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Sonographer Burnout: Top 7 Causes and How to Address Them

HIT Consultant

Cecile Brosset, CEO and Co-founder of Sonio Burnout among sonographers is becoming an alarming reality, driven by the demanding nature of their work. Every day, they face the emotional burden of delivering difficult news to patients, often with little time to recover before moving on to the next case. Long shifts and high-stress environments only add to the strain, making it harder for them to maintain their well-being.

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In 2025, look for more digital-first patient engagement and data-driven decisions

Healthcare It News

Hospitals and health systems have been discussing digital-first patient engagement for a while now, but fewer organizations than you might think have made huge strides forward on that front. Likewise, data-driven decision-making is a phrase that's been tossed around quite a bit in healthcare, but in many cases it's a dream that's yet to become reality.

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Fierce Healthcare - Untitled Article

Fierce Healthcare

Mimicking prior federal and state investigations into drug manufacturers, health insurer Aetna is suing in Connecticut for rigging the generic drug market.

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HHS proposes HIPAA update to boost healthcare cybersecurity

Health Care Dive

The update, which would be the first since 2013, aims to clarify and provide more instruction on securing health data as cyberattacks and breaches in the sector skyrocket.

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Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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HIPAA Compliance in the Age of Big Data: Ensuring Patient Privacy in Healthcare Data Analytics

HIT Consultant

Mateusz Krempa, COO, Piwik PRO As healthcare providers increasingly embrace big data, they find themselves at a crossroads: the challenge of using relevant data to improve patient care while ensuring the highest levels of privacy and compliance with regulations like the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Violations of HIPAA can result in reputation damage, loss of patient trust, and also severe penaltiesup to $50,000 per violation, alongside potential criminal charges.

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Boston Children's brings engineering precision to pediatric heart surgery

Healthcare It News

By using computational fluid dynamics software and other modeling techniques for complex congenital heart disease patients, Boston Children's Hospital's pediatric cardiology team said it now better understands flow balance and characteristics in preoperative planning and is improving surgical decision-making and patient outcomes. Turning to CFD for decision support As a parent, when finding out your child's heart does not work perfectly, you turn to the most gifted surgeons you can f

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Independent Health settles with Justice Department over alleged Medicare Advantage upcoding

Health Care Dive

The $100 million settlement is one of the larger recent sums agreed to by an MA payer accused of inflating its members’ sicknesses to get higher reimbursement from the government.

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Home Recovery Care Plus Shows Value Of Hospital- And SNF-At-Home With Expanded Model

Home Health Care

Since launching five years ago, a partnership among Contessa, Highmark Health and Allegheny Health Network (AHN) has expanded and started to prove out the valueto patients, clinicians and payersof delivering more acute care in the home. Highmark, AHN and Contessa in 2020 announced a partnership to launch a home-based acute care model for Highmark health plan members.

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Remote patient monitoring will boost CHF and GLP-1 care in 2025

Healthcare It News

The promise of remote patient monitoring is showing itself in more and more telemedicine use cases, with huge potential for day-to-day wellness, management of chronic conditions and the promotion of health equity. Oren Nissim is CEO and cofounder of Brook Health, a care management company that uses telehealth and artificial intelligence for home-based care.

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Fierce Healthcare

Hospitals and health systems, by and large, are going into 2025 on better footing than a year ago, as financial and operating performance stabilized. | Hospitals and health systems, by and large, are going into 2025 on better footing than a year ago, as financial and operating performance stabilized.

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From Diagnosis to Delivery: How AI is Revolutionizing the Patient Experience

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven

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States curb CON laws to boost bed capacity

Health Care Dive

The COVID-19 pandemic and population growth have led many states to scale back or eliminate Certificate of Need laws, which require providers to get regulatory approval before expanding or adding healthcare facilities.

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Biden Signs Dole Act, Expanding Access And Funding For Vets’ At-Home Care

Home Health Care

Veterans will have expanded access to at-home care under a new law signed on Thursday by President Joe Biden. The National PACE Association (NPA) on Friday applauded Bidens signing of the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21 st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act, which will enhance veterans access to the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) nationwide.

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Looking ahead to 2025 with HIMSS Media, part 1

Healthcare It News

Enterprise Taxonomy: Population and Public Health Finance Analytics AI Cybersecurity and Privacy Strategic Planning Care Business Data and Information Organizational Governance Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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Fierce Healthcare

The group is concerned about understaffing, retention challenges and low pay. NYC H+H affiliates and the Doctors Council have been negotiating a new contract for 15 months.

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How to Make The Best Benefits Decisions for 2025's Workforce: An HR and Total Rewards Guide

Speaker: Kaitlin Ruby Carroll

Retaining top talent in 2025 means rethinking benefits. In a competitive job market, fertility benefits are more than just offerings - they are a commitment to your team’s well-being. Gain critical insights into the latest fertility benefits strategies that can help position your organization as an industry leader. Our expert will explore the unique advantages and challenges of each model, share success stories from top organizations, and offer practical strategies to make benefits decisions tha

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VA to resume Oracle EHR deployments in mid-2026

Health Care Dive

More than a year after the agency largely put new deployments on hold, the Department of Veterans Affairs will soon begin work to roll out the new medical record to four facilities in Michigan.

