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Industry Voices—Change Healthcare attack: Where do we go from here?

FierceHealthIT

MAY 3, 2024

Change Healthcare’s parent company UnitedHealth has said that “a substantial | Boards and executives must prioritize cybersecurity at healthcare organizations, and, for those smaller provider organizations with limited resources, we must have more support and resources from our government.

Health equity has become an organizational priority as data capabilities slowly mature, EY finds

FierceHealthIT

MARCH 28, 2024

Three-quarters of polled health equity executives expect their area of expertise to become a greater priority over the coming year, a new EY report has found. | Though organizations are increasingly shifting from collecting data to using it to inform efforts, bigger entities with more resources tend to be more mature in these capabilities.

Boston Medical Center launches new hospital-at-home program

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 3, 2024

Monitoring devices to measure vital signs Backup power supply and backup internet Patients can also access the technology for inpatient case management resources, home-delivered meals, infusion therapies, mobile imaging, physical and occupational therapies and more. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Enterprise Taxonomy:

Healthcare IT

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To bridge the digital divide, national nonprofit offers free devices and internet

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Healthcare IT News sat down with Megan Steckly, CEO of Compudopt, a national nonprofit working to address this issue by providing families with free devices, internet connectivity and technology training, so more Americans have access to this fundamental healthcare resource going forward. Talk about the digital divide in the U.S.

Primary Care

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2023 Benchmark Report: Healthy Bottom Lines are Reliant on Cross-Functional Team Collaboration, Technology, & AI Investments

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2024

Additionally, going into 2024 operational excellence is the table stakes for healthcare organizations to improve bottom lines, and where AI and automation can provide a boost in productivity and costs. healthcare organizations. healthcare organizations.

Medicare

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How to Advance Mental Health Access with Community Resources and Collaboration

Iris Telehealth

APRIL 10, 2023

When working with populations facing barriers related to social determinants of health, utilizing resources in the community, combined with telehealth, can help connect them to the behavioral health treatment they need. When children are forced out of the school system, they lose out on many resources that the education system provides.

Mental health

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Altera Digital Health: Leveraging the Cloud to Address the Needs of Rural and Community Hospitals

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 10, 2024

However, with smaller pools of talent and fewer resources, they need more help from their digital partners to address those challenges. He pointed out that the challenges faced by this market segment are not unique, but those challenges have an outsized impact on smaller organizations. They are just as complex an organization.”

Digital Health

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Enterprise Architecture Communities: It Takes A Village

LeanIX

APRIL 15, 2024

Enterprise architecture communities are the key to managing your vast application portfolio with limited resource. Discover how you can recruit your entire organization into your enterprise architecture initiatives.

Why HHS’ Cybersecurity Concept Paper Falls Short for Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2024

For healthcare organizations, and those organizations that support healthcare, some minimum cybersecurity standard mandates should include not simply addressable, but required encryption, and in flight with up-to-date encryption algorithms. The HHS goes on to propose a strategy to support greater enforcement and accountability.

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HIMSS24 Cyber Forum keynote stresses collaboration on standards

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 11, 2024

" Pascoe also shared a slide showing the names of 34 healthcare organizations that signed cooperative research and development agreements with the agency. Advice to HIMSS24 cyber forum attendees NIST frameworks are a really powerful tool that can be leveraged by organizations to help reduce service, Pascoe said.

Healthcare Cybersecurity

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MDaudit’s 2023 Annual Benchmark Report Finds a Fourfold Increase in External Payer Audits, Patient Volumes Double

Electronic Health Reporter

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

External payer audits quadrupled in volume in 2023, making timely responses more challenging than ever for resource-strapped healthcare organizations. This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited.

HIMSS to showcase Community Care Outcomes Maturity Model at HIMSS23

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 16, 2023

WHY IT MATTERS The Community Care Outcomes Maturity Model , or C-COMM, from HIMSS Analytics is meant to help healthcare organizations track the digital maturity of care delivered across community-based environments. Build data governance to help organizations build functionality and communication across disparate care teams.

