Enhancing hospital IT's speed-to-market capability
Healthcare It News
MARCH 19, 2024
Take the case of Mount Alvernia Hospital, a 300-bed private not-for-profit medical institution in Singapore.
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Health Care Paradox: Medicare Penalizes Dozens of Hospitals It Also Gives Five Stars
KHN
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
The federal government has penalized 764 hospitals — including more than three dozen it simultaneously rates as among the best in the country — for having the highest numbers of patient infections and potentially avoidable complications.
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Health Care Paradox: Medicare Penalizes Dozens of Hospitals It Also Gives Five Stars
KHN
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
The federal government has penalized 764 hospitals — including more than three dozen it simultaneously rates as among the best in the country — for having the highest numbers of patient infections and potentially avoidable complications.
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Prime Healthcare buys 5 hospital facilities from Medical Properties Trust for $350M
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 10, 2024
For-profit system Prime Healthcare has bought the real estate of five hospitals it runs from healthcare Medical Properties Trust for $350 million, the real estate firm announced Tuesday. |
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Half of hospitals spend just 1.4% of expenses on charity care, KFF finds
Health Care Dive
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
At 8% of hospitals, it made up 0.1% The new analysis found wide variations in charity care. or less of operating expenses.
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National University Hospital testing predictive AI for Alzheimer's diagnosis and more AI briefs
Healthcare It News
MAY 21, 2024
IHH Healthcare offers sleep AI solutions in clinics, hospitals IHH Healthcare, Asia's largest private healthcare group, has made available an AI-powered wearable ring and software for diagnosing sleep apnoea and other sleep disorders across its global network of clinics and hospitals.
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Healthcare applications for private cellular networks
Healthcare It News
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Today, many hospitals rely on Wi-Fi and public cellular for connectivity even though the limits of current Wi-Fi solutions are being reached. The mandates of improving quality of care and lowering costs mean that hospital IT directors should consider deploying new, private 5G networks.
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US Government Invests $50M in Automating Hospital Cybersecurity Defense
HIT Consultant
MAY 24, 2024
What You Should Know: – The healthcare industry faces a growing threat: cyberattacks targeting hospital IT systems. – The success of UPGRADE has the potential to significantly improve hospital cybersecurity and protect patient care from cyber threats.
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Roundup: Sun Pharma reports IT breach and more briefs
Healthcare It News
MARCH 2, 2023
According to a press statement, a comprehensive learning and development programme via Infosys Springboard will be provided to nurses, customer care executives, and the administrative staff across Motherhood Hospitals. It includes free interactive sessions with healthcare experts and masterclasses on health-related themes.
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Thailand’s Princ Hospital Suvarnabhumi clinches HIMSS EMRAM Stage 7
Healthcare It News
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
WHO THEY ARE Princ Hospital Suvarnabhumi is part of the Principle Healthcare Group, a local operator of private hospitals. The 200-bed hospital in metropolitan Bangkok provides outpatient and inpatient services and specialty care.
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Why healthcare needs a robust strategy to secure IT service desks
Nordic
JULY 29, 2024
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has illuminated a critical vulnerability: cybercriminals are now targeting hospital IT service desks, leveraging advanced social engineering tactics to devastating effect. A recent alert from the U.S.
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Roundup: EpiSoft's online IFC, payments process goes live in St John of God Health Care and more briefs
Healthcare It News
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
It has also been integrated with the hospital group's web-based PAS. These additions provide "significant efficiency improvement" for hospitals. These features are the latest addition to its epi-me online patient admissions portal, also by EpiSoft.
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Orlando Health to launch Hospital Care at Home program
Healthcare It News
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
Mayo Clinic Platform President Dr. John Halamka has said that he sees a healthcare future based around "virtualist centers in what were formerly known as hospitals. And Allina Health spinoff Inbound Health announced its plans to help other providers develop home-based acute care and skilled nursing models.
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Ransomware stakes are life-or-death, says Ponemon report
Healthcare It News
JANUARY 19, 2023
"Armed with the elevated case rates and hospitalizations of the pandemic as a baseline, we were able to lean in and try to study this national experiment of protracted service disruption in hospitals," he said. "The team asked, can cyber [attacks] make it worse? And the answer is yes."
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From back office to partners in care: The evolution of hospital information technology departments
Nordic
JUNE 21, 2023
This edition of The Remedy reviews a brief history of the hospital IT department, digital health’s current state as partners in care, and what the future could hold for health IT.
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Interview with Spikewell CEO BK Nayak
Health Business Group
MAY 16, 2024
Explore the professional journey of BK Nayak , the innovative leader behind Spikewell , whose advancements are revolutionizing hospital IT solutions. In this conversation, we examine BK's progression from his early days in India to becoming an influential entrepreneur who is reshaping healthcare technology.
