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Featured Health IT Job: EHR Applications Analyst

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 3, 2023

Today, we’re featuring the EHR Applications Analyst position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Harbor Health Services and is located in Massachusetts. We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers.

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The Power of a Good User Experience in Mental and Behavioral Health EHRs

TheraNest

MAY 14, 2024

Let’s explore why an EHR’s user experience truly matters. You spent a lot of time mastering the intricacies of mental health, and many of you had to learn business, billing, and administration on the fly as well. On the other hand, a well-designed EHR with a seamless user experience can help alleviate these challenges.

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Impetus and Edict: What the Latest CMS Data Standards Mean for EHRs – Regulatory Talk Series

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Before I dive into the specifics of these new requirements from CMS, let’s consider what this means for EHR vendors: more work and increased investment on top of what’s waiting when the next regulatory shoe drops. Both will require EHRs to redevelop different aspects of their roadmap simultaneously. And then what?

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Australia’s Victorian Department of Health engages Altera’s dbMotion to deliver state-wide Health Information Exchange solution

Digital Health Global

MAY 11, 2023

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Altera Digital Health (formerly the Allscripts Hospitals and Large Physician Practices business segment) has won a competitive tender to deliver the Victorian Department of Health’s state-wide Health Information Exchange (HIE) solution.

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The Path to Patient Empowerment: Hospitals are granting patients access to their health information, but is that enough?

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The 21 st Century Cures Act codifies immediate access to health information for patients. There is little value for patients to access health information they cannot understand. The referring physician reviews the report and arranges a time to meet with their patient to discuss the results.

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CareTeam enables whole-patient care approach with athenahealth EHR

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

"About three-and-a-half years ago, we were looking to further scale our business across myriad, diverse markets, and were searching for a cloud-based EHR for multiple reasons," said Scott Parks, president and co-founder of CareTeam. " Additionally, CareTeam places a heavy focus on addressing patients' whole health.

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Bridging the Gap: Communication Challenges Throughout the Patient Journey

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 30, 2024

In pursuit of a better patient experience, most healthcare organizations have invested heavily in digital transformation, including the widespread adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHRs). population is properly health literate, meaning only a low percentage can navigate the complexities of the healthcare system.

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Americans Grew Digital Health-Data Muscles in the Pandemic – New Insights from the Pew Charitable Trusts

Health Populi

AUGUST 5, 2021

And most patients would also want access to information on their mental, behavioral, and substance use history. A newer category of personal health information, social determinants of health, garners well over one-half of Americans’ interest in access that data. As with other aspects of U.S. Patients in the U.S.

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Weaving Zoom into workflow and updating EHR saves clinic during COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

To keep staff operational, meet remotely with patients and maintain the functionality of the organization, COPE turned to Health Information Management Systems (HiMS, no relation to HIMSS, parent company of Healthcare IT News ) for a rapid-response solution that included both hardware and software implementation.

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Making AI Models in Healthcare Transparent One Bite at a Time – Regulatory Talk Series

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 4, 2024

New data standards announced last December by the Office of the National Coordinator for Healthcare Technology (ONC) are an extraordinarily significant expansion of regulations around health IT and could hijack product roadmaps for years to come.

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3 Ways to Achieve HIPAA-Compliant Communication for Behavioral Health

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Technology plays a crucial role in HIPAA-compliant communication for behavioral health. Embracing Secure EHR Software and Patient Portal Effective EHR software helps ensure HIPAA-compliant interactions. First, email addresses are often mistyped, which can result in dangerous disclosures of protected health information (PHI).

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Clinician Burnout – Lessons from BDO’s Clinician Experience Survey for Patient Experience and Primary Care

Health Populi

OCTOBER 30, 2023

doctors, driven by turnover and understaffing, compassion fatigue, and challenges using digital tools — think EHRs. Implementing systems that improve effectiveness and efficiency are the top draw here among clinicians, followed by meeting with the doctors to gain an understand of their needs. How to move forward?

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ONC’s HTI-1 Places Undue Burdens on Healthcare Providers, Health IT Developers

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 7, 2023

While the EHR Association has long supported the goals of the proposed rule, called Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing Proposed Rule (HTI-1), we have a number of real concerns about the impact it would have on the industry if finalized as proposed.

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Verisma and ScanSTAT Announce Merger, Providing the Strength and Know-How that HIM Departments Need for the Path Ahead

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 27, 2023

About Verisma With Verisma® services and technology, health information managers elevate their organization’s method of securely disclosing confidential information to patients, attorneys, and other third parties. ScanSTAT is a proud partner to some of the industry’s best electronic health record (EHR) systems.

