TCMHCC and Trayt Health Addressing Youth Mental Health at Scale
State and local governments, along with non-profit organizations, educational institutions, and healthcare organizations are teaming up in Texas to tackle youth mental health. The Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium is a unique collaboration between stakeholders across the state that provides access to mental health resources no matter where the child may be. The Consortium’s success is due to efficient processes, a data-driven approach backed by a technology platform, and a shared sense of purpose.
Healthcare IT Today recently had the chance to learn more from Dr. Laurel Williams Medical Director for the Centraliz...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 17, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Ambulatory Healthcare IT Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring adolescent mental health behavioral health CPAN CPWE Dr. Laurel Williams Healthcare Scene Featured Malekeh Amini Primary Care Providers TCMHCC Telehealth Texas Child Men Source Type: blogs
Active and healthy counties: encouraging, supporting and enabling residents to live healthy lives
This report finds that the number of adults in England ’s county areas who are overweight or obese has increased by 1.1m in county and rural areas since 2015. It sets out the scale of the challenge for county councils and unitary councils in counties and also highlights what those local authorities are doing to encourage healthier and more active live s from their residents across 16 best practice case studies. It is released ten years since public health functions were transferred from the NHS to local government. It says that as providers of public health services, as well as being responsible for leisure centres and a...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - May 16, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Public health and health inequalities Source Type: blogs
Health Equity: Searching for a New Angle
In Disney’s Big Hero 6, the protagonist, Hiro Hamada, will get stuck in a problem after working on it for a while because he’s becoming too set in his way of thinking. And he is only able to find the solution thanks to his brother’s, Tadashi Hamada, words ‘find a new angle, look for another way out.’ Health inequality and discrimination is not a new problem in healthcare. It is a problem that people have been fighting for since the very beginning but we still have not found the solution to achieving health equity. So it might be time to listen to Tadashi and shake things up. Maybe by taking a...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 10, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Administration Ambulatory Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Aaron Brandwein AdvancedMD Alex Rothberg Allyson Livingstone Amanda Hanse Source Type: blogs
Transformative Tech: Enhancing Healthcare Outcomes for All
The following is a guest article by Patrick Tarnowski, Chief Commercial Officer at OneStep
As many as 91% of patients who could benefit from physical therapy (PT) do not access care, and of those who do, only 30% complete their course of care. There are numerous reasons why.
Perhaps patients work long hours or need access to transportation to get them to their appointments, primarily if they live in rural or lower socioeconomic areas. Sometimes the cost of physical therapy services, and any additional monitoring equipment, creates an added barrier for particular populations and communities. When it comes to BIPOC individua...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 10, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Ambulatory Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring At Home Care BIPOC Digital Health Solutions Healthcare Accessibility Improving Clinical Outcomes OneStep Patrick Tarno Source Type: blogs
Tegria Acquires MEDITECH Hosting and Services Firm Sisu Healthcare IT Solutions
Tegria, a leading healthcare consulting and technology services company, today announced the acquisition of Sisu Healthcare IT Solutions, a highly regarded MEDITECH certified hosting and services firm headquartered near Duluth, Minn.
With the addition of Sisu’s team of experts, Tegria deepens its established hosting, technical solutions and managed services offerings to support MEDITECH clients. A leader in MEDITECH consulting services, Tegria’s experienced consultants leverage a comprehensive set of proprietary internal tools and methodologies to improve workflows and processes enabling MEDITECH clients to successfull...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 8, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Brian Cahill Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A Kevin Boerboom Meditech Sisu Sisu Healthcare IT Solutions Sisu Solutions Tegria Source Type: blogs
Another day to think, to pause, to ponder.
Panorama of Sycamore Park and the memorial to Karim A bit over 10 years ago I wrote a blog post that I repost all the time. Entitled "A day to think, to pause, to ponder" it was posted on my dad ' s birthday and was about the pain of him dying, by suicide, when I was in college. It was meant as a sad, melancholy post but also one about the importance of compassion and how " we can all do a little bit to improve how we treat other. " When I reposted this one time a few years ago, someone asked me if I had ever met the " Compassion Guy " who frequented downtown Davis and who had a life ' s mission of getting people to t...
Source: The Tree of Life - May 5, 2023 Category: Microbiology Tags: DavisCA UCDavis Karim Majdi Abou Najm David Breaux Kimberlee Guillory compassion Source Type: blogs
A Tribute to Casey Quinlan – Advocate and Renaissance Woman
On Tuesday April 25th 2023, the world lost a bright flame. After a long journey with cancer, Casey Quinlan @MightyCasey passed away peacefully with family and friends by her side. Quinlan was one-of-a-kind and if you had the good fortune of meeting her in-person or interacted with her online, she undoubtedly left an impression. She was one of the few people who had zero qualms about speaking her mind – and that is one of reasons why I admired her.
