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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. Learn more about PointClickCare: [link]. And for an exclusive look at our top stories , subscribe to our newsletter.

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89% of digital health leaders perceive the industry as risky, says report

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. The survey, commissioned by specialist insurer Beazley , focused on 376 executives from telehealth companies in Europe, North America and Asia, as well as mobile platforms and life science technology software. Twitter: @kjercich.

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EHR-Based CPOE Tools Miss Many Dangerous Medication Interactions

Healthcare IT Today

To conduct the study, researchers analyzed 8,657 observations using the National Quality Forum Health IT Safety Measure, a CPOE and EHR safety test administered by the Leapfrog Group between 2009 and 2018. The tool uses […].

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Core Principles for Application Decommissioning and Data Archiving

Healthcare IT Today

While we’ve been writing about EMR data archiving since back in 2009 and then again in 2013 and 2014 to name a few, the topic has never been more important than it is today. With many healthcare organizations literally supporting 100s and even 1000s of health IT software, how you handle legacy systems including data […].

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What's ahead for health IT policy and legislation in 2023 

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" "It's free to enroll in ACP, but many people are reluctant," Craig Settles wrote for Healthcare IT News in November on how the efficacy of telehealth depends on meeting the need  for broadband. Healthcare access from home or healthcare access for the clinic is just as important as educational access, echoed Leary.

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Moving to eClinicalWorks’ Cloud EHR Helped Suncoast Community Health Centers Save Money and Reduce Frustration

Healthcare IT Today

Healthcare IT Today sat down with Dorrie Paquin-Brown, Director of Special Projects at Suncoast Community Health Centers (SCHC) and Edward Martinbor, CIO at SCHC to learn more about their impetus to move to the cloud and the benefits they have realized.

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Surescripts Settles with FTC Over Charges of Anticompetitive Behavior

Healthcare IT Today

The company also noted, by way of pushing back against the FTC allegations, that since 2009, it had reduced average e-prescribing transaction fees by 77% and that since 2016, it had improved accuracy of e-prescriptions by more than 200%, company leaders said.