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Reducing Administrative Costs Within US Healthcare: A Summary

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Published in the March of 2020, the policy proposal “ Reducing Administrative Costs in U.S. Health Care ” by David Cutler for the Hamilton Project at Brookings outlines a detailed perspective on how to understand and alleviate the weight of unnecessary healthcare spending. Health Care.” 2020, [link].

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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

The announced noted that M*Modal parent company 3M Health Information Systems, virtual primary care provider Babylon, and ScribeEMR are early adopters of HealthScribe. Partnerships Care coordination company Quantum Health is integrating Kindbody in-person and online fertility care into its offering.

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Bonus Features – December 17, 2023 – 97% of hospitals now capable of enabling electronic access to patient records, 70% of hospitals face hidden business continuity challenge, plus 31 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

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. News In a blog post, ONC highlighted trends in patient access to electronic health information.

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Shaping the future of health technologies

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The best health tech powering our healthcare systems: 2010-2020. Digital health records. Patient information is the currency through which health systems process, exchange, and interpret information. You can now search for health information online, simply by typing in your symptoms.

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Patient Portals Improve Healthcare Outcomes. So, Why Don’t Patients Use Them?

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Oakkar Oakkar, Co-Founder and CEO at Keona Health Imagine a tool that puts your health information right at your fingertips. In an age where data breaches are common, some patients are hesitant to put their health information online. Then there’s the worry about privacy.

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3 Ways to Achieve HIPAA-Compliant Communication for Behavioral Health

Healthcare IT Today

First, email addresses are often mistyped, which can result in dangerous disclosures of protected health information (PHI). As a result, email communications can more easily be intercepted by third parties than information conveyed through a secure web portal.

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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

The No Surprises Act was signed into law in 2020 and took effect last year. Many hospitals, health systems, and health plans still don’t have employees trained and don’t have the proper policies, procedures, and tech tools in place to be compliant, even with the two years of runway that was provided by legislators.