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Healthcare, Heal Thyself! How the Industry Can and Should Play the Trust Card

Health Populi

also lost consumers’ trust during the pandemic, except for a handful of businesses — most notably, the health care industry gained a lot of American trust-equity from 2020 to 2021. and Edelman’s finding that health care’s trust buoyed in the pandemic era. Most industries operating in the U.S.

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QliqSOFT: Addressing the Challenge of Collecting SDOH Information

Healthcare IT Today

Healthcare IT Today caught up with Bobbi Weber, VP of Product Marketing & Customer Success at QliqSOFT , a company that provides HIPAA-compliant, real-time communication between doctors, nurses, caregivers and patients. We wanted to find out more about how the company is helping healthcare organization collect SDOH information.

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CMS guidance aims to ease access to nursing home waivers for ACOs

FierceHealthIT

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is making it easier for accountable care organizations that accept downside risk to obtain waivers for a rule that requires a three-day inpatient stay before a referral to a nursing home.

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Health IT execs offer thoughts on the big issues of 2021

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Burnout has been an ongoing scourge at hospitals for years now, and the crushing demands of the pandemic have only made it worse for physicians , nurses , telehealth managers and others. " "Before COVID-19, the level of cognitive overload and burnout among nurses and doctors was alarmingly high," he said.

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Ohio Living achieves low readmission rates with telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The non-profit also recently expanded its telehealth services through a partnership with Northwest Ohio Accountable Care Organization, and Ohio Living claimed 80 percent of patients enrolled would recommend the program to a family member or friend. "Patient engagement is critical to the management of chronic conditions.

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Netsmart Announces Acquisition of HealthPivots to Support Value-Based Care Transition for Healthcare Providers

Healthcare IT Today

The combination of the Netsmart CareFabric with the HealthPivots DataLab will lead to consolidated, robust data and advanced analytics, providing an industry-leading platform that will help enhance post-acute care providers transition to value-based care. Learn more at healthpivots.com.

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Telemedicine triage kiosks reduce ER visits by 11% for ACO

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A large number of the beneficiaries present multiple complex chronic health conditions with a high coexistence of mental health conditions making the coordination of care more complex and inefficient. “Unless it is a full-out emergency requiring immediate transfer to the ER, they refer the matter to the on-call RN nurse case manager.