2024, EHR and Primary Care - Connected Health Pulse

AI: Patients Included

Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2024

Generative AI can either deepen and restore trust or exacerbate mistrust and introduce new skepticism among consumers and health care stakeholders alike,” Deloitte explained in a report on the emergence of GenAI in health care. “Clinical transformation with AI is easier without patients.” Move fast with AI and break things?

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Q1 2024 | Customer and Partner Highlights

Xealth

APRIL 15, 2024

With the first quarter of 2024 having wrapped up, we’re excited to highlight some of the unique and impactful use cases our customers have deployed on the Xealth platform. Data readily available in the EHR not only supports endocrinologists, but also primary care and women’s health physicians.

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Bonus Features – January 14, 2024 – Epic Research shows telehealth results in more follow-up visits that in-office care, Elevance Health to offer smartphones to qualified Medicaid beneficiaries, plus 21 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 14, 2024

The American Telehealth Association announced its policy priorities for 2024 ; they include making Medicare telehealth flexibilities permanent before the end of the year and removing the in-person requirement for the remote prescribing of controlled substances. Sales Michigan-based McKenzie Health System implemented eClinicalWorks EHR v12.

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Bonus Features – April 21, 2024 – 89% of physicians said generative AI vendors need to be transparent about where info comes from, 73% of consumers expect a 4-star rating before they’ll engage with a provider, plus 21 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 21, 2024

The 2024 Healthcare Reputation Report from Reputation found 73% of consumers demand a minimum 4-star rating to even consider engaging with a provider. The 2024 State of Locum Tenens Report from CHG Healthcare found 27% of physicians choose locum tenens for work-life balance.

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Bonus Features – March 3, 2024 – 75% of healthcare leaders expect widespread implementation of AI in 3 years, 78% of orgs lack knowledge on how to train employees to use AI, plus 18 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 3, 2024

Several sales announcements from eClinicalWorks: Florida-based Medical Risk Solutions chose eClinicalWorks Cloud EHR and healow , Texas-based Be Well Primary Care Medicine deployed healow , Texas-based Odessa General Surgery Robotics selected eClinicalWorks AI and Sunoh.ai , and Texas-based Orchid Wellness implemented eClinicalWorks EHR and healow.

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Crystal Ball Chronicles: Reflecting on Out of Pocket Health’s 2024 Predictions

Redox

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In fact, most health systems (and their EHRs) have to spend more time ensuring that their technology complies with basic regulatory requirements, which is what actually pushes the cart in terms of technology adoption. telemedicine, primary care, diagnostics, etc.). Just ask the On-Ramp Overlord, Brendan Keeler. Stay in the know!

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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

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 5, 2024

Integrated provider, pharmacy, and medical equipment supplier American Medical Administrators is implementing eClinicalWorks EHR and RCM. Virtual primary care vendor LifeMD entered a strategic partnership with Withings to provide remote monitoring devices for its GLP-1 weight-loss patients.

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Bonus Features – January 7, 2024 – New executives at CitiusTech, MultiPlan, and NextGen, plus 15 other stories

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 7, 2024

Primary care platform Equality Health is now available for Medicaid beneficiaries in Virginia. New England Orthopedic Surgeons (NEOS) is implementing athenaOne EHR, RCM, and patient engagement functionality.

RCM

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COPD Management: A Guide to Remote Patient Monitoring in 2024

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MARCH 5, 2024

As we navigate through 2024, it’s crucial to understand the comprehensive strategies and technologies available for effective COPD management through remote means. Future Projections Looking ahead to 2024 and beyond, future projections suggest a continued increase in the prevalence and impact of COPD on global health.

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Bonus Features – April 7, 2024 – 86% of health systems had at least 10% of nurses quit in 2023, 25% of providers intend to deploy generative AI for patient engagement, plus 21 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 7, 2024

Kentucky-based Lotus Weight Loss & Wellness implemented eClinicalWorks EHR and healow Open Access for online booking and increased new patient visits by 30%. In addition, Texas-based Primary Care Medical Partners implemented eClinicalWorks AI and Sunoh.AI.

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Manifest MedEx Launches the California ADT Network, a Free Acute and Post-Acute Event Notification Exchange for California

Digital Health Global

JANUARY 30, 2024

ADTs are simple electronic messages, typically sent by a hospital or SNF’s electronic health record (EHR), letting an assigned physician and care team know their patient has been admitted to a care setting, discharged from a care setting, or transferred to another care setting.