EMR

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WebMD picks up Healthwise to build out patient engagement solutions, expand its footprint to 650 organizations

FierceHealthIT

MARCH 4, 2024

The combined organization will now serve more than 650 healthcare organizations with patient education and content resources, including more than 50% of hospitals in the U.S. Online healthcare information provider WebMD acquired the operating assets of Healthwise to bolster its patient and member engagement tools. |

How the EU AI Act Will Shape Global AI Standards and Practices

Digital Health Global

MARCH 5, 2024

Here are the key aspects, benefits, impacts on organizations, and the expected timeline for its activation. Investments could involve legal advice, training for compliance teams, and deploying resources to stay current on regulatory changes. This timeline suggests the Act will be fully active in 2026.

Digital Health

A Gartner expert points to AI and hospital-at-home as the biggest emerging technologies at HIMSS24

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 15, 2024

What has been another key emerging clinical technology you've seen at HIMSS24 this week, and what role can it play for provider organizations? What should C-suite executives and other health IT leaders at provider organizations be keeping their eyes on in the year ahead?

Nursing

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How Virtual Behavioral Health Can Serve as a Long-Term Solution for Shortage Areas

Iris Telehealth

APRIL 8, 2024

Partially due to the ongoing (and worsening) psychiatry shortage , many healthcare organizations find it difficult to locate high-quality, local behavioral health providers to serve their communities. In many rural areas across the U.S., Fortunately, virtual behavioral health services can go a long way toward filling those care gaps.

Telehealth

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CDISC and DiMe Partner to Advance DHT Data Standards to Improve Health Outcomes

Digital Health Global

OCTOBER 10, 2023

CDISC, globally recognized for its leadership in data standards, and DiMe, a pioneering force in digital medicine, have united to advance use of DHTs in clinical research through the standardization of key concepts, device attributes, endpoints, and best practices to align common resources between both organizations.

Digital Health

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River Valley Counseling Center boosts productivity and experience with telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 1, 2022

It's important to note that the organization's Holyoke Clinic tends to an underserved population, with many patients being of low socioeconomic status. "To help guide the process, we collaborated and leveraged our partner ecosystem to understand the unique challenges and pain points for the organization."

Telehealth

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Three Ways AI-Powered Automation is Assisting Healthcare Workers

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 2024

Many healthcare organizations use AI-powered automation to support their employees, increase positive patient outcomes, and decrease administrative workloads. Automation can help healthcare organizations eliminate the amount of administrative work that needs to be completed every day.

Patient Experience

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Telemedicine, enabled with responsible AI, can improve the patient experience

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 1, 2024

By leveraging telemedicine to enhance the patient experience, healthcare organizations can create a more comprehensive and integrated approach to care delivery that extends throughout the entire patient journey. For patients enrolled in chronic disease management programs, telemedicine can be a game-changer.

Patient Experience

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Pear Suite and OutCare Health Partner to Enhance LGBTQ+ Healthcare Access through Care Navigation

Digital Health Global

JUNE 13, 2023

Beginning this month, OutCare Health will leverage Pear Suite’s cutting-edge social care navigation platform, utilizing SDOH data to enable employers, health plans, and healthcare organizations to address the unique healthcare needs of LGBTQ+ individuals.

Digital Health

RPM strategies for moving from discharge to hospital-at-home care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Resources from specialties like cardiology and endocrinology to services like case management and social services are often siloed, making coordination even more difficult. With ongoing labor constraints, rising costs and the shift to care at home, healthcare organizations and patients alike have been embracing enabling technology.

Nursing

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Data Quality is a Journey Not a Destination According to Clinical Architecture

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 16, 2023

We spoke with Charlie Harp, CEO of Clinical Architecture via email about the data quality journey and what it’s implications are for healthcare organizations. Organizations don’t want their expensive human clinical resources engaged in repetitive, task-specific data cleansing projects, collecting data manually in spreadsheets.

