Connected Health Pulse

Hospital at Home: Prospects and Challenges, and Learnings from Best Buy Health

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Privacy and scalability, where assuring the security of health citizens’ protected health information (PHI) must be designed into HaH programs. Varda Shalev of Team8 discussed prospects for Care At Home Transformed tag-teaming with Deborah Di Sanzo, President of Best Buy Health.

EHR

EHR HIPAA Digital Health Interoperability

RFID in Healthcare: Navigating Security & Privacy Regulations

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 21, 2023

RFID technology involves using tags and readers to wirelessly identify and track objects. Addressing Security and Privacy Concerns with RFID Regarding security and privacy concerns, one primary consideration is the information stored on RFID tags. As RFID expands rapidly, it can trigger security and privacy concerns.

HIPAA

HIPAA Interoperability Pharmaceuticals Health Information

VIP Patients in #FHIR

Healthcare Exchange Standards

JANUARY 30, 2024

The FHIR security tag `VIP` is used to indicate that a patient's health information is considered to be highly confidential and requires heightened security measures. To use the VIP security tag, simply add it to the security tag of any FHIR resource that contains the patient's health information. other content.

FHIR

FHIR Health Information

Telehealth expansion is one of COVID-19's silver linings

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 11, 2020

In 2016, Nohr said the system needed to move to an era where healthcare is something done with patients. " For more on this topic, click here to watch the complimentary webinar "Health System Transformation: Improving Population Health After COVID-19," on June 16 at 11 a.m.

Telehealth

How health systems can entice consumers to walk through digital front door

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 7, 2020

Primary topic: HIMSS20 Digital Coverage Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: How health systems can entice consumers to walk through digital front door Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition Right Now:

Sustaining Ongoing Care During and Post Pandemic: Two Health Systems Highlight Their Scheduled Virtual Visit Strategy

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 6, 2020

Author: American Well Sponsor: American Well Primary topic: Telehealth Topic: Innovation Pulse Interoperability Telehealth Resource Central: Upcoming Webinars External url: [link] Thumbnail: Body: Sponsor: American Well Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Sustaining Ongoing Care During and Post Pandemic: Two Health Systems Highlight Their Scheduled (..)

Interoperability

Interoperability Telehealth

RTLS & AI: Solving the Riddle of Healthcare Inefficiency

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Many healthcare systems around the world are overburdened. How RTLS Works Most RTLS systems depend on a combination of tags, sensors, and software. Tags are attached to any vital assets that need to be tracked including equipment, supplies, devices, and even people.

Nursing

Nursing Healthcare IT Health IT

Barriers to full benefit of AI for older adults

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 10, 2023

Lack of interfaces to senior and health care systems. Further, EHR technology lock-in by vendors, according to some, may be a limitation to patient information access and health system innovation. category tags: AI and machine learning , Conversational and generative AI , AgeTech

EHR

Telemedicine is a major driver in shifting the healthcare delivery model

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 14, 2020

Accountable Care Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth Workflow More than ever, the system selected to provide telemedicine services must provide added controls to overcome factors that are outside the control of the provider. Telemedicine has added factors in care delivery. Collaboration is key in vendor selection.

Telemedicine

Telemedicine Accountable Care Patient Experience Telehealth

The Future of Pet Tech at CES 2024

Digital Health Global

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

From AI-powered companions to smart wearables, automated feeding systems, and advanced health monitoring devices, Pet Tech is reshaping the traditional notions of pet ownership. This device allows pets safe and controlled access to the outdoors using facial recognition or RFID tags.

Digital Health

Care coordination for older adults – still elusive, does tech help?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Sage apparently launched in the context of replacing the traditional PERS pull cord alerting system with rapid communication and updates through software. as well as across an senior living organization, with outside service and health providers and with families. The term, care coordination, is vague and depends on context.

With telehealth, one size won't fit all

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 9, 2020

" As health systems adjusted to dramatic increases in virtual visits, they experienced a steep learning curve in a very short time. The most mature health systems recognize the importance of context and design their telehealth programs accordingly. For most health systems, telehealth is work-in-progress at best.

Telehealth

Telehealth EMR Digital Health Primary Care

The Evolution of a Patient Ambassador – Learning from Stacy Hurt

Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2022

“I am a health care executive who happens to be a patient, caregiver, and advocate,” Stacy Hurt explained to me in a Zoom chat we shared on 31 May. Health care executive first; patient advocacy followed. I asked her to meet with me to discuss her professional news update: being appointed Parexel’s first Patient Ambassador.

