2023, EHR, Interoperability and Mental health

Where are EHRs headed in 2023?

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2023

Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are the central technology pillar for healthcare organizations. EHRs are vital to both clinical and administrative operations. Because of that, we wanted to dedicate an entire article to where EHRs are headed in 2023. What is your prediction for the EHR market in 2023?

EHR

EHR Primary Care Interoperability Life Science

The Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2023 Are About Social, Mental and Behavioral Health

Health Populi

MARCH 14, 2023

In 2014, ECRI pivoted the title of this annual report to “patient safety concerns,” a nuance away from health technology. Fast forward to 2023 and ECRI’s latest take on the Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns 2023. Fast forward to 2023 and ECRI’s latest take on the Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns 2023.

Mental health

Mental health Nursing Health Technology Leadership

Weekly Roundup – May 20, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 20, 2023

Read more… Improving Youth Mental Health at Scale in Texas. One in six Americans aged 6-17 experience a mental health disorder each year. Read more… How Were the Spring Health IT Conferences ? Read more… Why Greenway Is Emphasizing EHR Optimization. Laurel Williams, M.D., told Colin.

Mental health

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Weekly Roundup – November 4, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Cybersecurity, privacy, and interoperability represent the biggest hurdles that vendors will need to overcome. Read more… Unpacking the Potential of Generative AI for Mental Wellness. Generative AI could support diagnosis and treatment of mental health conditions , and it can help document visits and track symptoms.

RCM

RCM EMR Mental health Healthcare IT

Clinician Burnout – Lessons from BDO’s Clinician Experience Survey for Patient Experience and Primary Care

Health Populi

OCTOBER 30, 2023

doctors, driven by turnover and understaffing, compassion fatigue, and challenges using digital tools — think EHRs. T he 2023 BDO Clinician Experience Survey “takes on” clinician burnout, connecting the strategic dots between the clinician experience and the patient experience. BDO notes that only 2 in 3 U.S.

Primary Care

Primary Care Patient Experience EHR Health Data

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

News CMS has opened the Hardship Exception application period for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) that participated in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program in 2022. Global venture capital funding was just $21 billion in April 2023 , a 56% drop from April 2022, according to Crunchbase.

RCM

RCM EHR Mental health BioTech

Healthcare Workforce – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. In order to alleviate the ongoing effects of these challenges for the long-term, providers and health systems need to truly transform the way they deliver care. Chris Baird, Chief Marketing Officer at Weave.

Health IT

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Healthcare 2030: Are We Consumers, CEOs, Health Citizens, or Castaways? 4 Scenarios On the Future of Health Care and Who We Are – Part 2

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. The community ethos bolsters social cohesion and mental health.

HC

HC Mental health Public Health Primary Care

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

KMS Healthcare launched CONNECT , an interoperability platform for developers of digital health technology. Behavioral health program provider United We Care launched its mental health and wellness coaching program in the United States. EHR and RCM vendor ModMed appointed Denise Ceule as Chief Legal Officer.

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EHR Interoperability RCM HIE

Health IT Trends that Deserve More Attention

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Nick Stepro, Chief Product & Technology Officer at Arcadia There are several trends in health IT that I see few people talking about: 1. We won’t see accelerated adoption of interoperability standards (e.g., Ultimately, this will help improve payer-provider relations. FHIR, HL7).

Health IT

Health IT Interoperability Mental health FHIR

Digital Health at the Turn of 2024

Digital Health Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Food as Medicine (Maturity Score: Nascent) – Nutritional recommendation platforms are moving beyond their historically narrow set of use cases (“niche” support for type 2 diabetes) to a variety of conditions ranging from mental health to cancer. across 101 rounds through Q3.

Digital Health

Digital Health Interoperability Mental health EHR

Bonus Features – November 19, 2023 – Critical access hospitals 16% less likely to participate in data exchange, two-thirds of orgs plan to increase AI spending by 25% in the next three years, plus 36 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Representatives have introduced the WEAR IT Act , which would let Americans use money from Flexible Spending Accounts or Health Savings Accounts to pay for devices such as blood glucose and EKG monitors or sleep trackers. Partnerships Interoperability service provider MedAllies was selected to the MEDITECH Alliance Innovator Program.

eCare

eCare Healthcare IT Interoperability RCM

Bonus Features – July 23, 2023 – Number of people impacted by data breaches up 56% compared to last year, CMS keeps temporary telehealth expansion in 2024 Medicare fee schedule, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 23, 2023

ONC has released the United States Core Data for Interoperability Version 4 Standard , better known as USCDI v4. Sales Boys & Girls Clubs of America chose Unite Us to provide access to mental health and wellness resources. Texas-based UMC Health System deployed ZeroEyes AI-based gun detection video analytics platform.

