HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 19, 2023

According to Pew Research , mental health is parents’ largest concern for their children, with 40% of parents being extremely or very worried about it. On average, approximately 50% of lifetime mental health problems are established by age 14 and 75% are established by age 24. Society desperately needs it.

Prevention 98

Prevention Healthcare Regulations Doctors 98

Health Dialog

MARCH 8, 2016

In October 2015, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) released updated screening recommendations for high blood pressure in adults. Chronic Care Management 101: Target the Right Age Group for Heart Disease & Prevention. Population Health Management. Food and Drug Administration.

Prevention 40

Prevention Ambulatory Care Clinical Practice Nursing 40

NASHP

MAY 3, 2024

The health sector contributes significantly to climate impacts and plays a major role in responding and building resilience to extreme weather events. Discussion was informed by national subject matter experts and focused on three areas of policy: payment and financing mechanisms, data-driven policies, and cross-sector collaboration.

Medicaid 59

Medicaid Hospitals Prevention Population Health 59

Cloud Blogs

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Ultimately, CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) aim to improve information access in hopes of facilitating more holistic healthcare, improved quality of care, and better support for broader federal and regional public health initiatives such as disease surveillance and health equity.

Integration 140

Integration Healthcare Quality of Care Regulations 140

Lexis Nexis

JULY 20, 2022

Billions of dollars are available to health plans that achieve high scores under Medicare Star Ratings, a five-star quality rating system to measure their ability to meet members’ healthcare needs. More than 90 percent of US health plans use HEDIS measures to gauge their performance while serving more than 190 million Americans.

Prevention 52

Prevention Medicare Medicaid Quality Improvement 52

Sheppard Health Law

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Congress’s expansion of access to telehealth takes steps to ensure continuity of care for Medicare beneficiaries and provides regulators with additional time to determine which flexibilities will become permanent, indicating a success for the telehealth industry as well as a reminder that there is more legislation to come.

Health Data 52

Health Data Regulations Medicare Telemedicine 52

Cloud Blogs

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Ultimately, CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) aim to improve information access in hopes of facilitating more holistic healthcare, improved quality of care, and better support for broader federal and regional public health initiatives such as disease surveillance and health equity.

Integration 88

Integration Healthcare Quality of Care Regulations 88

NASHP

OCTOBER 16, 2023

youth diagnosed with anxiety, depression, and other behavioral health challenges increased over a five-year period from 2016 to 2020.[4] 6] In Wisconsin, young people up to age 25 were identified as a specific population group falling through the gaps in the behavioral health system.[7] Across the U.S., 5] Additionally, 18.1

Quality Assurance 65

Quality Assurance Prevention Hospitals Medicaid 65

NASHP

DECEMBER 10, 2021

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CHW Community Health Worker. CHA/P Community Health Aid/ Practitioner. PH-MCO Physical Health Managed Care Organization. PHW Pandemic Health Worker. USPSTF United States Preventative Services Task Force. ACO Accountable Care Organizations.

Medicaid 122

Medicaid Primary Care Prevention Nursing 122

Health Populi

APRIL 12, 2022

Sir Nigel Wilson, Group Chief Executive of L&G, notes, “There is a risk/reward point here: nobody wants to end up owning the health equivalent of a stranded asset coal mine, or an asset which may be taxed, regulated or litigated against.

Regulations 103

Regulations Population Health Primary Care Prevention 103

NASHP

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

CHWs in Connecticut receive grant funding through FQHCs, community-based organizations, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Health promotion education to a member to prevent chronic illness.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Primary Care Prevention Nursing 52

HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Instead, the industry and the government need to build the healthcare workforce long-term with improved staffing practices and streamlined training and certification. For now, however, traveling healthcare workers is a necessary stopgap in a market with more demand than supply.

Prevention 98

Prevention Healthcare Nursing Hospitals 98

NASHP

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Yet, states often face barriers to integrated care including a lack of trust across agencies, privacy regulations that may hinder data sharing, and misaligned eligibility, enrollment, and referral systems. High-quality, integrated care requires strong system-level partnerships, information and data sharing, and family-centered practices.

