What You Should Know: 

– Mirth Connect, by NextGen HealthCare, an open source data integration platform widely used by healthcare companies has been reportedly vulnerable that would allow cyberattackers to gain access compromise sensitive healthcare data. 
– The vulnerability, CVE-2023-43208 discovered a few months ago by IHTeam reveals versions prior to 4.4.1 are vulnerable to an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability. NextGen has updated Mirth Connect with an updated patch release to address the issue and is urging users to upgrade to the latest patch release.

The challenge for providers is to balance meaningful clinical interactions with workflow efficiency. With the right tools in place, adding a digital arm to existing workflows will reduce clinician workload instead of increasing it.

Key takeaways from this Datos Health ebook:

• Learn how clinicians can quickly create, change, and deploy automated remote care plans and customize it all to fit their needs.
• Discover how hybrid care models help clinicians practice at the top of their license without compromising quality of care.
• Learn how the flexibility of the Datos Health Open Care platform gives clinicians the power to improve care across specialties.

What You Should Know:

– Global tech anchor, OpenText™ announced its collaboration with healthcare and agricultural leader, Bayer, to simplify its digital operations. 

– This partnership echoes the current trend which sees legacy companies adopting more robust digital solutions to elevate their businesses and free up time to focus on other priorities. 

– Bayer has strategically chosen OpenTextTM Business Network Cloud Enterprise, which will be tapped for strategic B2B integration activities. 

Online education has rapidly gained popularity over the last few years. Online degrees have now become mainstream and are no longer a trend. The COVID-19 pandemic caused students to get confined to their homes, where online teaching became a norm. Students are now better able to understand the benefits of online education and are more willing to get a master of advanced nursing online. If you are interested in completing your nursing education online and are slightly hesitant today, we shall look at several advantages of obtaining a nursing degree online. 

What Is an Online Nursing Program?

Today, all kinds of nursing programs including Bachelor’s, Master’s, doctorate, Ph.D., and even associate degrees can be completed online. The practical part of nursing school will have to be completed as clinical hours in a clinic, workplace, or hospital.

However, the learning and core courses can be easily completed right from the comfort of your home. This also allows students to work alongside, do part-time or remote jobs and free up time for other hobbies or activities. New technology and visualization strategies help students better understand real nursing situations. Online courses have emerged as far more effective and fruitful in delivering knowledge to future nurses.

Top Advantages of an Online Nursing Degree

With an array of nursing programs available online, it is easy to get confused. Online education is not only super versatile, but it has also become quite popular amongst nursing students due to the benefits that come with e-learning. Let’s look at the top advantages below:

Learning Flexibility

The first and most obvious advantage is the learning flexibility offered by online programs. Students can easily take classes according to their schedules and commitments. There are also no restrictions for lessons being conducted only at certain times during the day. You do not need to waste time commuting to your educational institution nor do you have to spend an entire day around your studying schedule. The best part is that you will be able to save up time for other hobbies, activities, part-time jobs, and even remote work.

Students can also organize assignments and workloads based on their timelines. If you want, you can also spend more time on one topic as compared to another to gain a better understanding. Similarly, you can also skip topics and materials that you already have a good grasp of. Optimized learning reduces burden and pressure. It helps students feel free which improves learning greatly.

Cost Effective 

Finances and degree costs often deter most students from obtaining the degree they truly desire. Online education comes on top and offers affordable education as institutions have to spend less on this form of teaching. Lower spending means lower degree costs.

The absence of physical location and utility costs that a college or university has to bear makes online degrees quite affordable. There is no need to hire personnel or staff and even administrative tasks like grading tests and quizzes can be done through online portals.

– Students do not need to spend on commuting and hostel costs

– Money is saved on learning materials as online content and PDF books cost a lot less than paperback or physical textbooks

Tech Proficiency 

Technical expertise is a must for everyone in this advanced era and nurses are no exception. Online learning allows students to develop technical skills. This is aided through computer skills, the use of online portals, and time management online. Technical knowledge is great for those that wish to pursue an administrative career in nursing. This allows students to handle patient data conveniently using electronic health record systems.

