The Impact of the Opioid Crisis on the Healthcare System

September 20, 2016

The current epidemic of opioid abuse, involving both prescription pain relievers and heroin, is having a major impact on the US healthcare sector. In its white paper issued in July 2016, The Opioid Crisis among the Privately Insured, FAIR Health reported on the epidemic’s impact on healthcare services as evidenced by an increase of 3,203 percent in claim lines with an opioid dependence diagnosis from 2007 to 2014. In this second white paper, FAIR Health examines the increasing healthcare costs and demand for specific services attributable to the epidemic.

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3 Ways Cloud-Based EHR Deployment ElevatesHealthcare Organizations

whitePaper | September 21, 2022

An increasing number of healthcare organizations (HCOs) are moving their EHRs to the cloud. In fact, cloud-based EHR deployments are expected to grow faster than on-premises deployments for the foreseeable future.

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How Intelligent Workflow Technology Can Help Address Surgeons' Top Documentation Burdens

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Surgical documentation practices are continuously evolving. In the last several years, surgeons have transitioned from heavy reliance on transcription technologies to EHR templates and advanced technology solutions to handle most of their documentation needs.

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Behind the Scenes of One of the Largest Remote Patient Monitoring Implementations and Evaluations in the U.S

whitePaper | July 5, 2022

Midwest Health* System serves patients in hospitals across Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma and provides care nation-wide through innovative solutions such as Midwest Virtual

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2022 Healthcare CybersecurityYear in Review, and a 2023Look-Ahead

whitePaper | February 9, 2023

remote working on the labour market opportunities for adults with disabilities shouldn’t be overstated, given that the prevalence of remote working among disabled workers is no higher than among the overall population. And what really matters is the type of work on offer to individuals.

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7 Steps to Help Prevent Ransomware Attacks against Healthcare Delivery Organizations

whitePaper | November 17, 2021

Nearly every healthcare provider has been hit by ransomware, and the onslaught continues unabated, now affecting patient care with once-unimaginable patient-care consequences. This whitepaper, crafted with healthcare CISOs, details seven critical areas to defend or recover from ransomware attacks. Its pragmatic approach helps ensure business operations and patient care while giving risk teams the tools to manage third parties and other systems involved in business and clinical value chains.

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whitePaper | September 22, 2022

Nearly lost in the dense fog of the pandemic is the overarching reality that healthcare is experiencing a tsunami of change.

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Parsley Health is a new kind of healthcare service that integrates technology, nutrition, wellness and prevention into cutting-edge primary care. The company was founded in 2016 by Dr. Robin Berzin, M.D., a Columbia-trained physician, digital health expert and leader in functional medicine. Parsley clinics are currently open in Los Angeles, New York City and San Francisco.

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