Electronic Health Reporter

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Gevik Nalbandian, vice president of software engineering, Lyniate. As healthcare providers manage market shifts such as value-based care, increased consumer expectations, staffing shortages, changing reimbursement models, and competition from non-traditional healthcare players including Alphabet, […].

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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. The report analyzes data from over 12,000 digital health ventures tracked by Galen Growth’s HealthTech Alpha platform.

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

In the long struggle to gain full practice authority (FPA), nurse practitioners (NPs) can point to notable advances in the last few years. Now, patients in more than half of the states, the District of Columbia, and two U.S. territories have full, direct healthcare access from NPs. In April 2022, New York and Kansas granted FPA to NPs. That brings to 26 the number of states where NPs can practice to the top of their license without restriction.

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Relias

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Healthcare organizations have been using a quality improvement framework consisting of six attributes — safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable — for decades. But new research has expanded the framework to include elements that address more recent challenges in healthcare and in society. Why the Six Domains of Health Care Quality emerged.

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Electronic Health Reporter

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By G.T. LaBorde, CEO, IllumiCare More than half of hospitals in the U.S. are projected to experience negative margins in 2022, with expenses estimated to increase by nearly $135 billion over 2021 levels, according to […]. The article Control The Costs You Can: Empower Providers To Adjudicate Real Costs At Point of Care appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The cost of health insurance for a worker who buys into a health plan at work in 2022 reached $22,463 for their family. The average monthly mortgage payment was $1,759 in mid-2022. “When housing and health both rank as basic needs in Maslow’s hierarchy, what’s a health system to do?” I ask in an essay published today on Crossover Health’s website titled Value-Based Care: Driving a Social Contract of Trust and Health.

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WSMDA

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Being a medical assistant requires similar work no matter where you end up. However, there are some differences depending on the setting you are working in. A large hospital has a very different dynamic from a clinic, and the work is often more hands-on. In a hospital, medical assistants typically work in departments such as the emergency room, surgery, or pediatric unit.

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Electronic Health Reporter

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Rinat Akhmetov, product lead and ML solutions architect, Provectus. The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is growing across all sectors, and healthcare is no exception. In fact, AI is particularly well-suited to healthcare applications […].

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Even as consumers’ confess a tighter spending economy for 2022 holiday shopping, peoples’ intent to buy wearable tech for health and fitness and other wellness devices appear on gifting lists in the U.S., according to the 29th Annual Consumer Technology Holiday Purchase Patterns report from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). In general, technology will be a top-selling category for 2022 holiday gift-giving, somewhat tempered by inflation and the increased cost of living that

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Nurses live with heightened stress and holiday stress can make things feel much worse. With patients and patient care a top priority, nurses can’t just go through the motions in their jobs without potentially catastrophic consequences. So how can nurses, who often face both physical and emotional job stressors, manage holiday stress? Finding a way to manage stress will help you feel better and enjoy the season. .

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Top Practices

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

If you are a physician/manager or practice manager, you know that we have been working in an interesting time for the past couple of years. We have been so busy trying to refigure things for the practice and possibly working with less staff that you probably haven't even thought to ask yourself the following question. "How are things going as far as managing the team and moving the business in the right direction?

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Electronic Health Reporter

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Leigh Poland, RHIA, CCS, AGS Health. Health equity is a focus of providers, regulatory agencies, and payers as they seek ways to eliminate care disparities across race and ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic […]. The article RCM and Coding May Help Close Health Equity Gap appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Relias

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Managing competency evaluations is time-intensive, and gaps in skills or knowledge can sometimes go unnoticed. Many post-acute care agencies continue to use outdated paper-based evaluation processes, which are difficult to track and prone to errors. With the right tools, you can streamline the process, minimize errors, and provide quality care to your patients and residents.

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Nurse practitioners (NPs) have a great deal of responsibility regarding patient care, and as the healthcare landscape evolves, so do the daily risks NPs face. Despite compassionate work and service to the community, one lawsuit can affect your professional reputation. Nurse practitioner malpractice data can be used to inform and address areas of clinical improvement as well as help to improve the quality of care and patient safety.

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DrChrono

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Hiring for a medical practice can be one of the most challenging tasks that you have to deal with as a practice owner. The current climate has made it harder than ever—great candidates are hard to find, and there seems to be a general scarcity of people looking for work at all. What’s the best way to find quality medical staff candidates? There are several approaches to getting the word out and reaching the right types of people.

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

November 13-19 celebrates Perioperative Nurses Week , and nurses interested in this specialty area of nursing can find out more about what perioperative nurses do. Minority Nurse recently spoke with Vangie Dennis MSN, RN, CNOR, CMLSO, v ice president, Perioperative Services at AnMed Health Systems, and president of the board of directors of the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) to find out more about this career path.

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

In honor of National Nurse Practitioner Week and as a recent top NP award winner with the POCN Top NPs of 2022 , family nurse practitioner Tavell L. Kindall, PhD, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, AACRN, AAHIVS, FAANP, recently shared some thoughts about his career as a nurse practitioner. Dr. Kindall is the director of HIV Prevention and Treatment at St. Thomas Community Health Center in New Orleans and is the current president of the Louisiana State Board of Nursing and a fellow of the American Association o

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

For more than 30 years, forensic nurses have found a community in the International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN), and this week is particularly important for these nurses with the annual celebration of Forensic Nurses Week. . Minority Nurse recently caught up with forensic nurse Angelita Olowu BSN, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P, to find out more about this branch of nursing.

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Relias

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

In April, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed a $320 million decrease in Medicare payments to skilled nursing facilities for fiscal year 2023. Building wound care expertise and maximizing your organization’s reimbursements through the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) is now more essential than ever. Understanding the reimbursement opportunities that wound care specialists can bring and investing in training are both wise business decisions that will allow your organi

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