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Bonus Features – July 31, 2022 – House passes bill to extend telehealth flexibility to 2024, only 60% of practices hit their 2021 revenue goal, and more

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. Partnerships.

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The Rise of Chat in Healthcare and Remaining Concerns

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Although widely used in many other industries, its adoption is just beginning to take off in healthcare. In fact, as healthcare leaders increasingly prioritize patient access , chat’s success in other businesses has spurred the rapid onboarding of chat solutions to help address healthcare-specific engagement and accessibility challenges.

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Zoom is helping MaineGeneral Health boost its telehealth success

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Healthcare IT News interviewed Laura Mrazik, manager of telehealth at MaineGeneral Health, to discuss best uses and best practices with Zoom so others can learn from MaineGeneral's lessons. In early 2021, Zoom had done a great job highlighting the security measures they had taken to ensure HIPAA compliance for health system clients.

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At Nicklaus Children's, successful telehealth expansion depends on customer input

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The majority of virtual care services at NCHS have been delivered through its proprietary, encrypted HIPAA-compliant telehealth app – which came in handy when COVID-19 began slamming the United States. Even as nationwide utilization of telemedicine decreased , Terrell says volumes were sustained in 2021. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Kyruus Announces Acquisition of Leading Digital Patient Engagement Company, Epion Health

Healthcare IT Today

Kyruus—backed by an experienced set of investors, including Highland Capital Partners, Venrock, Francisco Partners, Providence Ventures, Cambia Health Solutions, UPMC Enterprises, and Salesforce Ventures—is acquiring Epion on the heels of record growth and the addition of HealthSparq in 2021. “We About Epion Health.

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How Healthcare Organizations Can Overcome Low Adoption Rates of Patient Portal Users?

Healthcare IT Today

Since this information is available in an electronic format, there is no need for the staff to waste time and effort printing out large volumes of patient information that may or may not be read. To use this type of automated solution, the patient agrees to receive emails about their encounters from the healthcare organization.

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Using AI Responsibly and Ethically in Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

Will healthcare organizations sacrifice data privacy as they implement and rely more on AI? In 2021, healthcare data breaches impacted 45 million people. million patients. increase from 2021. It can increase and enhance data analysis to improve patient experiences and outcomes. Consider the numbers.