The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
October 20, 2022 Edition-----In the US we have just had the usual mass-shootings last week! Hard to know why the population put up with it. On a larger scale the war is seemingly just getting worse and more lethal. While there is assassination there must be hope!In the UK all eyes are on just when the Truss implosion will actually happen.In OZ the biggest news has been the really Biblical floods in SE Australia, The Budget is also getting close!-----Major Issues.-----https://www.afr.com/policy/tax-and-super/average-tax-rate-to-hit-record-high-this-decade-with-or-without-stage-three-cuts-20221008-p5bo78Average tax rate to h...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - October 20, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Addressing the Mental Health Crisis in Kids: Collaboration and Technology Are Key
The following is a guest article by Serrah Linares, Vice President of Partner Sales at Change Healthcare, and Rachel Mack Robinson, Founder and President at DotCom Therapy.
Children in America were increasingly struggling with mental health before COVID-19, but the pandemic compounded an already growing crisis. Today in the U.S., nearly one in five children experience a mental health disorder. What’s just as alarming is that for every five children with a mental health disorder, only one will receive treatment.
In October 2021, leading pediatric healthcare associations declared a national emergency in child and adolescen...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 19, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Ambulatory Clinical Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring AAP American Academy oF Pediatrics API behavioral health CARES Act Change Healthcare CHIP Coronavirus Aid Source Type: blogs
It Seems The Moves Towards More Virtual Care Offerings Are Really Coming Thick And Fast.
I seem to be noticing many different stories on this recently.First we had this:About 80% of emergency patients avoided hospital admission in SA Virtual Care Service trialThe service is now being rolled out in more than 120 residential aged care facilities.ByAdam AngOctober 11, 2022 04:00 AMSA Health has started rolling out its virtual care programme to over 120 residential care facilities in the state.This follows a trial in 11 aged care homes operated by Eldercare since early last year.In partnership with SA Ambulance Service, regional hospitals and aged care facilities, the SA Virtual Care Service (SAVCS) provides an in...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - October 19, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Not All QHINs Will Be Created Equal
The following is a guest article by Jay Nakashima, Executive Director at eHealth Exchange.
Key QHIN selection considerations for federal agencies and state and regional exchanges around control, innovation and flexibility
For the health IT community, 2022 has been a big year.
In January, the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) became a reality, and in October applications opened for organizations seeking designation as Qualified Health Information Networks (QHINs). Already, several large networks – including mine – have signaled their intent to apply. And while it’s not clear when the first QHIN...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 18, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Analytics/Big Data EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Interoperability Regulations CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Defense Health Agency Department of Education eHealth Exc Source Type: blogs
Cumulative Voting: The Good and Bad of One Election Reform
Walter OlsonAs readers of this space are aware, alternative voting ideas such asranked choice voting andall ‐party primaries aredrawing new interest. In fact,America has a rich if sporadic history of electoral innovation — from Nebraska’s one‐offnonpartisan legislature to the ventures in proportional representation that went onin many cities in the first half of the twentieth century.One excursion that might be worth a second look, at least as object lesson, is Illinois ’s longstanding use of cumulative voting,an arrangement that does well at protecting minority political interests at the cost of ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 18, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Walter Olson Source Type: blogs
Weekly Overseas Health IT Links – 15th October, 2022.
This article uses the one that divides providers into groups depending on the life cycle stage the clinic is at the given moment. According to this classification, medical providers fall into three groups:BeginnersGrowing clinicsWell-established providersHealth care providers are business entities, so their life cycle, like that of any business, consists of the early stage or launch, growth and maturity. At each stage, providers have different priorities and goals, and the choice of medical software solutions should be made accordingly.Medical software for beginnersThe launch phase can be tough. At this stage, the profits ...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - October 15, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Primary Care 2.0: new thinking and practice redesign
A patient of mine — we’ll call her Ruby — is a 79-year-old woman from the same part of rural Tennessee as my mother. Her recent successful experiences with treatment illustrate some of the themes that my colleagues and I encountered when we undertook an 18-month practice-design-thinking process. Let’s start with Ruby’s example and then
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Primary Care 2.0: new thinking and practice redesign originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 11, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Megan Mahoney, MD, MBA Tags: Physician Primary Care Source Type: blogs
Commentators and Journalists Weigh In On Digital Health And Related Privacy, Safety, Social Media And Security Matters. Lots Of Interesting Perspectives - October 11, 2022.
