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Outpatient is the New Inpatient – The Future of Hospitals in America

Health Populi

Outpatient revenue is crossing the curve of inpatient income. This is the new reality for U.S. hospitals and why I’ve titled this post, “outpatient is the new inpatient,” a future paradigm for U.S. hospitals. This realization is informed by data in a new report from Deloitte, Where have the many hospital inpatient gone? The line chart illustrates Deloitte’s top and bottom line: “The shift toward outpatient is happening and will likely have a tremendous impact on ope

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Using Technology To Enhance The Patient Experience

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. With the fourth technological revolution in full swing, more and more digital innovations are changing the world we live in. From having virtual assistants on our devices to directly transforming computer designs to objects through […]. The article Using Technology To Enhance The Patient Experience appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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4 Ways Virtual Care Reduces Healthcare Costs

eVisit

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From A to Zebra: Data-driven strategies for training AI to understand rare diseases

Mobi Health News

Ahead of Rare Disease Day 2020, Paul Wicks, scientific advisor for Ada Health, writes about the potential of digital learning health systems in helping patients receive the right care faster.

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HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?

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.

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The High Cost-of-Thriving and the Evolving Social Contract for Health Care

Health Populi

Millions of Americans have to work 53 weeks to cover a year’s worth of household expenses. Most Americans haven’t saved much for their retirement. Furthermore, the bullish macroeconomic outlook for the U.S. in early 2020 hasn’t translated into individual American’s optimism for their own family budgets. (Sidebar and caveat: yesterday was the fourth day in a row of the U.S. financial markets losing as much as 10% of market cap, so t he global economic outlook is being revised downward by the like

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Growing group of lawmakers want telehealth in coronavirus response

Morning eHealth

False alarm on DEA's special registration rule — Swalwell touts precision medicine to cut health care costs

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Digital physical therapy company Sword Health raises additional $9M

Mobi Health News

The round was led by Khosla Ventures with participation from Founders Fund, Green Innovations, Lachy Groom, Vesalius Biocapital and Faber Ventures.

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Tools for Paying Medical Bills Don’t Help Health Consumers Manage Their Financial Health

Health Populi

There’s a gap between the supply of digital health tools that hospitals and health systems offer patients, and what patients-as-consumers need for overall health and wellbeing. This chasm is illustrated in The future of the digital patient experience , the latest report from HIMSS and the Center for Connected Medicine (CCM). The big gap in supply to patients vs. demand by health consumers is highlighted by what the arrow in the chart below points to: managing payments and paying bills.

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University of Kentucky to offer telehealth graduate certificate program

Clocktree

Recent studies show that 60% of millennials prefer the convenience and privacy of online health care to traditional in-person care. At the same time, lack of access to healthcare remains a growing issue for rural and underserved communities. To address both trends, the University of Kentucky College of Health Sciences is pioneering training in telehealth through a new graduate certificate program.

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The Secret to Supercharging Your Organizations Communications

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.

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VA asking for $1.2B more to continue Cerner EHR project

FierceHealthIT

Key lawmakers are fed up with what they see as poor VA leadership over the roll-out of a Cerner EHR system and vowed to take tighter control of the project. Here's when the VA says it expects the go-live date for its first site will be.

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Following strong 2019 growth, Teladoc Health eyes severe flu season, COVID-19 outbreak

Mobi Health News

During its latest earnings call, the remote care company highlighted its new offerings for enterprise customers and discussed how it's been preparing for an increase in infectious disease cases.

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Why CTA’s Shepherding AI Is Important for Re-Imagining Healthcare

Health Populi

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA), collaborating with industry stakeholders, has ushered in a standard for artificial intelligence in health care. CTA is the membership organization for companies that innovate, manufacture and market consumer-facing tech like big-screen TVs, slick new autos, video games and voice assistants. So what’s an organization like CTA doing with AI and health care?

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Technology to help care for individuals with dementia

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The Early Stage Of Dementia. In the early stages, families will worry. A family member may say or forget things that make them wonder if it’s dementia or just a normal part of aging. They should consider persuading their loved one to get an evaluation from a professional. If their loved one is hesitant, a self-assessment could be used to encourage a visit to a professional.

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Ambiq’s neuralSPOT HeartKit™ enables Real-Time Heart Monitoring AI Applications

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.

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These are the most disruptive companies shaking up healthcare, executives say

FierceHealthIT

When KLAS Research asked more than 300 healthcare leaders to identify the most potentially disruptive company in healthcare, one tech giant was top of mind. But there are smaller, emerging companies getting a lot of buzz as well. And the names that were dropped could indicate the healthcare problems that are executives are most focused on solving right now.

