Health Care Quality Digest

What will we do differently in 2023?

Healthcare Leadership

JANUARY 8, 2023

We used to share our resolutions, but over the past few years that has become passé. So instead, we have shared the realistic plans and intentions we have. For me I am going to make 2023 my year that I do things differently. I plan to make small adjustments in three main areas: What I eat. How I work. Image Credit.

Healthcare

Healthcare Healthcare Improvement

The American healthcare system is broken — here’s what we can do to fix it

Health Care Dive

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Value-based care is key to transforming health outcomes and empowering doctors and patients, Texas physician Kevin Spencer argues.

Doctors

Doctors Healthcare

The Digital Dilemma: How Social Media Impacts Youth Mental Health and What We Can Do To Help

HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 2, 2023

What the Data Says According to the Pew Research Center , as many as 95% of U.S. Harnessing the Positive Potential of Social Media Despite the issues that can arise, we must not forget that social media also has transformative potential. teenagers aged 13-17 report using a social media platform. Sometimes it can, but not always.”

Regulations

Regulations Integration

Why we do what we do

Nordic

OCTOBER 13, 2021

While the work is gratifying and important, sometimes it becomes easy to forget why we’re doing it in the first place: it’s all about the patients.

Nursing

Nursing Healthcare

Chronic Absenteeism and Math Learning Loss Are Adding Up: What We Can Do About It

The Rand Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

What can educators and parents do? A necessary first step to helping students—particularly Black students, Hispanic students, and low-income students—recover learning in math is to support them to attend school.

‘We Bring Unique Capabilities to the Space’: What UnitedHealth Group Is Doing in the Home

Home Health Care

AUGUST 18, 2021

The post ‘We Bring Unique Capabilities to the Space’: What UnitedHealth Group Is Doing in the Home appeared first on Home Health Care News. Group 2–5 members $380 per year*. Need more than 5 members? Contact us for more information. * per member. Already a member?

Medical Education’s Bumpy Road: Impacting Future Doctors and What We Can Do About It

Healthcare Leadership

MAY 1, 2023

Blog by Joe Babaian As we navigate the ever-evolving medical landscape, it’s crucial to recognize the role of the medical education system in shaping the doctors of tomorrow. The question is: are we doing enough to prepare them for the challenges they’ll face? How Can We Turn Things Around? is a real problem.

Doctors

Doctors Primary Care Integration Healthcare

Securing a Grant for a New RPM Program: What You Can Do, How We Can Help

Health Recovery

MARCH 14, 2023

Many healthcare organizations are interested in creating a remote patient monitoring (RPM) program, but budget pressures sometimes get in the way. However, you could be eligible for funding opportunities that could make your new RPM program a reality.

Healthcare

Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) / Long COVID – What do we know?

Isabel Healthcare Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

As we near the 14-month anniversary since the first outbreak of COVID-19 was identified in December 2019, it is time to draw attention to the people who had COVID-19 and have been left with prolonged and sometimes new symptoms which they have been struggling with after the disease.

Informing the Debate about Telemedicine Reimbursement What Do We Need to Know?

The Rand Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. payers and policymakers broadly expanded payment for telemedicine services and relaxed many regulations. To decide the long-term fate of pandemic-era temporary telemedicine, policymakers should consider the effects of telemedicine on health care spending, patient outcomes, and health equity.

Telemedicine

Telemedicine Regulations

AI can unlock supply to meet demand, says Johns Hopkins physician IT leader

Healthcare It News

APRIL 4, 2024

"How do we care for more patients with the same clinical workforce we have today? How do we meaningfully increase productivity? "How do we inject really meaningful intelligence into what comes first and what comes next for patients in their journey? " he continued.

Primary Care

Primary Care Nursing Healthcare Hospitals

Mass General Brigham CMIO on AI: 'exciting, but a little anxiety-provoking'

Healthcare It News

JANUARY 9, 2024

We spoke recently with Mishuris to get an in-depth look at how MGB is making use of AI – but also to discuss two top areas of concern for her: responsible use of AI and employing AI to support care teams to deal with staffing shortages and defeat clinician burnout. What are we seeing other organizations doing in this space?