-----This weekly blog is to explore the news around the larger issues around Digital Health, data security, data privacy, AI / ML. technology, social media and any related matters.I will also try to highlightADHA Propagandawhen I come upon it.Just so we keep count, the latest Notes from the ADHA Board were dated 6 December, 2018 and we have seen none since! It ’s pretty sad!Note: Appearance here is not to suggest I see any credibility or value in what follows. I will leave it to the reader to decide what is worthwhile and what is not! The point is to let people know what is being said / published that I have come upon, a...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - October 11, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 10 October, 2022.
Here are a few I have come across the last week or so. Note: Each link is followed by a title and a few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment.General Comment-----Lots of stuff this week – with Optus still causing trouple-----https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/professional/doh-releases-30-20-rule-fact-sheetDoH releases 30/20 rule fact sheetThe new telehealth compliance measure came into effect on 1 October, despite calls to delay its implementation.The 30/20 rule limits the number of MBS it...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - October 10, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Burnout and the Staffing Crisis – How Do They Impact the Healthcare Workforce and What are Some Possible Solutions?
During the pandemic, so much was asked of our healthcare workers that they began to get burnt-out and started to quit. With people leaving, the remaining staff began to be stretched to make up for this loss. Stretched out led to stretched thin, meaning that more healthcare workers got burnt-out and quit as well. Leaving us stuck in a vicious cycle of not enough workers and burning out quickly as a result. So how do we get out of this cycle?
We reached out to our Healthcare IT Today community to hear their thoughts on physician burnout and the healthcare staffing crisis and see what solutions they had. Take a look and see i...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 6, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Administration Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC Bryan Dickerson burnout Dr. Kikelomo (Dayo) Belizaire Dr. Ujjwal Ramtekkar Healthcare Automation Healthcare Burn Source Type: blogs
Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 26 September, 2022.
Here are a few I have come across the last week or so. Note: Each link is followed by a title and a few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment.General Comment-----I have to say the first article calls into question just how the Feds have been procuring IT and what implications there are for Federal Digital Health – a worry!Otherwise a few other good ones as well!-----https://itwire.com/government-tech-news/government-tech-policy/audit-office-releases-scathing-report-on-dta-s-ignoring-of-p...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - September 26, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Weekly Overseas Health IT Links –24th September, 2022.
This article makes the case and explains what will be required to make it happen.We hear a lot about “digital health” these days. As data about our health piles up — thanks to sources like electronic health records, personal fitness apps and gadgets, and home genome test kits — weshould understand a lot more than we used to about what ’s wrong with our health and what to do about it. But having a lot of data is not enough. We have to be aware of what we have, understand what it means, and act on that understanding. While the challenges are in some ways more acute in the United States because of its fragmented sys...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - September 24, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Does Expanding Healthcare Coverage = an Increasing Risk of Fraud for Healthcare Payers?
The following is a guest article by Mandy Fogle, Healthcare Value Engineering at Shift Technology.
Telehealth is becoming the future of healthcare delivery across the globe. Traditional office visits are becoming a way of the past. Since the COVID pandemic began, healthcare has never had further reach of accessibility.
This type of delivery opens healthcare to more individuals who otherwise would not have been able to seek treatment before. Providers are now a phone call or an email away, and can reach patients even if they’re homebound or living in a rural area.
While health plans are embracing the ease of providing ser...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 20, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: AI/Machine Learning C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring AI Solutions Healthcare AI Healthcare Coverage Healthcare Fraud Increased Access to Healthcare Mandy Fogle Shift Technology T Source Type: blogs
Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 19 September, 2022.
Here are a few I have come across the last week or so. Note: Each link is followed by a title and a few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment.General Comment-----Other than ads for mHHealthRecord training in obscure regional spots from the ADHA there seems little happening much at all.Is there any critical news I have missed?-----https://www.itnews.com.au/news/adha-starts-turning-cyber-security-strategy-into-reality-585047ADHA starts turning cyber security strategy into realityByRichard Ch...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - September 19, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Weekly Roundup – September 17, 2022
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.
Analytics Will Help Amazon (Eventually) Benefit From the One Medical Acquisition. Andy Oram talked to Imprivata CEO Gus Malezis about the role of patient data harmonization and AI-powered analytics in helping Amazon capitalize on its One Medical buy – and why it will take at least five years for Amazon to put it all together. Read more…
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Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 17, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup Source Type: blogs
