DigitalHealth

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Beverley Bryant has said that two-factor authentication is the biggest deterrent to cyber attacks in the NHS and healthcare sector.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Is aging in place a smart strategy? Here we go again. In a brand new and similarly rosy, article in the Wall Street Journal , more of the same mediocre advice is offered about how to prepare. Have a frank talk with family members. Maybe do some home modifications (those rickety stairs? Or a $20,000+ elevator), or address that lengthy distance from a supermarket?

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

While consumers give telehealth high marks for convenience, overall experience is fairly mixed, according to a new report. | While consumers give telehealth high marks for convenience, overall experience is fairly mixed, according to a new report.

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DigitalHealth

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust has announced plans to implement Epic's electronic patient record in 2025.

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Healthcare communication has evolved from handwritten notes and paper charts to digital tools like EHRs, telemedicine, and AI-powered platforms. This blog explores how these advancements improve patient outcomes, streamline care delivery, and enhance provider collaboration. Learn about the role of mobile health (mHealth) apps, secure messaging, and social media in bridging communication gaps.

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Startup Medicare Advantage insurer Zing Health banked a $140 million funding round it intends to use to enhance its special needs plans. | Startup Medicare Advantage insurer Zing Health banked a $140 million funding round it intends to use to enhance its special needs plans.

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The nonprofit hospital sector’s tax exemptions provide billions in estimated benefits, but about half of those exemptions are enjoyed by just a couple hundred hospitals, according to a newly publis | The analysis, meant to serve as a guide for policymakers, noted that the tax breaks are "highly concentrated" and vary "substantially" from state to state.

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DigitalHealth

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

PharmacyX has been announced as the latest healthcare technology supplier to help deliver an electronic prescription service (EPS) in Wales.

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Recent survey and system data are again suggesting that payers’ increasing claims denials are a pain point for healthcare providers. | A new revenue cycle leadership survey from Experian Health, monthly dashboard updates from Kodiak Solutions and other recent commentary paint a picture of more demanding payers.

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ACA Times

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

A common compliance challenge under the ACA for employers is correctly identifying FTEs and the associated ACA obligations. Doing so accurately will ensure you avoid costly IRS penalties. The post Understanding the ACA’s Full-Time Employee Rules first appeared on The ACA Times.

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Electronic Health Reporter

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Revenue integrity has become harder to maintain as audits grow in volume and complexity. Payers are increasing scrutiny and regulatory agencies are reinforcing fraud mitigation. Navigating this evolving terrain requires a reimagined, automated approach to […] The article Automation and Reimagining Revenue Integrity appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

To start this week, I was lucky to be able to attend the DirectTrust conference in St. Louis. This was a really great event because it had basically everyone on the full continuum of interoperability and identity all in one place. Plus, the event was designed in a way that you could easily connect and talk with a wide variety of experts in these areas.

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Certain cancer rates are on the rise, and outcome inequities remain a major public health | In this week's "Podnosis," Fierce Healthcare’s Anastassia Gliadkovskaya talks to BrightEdge’s Alice Pomponio about investing in cancer-fighting startups and measuring impact.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The following is a guest article by Stephen Vaccaro , President at HHAeXchange In the landscape of homecare, caregivers play an indispensable role. The difference that homecare can make on a client’s health and well-being is profound. Overwhelming evidence from industry research confirms the numerous benefits of homecare , including lower hospitalization rates, fewer emergency department visits, and reduced mortality rates.

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Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is transforming healthcare by enabling providers to track patient health outside traditional clinical settings. This blog explores the role of technology in RPM, including wearable devices, mobile apps, and connected medical tools that collect and share real-time data. Discover how RPM expands care access, improves outcomes, enhances patient engagement, and reduces costs by shifting from reactive to proactive care.

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Digital Health Wire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The “move fast and break things” motto might work wonders with consumer products, but a new editorial in npj Digital Medicine makes a compelling case that healthcare needs to flip that paradigm on its head and co-create with clinicians to “sync fast and solve things.” The editorial argues that healthcare practitioners (HCPs) should play an active role in driving digital health innovation, as opposed to being passively “consulted” so that developers can tout the fact that their product is backed

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Vidyo

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Virtual sitters offer remote monitoring and real-time interventions, enabling healthcare professionals to watch patients 24/7. This reduces the need for physical presence, prevents adverse events, and lowers reliance on in-person sitters. The post 7 Ways Virtual Sitters are Redefining Caregiving in Healthcare appeared first on Enghouse Video.

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

As I work hard to enable a patient to express the privacy rules around how their health information can be used and by whom for what reasons; I hear that there is worry that an organization that honors those wishes by blocking the data for a given use, that this Organization may be seen as violating the regulations forbidding Information Blocking. In HTI-2 there is some discussion around some sensitive data that has been expressed as being a special case.

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

It's now 40 days until the Nov. | A group of women healthcare leaders banded together to form Women Healthcare Leaders for Progress to call attention to what they see as critical healthcare issues at stake and on the ballot, namely, women’s healthcare.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Lululemon has published the 2024 Global Well-Being Report , a study into peoples’ perspectives on their personal health from the company best known for athleisure wear and self-care. This year’s report is titled, The Pressure to Be Well. That pressure is coming from peoples’ experiencing “well-being burnout.” In the company’s fourth annual report on well-being, Lululemon learned that most people have tried to adopt personal strategies to bolster their health, and one-half of th

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BMC Digital Health

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The use of mobile health apps for remote monitoring has considerable potential for patient care. However, more research is needed to gather patients’ experience with their use. This study evaluates heart failu.

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Democratic lawmakers are pushing to make the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA's) enhanced premium tax credits permanent through the newly reintroduced Health Care Affordability Act. | Extending the ACA premium tax credits permanently is broadly popular among a broad coalition of supporters due to the subsidy's ability to provide access to healthcare and keep costs low.

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