Mobi Health News
AUGUST 28, 2023
In addition to the Nectar Allergy Center in New York, the company's offerings include a compounding pharmacy, lab testing facility and telehealth network of allergists.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
AUGUST 28, 2023
Clínica Alemana Osorno, located in southern Chile, has introduced digital communication workflows that leverage connected care. Digital workflows are helping the clinic create a better patient experience, enhance workforce efficiency and increase access to care across its 46 medical specialties and four facilities. With more than 300,000 outpatient appointments per year, Clínica Alemana Osorno is one of the largest healthcare providers in southern Chile.
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Mobi Health News
AUGUST 28, 2023
Oak Street Health centers in 21 states will leverage Strive's technology platform and services to help manage care for patients with chronic kidney disease.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
AUGUST 28, 2023
The commitment to telehealth from CMS offers medical specialties the freedom to innovate and provide better and more equitable care, says Dr. Robert Murry, chief medical officer of NextGen Healthcare and a practicing family physician.
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Colington Consulting was established in 2013 and helps organizations achieve HIPAA compliance and ensures clients stay current with the latest enforcement trends. We provide a full range of HIPAA compliance services and consulting. What separates us from our competitors is our knowledge of HIPAA compliance regulations and their application to each of our client’s particular scenarios and requirements.
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 28, 2023
Earlier this year, HCA Healthcare launched a pilot program that equipped 75 emergency room physicians at four hospitals with Google’s AI technology, utilizing an ongoing partnership with Google Clo | HCA Healthcare wants to spread generative AI tools beyond four hospitals in an initial pilot program, as well as incorporate Google's medical LLM.
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Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 28, 2023
For something as important and as sensitive as healthcare, there are plenty of rules and regulations in place to protect both patients and organizations. However, with healthcare being ever-evolving our regulations are also ever evolving. This can make it extremely difficult to not only follow all of the ones in place today but to prepare our organizations for the upcoming regulations.
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 28, 2023
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts announced< | Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts tapped Paul Long to serve as the health plan’s chief consumer experience officer.
Iris Telehealth
AUGUST 28, 2023
Telepsychiatry is a great way to improve access to care for your patients, but how do you know if it would be a good fit for your health system? Before you make a decision, there are several components you should consider, like what care models would be most beneficial for your organization, how to ensure the right provider fit, and what to look for in a behavioral health partner.
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 28, 2023
Rite Aid is reportedly preparing to file for bankruptcy within a few weeks to help restructure its debt and potentially halt ongoing lawsuits. | The bankruptcy would reportedly pause the many legal claims against the retailer and allow it to consolidate and resolve them in one place.
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Effective collaboration among all care team members is critical to delivering better patient outcomes. A key element to achieving effective collaboration is through the implementation of a clinical communication and collaboration platform. In a fast-paced, high-stress and critical environment, people tend to do whatever gets the job done. Therefore will scramble and use the systems, people, or processes around them to get an outcome more quickly - which can often be at the expense of quality.
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 28, 2023
For the 61st episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Josh Otten, Director of IT Solutions Engineering and Design and Architecture at Adventist Healthcare to dive into the world of IT infrastructure! We kick off this episode by talking about the biggest IT infrastructure challenges Otten has faced recently. Otten shares how he was able to approach these challenges and the benefits he has received in doing so.
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 28, 2023
L.A. Care Health Plan is investing $4.05 million in a street medicine initiative to expand access to care for unsheltered people. | Nine organizations offering street medicine services will each receive up to $500,000 from the health plan. The program aims to beef up street medicine teams serving LA, as well as to ensure people without stable housing do not drop off Medi-Cal amid Medicaid redeterminations.
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 28, 2023
FOLX Health (FOLX, pronounced “folks”) is the leading healthcare providers for the LGBTQIA community. Today they serve over 12,000 members. FOLX uses technology, like telehealth, that allows patients to access care when it is convenient for them and in a place where they feel comfortable and safe. Their use of technology and the personalized care they deliver has led to extremely high patient satisfaction scores and patient loyalty.
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 28, 2023
Bon Secours Mercy Health took its ongoing spat with regional Elevance Health plans to the next level on Monday, filing suit against the insurer alleging that it owed more than $93 million in unpaid | Bon Secours Mercy Health took its ongoing spat with regional Elevance Health plans to the next level on Monday, filing suit against the insurer alleging that it owed more than $93 million in unpaid claims.
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Ambiq®, a leading developer of ultra-low-power semiconductor solutions that deliver a multifold increase in energy efficiency, introduces HeartKit, its latest addition to neuralSPOT. This optimized AI model enables running various real-time heart monitoring applications to help users and their healthcare providers quickly identify any irregular events to take necessary actions.
Society for Participatory Medicine
AUGUST 28, 2023
From shared-decision making, patient-centered care and value-based care to common technology innovations, healthcare players often describe how we aspire healthcare to be in concepts, buzzwords, branding and what has become common lexicon mentioned in conversations across the healthcare industry. What do all these words mean? What are we all trying to say to one another?
