Health Populi

APRIL 28, 2022

This report provides insightful context for the upcoming annual ATA Conference for 2022 , being held in-person in Boston kicking off May 1st. Most frequently, virtual care is being used for treatment or therapy, screening or diagnosis, and follow-up care, by at least 70% of clinicians. Hospital or emergency room follow-up.

Follow-Up 62

Follow-Up Patient Satisfaction Best Practices Hospital 62

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Most doctors see the advantages of digital health tools like telehealth, consumers’ access to their health information, and point-of-care workflow solutions, the American Medical Association found in a survey of 1300 physicians, published in September 2022. Note that #2 and #3 were new questions added to the 2022 study wave].

Patient Care 159

Patient Care Follow-Up Patient Experience Medication 159

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. For the survey, Deloitte polled 2,018 U.S. adults in the second quarter of 2023.

Follow-Up 154

Follow-Up Appointments Medication 154

Sensible Medicine

JUNE 6, 2023

In late 2022 we learned that a large RCT found that the monoclonal lecanemab appeared to slow progression in AD. Loss to follow-up: This concern is less reasonable. This also did not convince me, and I concluded (and still conclude) that we have no idea why these trials disagreed.

Follow-Up 240

Follow-Up Medication 240

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%).

HIPAA 114

HIPAA Follow-Up Certification Business Associate 114

The HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 29, 2024

When diagnoses are reported only using enrollees’ HRAs and HRA-linked chart reviews and there are no follow-up visits, procedures, or tests, HHS-OIG is concerned that the diagnoses may be inaccurate and therefore the payments made by the CMS may be improper. HHS-OIG’s analysis of MA encounter data identified 1.7

Follow-Up 108

Follow-Up Tests HIPAA Documentation 108

Setting Sights

DECEMBER 31, 2022

But, we will never experience those great life lessons, if we never show up to stuff. I had dawdled, in somewhat a deep, drifting thought, up to the muddy cornfields behind the house, crops not yet budded, streaks of morning grey and damp brown for miles up ahead. In brutal honesty, 2022 turned out to be the hardest year yet.

Follow-Up 52

Follow-Up Hospital Triage Huddles/Rounds 52

Scrubs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

While there are also some skills that are difficult to find in this profession but are in high demand: physical examination (86%), RN license (54%), coaching (46%), healthcare providers (39%), cpr certification (36%), follow up (36%), etc. Be engrossed in the dialogue, ask insightful questions, and remain engaged.

Certification 221

Certification Follow-Up Transfers Hospital 221

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

For Labor Day 2022, I’m thinking about health, vaccines, work (especially returning-to-work), and art. This history of art lesson has a specific reason as the inspiration for today’s Labor Day 2022 Health Populi post: because one of the 27 frescoes illustrates vaccination in the context of innovation, economics and politics.

Follow-Up 147

Follow-Up Appointments Scheduling Medication 147

Health Populi

JUNE 23, 2022

Physical health, comprising 33% of well-being, followed by. Emotional health, making up 27% of well-being. This consumer research was conducted in January 2022 — well before a gallon of gas cost an average of $4.98 in Hong Kong the week of 20 June 2022). in Hong Kong the week of 20 June 2022). in the U.S.

Follow-Up 115

Follow-Up Billing Insurance Hospital 115

A Young Doctor's Journey

DECEMBER 30, 2021

January 2022 will mark the return of desktop wallpapers. Download the January 2022 wallpapers here! Without further ado, here they are: DOWNLOAD the free PHOTO wallpapers here (new designs up!) new designs up!) And now onto the good stuff. You’ll see that my style changed/is changing a little bit.

Follow-Up 52

Follow-Up Medication 52

Minority Nurse

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

It’s the creation of a consortium of nurses sharing a strong desire to foster community with the goal to make the ever-evolving world of healthcare easy to digest by arming healthcare professionals with the most up-to-date information. . Nurses Supporting Community Initiatives . Magic Behind The Startup.

