Scrubs

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Fast forward to 2021 where I am now an attending physician running a clinic and working as a hospitalist. This is why we must stand up and start advocating for increased diversity in medicine. Our oldest daughter even had a brain bleed when she was three, and again there was no deep look into the cause of them all.

Medication 276

Medication Admissions Follow-Up Insurance 276

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

In this year’s update, the Deloitte Center for Technology, Media & Telecommunications found that most households use five key digital devices daily: above all, smartphones, followed by laptop and desktop computers, tablets, and computer monitors. ” The bar chart updates our understanding of U.S.

Follow-Up 154

Follow-Up Appointments Medication 154

Scrubs

JUNE 16, 2023

In fall 2021, staffers at Johnson Memorial Health were hoping they could finally catch their breath. One study found that cyberattacks on the nation’s health care facilities more than doubled from 2016 to 2021 — from 43 attacks to 91. Today, Johnson Memorial is up and running again. But on Oct. 1 at 3 a.m.,

Insurance 186

Insurance Hospital Vital Signs Billing 186

Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2022

My Zoom invitation to Stacy was a very convenient excuse for me to catch up with a friend in the field: we have known each other since Stacy started to grow her health-social media presence on Twitter. Health care executive first; patient advocacy followed. Parexel discovered Stacy who was delivering a keynote speech at DPHARM 2021.

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Patient Advocacy Follow-Up Appointments Discharges 174

Health Populi

JANUARY 25, 2021

In advance of that discussion, I wanted to feature remarks shared by Brad Smith, Microsoft President, that I recently heard at CES 2021 , the annual (this year, virtual) meeting convening the largest community of consumer electronics stakeholders globally. It was not about the rocks that were picked up….it and Robert F.

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Follow-Up Collaboration Communication Medication 71

The HIPAA Journal

MAY 2, 2024

BioPlus Specialty Pharmacy Services has proposed a settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit that was filed in response to a 2021 data breach that exposed the data of up to 350,000 patients. BioPlus disagreed with the allegations; however, a settlement has been proposed to bring the legal action to an end.

HIPAA 98

HIPAA Follow-Up Best Practices Documentation 98

Health Populi

AUGUST 25, 2020

Health Populi’s Hot Points: The COVID-19 pandemic will persist well into 2021 based on current projections, and the health care system will continue to adapt to both clinical workflows and the public health guidance for physical distancing and hygiene.

Follow-Up 171

Follow-Up Physical Exams Communication Hospital 171

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

At the start of CES 2021, I had the opportunity to catch up with Karsten Russell-Wood, Portfolio Marketing Leader, Post Acute & Home, Connected Care at Philips. We brainstormed just as CES 2021 was going to “open,” virtually, for the consumer electronics conference’s first all-virtual meeting.

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Discharges Hospital Follow-Up Vital Signs 144

Health Populi

MAY 21, 2020

Patients’ concerns of COVID-19 risks have led them to self-ration care in the following ways: 41% have delayed health care services. 42% felt uncomfortable going to a hospital for any medical treatment. 45% felt uncomfortable using an urgent care or walk-in clinic, and, 38% intended to delay future care, treatment, and procedures.

Insurance 161

Insurance Tests Follow-Up Huddles/Rounds 161

Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

Most of these live video calls were also done through a service offered by consumers’ health care providers (doctors/clinicians), followed by services offered by insurance companies. Watch this dynamic continue to play out in 2021 as we emerge from the public health crisis into 2022.

Follow-Up 174

Follow-Up Insurance Hospital Medication 174

Health Populi

APRIL 28, 2021

When I say “Oscar” here on the Health Populi blog, you’re conjuring up an image of the health plan insurance innovator founded in 2012. But the ad for Patient Power was up-close-and-personal with Shepard Fairey painting in his iconic style a poster for empowered health consumers.

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Insurance Follow-Up Billing Medication 143

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

I covered depression impacts due to COVID-19 here in Health Populi yesterday , and wanted to follow that up with this McKinsey study to connect some dots. could have a behavioral health need in 2021. The first chart illustrates data on the impact of COVID-19 on behavioral health across different population groups.

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Acute Care Follow-Up Collaboration Insurance 137

Minority Nurse

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Mentors that reflect or identify with their mentees would be optimal (Schuler, 2021). of the American population is White, forming the majority; Hispanic and Latino Americans are the largest ethnic minority comprising 18.7%; Black or African Americans are the largest racial minority making up 12.1% 2021, August 12). Challenges.

