Sat.Aug 13, 2022 - Fri.Aug 19, 2022

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Electronic data sharing between physicians and public health agencies rare, new ONC data finds

Health Care Dive

Fewer than one in five primary care physicians electronically exchanged patient health information with public health agencies in 2019, according to a new report from the Office of the National Coordinator.

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Mount Sinai Health and Regeneron enter ambitious genomics collab

Healthcare It News

Through the Million Health Discoveries Program, the Regeneron Genetics Center will sequence and analyze DNA from Mount Sinai Health patients. The data will be linked to anonymized versions of their electronic health records for a multi-pronged study of personalized medicine by the Icahn School of Medicine. WHY IT MATTERS. In order to learn how effective genetics can be in helping to treat and diagnose most patients and to discover and develop new treatments, Mount Sinai Health and Regeneron are

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Hacking Health Care, Your Top Health-Tech Summer Read

Health Populi

“Tom Lawry reminds us that the health care industry can shift from glacial to warp speed when it needs to. Given the right tools, we can evolve from health systems to systems of health, baked with Responsible Intelligence to do good while embedded with respect, inclusion, and transparency. Health citizens deserve Tom’s vision to emerge,” I wrote in a quote on the back of Tom’s new book, Hacking Health Care: How AI and the Intelligence Revolution Will Reboot an Ailing Syst

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Senior Companionship Startup Naborforce Secures $9M In Series A

Home Health Care

Amid a slowdown in funding for startups , the senior tech company Naborforce has secured $9 million in a Series A. The company “connects older adults to a network of trusted ‘Nabors’ for on-demand support and social engagement.” Its financing round was led by Translink Capital. Existing investors Claritas Capital, The Artemis Fund and TechStars also participated in the round.

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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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Slowing economy could ding insurers, Moody’s says

Health Care Dive

A slow down in the economy may result in job losses and clip commercial enrollment, which would push down a key earnings driver for insurers, Moody’s analysts said in a report sizing up challenges ahead.

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NSF and Amazon award $1M for healthcare AI integrity

Healthcare It News

Duke University and the University of Connecticut are two of 13 recipients receiving funding through the third round of Fairness in AI program funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation and Amazon. WHY IT MATTERS. The accepted proposals set goals to improve access to underserved patients and to improve patient care in high-stakes hospital settings.

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Androscoggin Home Health + Hospice CEO: If Margins Vanish, So Do Necessary Investments

Home Health Care

Androscoggin Home Healthcare + Hospice President and CEO Ken Albert was busy at the National Association for Home Care & Hospice’s (NAHC) annual Financial Management Conference last month. In addition to leading his own organization, he was on the heels of a Washington, D.C., trip to vie for the entire home health industry in the wake of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) home health proposed payment rule.

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Mass General Brigham posts $949M net loss, cites ‘unprecedented’ pressures

Health Care Dive

The Boston-based health system struggled with cost inflation, labor shortages and capacity constraints in its fiscal third quarter.

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Designing with health literacy in mind can help with SDOH, study shows

Healthcare It News

There is a commonly held belief that social determinants of health like income and education level may negatively impact the use of digital health programs, and that this could widen gaps in health equity. However, a recent study from telemedicine technology and services vendor Teladoc Health found that participants were successful in controlling their diabetes through a remote diabetes monitoring program despite existing barriers to care access.

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Recent Additions to OIG Work Plan

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. These items have been added to the OIG work plan this month (August): “Understanding skilled nursing facilities’ (SNFs’) costs is crucial to understanding the factors that contribute to nursing home performance and how nursing homes deliver care to beneficiaries. The cost of services, facilities, and supplies furnished to a provider by an organization related to the provider by common ownership or control may be i

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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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Homebound Seniors Remain Disproportionately Costly For Medicare

Home Health Care

Homebound seniors contribute to higher overall Medicare spending compared to their non-homebound counterparts, according to a recent study from researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The study examined National Health and Aging Trends data and Medicare fee-for-service claims data to give an overview of health care utilization and spending among homebound seniors.

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Joint Commission tackles health equity with new accreditation standards

Health Care Dive

The nonprofit accreditation organization said racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare are a quality and safety problem that requires a new approach.

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Pandemic saw a big uptick in health app use

Healthcare It News

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How Russia's Nuclear Double Cross of Ukraine Teaches Dangerous Lessons

The Rand Blog

Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the West's support for Kyiv has been tempered by an ace up Vladimir Putin's sleeve: the potential use of nuclear weapons. But other countries are taking notice, which could imperil world stability even further.

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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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When To ‘Fire’ A Client: Home Care Leaders Break It Down

Home Health Care

For the most part, the home care industry tends to have a “the customer is always right” attitude toward clients. . Even so, some instances arise where agencies have to take the drastic step of firing a client. And when this happens, agencies must navigate the process carefully. It’s important for home care agencies to be able to recognize the difference between a client that is merely challenging and one they need to discontinue services with. .