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2024’s Hidden-Gem Stories: CenterWell’s View of Home Health, What Provider Margins Actually Look Like, InnovAge’s Turnaround

Home Health Care

In a year filled with attention-grabbing, newsworthy articles, it can be easy for some stories to fall through the cracks, no matter how compelling. As the year comes to a close, its the perfect time to revisit some of the Home Health Care News stories that warrant a second viewing. These stories cover the truth behind home health margins, the state of InnovAge after regulatory challenges, how providers ensure advanced hospital care can be delivered in the home, Hurricane Helene and Miltons impa

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AI Can Make Plastic Surgery Practices More Human

HIT Consultant

Michael A. Brickman, MD, Medical Director of Plastic Surgery at ModMed Eye contact and good desk-side manner have always been incredibly important in the plastic surgery specialty, where patients decisions can be heavy with emotion around the perception of their image. Even what some see as a small touchup like dermal fillers are huge decisions for others because it is a change in how they present themselves physically and then carry themselves emotionally.

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Fierce Healthcare

HHS is backing away from a proposed rule that would've worked around an employer's religious objections to contraceptive coverage without cost sharing.

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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Bringing the Hospital Home: Success Stories and Best Practices for Launching Your Own HaH Program

Health Recovery

The healthcare landscape is constantly evolving, and one of the most innovative and patient-centered trends gaining momentum is Hospital at Home (HaH). HaH programs allow eligible patients to receive high-quality, acute-level care in the comfort of their homes. This blog highlights the remarkable achievements of Health Recovery Solutions (HRS) customers, Novant Health, Providence, and University Health, as well as outlines best practices and ways HRS can empower other health systems to successfu

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Cold Comfort: The Latest Attacks on America Follow a Familiar Playbook

The Rand Blog

Recent vehicle attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas underscore persistent terrorist threats in the United States. Both incidents, though likely unrelated, were premeditated and suggest political motives, raising public anxiety about safety and security.

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3 Ways Healthcare Active Archive Benefits Hospitals and Health Systems

HIT Consultant

Dr. Kel Pults, DHA, MSN, RN, NI-BC, NREMT Chief Clinical Officer & VP Government Strategy at MediQuant Shelly Disser, DBA VP, Innovation and Collaboration Team at MediQuant Not all health data archiving solutions are created equal. Static health data archiving backups remain frozen in time and its often difficult to extract meaningful data from them.

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Fierce Healthcare - Untitled Article

Fierce Healthcare

Ardent Health is making good on its ambitions to grow its footprint in ambulatory care through acquisitions. The for-profit system kicked off 2025 by buying 18 urgent care clinics across New Mexico and Oklahoma from NextCare Urgent Care.

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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Celebrating Our 2024 Achievements: Thank You to Our Global Community

American College of Healthcare Sciences

As we wrap up another incredible year at ACHS, we’re filled with gratitude and excitement for what’s to come in 2025. The integrative health and wellness field continues to thrive, offering boundless opportunities for students, graduates, and professionals to make meaningful impacts in their communities and beyond. Each year, I am honored and humbled at […] The post Celebrating Our 2024 Achievements: Thank You to Our Global Community appeared first on American College of Health

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Big Changes Proposed for the HIPAA Security Rule

HKLaw

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued an unpublished Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that strengthens the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule and, if finalized, will have a significant impact on the healthcare sector.

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Funding Challenges for Innovation in MedTech in 2025

HIT Consultant

Carol Stafford, Medical Device and Diagnostics Executive, Medidata In the MedTech sector, small and medium-sized organizations are the primary drivers of innovation, developing new technologies for diagnosing, monitoring, and treating various conditions. Despite their potential to transform patient care and enhance efficiency in healthcare environments, these companies face significant funding challenges.

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Fierce Healthcare

UnitedHealth Group and Amedisys have pushed back the closure date for their $3.3 billion merger as they fend off a federal challenge to the deal. | UnitedHealth Group and Amedisys have pushed back the closure date for their $3.3 billion merger as they fend off a federal challenge to the deal.

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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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What Is Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT)?

Icanotes

What Is Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT)? In behavioral therapy settings, it is important to properly assess your clients to align them with the most effective interventions. However, some individuals may receive a number of evidence-based treatments to no avail. As a mental health professional, you understand that each individual requires a unique therapeutic approach to promote positive change in their lives.

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Dealbook: Pennant Acquires Assets of Signature Healthcare at Home; Avid Health at Home Purchases Sandhills Home Care

Home Health Care

The Pennant Group (Nasdaq: PNTG) has completed its purchase of certain Oregon assets of Signature Healthcare at Home. The company previously acquired Signatures Idaho and Washington assets on August 1, 2024. We are delighted to welcome these operations to the Pennant fold, Brent Guerisoli, CEO of Pennant, said in a press release statement. This is a substantial purchase that allows us to serve multiple new markets across Oregon and cements Pennant as one of the leading providers of home health a

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Why the CFPB Medical Debt Credit Reporting Ban Could Hurt More Than It Helps

HIT Consultant

Karie Bostwick, VP of People and Compliance, Revenue Enterprises The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has announced that it wants to ban the inclusion of medical debt data in credit reports to lessen the negative impact of medical debt on credit scores and improve financial outcomes for consumers. Though well-intentioned, the CFPB’s medical debt credit reporting ban would severely inhibit the activities of medical collection companies who partner with healthcare providers to col

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Fierce Healthcare - Untitled Article

Fierce Healthcare

NeueHealth, the care management company formerly known as Bright Health, is set to be acquired by venture capital partner New Enterprise Associates later this month. | NeueHealth is getting bought out by an affiliate of New Enterprise Associates, making the company privately held.

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How To Empower Your Workforce With Modern Fertility Benefits

Speaker: Andrea Wuchiski

In an era where a workforce spans multiple generations, HR managers and Total Rewards leaders face the unique challenge of designing benefits packages that cater to diverse employee needs. This session will delve into how comprehensive fertility benefits can bridge generational gaps, support employees’ health, and enhance workplace satisfaction. Join us for an insightful session that highlights the strategic importance of fertility benefits in today’s competitive job market.