Now that 2023 is underway, key trends are emerging that will shape the healthcare landscape against an uncertain economic backdrop and lingering pandemic-related challenges. For payers and providers, inflation and other economic woes are…
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By Hannah Nelson
March 09, 2023 – A clinical decision support (CDS) EHR integration helped significantly reduce inappropriate urine culture (UC) orders among hospitalized patients in the country’s large safety-net hospital system, according to…
A digital divide in telemedicine use between rural and urban communities increased after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly within mental health integration services, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. The…
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Background: Even modest reductions in blood pressure (BP) can have an important impact on population-level morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease. There are 2 promising approaches: the SaltSwitch smartphone app, which enables users to…
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By Mark Melchionna March 09, 2023 – At the close of 2022, telehealth use increased at the national level, growing in three out of four US census regions, according to the FAIR…
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Public health agencies that communicated clearly, led with science, and provided protective resources were able to build patient trust more than those agencies that appeared to be politically motivated, according to a new report…
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Three U.S. senators recently introduced legislation that would ban the use of health data for advertising and marketing purposes. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota), Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) proposed the bill, which…
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Healthcare leaders discuss solutions to retain their nurses. From left to right: Moderator Tearsanee Davis, Director of Clinical Programs and Strategy for the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s Center for Telehealth; Pamela Ograbisz, Associate…
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The Cost of Doing Nothing: Five Learnings from the Build versus Buy DebateBy Kimberly Hartsfield
Kimberly Hartsfield, MPA is EVP of growth enablement at VisiQuate of Santa Rosa, CA.
It’s a conundrum that health…
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