Wisconsin hospitals filed 37% more lawsuits against patients from 2001 to 2018, study finds
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DECEMBER 7, 2021
Wisconsin hospitals filed 37% more lawsuits against patients from 2001 to 2018, study finds. Tue, 12/07/2021 - 12:07.
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MARCH 4, 2022
Tapping into the mindset of one of the most villainous cinematic computers, the HAL 9000 of 2001 A Space Odyssey, may provide introspection to save us from the same paranoid meltdown that led HAL (spoiler alert) to embark on a murderous rampage. Homicidal activity should not be a lurking risk in any of us, but. Read more….
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Human nature will help patients better than any algorithm or AI
KevinMD
MARCH 4, 2022
Tapping into the mindset of one of the most villainous cinematic computers, the HAL 9000 of 2001 A Space Odyssey, may provide introspection to save us from the same paranoid meltdown that led HAL (spoiler alert) to embark on a murderous rampage. Homicidal activity should not be a lurking risk in any of us, but. Read more….
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Report: Cancer death rates declined between 2001 and 2017
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 13, 2020
In the midst of an otherwise unsettling week on the health front, researchers provided a glimmer of good news: Cancer deaths have continued to drop.
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Office Ally Announces Acquisition of Bluemark
Healthcare IT Today
MAY 26, 2022
Founded in 2001, Bluemark provides specialized healthcare software and adaptive technology, including revenue integrity and […]. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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Inovalon Acquires VigiLanz, a Leading Clinical Surveillance and Patient Safety SaaS and Data Company
Healthcare IT Today
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
Founded in 2001, VigiLanz is focused on advancing clinical surveillance, patient safety software, and related clinical data connectivity, helping hospitals, clinical facilities, clinicians, and life sciences companies identify opportunities to avoid or minimize harm, improve safety, and provide the highest quality healthcare.
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Advanced Dental: How AI Is Shaping The Dental World
Electronic Health Reporter
AUGUST 19, 2020
It is often portrayed in sci fi movies; for example, A 2001 Space Odyssey in which a robotic computer handles the running of a spaceship, or more recently, I Robot. […]. This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. AI stands for artificial intelligence.
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Service Dogs Can Help Veterans With PTSD and Anxiety: Study
Health and Wellness Blog | Uplifting People To Live A Healthier Life
JUNE 19, 2021
million Americans deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001 are experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder. As many as 1 in 5 of the roughly 2.7 PTSD, a mental health problem that some people develop after experiencing or witnessing a life-threatening traumatic event, is a complex condition and can be hard to treat.
Record Numbers of People in the U.S. Putting Off Medical Care Due to Cost – A New “Pink Tax” on Women?
Health Populi
JANUARY 22, 2023
This was the highest level of self-rationing care due to cost the pollster has found since its inaugural study on the topic in 2001. Gallup conducted the annual Health and Healthcare poll U.S. adults in November and December 2022.
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“Complexity is Profitable” in U.S. Healthcare – How to Save a Quarter-Trillion Dollars
Health Populi
OCTOBER 22, 2021
health care employment since 2001, today accounting for twice as many staff as physicians and nurses. The team noted in their JAMA viewpoint that over 1 million administrative employees were added to U.S.
Physician Compensation Rebounds
Digital Health Wire
JUNE 5, 2024
Despite recording a slight increase, total physician compensation has dropped 26% since 2001 when accounting for inflation. Funnily enough, the physician shortage wasn’t even the leading contributor to burnout, which 70% of respondents pinned squarely on administrative burden.
Tegria Acquires MEDITECH Hosting and Services Firm Sisu Healthcare IT Solutions
Healthcare IT Today
MAY 8, 2023
Founded in 2001 and headquartered near Duluth, Minn., About Sisu Healthcare IT Solutions Sisu Solutions brings hosting, managed services and other solutions to healthcare customers ranging from hospitals and physician practices to behavioral/LTC facilities. Sisu serves customers throughout the United States.
