As we’ve seen the recent spike in Covid cases, it is important more now than ever for healthcare facilities to manage their visitor policies. Bioscape Digital provides communication tools for health systems to adhere to the CDC’s recommendation in the article below: “Facilities should apply alternatives for direct interaction between visitors and patients, including setting up remote communications
Government
Eighty Percent of Georgia Hospitals Penalized for Readmission Rates
According to data from Kaiser Health News, four out of five hospitals in Georgia will be penalized by Medicare due to excessively high readmission rates. Nationwide, over 2,500 hospitals are being penalized in this fashion, which could result in payment cuts by as much as three percent. The main findings of this report are as
14Jan
Patient-Centered Care, Costly for the Small
“For primary care practices, participating in a medical home demonstration requires substantial investments,” said Grand Martsolf, RAND policy researcher and the study’s lead author. “These costs of transformation include both one-time startup costs and ongoing, every-year costs. High-functioning IT systems are crucial to converting a physician practice to a patient-centered medical home model, but only
23Sep
Tech that Reduces Health Disparities
Concerned that food stamp users lacked the opportunity to buy fresh vegetables, the anti-hunger group Just Harvest decided two years ago to take credit card machines to local farmers markets that were operating on a cash basis. Besides credit and debit cards, the machines accept the state-issued Electronic Benefit Transfer cards holding food stamps. “As
21Aug
Between The Lines of Pink and Blue
17 years ago, Pfizer unveiled a revolutionary new drug that has since transformed the landscape of sexual libido. The blue pill, Viagra, paved the way for a multi billion-dollar industry that even made its way into Hollywood when Sex and the City aired an episode called “The Man, The Myth, The Viagra”. Following the astronomical
30Mar
FDA clears iPad app for pre-operative surgical planning
A company by the name Brainlab just got clearance for a application called TraumaCad Mobile, which helps orthopedic surgeons with their pre-operative surgical planning. This application has been used by doctors for years to assist with their surgery. Since technology is the future and forever changing, with doctors having the ability to plan a patients surgery
01Mar
Bioscape Digital featured in Net Neutrality Article
While health IT solutions are gaining traction, the debate about whether to charge users for faster Internet speeds could obstruct progress in the healthcare ecosystem. As the net neutrality debate rolls on, a recent 1to1 Media article by senior writer Judith Aquino explored what’s at stake for healthcare providers, patients, and vendors. “Network neutrality puts
05Feb
Poor Use of EHRs by Physicians, Study Finds
Despite a federal mandate to adopt electronic health records systems, many physicians remain woefully behind in how they receive patient data, researchers find in a February study titled The Role of Health Information Technology in Care Coordination in the U.S. Over half of physicians regularly get patient information -necessary to coordinate patient care- from sources other
29Jan
Government pledges to make HIPAA clearer for mhealth companies
The United States Department of Health and Human Services‘ (HHS) Office of Civil Rights, which oversees the administration of HIPAA, will begin working closely with mobile health companies to make sure HIPAA rules are clear and unambiguous, according to an HHS letter. “I think the letter … is absolutely critical,” Morgan Reed, executive director of ACT,
15Jan
Broader Sharing of Clinical Trial Data, Institute of Medicine Recommends
The Institute of Medicine released an extensive report that recommends government agencies and companies share data from research studies that they fund. The report’s authors set out numerous action steps that clinical trial sponsors are encouraged to follow in order to widen access, which include developing specific plans for sharing data, such as granting access through
