Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 30, 2019

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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

"In the beginning of the pandemic, we also used FaceTime and Duo under the HIPAA waiver," East recalled. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. Healthcare IT News recently compiled a comprehensive list of these vendors with detailed descriptions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 26, 2021

In early 2020, when the pandemic changed the medical center's in-person workflows overnight, the facility needed a quick and easy-to-use telehealth solution that allowed staff to continue to see established patients during lockdowns. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The Bend clinic installed an electronic health record in 2004 and has a long history of adopting health IT. Charles Health System, the Bend clinic installed an Epic EHR. It went live on Epic on January 23, 2020. And there are numerous vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 12, 2022

"Operationalizing this took a significant effort, and as MCHS closed facilities due to the pandemic starting on March 16, 2020, teams from across MCHS stopped work on other projects to launch telehealth services to meet our needs for COVID-19." " MCHS anticipates a similar volume in 2021 to what it saw in 2020.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 26, 2021

This was in addition to a massive acceleration of digital transformation, including a thousand-fold surge in telehealth visits from veterans from March through June 2020. Still, "the fragmentation of the healthcare industry on the supply side and the demand side is the biggest challenge we all face," said Micky Tripathi, U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

But I believe that the ATA’s careful brick-laying, their forging of bonds with policy-makers and health care leaders, their patient education, made it easier for providers to adopt telemedicine quickly in the Spring of 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic required it. HIPAA was last revised in 2013.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 30, 2024

While COVID-19 sparked many challenges for healthcare providers across the USA, it highlighted technology’s essential role in patient communication and engagement. In fact, in 2020, research found that just under half of the US population used tech to communicate with their healthcare providers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 26, 2020

In order to provide needed services in rural communities where professional behavioral health services are virtually unavailable, Bridge needed to provide services via telehealth. Bridge evaluated a few HIPAA-compliant telehealth programs and Zoom’s was determined the best and most cost-effective for the agency’s purposes.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 15, 2023

THE PROBLEM Prior to 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic, there were federal and state policies in place that discouraged FQHCs like Ryan Health from adopting telehealth services due to payment restrictions. " Prior to March 2020, only a few providers or employees were connecting remotely. Click here to read the special report.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 29, 2023

According to the IBM “Cost of a data breach 2022” report , the cost of a breach in the healthcare industry went up 42% since 2020. For the 12th year in a row, healthcare had the highest average data breach cost of any industry. The average cost of a healthcare data breach in 2022 jumped $1 million to a record high of $10.1

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 12, 2021

"The most important result we have achieved is we have been able to meaningfully and effectively remain connected to our patients since March 2020 using telehealth solutions." "Both vendors are HIPAA-compliant and work with healthcare providers nationally. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

” The only HIPAA-compliant vendor Upstate had immediate access to and currently was using was WebEx. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. Healthcare IT News recently compiled a comprehensive list of these vendors with detailed descriptions. MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 23, 2022

MaineGeneral Health in Augusta had high, rising readmission rates for congestive heart failure. In January 2020, the organization launched a remote patient monitoring pilot, working with vendor Health Recovery Solutions to monitor CHF patients after discharge from the hospital. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 6, 2022

" Before the pandemic hit in March 2020, El Camino had moved in the direction of telehealth, but virtual care was still a tool the hospital did not yet have. We selected Amwell as our telehealth vendor and planned to initiate implementation during the first quarter of 2020." Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 20, 2020

COVID-19 arrived in Maine on March 12, 2020. For the safety of patients, Portland Community Health Center postponed all in-person appointments that were not considered essential by federal and state guidelines. To address this problem, the health center started using telehealth. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 3, 2020

Children’s Hospital’s telemedicine platform vendor has been Vidyo, and the platform was integrated with the organization’s Epic electronic health record. The organization also uses a custom-developed, HIPAA-compliant photo-sharing platform. March-June 2020, total visits, 60,444. ” MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 12, 2023

Founded within the innovation department at Boston Children’s Hospital and spun out in 2020, Dock addressed an internal need to better collaborate between the clinical and administrative halves of care delivery. “We

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 28, 2020

There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. Healthcare IT News recently compiled a comprehensive list of these vendors with detailed descriptions. As a standalone, HIPAA-compliant telemedicine platform, Doxy.me Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 19, 2020

Purchasing devices and platforms due to pricing was a concern, and HIPAA-compliant platforms and cybersecurity [were concerns] for PHI/patient safety." There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City has had a serious challenge throughout 2020: to keep in touch with patients who do not have COVID-19 during the pandemic. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 23, 2021

The pandemic has created an atmosphere in healthcare unlike anything seen before in modern times. It has set the stage for CIOs and other health IT executives to rethink their approach to accomplishing new tasks. The external network was instrumental in validating our ideas and plans for execution after I joined Harris in May 2020.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

For example, the company displayed a seal at the bottom of its telehealth services homepage which falsely suggested that it complied with HIPAA. What’s more, the company never put adequate policies to protect personal health information into place, according to the proposed settlement.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The provider organization made the switch-over from in-person care to telemedicine at the onset of COVID nearly instantaneously, literally between a Friday and Monday in March 2020. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 5, 2022

However, according to ONC Data Brief #57 from Sept 2021 , only 38% of individuals nationwide reported that they accessed their portal at least once in 2020. To use this type of automated solution, the patient agrees to receive emails about their encounters from the healthcare organization.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 16, 2024

Let’s look at four ways AIOps can help fulfill the potential of AI in healthcare: Complete Visibility Into the IT Environment Modern healthcare organizations have highly complicated technology stacks, encompassing networks, databases, applications, medical devices, connected sensors, and more.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 22, 2020

A January 2020 survey by the American College of Physicians (ACP) showed an increase in usage […]. The following is a guest article by Gerry Blass, President and CEO at ComplyAssistant and Donna Grindle, Founder and CEO at Kardon. Even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of telehealth applications and services was on the rise.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 2, 2020

" Lionel Yu, Garfield Health Center. “OTTO uses HIPAA-compliant encryption, so the patient data is secure and confidential,” Yu said. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. Data for October 2020 shows a no-show rate of less than 5% for telehealth visits.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. Healthcare IT News recently compiled a comprehensive list of these vendors with detailed descriptions. Are the devices/software HIPAA-compliant? Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. MARKETPLACE. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 19, 2021

The Indiana Hernia Center turned to health IT vendor Klara to help power its ideals. The deployment of healthcare IT has been less than optimal. Most patients feel that the technology is pushing them away and disrupting their normal expectations of the healthcare experience, Szotek said. Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 23, 2021

"There was a complete lack of integration with existing clinical workflows and the EHR, which meant that these visits were disconnected from the established health IT environment," he said. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. " The clinical workflows were equally problematic. " RESULTS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

Editor’s Note: This feature story initially was published on May 6, 2020. Hospitals across the nation are using connected health and RPM to great effect during the pandemic. Vivify Health is offering unlimited use of the COVID-19 Screening pathway to providers at no cost. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 31, 2020

Community-healthcare-systems vendor CPSI has launched TalkWithYourDoc.com, designed to be an effective alternative to face-to-face medical visits for patients and doctors amidst the COVID-19 crisis. The goal is to enable safe and comprehensive virtual medical visits between patients and healthcare providers. WHY IT MATTERS.

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