Outspoken Advocate
I got to know Quinlan through the early #hcldr tweetchats that we hosted (and still host) on Tuesday nights at 8:30pm ET. At the time, I had never seen someo...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 28, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Clinical Communication and Patient Experience Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Advanced Directives Casey Quinlan Cinderblocks Jan Oldenburg MightyCasey Patient Advocate QR code tattoo Source Type: blogs
Rural America ’ s health care crisis: Unmasking the physician shortage epidemic
Data published in 2021 by the Association of American Medical Colleges estimates that the U.S. could experience a shortage of 37,800 to 124,000 physicians by 2033. Rural America is struggling, as the majority of graduate training facilities are disproportionately located in metropolitan areas. This geographic imbalance directs doctors and residents away from already underserved and
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Rural America’s health care crisis: Unmasking the physician shortage epidemic originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 14, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Joshua Nealy, MD Tags: Physician Primary Care Source Type: blogs
Telecommunication Program: Unintended Consequences of a Faulty Design
Maysam Rabbani (Montclair State University), Telecommunication Program: Unintended Consequences of a Faulty Design (2023): Two federal programs in the United States are subsidizing internet for rural healthcare providers, namely, Healthcare Connect Fund (HCF) and the Telecom Program. HCF uses a... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - April 13, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Brain Health, Cybersecurity, EHRs, and Chatbots at ViVE2023
There were a number of Health IT companies that came by at #ViVE2023 to share their latest product developments and company news. Here is what CPSI, Linus Health, Imprivata, Mediktor, and Fortified Health Security had to say.
A More Unified Solution – CPSI
CPSI is well known as an EHR vendor in the rural health and community health market. In recent years, the company has expanded well beyond its roots. Wes Cronkite, Chief Innovation Officer at CPSI stopped by to share more about the company’s push to provide a more “unified” solution for their customers.
Brain Health is on People’s Minds – Linus Healt...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 11, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Security and Privacy Alzheimer's Brain Health chatbot triage CPSI Cristian Pasqual Dan L. Dodson Dementia Fortified Health Security Source Type: blogs
Chemistry Under the Big Top
Credit: ACES.
“Our main goal is to get elementary students excited to learn about STEM, and for them to see how beautiful and relevant science can be to communities in eastern Montana,” says Amanda Obery, Ph.D., an assistant professor in elementary education at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington. Dr. Obery co-leads the Authentic Community Engagement in Science (ACES) project with Matt Queen, Ph.D., an assistant professor in biological and physical sciences at Montana State University Billings (MSUB).
A Custom STEM Curriculum with a Local Emphasis
ACES connects teachers and biomedical pr...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - April 10, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Matt Mills Tags: Being a Scientist STEM Education Profiles SEPA Training Source Type: blogs
Telecommunication Program: Unintended Consequences of a Faulty Design
Maysam Rabbani (Montclair State University), Telecommunication Program: Unintended Consequences of a Faulty Design (2023): Two federal programs in the United States are subsidizing internet for rural healthcare providers, namely, Healthcare Connect Fund (HCF) and the Telecom Program. HCF uses a... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - April 10, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Wellvana Health Announces $84 Million Capital Raise to Drive Innovation in Value-Based Care Enablement
$140 million in funding raised since November 2020
Wellvana Health announced today that it has closed an $84 million capital raise to drive innovation in value-based care enablement for independent primary care physicians, specialists, and health systems. The investment is co-led by Nashville-based Heritage Group and Valtruis, a Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) company, and joined by Memorial Hermann Health System, the largest not-for-profit health system in southeast Texas. This round brings Wellvana’s total funding since November 2020 to approximately $140 million. Nashville-based Martin Ventures led fo...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 6, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT 2023 ACO REACH Adam Boehler Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services CMS Devin Carty Feby Abraham Ph.D. First Trust Capital Partners Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Heritag Source Type: blogs
Using Technology to Address Medication Access
In conclusion, the market for medications in the United States is broad, confusing, and often arbitrary.
Information gaps open the market to manipulative direct-to-consumer advertising by pharmaceutical companies. Perhaps the services described in this article could undermine the appeal for drugs that appear on major TV channels. If you’re told that the premium medication you’ve been sold on TV is essentially no better than a generic, you can save yourself and your insurer a lot of money.
It’s daunting to pull together all the public sources of help, but well-designed technology can do it fast enough to h...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 3, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: Ambulatory Analytics/Big Data Clinical Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC AdhereHealth athenahealth Babylon Health Cognizant Colin Banas DrFirst Medication Access Source Type: blogs
An Unconstitutional Income Tax Without Income
Thomas A. BerryCan the government impose an income tax when you never had income? That may seem like a trick question, but it ’s exactly what happened to Charles and Kathleen Moore. In 2006, the Moores invested in a start ‐up Indian company called KisanKraft, whose goal was to provide low‐cost, efficient tools to rural Indian farmers. The Moores believed in KisanKraft’s mission and retained their shares of KisanKraft for over a decade, never selling it for a profit. And KisanKraft reinvested all of its own profits in the company, never paying dividends. For that reason, the Moores never sa...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 28, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas A. Berry Source Type: blogs