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Transfers Follow-Up 105

Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2021

Two studies published in May 2021 illustrate the value and importance of telehealth to patients in 2020, and a disconnect among many C-level executives working in hospitals, academic medical centers, and other care provider organizations. Power 2021 U.S. Together, the two reports from J.D. Commercial Member Health Plan Study.

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Patient Satisfaction Follow-Up Patient Experience Communication 87

Setting Sights

DECEMBER 30, 2021

A belated Christmas, and a gift to myself – a cushion reading ‘Never Give Up’ to wake up to each morning. There have been so many moments in which we’ve felt like giving up, where it’s felt like the day isn’t worth seizing, that the night isn’t worth seeing through. And 2020-2021 has been no exception.

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Follow-Up Hospital Huddles/Rounds Tests 52

Health Populi

JUNE 23, 2022

Physical health, comprising 33% of well-being, followed by. Emotional health, making up 27% of well-being. This line chart comes from the pollster’s April poll into Americans’ personal financial ratings, which spiked downward by April 2022… as inflation was heating up. in the U.S. in Belgium, $8.66

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Follow-Up Billing Insurance Hospital 115

Minority Nurse

AUGUST 15, 2022

Another could be to use a registry or database to discover what patients have followed up on their chronic disease since, during COVID, many patients stopped visiting healthcare providers. What we observed in the COVID crisis,” says Dolansky, “was an opportunity for nurses to stand up and speak out more. Emphasizing Leadership.

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Follow-Up Acute Care Critical Thinking Patient Care 105

Health Populi

JUNE 23, 2023

states ranked by a mash-up of health system indicators. As Annie Burkey of FierceHealthcare succinctly summed it up , the “Commonwealth Fund gives healthcare in southeastern states failing grades across the board.” Here’s a picture of the annual study’s top-line findings, a roster of the fifty U.S.

Follow-Up 133

Follow-Up Insurance Medication 133

Health Populi

JANUARY 3, 2022

And about one-in-three Americans has made a 2022 New Year’s resolution involving some aspect of mental health, the American Psychiatric Association noted approaching the 2021 winter holiday season. Mental health spiked up for virtual visits and to this day, is among the medical services in highest demand for virtual platforms.

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Follow-Up Medication Patient Experience 122

Health Populi

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The American Customer Satisfaction Index Insurance and Health Care Study 2020-2021 published today, recognizing consumers’ value for the quality of health insurance companies’ mobile apps and reliability of those apps. The study was fielded between October 2020 and September 2021. Outpatient care inched up from 73 to 74.

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Insurance Outpatient Care Follow-Up Hospital 77

The HIPAA Journal

MAY 1, 2024

Credential theft was the most common method of breaching networks and was the initial access vector in 38% of all data breaches, followed by phishing (15%). 15% of data breaches involved third parties such as software supply chains, hosting providers, and data custodians, up 68% year-over-year.

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Follow-Up Transfers HIPAA Medication 92

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

When he arrived in Detroit in 1932 to begin painting, the city was hard-hit by the Great Depression following the 1929 Crash. Rivera engaged many of the unemployed workers to team up in constructing the museum murals. Mark’s Church of Philadelphia, delivered on February 2, 2021. Have you gotten yours yet? Both shots?

Follow-Up 147

Follow-Up Appointments Scheduling Medication 147

Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) (2022) estimated over 100,000 registered nurses left the profession and predicted that another 800,000 nurses would follow them by 2027. According to the Joint Commission (2022), 1,441 sentinel events were reported in 2022, a 19% increase from 2021.

Patient Care 111

Patient Care Hospital Critical Thinking Patient Safety 111

19 Labs

APRIL 21, 2021

With Viasat 3 and global coverage coming up, every rural community around the world can get healthcare through GALE. April 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Viasat Inc. Currently, 19labs is assisting healthcare and education groups prepare applications under the recently expanded 2021 FCC telemedicine grant program. CARLSBAD Calif.,

Diagnostics 98

Diagnostics Communication Collaboration Follow-Up 98

Sensible Medicine

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

This week will be a straight up critical appraisal (with a bit of a critique of Wall Street Journalism Churnalism thrown in). The studies leading up to the Annals of Oncology study demonstrated that the most effective assay targeted specific methylated, cell-free DNA. We then work up every positive test.

