Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 31, 2020

To further support clinicians during the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended the deadline for COVID-19 related 2020 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Exception applications to February 1, 2021.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Meanwhile, early this year, IMC went live with its unified electronic medical record (EMR) by InterSystems. Riyadh Saeed Muawad, Senior VP of Enterprise Business at STC, said at the time. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 13, 2021

The findings are based on a survey conducted from October to December 2020 from 17 countries. The recently launched HIMSS Insights Special Edition - APAC digital health trendbarometer report provides readers insights on the state of digital health developments in the APAC region.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 21, 2020

Now that I’ve shaken off the holiday malaise and gotten back to business, I’ve begun to wonder which areas of healthcare will become the new hotness for the coming year. After tossing off a short LinkedIn post on this subject, I decided to dig in further and share my conclusions with you. By the way, […].

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Every year we go to a lot of conferences – at least 50+. Over the past several years we began to notice that many health IT conferences were focused on breakthrough and disruptive innovations that may help healthcare organizations a decade from now.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Wheel , the health technology company powering the future of care, today announced it will acquire GoodRx Care ‘s backend virtual care technology, including its clinician-centric EMR, powerful clinical management tools, and flexible patient experience software.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 23, 2019

After many years as a black sheep of the healthcare family, the wearable is coming into its own. This has been signaled in no uncertain terms by Google, a kingmaker if there ever was one, which recently acquired wearables giant Fitbit for $2.1 As influential and cash-rich as Google is, though, I don’t think even […].

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eVisit

AUGUST 10, 2020

These organizations need end-to-end support of the video visit -- from scheduling and intake to waiting room management and discharge and seamless integration with all the EHR/EMR systems along with sophisticated analytics and reporting for enhanced business intelligence. Updated: Aug. Can intake questions be customized for each service line?

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 30, 2023

Imaging EMR OmegaAI from RamSoft is hosting Mirada Medical image visualization tools on its platform. VA Palo Alto Health Care System tapped Verizon Business , a partner since 2020, for its full spectrum private 5G network. Patient engagement platform Gozio Health is integrating Hyro conversational AI tools.

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AMD Telemedicine

JUNE 28, 2022

This article was originally published in October 2020 but was updated in June 2022. . A sustainable and scalable virtual care model must incorporate videoconferencing simultaneously with integrated medical devices and documentation that can be saved into a practice’s EMR.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 23, 2020

Today, CMS officially announced a delay to MIPS 2019 reporting which extends the deadline for 2019 MIPS data submission from March 31, 2020 to April 30, 2020. We previously shared that the MIPS program could be suspended or otherwise delayed.

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Iris Telehealth

JANUARY 17, 2023

Make sure your telehealth partner can integrate into your electronic medical record (EMR): Telehealth vendors should be able to seamlessly integrate into your systems and workflows. Want to learn more about EMRs and telepsychiatry? That’s why at Iris, we’re technology neutral and work with whatever platform an organization is using.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 17, 2023

On the other hand, and not surprisingly, the percentage of patients accessing information electronically saw the biggest jump from 2020 (38%) to 2022 (57%) amid the pandemic. Home care EMR software maker Smartcare Software rebranded as Aaniie.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 2, 2021

After Epic’s failed return to the office situation in August 2020, I think we all realized that it was just a matter of time before Epic was going to require people be back in the office. News recently broke that Epic will be requiring their employees to return to the office starting July 19th. During […].

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19 Labs

AUGUST 19, 2020

As a result, the Electronic Medical Record (EMRs) vendors such as EPIC or Cerner are quickly expanding and adding video to their offering. For EMRs to add support for video meetings is trivial — and they are actively pursuing this. But, by 2020, the value in the video call itself has commoditized.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 3, 2022

The program was kicked off in 2020, by the Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Clinical Informatics Center in collaboration with VUMC’s health IT department. A hospital program aimed at reducing EHR alert fatigue by cutting down the number of “interruptive” alerts has made a meaningful impact on the number of alerts clinicians received.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The 2020 HIMSS Annual Conference is just under 4 weeks away. In case you don’t know about the HIMSS conference, it brings together 40,000-50,000 of the best and brightest healthcare IT professionals along with 1300+ exhibitors in one conference in Orlando, FL.

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Xealth

DECEMBER 30, 2022

WHO’s Global Strategy on Digital Health 2020-2025 calls out the appropriate usage of digital technologies without leaving anyone behind, ensuring digital health equity. If I had a crystal ball, I think (and HOPE!) 2023 will continue to see a focus on health equity and how digital health can help increase access to care.

