Bonus Features, HLTH Edition – October 11, 2023 – Announcements from Best Buy, General Catalyst, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Walgreens, and more
This article will be a roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, partnerships, research studies, company launches, and more from the annual conference. Because there’s so much happening out there at HLTH that we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.
Top Headlines
VC firm General Catalyst is creating Health Assurance Transformation Corp., which will partner with 20+ health system partners to guide their transition to value-based care and potentially acquire a health ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 11, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Acuity aidoc athenahealth b.well Best Buy BrightInsight care.ai Circadian Health CLEAR ClearDATA DatosX DAX Copilot DeepScribe Dexcom DUOS Elation Health Evernorth Health Services General Catalyst Google Source Type: blogs
Out of Control Health Costs or a Broken Society
Flawed Accounting for the US Health Spending Problem
By Jeff Goldsmith
Source: OECD, Our World in Data
Late last year, I saw this chart which made my heart sink. It compared US life expectancy to its health spending since 1970 vs. other countries. As you can see, the US began peeling off from the rest of the civilized world in the mid-1980’s. Then US life expectancy began falling around 2015, even as health spending continued to rise. We lost two more full years of life expectancy to COVID. By the end of 2022, the US had given up 26 years-worth of progress in life expectancy gains. Adding four more ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - October 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy COVID Drug Overdoses gun violence Hospitals Jeff Goldsmith Maternal mortality Mental Health Obesity Poverty Regional Economy Society Source Type: blogs
Out of Control Health Costs or a Broken Society
Flawed Accounting for the US Health Spending Problem
By Jeff Goldsmith
Source: OECD, Our World in Data
Late last year, I saw this chart which made my heart sink. It compared US life expectancy to its health spending since 1970 vs. other countries. As you can see, the US began peeling off from the rest of the civilized world in the mid-1980’s. Then US life expectancy began falling around 2015, even as health spending continued to rise. We lost two more full years of life expectancy to COVID. By the end of 2022, the US had given up 26 years-worth of progress in life expecta...
Source: The Health Care Blog - October 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy COVID Drug Overdoses gun violence Hospitals Jeff Goldsmith Maternal mortality Mental Health Obesity Poverty Regional Economy Society Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – October 8, 2023 – 67% of Women are Having Issues with Getting a Clear Diagnosis – of which 25% are Still Waiting for Diagnosis or Gave up Entirely, Health Gorilla has 17 Healthcare Organizations Commit to Joining their QHIN, and More!
This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.
News
This year’s Customer Forum and Innovation Summit from Avel eCare will double as a celebration of their 30th anniversary!
PEP Health’s AI-powered Patient Experience Platform releases its first report offering qua...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 8, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Grayson Miller Tags: Healthcare IT 9amHealth Accelecom Amazon Web Services Artisight athenahealth Atropos Health Avel eCare AVIA Banner Health BJC Healthcare Boston Children's Hospital Children's Mercy Kansas City Cottage Health DrFirst Emma Smit Source Type: blogs
Weekly Roundup – October 7, 2023
Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week.
How Technology can Address Clinician Shortage and Burnout. We are facing an estimated 900K deficit of registered nurses by the end of this decade. This problem is only made worse by the silver tsunami of 10K baby boomers aging into Medicare coverage every day. Technology can be a great solution to help ease that burden off of your staff so they aren̵...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 7, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Grayson Miller Tags: Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup Source Type: blogs
How Technology can Address Clinician Shortage and Burnout
The following is a guest article by Kim Howard, Chief Client Officer at Nomad Health
The U.S. healthcare system faces an estimated national deficit of more than 900K registered nurses by the end of the decade. Hospital CEOs agree that workforce challenges are the biggest issue they face, with 90% saying nursing shortages are the most pressing – a trend driven by the 4.7M healthcare workers retiring by 2030. The “silver tsunami” is also to blame, with 10K baby boomers aging into Medicare coverage daily, placing even further strain on the situation.
Fewer nurses, a slowed education pipeline, and more patients in need o...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 2, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Administration Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Caregiver Clinician Burnout clinician shortage job satisfaction Job Searching Kim Howard Nomad Health Nurse Hiring Nurse Job Boards Nurse Shortage Nursing Traveling Nurs Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – September 24, 2023 – 72 percent of patients say affordability is the biggest challenge for paying medical bills
This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.
