The COVID-19 pandemic exposed weaknesses in the healthcare supply chain, leaving hospitals with PPE and lab supply shortages. As the public health emergency comes to an end on May 11, is your lab preparing for the next set of challenges?  

Join this discussion to learn how the PHE's end will affect lab testing, reagent pricing, clinical utilization and reimbursement revenue. 

Attendees will learn: 

• Planning for upcoming reimbursement changes
• Highlight various options for vendor testing platforms
• How to improve clinical utilization of COVID testing

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It is often noted that the American healthcare system is the most expensive in human history with varying degrees of quality depending on where patients are located, the conditions they suffer from, the degree to which they are insured and other factors that plague the American healthcare system, like persistent racial disparities. What gets less attention is how the health care system is organized and regulated and how these factors create hardships for patients, loved-ones, and providers.

The healthcare system that Americans experience today is oriented almost entirely around facilities of one type or another that house providers whose jurisdiction over our health is highly fragmented. To get healthcare, most Americans travel to multiple doctors’ offices, urgent care centers, hospitals, physical therapy centers, rehabilitation centers, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, dialysis centers, imaging centers, hospice etc. These different sites of care are also regulated and reimbursed separately, mirroring the fragmentation patients experience. The COVID-19 pandemic forced changes to that model. Telehealth opportunities were greatly expanded and regulatory and payment barriers were lifted such that patients could get doctor’s visits, x-rays, infusions, cancer care and, thanks to the CMS Acute Hospital Care at Home Waiver announced in November 2020, even in-patient level hospital care via a combination of telehealth and in-person visits in their homes.

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As we enter the flu season while COVID-19 variants remain prevalent, healthcare facilities across the industry must anticipate the potential for increasing cases of both. Having access to low-cost, easy-to-use rapid antigen combination tests can help distinguish these viral infections at the onset, helping everyone save time and resources. Most importantly, it will enable the right care and can help prevent the viruses from spreading. This webinar will take a deep dive into the flu/COVID-19 landscape care providers are facing, and how combination tests can quickly answer one the season’s most critical questions: “Do I have COVID-19 or the flu?”

Attendees will gain:

• An outlook on what this year's flu season will look like based on trends and data
• Understanding of the clinical significance and prevalence of COVID-19 variants
• Strategies for healthcare professionals and other decision-makers to plan for the “twindemic”

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The US healthcare industry is unique, as it markets direct-to-consumer or direct-to-patient. Digital marketing technology is enabling healthcare marketers to talk directly to consumers in a new, more engaging way. Our Digital Healthcare Transformation Assembly coming this December gives senior executives the opportunity to intimately network and discuss trends, challenges, and disruptions organizations are facing during COVID-19 and beyond. 

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Patient Experience Transformation Assembly coming this December gives senior executives the opportunity to intimately network and discuss trends, challenges, and disruptions organizations are facing during COVID-19 and beyond.

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The Florida Association of Health Plans, Inc. (FAHP) is pleased to announce our 2021 Annual Conference and keynote speaker.  The theme this year, CONNECT, is fitting, as we look to gather with our professional peers to reconnect and share insights with one another as the entire health care community continues to be challenged by the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Global Health Summit is an international virtual program featuring motivational speakers, healthcare experts and cultural icons addressing thousands of digital delegates in real time. Its leading mission is to spark conversation on pandemic preparedness and to raise the social consciousness of global health. The virtual live series will feature a range of pertinent topics that seek to empower and enable stakeholders to address the third sustainable development goal of Health and Wellbeing for all.

The Global Health Summit launches at the start of a new decade during an unprecedented and uncertain time in global healthcare. This edition of the Global Health Summit will serve to highlight some of the most pressing contemporary global health challenges such as the coronavirus pandemic, Covid-19 national strategy, mental health ecosystems, and other pertinent topics in healthcare that are currently taking the back stage such as (nutritional health, heart disease, diabetes, cancer, etc).

The summit will also address topics such as globalization, crisis management, pandemic equipment devices, food security, and workforce shortages, technological disruptions.

The Covid-19 outbreak has shown many aspects of the health and care system at its best. Health and care workers have responded with outstanding dedication and skill; clinicians and managers have gone above and beyond to rapidly develop new ways of delivering services safely; hospitals have joined forces to offer each other mutual aid and ensure continued provision of essential services; and in some areas NHS, local government and other local services have worked together like never before to co-ordinate their responses and support communities. The crisis has also undermined public support for the NHS and for care staff.

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As we approach the two-year mark since the world first encountered COVID-19, we are grappling with what the future looks like and how we learn to co-exist with this disease. We’ve watched the devastating effects COVID-19 has had on our society and every industry in Australia – now is the time to come together to chart a course for a new COVID-normal world.

What needs to happen to ensure a safe and prosperous future for individuals, businesses, education, healthcare and our most vulnerable communities? What implications has the pandemic had on the way we live and how must society change in response to these? What does our new world look like?

Digital Enterprise CIO Transformation Virtual Assembly coming this September gives senior executives the opportunity to intimately network and discuss trends, challenges, and disruptions organizations are facing during COVID-19 and beyond. 

