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To Drive Value, EHRs Need to Actually be Usable

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Khalid Al-Maskari, Founder and CEO of Health Information Management Systems (HiMS) EHRs are ubiquitous because they’re useful – but how useful are they really, and to whom? The truth is that an EHR by definition serves multiple masters, satisfying some more than others. The upshot?

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Joint Commission intros new Telehealth Accreditation Program

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In recent decades, one of its big focuses has been on health information technology, such as EHR safety features , handoff alerts , patient education , clinical quality metrics , health equity and more. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Many Hospitals Still Holding Out On Direct Health Information Sharing

Healthcare IT Today

However, at least when this data was collected in 2019, hospitals were still playing their little passive-aggressive game where they make the data available to […].

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Bonus Features – May 28, 2023 – 20+ health systems pledge to use Epic to share info under TEFCA, 84x increase in telehealth for mental health from 2019 to 2022, and more

Healthcare IT Today

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Bonus Features – July 30, 2023 – Amazon gets into the generative AI game, HIMSS plans to sell off the annual trade show, and more

Healthcare IT Today

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Is Patient Portal a Thing of the Past?

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Liza Dzhezhora, Healthcare IT Analyst at Itransition. healthcare providers’ initiative or, should we say, their need to comply with Meaningful Use. This federal regulatory document called for sharing EHR data with. patients to improve their engagement and independent health management.

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Workforce development: Your organization is only as strong as its people

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Digital transformation: Healthcare making progress but much work remains. by May 10, 2019. With some 95 percent of healthcare providers having deployed EHRs, the healthcare system is officially digital. How the consumerization of healthcare is changing the industry. by MobiHealthNews Staff April 08, 2019.

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