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NZ clinicians hope for a patient-centred future, but hindrances abound: report
Healthcare It News
JULY 25, 2023
The lack of data interoperability is a big headache for clinicians and hospitals. Patients echo these concerns, with 35% expressing worries about clinicians' limited access to their relevant health data. It disrupts workflows and slows treatment.
Unity Health to Deploy Meditech Expanse Platform Across Network
HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
– Unity Health has experienced substantial growth since starting out as a small community hospital. Its health system today includes three acute care community hospitals, as well as a long-term acute care facility. The organization will go LIVE with Expanse in 2022.
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Addressing Point-of-Care Ultrasound’s Shadow IT Problem
HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
Across hospital settings, IT infrastructure has not kept pace with ultrasound innovation. Despite the many benefits of POCUS, the opportunity for wider implementation is hindered because today’s POCUS tools do not seamlessly integrate with existing hospital IT infrastructure.
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Asynchronous video for pre-op boosts patient and staff experience
Healthcare It News
APRIL 8, 2024
" MEETING THE CHALLENGE TBRHSC automated the pre-op messaging for all surgeries across Northwestern Ontario surgical hospitals. They understand us and what we are trying to do."
DiA Imaging Analysis Partners with Intel to Improve Ultrasound Analysis by 40%
HIT Consultant
APRIL 26, 2022
By working with Intel, DiA was able to optimize the processing time of its AI-based models by over 40% percent when running on local hospital IT infrastructure based on Intel CPUs, without requiring the use of a discrete graphics processing unit (GPU) or integration of more complex IT infrastructures. .
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Who are 340B third-party administrators?
Healthcare ECONOMIST
DECEMBER 11, 2023
1 Profits generated from billing insurers for discounted drugs, recently valued at almost $50 billion,today, 2750 hospitals are enrolled in the program Not only can a hospital’s in-house pharmacy participate in 340B, but so can contracted outpatient pharmacy.
California Passes First State Law Requiring Physicians to Disclose Open Payments Database to Patients
Sheppard Health Law
OCTOBER 21, 2022
The written or electronic notice shall contain the following text: “The Open Payments database is a federal tool used to search payments made by drug and device companies to physicians and teaching hospitals. It can be found here.
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Outsourcing Medical Billing Services? Ask Them a Few Questions First
p3care
JUNE 24, 2022
For how long they have been providing medical billing services to the hospitals. How are the denied, and rejected claims handled by a medical billing company? What are the reports you can be able to receive from them? Are they quick to respond? It is essential to know for how long an outsourcing medical billing company is in the industry.
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Widespread Ultrasound Adoption in Primary Care Expected Within 5 Years, Exo Study Reveals
HIT Consultant
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
Survey findings reveal that POCUS adoption is hindered by insufficient infrastructure, primarily manifested in challenges related to poor image quality and integration with hospital IT systems.
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Venmo for healthcare. David Williams is quoted
Health Business Group
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
Because Nomi must ink contracts with each local provider and hospital, it will likely mean patients have a “narrow network.” Williams says Nomi may save employers money and please providers, but there are drawbacks to paying directly.
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Why Advocate Health Is Ripe For Home-Based Care Innovation
Home Health Care
OCTOBER 18, 2023
We really believe, as a value organization, that by moving to the home, we identify so many factors that drive health that you cannot see in a clinic or a hospital. Nathan Starr, the medical director of home services at Intermountain Health, said at Home Health Care News’ FUTURE conference. “We
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CMS: Hospital-To-Home Discharge Process Still Plagued By Poor Communication, Incomplete Patient Information
Home Health Care
JUNE 15, 2023
Another study published in 2022 likewise documented challenges with hospital-to-home transitions, with University of Michigan researchers noting that patients were more likely to suffer a setback requiring another hospitalization when post-acute care handoffs weren’t as comprehensive as they should be.
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Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center boosts telehealth with $600K from the FCC
Healthcare It News
DECEMBER 6, 2021
"However, for many patients who live outside our area, this technology is critical as it allows them to schedule their follow-up visits without a long drive to the hospital. "That number has since dropped to 30 a day, mostly due to preference by patients and providers for in-person visits. " USING FCC AWARD FUNDS.
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Aging Care Experts’ Plan To Fix Care Navigation In U.S.
Home Health Care
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
For instance, when someone’s aging mother falls at home and is discharged from the hospital, it could be difficult for family members to understand what their next steps are. That’s especially the case when family members are spread out across the country, Kramer said.
