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EHR & EMR

Using Advanced Tech to Enhance Patient Retention of Information After Medical Visits

December 28, 2023

Via: HitConsultant

Seldom do people receive as much important information as quickly as they do during doctor’s visits and hospital stays. Stressful settings, unfamiliar terms, too-brief conversations, and the heightened emotions surrounding health issues combine to make it difficult for patients to […]


News

Population Health, Access, and Equity in 2024

December 27, 2023

Via: Health IT Answers

Getting our population healthier, more equitable, and more access is and has been a vision for years now. Care delivery and payments are on the line in 2024. Will the industry step up and create the tools providers need? Can […]


News

How Community Schools Can Improve Their Healthcare Initiatives

December 27, 2023

Via: HitConsultant

If you ever visited the nurses’ office or had an eye exam at school as a child, you benefitted from campus healthcare initiatives. Community schools can (and should) go beyond education to serve as critical healthcare providers for students, staff, […]


News

Talent Tuesday: Overcoming Healthcare Staffing Challenges in 2024

December 26, 2023

Via: Health IT Answers

According to symplr’s 2023 Compass Survey of health system leaders, workforce challenges are the top threat to healthcare organizations in the coming year. Demand for healthcare services has ramped up in recent years due to population growth and aging, while […]


Innovation, Research

The Most Common COVID Symptoms Doctors Are Seeing This Holiday Season

December 20, 2023

Via: HuffPost

In unfortunate news, cases of COVID-19 are increasing just in time for the holidays. Behind this uptick is a new strain called JN.1, which accounted for 21.4% of cases in the United States as of Dec. 9, according to data […]


Regulatory

Biden administration urges 9 states to curb high child Medicaid, CHIP disenrollments

December 19, 2023

Via: Healthcare Dive

State Medicaid programs began reassessing eligibility for the safety-net insurance program this spring after a long period of continuous enrollment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Continuous enrollment provisions caused rolls to swell to nearly 94 million people before unwinding began in […]


Wellness

6 Stupid Holiday Food ‘Rules’ That Are Really Diets In Disguise

December 19, 2023

Via: HuffPost

It’s the most wonderful time of the year ― unless you’re on a diet and have set impossible standards for eating during the holidays. There’s nothing wrong with taking an “everything in moderation” approach at the dinner table, but other […]


Wellness

Drinking carrot juice could boost immune system and reduce inflammation, say researchers

December 14, 2023

Via: Fox News

Adding carrot juice to your daily nutrition routine could help promote better health. A small study published in the journal Nutrients this month found that drinking carrot juice could help boost the immune system and reduce inflammation. Researchers from the […]


Innovation, Patient Experience

Optimizing the Patient Experience Throughout the Care Journey

December 12, 2023

Via: Health IT Answers

As the patient experience in healthcare evolves to mirror that of retail industries, it has become more essential for providers to provide patients with engaging and convenient tools throughout the care journey. For example, providers should take steps to ensure […]


News

HHS Releases New Healthcare Cybersecurity Strategy

December 11, 2023

Via: Health IT Answers

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) (@HHSGov) released a concept paper that outlines the Department’s cybersecurity strategy for the health care sector. The concept paper builds on the National Cybersecurity Strategy that President Biden released last year, […]


News

COVID vaccination rates ‘alarmingly’ low among nursing home staff, CDC says: ‘A real danger’

December 7, 2023

Via: Fox News

Despite the higher risk that the coronavirus poses to older adults, a surprisingly low share of nursing home staff and residents are up to date with their COVID-19 vaccinations. Only six states are indicating that over 10% of staff members […]


News

Corporate healthcare ownership reduces care quality, physician survey finds

December 6, 2023

Via: Healthcare Dive

The new survey highlights frustration from providers over the growing corporatization of healthcare. Some are being pushed toward an exit, while others are embracing unionization. “The patient-physician relationship is the foundation of our healthcare system,” said Kelly Kenney, CEO of […]


News

How Hospitals Can Overcome the Challenges of Diabetes Management

December 5, 2023

Via: HitConsultant

The modern-day hospital is grappling with an alarming trend. According to a new global study, the number of people with diabetes is growing at a troubling rate and is expected to double by 2050. This is generating a national conversation […]


News

North Carolina Medicaid expansion kicks in

December 1, 2023

Via: Healthcare Dive

North Carolina is the 40th state to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, following other recent expansions in Missouri, Oklahoma and South Dakota. Expanding Medicaid provides insurance to people who make too much money to qualify for traditional Medicaid, […]


News

Western Massachusetts reports RSV uptick as child pneumonia outbreak hits Ohio

December 1, 2023

Via: Fox News

Doctors in western Massachusetts are reporting a “whole lot” of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cases this week as health officials in Ohio announced a child pneumonia outbreak in one county in their state. Dr. John Kelley of Redwood Pediatrics in […]


Biomarker, Innovation

Balancing regulation and innovation in laboratory-developed tests

December 1, 2023

Via: Medical Device Network

The landscape of laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) is facing a significant regulatory shift as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposes to regulate them as medical devices. The new proposed rule published in October 2023 states the FDA’s intention to […]


Innovation, Med Tech

The Digital Health Divide for Populations that have been Marginalized

November 30, 2023

Via: Health IT Answers

Many hospitals have adopted systems for interoperable patient data exchange and are connected to national networks. However, ONC has consistently found that rates of interoperable exchange for smaller, rural, and independent hospitals have notably lagged behind other hospitals. For example, […]


News

Medicare Advantage rate change bedevils UnitedHealth’s 2024 outlook

November 30, 2023

Via: Healthcare Dive

UnitedHealth is bracing for a struggle next year with the financial effects of shifting Medicare Advantage payment rates. The health insurance giant released 2024 guidance on Tuesday that included a number of less favorable metrics than analysts expected. During the […]


Innovation, Medical Devices

First surgeries testing rotator cuff augmentation implant carried out in Florida

November 29, 2023

Via: Medical Device Network

The first surgeries testing an implant system designed to protect injured tendons have been successfully carried out at a Florida hospital ahead of the implants US rollout. Anika Therapeutics’ Integrity implant system is described as a hyaluronic acid-based scaffold with […]


News

Democrat senators accuse PE-backed US Anesthesia Partners of anticompetitive business practices

November 28, 2023

Via: Healthcare Dive

USAP was created in 2012 by private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson and Stowe by acquiring multiple anesthesiology practices and bundling them into a single company. Over the next decade, USAP grew through the same practice, purchasing other groups to […]