Wednesday, January 17, 2018
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For the first time, the health care sector surpassed manufacturing and retail as the nation’s largest employer. In the next decade, five of the ten jobs the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects will see the fastest growth are in health care. The aging population and expanding government coverage of health care are two major reasons; another is health care’s innate resistance to automation. Analysts say the entry-level to expert range of job types make health care a “career lattice” with many entry points for young professionals to seek professional growth. (
U.S News and World Report;
The Atlantic;
Bureau of Labor Statistics)
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All veterans will now have access to mental health services upon leaving the military. An executive order signed last week automatically allows veterans to seek mental health services through the Veterans Administration. At the ceremony, VA Sec. David Shulkin highlighted the high suicide rate among veterans in the first year after service. The administration also said the VA and Department of Defense will adopt the same EHR system to streamline care, and announced expanded telehealth services and an online scheduling system for vets to expand access. (
White House announcement;
The Hill;
National Public Radio)
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Innovation & Transformation
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Merger and acquisition activity may be how many health organizations grow, but it’s not the only way to improve the value of your system. Among the key takeaways at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference last week: Leveraging brand value to enhance consumer experience; remaining agile and responsive even when you get big; and realizing the importance of knowing your community (and focusing on its social needs), so you can deliver value. (
Becker’s Hospital Review;
Motley Fool)
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Children with asthma in a Rochester, N.Y. school district who received asthma treatment during school were less likely to suffer symptoms and to need emergency or hospital treatment than a control group. The year-long study used telemedicine to connect an assistant at the school to doctors; the video link enabled treatments during the school day. “Integration of telemedicine with school-based care represents one successful method to enhance access to guideline-based treatments and ensure appropriate primary care follow-up assessments,” the authors note. (
JAMA Pediatrics)
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When teens experiment with non-cigarette tobacco products like vaping and hookahs, they’re much more likely to become cigarette smokers. Both devices turn liquid nicotine and other flavorings into a cloud of inhaled vapor. The study asked about 10,000 non-smoking teens if they had tried the products. Among those who used them, 19 percent of those who vaped and 18 percent of hookah users were smoking cigarettes one year later, compared to just 2 percent among all those in the study. (
Reuters)
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After reiterating the flaws of the merit-based payment system (MIPS) under MACRA, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission recommended eliminating it and replacing it with a different way to pay providers who don’t participate in one of the Alternative Payment Models. The replacement adds a value component to traditional fee-for-service payment to physicians. It would withhold a portion of fees paid to providers. If those providers voluntarily join a group to assess their performance, they could then join an advanced APM and get the withheld payment back. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will consider the recommendation, but is not required to take it. (
Healthcare Finance)
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Swallow a sensor, get a read on gut gas:
Scientists have tested a safe, ingestible electronic capsule that can sense the activity of gasses in the stomach and colon. The inch-long device may be used as a tool for both diagnosis and monitoring how diet affects disease or treatments that affect the gut. (
Nature)
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ONC names new privacy officer: Kathryn Marchesini has been promoted to the chief privacy officer at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. She previously served as the agency’s senior advisory and deputy director for privacy. (
mobihealthnews)
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DOD approves telehealth vendor:
The Department of Defense certified GlobalMed to operate on DoD networks. It can now deploy its virtual health applications, hardware and software on the same DoD network that serves the military’s 57 hospitals, 400 clinics and bases. (
HealthcareITNews)
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The Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic has always offered health care with dignity—a place where drug addiction is treated as a health issue, not a crime. After 50 years, that principle is more widely accepted, and the Hippie Clinic remains a medical refuge, enduring through the hard drugs of the ‘70s, the AIDS epidemic of the ‘80s and today’s opioid epidemic. (
National Public Radio;
Kaiser Health News)
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MarketVoices...quotes worth reading
"I went there for detox at least nine times. I never felt shamed or judged. They always acted like they were glad to see me." – Vitka Eisen, EdD, former patient at the Haight Ashbury, now CEO of HealthRIGHT360, as quoted by
Kaiser Health News.
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