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Revolutionizing healthcare: 4 ways tablets are transforming patient care

Health Care Dive

From virtual patient observation to video remote interpreting, discover the game-changing ways tablets are transforming patient care in the healthcare industry's digital revolution.

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Industry Voices—Let's be transparent about hospital price transparency

Fierce Healthcare

Industry Voices—Let's be transparent about hospital price transparency pminemyer Thu, 03/09/2023 - 11:28

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Is the Healthcare Industry Meeting the Rising Expectations of Consumers?

Health Advances

Shomik Datta (L) and Ashley Peake (R) at the Wharton Health Care Business Conference. By Greg Chittim with Contributions from Ashley Peake and Shomik Datta Last month, Health Advances sponsored and attended the 29 th annual Wharton Health Care Business Conference , this year focused on “The Empowered Health Care Consumer.” Bringing together students, academics, healthcare providers, and industry representatives from leading medical device, digital health, and biopharmaceutical companies, the c

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New Artificial Intelligence-Based App Detects Mpox Rashes

Health IT Analytics

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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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Better crisis communications: 5 steps for better patient, staff engagement

Health Care Dive

Whether trying to convey routine information or respond to once-in-a-blue-moon crises, hospital leaders can turn critical communications into trust and engagement builders.

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Biden administration urged to take more aggressive steps to relieve medical debt

Fierce Healthcare

Biden administration urged to take more aggressive steps to relieve medical debt dmuoio Tue, 03/07/2023 - 10:09

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Guide to PPC Landing Page Optimization

Healthcare Success

Your paid search landing page is a stand-alone web page typically separate from your website. It’s the first page visitors see after clicking your paid search ad, making it solely responsible for high-quality lead conversions and performance. Getting it right is essential. The effectiveness of its design, message, page load speed, lead capture form, and several other factors are critical to its success.

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Texas women, denied medically necessary abortions, sue state to clarify exceptions to ban

Health Care Dive

The lawsuit highlights how abortion bans create a chilling effect for obstetric care, as physicians — worried about legal repercussions — can refuse or delay care to those with complications.

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How providers like UAB, Parkland Hospital are supporting at-risk mothers using a device already in their pockets

Fierce Healthcare

How providers like UAB, Parkland Hospital are supporting at-risk mothers using a device already in their pockets aburky Mon, 03/06/2023 - 12:22

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Roundup: New online mental health, addiction support portal goes live in NZ and more briefs

Healthcare It News

NZ eases access to mental health, addiction support New Zealand's Ministry of Health has officially launched an online portal for accessing the services provided by the Access and Choice programme. The said website puts all Access and Choice primary mental health and addiction services in one place, according to Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall.

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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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Biden Administration Calls For $150 Billion For Home- And Community-Based Services

Home Health Care

The Biden Administration, as part of its 2024 proposed budget , plans to allocate $150 billion for home- and community-based services over the next 10 years. That, and a plan to keep Medicare from becoming insolvent in the near-term future, were the most relevant home-based care takeaways. Allocating resources to HCBS is a way for the federal government to support older Americans and those with disabilities who wish to receive personal care services in the comfort of their homes, the administrat

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House committee latest to launch investigation into PBMs

Health Care Dive

It’s the most recent action targeting PBMs for allegedly using their market power to raise drug prices, and comes as the Federal Trade Commission also launched a similar investigation.

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Providers join insurers in calls for changes to controversial Medicare Advantage pay rule

Fierce Healthcare

Providers join insurers in calls for changes to controversial Medicare Advantage pay rule rking Tue, 03/07/2023 - 14:23

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A virtual speech therapy trailblazer offers a deep dive into this telehealth treatment

Healthcare It News

Approximately 46 million Americans – roughly 14% of the population – experience some form of communication disorder, according to "School Programs in Speech-Language Pathology." Speech language pathologists (SLPs) help address many types of speech and communication difficulties for people of all ages, as explained by Avivit Ben-Aharon, founder and clinical director at Great Speech: Speech sounds – How we say sounds and put sounds together into words.

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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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Consequences of the War in Ukraine: The End and Beyond

The Rand Blog

We don't know yet know how the war in Ukraine may end. Despite heavy casualties, neither side is visibly falling apart or appears ready to back down. While no scenario can be excluded, the unequal strategic situation pushes future war scenarios toward variations of a stalemate.

