Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 25, 2024

While the program has proven successful in reducing hospital visits, the level of manpower it requires is costly and likely unsustainable for the already overburdened healthcare system. Yet, traditional care delivery models are untenable amidst rising healthcare costs and workforce shortages.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

. “Report” is one word for this nearly 150-page compendium of health care data that is a treasure trove for health service researchers, marketers, strategists, journalists, and those keen to explore questions about the current state of health care in America. The Report synthesizes a database covering |300M American lives and 2.7M

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 11, 2024

Constitution as one of the original agencies," she told top healthcare cybersecurity leaders there to discuss the best cybersecurity practices and strategies to secure data and ultimately protect healthcare delivery. "Our mission dates all the way back to the U.S. system of weights and measures. – a major overhaul.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

And now healthcare providers are exploring and expanding new use cases and applications for a wide array of technologies that can enable patients to receive care outside of the proverbial four walls. By Andrea Fox | September 01, 2023 News Will CMS' Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver program become permanent?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Zoom this week announced expanded Zoom AI Companion capabilities for its regulated healthcare and education customers at its virtual event, Zoomtopia 2023. In the blog post response , Zoom addressed concerns about HIPAA-protected conversations on the platform.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 5, 2022

Most healthcare professionals are well aware of the nurse shortage that America faces today. In this HIMSSCast podcast, we'll be digging into this crisis and the role played, both good and bad, by healthcare information technology. How bad is it truly getting for healthcare provider organizations? Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 31, 2023

Following conversations in Washington and state capitals, the American Telemedicine Association published its new Health Data Privacy Principles this week. Even with the pandemic, telehealth is relatively new to so many people, including the policymakers and communities thinking about expanding telehealth access.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 21, 2024

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Less than 26% of patients said they’d experienced a high level of care , according to a report from Soliant.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 7, 2024

Nuance on Wednesday that announced that York, Pennsylvania-based WellSpan Health and more than 60 additional healthcare organizations are in the process of implementing DAX Copilot embedded within Epic electronic health records. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 19, 2023

The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center said in its latest analysis that the Clop ransomware gang has shifted tactics, directly impacting the healthcare and public health sector. " Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Email: afox@himss.org Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 21, 2024

" The new guidance follows a Feb. In October, CISA issued a warning that CVE-2023-44487 affecting HTTP/2 – a DDoS exploit also known as Rapid Reset – could compromise critical infrastructure while the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center alerted its members about the potential for that LOTL threat.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 23, 2024

It’s good news on all fronts. David Sides, CEO at NextGen Healthcare (NextGen) graciously agreed to sit down with Healthcare IT Today for an impromptu interview. We had three burning questions to ask him about NextGen – questions we have had other people ask us. (2) What’s happening with Mirth? (3)

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Working with the Veterans Health Administration's National Center for Collaborative Healthcare Innovation, the VA Palo Alto Healthcare System and Verizon Public Sector, the VA will be providing broadband connectivity directly to veterans living in remote areas nationwide. "However, we are on a journey to change that."

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 31, 2024

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. WellSky announced the Clinical Care Specialist-Home Health certification for home health providers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Sign Up for our daily or weekly newsletters Health systems are notching big wins with their IT investments Patient experience: new perspectives on person-focused care News NYU Langone Health promotes generative AI innovation with 'prompt-a-thon' Teams of clinicians, researchers and educators worked to find artificial intelligence-enabled.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The senators have reservations about patients getting appointments within 30 days, as well as the safety of providers who would have to provide their home address if they have a home office. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Email: afox@himss.org Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

For the 122nd episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast , we are taking a look at the recent changes from the HIMSS Conference and other hot news topics. Then we talk about our predictions for HIMSS24 and how this transfer in ownership will change the conference and what will stay the same. What changes will we see or won’t see?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

In an announcement about the bipartisan bill, Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Washington, says she and her co-sponsors – Tim Walberg, D-Michigan, Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, Ron Estes, R-Kansas, Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey and Rick Allen, R-Georgia – are looking to fill a much-needed gap for workers who lack affordable healthcare access.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

