Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 29, 2023

"Biomarker testing has rapidly become an integral part of healthcare, as research has shown that it drastically improves outcomes for patients suffering from various illnesses and conditions, including different forms of cancer, arthritis, Parkinson's and more," said State Sen. Roxanne Persaud in the announcement.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

What You Should Know: – New research from Cedars-Sinai uses artificial intelligence (AI) using a low-dose computed tomography (CT) scan to quickly and accurately measure heart fat, offering a promising tool for predicting and preventing heart disease. – Improved accuracy: Reduces potential human error in manual measurements.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The EMRAM measures the clinical outcomes, patient engagement, and clinician use of EMR technology in a hospital or health facility. The research CDW or research engine capable of statistical analysis was also an excellent tool made available to clinicians to conduct research and improve care." "The CDW 3.0

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p3care

JANUARY 19, 2023

Each category measure may have several modifications. Like the past framework of the Traditional MIPS Program, clinicians still have four reporting categories: quality (30%), cost (30%), improvement activities (15%), and Promoting Interoperability (25%). Every participation type will get a final score ranging from 0 to 100 points.

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NCQA

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Responsible Stewards of Antibiotic Use , our project to spread the word about smart use of antibiotics , has progressed to the second phase. This milestone matters for two reasons: A new utilization measure increases our understanding. This includes inappropriate antibiotic type, dosage, timing and duration. Health equity pivot.

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p3care

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The purpose of the new proposed rules is to lower down the administrative burden of ACOs and to improve the quality of patients’ outcomes. Eligible clinicians submitting quality measures via the new APP do not have to submit them again for the QPP MIPS Quality category. Compact MIPS Quality Measure Set. Quality of Care by ACOs.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

JANUARY 26, 2024

Measurement error. Many studies of mental illness rely on surveys and self-reported measures of mental illness. This may lead to significant measurement error, particularly as stigma leads to misreporting of mental health. Additionally, mental health status (D) is measured with uncertainty.

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MARCH 21, 2024

Millions Rely on Tools, But Evidence Shows Little Impact The PHTI analysis focused on eight popular tools for tracking blood sugar (non-continuous glucose monitors) used by people with Type 2 diabetes. – The report casts doubt on the effectiveness of widely used digital diabetes management tools.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Healthcare IT News sat down with Paul Brient , chief product officer of athenahealth, to gain his insights into how artificial intelligence can improve patient experiences and healthcare delivery, simplify healthcare interactions, and make healthcare more accessible, as well as hear how the electronic health record vendor is using AI today.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 10, 2022

We use assessment tools through our measurement-based care platform to gather insight into patients' clinical needs. We want to understand what the clinical presentation looks like for each patient, and then observe and measure throughout the course of treatment. Care management is fed by information, much of it electronic.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 18, 2022

These interventions rely on the organizational capability to accurately assess individual social needs and provide timely responses to these needs in order to improve clinical outcomes. Social determinants of health are major contributors to health inequity and rising healthcare costs in vulnerable populations such as Medicaid beneficiaries.

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Healthcare Success

JULY 11, 2022

It was primarily developed to replace and improve the privacy controls of the current Google analytics platform, Universal analytics (UA). GA4 replaces UA and is designed for the future of GDPR-compliant measurement. Google Analytics 4 is the next generation of Google Analytics. Why is Google doing this? How does UA differ from GA4?

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NASHP

MAY 10, 2024

Practices must meet the following eligibility criteria to receive the Medicare FFS EPCP: Be one of the permitted practice types: Independent primary care practices, including small practices with primary care specialties defined by CMS ( link downloads Excel file ).

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 20, 2022

At this point, it's not a surprise to say that data is power – particularly when it comes to advancing clinical research, furthering innovation and improving patient care. A key factor in reducing health inequity is generating data that proves its existence and measures its reduction.

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CDC

JUNE 7, 2023

Vietnam has adapted established infection prevention and control (IPC) measures for limited-resource settings to help stop the spread of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE), identified as an urgent antimicrobial resistance (AR) threat in CDC’s 2019 AR Threats Report.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

One big reason for this is the availability of smart capabilities such as Bluetooth enablement (for example, Bluetooth-enabled digital scales or a digital glucometer that can measure total cholesterol, glucose and triglycerides, and transmit this information into a personal health record). Today they’re used much more broadly.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The health and well-being of people in its community, especially those who are challenged by social determinants of health, can be improved through community-based care. Aggregating this data allows community health leaders to measure the level of needs within a community. "We did not limit ourselves to medical data.

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p3care

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Likewise, improvement and reduction or elimination of reporting issues are another motive. Meanwhile, we have seen the removal of the CMS web interface as a collection type for MIPS reporting. Okay, that’s one side of the picture, and clinicians are very familiar with this aspect of MIPS reporting. Is there any way to deal with them?

