Despite the official end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, hospitals and healthcare systems continue to face significant challenges. Financial constraints, workforce shortages, and potential legislation threaten patient access to care. Proposed bills on…
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Despite the official end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, hospitals and healthcare systems continue to face significant challenges. Financial constraints, workforce shortages, and potential legislation threaten patient access to care. Proposed bills on…
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Patients call for a wide variety of reasons. Some just want to know where they should park when they arrive for a doctor’s appointment. Others may have complicated medical questions or issues with their…
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What You Should Know:Operational limitations—such as staffing shortages, variable patient flow, and poor visibility into resource availability—can make it difficult for healthcare organizations to effectively manage their capacity, leading to volatile workloads that see…
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The FDA’s new draft guidance on Decentralized Clinical Trials (DCTs) is a landmark moment for the industry, emphasizing the importance of virtual trials for improving patient access to groundbreaking research while providing recommendations on…
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By Sarai Rodriguez
May 09, 2023 – For many years, the Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system has faced criticism for its shortcomings in patient care, including care access, safety, and quality.
However, recent studies have shown that…
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The New York City-based Urban Health Plan used artificial intelligence to improve operational efficiency and patient care and got a handle on its annually high patient no-show rates with cost-effective patient interventions.Higher-than-average missed appointments
No-shows…
According to Rich Birhanzel, Senior Managing Director at Accenture, the lack of patient access caused by the shortage of doctors and nurses is a global issue that only is resolved through technology. At HIMSS23,…
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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) will extend telemedicine flexibilities around the prescription of certain controlled medications as it considers stakeholder feedback on proposed rules for post-COVID remote prescribing guardrails. The DEA received over…
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New data show increasing use of APIs and standards to improve interoperability between EHRs and apps. Join us for a presentation and discussion of the recent findings that provide insights across health care providers,…
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