Nursing

Nursing Accountability Doctors Primary Care

Finding success in localising digital tech

Healthcare It News

MARCH 11, 2024

We are currently one month into the four-month pilot. While it is too early to assess the results of the pilot, our nurses can see the benefit of this technology relating to enhanced client care, improved self-management and importantly that we may be more responsive to provide the right care at the right time.

Nursing

Nursing Prevention Integration Healthcare

Keys to improving the patient experience, from the experts

Healthcare It News

MARCH 26, 2024

What does your data show about provider organizations understanding employee experience leading to improved patient experience? Using natural language processing , a form of artificial intelligence , we can connect respondents who are highly likely to recommend our care and analyze the positive themes they convey in their comments.

Patient Experience

Patient Experience Doctors Nursing Healthcare

The 7 Ps of Marketing

Healthcare Success

APRIL 8, 2024

On the first day of class, we learned the fundamental concept of the 4 Ps of marketing. What Are the 7 Ps of Marketing? And—I cannot stress this enough—jumping straight to promotion (neglecting the other marketing Ps) is the worst thing you can do for long-term success. It defines who you are and what you do.

Patient Experience

Patient Experience Ambulatory Care Urgent Care Doctors

NFL's Damar Hamlin at HIMSS23: 'We have to keep doing the work'

Healthcare It News

APRIL 21, 2023

"We talk about medical outcomes," said panel moderator Mark Sugrue, RN, managing Director at FTI Consulting and HIMSS board member, introducing the pair. "I've been doing a lot of keeping up with the American Heart Association, traveling the world and just trying to make my impact there and affect everyone," he said.

Healthcare

Asynchronous video for pre-op boosts patient and staff experience

Healthcare It News

APRIL 8, 2024

"We began implementing asynchronous video technology for surgery across the four hospitals of TBRHSC's Regional Surgical Services program," she continued. "If we put it all on async video, then they don't have to be regurgitating the same information constantly. They understand us and what we are trying to do."

Quality Assurance

Quality Assurance Nursing Health Science Hospitals

Generative AI to bring 'transformative change,' says Froedtert/Inception Health CTO

Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

In this – part one of our two-part interview with the innovator – we talk about generative AI in healthcare and how hospital chief information officers and other health IT leaders should be preparing for a fast-evolving future for the technology. What role do you think generative AI should play in healthcare today?

Healthcare Providers

Healthcare Providers Patient Safety Regulations Integration

More than a third of nurses have PTSD symptoms; a third of doctors are burned out. What are we doing about it?

Healthy Debate

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

What are we doing about it? The post More than a third of nurses have PTSD symptoms; a third of doctors are burned out. appeared first on Healthy Debate.

Doctors

Doctors Nursing

Contact centers – the perfect proving ground for AI in healthcare?

Healthcare It News

MARCH 12, 2024

We interviewed Hayward for a deep dive into genAI and to find out what her main message is to attendees of HIMSS24 in the exhibit hall. Healthcare organizations we work with agreed, but to gain the benefits of AI in their contact centers, they needed a solution that accounts for their unique requirements and workflows.

Healthcare

Healthcare Life Sciences Integration Accountability

Significant Role Play of Medical Billing And Coding for Revenue Cycle

p3care

AUGUST 7, 2023

We require a fine medical billing service to meet compliance standards and reduce claim denials. Do you know why we get claim denials? It’s simple—we get them due to gaps somewhere in the clinical documentation. Therefore, we can’t overlook the significance of Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) at all.

Regulations

Regulations Accountability Medicare Healthcare

With Epic-linked RPM, Lee Health is sending fewer people to hospitals and ERs

Healthcare It News

JANUARY 10, 2023

Zsolt Kulcsar, medical director at Lee Health based in Fort Myers, Florida, says what he has learned in recent years is that telemedicine is great, but it also is a little limiting. "What we learned is that we needed data," he continued. There is only so much one can solve via a video interaction. THE PROBLEM.

