Bonus Features – February 19, 2023 – 80% of orgs collect SDOH data but struggle to make use of it, 2 in 3 cybersecurity pros say their orgs underestimate threats, 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.
Surveys
A survey of 2,600 AHIMA members found that about 80% of healthcare organizations are collecting social determinants of health data. The bad news: Organizations face multiple challenges in collecting, coding, and using SD...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 19, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT 4medica AARP Abridge AI Advantage American Medical Women's Academy Authenticx Big Sky Care Connect Brad Nichols Buzz CancerCare Care Choice Family Clinic CLARA Analytics Comprehensive Care Solutions Concord Techno Source Type: blogs
Don ’ t neglect the power of clinical examinations in modern medicine
I intended to write an essay endorsing the clinical examination (CE), but recent personal events have made me reconsider. I had outpatient sinus surgery and developed chest pain the next day, leading me to my local rural hospital’s emergency department (ED). The ED physician diagnosed atrial fibrillation, and a CT scan revealed a small pulmonary
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Don’t neglect the power of clinical examinations in modern medicine originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 17, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Martin C. Young, MD Tags: Physician Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
Improving staff experience and staff engagement at QEH
NHS Employers - The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) King ’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust is a rural district general hospital in West Norfolk. In 2019, QEH had the worst NHS Staff Survey results in the country. This case study explores what the organisation did and how it applied staff engagement methods to improve its NHS Staff Survey scores.Case study (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - February 15, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
Coloradans Might Soon Get Increased Access To Medically Assisted Mental Health Services
Jeffrey A. SingerThe Colorado legislature is seeking ways to address Coloradans ’lack of access to mental health services amidst a national mental healthshortage. On February 9, the Colorado House of Representativesvoted 56 –6 to passHB1071. The bill creates a new category of mental health specialists called Prescribing Psychologists, or RxPs.States require clinical psychologists to have a doctoral degree (either Ph.D. or PsyD), which takes roughly 5 to 6 years to obtain after getting an undergraduate degree. Most states thenrequire that they do at least one year of postgraduate clinical traini...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 13, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Jeffrey A. Singer Source Type: blogs
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Joins Employers Dropping College Degree Requirements
Marc JoffePennsylvania recently followedColorado,Maryland, andUtah in dropping college graduation requirements for many state jobs. This change will ease the task of filling positions in a competitive job market and may increase the diversity of the public sector workforce. But it could also steepen the enrollment decline now afflicting many state colleges and universities.In hisfirst executive order, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro opened up 65,000 state government positions to applicants without college degrees. In the order, Governor Shapiro stated “modernizing the Commonwealth’s hiring model to a model...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 13, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Marc Joffe Source Type: blogs
The Ins and Outs of Remote Patient Monitoring
Trying to talk about Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) can be like talking about math. We’re all familiar with what it is, but there are so many different avenues that it can take, that it honestly works best to divide it into pieces, just like how math is divided into algebra, geometry, theoretical, etc. This was made clear when we reached out to our lovely Healthcare IT Today community for their insights on RPM.
So that is what we are going to do today. The following is what they had to say on RPM, divided into the many different avenues we need to be using in order to properly discuss RPM.
Patient Care Experience
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Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 9, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Ambulatory Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Adi Chandrasekhar C Stavridis CareSignal Doceree Emerest Fenway Health Harshit Jain Health Recovery Solutions Source Type: blogs
Dramatically Improving Population Health Through Remote Patient Monitoring Data
The following is a guest article by Anish Sebastian, CEO and Co-Founder of Babyscripts.
As winter storms sweep the country and complicate transportation, healthcare access becomes a front-and-center issue. Rural hospitals across the U.S. are shuttering their labor, delivery, and maternity wards, in many cases closing altogether. Pregnant women in remote rural areas are even more at risk this winter than previous years.
Thirty-six percent of U.S. counties now fit the designation of “maternity care desert,” meaning they have no obstetric hospitals or birth centers and no obstetric providers. For hospitals that have manag...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 31, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Analytics/Big Data Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Anish Sebastian Babyscripts Blood Pressure Data Collection Hypertension Maternal Care Maternal Mental Health Source Type: blogs
The “Antebellum Paradox”: What is it and why it matters.
BY MIKE MAGEE
I recently made the case that “Health is foundational to a functioning democracy. But health must be shared and be broadly accessible to be an effective enabler of good government.” I also suggested that the pursuit of good health is implied and imbedded in the aspirational and idealistic wording of our U.S. Constitution, and that the active pursuit of health as a nation is essential if we wish to rise to Hamilton’s challenge in Federalist #1 and prove that we are “capable of establishing good government from reflection and choice.” So why are native white males lagging behind in health?
