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Flashback: 2005 Tennessee Medicaid disenrollment led to increased crime, study finds

FierceHealthIT

MARCH 20, 2024

A new study, that draws parallels to current day redeterminations, delves into the relationship between mass Medicaid disenrollment in 2005 and how it may have led to violent crime.

“Complexity is Profitable” in U.S. Healthcare – How to Save a Quarter-Trillion Dollars

Health Populi

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Paper Kills , as Newt Gingrich asserted in 2005 talking about the importance of electronic medical records about the time we started the CAQH Index project. Claims — that’s the paper-based workflow that eats up some of the $billion U.S. It still does. The post “Complexity is Profitable” in U.S.

Patient Experience

Patient Experience Interoperability Nursing Connected Health

DIY Health Care and Self-Care Accelerating in the Pandemic

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Health Populi’s Hot Points: Reading the Drug Store News story was a kind of déjà vu for me, reflecting on work I did with Rod Falcon and Institute for the Future on personal health ecologies in… 2005.

Primary Care

Integrated EHR enables shift to virtual post-discharge follow-up

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The research team studied nearly 250,000 hospital discharges in patients with diabetes from 2005 to 2011. Although the study tracked patients from 2005 to 2011, before the current telehealth boom , it offers yet another piece of evidence for why virtual care is likely to remain a staple in healthcare even after the pandemic.

EHR

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A Look at Changes in the NEW HIPAA Security Rule

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 7, 2025

The changes are far overdue as the last revision to the original 2005 HIPAA Security Rule was made in 2013, before the healthcare industry moved to widespread reliance on technology and before many of todays cyber threats were introduced.

HIPAA

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Rural emergency department visits jumped more than 50% in about a decade—study

FierceHealthIT

APRIL 14, 2019

Visits to the emergency department in rural areas jumped by more than 50% since 2005 even as the overall population in rural areas fell—a sign of increasing pressure on rural hospitals as safety-nets, a study published in JAMA Network Open found.

What’s Causing Fewer Primary Care Visits in the US?

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

But America’s per capita primary care physician supply fell between 2005 and 2015. Oh, and did I mention that life spans are longer for people who live in places with greater primary care physician supply?

Primary Care

Primary Care HIPAA Telehealth Health Policy

Medical device recalls reach historic levels in 2018 with software as leading cause

FierceHealthIT

MAY 9, 2018

A new report shows that more medical devices were recalled in the first quarter of 2018 than in any other quarter dating back to 2005. Attorney Bethany Hills tells FierceHealthcare that's likely to continue as more complex software is integrated into devices.

Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative dissolves, saying 'work completed'

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 21, 2021

Since its founding in 2005, MAeHC has worked to improve the safety, efficiency and quality of healthcare delivery in the state by guiding organizations in the implementation and meaningful use of health IT. WHY IT MATTERS.

eHealth

eHealth Meaningful Use Leadership Health Data

Aignostics Secures $34 Million Series B to Enhance Precision Medicine with AI

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Since its inception in 2005, HTGF has financed more than 750 start-ups and successfully sold shares in more than 180 companies. HTGF invests in the pre-seed and seed phases and participates significantly in further financing rounds, since 2024 with the HTGF Opportunity Growth Fund.

Life Science

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HIMSS to showcase Community Care Outcomes Maturity Model at HIMSS23

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 16, 2023

It's the newest of HIMSS' longstanding suite of analytics analytics maturity models – which have been helping healthcare organizations around the world build and assess their technology maturity and care delivery capabilities since the EMR Adoption Model was first created in 2005.

EMR

EMR Primary Care Digital Health Healthcare IT

Error which caused 80,000 German medical practices to lose their connection to telematics infrastructure has been resolved

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 22, 2020

Founded in 2005, Gematik is the society for the eHealth card and related telematics applications, responsible for the construction, operation and maintenance of the TI. THE LARGER CONTEXT. It was taken over by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) in 2019.

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Phreesia Acquires Access eForms, Expanding its Offerings for Acute-Care Hospitals and Continuing to Drive Efficiency and a Better Patient Experience

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Founded in 2005, Phreesia enabled more than 120 million patient visits in 2022–more than 1 in 10 visits across the U.S.–scale About Phreesia Phreesia is the trusted leader in patient activation, giving providers, health plans, life sciences companies, and other organizations tools to help patients take a more active role in their care.

Patient Experience

Patient Experience Life Science EHR Healthcare IT

The Most Relevant Companies in Health Care – Learning From the W2O Group

Health Populi

MARCH 3, 2021

While “ESG” was first coined in 2005, the coronavirus pandemic, the issues solidifying in 2020 shown above in the first image, and climate change converged over the past year. This includes health care.

