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EMRs Are Outdated, but Big Tech Is Not The Answer

by Dr. Roya Azadi, MD - Internal Medicine Specialist in Austin, TX 12/13/2022 Leave a Comment

EMRs Are Outdated, but Big Tech Is Not The Answer

Over a decade ago, the “meaningful use” clause in the United States Affordable Care Act incentivized Electronic Medical Record (EMR) adoption. The purpose of this directive was to improve the transfer of laboratory data to point-of-care clinicians to help us make better, more informed decisions for our patients. In the years that followed, EMR systems have proliferated globally; countries like New Zealand, Norway, and the Netherlands are reporting EMR usage rates above 90% for primary care
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Primary Care Shifts to Pharmacy and Retail Clinic Settings, Survey Reveals

by Syed Hamza Sohail 12/12/2022 Leave a Comment

Primary Care Shifts to Pharmacy and Retail Clinic Settings, Survey Reveals

What You Should Know: - Primary care is continuing to decentralize with more decisions made outside of primary care offices, according to a recent report by Wolters Kluwer. - The Pharmacy Next: Health Consumer Medication Trends survey explores consumer sentiment amid this shift, and offers insight into what safeguards are needed to address their top concerns around medication-related care.  Research-Driven Prospects Regarding Changes in American Primary Healthcare The Pharmacy Next:
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What Has COVID Ever Done For Us? Here 9 Examples

by Ivor Campbell, CEO of Snedden Campbell, 11/23/2022 Leave a Comment

What Has COVID Ever Done For Us?

The early 2020s will be studied by historians as a time of global uncertainty when an unknown pathogen caused a public health emergency that brought the world to the brink. It may also be remembered as a time of unparalleled cooperation and advancement in technologies, prompted by the Covid pandemic, that provided enduring benefits for generations to come. Just as the two world wars of the 20th Century were the deadliest and most attritional in history, they also triggered developments in
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5 Proven Strategies to Increase Employee Retention And Reduce Operational Costs In Senior Living

by Yamin Durrani, CEO of Kami Vision 11/22/2022 Leave a Comment

5 Proven Strategies to Increase Employee Retention And Reduce Operational Costs In Senior Living

Staffing turnover in senior care has reached an all-time high at an annual rate of 48.5% among all employees and 68.1% among resident assistants and personal care aides. At a sunk cost of roughly $2,200 per employee, staff turnover is expensive and results in lower resident satisfaction, quality of care and occupancy. Staff leave for a myriad of reasons, but what if a few simple changes could transform the trajectory of your organization? Luckily there are proven strategies to increase staff
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Overcoming the Healthcare Staffing Shortage Through Back-Office Automation

by Kimberly Hartsfield, EVP of Growth Enablement at VisiQuate 11/08/2022 Leave a Comment

Overcoming the Healthcare Staffing Shortage Through Back-Office Automation

Today’s healthcare staffing shortage, fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic but years in the making, has left many hospitals and health systems scrambling.  To date, the shortage of front-line healthcare workers has received most of the attention, and for good reason: By 2025, the U.S. is likely to face a shortage of 446,300 home health aides; 95,000 nursing assistants; and 29,400 nurse practitioners, according to a report from consulting firm Mercer.  However, what is less appreciated
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Overcoming Ripple Effects of COVID-19 to Boost Patient Outcomes: 3 Insights

by Shirley H. Lee, CRNP-FNP, MPH, Director of Patient Navigation Program & Nurse Practitioner for Genesis Healthcare Partners 10/27/2022 Leave a Comment

Overcoming Ripple Effects of COVID-19 to Boost Patient Outcomes: 3 Insights

Fear of COVID-19 exposure isn’t the only thing holding patients back from seeking needed care during the pandemic. So are the complexities of navigating life after COVID-19—and it’s a struggle that physicians, who are overworked and burned out, can relate to as well.  Even as data indicates that consumer deferment of care—common during the first 18 months of the pandemic—has decreased, not all consumers have returned for care as soon as expected. In some instances, financial concerns
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AtlantiCare Deploys Orbita’s Healthcare Virtual Assistants

by Fred Pennic 10/26/2022 Leave a Comment

AtlantiCare Deploys Orbita’s Healthcare Virtual Assistants

What You Should Know: - Healthcare system AtlantiCare selected Orbita’s virtual assistant and conversational AI technology to improve patients’ care access and engagement while automating workloads internally. - AtlantiCare is rolling out the Orbita platform in phases, beginning with web-based digital front door, which went live in September 2022. In 2023, AtlantiCare plans to add proactive outbound communications, including post-discharge follow-up information and
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COVID-19 Pandemic Boosted RPM Adoption in Cardiac Rehab

by Syed Hamza Sohail 09/15/2022 Leave a Comment

Vivalink Launches Multi-Vital Blood Pressure Patch for Remote Patient Monitoring

What You Should Know: - The pandemic forced many cardiac rehab clinics to limit and sometimes terminate in-person rehab, leaving Vivalink - a leading provider of digital healthcare solutions - with questions: How did they conduct at-home rehab? Did it work well for them? What were some of the barriers to implementation? - Vivalink has announced a new study of cardiac rehabilitation clinicians that reveals the current landscape of remote patient monitoring technology (RPM) in their field,
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CVS Health to Acquire Signify Health for $8B

by Fred Pennic 09/06/2022 Leave a Comment

Signify Health Shares Soar More Than 33% in IPO, Valuing Company at Over $7.12B

What You Should Know: - CVS Health announced it will acquire Signify Health for $30.50 per share in cash, representing a total transaction value of approximately $8B. - Signify Health's clinicians and providers can have an even greater impact by engaging with CVS Health's unique collection of assets and connecting patients to care how and when they need it. Advancing CVS Health’s Value-Based Care Long-Term Strategy Signify Health is a provider of Health Risk Assessments, value-based
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How AI and Automation Will Solve America’s Healthcare Administration Crisis

by Pranay Kapadia, Co-Founder & CEO of Notable 09/01/2022 Leave a Comment

Transforming Healthcare: How AI and Automation Will Solve America's Healthcare Administration Crisis

As the existential crisis facing American healthcare reaches a fever pitch, here's how executives can use automation to build resiliency The American healthcare system is in crisis. There are a huge number of tasks to be completed, and not enough people to do them. Costs are rising, and health systems are finding themselves facing difficult choices.  An enormous amount of time, money, and resources are being devoted to paper shuffling that would be better spent elsewhere. Healthcare
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