The 2023 Healthcare Experience Trends report aims to provide healthcare leaders with a global snapshot of insights and recommendations on what patients expect and what employees need. WHY IT MATTERS For the analysis, Qualtrics, which offers a HITRUST-certified and … [Read More...]
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Regenstrief develops framework to assess patient matching accuracy
Regenstrief Institute announced this week that some of its researchers have developed an eight-point framework designed to assess the validity and accuracy of algorithms to match patient medical records. WHY IT MATTERS Accurate patient matching across the care continuum is … [Read More...]

Kroger Health president on the future of pharmacies and their IT infrastructure
Colleen Lindholz is president of Kroger Health, where she leads a team of 22,000 healthcare practitioners who serve more than 13 million customers across the U.S. She was instrumental in leading Kroger's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in particular fostering access to … [Read More...]
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Remote workers work longer, not more efficiently
THE RETURN to the office is well under way, just as summer in the northern hemisphere begins. Pretty soon, people will be able to resume the habit of staring wistfully out of the window, hoping it will still be sunny at the weekend. As many workers embrace a hybrid pattern, … [Read More...]
ECFC Requests Congressional Leadership Include Cadillac Tax Repeal in Year-End Legislation
[ad_1] ECFC Requests Congressional Leadership Include Cadillac Tax Repeal in Year-End Legislation Wednesday, December 4, 2019 (0 Comments) Posted by: Staff ECFC sent this … [Read More...]

How Much Should I Contribute To My HSA?
[ad_1] During enrollment season, people who own a Health Savings Account (HSA), or have recently opened one, wonder, “How much should I contribute to my HSA?” HSAs are a unique tax-advantaged tool for healthcare consumers to pay for qualified healthcare expenses. … [Read More...]
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Remote workers work longer, not more efficiently
THE RETURN to the office is well under way, just as summer in the northern hemisphere begins. Pretty soon, people will be able to resume the habit of staring wistfully out of the window, hoping it will still be sunny at the weekend. As many workers embrace a hybrid pattern, perhaps commuting 2-3 days a week, the experiment in full-time home-working is ending. At the same … [Read More...]
Prop 22 passes: Uber and Lyft drivers will continue as independent contractors in California
As part of the US election ballot, voters in California also decided the fate of the state’s Uber and Lyft drivers by deciding to have them classified as independent contractors. Reports say that 58% of Californian voters voted in favor of Proposition 22, the proposal backed by Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash to campaign against AB5 legislation that would classify gig-workers as … [Read More...]
Talking About Mental Health with Your Employees — Without Overstepping
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A Rough Road Ahead for Healthcare Providers
Opinion > Second Opinions — Let's prepare for 2023 as best as we can by Jerry Penso, MD, MBA December 17, 2022 … [Read More...]

A staffing expert shows how telehealth is stepping in to fill the staffing shortage
The staffing shortage is a huge challenge in healthcare today. Another challenge is finding a solution to this vexing problem. But telehealth may be becoming an emerging strategy to help fill in gaps within hospitals and health systems, contended Chris Franklin, president of LocumTenens.com, a self-service job board and a … [Read More...]

New coalition calls for collective action on health equity
The Rise to Health Coalition seeks to catalyze individuals and organizations committed to health equity and justice. WHY IT MATTERS Dr. Kedar Mate, president and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, announced the new coalition at the recent IHI Forum 2022 in Orlando, Florida. Joined by Dr. Aletha Maybank, … [Read More...]

What’s next for healthcare policy?
As the new year approaches, healthcare leaders face many challenges including rising costs, persistent labor shortages and changing consumer expectations. There are policies on federal and local levels that could be enacted or amended to ease some of these concerns. In this conversation with Dr. Robert Bessler, founder and … [Read More...]

Addressing COVID Clinical and Translational Challenges via Multidiscipline Integrated Diagnostics Networks
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented a formidable challenge to health systems globally due to the volume and complexity of managing patients with severe respiratory symptoms and high risk of death. The pandemic required healthcare professionals to quickly collaborate in order to establish new protocols, and rapidly implement … [Read More...]

New HIPAA rule from CMS would streamline transactions with attachments, e-signatures
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Monday put forth a new proposed rule that would modify HIPAA to better support both claims and prior authorization transactions – providing standards for electronic signatures to be used in conjunction with healthcare attachments transactions. WHY IT MATTERS The proposed … [Read More...]