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p3care

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Now, it’s truly the clinicians’ responsibility to take part in the healthcare improvement battle with full spirit. Also, the MIPS final rule supports digital measurement and interoperability. In CY 2024, it has already set the performance criteria and scoring standards. And CMS wanted to address them all progressively.

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NCQA

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Improving Accountability for Behavioral Health Care Access is our latest white paper summarizing savvy measurement of behavioral health networks. When they look at a provider directory, they may not understand what type of provider to see. Measuring behavioral health networks is different. Don’t underestimate variation.

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Vie Healthcare

MAY 8, 2024

And even though we may make patient-centered care sound easy and obvious, transitioning to that type of care is a big paradigm shift when you consider that historical context. He also outlines why patient-centered care is an investment in quality and efficiency and highlights the benefits of adaptability in leadership.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 8, 2022

population, including claims, encounters, social determinants of health and various other types of clinical data. Artificial intelligence and machine learning are key to unlocking patient data and solving some of healthcare's most complex problems. Even as the U.S.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 1, 2022

What You Should Know: – Type 2 diabetes reversal leader Virta Health revealed promising one-year outcomes from its partnership with AutoZone, Inc., AutoZone currently offers Virta’s type 2 diabetes reversal, prediabetes reversal, type 2 diabetes management, and obesity and weight loss solutions to eligible AutoZoners at no-cost.

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MAY 23, 2023

Improvements in both the efficiency and effectiveness of care and treatment are critical in addressing the crisis. Improvements in both the efficiency and effectiveness of care and treatment are critical in addressing the crisis. and estimates show that 1 in 44 children are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

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Briggs Healthcare

APRIL 4, 2022

“In preparation for the statutory requirement and to remain transparent and allow for additional stakeholder feedback, each spring CMS solicits public and private stakeholders to submit candidate quality and efficiency measures for consideration by the Agency as a part of the pre-rulemaking process.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Difficulties changing appointment type. No guidance on measuring patient wait time and potential inaccuracies when changing patient modalities. The watchdog recommended several necessary steps for the VHA to take as soon as possible, ideally before more deployments: Improving training for scheduling.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 22, 2024

Discriminative algorithms are measured by the objective accuracy of their output, not their semblance of accuracy, and, like all machine learning algorithms, they are able to ingest and draw value from data at a rate that far exceeds human capacity. The application of AI in dentistry, thus, extends to a much broader population.

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Healthcare Success

MAY 9, 2023

In addition to improving website content, SEO is achieved by optimizing several on-page and off-page elements like header tags, meta descriptions, image tags, URLs, high-quality backlinks, and social engagement. They’ve taken measures to thwart these black hat SEO methods and penalize healthcare websites attempting to use them.

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p3care

JANUARY 23, 2022

That is because patient engagement has actively proven to improve the care and lives of patients. So today, we will be discussing some ways that help with patient engagement and improve their outcomes. Ultimately, it helps with improvement activities for MIPS reporting and in the improvement of the medical billing and coding process.

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p3care

JANUARY 23, 2022

That is because patient engagement has actively proven to improve the care and lives of patients. So today, we will be discussing some ways that help with patient engagement and improve their outcomes. Ultimately, it helps with improvement activities for MIPS reporting and in the improvement of the medical billing and coding process.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

APRIL 25, 2023

If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it”—a quote featured prominently on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Measures Management website. 3 But like any initiative intended to improve quality, evaluation, and iteration is key to assessing and improving delivery.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 5, 2022

To ensure success under value-based care models, providers need specific clinical information readily available at the point of care to make decisions and take measures to improve outcomes. They are measures that a physician would monitor over time to see the progression or regression of a particular illness.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 3, 2023

" Prior to the start of a new research project, One Brooklyn Health did not have a tool to measure health equity. Engaging patients and communities to take surveys is always a challenging task for provider organizations of all shapes and sizes, regardless of who they serve.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 30, 2021

There are many ways in which providers today can leverage conversational AI, but there are three most common types of use-cases. Companies in a variety of industries are leveraging conversational artificial intelligence to better serve customers and support employees. Medical triaging and patient support.

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Reporting is a mechanism to monitor care – we want to be sure that we are improving not just the measure, but the care itself,” Katy Barnett, director of home care and hospice operations and policy at LeadingAge, told Home Health Care News in an email. “An Broadly, falls are a major risk factor for seniors, and are costly.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Early diagnosis and intervention are crucial for managing ADHD and improving outcomes. AI-Powered Brain Scan Analysis The researchers utilized deep learning, a type of AI, to analyze diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) MRI scans of over 1,700 adolescents from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 28, 2022

There is much that can be drawn from this type of research given its importance to continuous improvement. The results of these types of studies provide useful feedback that informs program developers of refinements that may be needed to better assist organizations with their improvement efforts.

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