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Revenue Integrity in 2024: Reducing Leakage Points in a Complicated Cycle

Healthcare IT Today

First, the evolution of technology and the ability to solve for some of the various challenges that previously existed has completely revolutionized the charge capture process. According to another study , about one in eight rural hospitals merged with an out-of-market hospital or health system from 2010-18.

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Ask and Tell: Family Caregiving as a Social Determinant of Health

Healthcare IT Today

There’s also financial stress, and the stress of doing hands-on nursing tasks we’re never trained for. Is it any wonder the caregiver’s own health often deteriorates? 2010 May;58(5):895-900. It’s become clear that being a caregiver is a social determinant of health (SDoH): a non-medical condition that influences health outcomes.

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Dispatches from the Frontlines: Connected Health and COVID-19

Connected Health Initiative

In this blog post, we will explore the three key challenges that previously limited the impact of connected health technologies, the myriad of temporary policy changes recently made to address the COVID-19 public health emergency, and the opportunities and challenges that still remain. billion in 2018. billion in 2018.

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mHealth Insights live from #HIMSS18

mHealth Insight

Description: This session will highlight the opportunities and challenges associated with patients generating their own health data and the role of nurses in facilitating these new technologies and data sources. Learning Objectives: Discuss the role of nurses in training patients to use new mHealth technologies.

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150 top places to work in healthcare

Henry Kotula

The health system provides employees opportunities to take part in global mission trips, and its wellness program offers incentives for maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Advocate Health Care (Downers Grove, Ill.). For two consecutive years, the health system was named among the Best Places to Work in Illinois.