2021, EHR, Healthcare IT and Interoperability

Electronic Health Records (EHR): How to Achieve Healthcare Data Accuracy with Artificial Intelligence

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 6, 2024

The following is a guest article by Ann Krutsko, Healthcare IT Researcher at ScienceSoft In healthcare, working with inaccurate patient data is a dangerous game. Electronic Health Records (EHRs) were designed to streamline operations and improve coordination across healthcare systems.

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Health IT Investment: The Next Five Years

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

By Bill Siwicki | November 15, 2021. News Interoperability: Where it's headed, and where IT leaders will be investing Five CIOs, a COO and a CMIO chart a course for the complex demands of data exchange, and discuss. By Bill Siwicki | November 01, 2021. By Bill Siwicki | October 18, 2021.

Health IT

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Health IT execs offer thoughts on the big issues of 2021

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 31, 2020

As vaccines continue to roll out, requiring meticulous record-keeping and specialized shipping and storage conditions (and that's to say nothing of the ongoing critical need for PPE and other lifesaving equipment) nowhere are interoperability and data visibility more important than with healthcare supply chains.

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A Look At DirectTrust’s Work in Healthcare Interoperability

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 4, 2021

After hearing about DirectTrust passing the 2 billion message mark, we thought it would be valuable for readers to learn more about DirectTrust and the healthcare interoperability work their non-profit is doing.

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HIMSS names 2021 Changemaker Award winners

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 3, 2021

HIMSS this week has unveiled the list of the first recipients of its 2021 HIMSS Changemaker Awards. Department of Veterans Affairs' effort to modernize its IT systems and create an interoperable EHR shared among VA, the Department of Defense, the U.S. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication. Abu Dhabi, UAE.

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Here are the major issues facing healthcare in 2021, according to PwC

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

This is according to a new annual report from research and consulting giant PwC entitled “Top health industry issues of 2021: Will a shocked system emerge stronger?” ” Sixty-eight percent of provider executives surveyed by HRI said they plan to use more care navigators and coordinators in 2021.

Life Science

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Global Healthcare Informatics Market Trends, Forecasts and Competitive Strategies, 2021-2022 & 2023-2031

Digital Health Global

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The healthcare informatics market is set to experience a robust CAGR of 13% from 2023 to 2031, fueled by technological progress, surging demand for efficient healthcare systems, and an intensified focus on digitization and data management in the healthcare sector.

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6 challenges healthtech can help us tackle – Pt.1

Digital Health Global

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Overall, we can positively say that a new mindset has been established: healthtech is no longer seen as a nice-to-have “add-on” to healthcare. It is a key ally in the effort to make healthcare more accessible, agile and effective. Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are the obvious solution to the issue.

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Peeking Ahead to 2021, Healthcare Leaders Moving to Cloud Find More Value and Less Risk

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 7, 2021

The healthcare industry has been hesitant to adopt cloud solutions- asking tough questions about return on investment, security, and data governance. As we peek ahead to 2021, we are seeing significant momentum and interest in cloud. In 2019, the global Healthcare Cloud Computing […].

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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

AUGUST 6, 2023

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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Data Quality Scrutiny, SDoH, Value-Based Care…What are the New Healthcare Truths of 2023?

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 23, 2023

Many facets of healthcare remained in a state of flux at the close of 2022, as care practices that started during the pandemic found their way into the mainstream, and enthusiasm for new data sources and interoperability outpaced the realities of implementation. Be sure to check out last year’s New Healthcare Truths of 2022 ) 1.

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Bonus Features – July 9, 2023 – Providers spend 11% less time writing clinical notes than they did three years ago, 54% of surgeons unsure about first-to-market products, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 9, 2023

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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Intelerad Acquires Life Image, Establishing the Clear Medical Image Exchange Market Leader and Path to a Global Open Image Exchange Network

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

“Bringing together two of the industry’s leading image exchange providers further solidifies Intelerad’s commitment to helping clinicians and patients lead the revolution in imaging from a world of siloed PACS to a future of interoperable image exchange.”. Leading healthcare systems have been pushing for seamless interoperability. “At

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Bonus Features – September 18, 2022 – HIMSS and WHO to collaborate on digital health, inpatient admissions for pediatric mental health up 60% since 2016, and more

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

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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Bonus Features – January 29, 2023 – ONC says more than 70% of hospitals can use external data at the point of care, the 3 largest health info networks have indexed 90% of patients, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 29, 2023

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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Healthcare Interoperability, Data, and Cloud – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. Traditionally, we think about interoperability as HIEs (health information exchanges), but in 2024 I expect to see new models emerge.

