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CMS issues guidance for new telehealth eCQM reporting in 2020 and 2021

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The 39 telehealth-eligible eCQMs for the 2021 performance period can be found here. Healthcare IT News is a publication of HIMSS Media. The eCQM specifications "are final and are not subject to revision for the 2020 performance period," agency officials said. " Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN.

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Top 10 Healthcare IT News stories of 2020

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Ongoing interoperability challenges as testing sites, labs, providers, payers and public health agencies tried to manage fast-moving waves of new patient data. In the meantime, here are some of the most-read Healthcare IT News stories of 2020 so far. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication. Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN.

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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?” " Payers may wrestle with how to reimburse and, in some cases, provide virtual care.

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Pandemic preparedness is a national security issue, say experts at HIMSS21

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Dr. David Bates, chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care at Brigham and Women's Hospital, compared the priorities set out by the declaration to the real-world response to the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in the United States. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Weekly Roundup – September 3, 2022

Healthcare IT Today

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Unpacking Healthcare’s IT Infrastructure Needs. Read more… What Are the Industry’s Interoperability Infrastructure Needs ?

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

Healthcare IT Today

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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6 challenges healthtech can help us tackle – Pt.1

Digital Health Global

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.