Hospitals

Hospitals Telemedicine Urgent Care Primary Care

Banner Health reduces generalized anxiety with digital therapeutics

Healthcare It News

JANUARY 16, 2024

"Second, there is a lack of licensed clinical professionals in the markets we serve. "And frankly, we are still working to find the right fit for a digital therapeutic in the space. What we hope to get out of a digital therapeutic for diabetes is really more in staff and patient efficiencies.

Doctors

Doctors Integration Hospitals Healthcare

Slow and steady uptake of genAI in APAC healthcare in 2024

Healthcare It News

JANUARY 30, 2024

Never has any modern tool promised greater efficiency and support than what generative AI offers. We interviewed him to discuss how their partners in Asia-Pacific and the United States have received genAI, where this trend can go in 2024, and how healthcare stakeholders can effectively extract genAI's immense value.

Healthcare

Healthcare Doctors Pharmaceuticals Hospitals

ChatGPT's potential impact on preventative care and emergency visits

Healthcare It News

APRIL 12, 2024

We interviewed Qureshi for a deep dive into how hospitals and health systems can harness ChatGPT and other LLM technologies to improve patient care, how provider organizations can use LLMs to ease clinician workload, and how providers can deploy ChatGPT and LLMs to empower patients. ", "What doctor can help me with my foot pain?",

Prevention

Prevention Primary Care Doctors Hospitals

Telehealth with a technician in the home reduces spend by 22% for Scottsdale Physician Group

Healthcare It News

JUNE 21, 2022

“If we look at a typical acute episode for this type of patient, it looks like this: Call 911, get evaluated, transported to the hospital ER, evaluated again, seen by ER physician who calls for consults, multiple consults, run blood work, get some imaging, review findings, admit the patient,” he explained. ” MARKETPLACE.

Telemedicine

Telemedicine Doctors Primary Care Hospitals

Readers Write: COVID-19 Drastically Cut Lung Cancer Trial Participation. What Can We Do to Reboot?

HIStalk

DECEMBER 20, 2021

What Can We. COVID-19 Drastically Cut Lung Cancer Trial Participation.

Will healthcare look different in 2023?

Health Care Dive

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

How is healthcare is changing for providers as we enter 2023, and what can we do to prepare?

Healthcare

CIO shows what a service center can do for patient access and experience

Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

We asked Jim Feen a few questions about how the service center has been working for Southcoast and what HIMSS24 attendees can learn from his session. What was the impetus for Southcoast Health to embrace the service center concept? What are some keys to building a successful one?

Primary Care

Primary Care Patient Experience Integration Healthcare

UC Irvine's AI-powered conversational health agent is ready for developers

Healthcare It News

MARCH 28, 2024

We interviewed Rhamani to learn more about openCHA – discussing LLMs' need for more comprehensive capabilities; how developers will be able to integrate external data sources, knowledge bases and analysis models into their systems using openCHA; and next steps getting openCHA out onto the healthcare market. And guess what?

Integration

Integration Nursing Health Technology Accountability

To bridge the digital divide, national nonprofit offers free devices and internet

Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

households do not have in-home internet access and approximately 5.5 million households do not have a computer, according to the U.S. What does it look like, and how does it play into telehealth? households do not have in-home internet access and approximately 5.5 Approximately 11.7 million U.S. Census Bureau.

Primary Care

Primary Care Telemedicine Healthcare Healthcare Providers

Why digital equity is important to conducting better telemedicine

Healthcare It News

JANUARY 18, 2024

What are our patients' digital literacy skill levels? How are we increasing our patients' digital literacy skills? What technical support do we currently provide patients?" If we build it, it doesn’t mean they will come. Do they have any? "What are your current tip sheets like?

Telemedicine

Telemedicine Hospitals Patient Experience Healthcare

Geisinger solves behavioral health access problem with telemedicine

Healthcare It News

JANUARY 25, 2023

"Unsurprisingly, we experienced a surge in demand much like other specialties in our system. "We quickly saw that increase to a maximum of 19,000 outstanding referrals," he continued. As a department, we were at a point where it would take close to six months for patients to get in to see one of our providers."