– Storing, grouping, and categorizing assignments online is a lot easier as compared to handling paper notes and textbooks

– Online databases allow quick access to course material while teaching nurses online management techniques

– Tracking documents online allows nurses to stay organized and handle online data collection processes better in the future

Better Classrooms

Online education allows students to create a comfortable learning environment. Traditional classrooms may be crowded or congested and only allows each student a set amount of space or a work desk. Online programs not only allow flexibility, but you can also sit and learn wherever you prefer as long as you have access to a laptop and an internet connection. 

Endnote 

The arrival of online learning has changed the way teaching and studying are now perceived. This new method has increased flexibility, accessibility, and even independent studying. The advantages listed above are only a few of the top benefits students can attain by opting for an online degree. An online Master’s nursing degree can prove quite beneficial if you already have a Bachelor’s and are working as a nurse at a clinic or hospital. Studying online will help you save both time and make the learning process more fun.

DispatchHealth, a provider of in-home medical care raises $330M led by Optum Ventures with support from current investors such as Humana (NYSE: HUM), Oak HC/FT, Echo Health Ventures and Questa Capital. New investors included Adams Street Partners, the Olayan Group, Silicon Valley Bank, Pegasus Tech Ventures and Blue Shield of California. Patients and their care partners can request DispatchHealth medical care via phone, mobile app, or website, and a medical team arrives within two hours equipped with tools and equipment needed to perform high-acuity medical care.

Haystack Oncology Launches with $56M for Post-Op Cancer Detection Tech

Haystack Oncology (“Haystack”), an oncology company that applies the next generation of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) detection technology raises $56M in Series A financing led by Catalio Capital Management (“Catalio”), which co-founded Haystack through its private equity and structured equity investment vehicles. Additional investors include Bruker, Exact Ventures, the venture arm of Exact Sciences and Alexandria Venture Investments. The funding will be used for the continued development and planned 2023 commercialization of its best-in-class personalized cancer diagnostic test that can detect as few as one mutant molecule in a million DNA molecules, positioning it as the most sensitive ctDNA-based MRD test for use in solid tumors.

DexCare Announces 50-state Project with Kaiser Permanente

Providence spin-out, DexCare, announced an expanded partnership with Kaiser that’ll make health system care accessible in all 50 states, including those where Kaiser doesn’t have a physical location. DexCare will now handle all of Kaiser’s clinic bookings, virtual care scheduling, phone care and health system load-balancing. The partnership is a case study in creating health system sustainability through digital modernization, which is pivotal during a time where the volatile market, low margins and external competition are forcing health systems to double down on growth and innovation to survive. Despite the current financial climate, DexCare CEO Derek Streat has seen an accelerated interest in their platform – proving there is appetite from health systems to invest in sustainable, scalable solutions. 

Babylon to Provide Fitbits for Eligible Members

Babylon Health will offer Fitbit devices and services to a subset of members that doesn’t currently have access to wearables and that fit health program criteria to promote proactive management of care and improve accessibility through its digital-first offering. Eligible members in select markets will be able to use Fitbit’s health and wellness features to track their activity levels, sleep patterns and more, and can sync this data with Babylon’s app where it will be available to them and their care team.

Uber Health Expands into Employer Market

Uber Health announced its plans to expand its healthcare offerings into the employer market.

Edifecs Partners with Empowered-Home to Deliver Automated Prior Authorizations

Edifecs and Empowered-Home announced a partnership to provide automated prior authorizations to medical associations, Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), Independent Physician Associations (IPAs), medical groups, and home healthcare agencies. The Edifecs prior authorization solution combined with the clinical decision support system of patient management software company, Privis Health, forms the backbone of Empowered-Home’s ecosystem.

MEDITECH, SeamlessMD Collaborate on Digital Health Integration

MEDITECH announced that its Expanse customers in Canada can now integrate directly with digital care journey platform SeamlessMD. The collaboration will enable providers to monitor and engage their patients before, during, and after hospitalization using digital, evidence-informed pre-and post-care plans – such as for surgery, cancer, maternity, mental health, and chronic care.

