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Top 10 Healthcare IT News stories of 2020

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

– and the wherewithal of the information systems and digital data that keep them running – been put to the test quite like it was in 2020. In the meantime, here are some of the most-read Healthcare IT News stories of 2020 so far. Comparing 11 top telehealth platforms: Company execs tout quality, safety, EHR integrations.

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By 2020, 1-in-5 Healthcare organisations will adopt Blockchain says new IDC report

Lloyd Price

As a result, by 2020, 20% of healthcare organizations will have moved beyond pilot projects and be "using blockchain for operations management and patient identity," the report said. The VA was an early adopter of electronic health records or EHRs.) "It's a big conundrum."

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Is It Time For The Federal Government To Create A National HIE?

Healthcare IT Today

Earlier this year, ONC and CMS issued new draft guidelines requiring that all insurers and providers serving the Medicare population make their data available electronically by 2020.

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Zus Health Closes Financing, Signs Partnership with Elation Health, to Accelerate Growth of its Data Service to Provide Connective Tissue for Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

. “The Zus partnership will drastically accelerate Elation’s ability to build out market-leading EHR solutions to support population health and value-based care initiatives,” said Kyna Fong , Co-Founder and CEO at Elation Health.

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Bonus Features – August 6, 2023 – 83% of hospitals are collecting SDoH data, 46% of hospitals planning to use large language models in the call center, and more

Healthcare IT Today

Another 60% of hospitals are receiving SDoH data from outside sources, primarily from HIE entities. According to an AdvancedMD survey of providers, 84% of patients are reporting stress levels that are higher today than they were in 2020. Illinois-based Springfield Clinic is migrating to athenahealth ‘s cloud-based EHR.

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In Wisconsin we have Interoperability

Healthcare Exchange Standards

See below an interesting monthly report I get from the Wisconsin HIE. A very healthy and Quality producing HIE: 2.6 This is a Standards based HIE, based on IHE-XDS and XCA. We will keep you up to date with WISHIN activities, news on health information exchange (HIE) and new product developments. Fully federated.

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How far away is Healthcare from a platform-dominated Digital business model?

Lloyd Price

The closest we have come to this ideal in healthcare is in health information exchanges (HIE), and even those have failed to gain traction due to a variety of issues. For now, the custodianship of the data rests with health systems and their electronic health record (EHR) vendors. Source : [link]