Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 2, 2023

News and Announcements from NextGen UGM 2023. Colin Hung attended the vendor’s User Group Meeting and provided a recap of the event, where NextGen discussed an AI-powered ambient voice assistant and a Luma Health partnership to power patient self-scheduling. Read more… Getting the Patient Into the Office at Sun Life Health.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 21, 2023

Fortunately, Andy found that machine learning helps health systems streamline discharge , identifying factors ranging from overdue tests to needed social services to the likelihood that a patient will need to go to a skilled nursing facility. Read more… Understanding Where EHRs Are Headed in 2023.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 20, 2023

Health Gorilla and LexisNexis Risk Solutions are working to make SDoH data actionable , John found out in an interview with Avery Haller (Health Gorilla) and Diana Zuskov (LexisNexis). Read more… Hearing From Our Health IT Friend on Capitol Hill. Read more… Why Greenway Is Emphasizing EHR Optimization.

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Xealth

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

We heard from the Mace family, a couple who experienced first hand the difficulties with health data exchange after Tristan (26 yo M) had to undergo an emergency heart transplant after experiencing a catastrophic cardiac event. The post Xealth’s Recap from Oracle Health Conference 2023 appeared first on Xealth.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 18, 2023

Andy Oram talked to Cam Holt at Weave about modernizing patient intake forms with digital tools that can pull patient data from EHRs (via API integrations) and give practices the option to customize forms for their own needs. Read more… BetterHelp Hit With $8M Fine Over Patient Data Sharing Lapses. The FTC also seeks $7.8

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Studies and Reports So far in 2023, only 24% of healthcare organizations were able to disrupt a ransomware attack before attackers encrypted their data , according to a Sophos survey. Partnerships EHR workflow automation tool Clinical Data Connector from Odesso Health is now available on the athenahealth and Appian marketplaces.

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Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2024

While the health care industry in general commands a somewhat higher level of trust among Americans than some other sectors do, there is variation in trust-equity across various segments of the U.S. health care ecosystem. The 2023 Edelman Trust Barometer gauged U.S. The 2023 Edelman Trust Barometer gauged U.S.

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Mend

AUGUST 22, 2023

Discover the best practices for collecting mental health intake forms in 2023. Mental health intake forms furnish essential information for providers and care teams. Records release authorization form: A patient can use this form to allow the sharing of mental health data with specific people that they choose.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 14, 2023

At the recent HIMSS 2023 conference, a panel of QHINs shared their perspectives on what’s happening in a session called “Real Talk: TEFCA, Evolution or Revolution in Health Care Interoperability? Looking forward to this great panel: Real Talk: TEFCA, Evolution or Revolution in Health Care Interoperability?

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 4, 2023

Given the nation’s lack of lab data standards, there are 40 different ways to code a negative PCR test result. Andy Oram discussed how adopting FHIR should be a no-brainer for better public health data collection and sharing – and how that must be followed up with standards for what data should be collected and shared.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 26, 2023

We’ve only seen a few times where something has dramatically changed the EHR product roadmap. The first time this happened was when the HITECH act and associated $36 billion of stimulus money was included to stimulate adoption of EHR software. In order to get access to that stimulus money, you had to use a certified EHR.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 20, 2023

AVIA added RUSH, MUSC Health, and United Regional Health Care System to its network. Health Plan Alliance selected 1upHealth as its preferred health data interoperability vendor. Products Consensus Cloud Solutions launched Clarity Clinical Documentation , which routes unstructured data into patient records.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 16, 2023

News The Sequoia Project and AHIMA are co-sponsoring the Data Usability Taking Root initiative , which will aim to implement data usability guidance published by a Sequoia Project workgroup with input form more than 260 organizations. Supporting organizations include Epic, the HIMSS EHR Association and HCA Healthcare.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 2, 2023

The FCC is updating its Mapping Broadband Health in America platform to incorporate maternal health data , with the aim of identifying whether Internet connectivity is tied to disparities in maternal health outcomes and determining where interventions could have the greatest impact.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 20, 2023

As hospitals and health systems seek to dig out from particularly tough couple years for their bottom lines, the large majority are planning to boost spending on technology the next year as they continue their efforts toward digital transformation.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 9, 2023

Overall, the organization recommended taking a community-based approach to ensuring that PHI isn’t shared and used improperly while avoiding duplicative regulations or unnecessary restrictions on data sharing that’s directly tied to patient care.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Harmony Healthcare IT (HHIT) , a leading health data management and platform solution provider, today announced a significant investment from Novacap , one of North America’s premier private equity firms. This strategic partnership will accelerate HHIT’s technological contribution and expansion in health information technology.

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Xealth

APRIL 10, 2024

Integration into the EHR brings the program into clinical workflows, ensuring that care teams have instant access to vital health data. By offering Locus Health through Xealth , Children’s Wisconsin helps families and deepens the connection between patients and care teams — both within and beyond the facility walls.”