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Source: The Health Care Blog - January 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Policy antebellum paradox health informatics Mike Magee Population Health Source Type: blogs
At CES, A Tractor And A Patient Stethoscope Point To Digital Health Future
By MICHAEL MILLENSON
A Deere tractor developed in Moline, Illinois and a stethoscope-for-patients from Singapore pointed to the future of digital health at CES 2023, the Consumer Technology Association gathering that’s become a global innovation hub.
The tractor appeared on a large video screen during the opening keynote by Deere & Company chief executive officer John May. The industrial company exec clearly relished the chance to trumpet the way Deere had turned tractors into high-tech tools to optimize farmers’ outcomes – an accomplishment inspiring envy among medical information mav...
Source: The Health Care Blog - January 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Tech CES Michael Millenson Wearable stethoscope Source Type: blogs
Avel eCare Announces the Acquisition of NightWatch to Expand Pharmacy Telemedicine Services
The expansion of remote pharmacy services strengthens Avel eCare’s portfolio of telemedicine offerings and helps meet the growing demand for pharmacy telemedicine services across the United States
Avel eCare, the nation’s leading provider of clinician-to-clinician telemedicine services, today announced the acquisition of NightWatch, a West Virginia-based company that provides remote pharmacy services to hospitals, clinics and nursing homes throughout the Midwest and mid-Atlantic region. The acquisition strengthens Avel’s existing suite of telemedicine offerings and enables the company to expand its reach to better ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 16, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Avel Avel eCare burnout Christopher Vaught Doug Duskin Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A NightWatch pharmacy Pharmacy Telemedicine Vaught Inc. Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – January 8, 2023 – Omnibus bill extends telehealth expansion through end of 2024, 60% of solution providers pouring all event marketing money into in-person events, 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
On Dec. 29, 2022, President Biden signed the omnibus spending bill. The biggest news for healthcare IT was the extension of telehealth expansion under Medicare through the end of 2024. This includes expansion of originating...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 8, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT 4medica ADAPT AdvancedMD AHA Ardent Health Services Blendid Brian Berning Cadence Carenet Health Carol DeVol CharmHealth CipherHealth Comcast Healthcare CORL directtrust East Tennessee Health Information Netwo Source Type: blogs
Business of Healthcare and Value Based Care – 2023 Health IT Predictions
As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. Check out our communities predictions below and be sure to add your own thoughts and/or places you disagree with these predictions in the comments and on social media.
Check out our community’s healthcare business and value based care predictions.
Jon Kimerle, Epic Alliance Manager at Pure Storage
It’s time to clean out the garage: simplification and...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 4, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Administration C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT 2023 Health IT Predictions Amy Campbell AristaMD Bamboo Health BJ Schaknowski Capital One Carenet Health Carlene MacMillan Chris Sullivan CipherHealth Clint Draw Source Type: blogs
Doctors trained abroad will save rural health care
Health care is growing hard to come by in rural America. Three-quarters of rural counties suffer from doctor shortages. More than 200 rural hospitals are at risk of closing due to financial hardship within the next two to three years, according to a study published this spring. And while 20% of the U.S. population lives
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Doctors trained abroad will save rural health care originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 31, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: G. Richard Olds, MD Tags: Policy Primary Care Public Health & Policy Source Type: blogs
Five Outstanding Stories From 2022
Throughout 2022, we shared the stories of dozens of NIGMS-supported researchers, trainees, and programs. We also highlighted new STEM education resources, tested your knowledge with quizzes, showcased extraordinary scientific images, and more. To celebrate the upcoming new year, we’re highlighting five of our most popular posts from 2022. Check out the list below, and let us know in the comments section which of this year’s posts you liked best!
Genetic material inside a virus. Credit: iStock.
Public Alerted to Omicron in New Mexico Through Quick Detection
Researchers at the University of New Mexico Heal...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - December 28, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Cells Injury and Illness STEM Education Tools and Techniques Cellular Imaging Cool Images COVID-19 Profiles Scientific Process Source Type: blogs
Whatever it is, I'm against it
I was quite interested to read this story about a rural Ohio county where local opposition led tocancellation of plans for a 400 megawatt solar energy project that would have provided the county with $3.6 million a year in tax revenue, adding up to $100 million over the life of the project. The same thing happened in the small town where I live. The town owns land it isn ' t using -- a six acre and a 12 acre parcel as I recall -- and had a proposal to install solar farms on the land and pay the town a substantial leasing fee. But the town meeting voted it down. Our town is in difficult financial straits, we can ' t really ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - December 24, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