Evangelical Community Hospital Switches from Allscripts to Epic

Evangelical Community Hospital switches from Allscripts to Epic’s enterprise EHR. The Hospital will go-live on Epic on December 4, 2022. This strategic move by the Hospital modernizes the patient process creating a seamless, safe, and more consistent healthcare delivery system for all patients in the community.

Cipher Skin Launches Pilot Program for Tech-Enabled Physical Therapy Rehab

Cipher Skin and Parker Health launches a new pilot program to help bring tech-enabled physical therapy to Medicare and Medicaid patients. With plans to pilot the program in Austin, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Kansas City, the partnership will bring Cipher Skin’s wearable motion and biometric-tracking technology to select orthopedic clinics that use Parker Health’s platform. This collaboration will help accelerate physical rehabilitation by improving patient engagement and care plan completion. 

Vivalink Integrates with Garmin, Other Wearables to Address RPM Interoperability

Vivalink is addressing these RPM interoperability challenges by announcing today that leading wearables and medical-grade devices are integrating with the company’s Biometrics Data Platform. Now, leading pulse oximeters, blood glucose monitors and sleep monitors by companies like Garmin and Roche are available alongside the Platform to accelerate development and deployment of novel healthcare applications and research.

Validic Raises $12M for Healthcare IoT Platform 

Validic, a healthcare IoT platform raises $12M in funding led by Kaiser Permanente Ventures. The investment will further Validic’s mission of improving the quality of life by making personal health data actionable and accelerate the full integration of personal health device data into the electronic health record.

ResMed Launches Sleep Platform, Primasun

ResMed and Verily, an Alphabet precision health company launches Primasun, an end-to-end, clinically-supported solution for addressing complex sleep disorders, The clinical sleep care solution aims to reduce untreated sleep disorders’ impact on chronic disease and people’s lives. Through its preventive care model, Primasun works with employers and healthcare providers to identify populations at risk and connects patients to certified sleep physicians who guide them from diagnosis to treatment in a matter of weeks.

Ariadne Labs Announces Clinton Global Initiative Commitment

Ariadne Labs, a joint center for health systems innovation at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health launches a Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Commitment to Action called “Trusted, Equitable, Open Access Humanitarian Health Education.” Ariadne Labs is collaborating with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, International Medical Corps, and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) convenes global and emerging leaders to create and implement solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges.

Suki Releases Mini-Doc on Physician Burnout Challenges and Solutions

Suki, a voice artificial intelligence (AI) technology company for healthcare, announced the release of a mini-documentary that features the real-life challenge of a family physician facing burnout and how a voice assistant helped alleviate the negative impact of administrative burden. “From Burnout to Balance” is an intimate view into Dr. Elizabeth Goff’s struggles with work-life balance and how the use of a voice assistant provided the margin needed to keep her in practice full-time.

OpenLoop Health Partners with BlueJeans by Verizon to Expand Access to Quality, Reliable Virtual Visits

OpenLoop Health has signed a teaming agreement with BlueJeans to provide its clients access to BlueJeans Telehealth, an intuitive, HIPAA-ready virtual care platform designed to help drive better patient interactions from beginning to end.  The partnership will also give BlueJeans customers access to unrivaled provider staffing services through OpenLoop’s NCQA-certified network of clinicians in all 50 states, with payer coverage across 250 million patient lives.

What You Should Know:

– Amazon Web Services (AWS) launches two new capabilities in HealthLake that deliver innovations for medical imaging and analytics.

These new capabilities in Amazon HealthLake will enable next-generation imaging workflows in the cloud and derive insights from multi-modal health data, while complying with HIPAA, GDPR, and other regulations.

Amazon HealthLake Imaging

Amazon HealthLake Imaging is a new HIPAA-eligible capability that makes it easy to store, access, and analyze medical images at a petabyte scale. This new capability is designed for fast, sub-second medical image retrieval in clinical workflows that can be accessed securely from anywhere (e.g., web, desktop, phone) and with high availability. Additionally, it can drive existing medical viewers and analysis applications from a single encrypted copy of the same data in the cloud with normalized metadata and advanced compression. As a result, it is estimated that HealthLake Imaging helps reduce the total cost of medical imaging storage by up to 40%.

