Healthcare providers have long searched for ways to create resilient systems that prioritize patient care. In recent years this focus has shifted to the modern devices that provide increasingly effective treatments but also introduce cyber risk. IoT devices and their underlying infrastructure have proven to be highly vulnerable to a combination of cyber attacks and zero day vulnerabilities that are unpatchable and easily exploited. The challenges are further exacerbated by natural and human-made disasters that impact every aspect of care in a time of emergency. To combat these challenges hospitals must further improve the resilience of their environments from the underlying core infrastructure to the thousands of devices providing life saving and sustaining treatment to patients. Join Hector Rodriguez and Chad Holmes as they discuss how AWS is providing the core components of resilient healthcare infrastructure while also fueling innovative approaches to device security and patient protection.

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Value Based Purchasing full implementation is set to begin January 2023.  There is much to learn about the details of the outcome calculations.  This session will take you through the detail calculations of the VBP Model.  It will look at how the agencies did in the demonstration that took place in 9 states.  It will also detail what we know to be the calculations of the TPS and the Linear Exchange Function for the nationwide rollout. 

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HIMSS presents the APAC Health CIO Summit, the region’s gathering of health CIOs. Building on the success of last year’s inaugural event which saw over 120 health CIOs or their equivalents attend, the Summit continues to be the platform for participants to keep abreast of the developments in cybersecurity, predictive analytics, interoperability and connected health. Expect informative sessions by thought leaders and subject matter experts, access to valuable resources in the Content Hub, and opportunities to network with peers to drive a cohesive environment of learning and sharing.

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The concept of creating a European Society to promote education and research in the specialty of thoracic imaging emerged from a small group of European chest radiologists who met together in Grenoble in 1992. These people defined the objectives of such an organisation and the European Society of Thoracic Imaging (ESTI) was officially founded in 1993 in Luxembourg at the occasion of the founding meeting presided by Robert Dondelinger. The main activities of the Society have been concentrated on an annual meeting held in June in the country of the Society President. The scientific programmes of such meetings have included most advances in imaging techniques and scientific knowledge for chest diseases, and CME programmes have been delivered by the best European Faculty in thoracic imaging. Beyond the annual meeting the aims of ESTI include to provide recommendations and guidelines for appropriate practice in chest imaging, and to establish long-term relationships with the industry partners in order to convert technologic innovations in new clinical applications.

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Payers and providers within an integrated delivery network all share the common goals — better outcomes, reduced costs and an improved patient-provider experience. The more innovative IDNs, such as University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, recognize the potential of virtual care cross-collaboration in achieving these goals. UPMC, which offers virtual care through UPMC Health Plan, has been an innovator in telehealth since 2016 when it began providing virtual urgent care to members. Today, UPMC has grown its program to include dozens of use cases, including impactful care management programs for pregnancy, behavioral health and pediatrics. As UPMC Health Plan’s virtual care strategy evolved, it began to identify new opportunities that bridge the gap between payer and provider and strengthen the care both can provide to members and patients. In this webinar, telehealth leaders from the payer and provider side of UPMC will discuss this budding virtual care partnership within the IDN, and how the health plan and hospitals are working together to use virtual care to positively impact the organization’s mission and goals.

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Telemedicine has become a healthcare access imperative. Its innovative benefits are of vital interest amid the implementation of most healthcare regulations. Telemedicine uses a variety of forms of electronic communication technology to provide a convenient method to deliver healthcare services and education. The program surveys its current uses and organizational deployment of telemedicine. The discussion includes adoption and innovation across clinical and patient perspective. Technical, operational, regulatory, and financial or reimbursement aspects of the development of telemedicine programs will be investigated. 

 

A top health service watchdog recently announced that Little progress” has been made improving patient safety in the NHS over the past 20 years with Serious accidents such as surgery on the wrong part of the body remain commonplace. It has been reported that a lack in patient safety leadership and a “blame game” culture is playing a key role in the lack of safety progression over the last 20 years, our upcoming Patient Safety congress will open the debate surrounding NHS patient safety and provide clear guidelines on how as a collective we can improve the culture and ultimately the safety of patients.

2019 saw the NHS patient safety strategy published, the document provides a framework to enable a culture transition from “blame to learning”, the document sets out 3 key principles to help achieve this; Insight – Improving understanding of safety by drawing intelligence from multiple sources of patient safety information / Involvement – Equipping patients, staff and partners with the skills and opportunities to improve patient safety throughout the whole system / Improvement – Designing and supporting programs that deliver effective and sustainable change in the most important areas.

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Med-Tech Innovation Expo is the UK and Ireland’s leading event for medical device supply chain intelligence. We bring together designers, engineers, innovators and manufacturers from across the medical and healthcare sectors to explore new ideas, understand emerging technologies, and source products and services from more than 150 companies representing the complete medical device and manufacturing supply chain. Experience live demonstrations of the latest machines, technology, products and services while networking with 4,000 designers, engineers, innovators and manufacturers from across the medical and healthcare sector. Be inspired by thought-leaders across two conference stages as they discuss the hottest topics in med-tech, including regulation, market access, start-ups and more.

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PEPPER Reports have swiftly become the forefront of everyone’s concern when it comes to Home Health Medicare Medical Review.  The PEPPER which is data that is gathered strictly from the from processed claims information, carries a very heavy weight in the decision – to Medically Review an agency or NOT.  Many of the targets calculated within the PEPPER give home health agencies detail insight into the claims’ details that may have been overlooked causing issue with the target calculations.  Home Health Agencies should be heightened aware that everyone they do not want to review their PEPPER data, indeed are!  This session will take you through key elements in the PEPPER targets and how to review the data in your organization to determine how they can be improved, if needed.  With the switch to PDGM there has been an update to PEPPER Targets….don’t miss the update.

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Hill Day at Home is your opportunity to urge lawmakers to support mental health and substance use treatment initiatives – for free, from your computer, without ever leaving the comfort of your home or office. This year’s program includes panels on federal policy aimed at curbing the substance use and overdose crisis, bolstering support for 988 implementation, supporting and growing the mental health and substance use workforce, and expanding Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) and access to care. During the program, you’ll have the opportunity to get straight-from-the-source updates from the Biden administration and Congress on what they’re doing to combat the mental health and substance use crises and to strategize and learn tactics and techniques for getting your elected officials’ attention and making your advocacy count.

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