"We are excited about our collaboration with LookDeep to use AI to expand virtual safety, nursing and medical services to support our staff and improve patient care," said DePriest. " Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Email: afox@himss.org Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 2, 2022

WHAT IT'S ABOUT. According to a news report , the pilot digital health programme is a scalable "plug and play" model to provide healthcare to disadvantaged women and children in rural areas. The programme has been recently introduced at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in Varanasi. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 2, 2023

For the 124th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast , we are mixing together some of the recent health IT news with previews of some upcoming conferences to make our own little health IT potpourri! The first big news item we are discussing is UPMC and Intermountain moving to Epic. Thanks so much for listening!

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

WHY IT MATTERS The Drug Diversion Division said it was conducting public listening sessions to get input on prescribing controlled substances on telemedicine platforms and to learn about the types of data and its accessibility for use in detecting unlawful drug diversion.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 20, 2023

WHY IT MATTERS More than 88% of hospital chief information officers and other IT leaders plan to increase their investments in third-party technology in 2023-24, according to a new poll from IDC and sponsored by Redox. Sunny Kumar, a partner at GSR Ventures, earlier this year about digital health investment trends for 2023.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Telehealth Access for America is aimed at educating members of the public about the need to enact permanent legislation around virtual care services. This most recent effort has brought together a wide range of healthcare representatives, including: Adventist Health Policy Association. Healthcare Leadership Council.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 5, 2021

The Philips Future Health Index 2021 report found that nearly two in three healthcare leaders are prioritizing investments in telehealth – but that priorities will shift to artificial intelligence in three years. Joe Frassica, head of Philips Research and chief medical officer for North America, in an email to Healthcare IT News.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network compared patient messaging among ambulatory physicians before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, finding they were mostly documenting visits and not messaging patients. " Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Patients with mild cognitive impairment being treated at Nuvance Health Neuroscience Institute practices in New York and Connecticut, as well as their caregivers, have access to a new virtual neurological specialty care support program. " Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Telemedicine took a huge leap forward during the pandemic as more providers and patients embraced remote delivery of healthcare services. Our studies indicate approximately 75% of patients are uncertain about the appropriate care they require, leading to inefficient use of emergency rooms for minor issues or neglecting severe symptoms.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 23, 2021

Although Walmart did not respond to requests for comment from Healthcare IT News about the latest round of filings by press time, a spokesperson told Insider in June that the filings to do business in 16 other states were related to the company's telehealth ambitions. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Dr. Richard Duszak, professor and chair of the Department of Radiology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, said during the session that in about one year, the average wait times at UMMC improved and they are now zero to two days for most radiology services. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 15, 2021

"It's unclear when those waivers will go away, and it's unclear what will be permanent and what won't be," said Heather Alleva, leading health systems and hospitals attorney at Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney, in an interview with Healthcare IT News. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 21, 2023

Data becomes a vital sign – it's our new pulse," she said. From the time Army, Air Force, Navy and Space Force service members join, and for the rest of their lives, DHA delivers healthcare to millions of service members, families and retirees worldwide, she noted. million beneficiaries worldwide.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 20, 2022

As more data has emerged about telehealth after the initial spike in March 2020, many industry-watchers, providers and patients are seeking to dig into who's using virtual care – and who's eased off. And of the typical healthcare user profiles , she said, only a few have a propensity to use virtual care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 3, 2021

At the same time, stakeholders and thought leaders voiced concerns about health inequity, and lobbyists mounted the pressure for long-term regulatory reform. Retail giants in the United States appear to be betting big on telehealth, even amidst looming uncertainty about its regulatory future. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. That’s the highest that margins have been in about two years. Median hospital margins hit 5.2%

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

" Others believe blockchain can provide never-before-seen transparency for healthcare payment transactions. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND. "Its true value will take time and patience to determine."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 12, 2022

Trying to correct health inequity is part of the job for Toni Land, head of clinical healthcare experience at Medallia, a patient and customer experience management company. Why do you believe prioritizing health equity is the key to the future of healthcare after the pandemic ends? It is not the result of anything natural.

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