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Consumer eHealth Engagement

JANUARY 12, 2023

EMR Foundation. “The technology foundation of our Digital Medicine Programs is the EMR Epic,” explains Milani. “Our patients are given clinically validated devices approved for the program, with device data flowing into the EMR.” required monitoring devices) and supported by the same clinician and coach.

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Iris Telehealth

MAY 8, 2023

Bipartisan federal legislation was introduced in 2020 to extend CCBHC programs to new states and expand the reach of currently existing CCBHCs. Today, Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) make it easier to track the number of patients served, services they receive, follow-up times for crisis calls, and more.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 17, 2021

The move accelerates the growth of Tegria, launched by Providence in October 2020 to provide next-generation technologies and services to the healthcare sector. Tegria today announced the acquisition of Cumberland, a leading healthcare consulting and services firm for payers and providers.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 18, 2020

One of the interviews I was most looking forward to at the now cancelled HIMSS 2020 annual conference was with Tom Leary, VP of Government Relations at HIMSS. I’ve found that the government relations people at organizations like HIMSS are some of the most well informed people and are fonts of knowledge on what we […].

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care innovations

AUGUST 4, 2020

Since January 2020, healthcare delivery systems around the world have been challenged in ways we never thought imaginable. Over the course of his career, Enrique has productized network management tools, partner portals, telemedicine solutions, healthcare exchanges, and a virtual scribe service integrated into EMRs.

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Digital Health Today

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

As Digital Health Tools (DHT) will be reimbursed to patients starting Q2 2020 in Germany, a few hundred of Key Opinion Leaders will gather from across Europe (and beyond) to participate in the evolution of this growing industry. It must be very exciting to be an attendee of DTx Event in Berlin , taking place December 3-4, 2019.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Street Medicine Neighborhood Health faced a significant challenge when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020. Ebony Funches from Venice Family Clinic , Villanueva shared insights and strategies for street medicine programs. With their facilities shut down and no public transportation available, they could not see the patients they care for.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 19, 2019

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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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 14, 2020

According to a survey conducted for Stanford’s 2020 Health Trends Report, which polled more than 700 physicians, residents and medical students, the industry is seeing the rise […].

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2020

The new facility is expected to open in winter 2020 and will be based in West Los Angeles. USC has announced plans to partner with AT&T to build a ‘smart’ cancer facility integrating a bunch of cutting-edge communications and data management technologies. The Lawrence J.

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Iris Telehealth

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Bipartisan federal legislation was introduced in 2020 to extend CCBHC programs to new states and expand the reach of currently existing CCBHCs. Today, Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) make it easier to track the number of patients served, services they receive, follow-up times for crisis calls, and more.

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Digital Leaders HealthTech

JANUARY 28, 2020

The best health tech powering our healthcare systems: 2010-2020. Whilst the earliest electronic medical records (EMRs) were created over 40 years ago, we’ve only seen the mass shift in health information go from analogue to digital in the past 10 years. The best health tech that will power our healthcare systems: 2020-2030.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Hard to believe that it’s almost 2020, but as we enter the new decade join us as we look back. For the 26th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, and we’re taking a look back at the last decade of Health IT.

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American Well

JULY 5, 2016

Telehealth is a phenomenon growing at breakneck pace, with some industry analysts estimating the global telehealth technology market at $18 billion and projecting 18-percent annual growth through 2020. It’s happening so fast, in fact, that adoption can sometimes outpace our grasp of exactly how providers are using telehealth.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

About Ram Krishnan Ram joined Valant in 2020 as an experienced technology executive to lead the organization through its next stage of growth.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

In early 2020, Practice Fusion agreed to pay $145 million to settle allegations that it paid out kickbacks to increase opioid prescriptions and had issues with its meaningful use EHR certification. The settlement is just one of several vendors settling with the DOJ over kickback or false claims allegations.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2024

They’re designed to make life easier for patients, and studies show they can even help reduce hospital visits, like in 2020 when heart failure patients using these portals saw fewer hospital readmissions. But there’s a catch. Despite their benefits, many patients aren’t using these portals.

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Digital Health Global

OCTOBER 20, 2023

In short, it aimed to determine if an automated prognostic model embedded in the electronic medical record (EMR) could aid in making informed decisions regarding thromboprophylaxis. Study Design This was a randomized clinical trial conducted between November 2020 and January 2022 at a single academic children’s hospital.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 9, 2023

Returning to Profitability Post-Pandemic The healthcare industry took a hard hit during the pandemic—the American Hospital Association estimates a $200 billion loss nationwide from March through June 2020. Some of the biggest hospital chains are seeing business rebound to pre-pandemic levels, but the industry as a whole has a ways to go.

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