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DocSpera Raises $10 Million to Accelerate Commercialization of Automated Surgical Workflow Solutions to Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgery Centers

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 3, 2022

“Our experiences, recent market dynamics in the overall healthcare system, and constrained supply chains, reinforce the company’s value proposition across providers, suppliers, and ultimately patients.”. DocSpera is interoperable and partners with over 30 EMRs and critical systems.

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Revolutionizing Healthcare: The Role of Informatics

BHM Healthcare Solutions

JUNE 30, 2023

The field encompasses a wide range of technologies, such as electronic health records (EHRs) , clinical decision support systems (CDSS), telemedicine, and health data analytics. Additionally, healthcare professionals need to be trained in the use of informatics tools and technologies to maximize their benefits. 2021, January 15).

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Healthy Data Management: How IT Assists Healthcare Institutions

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Storage of Information in Various Systems While serving diverse medical institution needs, Electronic Health Records (EHR) and Electronic Medical Records (EMR) parallel existence complicates information access and exchange between doctors, patients, and different medical centers.

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Bonus Features – January 15, 2023 – 80% of consumers want a clearer process for dealing with billing errors, USCDI update would add 20 more elements, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 15, 2023

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. News and Studies.

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Top Healthcare IT Today Resources, Articles, Videos, and Podcasts

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 2, 2023

Most Visited Healthcare IT Resource Pages. Healthcare IT and EHR Conferences and Events. Healthcare GIS. Most Visited Healthcare IT Today Articles Published in 2022. 2022 Predictions for Healthcare Interoperability – A third predictions post doing so well. Check out our top resource pages.

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How Automated Lineage Improves Healthcare Data

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 27, 2023

A Proactive Approach to Data Incidents Data incidents significantly impact healthcare organizations. For the 12th year running, healthcare has surpassed other industries with the highest average data breach cost: $10.1 In 2021, breaches affected more than 50 million patient records , with an average of 132 days before detection.

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Healthcare Workforce – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. Instead, we anticipate a more mix and match, custom approach to EHRs. Healthcare Information Exchanges (HIEs) will continue to evolve in 2023.

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Redox unwraps interoperability in 2023

Redox

DECEMBER 21, 2022

At the close of last year, I called 2021 “ another weird one” but it seems that “weird” may be the new normal as 2022 was just as weird, albeit for very different reasons. A few things seemed to proceed as expected, including the adoption of FHIR standards across the EHR market base, but much was rather unexpected. See you over there.

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At HIMSS22, Microsoft and Salesforce expand their healthcare offerings

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 16, 2022

Combined with the recent close of its acquisition of Nuance Communications, Microsoft seeks to amplify healthcare organizations' ability to help others by leveraging artificial intelligence to address the biggest challenges transforming the future of healthcare. Interoperability for better outcomes and clinical advances.

Life Science

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Health Privacy and Security in the Time of TEFCA: Raising the Bar for Trusted Exchange

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 20, 2023

In fact, Health Gorilla’s 2023 State of Interoperability Report found that 91 percent of health system CIOs support TEFCA but 58 percent expressed the need for more protection and guardrails around the data. million in 2021 – and 35 percent more patients were impacted in the second half of 2022. million in 2019 to 28.5

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Collaborating for Compliance: Helping Actors Comply with Cures Act Final Rule

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The following is a guest article by Lauren Riplinger, Vice President of Policy and Government Affairs at the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).

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Cleveland Clinic's virtual second opinions shown to impact patient care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In 2021, the clinic commissioned third-party research to perform an independent review measuring the impact of our virtual second opinion program. Using the Care Everywhere feature, the EHR ingests records from other participating healthcare institutions directly into the master patient record. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Bonus Features – April 23, 2023 – 77% of doctors are confident in a chatbot’s ability to assess patients’ symptoms, only 7% of executives very satisfied with patient-facing payment products, plus additional news from HIMSS 2023

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 23, 2023

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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CIOs at children's hospitals share lessons from a year of turmoil

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 26, 2021

That's the theme of this ongoing feature story series, where Healthcare IT News talks with IT leaders to focus on new lessons learned and how the executives will be applying those lessons today and into the future. EHR evolution – not fast enough. You can read past installments at this special theme portal.

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Bonus Features – March 26, 2023 – Epic sees “tremendous potential” for GPT, more than 90% of patients want self-scheduling, and more

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 26, 2023

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. from 2021 to 2022.

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Bonus Features – January 8, 2023 – Omnibus bill extends telehealth expansion through end of 2024, 60% of solution providers pouring all event marketing money into in-person events, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 8, 2023

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.