Life Science

Life Science Leadership Pharmaceuticals Nursing

Health IT Investment: The Next Five Years

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

News The next investment priorities for telehealth, RPM and connected health Seven health system IT executives explain how they're strategizing to build on the post-. News How CIOs are prioritizing AI investments for the next 5 years In the first installment of Healthcare IT News' newest feature series, five hospital and health.

Health IT

Health IT EMR Interoperability EHR

Remote patient monitoring and virtual care – a paradigm shift

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

In this regularly updated special collection, we explore how hospitals and health systems are rolling out RPM initiatives: where they're seeing hurdles, which use cases are most successful, how they're getting help from their vendors, what policy and regulatory imperatives may be shaping the future of virtual care, and much more.

Connected Health

Connected Health Telehealth Telemedicine Remote care

Leading Health System Saves $360K in Annual Energy Costs and Earns Nearly $700K in Rebates

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 26, 2021

Sponsor: Vertiv Primary topic: Interoperability Topic: Interoperability Telehealth Resource Central: White Papers External url: [link] Thumbnail: Body: Enterprise Taxonomy: Short Headline: Leading Health System Saves $360K in Annual Energy Costs and Earns Nearly $700K in Rebates Region Tag: Global Edition

Interoperability

Interoperability Telehealth

Ten In Ten: Manatt’s Healthcare Priorities to 2031

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

health care system, especially laying bare inequities and inertia in American health care, explained in The Progress We Need: Ten Health Care Imperatives for the Decade Ahead from Manatt Health. Achieve health equity. Stability the safety net and rebuild public health. Accelerate digital health.

Mental health

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RFID: Increasing Patient Safety and Operational Efficiencies

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Hospital pharmacy leaders, pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians have long strived to ensure the accuracy of medications delivered throughout the healthcare system, be it in operating rooms, crash carts, or various specialized areas. These tags store critical information and respond by reflecting radio waves from RFID readers.

EMR

EMR Healthcare IT Health IT

Test Data - in production

Healthcare Exchange Standards

MARCH 14, 2023

As FHIR systems get bigger and bigger, and support more and more clients. There is a security tag available in the HL7 ValueSets for Security tagging. I use this tag in the Implementation Guides that I write to distinguish the examples I provide. Or might be tested after the system is updated.

FHIR

FHIR Health Data

A new COVID-19 wave is coming – how can health systems prepare?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 22, 2020

When coronavirus cases begin to grow in early spring, health systems were forced to pivot quickly – sometimes within a matter of days – to allocate scant resources and implement new technologies and workflows. " One problem, he said, is the technology hospitals use to record medication use around health systems.

eCare

eCare Telemedicine Healthcare IT Telehealth

It's time for solutions -- not products -- for aging in place

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 10, 2024

The report anticipated smart home offerings that would be available within five years to help older adults – and not surprisingly, many of them are available today – including the ability to detect agility changes based on motion/gait , recognize motion patterns outside the home using smart cameras , or provide voice indicators of ill health.

Medicare

UW Medicine CIO's advice: prepping IT systems for COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 12, 2020

Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Population Health Telehealth Workflow Workforce On the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic, UW has ramped up telemedicine capabilities and made immediate changes to its EHR to support COVID-19 care. Get ready to quickly update your systems. Be ready to support surging personnel.

EHR

EHR Telehealth EMR Telemedicine

Health systems are notching big wins with their IT investments

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 8, 2023

And many forward-thinking hospitals and health systems are finding significant clinical, financial and operational ROI for their efforts. By Bill Siwicki | June 27, 2023 News Baptist Health consolidates legacy EHRs to Epic, adds AI-powered Rx tech The Florida health system has converted more than 7.3

EHR

EHR EMR Telehealth Nursing

COVID-19 and digital transformation

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 21, 2020

Layla McCay ‘Necessity is the mother of invention’ is an old proverb proving true as health services across the world race to adapt to manage the challenges of the current coronavirus pandemic. This in turn restricts how responsive services and systems can be to patients. Looking beyond COVID-19.

Primary Care

Primary Care Interoperability Health Data Telehealth

Older Adults will benefit from AI -- sooner rather than later

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 24, 2023

They will be coupled with the lagging pace of institutions, particularly healthcare, to change aging systems that can help realize the benefits. The following domains will add AI (via voice or other interaction modes) to services, including: Health management of self-care, enabling conversational access.