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FTC tells states to avoid shielding hospital mergers from antitrust enforcement

Health Care Dive

A report released Monday compiles research that shows arrangements, called Certificates of Public Advantage, result in higher prices, lower quality of care and lower wage growth for employees.

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Technology can improve the doctor-patient relationship

Healthcare It News

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7 Reasons Why You’re Coughing After Eating

Healthcare Associates

7 Reasons Why You’re Coughing After Eating. Postprandial cough, or coughing after eating, is a common problem that many people face. There are many possible causes for this problem, and fortunately, most of them will not cause you long-term health problems. Let’s discuss some of the reasons you may be coughing after you eat and when you should see your healthcare provider.

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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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Medical Supplies Company CCS Innovating On At-Home Diabetes Treatment Front

Home Health Care

The at-home medical supplies provider CCS is expanding its business to better care for patients with chronic needs in the home. Specifically, it is looking to transform the way diabetes patients are cared for in the home. To do so, CCS is expanding its patient education, monitoring and coaching services to “unify the patient experience.”. The Dallas-based CCS serves over 200,000 people across the country who are living with diabetes or other chronic conditions.

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Payers, hospitals pleased as Biden signs sweeping health bill into law

Health Care Dive

The three-year continuation of enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans should help millions afford coverage and create some revenue stability for payers and hospitals in a tricky operational environment.

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BCBS Michigan debuts Maven-powered family building, maternal program

Healthcare It News

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Heat Headaches: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment, and More

Healthcare Associates

Can Heat Give You a Headache: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment, and More. Heat headaches are an unfortunate part of the summer season, given that many factors during this time of year can give you heat headaches. Changes in air pressure, humidity, temperature, and dehydration can give you a heat headache. Headaches, heat-induced migraine, and tension headaches are all distinct yet interrelated phenomena that can occur.

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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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LHC Group Expands Home Health Footprint In Georgia; Pennant Bolsters Footprint In Southern California

Home Health Care

LHC Group acquires Three Rivers Home Health. LHC Group Inc. (Nasdaq: LHCG) has expanded its reach in Georgia by purchasing the Eastman, Georgia-based Three Rivers Home Health. Following the purchase of Three Rivers’ nine locations, LHC Group’s footprint spans 36 Georgia counties. The acquisition is expected to create a $12 million revenue boost for the company, according to the press release. .

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House passes bill extending ACA subsidies, allowing Medicare drug price negotiations

Health Care Dive

The bill, which passed on party lines in a 220-207 vote, will now head to President Joe Biden’s desk. He is expected to sign it into law this week.

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Understanding Russia's Motivations, and Using Them

The Rand Blog

The concept of ontological security could help explain Putin's war on Ukraine and his regime's reasoning. It's about maintaining a continuous sense of self, and in this case, of state identity. Putin may have deemed the invasion necessary to maintain a sense of continuity and order, where order is Russia's continued adversarial relationship with the West.

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Infection Prevention and Control of Monkeypox in Healthcare Settings

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The CDC updated it’s guidance on Infection Prevention and Control of Monkeypox in HC Settings on August 11, 2022. This would be a good website to bookmark for reference.

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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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EchoNous Alliance with Samsung for AI-Guided Ultrasound

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – EchoNous , a company delivering AI-enabled handheld ultrasound capable of producing diagnostic-quality images, forms an alliance with Samsung that enables its Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Kosmos platform run on Samsung’s Galaxy Tab Pro tablets (models 12.0 and higher). – Made possible through the EchoNous/Samsung alliance, this new compatibility will lower the overall price point of the Kosmos platform, which already costs tens of thousands of dollar

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The promise of payer transparency

Health Care Dive

A new price transparency rule lends itself to creating a more equitable, cost-effective market for medical coverage, Clarify Health CEO Niall Brennan argues.

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Russian Forces in Ukraine: Muddling Through

The Rand Blog

The Russian armed forces have suffered tens of thousands of casualties and lost more than 5,000 pieces of equipment. These deficits will make it hard for Russia to hold regions in Ukraine that it may soon try to annex. To succeed, Moscow will have to replenish personnel and equipment at scale—tasks that will prove extremely difficult.

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Voices: Kristen Duell, Chief Marketing Officer, HCP?

Home Health Care

This article is sponsored by HCP. In this Voices interview, Home Health Care News sits down with Kristen Duell, Chief Marketing Officer of HCP, to learn the strategies that home health providers can use right now to improve staff engagement, not just with the aim of keeping staff members in their own hospice agencies, but more broadly in the industry at large.

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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.