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EnableComp Acquires ANI Healthcare Solutions, Expanding Its Denial Management Solutions Within Its Award-Winning Specialty RCM Platform
Healthcare IT Today
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
About ANI Healthcare Solutions, LLC ANI Healthcare Solutions is a revenue cycle company founded in 2001, specializing in Denials Management and Zero Balance Payment Reviews for hospitals nationwide. EnableComp is also among the top one percent of companies to make the Inc. To learn more, visit enablecomp.com.
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Primary Care 2.0 – How Crossover Health is “Re-Bundling” Health Care
Health Populi
JANUARY 26, 2021
published in 2001. These companies targeting primary care components represent the “unbundling of the family doctor,” as CB Insights recently coined the market trend. Fragmentation is a hallmark of the U.S. health care system, or more aptly “non-system” as my old friend J.D. Kleinke noted in his book titled Oxymorons ….published
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Missed Opportunities in Healthcare – #HITsm Chat Topic
Healthcare IT Today
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
This week’s chat will be hosted by Michelle Currie (@mshlcurrie) on the topic “Missed Opportunities in Healthcare” When I graduated from UCSF with a master’s degree in Clinical Informatics in 2001, I felt like the […].
Is Asia-Pacific ready for robotic telesurgery?
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
OCTOBER 17, 2023
The first recorded transnational robotic operation was done in 2001 between France and the United States. The NUH is the principal teaching hospital for NUS Medicine. An uncomplicated cholecystectomy was performed on a patient in Strasbourg by remote surgeons in New York City.
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Digital Health Gaps in the Pandemic Through the Eyes of Younger Physicians
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
Many of those who rushed to help on September 11, 2001, are, today, supporting COVID-19 efforts as highlighted in this Wall Street Journal story. . Today, 9/11. our empathy, love and appreciation go out to the heroic front-line health care workers in all generations, from 9/11 to COVID-19.
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The Rising Cost of Living with Diabetes
Insulin Nation
FEBRUARY 6, 2015
The study pulled numbers from data collected in 1987, 2000-2001, and 2010-2011. From 2000-2001, that figure shot up to about $4,200. People living with diabetes now spend $2,790 more every year on diabetes care than those living with the condition 20 years ago. It rose again to around $5,400 per person in 2010-2011.
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Medicare Members Are Health Consumers, Too – Our AHIP Talk About Aging, Digital Immigrants, and Personalizing Health/Care
Health Populi
DECEMBER 9, 2019
Digital immigrants, first coined by Marc Prensky in 2001. In my introduction to the survey, I wrote about “digital immigrants,” the other end of the continuum from “digital natives” — young people who were born over the past fifteen years into the digital era of personal computers, mobile phones and mobile-first.
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Guide to a Proactive Healthcare Cybersecurity Stance
Healthcare IT Today
APRIL 25, 2024
Troy serves clients in a variety of industries including communications and media, technology, health care, and higher education. He is adept at working with the specialty IT compliance and security needs of hospitals and providers, private businesses, government and tribal entities.
Bonus Features – May 21, 2023 – 82% of wearable users willing to share data with their physicians, 81% of Americans trust pharmacists and nurses to diagnose minor illnesses, and more
Healthcare IT Today
MAY 21, 2023
Formed in 2001 as the eHealth Initiative, EHI has advocated for federal reimbursement for e-prescribing, EHR use, and telehealth, all while convening competitors to foster industry-wide collaboration. Women are also twice as likely than men to cancel appointments because of anxiety.
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Insulin Nation
OCTOBER 12, 2017
When I first learned that I had Type 2 diabetes in 2001, I thought my world had come crumbling down right before my eyes. Had I lulled myself into a false sense of security and subconsciously “decided” that I could still eat as I had prior to 2001, because the insulin would fix any ill effects on my blood sugar?
