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What the future holds for HHS-OIG health IT enforcement

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" VanLandingham, who is senior counselor, Medicaid Policy/Acting Health IT at the agency, will be presenting at HIMSS21 this summer, HHS-OIG colleague, Assistant Inspector General for Legal Affairs Lisa Re. As one example, he pointed to telehealth, which has enormous potential to increase access to service and decrease burdens.

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Health IT execs offer thoughts on the big issues of 2021

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Here's what execs from some leading health IT vendors think about the most pressing challenges – and big opportunities – of the year ahead. "A primary health IT focus for 2021 must be empowering clinicians with solutions that deliver relief today," said Laureau. " Value-based care: New impetus for change.

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Health Data Analytics Institute (HDAI) Announces $31 Million Funding Round to Scale Predictive Risk Platform

Healthcare IT Today

HDAI’s implementation at Houston Methodist is one of the most comprehensive, system-wide AI/machine learning (ML) care optimization solutions in production enabling data-informed actions by clinicians at the point of care and by population health managers at the system level.

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Arrive Health Creates First-of-Its-Kind Medication Access Solution with Acquisition of Pharmacy Technology from UPMC Enterprises

Healthcare IT Today

. “Our goal is to take challenging problems and turn them into innovative technology-enabled solutions that help our patients as well as our provider, pharmacy, and health plan partners,” said Brenton Burns , Executive Vice President of UPMC Enterprises. To learn more, please visit arrivehealth.com.

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How Automation Can Help Ease Healthcare Worker Burnout

Healthcare IT Today

While most health executives recognize the long-term benefits of digital transformation, many struggle with how to get started while under immense resource strain. This precludes the effective, timely, and secure transmission of patient data. Again, that relieves overworked healthcare personnel from having to do these repetitive tasks.

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Zealous for Wellness: How to Replace Hype with Data

Healthcare IT Today

As mentioned by Erica Kraus, a partner specializing in value-based care at Sheppard Mullin , the actions of a single clinical institution in the U.S. This is why some Accountable Care Organizations have trouble achieving their value-based goals.) healthcare system can have a tenuous relationship to outcomes.

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MedPAC members weigh future of telehealth coverage

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

During the public health emergency, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services temporarily expanded that coverage – for example, allowing clinicians to provide services to patients in their homes and in non-rural settings.