Amazon HealthLake Analytics

Amazon HealthLake Analytics harnesses multi-modal data, which is highly contextual and complex, is key to making meaningful progress in providing patients with highly personalized and precisely targeted diagnostics and treatments. HealthLake Analytics makes it easy to query and derive insights from multi-modal health data at scale, at the individual or population levels, with the ability to share data securely across the enterprise and enable advanced analytics and ML in just a few clicks. This removes the need for you to execute complex data exports and data transformations.

HealthLake Analytics automatically normalizes raw health data from multiple disparate sources (e.g. medical records, health insurance claims, EHRs, medical devices) into an analytics and interoperability-ready format in a matter of minutes. Integration with other AWS services makes it easy to query the data with SQL using Amazon Athena, as well as share and analyze data to enable advanced analytics and ML. You can create powerful dashboards with Amazon QuickSight for care gap analyses and disease management of an entire patient population. Users can build and train many ML models quickly and efficiently in Amazon SageMaker for AI-driven predictions, such as risk of hospital readmission or overall effectiveness of a line of treatment.

What You Should Know:

– Henry Schein Medical today announced the expansion of its Solutions Hub with Rimidi, a SaaS company that brings together remote patient monitoring, patient-reported outcomes, and clinical decision support to help enhance patient care.

– With this partnership, clinics, medical groups, and health systems served by Henry Schein will have access to Rimidi’s cloud-based software platform, which helps deliver an efficient model of care for patients with chronic conditions.

Rimidi Integration Benefits

Integrated with a broad range of connected medical devices, including cellular and Bluetooth-enabled blood-glucose meters, scales, blood pressure cuffs, pulse-oximeters, insulin dosing pens, and continuous glucose monitors, Rimidi’s software platform facilitates remote patient monitoring (RPM), patient reported outcomes, and clinical decision support into the clinical workflow. This allows for data aggregation across multiple devices into a single, streamlined solution that integrates with the clinician’s Electronic Health Record (EHR) and offers time effective and robust data-informed clinical decision support.

What You Should Know:

– Today at HLTH, Bamboo Health unveils its new Real-Time Care Intelligence™ platform and Smart Signals™ care coordination network to drive whole person care across the spectrum of physical, behavioral and social health needs.

– The network improves more than 1 billion patient encounters a year across more than 2,500 hospitals, 8,000 post-acute facilities, 25,000 pharmacies, 32 health plans, 50 state governments and 1 million acute and ambulatory providers. 

– The Real-Time Care Intelligence platform is combating healthcare fragmentation and friction by giving stakeholders the knowledge and analytics they need right in their workflow to properly coordinate care and make more informed care decisions.

New Solutions to Support Value-Based Care

With more than $344 billion wasted each year due to poorly executed care rising from errors and inefficient practices, fragmented care that results in unnecessary ED visits and readmissions and overtreatment driven by fee-for-service models, Bamboo Health is delivering on its Real-Time Care Intelligence promise. The company also launched two new healthcare IT solutions to support value-based care initiatives:

– Rising Risk, a real-time risk stratification and patient engagement tool that quickly identifies emerging high-risk patients that may be missed through traditional stratification models. The solution helps organizations identify, analyze and quickly intervene with this cohort to get them the care they need for improved outcomes and cost savings, while delivering personalized experiences that build deep relationships with patients, at scale.

– Care Gaps helps health plans and providers improve care and increase quality measure performance by identifying and quickly closing open care gaps. The solution delivers real-time detailed insights into open care gaps, along with best practices for care gap closure and customized workflows to follow up with and engage members quickly.

What You Should Know:

– TXI, the strategy and product innovation firm, today is teaming up with Redox, a company accelerating data interoperability in healthcare, to build and scale digital products from startups to enterprise-scale healthcare technology companies. The partnership will help to accelerate care outcomes for providers and patients.

– The partnership comes at a critical time as healthcare systems face staffing challenges, budget pressures, and a continued shift to virtual and hybrid models. Patients and providers are also increasingly looking to leverage data to better inform care plans. Together, these pressures increase the need for data-driven, remote care models like mHealth, remote therapeutic monitoring and remote patient monitoring solutions.