Follow-Up 105

Follow-Up 105

Health Populi

JULY 7, 2023

adults in April 2023 to gauge peoples’ experiences with healthcare received in the past year (think back to April 2022 and the next 12 months for the time horizon). Patients most frequently make visits for primary or preventive care, followed by seeing a specialist, and seeking urgent care, the first bar chart illustrates.

Appointments 118

Appointments Follow-Up Hospital Medication 118

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.

Follow-Up 105

Follow-Up Transfers HIPAA Medication 105

Health Populi

JUNE 2, 2021

A big uncertainty in this year’s forecast, pondering the 2022 picture, is what extent eliminate care will have on future adverse health outcomes… something that keeps my scenario planning humming across various modeling. up, compared with the largest cost increase across categories in 2020 of 7.2%.

Insurance 174

Insurance Follow-Up Tests Medication 174

Health Prime

APRIL 25, 2024

From that, set up a project for the AR team to adjust the old AR. Ensure you follow up on the progress and run reports at the end of the process to identify all adjusted claims that can be used in return when filing your taxes.

Billing 105

Billing Medication Communication Follow-Up 105

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

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 Hospital Insurance Medication 174

Practice Index

APRIL 10, 2025

Change of rules creates 1,500 GP jobs More than 1,500 GPs have found jobs following changes to practice funding rules over the last year. In a briefing earlier this week, it advised practices not to sign up and warned of a continued expectation for general practice to deliver a range of complex services without proper commissioning.

Huddles/Rounds 52

Huddles/Rounds Triage Follow-Up Appointments 52

The HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 24, 2022

In addition to financial penalties, covered entities are required to adopt a corrective action plan to bring policies and procedures up to the standards demanded by HIPAA. . It is the responsibility of each covered entity to ensure that HIPAA Rules are understood and followed. Tier 1: Minimum fine of $100 per violation up to $50,000.

HIPAA 122

HIPAA Business Associate Follow-Up Medication 122

The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 20, 2025

Data breaches increased once again in 2022, with OCR receiving reports of 720 data breaches of 500 or more records. million records breached, and 2022 was worse with 51.9 TX Business Associate 2,700,000 Hacking/IT Incident 44 2022 Connexin Software, Inc. 2021 was a bad year for data breaches with 45.9

Business Associate 109

Business Associate HIPAA Unit Organization and Environment Hospital 109

Health Populi

APRIL 6, 2022

We met up last week at the DIA Europe 2022 meeting (Drug Information Association) in the cool SQUARE Conference Center in Brussels, Belgium (my current home base for work and life). In summing up the patient-centered interoperability goal, Ardy summarized: “We’ve created the Mint.com of health data.”

Follow-Up 174

Follow-Up Medication Tests Hospital 174

Relias

MAY 2, 2022

Beginning July 16, 2022, the 988 crisis hotline will be fully operational. Following on the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, this service is sorely needed. By integrating your organization into the 988 response system, you can become a resource for follow up needs those in crisis may have, such as outpatient appointments.

De-Escalation 92

De-Escalation Follow-Up Appointments 92

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. If claims are not addressed, the average cost to rework a claim is $25.20, which quickly adds up. stood at 22.7%

Billing 98

Billing Medication Patient Care Follow-Up 98

Health Populi

MARCH 9, 2022

If you heed the words of JLL’s 2022 Patient Consumer Survey , you’d chill (at least a bit). Between July 1, 2921, and January 2022, 50% of consumers in this survey had had a telehealth appointment, led by urban community dwellers and Millennials. adults in the first half of January 2022 for this study.

Appointments 96

Appointments Follow-Up Hospital Billing 96

Health Populi

MAY 30, 2022

I appreciated the opportunity to share my perspectives on “The Patient As the Payer: How the Pandemic, Inflation, and Anxiety are Reshaping Consumers” in a webinar hosted by CarePayment on 25 May 2022. in 2022, billing and medical payments are now embedded in patients’ experience, regardless of the type of payor.

