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DirectTrust and EHNAC Announce Merger Agreement

Healthcare IT Today

DirectTrust is a non-profit healthcare industry alliance created to support secure, identity-verified electronic exchanges of protected health information. Additionally, we’ll be able to continue our combined focus on interoperability initiatives to assist the healthcare ecosystem meet industry initiative timelines.”.

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Telemedicine triage kiosks reduce ER visits by 11% for ACO

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A large number of the beneficiaries present multiple complex chronic health conditions with a high coexistence of mental health conditions making the coordination of care more complex and inefficient. There are a great many telemedicine technology and services vendors on the health IT market today. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

Further, state-by-state laws requiring in-person meetings between psychiatric nurse practitioners and psychiatrist collaborators should be reexamined as these can safely take place over video conferences. We need to refine the Ryan Haight Act to develop a telemedicine registry that can safely prescribe controlled medication virtually.

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Health IT execs offer thoughts on the big issues of 2021

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" Clinicians still spend too much time combing through EHRs to relevant data when they need it, he said – and too much time meeting billing and reporting requirements when they'd rather be off the clock. " Value-based care: New impetus for change.

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12 Ways Telehealth is Saving Small Hospitals

GlobalMed

As community hubs of healthcare, they are tasked with delivering expert medical care across emergency departments, outpatient practices, surgical suites, labs, radiology departments, intensive care units and more. Meet accountable care and risk contracts. Improve community and population health.

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Short Takes at #HIMSS18 – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

While he thinks it may take longer, Jean hopes that five years from now, the goal of delivering delightful care journeys would not be seen as pie-in-the-sky, as the equivalent of having three heads. Specifically, success needs to be about meeting the Quadruple Aim.

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Quality Payment Program Exceeds Year 1 Participation Goal

CMS.gov

Remarkably, the submission rates for Accountable Care Organizations and clinicians in rural practices were at 98 percent and 94 percent, respectively. What makes these numbers most exciting is the concerted efforts by clinicians, professional associations, and many others to ensure high quality care and improved outcomes for patients.

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