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Reimagining Health Tech on the Cusp of ONC’s Final HTI-1 Rule – Regulatory Talk Series

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

EHR Development Standards: New teeth, bigger bite After years of dashed hopes that EHR workflows will achieve true interoperability and allow patients to easily access and share their healthcare data, many are looking at the ONC’s final standards with a skeptical eye and cautious optimism. There’s no time to waste.

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Encore Health Group and Affiliates Experiences Significant Success with eClinicalWorks V12 and healow Patient Engagement Solutions

Digital Health Global

JULY 20, 2023

Chronic pain management provider utilizes digital health IT solutions across the organization for improved workflows WESTBOROUGH, Mass.–(BUSINESS The practice provides a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach to pain management, tailoring services to meet the unique needs of each patient.

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Healthcare 2030: Are We Consumers, CEOs, Health Citizens, or Castaways? 4 Scenarios On the Future of Health Care and Who We Are – Part 2

Health Populi

APRIL 16, 2024

The four stories we generate are: Retail Health For All, starring “The Consumer” DIY Healthcare, starring “The CEO” Fragmentation Meets Bureaucracy, starring “The Castaway,” and, “One World, One Health,” starring “The Health Citizen.” Privacy protections are assured through the GDPR which the U.S.

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HTI-1 Final Rule: Implications for Healthcare Providers – Focus on DSI and Algorithmic Transparency

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 13, 2024

Director at NTT DATA On February 8, 2024, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability (HTI-1) Final Rule in the Federal Register, which took effect on March 11, 2024. The following is a guest article by Nitin Kunte, Sr.

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Manifest MedEx Launches the California ADT Network, a Free Acute and Post-Acute Event Notification Exchange for California

Digital Health Global

JANUARY 30, 2024

The statewide nonprofit health information organization will send and receive Admit, Discharge, and Transfer (ADT) notifications at no cost for most CalHHS Data Exchange Framework (DxF) participants through new exchange EMERYVILLE, Calif.–(BUSINESS

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So Many Records, So Little Time: How to Manage Burgeoning Health Plan Requests

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2023

Particularly for risk adjustment (RA) reviews, even the slightest gaps in reporting leaves health plans at risk for drops in quality ratings and subsequent revenue loss. But the administrative costs for providers to share this information keep escalating. Therein lies the rub. Patient privacy. Data quality. Risk adjustment scores.

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Help Desk Updates: Your Super Weapon to Boost Clinician Productivity

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 24, 2023

Improved EHR Help Desk Support Mitigates these Issues while Making a Positive Impact on Clinician Workflow and Patient Care. Among many well-documented pain points for clinicians is the complexity of dealing with electronic health record (EHR) systems.

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Te Toka Tumai Auckland rolling out FHIR-ed-up PAS and more briefs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The Virtual Care service is currently being provided through WACHS's command centre, outpatient services, metropolitan health services that offer remote patient access, and business meeting rooms. The task force, which is composed of senior leaders and subject matter experts, recently met for its first meeting.

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The Future of Healthcare: Integrated Data for Integrated Care

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 20, 2023

This data segmentation hampers the holistic understanding of patient health and impedes timely and coordinated care delivery. The siloed nature of such data repositories can be attributed to various factors, including using different EHR systems, varying data capture standards, and a historical lack of emphasis on system interoperability.

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Does Engaging ALL of Your Patients Matter?

Xealth

MAY 2, 2024

Understanding Your Digital Health Assets Healthcare providers today are equipped with an array of digital tools, each designed to fulfill specific functions: Content Management Systems (CMS) facilitate the organization and distribution of health information. Telehealth platforms enable remote patient visits & consultations.

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Reveleer Announces Acquisition of MDPortals to Enhance its Comprehensive Risk Adjustment Technology with Real-Time Access to Clinical and Claims Data

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 1, 2023

“Leveraging our AI-enabled platform with NLP and MDPortals’ sophisticated interoperability allows us to deliver providers a pre-encounter clinical summary of patients within their EHR workflow at the point of care,” said Jay Ackerman, CEO and President at Reveleer.

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Big ONC News: QHINs, TEFCA, and HTI-1

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 14, 2023

It’s not a huge surprise that the week of the ONC Meeting, they would make a number of big announcements for those of us in health IT. This is a big step forward for QHINs who can now start sharing health data. Let’s dive into both and what you should know.

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M&A notebook: Providers and platforms make big moves

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 1, 2023

Verisma and ScanSTAT merge With automation, patient experience tools and expanded compliance management services, the combined Verisma aims to deliver a simplified, customizable release of information platform for healthcare. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Harmony Healthcare IT Partners with Novacap to Accelerate Innovation and Growth in Healthcare Data Management

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Harmony Healthcare IT (HHIT) , a leading health data management and platform solution provider, today announced a significant investment from Novacap , one of North America’s premier private equity firms. This strategic partnership will accelerate HHIT’s technological contribution and expansion in health information technology.