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Tests Follow-Up Diagnostics Medication 134

The HIPAA Journal

MAY 2, 2024

Data Breach Insights Healthcare accounted for 28% of data breach incidents, followed by finance and insurance (17%), business and professional services (15%), and education (13%). The biggest known root cause of all incidents was the exploitation of unpatched vulnerabilities (23% of incidents) followed by phishing (20%).

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HIPAA Follow-Up Certification Business Associate 95

Health Populi

MAY 19, 2020

Imagine this: you find yourself with $6,553 in your pocket and you can pick one of the following: A new 2020 Breitling Navitimer watch; A year’s in-state tuition at Valdosta State University; or, A PPO for an average individual. These new workflows will also impact what the MMI will look like in 2021 and beyond.

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Medication Insurance Hospital Follow-Up 98

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

While venture funding for digital health technology declined globally by 35% in the first three quarters of 2022 compared with 2021, this marks a “return to normal” based on the assessment in the Global State of Digital Health Report from FINN Partners and Galen Growth, published today and launched during the HLTH 2022 conference.

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Follow-Up Patient Support Medication Patient Experience 96

Health Populi

APRIL 28, 2022

physicians were using telehealth to care for patients at the end of 2021. Among those doctors who were not providing telehealth by late 2021, just over one half never did so during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the 2021 Telehealth Survey Report from the AMA. Hospital or emergency room follow-up.

Follow-Up 62

Follow-Up Patient Satisfaction Best Practices Appointments 62

Minority Nurse

MAY 11, 2022

After showering, applying deodorant twice, and cranking up her car’s air conditioning against the summer heat (“I will not be the sweaty, smelly fat girl,” she thinks), Eva arrives at the doctor’s office ready to get to the bottom of what ails her: a newly swollen, tender abdomen, growing breathlessness, and debilitating fatigue.

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Follow-Up Collaboration Tests 98

Healthcare Law Insights blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

During each study, participants received only three sessions of MDMA paired with psychotherapy and followed by psychotherapy integration sessions, constituting approximately 42 hours in total. Scaling Up: Multisite Open-Label Clinical Trials of MDMA-Assisted Therapy for Severe Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Bedrosian, L., Feduccia, A.,

Scheduling 111

Scheduling Follow-Up Collaboration Medication 111

Relias

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

But this isn’t simply anecdotal evidence – the data backs this up. In Relias’ 2021 DSP Survey Report , 53% of respondents said they would be more likely to stay with their organization if shown better appreciation for their work. A great example of this again comes the Relias 2021 DSP Report. Meet with the employee.

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Follow-Up Collaboration Scheduling Continuing Education 98

Health Prime

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Denied claims, follow-ups on unpaid claims, and inefficient billing practices can all contribute to financial setbacks for your practice. According to a Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) Stat Poll , 69% of healthcare leaders reported their organization’s denials increased in 2021.

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Billing Medication Patient Care Follow-Up 98

Minority Nurse

JUNE 12, 2024

His lighthearted videos connect with nurses, nursing students, and healthcare workers worldwide, and he entertains almost 4M followers on social media while lifting healthcare workers across the globe. I stepped away in early spring 2021. Growing up, he would tell me the coolest stories about him caring for others.

Unit Organization and Environment 104

Unit Organization and Environment Follow-Up Hospice Hospital 104

Minority Nurse

JANUARY 16, 2023

I have been a LinkedIn member for many years; however, It was only in 2021 that I truly realized the power of LinkedIn and all that it has to offer. If you are not currently on LinkedIn, please sign up right now! People will be able to hit a green follow button instead of having to wait until you approve a connection request.

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Follow-Up Certification 111

Health Populi

MAY 17, 2022

Thanks to the team at Rock Health, we know more about these gaps explained in their report, Startup innovation for underserved groups: 2021 digital health consumer adoption insights, published this week. adults 18 and over in August 2021. The report examines three areas of digital health adoption: Live video telemedicine.

Insurance 83

Insurance Collaboration Follow-Up Medication 83

Health Populi

OCTOBER 6, 2022

consumers has accessed video telehealth services in the 12 months from June-July 2021. For DTC telehealth, LiveHealth Online ranked #1 with an Index score of 869, followed by Doctor on Demand, eVisit, MyTelemedicine, and Teladoc all ranking above the average Index score among DTCs of 843.

Follow-Up 87

Follow-Up Patient Satisfaction Insurance Medication 87