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Healthcare Innovation Funding – Regulations and Disrupting Traditional Models

Healthcare IT Today

government introduced the meaningful use program as part of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act in 2009, LTPAC organizations – notably nursing homes – and the vulnerable patients they serve have been left behind. Since the U.S.

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The Time Has Come to Digitize Behavioral Healthcare

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Since the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act was passed in 2009, healthcare has digitized rapidly, with electronic health records (EHRs) now ubiquitous across medical practices – except for within behavioral health. A Sponsored Post by Azalea Health.

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What Duplicate Patient Notes Reveal About Health Care and Its Records

Healthcare IT Today

That question would call for yet another study, which would interview the nurses and doctors themselves. In short, each time the clinician deals with the patient—which could easily be several times a day for in-patient nursing staff—the clinician must make sure to include everything about that patient in the note. Follow the money.

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Welcome Back Kotter: New York’s next 1115 Waiver

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Programs that transitioned individuals from nursing home settings saved an average of $67,255 the first year and $90,239 the second year in housing. . On average, Medicaid claim costs declined by about $6,800 per person with high utilizers of the programs having an average savings of $45,600.