Life Science

Life Science Public Health Primary Care Patient Experience

From Paper to Pixels: The Future is Bright for Health Information Management

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Prior to the Meaningful Use incentives in 2005, only 20% of medical records were stored electronically. Putting Paper in the Rearview Mirror It wasn’t that long ago that HIM professionals were responsible for managing paper medical records. The era of rolling shelves, paperclips, and Dictaphones ended less than 20 years ago.

Health Information

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Critical Condition: The Increasing Frequency of Ransomware Attacks in Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

This organization has been treating patients since 2005 and has 15 locations spread across the region. To better understand a backup solution that must contend with the complexity of multiple operating systems and devices as well as federal regulations let’s look at Alabama Cancer Care.

Health Information

Health Information HIPAA Healthcare IT Leadership

Joe Kvedar is new president-elect of American Telemedicine Association

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 25, 2019

Kvedar, vice president of connected health at Partners HealthCare and a professor of dermatology at Harvard Medical School, has served as ATA president before – from 2004-2005 – and also served on its board for several years. He'll help lead the group as telehealth is gaining ground among U.S.

Telemedicine

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The Future of Sensors and Older Adults -- and other October blogs

Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Look at the ten years or more between the first wave of useful sensor tech for seniors (2005 with GrandCare Systems ) until the newer collection of offerings. Look at the ludicrous amount of time it took to officially enable buying hearing aids over the counter.

Interface designers opt for cool over useful

Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 24, 2022

And just for fun, they compared the time to do these tasks with the same tasks on a 2005 Volvo V70. The Swedish test was charming – they compared 10 modern touchscreen dashboards to see how easy/fast it was to do certain tasks – changing the radio station, turning on heated seats, lowering the instrument lighting. Guess what?

Then and Now Infographic: Healthcare Digital Marketing Trends Survey

Geonetric

JUNE 18, 2020

In 2005 when Geonetric started the Healthcare Digital Marketing Trends Survey, access to data on how organizations were using digital was minimal. In 2005 websites were still becoming the norm. And data around how healthcare specifically was using digital was even scarcer. Building MarTech stacks […].

The Nursing Home Closure Debacle – does it help anyone?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 24, 2023

The federal “Money Follows the Person” was introduced in 2005 to enable seniors to avoid them and receive Medicaid-paid services. So many factors crushed nursing homes -- Covid and Private Equity nursing home ownership were big players, followed by government strategy to undermine them. Why have nursing homes become so publicly scorned?

Nursing

Nursing Medicare

A Call to Healthcare Professionals: Contrary to what you’ve been taught, use social media

Christina's Considerations

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Way back in 2005, I began blogging. After a couple of years, I got tired of explaining to my hospital administration and physician friends "what's a blog?" and "why would I want to Twitter?" Since all of the young people.

mHealth

mHealth Health Information Telehealth

8 Marketing Tips from Leading Healthcare Organizations

Geonetric

MAY 30, 2024

Our Healthcare Digital Marketing Trends Survey, now in its 12th edition since 2005, provides a snapshot of how healthcare organizations across the United States manage their marketing programs in the face of new technology, updated regulations, and changing consumer desires.

Sounds Like A John Denver Song: Virginia and Colorado Towns Rank High As Healthy Communities

Health Populi

MARCH 26, 2018

In the rich evidence base for primary care improving community health, we can look to the seminal 2005 work of Barbara Starfield. Several other factors also play out in the top ten: • Physical activity , especially related to health baked into town/urban planning for walkability, safe neighborhoods, and green spaces.

Primary Care

Primary Care Mental health Public Health

Resurgens Technology Partners Invests in Valant – An Industry Leader in Software Supporting the Behavioral Health Industry

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 26, 2023

About Valant Valant was founded in 2005 to provide behavioral health providers in solo and group practices with software to streamline administration and, most critically, improve patient outcomes. Resurgens is headquartered in Atlanta, with additional professionals located in Austin, London, and Silicon Valley.

EHR

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Fall detection -- does the PERS industry detect market changes?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 11, 2023

Philips launched its own Personal Emergency Response System (PERS) offering in 2005 through the acquisition of Lifeline Systems and gave up 16 years later, selling it to Connect America. If so , would you pick up the phone and call LifeAlert, the purveyor of those miserable ads on TV?