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NHS pilots home testing for coronavirus

Mobi Health News

The NHS in England has announced that it is piloting home testing for coronavirus, as the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the UK went up to 13 on Sunday (23 February). The new approach means that patients will no longer have to go to NHS sites to get tested, with nurses, paramedics and other staff visiting them in their own homes. Professor Keith Willett, NHS strategic incident director for coronavirus, said this would help limit the spread of the infection.

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Inspectors general plan joint audit of VA/DOD interoperability

Morning eHealth

FDA gets a snapshot on AI regulation — Verma acknowledges diabetes program concerns

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Mobile Health Document Sharing (MHDS) Profile

Healthcare Exchange Standards

This profile shows how to build a Document Sharing Exchange using IHE profiled FHIR® standard, rather than the legacy IHE profiles that is dominated by XDS and HL7® v2. This profile will assemble profiles and define a Document Registry. The MHDS Profile specifies how a collection of IHE profiles can be used by communities for exchanging health information.

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The 2023 Behavioral Health Industry Report

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!

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Amazon, Microsoft team with Consumer Technology Association on healthcare AI standards

FierceHealthIT

Big names in technology, including Amazon, Microsoft, and IBM, worked with healthcare industry groups to develop a standard for the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare. Convened by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), a working group made up of 52 organizations set out to create a common language so industry stakeholders can better understand AI technologies.

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Coronavirus prevention may be in your pocket

Mobi Health News

From travel checkpoints to at-home screening, smartphone-based digital health tools could play a role in limiting outbreaks, writes Binah.ai CEO David Maman.

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Down in the Delta – Up in Telehealth: MTA 2020

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves kicked off the Mississippi Telehealth Association (MTA) 2020 Annual Conference on Monday, February 24 th by describing much of Mississippi living “small town ways” as a blanket description of many state residents. Regarding the advancement of telehealth, the governor used this “small town ways” theme as a pitch to bridge the gap of access to care.

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Nuance Announces The General Availability of Ambient Clinical Intelligence

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Nuance Communications, Inc announced the general availability and accelerated delivery of the Nuance Dragon Ambient eXperience (DAX) solution, an ambient clinical intelligence (ACI) solution for a wide array of medical specialties. Working in tandem with […].

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Patient Engagement & Cultural Competence Training Roadmap: A Guide to Reducing Staff Burnout

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.

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Surgery is the second most common reason for medical malpractice claims, report says

FierceHealthIT

Surgery can not only be risky for patients, but it also carries the risk of medical malpractice claims against doctors. A new report looks at the top surgical specialties to trigger claims and asks if it is time for operating rooms to adopt the so-called “sterile cockpit” concept used in aviation to reduce distractions.

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Apple, J&J open enrollment of Heartline Study to Medicare seniors with iPhones

Mobi Health News

The study will use the smartphones, Apple Watches and a custom health engagement program to influence stroke risk and atrial fibrillation detection.

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Why Fee For Service Hurts Us: The Plain Language Version

Docnotes

I’ve had a few conversations recently with elected state officials, and I’m reminded that speaking plain language always helps. Here goes: We all agree that fire stations are a good thing, right? And we agree that we don’t want them to be busy … . So if the firefighters are always watching Three’s Company reruns, that would be good.

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Verizon and Emory Healthcare Partner For Nation’s First 5G Healthcare Lab

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Verizon and Emory Healthcare have entered into a strategic partnership to develop and test 5G Ultra Wideband-enabled use cases that could transform the healthcare industry. As part of the partnership, Verizon lit up the Emory […]. The article Verizon and Emory Healthcare Partner For Nation’s First 5G Healthcare Lab appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp

Facing layoffs in your organization? Support your team members' career transition with Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp: Custom Resume & LinkedIn Revamp + 6 Weeks of Career Coaching. Our certified resume writers will create job search-winning resumes and LinkedIn profiles while they work with a career coach to learn unique strategies to stand out, attract the right employers, automate their job search, and land their dream job.

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In face of physician shortage, 85% of healthcare facilities rely on locum tenens

FierceHealthIT

Eighty-five percent of healthcare facilities have used locum tenens in the past year to fill gaps caused by a shortage of physicians, according to a new survey. There's several factors behind why virtually every hospital in the U.S. now uses locum tenens doctors.

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How stakeholders in digital are grappling with the challenges of today’s healthcare

Mobi Health News

An interview with Patrik Sundström, head of digital health at the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions.

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Newly Diagnosed: 10 Diabetes Truths Veteran T1Ds Want You to Know

Insulin Nation

There is so much to learn when you are first diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. The sheer amount of information is so overwhelming that it can be impossible to look past it and come to terms with the fact that your life has just changed forever. It is this phenomenon — this inability to see beyond everything you need to do just to get through today — that makes it so hard to look at the big picture of living with diabetes.