Health System CIO
AUGUST 2, 2017
There are few factors that can impact a health system leader’s strategy more than location, says Adam Buckley, who talks about how being a rural system shapes his strategy.
Insulin Nation
AUGUST 2, 2017
I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes just before I started eighth grade, and I have always been the primary person to take care of managing my glucose levels and refilling my medications. No amount of Type 1 self-advocacy would prepare me for the life-threatening event that unfolded during finals week my first year of college at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington.
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American Well
JULY 30, 2017
The CONNECT for Health Act would improve coverage of telehealth and remote patient monitoring as basic benefits in Medicare Advantage. Avizia CEO Mike Baird and the executive director for the Alliance for Connected Care , Krista Drobac, spoke with Becker’s Hospital Review to discuss how the CONNECT for Health Act may ease telehealth restrictions—and provide Medicare beneficiaries access to better care.
Healthcare Exchange Standards
AUGUST 2, 2017
The MHD profile is a RESTful API for Document exchange. One use is to use it as a more simple API for discovery and use of Document in a Document Sharing environment such as XDS or XCA. The MHD profile shows this in abstract terms, but abstract diagram does not show a complexity that implementers will be faced with. I have taken those diagrams, and cut them to show only the Document Consumer side.
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ACA Times
AUGUST 3, 2017
When it comes to providing healthcare as an employer, cost is a major concern. Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), applicable large employers – organizations with 50 or more full-time employees and full-time equivalent employees — are required to offer insurance to 95% of their full-time staff. Organizations want to do everything possible to control these costs, and traditionally health insurance brokers are brought in to help to negotiate down rates with providers.
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American Well
JULY 30, 2017
The CONNECT for Health Act would improve coverage of telehealth and remote patient monitoring as basic benefits in Medicare Advantage. Avizia CEO Mike Baird and the executive director for the Alliance for Connected Care , Krista Drobac, spoke with Becker’s Hospital Review to discuss how the CONNECT for Health Act may ease telehealth restrictions—and provide Medicare beneficiaries access to better care.
Mobile Health Matters
AUGUST 1, 2017
As an anesthesiologist, my goal is to make the hospital a better, more efficient place to work so that I may provide the best possible care to my patients from the moment they come under my supervision. As part of this, improving a patient’s health record – and our access to it – by using effective mobile technology is an important step to providing holistic care.
ACA Times
AUGUST 2, 2017
Massachusetts may be setting a new standard for employer tolerance of medical marijuana use by employees across the nation. The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ruled that an employee could not be dismissed from her job for using medical marijuana. The decision sets a potential precedent that recognizes employees who used medical marijuana are protected by state law, despite the use of the drug deemed illegal under federal law.
Insulin Nation
AUGUST 2, 2017
The main medicine people with Type 1 diabetes take on a daily basis is insulin, but did you know that other non-diabetes-related medications can affect your blood sugar, too? This side effect can create havoc on your glucose management if you don’t adjust your insulin levels to accommodate it. sponsor. Here’s a list of medications to consider: Some common medications that can increase glucose levels: Valium and Ativan (benzodiazepines).
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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.
ACA Times
AUGUST 1, 2017
At times, companies may feel like they are swimming in data. It’s an information overload, and a lack of organization can lead to many mistakes in consolidating, validating and analyzing data, particularly when it comes to complying with government mandates such as ACA filings with the IRS and EEO-1 reports with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
ACA Times
JULY 31, 2017
The recent failure in the U.S. Senate vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) leaves in place the ACA’s employer mandate. The employer mandate applies to businesses with 50 or more full-time or full-time equivalent employees, referred to as Applicable Large Employers (ALEs). As Congress was debating and ultimately failing to repeal the ACA, the IRS was moving forward with its plans to enforce the ACA and preparing for mandated information filings of 2017 tax year information in 2018.
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