Partnership Benefits for TXI’s Healthcare Clients

Redox’s healthcare technology platform provides the following benefits for TXI’s healthcare clients:

– Accelerate patient outcomes with data: Providers and patients can leverage data from over 350 digital health products to improve and accelerate care outcomes.

– Extensive connectivity: Providers and payers can quickly compose any data or service, making it faster and easier to connect healthcare data across health systems.

– Instant scalability and deployment: 30,000+ healthcare organizations across the U.S. have at least one Redox-powered application, providing significant scaling opportunities for integrated patient solutions.

– Composable experiences: Redox’s single, easy-to-use API allows healthtech builders, providers and payers to build any patient, member or provider experience they can think of – while reducing time-consuming technical work.

“Healthcare continues to experience a massive paradigm shift. Organizations that will succeed in this new environment are those that can focus on patients and their digital experiences, while leveraging their care data to generate improved outcomes,” said Mark Rickmeier, CEO of TXI. “By partnering with Redox, TXI can bring solutions to market even faster with the greatest coverage of hospital networks, payers and providers.”

What You Should Know:

– BioIntelliSense, Inc., a continuous health monitoring and clinical intelligence company, today announced it has entered into a strategic partnership with Medically Home Group, Inc., a technology-enabled services company that is at the forefront of the movement to decentralize care for serious or complex illnesses.

– The collaboration further expands the availability of continuous biometric data and insights to physicians and nurses caring for patients in the Medically Home model with serious, complex or high-risk illness being cared for in their homes while accelerating the adoption of medical grade BioButton® wearable devices.

BioButton Background

The rechargeable multi-parameter BioButton® wearable devices passively capture clinically validated vital signs of heart rate at rest, respiratory rate at rest and skin temperature, along with a broad range of physiologic biometrics, including activity levels, sleep tracking, body position and gait analysis. The BioCloud™ data analytics and algorithmic-based alerting enable actionable clinical triage and proactive clinical intervention through potential earlier detection of adverse trends.

The Medically Home model directly addresses the growing need for increased health system capacity and resiliency, while meeting the needs and preferences of patients, who often desire to be cared for in the comfort and convenience of their home. With the comprehensive Medically Home and BioIntelliSense solution, patients with conditions across a broad spectrum of severity, complexity, and risk can continue to be cared for safely at home with clinical accuracy, reducing the necessity for traditional building-centric care.

“BioIntelliSense provides a scalable medical-grade solution that allows for passive vital sign data collection from the home, dramatically reducing the cost and complexity of deploying traditional remote patient monitoring programs with improved patient experience,” said Pippa Shulman, DO, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, Medically Home. “As hospital capacity pressure mounts, this strategic collaboration further accelerates Medically Home’s platform reach and growing ecosystem of health systems and payers nationwide.”

If you’re a nurse who is looking for ways to further your career, there are many things you can do to give your nursing career a boost. There are many ways to make yourself an indispensable nursing team member. Keep reading to learn about five things you can do to advance your nursing career.

1. Get Certified

Getting certified in additional areas of nursing is an excellent way to build your skill set and expertise as a nurse. Having a diverse set of credentials like having a Master of Nursing allows you to work in various settings and perform various functions. Whether you are interested in pediatrics, mental health, or critical care, numerous certification programs help you expand your knowledge base. Additionally, having multiple certifications will not only improve your marketability as a nurse, but it can also help you gain recognition and respect among your colleagues.

2. Get Involved in Professional Organizations

A nurse might consider joining or leading a nursing professional organization for many reasons. For one, these groups can help nurses stay up-to-date on the latest trends and developments in their field. By regularly attending conferences, seminars, and workshops, they can stay informed of emerging issues and best practices within their specialty. Additionally, membership in these groups often comes with access to important resources such as continuing education opportunities and career development support. Whether you are looking to advance your professional knowledge or build your network of colleagues in the field, a nursing professional organization is a great way to stay competitive in today’s rapidly changing healthcare landscape.