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 7, 2023

While the EHR Association has long supported the goals of the proposed rule, called Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing Proposed Rule (HTI-1), we have a number of real concerns about the impact it would have on the industry if finalized as proposed.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

We caught up with her at the 2023 American Health Information Management Association annual conference (AHIMA23). HIM professionals have a long history of sharing health information – something that Mueller hinted was “baked into our DNA”. There were 14 volunteers that would file papers.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Lastly, we wrap everything up by discussing what a health data utility (HDU) is. Here’s a preview of the topics and questions we discuss in this episode: What were the big announcements at Epic UGM 2023? What’s a health data utility (HDU)? Are TEFCA and QHINs real or are they memorex?

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 17, 2023

Over the past ten years, we’ve worked hard to integrate a care management philosophy and capabilities directly into our EHR,” said Dr. Steven Buslovich , Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Patient Pattern. The marriage of an integrated care management platform with population health data will prove to be a major differentiator for us.”

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Surveys A survey of 2,600 AHIMA members found that about 80% of healthcare organizations are collecting social determinants of health data. The bad news: Organizations face multiple challenges in collecting, coding, and using SDOH data. Plano, Texas-based Care Choice Family Clinic chose eClinicalWorks.

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Lloyd Price

JUNE 15, 2023

The CMA has until July 12, 2023 to make a decision on whether or not to approve the merger. Background: In January 2023, UnitedHealth Group announced that it would acquire EMIS Group Plc for £1.2 The CMA has until July 12, 2023 to make a decision on whether or not to approve the merger.

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Redox

MARCH 15, 2024

The answer requires establishing data standards across systems and solving usability problems—and that’s just a start. Digital Health Most Wired: National Trends 2023.” Idea with legs: The common theme among healthcare organization respondents is “accelerated data use.” EHR Intelligence.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 23, 2023

clinicians, as estimated by Paul L Wilder, Executive Director of the CommonWell Health Alliance. The alliance was a bold gesture made ten years ago by leading EHR vendors to demonstrate their commitment to data sharing. Many other health IT firms have joined CommonWell since then.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 5, 2023

About Human API Human API’s Health Intelligence Platform connects and converts health data into actionable intelligence that accelerates underwriting, improves placement rates, and creates better customer experiences. Originally announced April 25th, 2023 To learn more, visit humanapi.co.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 21, 2023

News and Research More than four in five (82%) of wearable device owners are willing to share health data with their physicians, according to a poll conducted by the Connected Health Initiative. Executives for Health Innovation will wind down operations over the remainder of the year.

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Redox

DECEMBER 21, 2023

I called 2021 weird , then 2022 just as weird , but 2023? 2023: the year where nothing changed, and yet everything changed Reflecting on our predictions from last year, we are quite baffled why we didn’t say anything about AI. Garrett thought record retrieval would rid itself of the fax machine in 2023. Decidedly weirder.

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Health Populi

APRIL 16, 2024

Their home is the site for most of their health care, with sensors in the kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, and in the car all informing Quincy’s digital phenotype that further populates data into their EHR which they control and audit. Privacy protections are assured through the GDPR which the U.S.

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Lloyd Price

AUGUST 9, 2023

The CMA is concerned that the merger could lead to UnitedHealth becoming too dominant in the market for population health management services. In March 2023, the CMA provisionally found that the merger could substantially reduce competition in the market for population health management services.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Dichotomy of Healthcare Dr. Zeev Neuwirth opened the 2023 American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA23) conference and spoke about the dichotomy of healthcare. He shared with the audience that is simultaneously frustrated at and excited by our industry.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Leveraging health data, it engages patients in real-time, addressing issues that drive poor health and high utilization of health services. While it doesn’t capture the imagination like Generative AI, Adaptive AI delivers significant value, shifting focus from data to impactful health IT.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 15, 2023

ONC released the Draft United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) v4 and its accompanying Standards Bulletin. USCDI is a standardized set of health data classes and data elements that enables data exchange across care settings. News and Studies. DrFirst promoted G.

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Xealth

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Amy Oliver, Marketing Manager It’s 2023 and as we all know, the healthcare landscape is continually evolving. A consistent headline I’ve noticed lately is around health systems struggling to keep patients engaged and losing them to competing hospitals, and non-traditional medical organizations offering more convenient and accessible care.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2023

As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. All of this year’s 2023 health IT predictions: Healthcare Security and Risk. Health Equity and SDoH. John and Colin’s 2023 Healthcare IT Predictions. Healthcare AI. Healthcare Workforce.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 9, 2023

Product enhancements based on the application of artificial intelligence (AI) featured prominently at the recent 2023 Health Centers Summit (HCS2023) hosted by eClinicalWorks. Girish Navani, CEO @eClinicalWorks kicking off the FQHC & Community Health Summit. I’m not 100% they are…yet.

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