Is five a magic number that people will click on to find out what’s on the list? Is it just the right number you think you have the time to read? I don’t know but there are lots of lists out there with 5 things you should know. These got me to click through and I think they were worth sharing.
5 Fast Facts on the Cures Act from @HealthIT_Policy:
1⃣Defines information blocking
2⃣Applies to 3 types of health care actors
3⃣Covers electronic health information
4⃣ONC rules further clarify the law
5⃣HHS OIG is responsible for investigations & penalties#NHPC21 #hdpalooza— AcademyHealth (@AcademyHealth) February 17, 2021
5 Patient Engagement Strategies To Reengage Patients In Their Care
Matt Dickson, Vice President of Product, Strategy, and GM of ComSol, Stericycle Communication Solutions
Twitter:Â @StericycleComms
It’s been approximately 10 months since COVID-19 gripped the nation, forcing delays and cancelations of healthcare appointments and elective procedures. The pandemic has taken its toll on healthcare, and health systems and healthcare marketers are now under increased pressure to fill appointments and get patients back in to see providers. Efforts are underway to improve patient engagement by identifying patients most in need of care, promoting virtual care and mental health options, and adjusting communication practices. But is it enough? Here are five patient engagement strategies to reengage your patients in their care.
Indiana Health Information Exchange
Top 5 Benefits of Health Information Exchange
As technology is on the rise, and the need for healthcare interoperability increases, it is becoming more and more critical for clinicians to quickly and meaningfully share data and access patient records. Today, health information exchanges (HIEs) around the country are working to ensure the data gap continues to decrease and all healthcare settings and electronic health information systems have the same information with a reduction in errors and duplicative treatments to avoid costly mistakes.
Here are a few benefits that the Indiana Health Information Exchange offers:
5 Forces for the Future: Preparing for a transformed healthcare workforce
Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN, Wolters Kluwer
Twitter: @Wolters_Kluwer
The COVID-19 pandemic may have exposed the problems facing frontline healthcare workers, but it also has shown how adaptable, flexible, and resilient they can be. As healthcare’s most valued resource, they must continue to evolve in order to meet today’s challenges, and those yet to come. Leveraging lessons learned during the pandemic will be critical in shaping and preparing future healthcare personnel.
Five Strategies for Your Organization’s Information Blocking Plan
Debra Primeau, MA, RHIA, FAHIMA; Julie A. Pursley, MSHI, RHIA, CHDA, FAHIMA; and Lauren Riplinger, JD
Twitter: @AHIMAResources
April 5, 2021, looms large as the deadline for healthcare providers to comply with the provisions of the information blocking final rule. The final rule, part of the 21st Century Cures Act, gives consumers unprecedented control over their own health information.
Using third-party apps of their choice, consumers will be able easily store, aggregate, use, and share both structured and unstructured electronic health information (EHI) at no cost. To optimize interoperability and manage information flow, providers will be required to adopt standardized application programming interfaces (APIs). These provisions will bring us closer to the long-awaited ideal of a patient-centered ecosystem, but compliance comes with a host of technical and administrative challenges.
This AHIMA checklist includes five strategies designed to help HIM professionals build compliance infrastructure, spark inter-departmental collaboration, and create implementation templates customized to your organization.
Why Is Length of Stay Important? Five Key Reasons
As advocates of reducing length of stay by centralizing patient transition data and operation within the Access Center, CentralLogic (@CentralLogic) has zeroed in on length of stay as one of the most important yet overlooked aspects of the acute experience. And that’s because this seemingly straightforward part of the patient experience can have significant impacts across so many hospital processes.
They have identified five key areas where avoidable days, i.e. unnecessary additions to length of stay, can make a negative impact.
5 Strategies to Simplify Public Health Data Interoperability
Austin Dobson, Product Manager, Lyniate
Twitter:Â @austinsdobson
Twitter:Â @lyniate
The pandemic proved that there’s an urgent need for streamlined data exchange between healthcare providers, laboratories, state and county public health organizations, and the federal government.
Lyniate works with 47 of the 50 state health departments. During a recent webinar, we asked attendees (our public health customers) to rank their top three pain points related to interoperability:
5 Crisis Management Strategies
Emily Potts, VirtuSense
Twitter: @VirtuSense
COVID-19 threw the healthcare system into a tizzy last year, especially the senior living sector. Leading Age developed a Pandemic Playbook to help providers get a handle on it, but we spoke directly with the executives at Montgomery Place in Chicago to get their take. They moved into the building last March at the height of COVID-19 to offer 24/7 support to residents and staff. Here are the five leadership strategies they employed to keep a sense of normalcy and calm.