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Regulators Need to Pay More Attention to Long-term and Nursing Care

Healthcare IT Today

But these facilities are afterthoughts in our health care system, and were excluded in particular from the huge digitization of health care triggered in the United States by the 2009 HITECH act and 2010 Affordable Care Act.

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The Future of Healthcare: Integrated Data for Integrated Care

Healthcare IT Today

Fragmented Healthcare Data is Costly for Patients and Providers Signed into law by President Obama in 2009, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) mandated the adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) across healthcare systems.

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What Duplicate Patient Notes Reveal About Health Care and Its Records

Healthcare IT Today

That question would call for yet another study, which would interview the nurses and doctors themselves. In short, each time the clinician deals with the patient—which could easily be several times a day for in-patient nursing staff—the clinician must make sure to include everything about that patient in the note. Follow the money.

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The Top Telehealth Terms to Know

American Well

Our scheduling APIs allow EMR scheduling systems to synchronize scheduled visits with American Well, with the option to trigger emails to patient and physicians. EMRs: Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) contain the standard medical and clinical data gathered by a patient’s provider, and allows that provider to track data over time.

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The Top Telehealth Terms to Know

American Well

Our scheduling APIs allow EMR scheduling systems to synchronize scheduled visits with American Well, with the option to trigger emails to patient and physicians. EMRs: Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) contain the standard medical and clinical data gathered by a patient’s provider, and allows that provider to track data over time.

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HIStalk Interviews Ron Remy, CEO, Mobile Heartbeat

HIStalk Interviews

Mobile Heartbeat has been in existence since 2009. One of the greatest learning experiences early on at Mobile Heartbeat is that the number of ancillary staff members — not necessarily just the nurses and doctors — that you’re in communication with on a regular basis is extremely high. Why is that?

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Weekender 5/18/18

HIStalk Weekender

The Big Winner here is Leidos which holds the contracts for the DoD in place systems (CHCS the current EMR, which Leidos/SAIC says it claims proprietary IP rights and won’t let any other company touch) and other third-party applications. The doctor had been reprimanded by the state in 2009 for excessive ordering of lab and radiology tests.

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