Health Care Dive

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Health systems are rethinking how they engage with patients. Read on to break into innovation.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

A home health agency in Missouri recently announced it is shutting down due to the impact of | Home healthcare providers are experiencing severe payment cuts along with challenges to retain nurses and therapists, putting healthcare services at home in jeopardy.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Astute readers (for the record, I assume all my readers are astute, thank you very much!) will surely know that I’ve been writing and talking about human-centered design and its application to healthcare for a while now. Even more astute (astuter?) readers will know that my colleague, Jerome Pagani, PhD, and I recently published a book titled Designing for Health: The Human-Centered Approach (which can be pre-ordered here for those interested).

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Dr. Eric Liederman, director of medical informatics for the Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, says good communications with patients about cybersecurity protection is essential – even as risks to protected health information are on the rise, from external bad actors and insider threats. Growing patient discomfort in sharing health information Beyond health system disruptions such as ransomware that can compromise patient data , cybercriminals are increasingly going after individual patients

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Healthcare Leadership

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

With Emily Gard Marshall Have you or a family member had to endure prolonged wait times to see a medical specialist? Have you gone through the anxiety and uncertainty associated with waiting to see a specialist and wondered whether you or your family member’s health condition is getting progressively worse while you wait? Turns out your primary care provider (PCP) shares similar concerns, and the wait time to see specialists impacts their patients as well as their practice.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Federal regulators have accused a major Texas-based anesthesia provider and its parent private equity firm of a decade-long, three-pronged scheme to suppress competition and drive-up prices. | U.S. Anesthesia Partners and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, its private equity backer, have "cost Texans tens of millions of dollars more each year" by suppressing competition over the course of a decade, the regulator alleges.

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p3care

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Every year, the Merit-based Incentives Payment System brings a fresh opportunity for providers. Following the value-based care model, the program intends to achieve a high standard of quality care. So, MIPS 2023 reporting has started, and providers are demonstrating their commitment to quality. Accepting new challenges, they are all striving to secure themselves while targeting a maximum score.

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Pro CRNA

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

By Thomas Davis, DNAP, MAE, CRNA Josh has been a solid frontline healthcare worker for 4 years, he is respected by colleagues and has developed a comfortable workflow. His boss seems to be a little aloof and although Josh does his job well, he is stagnant in his work and does not sense an opportunity for professional growth or promotion. The corporation is at risk of losing a qualified and productive worker.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Software giant Oracle has integrated generative AI services into its Cerner electronic medical record system as health IT companies race to harness this cutting-edge tech for providers. | Software giant Oracle has integrated generative AI services into its Cerner EHR system as health tech companies race to harness this cutting-edge tech for providers.

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Health Care Dive

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The study raises new questions about the dependability of hospital pricing, and builds on a mountain of research finding wide variance in pricing between different hospitals — and within the same facility.

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The Rand Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

More certain than the outcome of the war is the need for an extensive post-war reconstruction of Ukraine. It is likely to be the largest post-war rebuilding effort since the one in Europe after World War Two. The United States and its allies and partners have an intense interest in the success of reconstruction.

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NASHP

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Wisconsin has a longstanding history of strong programs that provide support and services to caregivers in the state, and it has big plans for the future, as demonstrated in its 2023–2025 State Aging Plan. To learn more about Wisconsin’s caregiving initiatives, NASHP sat down with Lynn Gall. She is the manager of family caregiver support and lifespan respite programs at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services’ (DHS) Bureau of Aging and Disability Resources and Office on Aging and a newly swo

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Despite a recent leadership shakeup and sub-par third quarter financial results, Walgreens’ executives maintain that its transformation from a retail store to a full-blown healthcare company is the | Walgreens execs gave reporters a peek behind the curtain at its Chicago primary care office and micro-fulfillment center. Here's what we learned.

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Health Care Dive

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Presidents of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Physicians argue for reforms in the national physician payment system.

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The Rand Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations tirelessly proclaims its centrality to the region, but its inability to develop a coherent response to Chinese aggression or the crisis in Myanmar has effectively killed that claim. ASEAN members will inevitably continue to seek out alternative paths.