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The Intersection of Digital Patient Engagement and Care Outcomes

Xealth

APRIL 8, 2024

The shift empowers patients and care providers with innovative tools, paving the way for potentially enhanced health outcomes through more personalized and accessible care. Xealth worked with Medbridge to create a customizable plan within the EHR. They turned to Xealth to centralize both vendors within the EHR.

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A New Partnership with Databricks

Redox

AUGUST 8, 2023

JSON, XML, pipe delimited) and is siloed within a myriad of source systems like electronic health records (EHR), medical imaging databases, claims processing systems, revenue cycle solutions, health information exchanges (HIE), and so on. Data is often unstructured (e.g., How does it work?

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The Time Has Come to Digitize Behavioral Healthcare

Digital Health Today

JANUARY 28, 2021

A Sponsored Post by Azalea Health. Since the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act was passed in 2009, healthcare has digitized rapidly, with electronic health records (EHRs) now ubiquitous across medical practices – except for within behavioral health.

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Why telehealth is more than just a pandemic trend

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 22, 2022

As patient expectations grow, telehealth will aid providers in meeting those demands by being the primary tool for a modern patient experience. Advanced device integration will allow data flow between the providers' EHR and patients' personal devices. From here, telehealth will evolve to strengthen patient-provider engagement.

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Key Strategies to Staying Compliant and Passing Audits as a Therapist

TheraNest

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Compliance ensures that you’re delivering quality care, protecting client information, and meeting legal requirements. Ensure that all documentation is completed in a timely manner and meets the requirements outlined by regulatory bodies. Your EHR may provide a telehealth solution that fits your requirements.

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Integrating Ambient Clinical Voice Technology – The Impacts, Challenges, and Benefits

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 8, 2024

Travis Bias, DO, MPH, DTM&H, FAAFP, Chief Medical Officer, Clinician Solutions & Family Physician at 3M Health Information Systems Ambient clinical documentation tools are being used by clinicians so they can focus on the patient in front of them, rather than on their computer screens. Healthcare professionals spend roughly 4.5

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Patient engagement tools can speed, streamline COVID-19 vaccine rollout

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2021

Guillaume de Zwirek, CEO of Well Health, told Healthcare IT News that he believes the best strategy is to "meet patients where they are." By contrast, there are HIPAA-compliant ways to use texting to convey information to patients. "If there is an opportunity to eliminate friction, take it," he said.

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Bonus Features – September 17, 2023 – 20% of healthcare marketers worried about job security amid AI adoption, 53% of executives using AI to address drug diversion “very confident” in their efforts, and more

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job. The main reason: 60% say navigation services employer’s existing carriers don’t meet employer needs.

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Consumers or Patients: Who Does Your Health System Target?

Xealth

AUGUST 22, 2023

As a result, healthcare providers must offer innovative solutions to meet these evolving demands. Data Liberation: A Double-Edged Sword The advent of electronic health records (EHRs) brought about a remarkable breakthrough in making patient health information (PHI) accessible.

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HIMSS 2019: The Mainstreaming of Health IT, from Jim Cramer to Opioid Risk Scores

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

On January 10, 2019, Jim Cramer of CNBC’s Mad Money recommended that Apple buy Epic, a market leader in EHRs. At that moment in the Twitterverse, it occurred to me that health IT as a consumer-facing industry was beginning to mainstream in America. Wednesday 13 February, 8 am – Microsoft Health Forum and Innovation Awards.

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Open Source Software in HealthTech: Hype today or Hope for the future?

Lloyd Price

JULY 10, 2023

This is because the code is freely available, so users can modify it to meet their specific needs. Here are some examples of open source software that are being used in healthcare today: EHRs: There are a number of open source EHRs available, such as OpenMRS, OpenEHR, and Elyra. FHIR: An open standard for exchanging health data.

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How a QR Code Helped Mountain Park Health Center Adopt New Technology

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 6, 2023

Mountain Park Health Center, a Federally Qualified Health Center serving the Phoenix Metro area, cleverly used a QR code to help staff and patients adopt a new technology. Internal champions collaborated with their EHR partner, eClinicalWorks, to double the use of their new patient portal in just twelve months.

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How Digital Health Can Stimulate Economic Development

Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2018

A lesser-known component of ARRA was Title XIII, the HITECH Act, which funded hospitals’ and physicians’ adoption of electronic health records systems (EHRs). The policy’s acronym fully spelled-out was the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009. GDP, in 2018.

