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Rural Americans, Hospitals Disproportionately Hurt by ACHA

Medicaid expansion was associated with a 4-percentage point increase in operating margins for rural hospitals.

There’s little doubt that the American Health Care Act, passed by the House this month, would raise the number of uninsured Americans, but a new analysis from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities found that rural Americans, and the hospitals that serve them, would be hit especially hard.

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Hospital Merger Mania Continues Throughout the Country

Recent announcements indicate there is no letup in the continuing trend of hospital mergers.

from FierceHealthcare

Hospital mergers and acquisitions were off to a strong start in the first quarter of 2017, and recent announcements show no letup of merger mania in the first couple of months of the second quarter.

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Workplace Drama Affects Patient Care and Is Seldom Addressed

Research shows workers feel they can’t discuss workplace problems, but that good management helps.

from HealthcareFinance

A new study by VitalSmarts shows that workplace drama, and the fact that it is seldom addressed, is yielding substantial reductions in patient safety and quality of care. “While most employees and physicians frequently witness these interpersonal concerns, few address the problems,” the company said.

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Existing Health IT Is Meant to Help. Too Bad It Doesn’t

The American Association of Family Physicians says that needs to change, and points to the kind of technology that actually enables better care.

from HealthcareITNews

It’s a hard reality: Technologies that hospitals are using today do not adequately support the health of Americans, according to the American Association of Family Physicians.

“We believe that new types of information and new kinds of technology are needed,” AAFP wrote in the Annals of Family Medicine. “Technology has great potential to help foster connections and relationships among healthcare professionals, individuals, and communities, and to be a catalyst instead of the barrier it frequently is today.”

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Bill Pushes Minimum Wage Paid Labor for Allied Health Professionals in Training

The bill would cover an estimated 50,000 people training for jobs such as respiratory therapists, vocational nurses, dietitians, pharmacy technicians.

from HealthcareFinance

The bill, AB 387, would cover an estimated 50,000 people training for jobs such as respiratory therapists, vocational nurses, dietitians and pharmacy technicians. The legislation, authored by state Assemblyman Tony Thurmond (D-Richmond) and sponsored by the powerful SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West union, would broaden the definition of “employer” to include hospitals and clinics that are supervising trainees in the allied health professions.

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More Hospitals Putting CXOs in the C-suite

Chief Experience Officers work across healthcare organizations to improve quality and outcomes.

from HealthcareDive

As the healthcare industry continues to move to value-based care with its emphasis on patient experience and reducing costs, some hospitals and health systems are putting stock in a new leadership role: chief experience officer (CXO). Hospitals that designate a C-suite executive expect to benefit financially from higher patient satisfaction scores and positive publicity.

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10 Ways Lack of Communication Is Ruining Healthcare

Here are ten ways ineffective or nonexistent communication is ruining healthcare.

from Forbes

The single greatest tragedy in health and science right now is the inability to communicate well. And no one escapes a share of the responsibility. Scientists don’t talk to patients, doctors don’t talk to doctors, researchers don’t talk to government, electronic health records (EHRs) don’t talk to anyone or anything, and on and on. Thus, poor communication, little communication or no communication at all can be blamed for significant flaws and failures in the U.S. health system. As technology better enables us to share everything about our lives, connect data like never before and consume information, we must not forget that we need to improve how humans communicate as much as–if not more than–how our electronics do.

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How Hospitals Can Prepare for an Influenza Pandemic

Public health officials agree that the next major pandemic will be influenza. Are U.S. hospitals ready for it?

from HealthcareDive

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources (HHS) estimates that an infectious disease pandemic could infect 90 million Americans and kill as many as 1.9 million people. This kind of pandemic would put a strain on the country’s healthcare system, sicken hospital staff and stretch hospital resources to their limits and beyond.

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Too Many Healthcare Employees Would Share Sensitive Data

68% of employees at healthcare organizations would share sensitive, confidential, or regulated information under certain circumstances.

from Healthcare IT News

The most recent Dell End-User Security Survey has some found that three in four employees across all industries, including 68 percent of employees at healthcare organizations, would share sensitive, confidential or regulated information under certain circumstances. Some situations, such as being directed to do so by management (43 percent) or sharing with a person authorized to receive it (37 percent), would seem legitimate. But others, such as determining that the risk to their company is very low and the potential benefit of sharing information is high (23 percent), or feeling it will help themselves or the recipient do their jobs more effectively (22 percent and 13 percent respectively) play a bit looser with the rules.

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How Artificial Intelligence is Revolutionizing Healthcare

Here’s how AI algorithms and software are improving the quality and availability of healthcare services.

from The Next Web

There’s currently a shortage of over seven million physicians, nurses and other health workers worldwide, and the gap is widening. Doctors are stretched thin — especially in underserved areas — to respond to the growing needs of the population.

Meanwhile, training physicians and health workers is historically an arduous process that requires years of education and experience.

Fortunately, artificial intelligence can help the healthcare sector to overcome present and future challenges. Here’s how AI algorithms and software are improving the quality and availability of healthcare services.

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