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At Providence, RPM is improving patient health and reducing provider workload

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 23, 2024

THE PROBLEM "Scheduling in-person appointments with primary care providers as frequently as needed for proper monitoring and follow-ups can be a real challenge for patients with chronic conditions," remarked Dr. Eve Cunningham, chief of virtual care and digital health at Providence.

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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

This post follows up Part 1 of a two-part series I’ve prepared in advance of the AHIP 2024 conference where I’ll be brainstorming these scenarios with a panel of folks who know their stuff in technology, health care and hospital systems, retail health, and pharmacy, among other key issues.

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Bonus Features – July 30, 2023 – Amazon gets into the generative AI game, HIMSS plans to sell off the annual trade show, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 30, 2023

The deal only appears to involve the trade show – next slated for March 11-15, 2024 in Orlando – and makes no mention of smaller HIMSS events (in-person or online) or the Healthcare IT News or MobiHealthNews publications that HIMSS Media owns. Missouri-based CoxHealth tapped Philips to co-design an in-house virtual care tool.

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Children’s Wisconsin Remotely Monitoring Pediatric Patients via Xealth and Locus Health

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. The hospital, with locations in Milwaukee and Neenah, Wisconsin, is recognized as one of the leading pediatric health care centers in the United States. Xealth spun out of Providence St.

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Concerning Health IT Trends: What Can We Do and What Happens if We Do Nothing?

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

If unaddressed, this could lead to significant data breaches, undermining the integrity of AI systems in healthcare, like those used in modern EHRs and medical coding. Sarah Carroll, Senior Vice President, Center for Care Transformation at AVIA Health Medicaid and Medicare have become one of the biggest quiet crises in health systems today.

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Value Based Care – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. With legislation currently being drafted for nurses to receive the same reimbursement doctors and physicians do, this will likely become a top-of-mind topic in 2024.

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Health IT – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. Now more than ever before, patients are interested in being active participants in their care, selecting the right health partner, and connecting with their providers.

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Bonus Features, HLTH Edition – October 11, 2023 – Announcements from Best Buy, General Catalyst, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Walgreens, and more

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Optum and Uber are partnering to make non-urgent medical transportation and healthy food delivery covered benefits for certain Medicare Advantage plans beginning in 2024. Elation Health released an integrated EHR and billing suite for primary care.

Life Science

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Q4 2023 | Customer & Partner Highlights

Xealth

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

2024 promises to be an exciting year with many more diverse projects in the works and more Xealth features to help health care systems meet their goals with digital care. This data is then shared back with the health system, enabling care teams to proactively identify patient care.

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EHR Primary Care

Data Sharing Transforms the way Physicians Practice; Let’s Make it More Accessible

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 24, 2023

It will require most health care providers in the state to share and exchange valuable patient data in a safe and secure manner by January 31, 2024, with the goal to improve patient outcomes. The Hill Physicians team will be able to better manage payer requirements related to care gaps and report on their HEDIS measures.

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Key Takeaways from Arab Health 2024: Integrated Healthcare Systems, Strengthening Healthcare Infrastructure, Sustainable Healthcare Practices

Lloyd Price

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Additional Talking Points: Universal Health Coverage: Ensuring equitable access to quality healthcare for all was a key focus, with discussions examining healthcare financing models, improving primary care infrastructure, and addressing disparities in access to essential services. What were the discussions at Arab Health 2024?

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What the 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Means for Healthcare Providers

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule, set forth by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), brings pivotal updates in healthcare reimbursement. The final rule adjusts payment rates and policies for Medicare services, reflecting the current trends in telehealth, quality measurement, and value-based care.

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#HIMSS24 Europe: What are the key talking points likely to be?

Lloyd Price

APRIL 13, 2024

Exec Summary: Health tech's brightest leaders are coming to Rome from 29th to 31st May 2024. Learn the why, what and how from implementations at all levels of the European healthcare system – including baseline maturity assessments of hospitals, digitally driven primary care and the innovative public/private partnerships driving change.

Digital Health

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Top Six Healthcare Executive Challenges in 2019

Henry Kotula

JANUARY 30, 2019

Primary care. On the nursing side, the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a need for 649,100 replacement nurses by 2024. Living with EHR choices. Despite the hype and hopes surrounding EHRs, many organizations have found that they are failing to deliver on their expectations. An added bonus?