Telehealth

Telehealth Primary Care Healthcare IT Leadership

Bonus Features – December 18, 2022 – Half of Americans avoiding hospitals due to staffing shortages, 62% of patients don’t trust health plan info when searching for providers, and much more

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 18, 2022

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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Electronic Prescribing for Controlled Substances Set to Take Off

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Kelly says that a federal bill in 2021 required EPCS for Medicare prescriptions. Integration with the EHR and electronic prescribing networks, such as Surescripts, allows prescriptions to be transmitted seamlessly to the pharmacy. In general, electronic prescriptions have been a singular area of success in digital healthcare.

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Cybersecurity: Hoping for the Best, but Preparing for the Worst

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 31, 2023

We reached out to our incredibly talented Healthcare IT Today Community for these answers. The following is what they had to say on how to stay safe and can be used as a little check list for your healthcare cybersecurity efforts. It should come as no surprise that as healthcare breaches rise, so has the average cost to mitigate them.

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How Can Health IT Help Reform the CDC?

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Paths to Interoperability A recent article exposes the woeful silo-ing of public health: Data often has to be faxed and re-entered into new systems manually. For data reporting, Diameter Health improved lab data to adhere to standard and interoperable formats. This article summarizes their responses. to make a recommendation.

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Connected Health Pulse

Electronic Health Records (EHR): How to Achieve Healthcare Data Accuracy with Artificial Intelligence

Health IT Investment: The Next Five Years

Trending Sources

Top 10 Healthcare IT News stories of 2020

Health IT execs offer thoughts on the big issues of 2021

A Look At DirectTrust’s Work in Healthcare Interoperability

HIMSS names 2021 Changemaker Award winners

Here are the major issues facing healthcare in 2021, according to PwC

Global Healthcare Informatics Market Trends, Forecasts and Competitive Strategies, 2021-2022 & 2023-2031

6 challenges healthtech can help us tackle – Pt.1

Peeking Ahead to 2021, Healthcare Leaders Moving to Cloud Find More Value and Less Risk

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

Data Quality Scrutiny, SDoH, Value-Based Care…What are the New Healthcare Truths of 2023?

Bonus Features – July 9, 2023 – Providers spend 11% less time writing clinical notes than they did three years ago, 54% of surgeons unsure about first-to-market products, and more

Intelerad Acquires Life Image, Establishing the Clear Medical Image Exchange Market Leader and Path to a Global Open Image Exchange Network

Bonus Features – September 18, 2022 – HIMSS and WHO to collaborate on digital health, inpatient admissions for pediatric mental health up 60% since 2016, and more

Bonus Features – January 29, 2023 – ONC says more than 70% of hospitals can use external data at the point of care, the 3 largest health info networks have indexed 90% of patients, and more

Healthcare Interoperability, Data, and Cloud – 2024 Health IT Predictions

DocSpera Raises $10 Million to Accelerate Commercialization of Automated Surgical Workflow Solutions to Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgery Centers

Revolutionizing Healthcare: The Role of Informatics

Healthy Data Management: How IT Assists Healthcare Institutions

Bonus Features – January 15, 2023 – 80% of consumers want a clearer process for dealing with billing errors, USCDI update would add 20 more elements, and more

Top Healthcare IT Today Resources, Articles, Videos, and Podcasts

How Automated Lineage Improves Healthcare Data

Healthcare Workforce – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Redox unwraps interoperability in 2023

At HIMSS22, Microsoft and Salesforce expand their healthcare offerings

Health Privacy and Security in the Time of TEFCA: Raising the Bar for Trusted Exchange

Collaborating for Compliance: Helping Actors Comply with Cures Act Final Rule

Cleveland Clinic's virtual second opinions shown to impact patient care

Bonus Features – April 23, 2023 – 77% of doctors are confident in a chatbot’s ability to assess patients’ symptoms, only 7% of executives very satisfied with patient-facing payment products, plus additional news from HIMSS 2023

CIOs at children's hospitals share lessons from a year of turmoil

Bonus Features – March 26, 2023 – Epic sees “tremendous potential” for GPT, more than 90% of patients want self-scheduling, and more

Bonus Features – January 8, 2023 – Omnibus bill extends telehealth expansion through end of 2024, 60% of solution providers pouring all event marketing money into in-person events, and more

Bonus Features – December 18, 2022 – Half of Americans avoiding hospitals due to staffing shortages, 62% of patients don’t trust health plan info when searching for providers, and much more

Electronic Prescribing for Controlled Substances Set to Take Off

Cybersecurity: Hoping for the Best, but Preparing for the Worst

How Can Health IT Help Reform the CDC?

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