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Are You Maximizing Margin Improvements
Vie Healthcare
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
Every Hospital Needs a Margin Improvement Team. In our experience at VIE, a strategic margin improvement team is an invaluable addition to your hospital. Another significant area for potential savings is engaging with physicians in cost conversations. .
One of the Largest Health Systems in the US Is Diving into Home-Based Care
Home Health Care
JULY 18, 2022
Any patient who is discharged from any hospital – it doesn’t have to be Tampa General Hospital – who has a physician’s order for a home health follow-up is eligible for these services,” he said. Tampa General Hospital is a nonprofit academic medical center and one of the largest hospitals in the U.S.
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IT Services: Why You Need To Monitor Your Spend
Vie Healthcare
OCTOBER 13, 2021
Hospital IT services is a large, and growing, area of spend. It falls within hospital purchased services. This approach makes it challenging for hospitals to benchmark. Assessing whether your hospital is getting the best price requires specific strategies: 1.
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The Impact of Private Equity Consolidation in Healthcare
HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 6, 2024
at one of Steward’s Florida hospitals. This malfeasance on the part of Steward’s management was not isolated: The WSJ reported that, at this time, “[Steward] faced a mountain of lawsuits by vendors over unpaid bills, including a pest-control company hired to remove about 3,000 bats. It claimed Steward owed $1.6 million. ”
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Is It Important To Measure Spend Analytics
Vie Healthcare
JANUARY 7, 2022
When you measure spend analytics you are using one of the most powerful tools available to hospitals. Does your hospital know your top 25 high cost supply items right now, or its high cost service items, by department? Spend analytics measures your spend every month.
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Hospital-acquired Pneumonia is Killing Patients. There’s a Simple Way to Stop It.
Briggs Healthcare
JULY 27, 2022
Instead, many hospitals often skip teeth brushing to prioritize other tasks and provide only cheap, ineffective toothbrushes, often unaware of the consequences, said Dian Baker, a Sacramento State nursing professor who has spent more than a decade studying NVHAP. Pneumonia occurs when germs trigger an infection in the lungs.
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How to Handle Vendor Pricing Committees
Vie Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
Often vendors won’t provide a timeline for decisions, making it difficult for hospitals to effectively manage costs. This is not only respectful to hospitals, it is the right thing to do. Those cost savings are vital to enable hospitals to serve their communities and patients.
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How Amedisys, Walgreens And Intermountain Healthcare Are Building 360-Degree Home-Based Care Models
Home Health Care
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
Starr pointed out numerous factors that drive health outcomes that clinicians can’t see in the clinic or a hospital. “It’s What we have found is that by moving into the home, and using that truly as the basis of care and health, that’s where we can start to break through that for our high-risk patients.”
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How Georgetown Home Care Continues to Lower Readmission Rates for Hospital Partners
Home Health Care
APRIL 14, 2022
based Georgetown Home Care (GHC) has yet again lowered readmission rates for a major hospital. Its readmission success ostensibly began in 2019 when the home care agency first worked with spinal surgery patients at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital. The Washington D.C.-based In a pilot program, it reduced readmissions by 44%.
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5 Must-Have Features for AI Platforms in RCM
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
The number of AI-powered process automation systems continues to expand, promising to shorten payment times and simplify management while integrating with existing hospital IT investments. When implemented thoughtfully and with realistic expectations, these systems can reduce denials, missed charges, and low-risk scores.
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Path to Predictive Patient Data: Silencing The Noise of Healthcare
HIT Consultant
JULY 5, 2022
Existing hospital IT systems and the stand-alone medical devices they operate lack a collective clinical intelligence that aggregates all patient data into one source. With so many pieces of disconnected technology producing critical information that informs patient care decisions, where do you start and how do you keep track of it all?
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P3Care Explains the Three Rules of HIPAA Medical Billing
p3care
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
It is the information given by the patients during their visit to a clinic or a hospital. PHI stands for Protected Health Information, which is an important part of healthcare and medical billing services. It includes details such as: Addresses. Physical and mental health conditions (past or present). Provision of healthcare.
P3Care Explains the Three Rules of HIPAA Medical Billing
p3care
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
It is the information given by the patients during their visit to a clinic or a hospital. PHI stands for Protected Health Information, which is an important part of healthcare and medical billing services. It includes details such as: Addresses. Physical and mental health conditions (past or present). Provision of healthcare.
Unleashing the Potential of Implementation Science to Prevent Harm in Healthcare
Patient Safety Movement
JULY 31, 2023
The human cost of this failure to implement evidence-based practices into our hospitals was shown by a study published earlier this year in the New England Journal of Medicine. Assessing 11 Massachusetts hospitals, it found that nearly one in four patients admitted experienced an adverse event.
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