Healthcare will outspend all other industries on R&D by 2020 reports PwC

Lloyd Price

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

R&D spending in healthcare is expected to exceed $180 billion by 2020, up from about $86 billion in 2005. Software and internet, another sector that has demonstrated sustained growth in R&D spending, is forecast to reach about $175 billion, up from just over $20 billion in 2005. Source : [link] [link]

Digital Health

The who, what, when, where, and why of Cochrane

Society for Participatory Medicine

OCTOBER 13, 2018

Cochrane is now an internationally renowned initiative (Clarke 2005; Green 2005).” ” Since 1993 – only 25 years – Cochrane has spread across the globe, with centers on every populated continent: Cochrane UK (and their Evidently Cochrane blog , which is terrific).

Health Policy

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RLDatix Acquires Galen Healthcare Solutions

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 1, 2022

Galen Healthcare Solutions, established in 2005, has partnered with major health systems, hospitals and specialty practices to provide solutions across a full-range of transition services including system support, implementation, and optimization, in addition to data migration and cloud-based legacy system retirement (Run/Migrate/Archive).

Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Patient Experience Health IT

A farewell to blogs: FierceHospitals will explore what it takes to make hospitals the best-run organizations on the planet

FierceHealthIT

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

The Hospital Impact blog, launched in March 2005, introduced itself as “the first and only healthcare blog dedicated [to] current and emerging hospital leaders, thinkers, and enablers,” and its mission was to answer the question “what will it take for hospitals to be the best-run organizations on the face of the planet?” That hasn't changed.

Online Pharmacies Maintain Popularity But Now Face Usability and Cost Challenges

Digital Health Global

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Founded in 2005, Software Advice has helped more than 950,000 businesses find the right software for their specific needs. Through 1-on-1 conversation and trusted insights, industry-specific advisors guide buyers to top software options in as little as 15 minutes (and it’s 100% free).

Digital Health

Digital Health EHR

Global Initiative on Digital Health (GIDH) Launched at G20 Summit to Revolutionize Healthcare

Digital Health Global

AUGUST 21, 2023

The inception of this initiative can be traced back to the 2005 WHO resolution on eHealth, which paved the way for the development and adoption of the WHO Global Strategy on Digital Health. This initiative is one of the key deliverables of India’s G20 Presidency.

Digital Health

Digital Health eHealth Health Policy

Tom Brady’s Business Partner’s False Diabetes Claims

Insulin Nation

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Guerrero entered into a 2005 consent decree with the FTC for his role pushing Supreme Greens. The FTC found that he made multiple unsubstantiated claims about Supreme Greens and practiced deceptive advertising and business practices while selling the product.

The Pushback Against the Artificial Pancreas

Insulin Nation

OCTOBER 14, 2016

In an October 6th, 2016 Facebook post, he wrote why Bigfoot Biomedical won’t be calling their coming automated pump system an artificial pancreas: “In retrospect, those of us who came together in 2005 to drive development of automated insulin delivery systems shouldn’t have embraced the term ‘artificial pancreas.’

Insulin Allergies Are For Real

Insulin Nation

JUNE 24, 2014

In 2005, researchers discussed in Clinical and Molecular Allergy the case of a 25-year-old Spanish man with Type 1 diabetes who was experiencing an anaphylactic reaction to insulin. -In 2010, Paris doctors reported a 21-year-old woman with Type 1 diabetes who had to be treated for rashes at all injection sites, according to Diabetes Care.

Reuters Health: Telemedicine surging in US but still uncommon

mHealth Insight

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

. “To see whether these laws translate to more use of telemedicine, researchers examined private health insurance claims data from 2005 to 2017 from OptumLabs Data Warehouse.

Telemedicine

Telemedicine Mental health Primary Care mHealth

HID Acquires Vizzia Technologies to Expand RTLS Offering for Healthcare, Including Asset Management and Tracking

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 30, 2024

Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Vizzia is now part of HID’s Identification Technologies Business Area. This acquisition is yet another exciting step in our journey to enabling safe and efficient workplaces using real-time location data for people and things.”

Leadership

Leadership Healthcare IT Health IT

UK Survey Finds Many Denied Test Strips

Insulin Nation

DECEMBER 9, 2014

In a 2005 study , researchers found that 27 percent of the regional health care trust agencies had policies in place restricting access to test strips for people with diabetes. Diabetes UK Chief Executive Barbara Young warns that recent pressure to contain healthcare costs is causing more physicians to restrict test strip prescriptions.

Primary Care

Did you get your Medical Resident FICA Refund?

Medicine and Technology

MARCH 1, 2013

Were you in residency before 2005? The IRS has made an administrative determination to accept the position that medical residents are excepted from FICA taxes for tax periods ending before April 1, 2005, when new IRS regulations went into effect. Did you receive your Medical Resident FICA Refund ?

How Hospitals Are Reducing Medical Costs with Telehealth

American Well

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Analysis of data from the Healthcare Cost & Utilization Project’s 2010 Nationwide Inpatient Sample and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Prevention Quality Indicators showed that a decrease in the number of potentially avoidable hospital admissions from 2005 to 2010 saved nearly $1 billion in hospital costs.

