Telehealth and VR – 2024 Health IT Predictions
As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 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. In fact, we got so many that we had to narrow them down to just the best and most interesting. Check out our community’s 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.
All of this year’s 2024 health IT predictions (updated as they’re shared):
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Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 4, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring 2024 Health IT Predictions 98point6 Technologies Agora Andrew Norden Anish Sebastian Artisig Source Type: blogs
To address youth mental health, we must address insurance barriers
It’s been two years since the American Academy of Pediatrics declared a national state of emergency in children’s mental health. Yet sadly, very little has changed. This year, 25 percent of youth have been diagnosed with a mental health condition. More than 20 percent of teens have seriously considered suicide, and more than 40 percent of high school
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To address youth mental health, we must address insurance barriers originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 30, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Alex Stavros, MBA Tags: Policy Psychiatry Public Health & Policy Source Type: blogs
Mari Ruddy and Extreme Healing
Today, I have the pleasure of sharing an incredibly inspiring conversation with one of my heroes, Mari Ruddy. If you are not familiar with Mari, buckle up – her story is one of profound resilience, strength, and healing. Like me, Mari lives with type 1 diabetes. She was diagnosed in 1981, and in addition to dealing with diabetes, Mari has also courageously overcome several other life challenges.
Mari discovered her love for distance cycling at the age of 39. TeamWILD, one of the organizations she created, played a crucial role in my journey, and it...
Source: Scott's Diabetes Blog - December 10, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Scott K. Johnson Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
The toll of health care: suicide risk among professionals
Our health care workers—nurses, physicians, and support staff—are at a heightened risk of committing suicide. Plain and simple. The emotional and physical toll on our health care professionals has been ever-increasing, exacerbated by the COVID pandemic but still remains long after the official title “pandemic” has faded into the background. Over 20 percent of the
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The toll of health care: suicide risk among professionals originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 8, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Michele Luckenbaugh Tags: Conditions Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
The complexity of resilience and the role of medical improv
High incidences of burnout, quiet quitting, suicide, workplace violence, excessive and relentless stress, and chronic staffing shortages reveal a huge need for resilience among health care workers. Resilience is a complex competency involving flexibility of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in response to adversity. Adversity, especially when it comes to working in health care, involves individuals
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The complexity of resilience and the role of medical improv originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 21, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Beth Boynton, RN, MS, CP Tags: Conditions Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
Shrink Wrap Radio Podcast - Living with Depression
Catch my interview withDr. David Van Nuys onShrink Wrap Radio Podcast as we talk about my latest book, mental health, the power of psychotherapy and wellbeing. (Source: Dr. Deborah Serani)
Source: Dr. Deborah Serani - November 13, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: author visits book tour depression mental health mood disorders non-suicidal self-injury podcasts postpartum psychoanalysis psychotherapy resiliency treatment well-being. Source Type: blogs
Physicians can write their way to increased empathy
“When and how much?” I tried to recall the list of questions for intoxicated patients. A middle-aged man, much older than the demographics printed on the documents I hold, was writhing in pain, vomiting, and sobbing. The paper stated: chief complaint – mouse poison pellet ingestion, attempting suicide. “How and why?” I kept asking. I
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Physicians can write their way to increased empathy originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 8, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Laya Jalilian-Khave, MD Tags: Physician Emergency Medicine Source Type: blogs
The power of bibliotherapy to heal
We are in the midst of an alarming global mental health crisis. Its impact is felt most acutely by our youth. Nearly 20 percent of children ages 3-17 in the U.S. have a mental health issue, and suicidal behaviors among high school students increased more than 40 percent in the decade before 2019. As for
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The power of bibliotherapy to heal originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 7, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Andrea Sonnenberg, JD Tags: Conditions Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
IPC 309- An Anachronistic Colonial Remnant Incompatible With Modern Criminal Law?
Akshath Indusekhar (O.P. Jindal Global Law School), IPC 309- An Anachronistic Colonial Remnant Incompatible With Modern Criminal Law? (2023): The arguments surrounding decriminalisation of suicide have been no stranger to Indian legislation, with a plethora of converging perspectives and opposing... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - November 4, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day is 11/18/23
In 1999, Senator Harry Reid, a survivor of his father ’s 1972 suicide, introduced a new resolution into the US Senate. With its passage, the US Congress designated the Saturday before Thanksgiving as National Survivors of Suicide Day - an awareness day that reaches out to thousands of people who have lost a loved one to suicide.National Survivors of Suicide Day has evolved into a global awareness day called International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day thanks to the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention. Sometimes called " Survivor Day, " this November 18th will find children and adul...
Source: Dr. Deborah Serani - November 1, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: awareness campaigns depression suicide awareness suicide prevention Source Type: blogs
Surgeon suicides: Unveiling a silent crisis
When I read The Guardian article, “US surgeons are killing themselves at an alarming rate. One decided to speak out,” I felt like throwing up. I’m sickened so many surgeons are dying. I’m grateful Dr. Cunningham is speaking out. I’m relieved she is alive. But I felt nauseated that Carrie Cunningham’s pain is being used to tout
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Surgeon suicides: Unveiling a silent crisis originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 28, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Pamela Wible, MD Tags: Physician Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Collecting Data
This article shows how organizations are collecting it.
Andrew Eye, CEO of the healthcare data science company ClosedLoop, estimates that about 15% of physicians collect SDoH-related data from patients and use it to assess their needs. The percentage is much higher in some areas.
Data can be spotty, according to Eye, who says for instance that data from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) often lacks racial identifications.
He also says that collecting and processing the data is labor-intensive, because it can be hard to persuade patients to talk openly about financial and logistical problems. At the institu...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 18, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Andrew Eye Arick Morton Carta Healthcare Case Management Casetivity CDC Clinical Archictecture Cl 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
Lessons from VA hospitals: Meeting basic needs improves wellbeing
I started my career at a state hospital but transitioned to a VA hospital in 2007. I had been a resident at the hospital and was familiar with the unit and population. The unit had 19 beds, and typically these were filled. Often, admissions were for crisis stabilization due to suicidal ideation, and recidivism was
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Lessons from VA hospitals: Meeting basic needs improves wellbeing originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 5, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Courtney Markham-Abedi, MD Tags: Policy Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