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The High Cost-of-Thriving and the Evolving Social Contract for Health Care
Health Populi
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
23% of households had zero or negative net worth in 2017, up from 16% in 2001. A further datapoint in the McKinsey social contract report is that over half of individuals in wealthy countries, including the U.S., did not save for old age. The statistic for the U.S. is that 46% of people had no savings for old age. In the U.S.,
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Should Graduate Schools Teach Telehealth Competency?
Telebehavioral Health Institute
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
A 2001 Institute of Medicine report highlighted the shortcomings of healthcare professional training and ongoing proficiency assessment to enhance patient care and safety (IOM, 2001). The need to implement and evaluate telehealth competency frameworks to ensure quality care across behavioral health professions. Institute of Medicine.
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A Profile of People in Medicare Advantage Plans – HealthMine’s Survey of “Digital Immigrants”
Health Populi
AUGUST 21, 2019
As digital immigrants, older people are, in the words of Prensky’s 2001 observation, “now in the process of learning a new language.” We characterized Medicare beneficiaries as “digital immigrants,” building on the research of Marc Prensky in his seminal essay, Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants.
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Waystar Acquires HealthPay24, Accelerating Mission to Simplify Healthcare Payments
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 24, 2023
Founded in 2001, the solution equips providers with best-in-class POS and online payment portals, plus new patient messaging and analytics engines. About HealthPay24 HealthPay24 , a recognized leader in cloud-based patient payment software, continues to pioneer consumer-driven solutions to the ever-increasing patient pay responsibility.
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Correctional Healthcare Is Changing and Here’s Why
GlobalMed
OCTOBER 27, 2021
In 2001, a prisoner taken to University Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas took two nurses hostage and assaulted them. . One 2013 emergency room incident turned violent when an inmate visiting the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary fought with his security guards. He was shot in the chest and a deputy sheriff was shot in the leg.
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Tell Me Your Story: How Narrative Medicine Fosters Trust
Society for Participatory Medicine
APRIL 27, 2022
This approach to co-creating narratives is an innovative practice founded in 2001 by a team led by Dr. Rita Charon at Columbia University. I’ve been studying Narrative Medicine since 2015 and teaching/facilitating workshops since 2018.
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Health Costs for People with Diabetes is 3.6 Times More than Average
Insulin Nation
JULY 15, 2016
According to a Reuters report , people with diabetes on these two public insurance programs saw decreased out-of-pocket spending between 2001 and 2011. Researchers found that the percentage of people with diabetes on these programs who faced a “high expense burden” shrank from 28 percent to 23 percent during that period.
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Telehealth Law: Healthcare Translation Services for Limited English Proficient People (Case Study)
Telebehavioral Health Institute
JULY 11, 2023
In the 2001 repor t, Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) proposed a strategy to improve the US healthcare system. Identifying six aims, the report outlined the need for healthcare to be safe , effective , patient-centered , timely , efficient , and equitable.
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Telemedicine is the Future of Obesity Treatment
GlobalMed
NOVEMBER 12, 2018
Healthcare spending on obesity increased by 29 percent between 2001 and 2015. Research shows that obesity-related medical costs are rising along with the number of people affected by obesity. That number is expected to rise as more people are diagnosed with related diseases.
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As Medical Cost Trend Remains Flat, Patients Face Growing Health Consumer Financial Stress
Health Populi
JUNE 13, 2018
” That was written in the 2001-2010 period of healthcare spending, so an old story giving me feelings of déjà vu. In 2007, the year I launched Health Populi , the inaugural post focused on just this issue; the post was titled, “Health care is the #1 line item in our national economy…and taking more out of your pocket.”
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What Will Healthcare Look Like in 2050?
GlobalMed
JUNE 10, 2019
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2001. “You just swallow it and it transmits pictures to a TV screen,” the doctor explained. Sounds crazy, right? A silly and exaggerated cartoon idea about the future. Yet capsule endoscopy was approved by the U.S.
