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Hot 2020 Health Information Management and Health Information Technology Topics

Healthcare IT Today

As we head into 2020, I reached out to a number of people in Health Information Management (HIM) and Health Information Technology (HIT) to hear their thoughts on these hot topics: Social Determinants of Health (SDoH), Privacy and Security of Health Information, Medical Coding Standards, and Patient Matching.

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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

To help out, we reached out to our amazing Healthcare IT Today Community to see which healthcare regulations they foresee having a big impact on healthcare IT. The No Surprises Act was signed into law in 2020 and took effect last year. The following is what they had to say.

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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

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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Lessons From a Ransomware Attack: The Importance of Partnership & Collaboration

Healthcare IT Today

Add to the scenario a global pandemic that is steadily ravaging the nation’s healthcare system. On October 27, 2020, Sky Lakes Medical Center went dark. In a matter of hours, Sky Lakes became a healthcare facility without email, financial and clinical systems, or electronic medical records. However, we got to work.

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Maimonides Medical Center completes massive digital health initiative in two years

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

It was an early adopter of electronic health records and sponsored one of New York State's first health information exchanges. In 2018, Maimonides' leadership established digital health as a strategic priority for the medical center. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. THE PROBLEM.

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QHINs Will Help Shine a Light on Data Quality

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There has been a lot of activity and news coverage of Qualified Health Information Networks, or QHINs, recently. Healthcare IT Today had the chance to ask Charlie Harp, CEO of Clinical Architecture , for his perspective via email. An analogy I use for people not steeped in healthcare is air travel. But what are they?

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Hospital IT leaders talk lessons learned from a tough pandemic year

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

This feature story is the first in a series that will highlight how IT leaders managed the myriad challenges of 2020 – and how they plan to build from those lessons toward a better and more resilient future, this year and beyond. Tina Esposito, chief health information officer at Advocate Aurora Health, based in Downers Grove, Illinois.