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Conference Series welcomes you to attend the Global Conference on Healthcare & Technologies, Zurich, Switzerland, Europe. The conference is focused on the theme “The impact of the Covid-19 on the healthcare system”. 

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This event will continue the Consortium’s focus on vaccine credentialing, this time highlighting the experiences of implementing vaccine-credentialing apps in the Asia Pacific region.

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Being in the middle of a global pandemic does not make other health issues disappear. Patients’ medical conditions are all still present and in many cases, there is pent-up demand for testing and treatment that was postponed during the shutdown. Tune in to discuss effective approaches to care coordination, preventative care, patient outreach, and reengagement in the wake of the pandemic. Join us to learn how to manage health data at scale and make it easier for healthcare organizations to improve the patient experience, coordinate care, and drive operational efficiency, while helping support end-to-end security, compliance, and interoperability of health data. Speakers Hadas Bitran, Head of Microsoft Healthcare Israel, Microsoft David Rhew, MD, Chief Medical Officer & VP Healthcare, Microsoft Antoinette Thomas, US Chief Patient Experience Officer, Microsoft Shahid Shah, CEO & Publisher, Medigy.com, Chair, HealthIMPACT Live (Moderator) Who Should Attend Chief Information Officer, Chief Medical Officer, Chief Medical Information Officer, Chief Digital Innovation Officer, Chief Experience Officer, Chief Nursing Officer, Chief Nursing Informatics Officer, Patient Engagement, Patient Experience, Care Coordination and Prevention, Care Management

We would like to hear from insurance companies to understand what they’re going through as a result of COVID. We will have a list of questions surrounding telehealth and post-COVID trends to lead the discussion, including the following: What trends do they see? If a US patient can get telehealth from France is their pay structure American or French? Moving forward is it going to be cheaper to do more telehealth?

While COVID vaccinations are ramping up across the globe, no active surveillance of COVID Vaccine Adverse Events (AEs) exists. Even the World Health Organization is in search of a solution. This lack of real-time surveillance increases vaccine hesitancy and mistrust.

Join This Timely Webinar To Learn

• Why active surveillance of COVID vaccine adverse events is important
• Why old ways of managing safety will not work in this COVID era.
• Lack of pharmacovigilance systems in multiple countries to handle Covid vaccine safety
• The challenges in active surveillance of Adverse events following Covid vaccination

We Will Also Explore:

• The links between vaccine chemistry and adverse events
• How to proactively avoid allergic reactions from covid vaccines
• How to learn which vaccine is safer for you
• What to do in case of an adverse event and how to reduce overall risks in vaccination campaigns
• How to fight fake news
• How to be prepared for future Pandemics if any

Who Should Join This Webinar:

• Public Health Organization Officers
• NGO's involved in vaccination
• Healthcare Professionals ( Hospitals / Pharmacies / Senior HealthCare Centres )
• Safety Physician
• Federal / State / Country Health Care Officers
• Chief Medical Officer
• CXO of Large Enterprises
• Health Insurance Professionals

While COVID vaccinations are ramping up across the globe, no active surveillance of COVID Vaccine Adverse Events (AEs) exists. Even the World Health Organization is in search of a solution. This lack of real-time surveillance increases vaccine hesitancy and mistrust.

Join Webinar on May 11, 2021 to Learn 1. Why active surveillance of COVID vaccine adverse events is important. 2. Why old ways of managing safety will not work in this COVID era.

While COVID vaccinations are ramping up across the globe, no active surveillance of COVID Vaccine Adverse Events (AEs) exists. This lack of real-time surveillance increases vaccine hesitancy and mistrust.   Even the World Health Organization is in search of a solution for multiple countries. 3 Analytics has been shortlisted by WHO for a global roll out of Active Surveillance for COVID Vaccine AEFI. 

Join This Timely Webinar To Learn:

• Why active surveillance of COVID vaccine adverse events is important
• Why old ways of managing safety will not work in this COVID era
• Lack of pharmacovigilance systems in multiple countries to handle Covid vaccine safety
• The challenges in active surveillance of Adverse events following Covid vaccination

We Will Also Explore:

• The links between vaccine chemistry and adverse events
• How to proactively avoid allergic reactions from covid vaccines
• How to learn which vaccine is safer for you
• What do in case of an adverse event and how to reduce overall risks in vaccination campaigns
• How to fight fake news
• How to be prepared for future Pandemics if any

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MGMA tracked a year’s worth of data on physician and medical practice compensation, productivity, and more during 2020. Discover these insights to help chart your organization’s way forward. MGMA collected key financial and operational data throughout 2020 to discover the impact of the pandemic on providers and practices. Productivity and compensation dipped in the spring, yet recovery was not uniform. Practices also reported declining operating expenses commensurate with decreased patient volume. So, if financials and operations had a two-month hiccup, was the pandemic catastrophic for the viability of medical practices? Join us for a presentation of the data and a discussion about the key issues impacting this research. 

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In this roundtable, we will sit down with representatives from innovative and ambitious organizations that seek to bridge the gaps currently hindering the flow of patient information while simultaneously aiding in the response to COVID-19 with critical efficiency, clarity and compassion.

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