Healthcare Leadership

OCTOBER 24, 2022

There is absolutely no doubt that we are tired of COVID-19. After three long years of lockdowns, political wrangling, physical distancing, and nightly virus statistics, all of us would like nothing more than to put the pandemic in the rear-view mirror. But COVID-related hospitalizations are climbing and deaths have started to inch up as well. How can healthcare organizations, public health authorities, governments, and concerned citizens cut through the wall of COVID fatigue?

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Medical GPS

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Fostering Five-Star Customer Service – Attitude Makes the Difference. Whether you’re maintaining open/positive body language, addressing the patient by name, or taking an interest in the details of the patients’ personal life, all of that adds up to treating the patient with courtesy and respect. Letting the patient know that you respect and value them makes all the difference.

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Health Care Dive

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Many are struggling to afford their private health insurance and are unprepared for a medical emergency, a poll conducted for telehealth provider Babylon showed.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The initial phase of a new research program at Mayo Clinic is seeing the Minnesota health system working with Memora Health to explore new ways to extend care to postpartum patients at home. WHY IT MATTERS. Memora Health, which specializes in virtual care delivery and complex care management, is researching how maternal care teams at Mayo can extend engagement for postpartum patients between visits and enable more connected care experience, the company says.

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Bill Of Health

OCTOBER 25, 2022

By Teneille Brown. We opened up. On the backs of our workers. The country’s gravel, its highways. Paved with dead bodies. That kept the cars and trucks moving. products. Don’t cry for the risks we were asked to take. swaddled in lies. they hushed us like babies. ignoring people of science. when the bough was breaking—broke. Instead, cry, the beloved companies, the nervous CEOs who demanded immunity. not just protection to make reasonable mistakes. in the face of uncertainty, but a Monopoly pass

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The Rand Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Until privacy protection laws are cemented into place, consumer privacy won't be assured unless consumers can effectively take the steps they need to take to protect their data. Tech companies might view this as a burden, but there will likely be profits for those companies that instead see it as an opportunity.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 25, 2022

HIMSS is calling on healthcare stakeholders to get involved in two initiatives to help expand access to quality care for underserved and at-risk populations. As part of its Global Health Equity Week, HIMSS (parent organization of Healthcare IT News), is promoting two policy campaigns, at the federal and state level, respectively. The first is focused on protecting access to care via the telehealth flexibilities that have enabled broad expansion and uptake of virtual care since the start of the C

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 24, 2022

A next frontier for home health providers looking to expand their business mix: behavioral health care. Earlier this month, Bayada Home Health Care opened up the Bayada Pennsauken Center for Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Services. The Pennsauken, New Jersey-based center will offer home-based as well as center-based behavioral support and treatment for individuals with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other intellectual disabilities.

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The Rand Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2022

There is clear and consistent evidence that minoritized patients are at high risk for safety issues. But the way the U.S. health care system tracks patient safety too often makes their experiences invisible. Better reporting would allow hospitals and other providers to identify disparities in care, and to address them.

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Health Care Dive

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Internal medicine, family practice, clinical psychology, chiropractic and psychology were among the specialties facing the highest turnover in 2021, according to a report from Definitive Healthcare.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The Australian government is investing A$312.6 million (around $200 million) over four years to improve the ICT systems in the aged care sector. It is part of the A$3.9 billion ($2.5 billion) 2022-2023 October budget for implementing aged care reforms to "improve safety, dignity, quality and humanity." WHY IT MATTERS. According to Health Minister Mark Butler, the ICT modernisation budget will help reduce the administrative burden for over 2,000 providers and sustain the existing operat

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Home-based care providers have a lot on their minds these days. Home health providers, in particular, are laser-focused on the incoming final payment rule, which will decide whether or not they will face devastating cuts to reimbursement in years to come. Between that, labor shortages, inflation, pandemic-related struggles and any opportunities they’ve been trying to capitalize on, it’s easy to let a few things through the cracks.

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The Rand Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The United States should consider keeping open lines of communication with Russia. While it may not lead to peace in Ukraine any time soon, it could help mitigate the risks of dramatic escalation and indefinite war.

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Health Care Dive

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The cybersecurity incident comes three years after the health system’s megamerger, which potentially made it vulnerable to an attack, security experts say.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 27, 2022

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Briggs Healthcare

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS has posted the nursing home data for the week ending October 16, 2022. Comparing the October 16 th data to the October 9 th data shows these changes: Resident primary vaccination completion rate remained the same as the previous week. Residents up to date with vaccines remained the same as the previous week.

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The Rand Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The overturning of Roe v. Wade will disproportionately affect vulnerable populations like service women and pregnant women with substance use disorders. And abortion misinformation will likely increase. RAND researchers discuss these issues and potential policy responses.

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Health Care Dive

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The payer has been steadily ratcheting up its presence on the Affordable Care Act exchanges after dramatically reducing its footprint in 2017.

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Speaker: Paul Weald, Contact Center Innovator

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 25, 2022

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 27, 2022

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership. Home health providers have delved into different service lines during COVID-19. Among those are high-acuity care, such as hospital-at-home and SNF-at-home programs, palliative care and respite care. But one set of services, in particular, is beginning to make more sense for home health providers to offer: behavioral health. .

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CDC

OCTOBER 25, 2022

This blog is a part of a series that 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 Nile’s Project founders Carole and Ty Moss, to learn more about the importance of preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).

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Health Care Dive

OCTOBER 25, 2022

“We’re not just competing among healthcare organizations anymore,” Geisinger Chief Nursing Officer Janet Tomcavage said. “Now we’re really competing with the broader labor market.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 27, 2022

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 26, 2022

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership. The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it has stretched out the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI Advanced) Model for an additional two years. While the program isn’t home health focused, it’s an opportunity for providers to collaborate with acute care hospitals, physician group practices and other Medicare-certified entities.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 27, 2022

What You Should Know: – Sutter Health extends its partnership to global digital health company Ada – creators of the world’s most popular symptom assessment app to integrate digital triage into the mental health service, Scout by Sutter Health ™ to help deliver AI-powered mental health support to young people. – As many as half of all mental disorders begin by age 14.

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Health Care Dive

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The healthcare facilities will lead regional responses against pathogens such as COVID-19, Ebola and monkeypox.

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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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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 24, 2022

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 24, 2022

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership. It’s easy to understand why many home health agencies today are focused on fighting and advocating against a significant cut to reimbursement rates. Regardless of those efforts, the possibility exists that a final rule — which may come any day now — will still include some type of cut that will be financially and operationally difficult for many agencies. .

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 27, 2022

What You Should Know: – Precision Medicine company Tempus announced the launch of Tempus+ , a program connecting medical centers across the U.S. like Stanford Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, and UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, to advance cancer research and provide access to Tempus’ library of more than five million de-identified research records. – Tempus’ data library and data analytics platform, Lens , can now be used by researc

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Health Care Dive

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Cigna’s Express Scripts will manage more than $35 billion in annual prescription drug spend for Centene, which will soon be its No. 1 client.

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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.