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Tools, Technology Already Exist for HIEs to Succeed
Healthcare IT Today
JANUARY 13, 2023
In 2001, Sonia was appointed to the West Virginia Health Care Authority (WVHCA). As Chair of WVHCA, she oversaw administration of hospital Rate Review, Certificate of Need, Clinical Data Analysis and Financial Disclosure. .
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10 Herbs That May Lower Blood Pressure
DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring
JUNE 19, 2022
2001, January 1). Always consult your healthcare provider before introducing herbs into your diet, and before taking new medication. Lastly, never stop monitoring your vital signs ! References. Al Disi, S. A., & Eid, A. Anti-hypertensive Herbs and their Mechanisms of Action: Part I. Frontiers; www.frontiersin.org.
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10 Herbs That May Lower Blood Pressure
DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring
JUNE 19, 2022
2001, January 1). Always consult your healthcare provider before introducing herbs into your diet, and before taking new medication. Lastly, never stop monitoring your vital signs ! References. Al Disi, S. A., & Eid, A. Anti-hypertensive Herbs and their Mechanisms of Action: Part I. Frontiers; www.frontiersin.org.
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Opioid Drug Addiction: How Digital Health Technologies Can Help
The Digital Health Corner
JANUARY 19, 2017
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) from 2001 to 2014, deaths due to overdoses in the USA were noted as: 8 fold increase due to prescription drugs. We are all aware of the opioid epidemic and the human destruction in its wake. However statistics have an impact that reaches beyond qualitative descriptions.
Spare a Rose, Save a Child Campaign Kicks Off
Insulin Nation
FEBRUARY 6, 2015
IDF launched Life for a Child in 2001 in partnership with Diabetes Australia-NSW and Hope Worldwide, recognizing that there are between 80,000 and 100,000 youth with diabetes in need around the world. Our goal this year is $50,000,” Dunlap says.
How Telestroke Technology is Saving Lives (and Brains): Part 1 of 2
American Well
JUNE 13, 2017
increase from 2001), and on average, a death from stroke occurred roughly every 4 minutes. According to a study released in 2015 by the American Heart Association, roughly 795,000 people experience a new or recurrent stroke annually and an estimated 6.6 million Americans age 20 or older had experienced a stroke by 2012.
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How Telestroke Technology is Saving Lives (and Brains): Part 1 of 2
American Well
JUNE 13, 2017
increase from 2001), and on average, a death from stroke occurred roughly every 4 minutes. According to a study released in 2015 by the American Heart Association, roughly 795,000 people experience a new or recurrent stroke annually and an estimated 6.6 million Americans age 20 or older had experienced a stroke by 2012.
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Controlling Prison Healthcare Costs with Telemedicine
GlobalMed
MAY 31, 2019
In 2001, a prisoner taken to University Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas took two nurses hostage and assaulted them. One 2013 emergency room incident turned violent when an inmate visiting the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary fought with his security guards. He was shot in the chest and a deputy sheriff was shot in the leg.
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The Type 1 Tech Roundup – February, 2015
Insulin Nation
JANUARY 23, 2015
According to a LA Times report , Mann has stated that his replacement will be Hakan Edstrom, who has acted as both president and a board member since 2001. Now founder Alfred Mann has decided the company is in a good enough place for him to resign as CEO.
Exploring the Cosmos with Telemedicine
GlobalMed
JUNE 2, 2020
Space has inspired some of our finest writers like Isaac Asimov and Ursula Le Guin, as well as Hollywood odysseys like Star Trek and 2001: Space Odyssey. “In the next generation vehicle, when we go to Mars and the Moon, why wouldn’t we have telemedicine available?”. Beyond Our Cosmic Backyard.
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Diabulima – A Personal Account
Insulin Nation
AUGUST 22, 2014
I have been struggling with diabulimia since 2001. “Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.”. August Wilson.
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