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Integrated EHR enables shift to virtual post-discharge follow-up

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The research team studied nearly 250,000 hospital discharges in patients with diabetes from 2005 to 2011. From 2006 to 2010, they explained, an integrated delivery system staggered implementation of an integrated EHR across 17 hospitals. THE LARGER TREND. ON THE RECORD.

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From Paper to Pixels: The Future is Bright for Health Information Management

Healthcare IT Today

They are no longer paper pushers (literally) and are now stewards of healthcare data. Healthcare IT Today sat down with Jennifer Mueller, AHIMA President and the Vice President & Privacy Officer at the Wisconsin Hospital Association Information Center ( WHAIC ) to the explore the past, present, and bright future of HIM professionals.

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Phreesia Acquires Access eForms, Expanding its Offerings for Acute-Care Hospitals and Continuing to Drive Efficiency and a Better Patient Experience

Healthcare IT Today

The company has seamless integrations with the leading EHRs, including its longstanding partnership with MEDITECH. Like Access eForms, Phreesia is founder-led with a long history of working to make healthcare better for patients, providers, and staff. Access eForms was founded over 20 years ago, collects more than 1.6

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Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative dissolves, saying 'work completed'

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Since its founding in 2005, MAeHC has worked to improve the safety, efficiency and quality of healthcare delivery in the state by guiding organizations in the implementation and meaningful use of health IT. " Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Resurgens Technology Partners Invests in Valant – An Industry Leader in Software Supporting the Behavioral Health Industry

Healthcare IT Today

Resurgens Technology Partners , a software-focused private equity firm, today announced its investment in Valant , a cloud-based EHR for behavioral health practices. Resurgens is headquartered in Atlanta, with additional professionals located in Austin, London, and Silicon Valley. For more information, please visit resurgenstech.com.

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Kno2’s Unique Perspective on Why TEFCA is Different as They Pursue QHIN Designation

Healthcare IT Today

As we approach 2023 it is amazing that interoperability, true broad-based connectivity between healthcare systems, looks like the Verizon heatmap back in 2005 when there was as much white on the map as there was red. What’s beautiful about the timing of TEFCA is that there is no shortage of lessons learned in healthcare IT.

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Electronic Health Records : History, hurdles and the promise of Blockchain

Lloyd Price

The NHS was the frontrunner in this effort, attempting to create a national EHR system, that would enable easy and secure data exchange, which in turn would lead to better outcomes and improve the quality of patient care. In April 2005, it began deployment of EHR systems in NHS Trusts.