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Integrated EHR enables shift to virtual post-discharge follow-up

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

From 2006 to 2010, they explained, an integrated delivery system staggered implementation of an integrated EHR across 17 hospitals. "This created a stepped-wedge study design to study the impact of shared inpatient-outpatient EHR use," the researchers wrote. THE LARGER TREND.

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Elation Health and Surescripts® Partnership Supports Patient-Specific Prescription Cost Transparency for Primary Care Clinicians at Point of Care

Digital Health Global

Surescripts , the Arlington, Virginia–based information technology company, is the nation’s leading health information network. Elena Christofides, an Elation EHR customer in Columbus, OH. About Elation Health Elation Health is the most trusted technology platform for high-value primary care.

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Toward a Wider Adoption of Digital Insurance Cards

Healthcare IT Today

Pollak says that any EHR supporting the SMART App Launch Framework can install an application to do the validation. To be federally certified, an EHR has to support that framework. is a greatly expanded version of the classic Blue Button created by the Department of Veteran Affairs in 2010. Version 2.0

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What Therapists Need to Know About HIPAA Compliant Communications

TheraNest

Even if you use a secure EHR system to manage your practice, there will likely still be times when you need to communicate outside your system through email or web forms. If any of these communications contain client information, then they should be secure and HIPAA compliant. What about your online communications? Anabeli has a B.A.

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Ed Grogan, VP & CIO, Calvert Health System, Chapter 2

Health System CIO

He also discusses the organization’s comprehensive EHR-selection process — and why they ultimately chose Meditech; their work with CRISP, including plans to implement a “Magic button” for physicians; the importance of team chemistry; and his “passion for technology integration.”.

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Why You Need to Switch to HIPAA Compliant Telehealth, NOW

Mend

Disclosing protected health information (PHI) can cause serious harm to a patient’s safety, personal life, and state of mind. Studies show that health data breaches have affected over 250 million Americans since 2010. That includes the storage of health records and care delivery.

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

Lloyd Price

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. These EHRs offer a number of benefits, including vendor independence, flexibility, and interoperability. 2010: The CareDash platform is launched.