Public Health

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Connected Health Initiative – Our Health IT Friend on Capitol Hill

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2023

The Connected Health Initiative (CHI) is a non-profit organization that advocates on behalf of all health IT vendors. They are a trusted resource and voice for our industry so that policymakers at federal, state, and local levels can be better informed about emerging digital health technology. What is CHI?

Connected Health

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Be Proactive, CIOs Must Explore MDR

David Chou

MARCH 29, 2024

Leading organizations typically adopt a standard suite of security operations activities to fully leverage their features as industries shift towards a hybrid work environment. Technology leaders must ensure that their organizations devise and regularly test and review these plans. They move beyond simple alerts and notifications.

Healthie and Dock Health Integrate to Drive Operational Efficiencies and Enable Workforce Resiliency With Its HIPAA-Compliant Work Management Platform

Digital Health Global

MAY 1, 2024

.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Dock Health , the only HITRUST-certified platform for healthcare work management, today announced its partnership with Healthie to deliver secure, streamlined operations for virtual-first care teams and organizations with intelligent workflow automation and task collaboration. CEO and co-founder of Dock Health.

HIPAA

HIPAA Digital Health EMR Patient Experience

Hospital, health system financial leaders want automation tools for revenue cycle management

Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

When organizations automate their revenue cycle, they can improve their bottom line while freeing up resources to spend on value-enhancing tasks.

Help Texts launches text-based support for healthcare workers

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 13, 2023

Sharp, who has a background in healthcare IT, spoke candidly about her personal loss of a physician spouse to suicide and finding few support resources. She developed Sharp Index to be a resource to support the healthcare industry's mental health challenges. Addressing healthcare worker mental health.

Mental health

Mental health Patient Experience Healthcare IT Digital Health

Three Ways Healthcare Organizations Can Improve System Security Right Now

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 30, 2023

This stark contrast between the magnitude of cyber risks and the allocation of resources to protect patient data has become an urgent concern. Step One: Commit the Necessary Resources Multiple reports in recent months illustrate how much healthcare lags when it comes to committing resources to cybersecurity.

HIPAA

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NEC X Unveils Next Wave of Tech Disruptors, Elev X! Ignite Cohort Batch 11

Digital Health Global

APRIL 25, 2024

Ignite goes far beyond the conventional venture studio model, providing a unique blend of collaboration, funding, engineering expertise, extensive R&D resources and comprehensive support services. members gain access to NEC X’s dynamic ecosystem of startup resources and services. Ignite and Elev X!

Leadership

Leadership Digital Health

Finding the future of interoperability with Redox: Part 2 – HL7 v2 to FHIR (and back again)

Redox

MARCH 29, 2024

For those who aren’t in the weeds of healthcare integration, HL7 v2 is the most widely adopted standard for communicating data between healthcare organizations. Most frequently, all of this magic happens over a VPN between organizations. healthcare organizations use it. Can you hear that? Let’s look at an example.

FHIR

FHIR Interoperability EHR Digital Health

How to Find the Best Telemental Health Provider for Your Organization

Iris Telehealth

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

You’ll also learn how to find the best fit for your population, organization, and care team. As part of the provider matching process, you’ll get to do a meet and greet with your potential provider to ensure they’re a good match for your organization. They’re excellent resources for helping out with other projects at the clinic.

Mental health

Mental health Telehealth EMR Nursing

LGI Healthcare Solutions Acquires Boston Software Systems

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 19, 2023

A Strengthened Portfolio to Improve and Accelerate Connected Healthcare LGI is in a unique position to help healthcare organizations integrate innovation in a sustainable, scalable, and measurable way. Our combined teams now have greater resources and capabilities to drive efficiencies across diverse healthcare ecosystems.”