3. Take on Additional Responsibilities at Work

When you care about your job and want to be successful, it’s important to show that you are willing to go the extra mile. One way to demonstrate your dedication and commitment is to take extra shifts or work overtime as often as possible. Whether covering on a Saturday or staying after hours to finish a project, putting in extra time can pay dividends when building a solid reputation as an employee who gets results.

Not only will taking on more shifts or working overtime help you get ahead at your current job, but it can ultimately lead to bigger and better opportunities. Companies often consider employees’ willingness to go above and beyond when making hiring decisions, so taking on more work shows you have what it takes to succeed.

4. Volunteer for Special Projects

These opportunities can help you hone your leadership skills, learn more about your organization’s inner workings, and positively impact patient care. Additionally, volunteering for these types of projects shows that you are willing to go above and beyond your normal job duties, which can be a valuable asset in the eyes of your superiors.

5. Expand your Knowledge

To continue to gain knowledge in all areas of life, it is important always to be open to learning and exploring new perspectives. This can involve seeking out challenging books and articles, attending lectures or workshops, or paying attention to what is happening around you.

Nurses play a vital role in the healthcare industry, and there are many ways to improve your marketability and advance your career. By following the tips above, you can make yourself more attractive to potential employers, gain recognition and respect among your colleagues, and build a solid foundation for continued success.

Good healthcare and the financial sector cannot be separated entirely, even when their base motivations lie in different directions. While the medical sector should focus more on the health of the patients instead of consumerism, a good amount of capital is needed to ensure a functional system.

Naturally, we can find healthcare companies on the stock market. Considering the continuous need for health care, that is not tied to market crashes the way other stocks are, this is a great chance for finding investors for the firms, and for those investors to find good risk management and diversification.

The Potential of Investments for Healthcare Companies on the Stock Market

Both healthcare companies themselves as well as investors can benefit from the medical firms entering the stock market.

– By finding investors, their revenue increases, and they can use this income for the betterment of their work.

– Investors themselves can benefit from the stable demand for healthcare and the increase in market value in times of crisis.

In regard to the success chances for investors: Some forms of trading, like binary option trading, are especially valuable in this case, as they can give you leverage in case of rising AND falling stock market values. Trustworthy services can be found via online review sites, like: Trusted-Broker-reviews.com/binary-options-broker.

In order to make good investment decisions on the stock market, one needs to put in the appropriate amount of research to limit risks and predict outcomes based on real-life events and statistical movements.

What Influences the Value of a Healthcare Asset?

Movements on the stock market can be predicted in some ways. Not every speculation is guaranteed to be successful, but there are several real-life events that will traditionally lead to predictable crashes or increases in value. Crises, like Russia’s attack against Ukraine or the COVID pandemic, often lead to crashes of many market values. 

– In uncertain times, people would rather invest in haptic items, like real estate and gold, than own virtual assets of some Fortune 500 companies.

– At the same time, we can traditionally see an increase in the value of resources, like precious metals, and health care related stocks.

The benefit healthcare companies have in times like these, is that the demand for their service is stable. While some market movements react to trends and new technologies that substitute others, healthcare has been needed and will continue to be needed for all of time.

Mergers & Acquisitions

However, some events can still surprisingly affect the value of healthcare company stock assets. As an investor, it pays off to keep an eye on business news. Developments on the market, like Amazon acquiring One Medical, can lead to their assets becoming more promising and thus more people buying them.

Increased Need for Medical Care

Naturally, the pandemic increased the need for drugs and other medical products. With the high demand, the value of shares from big pharma firms and suppliers rose, while the value of tech firms like Apple plummeted.

Product Quality & Reputation

Another important source of knowledge for investors is the general media, and more specifically, news about the health sector. Here, we can learn about current scandals some medical firms might be tied to.

– When a drug fails to deliver, or unethical processes come to light, this can taint the reputation of a healthcare company and in turn cause their assets on the stock market to plummet.

– Here, we can also learn about new promising research results tied to a specific firm’s R&D departments.

Successful Healthcare Companies on the Stock Market in 2022

The pandemic and other global crises have led to an increase in value for many healthcare companies. Here are the firms that have benefitted the most in 2022:

Johnson & Johnson: It is no surprise, that shares for the COVID vaccine developer and supplier Johnson & Johnson rose in value over the last couple of years.

