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Month: October 2017

Telehealth could lure more providers to ACOs

HealthcareDive Insight
“Telehealth and alternative payment models are a natural fit for Medicare. CMS wants to tie 50% of the program’s payments to ACOs and other advanced payment models by 2018, and providers are always looking for ways to increase access and quality of care while reducing costs. Next-generation ACOs, for example, waive certain restrictions to promote opportunities for virtual care.” Read the full article.
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Slow breach detection, patching, operational snags handcuff healthcare security

Healthcare IT News – Privacy & Security
“When it comes to healthcare security, security experts would rank the industry in the middle or toward the lower end of the pack, according to a panel of security leaders at the Healthcare Security Forum. That’s because it’s still taking many healthcare organizations far too long to discover a breach — much longer than in other sectors.” Read the full article.
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What’s needed to scale up digital health in the clinical provider space

HealthcareDive – Feature
“As digital technology grows and matures, more and more companies are eyeing the clinical provider space. After all, there are big bucks in healthcare for products that increase access to care, improve outcomes and increase workflow efficiencies, especially if they do so while reducing overall costs. While many digital startups will fall by the wayside, those that show promise face the challenge of scaling up their business in a provider market that still harbors some skepticism about the digital revolution’s place in healthcare.” Read the full article.
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Healthcare is turning a corner on cybersecurity, new HIMSS research shows

Healthcare IT News – Privacy & Security
“The sector is now making security a top priority, hiring CISOs, undertaking threat management and penetration testing, all more than ever. Despite the consensus that healthcare is widely underprepared for protecting patient data, more and more hospitals are making cybersecurity a significant clinical and business necessity than in the past.” Read the full article.
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The CMIO role will evolve as health systems’ needs change

HealthcareDive – Feature
“These days, chief medical information officers tackle a lot more than just EHR implementation. Initially brought on to help implement EHRs, CMIOs are increasingly involved in a range of activities, from privacy and cybersecurity to patient outcomes, population health management process improvement, compliance and more.” Read the full article.
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5 Ways Health IT Executives Can Transform the Data Center

Scalability needs push IT leaders out of physical spaces and into the cloud.
“Healthcare executives increasingly realize how critical IT and data center transformation are to overall organizational growth. As a foundation for customer retention, improved security and regulatory compliance — as well as greater revenue — an agile data center is necessary to support key business objectives. While most clear-thinking business leaders recognize that as truth, a wealth of opinions persist when it comes to what strategies ultimately provide the best return on investment.” Read the full article.
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Healthcare 2020: 8 healthcare questions you need to be prepared to answer

HealthcareDive – A recap of the National Business Group on Health’s 2017 Business Health Agenda conference
“If you didn’t attend the National Business Group on Health’s (NBGH) Business Health Agenda (BHA) conference, you have some catching up to do. The year 2020 may have seemed like an abstract event at one point in time, but it’s now very much a reality — less than three years away. It was also the topic of choice for this year’s BHA, “Healthcare: 2020.” Employer-sponsored healthcare plans will probably still be the norm in 2020, but they won’t look exactly the same; thought leaders at BHA 2017 are already preparing for a new wave of changes in plan design, health data, demographics and much more.”  Read the full article.
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Digital Therapeutics: The Future of Health Care Will Be App-Based

Forbes – Tech News
“The key difference is that digital therapeutics implement treatment programs tailored to specific ailments, especially major chronic diseases like diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, and pulmonary diseases like COPD.  Because patient behavior is so crucial in preventing and limiting the severity of these life-threatening illnesses, the early evidence is that these digital health programs, often combined with human coaching/interaction, can make a significant difference in health outcomes.”  Read the full article.
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Clampdown on network directories fueling online solutions

HealthcareDive Feature
“Providers are struggling to keep up with requests to verify network directory data as health plans comply with increasing mandates. Concerned about widespread inaccuracies in network directories for health plans, lawmakers across the country are seeking stricter data collection requirements. A mix of new state and federal regulations require payers to provide consumers with up-to-date network directories of available healthcare professionals.” Read the full article.
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