?

Healthcare It News

Patients have significantly more power than they used to in their relationships with healthcare providers and payers. Massive digital technology growth combined with service experiences they’re having in other industries mean it’s important to establish a clear understanding of people’s expectations if you want to deliver healthcare—public or private—successfully.

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Study Shows SNF-at-Home Care Feasible, Less Costly

Home Health Care

For seniors, receiving skilled care at home – instead of at a skilled nursing facility (SNF) – could have considerable benefits, including better patient experience and lower costs. That’s according to a study by researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital. The study was conducted between August and September of 2019 and used a pilot trial where 10 patients were randomly assigned to rehabilitation-at-home (RAH) care.

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States Focus on Behavioral Health as They Consider the Future of Telehealth

NASHP

In November 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a series of new policies aimed at enabling access to behavioral health services via telehealth. The announcement comes as utilization of behavioral health services via telehealth has been on the rise , which is attributable to a couple of factors: New flexibilities to use telehealth for both providers and patients to support access to health care throughout the COVID-19 pandemic; and.

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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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'On high alert': Hospitals wary of cyber threats from Russia-Ukraine conflict

Health Care Dive

Cybersecurity has always been chronically underfunded in hospitals, even before COVID-19 swallowed up more resources. Now, this major international threat is creating a "perfect storm," one cybersecurity expert said.

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The stigma of mental health has to go away, says Michael Phelps

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‘Chipping away at barriers’: Nurse practitioners filling primary-care gap

Healthy Debate

The post ‘Chipping away at barriers’: Nurse practitioners filling primary-care gap appeared first on Healthy Debate.

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Pandemic hastens shift away from hospital inpatient care, Moody's reports

Health Care Dive

The transition to more treatment in the home and in lower-cost outpatient settings will persist, aided by reimbursement changes and advances in medical technology, the ratings agency said.

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How open source innovation can mitigate digital health inequities

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After Raising $30M, Home-Focused Nice Healthcare Wants to Quadruple Census

Home Health Care

Nice Healthcare’s model is not a traditional one, but it does rely heavily on at-home care. It also just landed $30 million in Series A funding. The home-based primary care company sells itself directly to businesses. Those businesses pay a fixed fee on behalf of their employees, and then those employees can access Nice Healthcare’s services however much they please.

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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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Wrong–Site Surgery: Does That Really Happen?

Patient Safety

It’s going to be a busy day in the operating room (OR). The orthopedic group has a full caseload, neurosurgery is performing four spinal cases. The new general surgeon has two gall bladder cases and anesthesia is doing a half-dozen pain management injections in the block room. The first case of the day has been delayed, as an auto accident on the freeway has the surgeon stuck in traffic.

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Grassley pushes for PBM probe

Health Care Dive

The senator wants FTC commissioners to come up with a more targeted focus for the study and suggested narrowing a review to the impact on consumers and their out-of-pocket costs.

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Payer-provider partnerships essential to creating stable hospital-at-home programs

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Google’s Responsive Search Ad Changes: What You Need to Know

Health Care Success

Google Ads are about to change more than they have in years—are you ready? The days of creating a set of stand-alone ads, setting your daily advertising budget, and periodically checking your analytics are long gone. Even as I write this, the very idea seems archaic, and I suppose it is when you consider how far technology has come in just the last few years. .

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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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Sore Throat from Allergies: Causes, Prevention, and Remedies

Healthcare Associates

Can Allergies Cause a Sore Throat? A sore throat is a common complaint of people with allergies. Research shows that about 20% of people with allergies report a sore throat as a primary symptom. The primary culprit of an allergy-related sore throat is postnasal drip. This occurs when congestion in your nose runs down the back of your throat. When you have allergies, being exposed to an allergen such as animals (dander) or pollen can lead to sinus congestion.

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What's holding up hospital at home?

Health Care Dive

Widespread adoption of acute-level care at home models has been hampered by physician reluctance and patchwork reimbursement, though a CMS waiver caused hospital participation to snowball during the pandemic.