Patient experience: new perspectives on person-focused care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 15, 2022

From appointment booking to post-discharge follow-up, hospitals and health systems are striving to innovate and personalize the way people navigate their care journey. News The future of healthcare: What 2022 could bring A look ahead at what the uptick in interest and usage of digital health will mean for the future of.

Patient Experience

Patient Experience Telehealth Connected Health Telemedicine

CENSUS: Senior care growth means tech change will be mandatory

Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 11, 2022

Home Health Care Services experienced an even larger increase – 50/5% -- during the same period.” Execs site the potential for improvements in staff utilization, resident health and wellbeing, family communication, and more. category tags: AgeTech , senior living. Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly saw a 34.4%

Nursing

Technology is radically improving care for veterans

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 23, 2020

Connected Health Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Government & Policy Patient Engagement Telehealth With its three-pillar approach to modernization, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is transforming its technology systems to create foundational change, says its chief modernization officer.

EMR

EMR EHR Connected Health Telehealth

Five new technologies for older adults -- 2023 wrap-up (1 of 2)

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 20, 2023

This past year underscored the demographic changes that have brought an aging population -- turning 65 at a rate of 10,000 per day -- into the sight lines of investors, startups and health providers. We're disrupting the established, broken system of care. category tags: caregivers , Home Care , senior living , AgeTech

Nursing community collaboration on the European COVID-19 front-lines

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 11, 2020

Telehealth Women In Health IT Workforce The pandemic has underlined the importance of nurses working together and ensuring we are better prepared for any future crisis, as highlighted during the 'European Nurses Facing COVID-19' webinar.

Nursing

Nursing Mental health Interoperability Telemedicine

Ten Technologies for Aging and Health from CES 2024

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2024

With so many entrants in the AgeTech, accessibility and health categories seeking visibility and possible global reach. And there are numerous separate focal points for tech for older adults (see Samsung Health House ) and a CTA Foundation Pitch Competition. MindMics Heart Health System. Learn more. Learn more.

Digital Health

Where IT leaders should focus their energies in 2022

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 28, 2022

Analytics Cloud Computing Population Health Telehealth Workforce One CIO names the technologies and leadership strategies he'll be focused on this year: platform design, 'Virtual Care 3.0' David Chou serves as the CIO for a public academic health system. Region Tag: Global Edition. ' and more.

Leadership

Leadership EHR Telemedicine Telehealth

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

Digital Health Global

APRIL 17, 2024

Call for Proposals Now Open to Digital Health Startups to Compete on the CharmHealth Ecosystem PLEASANTON, Calif.–(BUSINESS The fourth annual competition is designed to surface new ideas that will fundamentally improve healthcare and its underlying systems and processes. 23-25, 2024, in Washington, D.C.

EHR

EHR healthcare technology Digital Health Mobile Health

Full coverage: HIMSS23 APAC Health Conference

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Sign Up for our daily or weekly newsletters Patient experience: new perspectives on person-focused care Full coverage: HIMSS22 APAC Health Conference News 5 sessions to look out for at HIMSS23 APAC Healthcare IT News’ APAC Managing Editor weighs in on the sessions he's looking forward. Get all the coverage from this event on this page.

EMR

EMR HIE FHIR Mental health

AARP's AgeTech Collaborative -- mobility offerings 2023

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

The categories span Caregiving, FemTech, Health, Mobility, Savings & Planning, and Social Connections. billion people worldwide who have poor health and limited productivity due to difficulty walking. category tags: AgeTech , vision and vision technology , robotics , fall prevention, fall detection Startups – in a sense.

VIVE and HIMSS -- payers, providers, tech -- little about older adults

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 13, 2024

Two weeks ago, VIVE in Los Angeles , "The Only Digital Health Event Focused on You" was attended by 8000 people there to hear 300 speakers on topics of interest to payers, providers, and those interested in consumer health. Consider the recent big healthcare events. HIMSS this week – the website says it best: Now HIMSS.

Digital Health

Digital Health Health IT

A decade later -- Next Generation Response Systems have arrived

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 17, 2023

Next generation response systems were described…in 2013. And yet in the 2013 report, Next Generation Response Systems , the future was visible. These future systems would offer vital signs monitoring and be integrated with health applications – and even health systems. Are we there yet?

NeuroFlow Picks Up Steam With New Growth Funding

Digital Health Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

When looking at the movers and shakers in the behavioral health arena, it’s hard not to include NeuroFlow in that conversation – especially after last week’s funding boost courtesy of Concord Health Partners. The post NeuroFlow Picks Up Steam With New Growth Funding appeared first on Digital Health Wire.