– Current Market Cap: $465 billion

Pfizer: The same applies to the pharmaceuticals giant Pfizer. Their regular popular drugs, like Viagra and Zoloft, are already guaranteed successes. The pandemic and their vaccine have increased their value.

– Current Market Cap: $280 billion

Eli Lilly & Co.: Less known by name, Eli Lilly and Co. is another pharmaceutical company with a long-lasting history of success. They are best known for drugs like Prozac and the first mass production of the polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk, as well as insulin.

– Current Market Cap: $277 billion

Conclusion

These three pharmaceutical companies and many other healthcare firms have gained value on the stock market over the last few years. The pandemic and other global crises have increased the need for good medical healthcare as well as many healthcare products.

Both the medical firms and investors can benefit from their accessibility on the stock market. The companies can increase their revenue and invest the capital into their businesses, while investors increase their own capital with methods like binary trading, no matter which way a value moves.

Nursing homes care for the elderly, people with disabilities, or those who are terminally ill. However, abuse can take many different forms in nursing homes and can devastatingly impact the residents. It’s especially true if the abuse is not reported or if it’s not taken seriously. The elderly and those with dementia are especially at risk for abuse, as they may not be able to communicate their needs or recognize when they’re being mistreated.

Implementing some steps can help protect the residents of nursing homes from abuse. This article will discuss the various types of nursing home abuse and how to get justice with the help of nursing home abuse lawyers. 

Physical Abuse

Physical abuse includes hitting, slapping, pushing, and other actions that cause physical pain or injury. There is no one answer to the question of why physical abuse occurs. One study found that 37 per cent of abusers said they acted out because they were angry, while another study found that 41 per cent of abusers said they acted out because they were frustrated. Other reasons for physical abuse include feeling like the victim has embarrassed or humiliated the abuser, seeking revenge, looking for power and control, punishing the victim, or needing to prove dominance over someone.

This type of abuse can be perpetrated by anyone, including spouses, co-workers, friends, and family members. It’s important to remember that physical contact is still abusive, even if it’s only mild. If you’re experiencing physical abuse, don’t hesitate to reach out for help. A personal injury lawyer at your service can provide legal advice and representation in court if necessary. They can provide you with the support and resources you need to get through this tough time.

Sexual Abuse

Sexual abuse can include sexual contact or unwanted or forced behavior, including rape to sexual harassment to inappropriate touching. Victims of sexual abuse can experience several physical and emotional reactions, including fear, anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder. 

It can happen to anyone, regardless of age, race, or gender. Sexual abuse can be repeated over time, damaging both the abuser and the victim. If you are experiencing sexual abuse, you don’t have to suffer in silence. Speak out and get help. 

Emotional Abuse

Emotional abuse is a form of maltreatment characterized by the use of words or actions to cause fear, pain, or humiliation. It can involve threats of harm, intimidation, and humiliation. Emotional abuse can take many forms, including verbal assault, shouting, threats, insults, ridicule, and harassment. It can also include behaviors designed to control and isolate the victim, such as preventing access to friends and family members, monitoring phone calls and emails, and limiting freedom of movement. 

Financial Abuse

Financial abuse can take many different forms, but they all involve one person using power or control to take advantage of another. In some cases, abusers will steal money or property from their victims. Others may coerce someone into giving them money or possessions or use funds or assets to their benefit without sharing them with the victim. No matter what form financial abuse takes, it is always inexcusable and can affect the victim’s life.

Financial abuse can occur in any relationship, but it’s much easier to abuse someone in a nursing home where no one is genuinely concerned about you. It’s important to know the signs of financial abuse to help protect yourself or your loved one. Financial abuse can be an ongoing problem, and it can be very difficult for victims to get out of its control. Spotting the Signs of Elder Abuse is the first step toward healing. 