Medicare

Medicare Telehealth Telemedicine RCM

Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

Jeanie Heck, Education Services at e4 Services One change that significantly impacted the healthcare IT landscape was the restructuring of evaluation and management (E/M) codes by the AHA in 2023. Healthcare IT systems, especially EHRs, played a key role in supporting documentation with the use of macros, smart phrases, and templates.

Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Medicare Telemedicine EHR

Weekly Roundup – November 18, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Colin Hung connected with CEO Robert Krayn to talk about how the telemedicine service connects psychiatrists with patients and handles the many types of mental health referrals using eCW EHR, which Talkiatry chose based on its flexibility. One key, of course, is EHR integration.

Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT EHR Interoperability FHIR

Bonus Features – September 17, 2023 – 20% of healthcare marketers worried about job security amid AI adoption, 53% of executives using AI to address drug diversion “very confident” in their efforts, and more

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

The EHR Association called for greater flexibility in the data completeness threshold and additional criteria to enhance patient matching accuracy, while MGMA called for a positive update to the Medicare conversion factor amid high inflation. Eastern Kentucky’s Cumberland River Behavioral Health chose Accelecom fiber technology.

Nursing

Nursing EHR Healthcare IT Primary Care

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

This includes expansion of originating sites and eligible providers; coverage of audio-only telehealth; extended capabilities for FQHCs and rural health clinics to offer telehealth; extension of the Acute Hospital Care at Home program, and a delay for the in-person requirement for mental health services.

Telehealth

Telehealth Primary Care Healthcare IT Leadership

Bonus Features – May 14, 2023 – Only 16% of organizations are using data to define clinical best practices, 84% of orgs hit with ransomware attacks lose revenue, and more

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 14, 2023

News In a temporary rule, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) extended telemedicine flexibilities for prescribing controlled medications for six months following the end of the public health emergency, through November 11.

RCM

RCM Healthcare IT HIE Primary Care

Health IT – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

Interoperability and artificial intelligence will play a large role in the innovation of healthcare technology in 2024 and will be necessary to control the rising needs in healthcare data management and analytics. This will be driven by the growing recognition of the importance of mental health to overall well-being and productivity.

Health IT

Health IT Primary Care Digital Health Mental health

Uses of AI in Healthcare – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2024

Expansion of the use of robots in telemedicine and remote patient monitoring will enable health care providers to reach patients in underserved areas. We expect a majority of health systems will be engaged with AI (NLP, Gen AI) use in clinical documentation and conversational AI either in pilot or some level of scale form.

Health IT

Health IT Mental health Interoperability Patient Experience

Connected Health Pulse

Where are EHRs headed in 2023?

The Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2023 Are About Social, Mental and Behavioral Health

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Weekly Roundup – May 20, 2023

Weekly Roundup – November 4, 2023

Clinician Burnout – Lessons from BDO’s Clinician Experience Survey for Patient Experience and Primary Care

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 Workforce – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare 2030: Are We Consumers, CEOs, Health Citizens, or Castaways? 4 Scenarios On the Future of Health Care and Who We Are – Part 2

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

Health IT Trends that Deserve More Attention

Digital Health at the Turn of 2024

Bonus Features – November 19, 2023 – Critical access hospitals 16% less likely to participate in data exchange, two-thirds of orgs plan to increase AI spending by 25% in the next three years, plus 36 more stories

Bonus Features – July 23, 2023 – Number of people impacted by data breaches up 56% compared to last year, CMS keeps temporary telehealth expansion in 2024 Medicare fee schedule, and more

Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Weekly Roundup – November 18, 2023

Bonus Features – September 17, 2023 – 20% of healthcare marketers worried about job security amid AI adoption, 53% of executives using AI to address drug diversion “very confident” in their efforts, 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 – May 14, 2023 – Only 16% of organizations are using data to define clinical best practices, 84% of orgs hit with ransomware attacks lose revenue, and more

Health IT – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Uses of AI in Healthcare – 2024 Health IT Predictions

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