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Milliman IntelliScript Acquires OneRecord

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The purchase of OneRecord positions Milliman IntelliScript to better serve clients who depend on the company’s delivery of digital health and consumer data to mitigate applicant risks, meet customer demand for a faster application process, and extend coverage to more people.

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Parkview Health gets 70% of patients onto Epic portal, home of its telehealth programs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 25, 2023

Parkview Health System, based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, has incorporated its telemedicine programs into a larger digital health strategy aimed at meeting patients wherever they have a need for care. " Parkview Health made strategic moves in 2012 to implement and integrate Epic as its EHR for all hospitals and providers.

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Reactions to the Ascension Healthcare Ransomware Attack and Suggestions for Healthcare Organizations

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2024

They handle data like protected health information (PHI), intellectual property (IP), clinical trial data and payment card data, giving attackers many options to cash in, and healthcare is a critical infrastructure industry that can be hardest hit by ransomware attacks. Ryan Witt, Vice President, Industry Solutions at Proofpoint, Inc.

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Featured Health IT Job: EHR Applications Analyst

The Power of a Good User Experience in Mental and Behavioral Health EHRs

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Impetus and Edict: What the Latest CMS Data Standards Mean for EHRs – Regulatory Talk Series

Australia’s Victorian Department of Health engages Altera’s dbMotion to deliver state-wide Health Information Exchange solution

The Path to Patient Empowerment: Hospitals are granting patients access to their health information, but is that enough?

CareTeam enables whole-patient care approach with athenahealth EHR

Bridging the Gap: Communication Challenges Throughout the Patient Journey

Americans Grew Digital Health-Data Muscles in the Pandemic – New Insights from the Pew Charitable Trusts

Weaving Zoom into workflow and updating EHR saves clinic during COVID-19

Making AI Models in Healthcare Transparent One Bite at a Time – Regulatory Talk Series

3 Ways to Achieve HIPAA-Compliant Communication for Behavioral Health

Clinician Burnout – Lessons from BDO’s Clinician Experience Survey for Patient Experience and Primary Care

ONC’s HTI-1 Places Undue Burdens on Healthcare Providers, Health IT Developers

Verisma and ScanSTAT Announce Merger, Providing the Strength and Know-How that HIM Departments Need for the Path Ahead

Reimagining Health Tech on the Cusp of ONC’s Final HTI-1 Rule – Regulatory Talk Series

Encore Health Group and Affiliates Experiences Significant Success with eClinicalWorks V12 and healow Patient Engagement Solutions

Healthcare 2030: Are We Consumers, CEOs, Health Citizens, or Castaways? 4 Scenarios On the Future of Health Care and Who We Are – Part 2

HTI-1 Final Rule: Implications for Healthcare Providers – Focus on DSI and Algorithmic Transparency

Manifest MedEx Launches the California ADT Network, a Free Acute and Post-Acute Event Notification Exchange for California

So Many Records, So Little Time: How to Manage Burgeoning Health Plan Requests

Help Desk Updates: Your Super Weapon to Boost Clinician Productivity

Te Toka Tumai Auckland rolling out FHIR-ed-up PAS and more briefs

The Future of Healthcare: Integrated Data for Integrated Care

Does Engaging ALL of Your Patients Matter?

Reveleer Announces Acquisition of MDPortals to Enhance its Comprehensive Risk Adjustment Technology with Real-Time Access to Clinical and Claims Data

Big ONC News: QHINs, TEFCA, and HTI-1

M&A notebook: Providers and platforms make big moves

Harmony Healthcare IT Partners with Novacap to Accelerate Innovation and Growth in Healthcare Data Management

The Intersection of Digital Patient Engagement and Care Outcomes

A New Partnership with Databricks

The Time Has Come to Digitize Behavioral Healthcare

Why telehealth is more than just a pandemic trend

Key Strategies to Staying Compliant and Passing Audits as a Therapist

Integrating Ambient Clinical Voice Technology – The Impacts, Challenges, and Benefits

Patient engagement tools can speed, streamline COVID-19 vaccine rollout

Bonus Features – September 17, 2023 – 20% of healthcare marketers worried about job security amid AI adoption, 53% of executives using AI to address drug diversion “very confident” in their efforts, and more

Consumers or Patients: Who Does Your Health System Target?

HIMSS 2019: The Mainstreaming of Health IT, from Jim Cramer to Opioid Risk Scores

Open Source Software in HealthTech: Hype today or Hope for the future?

How a QR Code Helped Mountain Park Health Center Adopt New Technology

How Digital Health Can Stimulate Economic Development

Milliman IntelliScript Acquires OneRecord

Parkview Health gets 70% of patients onto Epic portal, home of its telehealth programs

Reactions to the Ascension Healthcare Ransomware Attack and Suggestions for Healthcare Organizations

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