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Post acute care is here to stay as COVID-19 brought to light the need for these services and the right technology to drive better outcomes, says Heidi Wold, chief population health officer at Longevity Health Plan.
There is a sharp racial divide in premature deaths, says a new Commonwealth Fund State Health Disparities Report.
The AHA is also concerned about a proposed mandatory model for five clinical episodes.
The CDC sent out the warning after a confirmed case of human infection that took place in Texas in March.
Saint Alphonsus Health System is acquiring an ambulatory surgery center and two urgent care centers.
The model is meant for low-revenue ACOs, preventing independent PCPs that have partnered with a hospital from joining, NAACOS says.
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High-quality imaging coupled with computer technologies for the eye could be used in the future to identify strokes, before they happen, and cardiovascular disease, but interoperability challenges remain, says Kerry Goetz, associate director, NEI Office of Data Science and Health Informatics.
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Change management barriers include reimagining how health systems communicate with physicians and nursing staff, say Cleveland Clinic ACO's Dr. Jessica Hohman and Cleveland Clinic Florida's Dr. Richard Rothman, who will be speaking at HIMSS24.
The available evidence, FDA says, demonstrates that Pepaxto is not shown to be safe or effective under its conditions of use.
Bed blocking causes patients to be stuck at the hospital rather than going to rehab. Patients might also wait on a gurney in the ER, says Dr. Will O'Connor, CMIO at TigerConnect.