Billing 105

Billing Insurance Customer Service Patient Experience 105

We Care Online

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Here are some situations where you might consider adding voluntary roles to enhance your resume: If youre at an early stage in your career: if youre recently qualified or youre applying for junior and entry-level positions, you might find its been difficult to build up the skills and experience required for some healthcare jobs.

Transfers 57

Transfers Hospice Follow-Up Teamwork 57

Health Populi

OCTOBER 22, 2024

And convenience actually mashes up costs for everyday people in the form of time-costs. The green circle diagram from Deloitte’s report documents a growing willingness among patients to use virtual health services, increasing from 80% of consumers willing to use telehealth in 2020, 84% in 2022, and 94% in 2024.

Appointments 62

Appointments Follow-Up Documentation Medication 62

Health Populi

APRIL 4, 2022

Inflation and rising prices are the biggest problem facing America, most people told the Kaiser Family Foundation March 2022 Health Tracking Poll. was Russia’s invasion into Ukraine, noted by 18% of people — from 14% of Republicans up to 23% of Democrats. The cost of filling up a car’s gas tank ranked first among U.S.

Long Term Care 77

Long Term Care Follow-Up Insurance Billing 77

Health Populi

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Power’s 2022 Telehealth Satisfaction Study. Power found in their Study which was conducted among 4,306 health care consumers who had used a telehealth service in the 12 months preceding June and July 2022 when the survey was fielded. For health plan-provided telehealth, Humana topped the list, followed by Aetna in second place.

Follow-Up 87

Follow-Up Patient Satisfaction Insurance Medication 87

The HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

While there was an overall increase of 14% in claims severity in H1, 2024, largely driven by the increase in ransomware attack severity, Coalition saw the lowest frequency of claims since H2, 2022. These figures clearly show why it is important to keep firmware up to date and to ensure multifactor authentication is implemented for VPNs.

Follow-Up 95

Follow-Up Insurance Transfers HIPAA 95

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.

Follow-Up 98

Follow-Up Collaboration Tests 98

Health Populi

JUNE 11, 2024

As an Index, the MMI combines several line items of healthcare spending to make up the overall number, and this methodology allows us to compare the rising costs of care for a family of 4 covered by a PPO year to year.

Medication 77

Medication Follow-Up Billing Insurance 77

The HIPAA Journal

MAY 2, 2023

It is common for users to avoid creating unique passwords and they end up reusing the same password for multiple accounts. Despite the risks, 90% of respondents admitted to reusing passwords for multiple accounts, up from 85% in 2022. 22% of respondents said they have been reusing the same password for more than a decade!

Best Practices 130

Best Practices Unit Organization and Environment Follow-Up HIPAA 130

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The bottom chart arrays data on feelings of discrimination by various factors: most notably, discrimination based on race or ethnicity yields the highest level, followed by the factors of age, finances, gender, and class. in a 2022 essay , weaving data from several studies that quantified the cost of health disparities using various methods.

Best Practices 90

Best Practices Diagnostics Follow-Up Patient Experience 90

Health Populi

JANUARY 9, 2023

SVB notes that venture funding in healthcare fell in terms of both deals and dollars each quarter of 2022 after hitting records in 2021. Dx/Tools, where early-stage investment set records in 2022 notwithstanding declines for some of the sub-categories (R&D tools investments especially), and.

Diagnostics 62

Diagnostics Follow-Up Medication 62

Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

She grew up in a small town in Nigeria, where career options were limited for women, and her desire to become a nurse was considered too ambitious. In 2022, I was promoted to Senior Clinical Nurse 1 (SCN1) after fulfilling all the requirements to progress in patient care. Growing up, I had always wanted to be a nurse.

Follow-Up 98

Follow-Up Admissions Communication Certification 98