Neglect

Neglect is a form of maltreatment that refers to the lack of attention and care given to a person or animal. Neglect can take many forms, including not providing necessary care, such as food, water, clothing, shelter, personal hygiene, or medical care. Many factors can contribute to it, including poverty, mental illness, addiction, and abuse. Neglect often leaves its victims with long-term physical and mental health. Mental neglect includes not providing appropriate care for someone with mental illness or dementia. Both types of neglect are illegal and can lead to serious consequences for the neglected person. 

Conclusion

It’s important to be aware of the different types of abuse in nursing homes. While physical abuse is the most commonly recognized, emotional and sexual abuse are also serious problems. If you or someone you know is being abused, please seek help. There are many resources available, and no one deserves to be abused. Contact your injury attorney and start on the path to healing. 

What You Should Know:

– More than 57 percent of health systems and hospitals have more than 100 open roles to fill across their operations, according to new AKASA survey where more than 400 healthcare finance leaders identified vacancies across their healthcare organizations and the revenue cycle.

– The findings reveal how insufficient staffing is hampering daily operations and pushing a strained workforce to the limit.

Combating Vacancies with AI-Powered Automation

Additionally, one in four healthcare finance leaders report needing to hire more than 20+ employees to fully staff their revenue cycle departments. To help fill in the staffing gaps and elevate staff, hospitals and healthcare systems are increasingly looking to AI-powered automation solutions. Automation increases staff productivity, immediately adapts to fluctuating volumes, provides an opportunity for cost restructuring, enables business continuity and the ability to ramp up or down as needed, and improves the patient financial experience.

Survey Background/Methodology

Commissioned by AKASA, the survey fielded responses from 411 chief financial officers and revenue cycle leaders at hospitals and health systems across the United States through the Healthcare Financial Management Association’s (HFMA) Pulse Survey program between December 1, 2021 and December 21, 2021. The national survey was designed to assess the adoption of automation in revenue cycle operations at hospitals and health systems across the U.S.

Telehealth or telemedicine refers to providing healthcare using telecommunications technology. For example, doctors may provide consultation and diagnosis remotely for various health concerns, including urinary incontinence. There were multiple studies and programs for treating incontinence using telehealth, and many showed positive outcomes.

One initiative was an 8-week course given to some participants with moderate incontinence symptoms. It involved exercises, self-monitoring, bladder control tactics, risk factor reduction, and fluid control. After the course, the participants had significant improvement in their incontinence. Moreover, other studies showed high satisfaction among both the patients and the healthcare providers. 

Although you have the option to visit a doctor in person for consultation and treatment, you may also want to consider getting help through telemedicine if you are suffering from incontinence. There are various benefits to it, including the following.

Save time and money on travel

There is no need to drive or commute to the clinic or hospital to get a consultation as everything will be done online, thus saving time and money. You can use your computer, tablet, or mobile phone for this, as long as you are connected to the internet. 

Get a consultation at the comforts of your home

It’s more convenient because you don’t have to leave your house. Living with incontinence can be challenging since you may feel the urge to urinate frequently, which can be uncontrollable. If you travel to see a doctor in person, it could be problematic if you feel the need to go to the bathroom along the way. You don’t have to worry about this if you have an online consultation. 

Access to several specialists

You are not limited to your geographical location, which means you have access to more specialists who provide telehealth consultations. As a result, it will be easier to find the best ones in the industry that can effectively help treat or manage your incontinence. 

Prevent catching an illness

During this pandemic, it’s best to stay at home as much as possible to avoid catching the virus. Traveling to the healthcare facility will expose you to the crowd, putting you at risk of being infected. Besides COVID-19, there are also other infectious diseases that you could catch, especially among patients who are there due to different health problems. Getting an online consultation will protect you and your loved ones from these diseases. 

Avoid long wait

When you go to a face-to-face consultation, you may need to wait in line for your turn. With telemedicine, you set an appointment with the specialist and go online when it’s time for your consultation. Since you’re at home, you can do other chores while waiting for your schedule. 

No need to take a day off or look for childcare

Since going to the healthcare facility may take time, you may need to take a day off from work to go there. If you have kids, you also need to find a trusted person to look after them while you are away. You don’t have to worry about all these with telehealth. 

You can get help from a specialist through telemedicine and get treatment for your incontinence online.