Digital Health

Digital Health Mental health EHR

The 'giant sucking sound' of digital health consolidation

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 2, 2021

Connected Health Mergers & Acquisitions Telehealth The ongoing wave of mergers and acquisitions makes sense for startups and their VC backers. What does it mean for CIOs at their health system customers? Silver Cloud is a behavioural health company that has developed digital care models equivalent to face-to-face encounters.

Digital Health

Digital Health Telehealth Leadership Connected Health

From New Report: Future of AI and Older Adults

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 10, 2023

Lack of interfaces to senior and health care systems. Further, EHR technology lock-in by vendors, according to some, may be a limitation to patient information access and health system innovation. Consider patients whose behavior changes over time and whether they continue to give permission to being monitored.

EHR

A look back on 2020: reshaping the healthcare IT landscape

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 6, 2021

Cloud Computing Network Infrastructure Population Health Telehealth Workforce The COVID-19 crisis has demanded innovative agility, relentlessly applied – proving again that information technology teams are crucial strategic partners for future goals. Mike Restuccia is chief information officer of Penn Medicine.

Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Telemedicine Leadership Nursing

The cost of long-term care -- could technology help lower it?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Consider the Genworth data (see Figure 1 ) showing that it cost $108,405 for a private room in a nursing home in 2021, $61,776 for home health aide services, and $54 ,00 0 in assisted living. category tags: Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) , SNF , wearables , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , IoT and home monitoring.

Nursing

Nursing Telehealth

AI and the Internet of Caring Things

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The original 2016 definition from Susann Keohane and Nicola Palmarini at IBM stated: "A network of connected objects (devices, sensors) and cognitive systems with a clear mission: to actively care for people – their physical and mental well-being, homes, loved ones…and….when

Nursing

How health IT's leading innovators are using AI now, and where they see it going

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

By Bill Siwicki | August 23, 2023 News Health system execs bullish on generative AI, but still lack strategy As they grapple with rising costs, three in four C-suite leaders say recent artificial intelligence. In this regularly updated page, we offer their perspective and advice.

Health IT

Health IT EHR Nursing EMR

Hospital at Home: Prospects and Challenges, and Learnings from Best Buy Health

RFID in Healthcare: Navigating Security & Privacy Regulations

Trending Sources

VIP Patients in #FHIR

Telehealth expansion is one of COVID-19's silver linings

How health systems can entice consumers to walk through digital front door

Sustaining Ongoing Care During and Post Pandemic: Two Health Systems Highlight Their Scheduled Virtual Visit Strategy

RTLS & AI: Solving the Riddle of Healthcare Inefficiency

Barriers to full benefit of AI for older adults

Telemedicine is a major driver in shifting the healthcare delivery model

The Future of Pet Tech at CES 2024

Care coordination for older adults – still elusive, does tech help?

With telehealth, one size won't fit all

The Evolution of a Patient Ambassador – Learning from Stacy Hurt

Health IT Investment: The Next Five Years

Remote patient monitoring and virtual care – a paradigm shift

Leading Health System Saves $360K in Annual Energy Costs and Earns Nearly $700K in Rebates

Ten In Ten: Manatt’s Healthcare Priorities to 2031

RFID: Increasing Patient Safety and Operational Efficiencies

Test Data - in production

A new COVID-19 wave is coming – how can health systems prepare?

It's time for solutions -- not products -- for aging in place

UW Medicine CIO's advice: prepping IT systems for COVID-19

Health systems are notching big wins with their IT investments

COVID-19 and digital transformation

Older Adults will benefit from AI -- sooner rather than later

Patient experience: new perspectives on person-focused care

CENSUS: Senior care growth means tech change will be mandatory

Technology is radically improving care for veterans

Five new technologies for older adults -- 2023 wrap-up (1 of 2)

Nursing community collaboration on the European COVID-19 front-lines

Ten Technologies for Aging and Health from CES 2024

Where IT leaders should focus their energies in 2022

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

Full coverage: HIMSS23 APAC Health Conference

AARP's AgeTech Collaborative -- mobility offerings 2023

VIVE and HIMSS -- payers, providers, tech -- little about older adults

A decade later -- Next Generation Response Systems have arrived

NeuroFlow Picks Up Steam With New Growth Funding

The 'giant sucking sound' of digital health consolidation

From New Report: Future of AI and Older Adults

A look back on 2020: reshaping the healthcare IT landscape

The cost of long-term care -- could technology help lower it?

AI and the Internet of Caring Things

How health IT's leading innovators are using AI now, and where they see it going

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