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Exchanging, Managing, and Meaningfully Using Health Data in 2024

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 23, 2024

The following is a guest article by Jolie Ritzo, VP of Strategy and Network Engagement at Civitas Networks for Health Health data management in 2024 is both intricate and complex. Collaboration and public-private partnerships are needed to actively involve many stakeholders in decision-making.

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Featured Health IT Job: Senior Solutions Architect – HIE

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 10, 2022

Today, we’re featuring the Senior Solutions Architect – HIE position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. Employment Type: Temporary, Full-Time until March 31, 2024. We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Location: Remote (Must reside in Ontario).

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Five Key Takeaways from ONC’s Federal Health IT Plan 2024-2030

Optimum Healthcare IT

APRIL 15, 2024

Continue reading Five Key Takeaways from ONC’s Federal Health IT Plan 2024-2030 at Optimum Healthcare IT. Read Time: 3 min The ONC released a draft of the Federal Health IT Plan for '24-'30, inviting public commentary on its vision for the future of healthcare.

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Five key takeaways from ONC’s Federal Health IT Plan 2024-2030

Optimum Healthcare IT

APRIL 15, 2024

The post Five key takeaways from ONC’s Federal Health IT Plan 2024-2030 appeared first on Optimum Healthcare IT. The ONC released a draft of the Federal Health IT Plan for '24-'30, inviting public commentary on its vision for the future of healthcare.

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Bonus Features, HIMSS2024 Edition – March 13, 2024 – AI news from AWS, Google, Innovaccer, Microsoft, and Oracle Health, plus 18 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 13, 2024

This edition is a special dispatch from HIMSS 2024 in sunny Orlando. HIE entity Velatura and DocuSign announced a pilot to streamline patient consent. Orion Health launched the State Health Data Center of Excellence to help elevate HIE operations.

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Ensuring Precision in Patient Identity: Modern Approaches to Master Data Management

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 2, 2024

The depth of this challenge and some modern solutions for managing identities in healthcare was illustrated really well in a session at the HIMSS 2024 conference by Todd M. It’s always interesting to see how an HIE is approaching their exchange of data. Check out our summary of the session below along with some added commentary.

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Bonus Features – March 17, 2024 – 65% of nurses think AI will negatively impact healthcare, 14% of EHRs have known cybersecurity vulnerabilities, plus 24 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 17, 2024

Reports ECRI’s list of top 10 patient safety concerns of 2024 include “unintended consequences of technology adoption,” especially as they relate to clinician workflows. More News from HIMSS 2024 Real-time location system vendor CenTrak introduced its Bluetooth Low Energy Multi-Mode Platform.

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Bonus Features – February 25, 2024 – 73% of digital health vendors use FHIR APIs, 83% of clinicians think telemedicine is good for chronic condition management, plus 28 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Reps Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Bill Foster (D-IL) introduced the Patient Matching and Transparency in Certified Health IT (MATCH IT) Act of 2024 , which would standardize the way demographic information is entered into certified health IT products and ensure more precise patient matches.

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A Few #HealthPolicyValentines

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

HealthPolicyValentines pic.twitter.com/nZx2DcTCGI — MA Health Policy Commission (@Mass_HPC) February 13, 2024 Medicare could never negotiate your cost because you are priceless. HealthPolicyValentines — Eric Michael Garcia (@EricMGarcia) February 13, 2024 Roses are red; A color intense. What does that mean for patients?

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Discern Health Ties Interventions to Patient Improvements

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 20, 2024

Ben Hsieh, Vice President of Product, says that Discern Health works with payers, providers, and Health Information Exchanges (HIE). Patients as well as clinicians demand explainability (also known as transparency and accountability). Their service concentrates currently on care management for value-based care.

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Vital Lines July 2023

Redox

JULY 31, 2023

cut in physician fees The proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2024 has landed, igniting backlash from many industry groups. Get the details Health plan costs expected to increase by 7% PwC researchers predict 2024 health plan costs will climb higher than in the previous two years. Top stories CMS proposes 3.4%

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Bonus Features – April 14, 2024 – Less than 6 in 10 docs satisfied with electronic access to external immunization info, 68% of nurses are feeling overwhelmed, plus 38 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 14, 2024

The bigger issue seems to be how regulators and HIE entities are going to address other data use cases as defined by HIPAA, such as Payment, Operations, Research, or Patient Request. Epic argued the unauthorized requests could compromise the exchange of PHI. Epic and Particle Health are working on a resolution.

