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How Einstein Medical Center is using remote monitoring tech to decrease...

The Philadelphia medical center is working with a local nursing association and using technology from Vivify Health to help decrease readmission rates for liver failure patients.

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Penn Medicine Center for Connected Care brings telehealth to the forefront

Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine’s new Center for Connected Care brings together the health system’s telehealth-related activities, including the Penn E-lert ICU and the Home Telehealth program.

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Hospitals still face readmission penalties under Trump: Here’s what they’re...

Dr. Ashish Jha, a professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, said the fight over abolishing the Affordable Care Act has drowned out talk about how to make the health care system more...

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How UTMC reduced readmission rates with Loopback Analytics

In September 2016, University of Tennessee Medical Center started using Loopback Analytics’ solution to cut readmission rates and improve medication adherence among patients.

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Hospital readmission penalties for Medicare patients top $528M

The fines are based on Medicare patients who left the hospital from July 2012 through June 2015.

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ZDoggMD takes on readmissions à la R. Kelly, scores big

Las Vegas hospitalist-turned-video parody star ZDogg takes on hospital readmissions with “Readmissions,” based on R. Kelly’s 2003 hit, “Ignition (Remix).” Just try to show me another music video that...

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Forget Obamacare. Why grandma and grandpa will save healthcare

A colleague’s comment some 15 years ago sparked Dr. Tim Garson’s grand idea for a way to expand access to affordable healthcare while lowering costs to the system. “He came up to me and said, you know,...

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10 heart-focused apps & devices are crowdfunding for American Heart...

Nearly a quarter of patients who are hospitalized for heart failure are readmitted to the […]

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Hospital leaders’ 6 top strategies for preventing 30-day readmissions with...

Eighty-five percent of healthcare executives in a new survey said their organization’s business plan addresses […]

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What doctors can learn from Malcolm Gladwell

If blogger Dr. Kevin Pho had his way, more doctors would be like Malcolm Gladwell, […]

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3-D St. Jude Medical launches technology that gives docs real-time,...

St. Jude Medical  (STJ) announced FDA approval of its  ILUMIEN  OPTIS  PCI Optimization  System, and […]

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Want to reduce readmissions? Hire more nurses, study says

Reducing re-admissions is practically a cottage industry. With hospitals facing penalties for higher than average […]

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Hospitals still face readmission penalties under Trump: Here’s what they’re...

Dr. Ashish Jha, a professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, said the fight over abolishing the Affordable Care Act has drowned out talk about how to make the health care system more...

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How UTMC reduced readmission rates with Loopback Analytics

In September 2016, University of Tennessee Medical Center started using Loopback Analytics’ solution to cut readmission rates and improve medication adherence among patients.

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Hospital readmission penalties for Medicare patients top $528M

The fines are based on Medicare patients who left the hospital from July 2012 through June 2015.

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ZDoggMD takes on readmissions à la R. Kelly, scores big

Go big or go home! Dr. Zubin Damania, a.k.a. ZDogg MD, chose the former option with his latest video, which counts more than a million YouTube hits barely two weeks after it dropped. (That’s what the...

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Forget Obamacare. Why grandma and grandpa will save healthcare

A colleague’s comment some 15 years ago sparked Dr. Tim Garson’s grand idea for a way to expand access to affordable healthcare while lowering costs to the system. “He came up to me and said, you...

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10 heart-focused apps & devices are crowdfunding for American Heart...

Nearly a quarter of patients who are hospitalized for heart failure are readmitted to the hospital within 30 days. Health Recovery Solutions developed an iPad- based program to keep patients on track...

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Hospital leaders’ 6 top strategies for preventing 30-day readmissions with...

Eighty-five percent of healthcare executives in a new survey said their organization’s business plan addresses the CMS penalty for 30-day readmissions, and there are a few particular strategies many...

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What doctors can learn from Malcolm Gladwell

from Thinkers 50 If blogger Dr. Kevin Pho had his way, more doctors would be like Malcolm Gladwell, author of (most recently)  David and Goliath. Why? “We need more storytellers,” Pho writes. If...

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