Medicaid 98

Medicaid Integration Quality Improvement Accountability 98

Healthcare It News

MARCH 29, 2022

Analytics Artificial Intelligence Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Government & Policy Patient Engagement Population Health Despite significant investment and well over a decade of different transformation plans and initiatives, there’s still much to do before we can say the health and care system has truly gone through a digital revolution.

Population Health 277

Population Health Regulations Patient Safety Health Technology 277

HIT Consultant

JULY 25, 2023

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. To counter this serious issue, the VA in 2018 launched its “ National Strategy for Preventing Veteran Suicide ,” a roadmap for its plan to address the tragedy of suicide among veterans. For America’s veterans, the problem of suicide is even more grave. adults, according to the U.S.

Life Sciences 52

Life Sciences Population Health Prevention Quality Improvement 52

Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

When it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic and health IT, if there's just one thing that everyone can agree on, it's that telehealth has gone mainstream. Thanks to new regulations from the government and subsequent new rules from commercial payers, telemedicine services are being reimbursed.

Telemedicine 361

Telemedicine Hospitals Nursing Health Technology 361

HIT Consultant

MARCH 13, 2023

The single most important thing a patient can do to successfully manage their diabetes is to regulate what they eat. I believe that in the next five years, there will be more awareness and regulation of “hidden” sugars, fats, and salt in prepared food. I am a firm believer that SDoH must be screened as the fifth vital sign.

Regulations 98

Regulations Healthcare Hospitals Prevention 98

Accountable Care Doctors

OCTOBER 21, 2020

When the focus is on what the patient needs, we don’t have to worry about regulations governing payment because we are not paid based on the number of services delivered,” — Wendolyn Gozansky, MD. “We Continue to encourage the migration of care from the health care campus to the home.

Primary Care 59

Primary Care Integration Remote Care Population Health 59

Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2019

This challenge covers hospital-acquired conditions and adverse events, clinician-related inefficiency, and lack of adoption of preventive care practices like administering vaccines and addressing obesity and hypertension. health care. The third largest waste piece was failure of care delivery. Political debates in this 2020 U.S.

Pharmaceuticals 104

Pharmaceuticals Life Sciences Medicare Accountability 104

Health Populi

AUGUST 6, 2021

The metrics compared were access to care, care process, administrative efficiency, equity, and health care outcomes. ranked number 11 out of 11 nations with the exception of care process, based on four pillars: preventive care, safe care, coordinated care, and engagement and patient preferences.

Tertiary Care 160

Tertiary Care Primary Care Prevention Pharmaceuticals 160

Briggs Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Facilities across the country should make efforts now to get health care staff vaccinated to make sure they are in compliance when the rule takes effect. There is no question that staff, across any health care setting, who remain unvaccinated pose both direct and indirect threats to patient safety and population health.

Medicaid 40

Medicaid Medicare Nursing Patient Safety 40

Patient Safety Movement

JANUARY 31, 2024

In medicine, thousands of patients sustain preventable harm, and yet we do not know the actual number, as very little is reported. If this data were made available, with the aid of AI technology reviewing medical records, would we have the same response as in the airline industry to prevent the same errors from occurring again and again?

Patient Safety 52

Patient Safety Prevention Hospitals Integration 52

NASHP

MAY 8, 2023

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Health : Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. There is growing consensus that accurate and complete collection of race and ethnicity data is a key element to addressing health equity.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Regulations Prevention Medicare 52

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The Pew Trusts recently discussed prospects for the FDA to regulate AI in health care. The Pew report also revealed concerns that could be addressed through regulation. Ultimately, the label would display a statistical measure of how well the algorithm would work for a given patient population, he noted. open models.

Regulations 68

Regulations Life Sciences Prevention Integration 68

Briggs Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Facilities across the country should make efforts now to get health care staff vaccinated to make sure they are in compliance when the rule takes effect. There is no question that staff, across any health care setting, who remain unvaccinated pose both direct and indirect threats to patient safety and population health.

Medicaid 93

Medicaid Medicare Patient Safety Nursing 93

Health Populi

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Until health plans adopt more artful designs incorporating behavioral economic nudges that are meaningful and relevant to individual patient-members, self-rationing care in American will continue and, ironically, lead to greater spending in the long run with people putting off necessary tests, prescription drugs, and preventive care.

Regulations 93

Regulations Prevention Medical Services Medicare 93