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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

eClinicalWorks completed Phase 1 of the QHIN application process , while the CommonWell Health Alliance intends to complete its application in early 2024 amid launching a new platform. New York City HIE entity Healthix chose CLEAR identity verification technology for its My Health Record NY portal.

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Healthcare Interoperability, Data, and Cloud – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. Christoph Pedain, Business Leader, Hospital Patient Monitoring at Philips By the end of 2024, we will see significant moves by hospitals and health systems embracing readiness for Service-Oriented Device Connectivity (SDC).

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Weekly Roundup – April 6, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 6, 2024

We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week – and, with this week’s roundup in particular, anything you may have missed from the hustle and bustle of HIMSS 2024 in Orlando. Celebrating 500 Episodes: Reliving the Best Moments From the Healthcare IT Today Interviews Podcast.

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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. For: Innovators who want to improve outcomes with data.

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IHE IT-Infrastructure Winter 2024

Healthcare Exchange Standards

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Update HIE Whitepaper and MHDS with newest Profiles. Plan for support of sex and gender profiling. Next quarter's work: Continue developing Scheduling for Mobile. Add to DSG, support for JSON Web Signature (JWS). Develop Finance and Insurance workflow.

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California says goodbye to fax machines. Hello to DxF.

Redox

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Most organizations must be ready to share data by January 31st, 2024. Is this just another HIE? A list of signing organizations is available here. When must they participate? A few features of the CA DxF set it apart from traditional health information exchanges (HIEs) and networks (HINs).

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Bonus Features – December 10, 2023 – 84% of physicians still use manual processes to manage care transitions, 70% of executives prefer managed services for RCM, plus 26 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Clinician shortages, virtual care partnerships, and weight loss medications are the major trends that will shape the healthcare landscape in 2024 , according to a report from SteadyMD. Western New York HIE HEALTHeLINK earned the Validated Data Stream designation in the NCQA Data Aggregator Validation program.

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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

To support 2024 business objectives, 62% of health plans are investing in technology for digital transformation , according to a HealthEdge survey. News HHS designated two more QHINs : CommonWell Health Alliance and Kno2. This brings the total number of approved QHINs to seven.

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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. Sales A group of 21 Ontario hospitals launched an HIE powered by Oracle Health.

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Connected Health Pulse

Exchanging, Managing, and Meaningfully Using Health Data in 2024

Featured Health IT Job: Senior Solutions Architect – HIE

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Five Key Takeaways from ONC’s Federal Health IT Plan 2024-2030

Five key takeaways from ONC’s Federal Health IT Plan 2024-2030

Bonus Features, HIMSS2024 Edition – March 13, 2024 – AI news from AWS, Google, Innovaccer, Microsoft, and Oracle Health, plus 18 more stories

Ensuring Precision in Patient Identity: Modern Approaches to Master Data Management

Bonus Features – March 17, 2024 – 65% of nurses think AI will negatively impact healthcare, 14% of EHRs have known cybersecurity vulnerabilities, plus 24 more stories

Bonus Features – February 25, 2024 – 73% of digital health vendors use FHIR APIs, 83% of clinicians think telemedicine is good for chronic condition management, plus 28 more stories

A Few #HealthPolicyValentines

Discern Health Ties Interventions to Patient Improvements

Vital Lines July 2023

Bonus Features – April 14, 2024 – Less than 6 in 10 docs satisfied with electronic access to external immunization info, 68% of nurses are feeling overwhelmed, plus 38 more stories

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 Interoperability, Data, and Cloud – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Weekly Roundup – April 6, 2024

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

IHE IT-Infrastructure Winter 2024

California says goodbye to fax machines. Hello to DxF.

Bonus Features – December 10, 2023 – 84% of physicians still use manual processes to manage care transitions, 70% of executives prefer managed services for RCM, plus 26 more stories

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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