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 28, 2023
As health plans drop costly GLP-1 drugs, controversially leaving people without access to potentially life-changing therapies, health companies are hoping to fill the marketplace void to provide be | Obesity impacts roughly 40% of Americans, but insurers are becoming less willing to cover weight loss drugs for the disease. Health companies are looking to bridge the gap.
Xealth
AUGUST 28, 2023
Integrating the iMHere mobile health system into clinician EHR workflows simplifies the enrollment process and ability to monitor treatment. Pittsburgh and Seattle – August 9, 2023 – The UPMC Adult Spina Bifida Clinic is making it easier to enroll people with chronic conditions like spina bifida into mobile health systems that support them in their care by leveraging the electronic health record (EHR) workflow integration through Xealth.
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 28, 2023
Nationwide hospital finances hit a rough patch in July as reduced patient volumes, a bump in bad debt and charity care whittled operating margins. | Patient volumes, particularly in outpatient settings, saw a steep month-over-month decline while Medicaid redetermination appears to have sparked a bump in bad debt and charity care, per Kaufman Hall.
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This report explores current issues in the behavioral health industry in 2023. Topics covered include quantitative statistics describing the overall increase in behavioral health issues, the impact of psychologist and staff burnout, how HIPAA compliance is once again at the top of our minds & much more!
Lloyd Price
AUGUST 28, 2023
The latest Digital Health Intelligence snapshot report uncovers how NHS trusts will prioritise virtual patient care based on the government's ambitious plans. In the first of a new series of analysis for Digital Health Intelligence subscribers, Lloyd Price examines the virtual care market. Download your copy for: In-depth insights and expert analysis of the current virtual care market Funding options available Profiles of leading suppliers of virtual care solutions What's next for trusts as NHS
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 28, 2023
Renton, Washington-based Providence logged a $202 million operating loss for the second quarter (-2.8% operating margin) that the nonprofit says reflects its efforts to trim expenses amid last year | The 51-hospital nonprofit is still working its way back from 2022's brutal $1.7 billion operating loss. Management said the most recent quarter's -2.8% operating margin is a step in the right direction.
Lloyd Price
AUGUST 28, 2023
Exec Summary: Ultra-wideband (UWB) technology is a promising technology with a wide range of potential applications in medicine. Here are some of the most promising applications of UWB technology in medicine: Remote patient monitoring: UWB technology can be used to monitor patients' vital signs and activities remotely. This can be done by placing UWB sensors in the patient's home or other location.
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 28, 2023
Talent acquisition and retention continues to be a primary concern among healthcare executives, with 82% calling that the biggest risk to business, according to a new PwC survey. | Talent acquisition and retention continues to be a primary concern among healthcare executives, with 82% calling that the biggest risk to business, according to a new PwC survey.
Speaker: Dr. Mauvareen Beverley, Patient Engagement and Cultural Competence Specialist
If you’re a healthcare provider, chances are you have experienced symptoms of burnout yourself or have colleagues who are currently facing extreme career dissatisfaction. One of the many ways to partially alleviate burnout is active patient engagement. By engaging with patients to understand their needs and preferences, healthcare providers can develop treatments tailored to the individual patient.
Digital Health Wire
AUGUST 28, 2023
CMS just released the Medicare Shared Savings Program results for 2022, and the report managed to drum up some serious debate on the effectiveness of MSSP despite last year’s record performance. MSSP saved Medicare $1.8B in 2022, marking the sixth consecutive year of savings and the second-highest total since the program launched in 2012. The program generates savings by working with accountable care organizations, or groups of providers who collaborate to cut down on avoidable utilization, dupl
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 28, 2023
Talkiatry, a national telepsychiatry provider, has expanded its child and adolescent psychiatry services to five new states. | The provider is now live in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Oregon, Alabama and Louisiana, bringing its reach to a total 31 states and 58 million minors across the country.
Henry Kotula
AUGUST 28, 2023
[link] Albert Einstein determined that time is relative. And when it comes to healthcare, five years can be both a long and a short amount of time. In August 2018, I launched the Fixing Healthcare podcast. At the time, the medium felt like the perfect auditory companion to the books and articles I’d been writing. By bringing on world-renowned guests and engaging in difficult but meaningful discussions, I hoped the show would have a positive impact on American medicine.
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 28, 2023
Trilliant Health, a healthcare analytics company, announced it will make its national provider directory publicly available. | Basic access to the API will be available for free, while premium licensing will be available for specific use cases, like consumer applications or advanced analyses. The directory, the result of years of data science and engineering work, is said to contain data on 2.7 million healthcare facilities, physicians and allied health professionals.
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LeanIX
AUGUST 28, 2023
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) transformation can dramatically improve efficiency and profitability across your entire organization. It's also one of the most complex and difficult IT projects an organization can undertake.
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 28, 2023
Centene is selling off one of its international assets as it continues to evaluate its portfolio under the company's value creation initiative. | Centene is selling off one of its international assets as it continues to evaluate its portfolio under the company's value creation initiative.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
AUGUST 28, 2023
The Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver program from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has grown to 125 health systems and 289 hospitals in 37 states in less than three years. A number of other health systems and hospitals have secured waivers but haven't yet implemented a program. Others haven't scaled, because they are discovering that managing all the clinical and nonclinical services associated with hospital-level care in the home is a major undertaking.
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