When Louisiana established its Permanent Supportive Housing program in 2008 to help reduce homelessness and unnecessary institutionalization, an independent analysis found something startling. For all of the people housed under this program, Medicaid acute-care costs fell by an average of 24% over time.1 In other words, regardless of the specific medical conditions of these individuals, […]
From a care-coordination standpoint, it would be ideal if a patient’s entire healthcare journey took place in a single location. The patient’s primary care physician could take an elevator to the surgical floor and speak directly with that team about the unique circumstances of the patient’s upcoming procedure. After surgery, the acute-care staff could walk […]
In An Already Challenging Healthcare Environment, Electronic ADT (Admission, Discharge, and Transfer) Notifications Are More Critical Than Ever Brenda Hopkins, J2 Chief Health Information Officer, recently authored a number of blogs where she outlined how the current pandemic and new compliance requirements bring communication and interoperability challenges to the forefront of healthcare. These blogs reinforced […]
In this article, we continue exploring how cloud fax and remote communications play a key role in the economic response to COVID-19. The Way We Work Has Changed: Now What? The social distancing response to COVID-19 is moving portions of the workforce away from the office and facility settings into remote or work-from-home (WFH) environments. […]
Is your organization confident that you fully understand the CMS and ONC’s new/final rules on interoperability issued in 2020—the 21st Century Cures Act—and that your team knows the necessary steps to comply with those requirements? If you’re not sure, you are far from alone. In a recent HIMSS event, J2 Global led a focus group […]