Telehealth

Telehealth Nursing Accountable Care Mental health

Guest Blog: Growing Rural Health Access with Telehealth – by Ryan Kelly, Mississippi Telehealth Association

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

JUNE 10, 2019

Kelly earned a bachelor’s of science with honors from The University of Southern Mississippi in 2005 and a master’s of science with honors from Mississippi College in 2007.

Telehealth

Telehealth Psychiatry Leadership Health IT

Employer Premiums Up 4%, Deductibles Rising Faster

ACA Times

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

The 2015 Employer Health Benefits Survey found that premiums have risen by an average of 5% annual since 2005, compared to an 11% average annual increase between 1999 and 2005. But the size of deductibles paid by employees has been rising much faster than premiums.

The DASS-21 Scale Explained

TheraNest

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Another study was conducted by the British Psychological Society in 2005. The researchers concluded that the DASS-21 performed well when it came to assessing the symptoms of depression and anxiety, though its ability to identify stress in the teenage study participants was more limited. .

Mental health

Mental health EHR

Lean Digital: How Apps and Services Can Help Control Weight

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 29, 2024

An important turning point was a 2005 study in JAMA published by a team led by Katherine Flegal of the Centers for Disease Control. The medical profession itself is rife with improper handling of the many people whose weight is much greater than the medically recommended limits.

Private practice

Private practice Medicare Public Health Patient Experience

Flashback: 2005 Tennessee Medicaid disenrollment led to increased crime, study finds

“Complexity is Profitable” in U.S. Healthcare – How to Save a Quarter-Trillion Dollars

Trending Sources

DIY Health Care and Self-Care Accelerating in the Pandemic

Integrated EHR enables shift to virtual post-discharge follow-up

A Look at Changes in the NEW HIPAA Security Rule

Rural emergency department visits jumped more than 50% in about a decade—study

What’s Causing Fewer Primary Care Visits in the US?

Medical device recalls reach historic levels in 2018 with software as leading cause

Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative dissolves, saying 'work completed'

Aignostics Secures $34 Million Series B to Enhance Precision Medicine with AI

HIMSS to showcase Community Care Outcomes Maturity Model at HIMSS23

Error which caused 80,000 German medical practices to lose their connection to telematics infrastructure has been resolved

Phreesia Acquires Access eForms, Expanding its Offerings for Acute-Care Hospitals and Continuing to Drive Efficiency and a Better Patient Experience

The Most Relevant Companies in Health Care – Learning From the W2O Group

From Paper to Pixels: The Future is Bright for Health Information Management

Critical Condition: The Increasing Frequency of Ransomware Attacks in Healthcare

Joe Kvedar is new president-elect of American Telemedicine Association

The Future of Sensors and Older Adults -- and other October blogs

Interface designers opt for cool over useful

Then and Now Infographic: Healthcare Digital Marketing Trends Survey

The Nursing Home Closure Debacle – does it help anyone?

A Call to Healthcare Professionals: Contrary to what you’ve been taught, use social media

8 Marketing Tips from Leading Healthcare Organizations

Sounds Like A John Denver Song: Virginia and Colorado Towns Rank High As Healthy Communities

Resurgens Technology Partners Invests in Valant – An Industry Leader in Software Supporting the Behavioral Health Industry

Fall detection -- does the PERS industry detect market changes?

Healthcare will outspend all other industries on R&D by 2020 reports PwC

The who, what, when, where, and why of Cochrane

RLDatix Acquires Galen Healthcare Solutions

A farewell to blogs: FierceHospitals will explore what it takes to make hospitals the best-run organizations on the planet

Online Pharmacies Maintain Popularity But Now Face Usability and Cost Challenges

Global Initiative on Digital Health (GIDH) Launched at G20 Summit to Revolutionize Healthcare

Tom Brady’s Business Partner’s False Diabetes Claims

The Pushback Against the Artificial Pancreas

Insulin Allergies Are For Real

Reuters Health: Telemedicine surging in US but still uncommon

HID Acquires Vizzia Technologies to Expand RTLS Offering for Healthcare, Including Asset Management and Tracking

UK Survey Finds Many Denied Test Strips

Did you get your Medical Resident FICA Refund?

How Hospitals Are Reducing Medical Costs with Telehealth

Guest Blog: Growing Rural Health Access with Telehealth – by Ryan Kelly, Mississippi Telehealth Association

Employer Premiums Up 4%, Deductibles Rising Faster

The DASS-21 Scale Explained

Lean Digital: How Apps and Services Can Help Control Weight

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