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NASHP

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

SupportCaregiving.org offers resources to help guide implementation of the National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers A coalition of groups including the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP), the National Alliance for Caregiving, and The John A. Hartford Foundation is proud to announce the launch of SupportCaregiving.org , a new site that supports the implementation of the first-of-its-kind National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Traditional Medicare not only doesn’t measure up to Medicare Advantage (MA) when it comes to cutting back on utilization, it also falls short in many ways compared to commercial insurance for those | Researchers say Medicare Advantage enrollees have more than 50% fewer inpatient hospital stays than FFS Medicare enrollees and 22% fewer visits to emergency departments.

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Health Care Dive

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

CMS Deputy Administrator Jon Blum signaled regulators could increasingly crack down on bad actors in the MA program, which now covers more than half of Medicare seniors.

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Speaker: Paul Weald, Contact Center Innovator

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The Rand Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Self-driving laboratories (SDLs) promise to reshape our very understanding of research. But, as with all groundbreaking innovations, SDLs bring their own set of intriguing questions and potential challenges.

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Bill Of Health

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

By Ana Santos Rutschman What can the New York City Marathon experience teach those reflecting on ways to increase equity in the transnational allocation of scarce vaccine doses? Quite a lot, it turns out. I explore this analogy in a recently published article in the Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics ( JLME ), Increasing Equity in the Transnational Allocation of Vaccines Against Emerging Pathogens: A Multi-Modal Approach.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Amid a flurry of partisan roadblocks rolling out across Capitol Hill, representatives on both sides of the aisle came together Tuesday to critique federal agencies’ rollout of the No Surprises Act | Members of the House's Ways and Means Committee were unified in their critiques of HHS' "flawed implementation" of their bipartisan consumer protection legislation.

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Health Care Dive

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In over half of states, less than a quarter of nursing facilities would meet staffing requirements under a proposed federal rule, according to a new KFF analysis.

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The Rand Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Shortages of workers and materials inevitably make rebuilding slower and more expensive after a natural disaster. In Maui, this is likely to be a problem for agencies like FEMA that provide public assistance. But it will also be a problem for individual households if private insurance payouts are insufficient to rebuild.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

What You Should Know: Health Gorilla , a privacy-focused health information network and interoperability solution provider, has announced the launch of its Patient Access solution , which allows healthcare organizations to access comprehensive health data by enabling consumers to submit queries to national health information networks under the Individual Access Services (IAS) purpose of use.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

NEW YORK CITY—Advances in technology innovation and artificial intelligence can help accelerate global sustainable development efforts to combat hunger, poverty and climate change and improve healt | Advances in technology innovation and artificial intelligence can help accelerate global sustainable development efforts to combat hunger, poverty and climate change and improve health outcomes, a United Nations official said Monday.

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Health Care Dive

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Public health officials and drugmakers are trying to raise awareness of RSV among at-risk older adults — and convince them to get an additional respiratory shot alongside those for COVID-19 and flu.

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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

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership It’s easy for home health agencies to point the finger at the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for slashing reimbursement rates. However, some argue that agencies also should take a close look in the mirror, with a point of reflection being around cost reporting. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Bethany Holmes, Head of Hint Connect at Hint Health While the Great Resignation may be ending, the Great Retention is in full swing. During the pandemic, Americans got comfortable with the flexibility workplaces provided – not just in terms of working remotely, but in flexible and convenient benefits as well. While employees are quitting less than the historic high recorded in 2022, employees are demanding better benefits from their employers.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Artificial intelligence soared to the top spot in an annual survey that measures what emerging technology excites hospital executives as having the potential to transform the industry. | Hospital executives in a new survey called AI the most exciting emerging technology, while patient care replaced patient access as to what respondents most want technology to tackle.

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Health Care Dive

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Leaders of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions announced on Friday that over 75,000 members will strike from Oct. 4 to Oct. 6 if labor and management cannot agree to new contract terms.

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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.