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California cancels $54M Walgreens contract over company’s decision to not sell abortion pills

Health Care Dive

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is making good on his threat to no longer do business with Walgreens over abortion pill access, illustrating how the drugstore industry is struggling to navigate shifting state abortion laws.

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Hospital-at-home steps out of the COVID-era through new Atrium Health, Best Buy partnership

Fierce Healthcare

Hospital-at-home steps out of the COVID-era through new Atrium Health, Best Buy partnership aburky Mon, 03/06/2023 - 17:17

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Zocdoc partners with Zaya Care on virtual maternity care access

Healthcare It News

Zaya Care, a network of pregnancy and postpartum care that takes insurance, will leverage Zocdoc to broaden access to maternity services. WHY IT MATTERS New parents can now find and book video as well as in-person appointments online with participating Zaya Care maternity providers, including pregnancy acupuncturists, maternal mental health therapists, dietitians, pelvic floor therapists and lactation consultants using Zocdoc.com or the free Zocdoc app.

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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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Putin Could Escalate with Nuclear Testing

The Rand Blog

Russian President Vladimir Putin has put the world on notice that Russia might resume nuclear explosive testing. He may see this as bolstering his scare tactics over Ukraine by signaling a possible willingness to use nuclear weapons. While testing could also help Russia improve its nuclear arms, politics rather than technology are likely to drive any decision to test.

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Atrium, Best Buy partner to co-develop hospital-at-home programming

Health Care Dive

The multi-year partnership combines Atrium’s hospital-at-home program and existing telemedicine infrastructure with Best Buy’s at-home care business, along with the retailer’s home installation and supply chain capabilities.

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Patients are likely to avoid preventive care should ACA coverage ruling stand, survey finds

Fierce Healthcare

Patients are likely to avoid preventive care should ACA coverage ruling stand, survey finds pminemyer Wed, 03/08/2023 - 14:10

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Caring for homeless patients with digital health tech

Healthcare It News

Dr. Robert Murry will offer more detail during his HIMSS23 session "Reinventing Street Medicine (and Expanding Reach) with Digital Technology." It's scheduled for Tuesday, April 18, at noon-1 p.m. CT at the South Building in room S105A.

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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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Preventing Violence in Schools: How to Encourage Students to Report Threats

The Rand Blog

One of the most consistent findings in research on school shootings is that someone knew an attack was possible but didn't report it. There are ways schools can better encourage students to come forward when they see or hear something concerning: tip lines, training, and a lot more trust.

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Hacking incident at Michigan surgical group exposes information of 15K patients

Health Care Dive

It appears that patient information was uploaded to the dark web by ransomware group BianLian, Brett Callow, threat analyst for cybersecurity firm Emsisoft, confirmed to Healthcare Dive.

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Prior authorization reform vital to combat nationwide clinician burnout crisis, US surgeon general says

Fierce Healthcare

Prior authorization reform vital to combat nationwide clinician burnout crisis, US surgeon general says dmuoio Thu, 03/09/2023 - 15:03

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Spearheading remote patient monitoring in Saudi Arabia

Healthcare It News

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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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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Let’s honor the inclusive leadership of women in healthcare

Meditech

It’s hard to imagine what healthcare would look like without the contributions of women. In my career as a nurse leader, I’ve met so many amazing people who have brought their unique perspectives, intellect, and compassion to the work that we do. The impact of their diverse contributions to healthcare cannot be overstated. For this International Women’s Day , I wanted to recognize just a few of the women who inspire me to take on new challenges and keep moving forward toward a more inclusive, eq

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Biden’s proposed HHS budget aims to make pandemic-era subsidies permanent

Health Care Dive

Released Thursday, the budget also proposes to extend Medicare solvency and give the federal government more power to negotiate prescription drug prices.

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Hospitals hope new Congress doesn't bring new DSH cuts to safety-net hospitals

Fierce Healthcare

Hospitals hope new Congress doesn't bring new DSH cuts to safety-net hospitals rking Mon, 03/06/2023 - 15:48

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Cisco @ OFC – Bold Innovations to Power Your Future-Ready Network

CiscoHealth

Capacity, bandwidth, open, convergence, automation, simplification, sustainability – the industry buzzwords that reign in today’s optical networking ethos.

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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.