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What’s Next? The Future of Healthcare IT Social Media – #HITsm Chat Topic

Healthcare IT Today

Looking back to 2010, the health IT initiatives of that time consisted of getting up-to-speed as quickly as possible about Meaningful Use and helping to move health systems and clinical practices away from paper and analog processes to electronic and Internet-enabled technologies. …50 Friends, we have so much to talk about!

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Kyruus Raises $42 Million in New Financing After Delivering Another Year of Record Growth

Healthcare IT Today

Kyruus, the leader in provider search and scheduling solutions for health systems, today announced that it raised $42 million in new financing in a Series D round that brings its total funding to more than $125 million since its founding in 2010.

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Empowering the Behavioral Health System with Home-Based Technology Solutions

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From the massive expansion of telehealth brought on by the pandemic to prescription video games, promising new technological advancements coupled with a reduced stigma towards behavioral health conditions are making mental healthcare more accessible than ever before.

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2019: Healthcare IT gains new ground

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

2019: Year in Review It's been an eventful year for health IT. But at the tail end of the 'teens, we see a flowering of innovation that could only have been dreamed of in 2010. Enhancing the patient experience with technology. This month, our coverage will continue a special focus on the patient experience.

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Ask and Tell: Family Caregiving as a Social Determinant of Health

Healthcare IT Today

2010 May;58(5):895-900. It’s become clear that being a caregiver is a social determinant of health (SDoH): a non-medical condition that influences health outcomes. It’d be great to see a brief assessment for caregiving become part of patient care. But as patients, we don’t need to wait to be asked. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02806.x.

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Toward a Wider Adoption of Digital Insurance Cards

Healthcare IT Today

is a greatly expanded version of the classic Blue Button created by the Department of Veteran Affairs in 2010. The CARIN Alliance has created a FHIR implementation of CMS Blue Button 2.0 that could be the foundation for digital insurance cards. Version 2.0 Medicare uses Blue Button 2.0

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Falls Prevention Programs are Helping the Aging Population Overcome Physical and Emotional Barriers to Well-Being in an Easy and Effective Way

Healthcare IT Today

As individuals get older, reductions in strength and balance increase the risk of an unexpected fall, with substantial implications for individuals and population health. The Burden of Falls on Older Adults Between 2010 and 2020, the U.S. population of those 65 and older grew by more than a third.