2022, Healthcare IT, Interoperability and Medicare

Why Electronic Health Record Interoperability is a Key Step Toward Fair Drug Prices

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 10, 2022

With recent legislation allowing Medicare to negotiate prices, it’s likely that the movement will grow , given the high and constantly rising costs of pharmaceuticals, especially gene therapies and other innovative or personalized drugs. EHR interoperability will also help empower patients.

Interoperability

Interoperability EHR Pharmaceuticals Medicare

What's ahead for health IT policy and legislation in 2023

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 23, 2023

With Congress providing telehealth waivers as part of its omnibus spending bill at the close of 2022, delaying the "telehealth cliff" for two years, HIMSS says it's now ready to make the case for permanent reimbursement of virtual care. We now have three years of data on the impact to the Medicare Trust Fund," he said.

Health IT

Health IT Telehealth Interoperability Medicare

Bonus Features – May 5, 2024 – Kaiser Permanente taps Innovaccer (and former CTO) for AI, report finds security flaws in Merge DICOM Toolkit, plus 18 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 5, 2024

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.

RCM

RCM Healthcare IT Primary Care Interoperability

Prior Authorization Takes a Leap Forward in CMS Regulation

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have taken a bold step by mandating a standard for prior authorization. In a 2022 American Medical Association physician survey , 88% of providers said that the burden of doing prior authorization was high or extremely high. But that is an ideal far off in the future.

FHIR

FHIR Interoperability Medicare Healthcare IT

Bonus Features – May 7, 2023 – Less than 1% of all medical claims include an ICD-10 Z code, 78% of consumers say virtual health is important when considering health plans, and more

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 7, 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.

RCM

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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. Medicare saved $1.6

FHIR

FHIR Interoperability Medicare Accountable Care

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

DECEMBER 17, 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.

Leadership

Leadership HIE Nursing Life Science

Altera Digital Health and Bergen New Bridge Medical Center Expand Partnership

Digital Health Global

APRIL 6, 2023

In May 2022, Altera joined N. Harris Computer Corporation (Harris) as a business unit under Harris Healthcare through the acquisition of Allscripts Hospitals and Large Physician Practices business segment. I look forward to growing our organizations together in the years to come.”

Digital Health

Digital Health EHR Mental health Interoperability

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.

EHR

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Impetus and Edict: What the Latest CMS Data Standards Mean for EHRs – Regulatory Talk Series

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The latest policy update from The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) adds key provisions to the December 2022 proposed rule requiring adoption of a new NCPDP SCRIPT standard version. As something of a space nerd, I find the parallels between interoperability and space exploration striking.

EHR

EHR Interoperability Medicare Health Information

UpStream Raises $140 Million Series B Round to Scale Value-Based Care Model Nationwide

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The round was co-led by technology and global growth investors Coatue and Dragoneer with additional participation from other top healthcare and technology investors, including Avidity Partners, Define Ventures, and Mubadala. Originally announced December 1st, 2022. For more information, please visit upstream.care.

Primary Care

Primary Care Medicare Interoperability Nursing

Bonus Features – September 4, 2022 – CIOs struggling to retain talent and seek flexible staffing models, Sequioa Project set to begin receiving QHIN applications Oct. 3, and more,

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 4, 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.

Psychiatry

Psychiatry HIE Healthcare IT Leadership

Not All QHINs Will Be Created Equal

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2022

For the health IT community, 2022 has been a big year. . For federal agencies and state and regional exchanges, this is an excellent time to demonstrate leadership in interoperability by joining a network that will likely provide a ready on-ramp to TEFCA. healthcare system has ample reason to support the implementation of TEFCA.

HIE

HIE eHealth Interoperability Health Information

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. Staffing issues, record losses, and burnout continued to plague the healthcare industry in 2022. Healthcare Information Exchanges (HIEs) will continue to evolve in 2023.

Health IT

Health IT Nursing HC Patient Experience

Healthcare Fragmentation Isn’t So Bad, If It Comes with Better Outcomes

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 4, 2023

Data, especially in an increasingly personalized healthcare system, is inevitably siloed. Healthcare providers maintain different systems than payers, as do government entities like Medicare and Medicaid. Healthcare interoperability is the ultimate goal. billion in 2014.

Primary Care

Primary Care Telehealth Interoperability Healthcare Innovation

2023 may bring progress in SDOH tech, telehealth and interoperability

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Despite innovations, a new study from the Yale School of Public Health finds the nation is losing ground on access to healthcare, with more barriers now than 20 years ago. Sherry discusses top examples of health equity in action in 2022 and what more needs to be done to break down barriers to care.

Interoperability

Interoperability Telehealth Telemedicine Healthcare Innovation

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

Interoperability

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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

Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: An Introduction

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) program, used by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to rate hospitals, now contain two measures of SDoH. ” (page 25) A similar call for equity through the use of SDoH data, including community engagement, was made in an IBM paper in 2022.

Public Health

Public Health HIE Medicare Health IT

Health IT – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 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. 2) Over 60% of pediatricians said that they were burnt out and unhappy in their current practice in 2022.

Health IT

Health IT Primary Care Digital Health Mental health

Healthcare Consumerism – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 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. Healthcare Analytics and Interoperability. Healthcare Consumerism. John and Colin’s 2023 Healthcare IT Predictions. Health Equity and SDoH.

Health IT

Health IT Patient Experience Mental health Private practice

The intersection of remote patient monitoring and AI

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 25, 2022

She has written four books, including The Patient as CEO: How Technology Empowers the Healthcare Consumer and, most recently, How AI Can Democratize Healthcare: The Rise in Digital Care. Healthcare IT News spoke with Farmanfarmaian to discuss where AI is impacting remote patient monitoring today, and how AI can democratize healthcare.

BioTech

BioTech EHR Medicare Interoperability

Connected Health Pulse

Why Electronic Health Record Interoperability is a Key Step Toward Fair Drug Prices

What's ahead for health IT policy and legislation in 2023

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Bonus Features – May 5, 2024 – Kaiser Permanente taps Innovaccer (and former CTO) for AI, report finds security flaws in Merge DICOM Toolkit, plus 18 more stories

Prior Authorization Takes a Leap Forward in CMS Regulation

Bonus Features – May 7, 2023 – Less than 1% of all medical claims include an ICD-10 Z code, 78% of consumers say virtual health is important when considering health plans, and more

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

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

Altera Digital Health and Bergen New Bridge Medical Center Expand Partnership

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

Impetus and Edict: What the Latest CMS Data Standards Mean for EHRs – Regulatory Talk Series

UpStream Raises $140 Million Series B Round to Scale Value-Based Care Model Nationwide

Bonus Features – September 4, 2022 – CIOs struggling to retain talent and seek flexible staffing models, Sequioa Project set to begin receiving QHIN applications Oct. 3, and more,

Not All QHINs Will Be Created Equal

Healthcare Workforce – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare Fragmentation Isn’t So Bad, If It Comes with Better Outcomes

2023 may bring progress in SDOH tech, telehealth and interoperability

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

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

Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: An Introduction

Health IT – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare Consumerism – 2023 Health IT Predictions

The intersection of remote patient monitoring and AI

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