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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

To help out, we reached out to our amazing Healthcare IT Today Community to see which healthcare regulations they foresee having a big impact on healthcare IT. All healthcare entities should review their policies and procedures and educate their staff to better ensure their information-blocking compliance.

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MedPAC members weigh future of telehealth coverage

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In a virtual public meeting this past Friday, members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission discussed how – and whether – to permanently expand telehealth in Medicare. Winter and Tabor also proposed that telehealth technology and services should be required to comply with HIPAA after the PHE. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Sun River Health shifts 67% of its visits to telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"At one point in April, the 16 counties that make up Sun River's service area accounted for approximately 97% of all confirmed COVID-19 cases in all of New York," Sinkoff recalled. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. " MARKETPLACE. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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How Automation Can Help Ease Healthcare Worker Burnout

Healthcare IT Today

The healthcare worker burnout crisis in this country began before the COVID-19 pandemic, but the public health emergency made the situation even worse as frontline health workers risked their lives to service others. The pandemic accelerated the need for digitalization across industries, including healthcare.