Telemedicine

Telemedicine Quality of Care Healthcare Integration

Telemedicine will become default, with more virtual treatments, expert says

Healthcare It News

MARCH 20, 2023

But what's next for virtual care? And what about the blossoming trend of virtual-first hybrid care? Why do you feel virtual-first makes sense? ” As we saw during the pandemic, delaying care can have dire results, and virtual-first all but solves the issue. And what does this ultimately mean for telehealth?

Telemedicine

Telemedicine Doctors Primary Care Urgent Care

CenterWell President Sanjay Shetty: ‘It’s Time To Give Home Health Its Due’

Home Health Care

MARCH 12, 2024

We covered everything from CenterWell Home Health’s growth objectives, to value-based care, to Medicare Advantage-home health relations. How do you plan on showing that worth to Humana, and then to other payers? We’re still probably in the early days of that journey. We don’t. We don’t.

Primary Care

Primary Care Medicare Home Care Nursing

Why Tribute Home Care Is Doubling Down On The Private-Pay Business Model

Home Health Care

MARCH 11, 2024

HHCN: Within your private-pay model, how do you manage volatility if a few clients happen to leave the company at the same time? Sneath: The way we’re managing it, and I think we’re probably late to the game here, is that we’re making sure that every market has a full-time dedicated salesperson.

Home Care

The M&A Strategies Behind HouseWorks, Care Advantage And PurposeCare

Home Health Care

APRIL 24, 2024

All three companies are doing unique things to maintain growth in 2024, however. That gap between expectation, and what buyers are willing to pay, has closed considerably,” Cameron Cordts, corporate development manager at PurposeCare, said during a panel discussion at Home Health Care News’ Capital + Strategy conference. Trigilio said.

Home Care

Home Care Medicaid Integration

Healthcare Strategy with Cole Lyons | E.109

Vie Healthcare

APRIL 24, 2024

So, thinking before you speak for me means instead of just saying what I need to say in the moment, I think about what I say, how it will impact the person hearing it, how it’ll impact my image. A lot of times they’re figuring out, how can we solve this problem?

Healthcare

Healthcare Hospitals Process improvement Ambulatory Care

With Medicaid Access Rule Finalized, Home Care Providers Enter ‘Wait-And-See’ Mode

Home Health Care

APRIL 23, 2024

And I think that is exactly what these rules are doing.” We know that the quality of care is directly a function of being able to attract and retain a high-quality workforce,” Tsai said of the 80-20 provision. We heard many, many comments on this provision. We heard many, many comments on this provision.

Home Care

Home Care Medicaid Law Firms Quality of Care

Elara Caring CEO Scott Powers: MA Plans Coming To Negotiating Table With More ‘Reasonable Expectations’

Home Health Care

JANUARY 30, 2024

The priorities are a good reflection of what home health leaders believe will lead to solutions. Their priorities are generally not what you would consider solutions in themselves, however. HHCN: What are your biggest priorities for 2024, the areas you’re most focused on? In a nutshell, that’s what our priorities are.

Patient Experience

Patient Experience Medicare Home Care Hospitals

WellBe Senior Medical CEO On Demonstrating Value To Payers In The Home

Home Health Care

MARCH 27, 2024

We’re like the advocate and navigator … when you’re building a home, you’ve got plumbers, you’ve got electricians, you’ve got masons. We can fill that role for the consumer,” WellBe Senior Medical CEO Jeff Kang explained during the latest episode of HHCN+ TALKS. Now, I’m CEO of WellBe Senior Medical, which we’ll get into.

Primary Care

Primary Care Medicare Medicaid Nursing

Scam Prevention And Therapy Dogs: How Franchise Owners Are Setting Their Home Care Agencies Apart

Home Health Care

APRIL 15, 2024

Franchise owners at companies like Always Best Care, Right at Home and Griswold Home Care are doing this by offering services that fall outside of the norm. We’ll get calls from some of our clients, wondering if we can come out and just do a quick home visit. The site also includes video content.