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Tech's role in the patient-to-consumer evolution

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How States Are Getting Ready to Unwind Medicaid’s Continuous Coverage Requirement

NASHP

Across agencies, state health policy officials are in the midst of tremendous planning efforts to prepare for the end of the Medicaid continuous coverage requirement and the resumption of normal eligibility determination processes in Medicaid. While the timing of when this will occur is uncertain because the requirement is tied to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), as the pandemic moves towards a more endemic phase states recognize that it is likely that the federal PHE declaration coul

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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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Top 9 Most In-Demand Medical Billing/Revenue Cycle Positions

HIT Consultant

A new AKASA survey highlights the vacant roles healthcare CFOs and financial leaders most need talent for to sustain daily operations within medical billing and the revenue cycle. The back office of healthcare is essential to keeping the doors of hospitals open by making sure the bills are paid. Yet, these teams are facing labor shortages like never before.

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Site that lets consumers compare hospital prices goes live

Health Care Dive

Turquoise Health's online search platform lists prices for medical procedures and services and offers a scorecard rating the transparency efforts of nearly 6,000 hospitals.

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'If you don't ask, you don't know': Why gathering patient data is key to holistic care

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Achieving Economic Security for Disabled People During COVID-19 and Beyond

Bill Of Health

By Robyn Powell. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the pervasive inequities experienced by historically marginalized communities, including people with disabilities. Activists, legal professionals, scholars, and policymakers must critically examine the limitations of our current disability laws and policies, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), to elucidate why disabled people continue to endure these inequities, including those related to economic insecurity.

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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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Adobe Experience Cloud for Healthcare Launches

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Adobe announced the general availability of Adobe Experience Cloud for Healthcare , a solution that empowers healthcare enterprises to deliver seamless customer journeys with personalized and secure digital experiences. – Adobe Experience Cloud for Healthcare enables healthcare and life science companies to activate robust health and behavioral insights that shape everything from member acquisition, retention and connected health.

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How can hospitals improve staff retention? Tech and training, experts say

Health Care Dive

It's possible to rekindle the passion of doctors and nurses in providing care, even as many eye an exit, experts said at the HIMSS conference.

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As crisis mode ends, hospitals renew focus on the patient experience

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Putting Together a Good Faith Estimate

Icanotes

Healthcare rules and regulations are constantly changing. In late 2021, Congress passed the No Surprises Act. One of the Act's goals is to eliminate unexpected health care bills and minimize payment disputes between patients and providers. When the No Surprises Act took effect in 2022, it also introduced the concept of the Good Faith Estimate. Providers need to give patients who are self-pay or uninsured an estimate of the cost of their treatment before the treatment begins.

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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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Glooko Acquires DIABNEXT to Expand Diabetes Offerings in France

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Glooko , a leading provider of remote patient monitoring and data management solutions for diabetes and related chronic conditions, today announced the acquisition of DIABNEXT , a Paris-based company whose digital health platform helps people with diabetes better manage their conditions and connects to their healthcare providers, so they can improve health outcomes. – DIABNEXT’s mobile app complements Glooko’s product portfolio and tracks diabetes data so that physici

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Irked by no payment bump, physician lobby pushes Congress for fix

Health Care Dive

"At a minimum, Congress must establish a stable, annual Medicare physician payment update that keeps pace with inflation and practice costs," AMA wrote in its letter.

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‘We Are the Table’: The Future of Risk-Taking for Home Care Providers

Home Health Care

The home-based care provider Care Advantage is at somewhat of an inflection point. Last year, the private investment firm Searchlight Capital landed a majority stake in the company. With a greater access to capital, the company is determined to gain an even stronger footprint in the Mid-Atlantic U.S., and its recent acquisitions reflect that. Overall, Care Advantage provides a mix of personal care support and skilled services through its over 40 locations in Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C.,

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Seven Steps for Building a Community-Based Palliative Care Benefit Within Medicaid

NASHP

Strengthening Care for People with Serious Illness Seven Steps for Building a Community-Based Palliative Care Benefit Within Medicaid. March 14, 2022. People with complex or life-threatening conditions often need extra support to manage symptoms and make critical decisions about their care and quality of life. To build a continuum of care for people with serious illness, state health policymakers can support palliative care within Medicaid programs.

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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.