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What COVID-19’s Attack on Healthcare Cybersecurity Taught Us About Its Shortcomings

HIT Consultant

While healthcare facilities are still dedicated to providing the best care to patients impacted by COVID-19, it is imperative that healthcare practices, especially those like skilled nursing facilities, take cybersecurity seriously to prevent data leaks, care disruption, financial setbacks, and more. About Avi Philipson.

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Roundups: 22 Recent Strategic Digital Health Partnerships

HIT Consultant

As part of the integration, DAX Express for Epic will deliver everything clinicians need in one place to create a comprehensive note quickly, decreasing cognitive load, increasing provider satisfaction, and improving the quality of patient care.

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HHS OIG Report On Prior Authorizations Under Medicare Advantage

Sheppard Health Law

Denial of payment requests delayed or prevented payments for services that providers had already delivered. The article also pointed out the role of prior authorization as “an important patient safety, cost-saving, and waste-prevention tool.”. 1] CMS, Medicare Managed Care Manual , Ch.

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FCC Awards Additional $42.7M in Round 2 of COVID-19 Telehealth Program

HIT Consultant

– Bingham Memorial Hospital in Blackfoot, Idaho, was awarded $840,111 for the purchase of tablets, webcams, and headsets, along with remote monitoring software, to provide telehealth services to patients in a county without ubiquitous broadband coverage. – Community Health Centers, Inc., – Compass Health in St. .

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Improving The Digital Experience – for Both Patient and Employee

HIT Consultant

What’s more, patients are begging for better digital experiences – and are frustrated with healthcare’s lack of functionality. Late last year, Redpoint Global found that 80% of patients prefer digital channels to communicate with their healthcare providers.

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Newsletter, February 2023

Patient Safety Movement

All week, hospital administrators and healthcare professionals take time to focus on what they can do to improve patient care and protect patients from harm. This week emphasizes the vision of the Patient Safety Movement Foundation “Zero Preventable Patient Harm by 2030.”

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Behavioral Health System Modernization along the Continuum

NASHP

The commission was created in the New Hampshire Legislature in 2000 (NH RSA Chapter 12-J), which established the Alcohol Fund, directing a part of proceed from sales of alcohol to prevention, harm reduction treatment, and recovery services. An action plan dashboard tracks targets.