News and Studies
The American Telemedicine Association released three tools aimed at addressing disparity and inequity in care: Digital Infrastructure Disparities Score and Map, Economic and Social Value-Added Calculator, and a...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 24, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT ABOUT Accelecom Accenture Adriana Day AHA AMA Amazon Bedrock Angie Franks Arcadia ATA AVIA Babyscripts Biofourmis Cadence Cedar Censinet CirrusMD CliniComp ClosedLoop Collette Health CrowdStrike Da Source Type: blogs
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Information about therapeutic alternatives to inform Medicare drug price negotiations can bring systematization and reliability to efforts to lower prices.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog - September 22, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Kate Meyer, Jeremy Sharp Source Type: blogs
Healthcare IT Regulations – What Needs to Be Added and What Needs to Be Removed
There are a lot of rules and regulations in place in the world of healthcare. These are put into place in order to protect patients and organizations. However, the world of healthcare is constantly changing and evolving as we come up with new ideas and solutions. Have the regulations done the same though? Or are there areas that are missing regulations? Or are there areas in healthcare where past regulations are now too restrictive and are holding us back?
In search of answers to these questions, we reached out to our incredibly beautiful Healthcare IT Today Community to see what areas they would add, remove, or update re...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 19, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Grayson Miller Tags: Administration Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC Regulations 1upHealth 4medica Amanda Heidemann Andrea Mazzoccoli Andrew Norden MD Bill Charnetski Cheryl Cheng Commur Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – September 17, 2023 – 20% of healthcare marketers worried about job security amid AI adoption, 53% of executives using AI to address drug diversion “ very confident ” in their efforts, and more
This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.
News
Comments rolled in on the proposed Calendar Year 2024 Physician Fee Schedule. The EHR Association called for greater flexibility in the data completeness threshold and additional criteria to enhance patient matching accura...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 17, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT 4medica Accelecom Adventist Health Simi Valley athenahealth AvaSure Belong.life Brightside Health Brigitte Nettesheim Cerner eClinicalWorks eCW Edifecs EHR Association Epic GoodRx Healow Healthcare IT Today Source Type: blogs
How Policy Changes Can Fix Market Distortions in Healthcare and Improve the Country ’s Debt
The following is a guest article by Zach Markin, Co-Founder and CEO at HTD Health
American healthcare is the most dysfunctional industry in our country. Historically, it is the most prolific driver of family bankruptcy, and now it is on its way to bankrupting our country collectively. A major justification for President Biden’s tax hike proposal is to shore up the tenuous finances of Medicare whose trust fund is forecasted to be depleted by 2028. While this is important, such efforts address the symptoms of a dysfunctional industry rather than the root causes.
While the near-term liquidity and long-term financial health ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 12, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Regulations Revenue Cycle Management AMA Healthcare Barriers Healthcare Costs healthcare industry Healthcare Perverse Incentives HTD Health Me Source Type: blogs
GAO reports. CMS spins. Patients suffer.
Medicare beneficiaries paid four times more for prescription drugs than their plan sponsors did in 2021, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on Medicare Part D drugs. According to the report, beneficiaries paid $21 billion for prescription drugs in 2021, while plan sponsors only paid about $5.3 billion, according to the study of 79 of the 100 Part D drugs with the most rebates. (Source: drugwonks.com Blog)
Source: drugwonks.com Blog - September 11, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: blogs
The Battle for Medicare
Isaac Buck (University of Tennessee), The Battle for Medicare, 16 St. Louis U. J. Health L.& Pol ’y (2023): America is aging. From 2019 to 2060, the total population of Americans over sixty-five will grow from fifty-four million to ninety-five... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - September 11, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Don ’ t disrupt success in Medicare
Each year, Congress goes through its annual budget process to determine how to spend more than $6 trillion on America’s priorities. This year, as part of the discussions on how to spend Medicare’s $900 billion budget, we are being told the Medicare Trust Fund, which is projected to spend $415 billion in 2023 for Part A expenditures, which
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Don’t disrupt success in Medicare originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 9, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Theresa Forster and Logan Hoover Tags: Policy Palliative Care Source Type: blogs
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CMS has a clearly structured, multistep Medicare drug price negotiation framework for drug manufacturers willing to participate in the program in good faith.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog - September 8, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Kate Meyer, Jeremy Sharp Source Type: blogs