RCM

RCM EMR Healthcare IT Health IT

Utilization Management: A Cornerstone in Payer Efficiency

BHM Healthcare Solutions

JANUARY 23, 2024

Utilization management (UM) is a comprehensive strategy that payer organizations deploy to assess and control the appropriateness of healthcare services. At its core, UM centers around optimizing the utilization of medical resources, ensuring that patients receive necessary care without unnecessary and costly interventions.

How Telepsychiatry Helps Impact Social Determinants of Health

Iris Telehealth

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Despite these challenges, healthcare organizations have the power to make meaningful change by bridging the gap between underserved populations and high-quality mental health care. By investing in solutions like telepsychiatry , healthcare organizations can positively impact their communities’ mental health.

Mental health

Mental health Telehealth Psychiatry Primary Care

Exploring the Digital Health Landscape in the WHO European Region

Digital Health Global

APRIL 23, 2024

A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) provides insights into the digital health landscape in the WHO European Region. The report serves as a valuable resource for policymakers, healthcare professionals, and stakeholders invested in digital health.

Digital Health

Digital Health Mobile Health Patient Experience Health Technology

This Week’s Health IT Jobs – May 1, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 1, 2024

We hope you enjoy this look at some of the health IT jobs we saw healthcare organizations trying to fill this week. It can be very overwhelming scrolling though job board after job board in search of a position that fits your wants and needs. Let us take that stress away by finding a mix of great health IT jobs for you!

Health IT

Health IT Medical Billing Interoperability Healthcare IT

Mental Health in the Black Community: Ways to Increase Care and Access

Iris Telehealth

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Organizations can work to address these inequalities by helping create better access to mental health support and providing more culturally competent care. Keep reading to find new resources and strategies your organization can use to better support the mental health of Black Americans in your community.

Mental health

Mental health Telehealth Leadership Telemedicine

New Medical Device Incident Response Playbook

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Some of you may remember last year when we highlighted a resource to help you run a ransomware simulation in your healthcare organization. I came across that great resource thanks to Christopher Frenz, AVP of IT Security at Mount Sinai South Nassau. Well, it turns out that Frenz is continuing to give back to the […].

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This Week’s Health IT Jobs – April 24, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 24, 2024

We hope you enjoy this look at some of the health IT jobs we saw healthcare organizations trying to fill this week. It can be very overwhelming scrolling though job board after job board in search of a position that fits your wants and needs. Let us take that stress away by finding a mix of great health IT jobs for you!

Health IT

Health IT Psychiatry EMR Medical Billing

Art of Utilization Review: Balancing Care and Resources

BHM Healthcare Solutions

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

This blog explores the art of UR, highlighting its significance in achieving optimal patient care outcomes while balancing resource utilization and quality. Utilization Review: A Balancing Act At the core of healthcare delivery lies the challenge of balancing quality patient care with efficient resource management.

Nursing

CharmHealth Unveils 2024 Innovation Challenge to Bring Creative Solutions to the Fingertips of Healthcare Providers

Digital Health Global

APRIL 17, 2024

This focus allows CharmHealth to concentrate its resources and expertise in a particular realm, fostering innovation and advancements in the EHR and related landscapes. CharmHealth goes beyond providing just funding or mentorship to winners. Another crucial aspect of the Innovation Challenge is knowledge exchange.

EHR

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This Week’s Health IT Jobs

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 27, 2024

While we happily helped many health IT professionals find jobs and healthcare organizations fill their health IT positions, our focus has definitely moved from growing the job board to the content, podcasts, and videos we have been doing on Healthcare IT Today. In fact, it was integral to the growth of Healthcare IT Today.

Health IT

Health IT Healthcare IT EHR EMR

Why You Should Consider Becoming a CCBHC

Iris Telehealth

MAY 8, 2023

As more states become eligible for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) certification and funding, healthcare organizations are considering becoming CCBHCs. The opportunities for CCBHCs continue to expand, and it’s in your organization’s best interest to consider obtaining CCBHC certification.

Mental health

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