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Hospital at Home: Aligning Provider Needs with Patient Wishes

HIT Consultant

In fact, patients have generally become more amenable to being treated remotely , further supporting the move to add telehealth tools to the patient care arsenal. Increasing The Quality of Care at Home Without Adding to The Burden. Bringing Hospital-grade Equipment to the Home.

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State Policy Considerations to Support Equitable Systems of Care for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs 

NASHP

racial, ethnic, linguistic, economic, geographic) that intersect with their health needs or disability status. 7 For CYSHCN from families with low incomes or who live in rural settings, access to services and specialists is also a significant barrier, resulting in higher levels of unmet health needs.

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Why Digital Transformation is Imperative to Combat Healthcare’s Labor Crisis

HIT Consultant

With skilled workers in high demand, many health systems are allocating resources to wooing employees with higher salaries and benefits, paying 2-3 times the typical salary for in-house nurses to fill staffing gaps with traveling nurses. Modalities that require a physician on the other end of a solution (e.g., In the U.S.,

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Health Consumers Expect Healthcare to be Digital (and Secure), Philips Future Health Index Finds

Health Populi

Among consumers who do have access to their electronic health records, 82% rate their health care experience as excellent, very good or good. Among consumers who have access to DHRs, 80% perceive the quality of care in their country as excellent, very good, or good.

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HCPCS vs CPT: Everything You Need to Know

Etactics

R0070 - The transportation of personnel and portable X-ray equipment to nursing homes or other residency. These codes provide data about the quality of care given. This category is helpful for data collection, measurement, and analysis. V2599 - Contact lens, other type. For multiple patients, use code R0075.

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Optimizing Postpartum Coverage Extension

NASHP

Maximize postpartum coverage by engaging with health plans, providers, and home visiting programs to ensure early identification and follow-up on postpartum needs. Consideration 1: Assess the health of the maternal and infant population. mental health condition, substance use disorder, obesity), and demographic indicators.

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Behavioral Health System Modernization along the Continuum

NASHP

North Carolina’s InCK program , led by Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, brings together partners from Medicaid, behavioral health, child welfare, juvenile justice, education, Title V, mobile crisis, and more to coordinate care and address the health and social needs of children in five counties.