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Telehealth Use Among Older Americans: Growing Interest, Remaining Concerns

Health Populi

In the August 2020 National Poll on Heathy Aging , the University of Michigan research team found a 26% increase in telehealth visits from 2019 to 2020, March to June 2020 year-over-year. In May 2019, 14% of older patients’ health care providers offered telehealth visits, growing to 62% in June 2020 during the pandemic.

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The Digital Transformation of Patients – Update from Rock Health and Stanford

Health Populi

But another patient side-effect of COVID-19 has been the digital transformation of many patients , documented by data gathered by Rock Health and Stanford Center for Digital Health and analyzed in their latest report explaining how the public health crisis accelerated digital health “beyond its years,” noted in the title of the report.

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World Password Day 2023 – Password Tips and Best Practices

The HIPAA Journal

In 2020, Hive Systems started publishing charts showing the time it takes for a hacker to brute force a password using a powerful, commercially available computer, and each year the table is updated to account for advances in computing technology. Even strong passwords can be guessed in seconds or minutes if they are not sufficiently long.

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5 ways to streamline your prior authorization process 

Health Prime

Above all, familiarize yourself with the specific prior authorization forms, submission procedures, and documentation requirements. Ensure all necessary documentation, such as medical notes, test results, and treatment plans, is complete and readily available. These tools help reduce manual errors, save time, and improve efficiency.

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Will Medical Facial Recognition Technology (mFRT) Reawaken Eugenics?

The Healthcare Blog

The answer to that final question is what DARPA , the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency , was attempting to answer in the Spring of 2020 when they funded researchers at Wuhan University. He became the first scientist to use photographic images to “document the expressive spectrum of the face” in a publication. Grove/2020)

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Nursing Leadership: What Is It and Why Is It Important?

Relias

Key competencies and attributes of nurse leaders include the following: Understands the correlation between a strong team and high levels of patient quality and safety. Good nursing leadership improves patient outcomes, reduces medical errors, and improves staff retention — benefiting patients and healthcare organizations.

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The Six Domains of Health Care Quality — New Considerations

Relias

In 2020, researchers from Ireland, the U.S., AHRQ defined each of the domains as follows: Safe — avoiding harm to patients from the care that is intended to help them. Patient medical records include documentation of patient histories and care. What’s missing from the Six Domains? Defining the Six Domains of Health Care Quality.