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New efforts try to balance nurse staffing ratios with access to care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

It's National Nurses Week 2024 , and it's time to celebrate the more than 5 million RNs nationwide who are so essential to care delivery. But overshadowing the celebration are many challenges impacting the nursing workforce. Feds, states take up nurse staffing The past four years have been especially tough on nurses, of course.

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The Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2023 Are About Social, Mental and Behavioral Health

Health Populi

In 2014, ECRI pivoted the title of this annual report to “patient safety concerns,” a nuance away from health technology. Fast forward to 2023 and ECRI’s latest take on the Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns 2023. Topping the 2023 list of patient safety concerns is the pediatric mental health crisis.

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Bonus Features – April 2, 2023 – 63% of nurses say AI will cause a generational divide among nursing staff, 67% of consumers prefer electronic medical bills but 78% of providers still use paper, and more

Healthcare IT Today

With the end of the public health emergency, DEA is proposing a rollback on flexibility for remote prescribing. If the DEA’s proposed rules become final, ATA warned in a statement , patients “will fall through the cracks, creating a significant and avoidable public health crisis.”

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As Food-As-Medicine Gains Momentum, Watch for Dietitians and Pharmacists to Sit at The FaM Table – And A Lesson from George Washington Carver

Health Populi

Most retail food channels operate pharmacies, three in five operate clinics in stores, and 2 in 5 of the clinics are health system-owned and operated. FMI, the Food Industry Association, conducted this industry poll in October 2023 among food retail and supplier members, totaling 36 organizations representing over 11,000 sites.

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South Korea begins move to make telemedicine permanent

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

After three years, a report into its conduct found that about 14 million Koreans received treatment via telemedicine from February 2020 to January 2023. However, as the public health crisis alert has been downgraded following the drop in COVID-19 infections, providing telemedicine services is no longer permitted today in South Korea.

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Vendor notebook: Virtual care options on Google Cloud, AR surgical imaging and more

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The company says that it aggregates a care team of nurses, doctors, pharmacists, coordinators and others and partners with payers, providers and employers. Preventx launches first STI Lab Preventx announced Monday at the STI and HIV 2023 World Congress in Chicago that it is opening a specialized lab in Cincinnati to assist U.S.

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Weekly Roundup – May 27, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

Wilder and Liz Buckle and talked about building momentum for interoperability beyond treatment at the point of care to support public health and manage patient healthcare journeys. Read more… Featured Health IT Job: Ambulatory Analyst at a Long Island-based client of Lloyd Staffing posted to Healthcare IT Central.