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EHR Nursing Primary Care Telemedicine

Bonus Features – February 11, 2024 – HTI-1 final rule goes into effect March 11, Best in KLAS highlights 136 products in 8 categories, plus 28 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

News The 2024 Best in KLAS have been named. The Global Software report recognized regional leaders in acute care EHR and PACS. Keystone Technologies and Sublimation Health are partnering to help transition EHRs to AWS. CliniComp updated its EHR solution suite to offer software, hardware, and services at a fixed price.

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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

News Comments rolled in on the proposed Calendar Year 2024 Physician Fee Schedule. 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.

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

The biggest news for healthcare IT was the extension of telehealth expansion under Medicare through the end of 2024. The first quarterly Healthcare IT Market Report from Pivot Point Consulting hinted at a continued need for providers to develop long-term strategies around virtual care, customer relationship management, and RCM optimization.

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Telehealth Healthcare IT Primary Care Leadership

Bonus Features – February 18, 2024 – 89% of patients want a single platform for managing their health, 70% of organizations interested in AI plan to adopt solutions from their EHR vendors, plus 27 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Tellingly, 70% of orgs with plans to deploy AI intend to adopt solutions via their EHR vendors. To support 2024 business objectives, 62% of health plans are investing in technology for digital transformation , according to a HealthEdge survey. People EHR and RCM vendor ModMed appointed Joe Harpaz as Co-CEO.

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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

A report from consultancy RGP on the impact of healthcare staffing shortages found that outside consultants will make up nearly half (48%) of project execution teams in 2024, up form 42% last year. One reason for this growth: In 25% of hospitals, less than half of major projects met their key goals.

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Connected Health Pulse

AI: Patients Included

Q1 2024 | Customer and Partner Highlights

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Bonus Features – January 14, 2024 – Epic Research shows telehealth results in more follow-up visits that in-office care, Elevance Health to offer smartphones to qualified Medicaid beneficiaries, plus 21 more stories

Bonus Features – April 21, 2024 – 89% of physicians said generative AI vendors need to be transparent about where info comes from, 73% of consumers expect a 4-star rating before they’ll engage with a provider, plus 21 more stories

Bonus Features – March 3, 2024 – 75% of healthcare leaders expect widespread implementation of AI in 3 years, 78% of orgs lack knowledge on how to train employees to use AI, plus 18 more stories

Crystal Ball Chronicles: Reflecting on Out of Pocket Health’s 2024 Predictions

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

Bonus Features – January 7, 2024 – New executives at CitiusTech, MultiPlan, and NextGen, plus 15 other stories

COPD Management: A Guide to Remote Patient Monitoring in 2024

Bonus Features – April 7, 2024 – 86% of health systems had at least 10% of nurses quit in 2023, 25% of providers intend to deploy generative AI for patient engagement, plus 21 more stories

Manifest MedEx Launches the California ADT Network, a Free Acute and Post-Acute Event Notification Exchange for California

At Providence, RPM is improving patient health and reducing provider workload

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 – July 30, 2023 – Amazon gets into the generative AI game, HIMSS plans to sell off the annual trade show, and more

Children’s Wisconsin Remotely Monitoring Pediatric Patients via Xealth and Locus Health

Concerning Health IT Trends: What Can We Do and What Happens if We Do Nothing?

Value Based Care – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Health IT – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Bonus Features, HLTH Edition – October 11, 2023 – Announcements from Best Buy, General Catalyst, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Walgreens, and more

Q4 2023 | Customer & Partner Highlights

Data Sharing Transforms the way Physicians Practice; Let’s Make it More Accessible

Key Takeaways from Arab Health 2024: Integrated Healthcare Systems, Strengthening Healthcare Infrastructure, Sustainable Healthcare Practices

What the 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Means for Healthcare Providers

#HIMSS24 Europe: What are the key talking points likely to be?

Top Six Healthcare Executive Challenges in 2019

Bonus Features – February 11, 2024 – HTI-1 final rule goes into effect March 11, Best in KLAS highlights 136 products in 8 categories, plus 28 more stories

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 – February 18, 2024 – 89% of patients want a single platform for managing their health, 70% of organizations interested in AI plan to adopt solutions from their EHR vendors, plus 27 more stories

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

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