Home Care

Home Care Prevention Doctors Hospitals

Discrepancies In Home Health Enrollment Data Raise Red Flags In Congressional Hearing

Home Health Care

MARCH 21, 2024

My question here is, the public has a right to know what providers are enrolled in the Medicare program and it is completely unacceptable that the public-facing website has not been operational since 2021,” Steel said. We are constantly doing program integrity work in this field as well. According to Rep.

Medicare

Medicare Medicaid Hospice Care Integration

‘We’re Seeing Tons Of Opportunity’: Home-Based Care Buyers Deploy DIY M&A, Earnout Structures In 2024 Dealmaking Strategies

Home Health Care

APRIL 18, 2024

I do feel like that gap between expectation and what buyers are willing to pay has come closer – considerably,” Cameron Cordts, corporate development manager for PurposeCare, said at the event. We’re seeing tons of opportunity.” One way to do so is through deal earnout structures.

Home Care

Home Care Medicaid Integration Accountability

What will we do differently in 2023?

The American healthcare system is broken — here’s what we can do to fix it

Trending Sources

The Digital Dilemma: How Social Media Impacts Youth Mental Health and What We Can Do To Help

Why we do what we do

Chronic Absenteeism and Math Learning Loss Are Adding Up: What We Can Do About It

‘We Bring Unique Capabilities to the Space’: What UnitedHealth Group Is Doing in the Home

Medical Education’s Bumpy Road: Impacting Future Doctors and What We Can Do About It

Securing a Grant for a New RPM Program: What You Can Do, How We Can Help

Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) / Long COVID – What do we know?

Informing the Debate about Telemedicine Reimbursement What Do We Need to Know?

AI can unlock supply to meet demand, says Johns Hopkins physician IT leader

Mass General Brigham CMIO on AI: 'exciting, but a little anxiety-provoking'

Finding success in localising digital tech

Keys to improving the patient experience, from the experts

The 7 Ps of Marketing

NFL's Damar Hamlin at HIMSS23: 'We have to keep doing the work'

Asynchronous video for pre-op boosts patient and staff experience

Generative AI to bring 'transformative change,' says Froedtert/Inception Health CTO

More than a third of nurses have PTSD symptoms; a third of doctors are burned out. What are we doing about it?

Contact centers – the perfect proving ground for AI in healthcare?

Significant Role Play of Medical Billing And Coding for Revenue Cycle

With Epic-linked RPM, Lee Health is sending fewer people to hospitals and ERs

Banner Health reduces generalized anxiety with digital therapeutics

Slow and steady uptake of genAI in APAC healthcare in 2024

ChatGPT's potential impact on preventative care and emergency visits

Telehealth with a technician in the home reduces spend by 22% for Scottsdale Physician Group

Readers Write: COVID-19 Drastically Cut Lung Cancer Trial Participation. What Can We Do to Reboot?

Will healthcare look different in 2023?

CIO shows what a service center can do for patient access and experience

UC Irvine's AI-powered conversational health agent is ready for developers

To bridge the digital divide, national nonprofit offers free devices and internet

Why digital equity is important to conducting better telemedicine

Geisinger solves behavioral health access problem with telemedicine

Telemedicine will become default, with more virtual treatments, expert says

CenterWell President Sanjay Shetty: ‘It’s Time To Give Home Health Its Due’

Why Tribute Home Care Is Doubling Down On The Private-Pay Business Model

The M&A Strategies Behind HouseWorks, Care Advantage And PurposeCare

Healthcare Strategy with Cole Lyons | E.109

With Medicaid Access Rule Finalized, Home Care Providers Enter ‘Wait-And-See’ Mode

Elara Caring CEO Scott Powers: MA Plans Coming To Negotiating Table With More ‘Reasonable Expectations’

WellBe Senior Medical CEO On Demonstrating Value To Payers In The Home

Scam Prevention And Therapy Dogs: How Franchise Owners Are Setting Their Home Care Agencies Apart

Discrepancies In Home Health Enrollment Data Raise Red Flags In Congressional Hearing

‘We’re Seeing Tons Of Opportunity’: Home-Based Care Buyers Deploy DIY M&A, Earnout Structures In 2024 Dealmaking Strategies

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