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These Three Things Can Bring EHRs to the Next Level

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 4, 2023

The following is a guest article by Dr. Mark Pratt , Chief Medical Officer at Altera Digital Health The patient quietly sits while her physician delves into the data stored in her electronic health record, combing through different screens for specific information. Here’s how. It’s past time to deliver on this.

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Ambient Voice Transcriptions Endorsed in a Study by The Permanente Medical Group

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

This article summarizes the key findings in that study. What We’re Looking For in Ambient Voice Transcription Ambient voice transcription has been covered extensively on this web site in articles and video interviews. The researchers added surveys to verify anecdotal evidence that patients like the AI solution.

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Patient Scheduling and Pre-Visit Intake: Let’s Give Patients What They’re Asking For

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 30, 2023

Several surveys about the online patient experience were recently released. This article interviews a dozen experts to better understand why healthcare lags behind retail, finance, and other industries in serving customers online—and what we can do to improve the patient experience. I talked with Carle Falk, their Head of Research.

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Bonus Features – July 30, 2023 – Amazon gets into the generative AI game, HIMSS plans to sell off the annual trade show, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 30, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. AWS announced the AWS HealthScribe service for building clinical applications that use generative AI and integrating them with EHRs and other systems. Nearly two-thirds (63%) of U.S.

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More than Productivity: Include User Experiences when Assessing the ROI of AI-Based Solutions

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 17, 2023

The following is a guest article by Dr. Peter Hahn, MD, MBA, Dr. Lance Owens, DO, and Joshua Wilda, MPA, CHCIO Over the past two years, clinical and technical leaders at the University of Michigan Health-West have been deploying and assessing the impacts of AI-based solutions intended to improve organizational efficiencies.

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Bonus Features – August 20, 2023 – Healthcare orgs only use 57% of their data to drive decision-making, digital health is well represented on the Inc. 5000 list, and more

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 20, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Healthcare organizations are only using 57% of their data to drive decision-making , according to a survey from Arcadia. Disease detection company Viz.ai

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Bonus Features – June 25, 2023 – 77% of healthcare workers think burnout will cause a healthcare crisis, 62% of patients want digital communication to match the in-person experience, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 25, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Surveys More than 75% of healthcare leaders and workers have experienced burnout in the last year , according to a Holon Solutions survey.

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Technology of Digitized Patient Intake Forms

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 14, 2023

I covered the trend in my recent article Patient scheduling and pre-visit intake: Let’s give patients what they’re asking for. He says that forms can be created through a drag-and-drop interface, similar to creating surveys on the popular SurveyMonkey platform. Weave has formed strong partnerships with EHR vendors.

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Healthy Data Management: How IT Assists Healthcare Institutions

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The following is a guest article by Natalie Tkachenko, Healthcare Software Solutions Consultant at NIX To obtain test results today, there’s no need to visit the hospital. Unlike EMRs, requests for access to EHR records can be made by other medical centers. CDA can be utilized in numerous medical applications.

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Help Desk Updates: Your Super Weapon to Boost Clinician Productivity

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 24, 2023

The following is a guest article by Bill Lewkowski, Vice President, Strategic Client Services at HCTec Clinicians Remain Overwhelmed, Overworked, and Burned Out. Improved EHR Help Desk Support Mitigates these Issues while Making a Positive Impact on Clinician Workflow and Patient Care.

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Bonus Features – November 13, 2022 – HCA extends 30-year relationship with MEDITECH, cost of care replaces pandemic as top reason to defer care, and more

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. The news comes at the same time that MEDITECH is continuing its push into the ambulatory EHR market , as Healthcare IT Today recently noted.). News and Research.

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Bonus Features – July 10, 2022 – Sequoia Project releases TECFA identity verification documentation, IBM Watson Health is now Merative, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 10, 2022

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. At the HFMA conference, revenue cycle management vendor R1 shared data from a survey of more than 200 healthcare CFOs and finance VPs. Grants and Funding.

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Bonus Features – August 28, 2022 – Epic data shows only 5% of OD patients get tested for fentanyl, 40% of clinicians plan to add AI to their day-to-day work, and more

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2022

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Those surveyed said improved diagnostic accuracy is where AI/ML will have the greatest impact on patients. Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features.

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A Deep Dive Into Epic’s Partnership with Microsoft and Nuance Including Integration with DAX Copilot

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 7, 2024

We’ve written a number of articles on the Nuance DAX (now called Nuance DAX Copilot aligning with Microsoft’s Copilot) ambient clinical voice solution. A survey showed that 85-90% physicians depend on their ambient voice, which leads to a 50% reduction on average in documentation, and thus saves 6 to 7 minutes per encounter.

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Rethinking Medication and Information Technology

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 6, 2023

Previous articles in this series looked at barriers to taking medication and possible solutions , including special conditions that produce challenges. This final article in the series turns the question on its head. In a small sample of 15 hypertension patients, a survey found that clinicians undervalued self-management.

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Patient Portals Improve Healthcare Outcomes. So, Why Don’t Patients Use Them?

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2024

The following is a guest article by Oakkar Oakkar, Co-Founder and CEO at Keona Health Imagine a tool that puts your health information right at your fingertips. This could include surveys, focus groups, or a feedback option within the portal itself.

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How to Automate the Patient-Provider Working Relationship

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The following is a guest article by Stephen Dean, Healthcare CRM Expert and Co-Founder of Keona Health. In Medical Economics’ 2022 annual survey , providers said increased competition is now one of their top challenges, namely because today’s patients are increasingly willing, for reasons of convenience, to switch doctors.

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Integrating Ambient Clinical Voice Technology – The Impacts, Challenges, and Benefits

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 8, 2024

Anish Patankar, Senior VP, GM Healthcare Software Business at Elekta Ambient clinical voice technology empowers physicians to document care effortlessly at the speed of voice and streamline clinical tasks within the EMR, from completing assessments to scheduling appointments, without a single mouse click. hours daily updating records.

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What ChatGPT Means for Virtual-First Care

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 8, 2023

The following is a guest article by Erica Jain, Co-Founder and CEO at Healthie ChatGPT has been dominating headlines since its release in November. Surprisingly, clinician adoption is already increasing, as 46% of practices surveyed are using Chatbots. In the beginning, of course, both parties will be skeptical.

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The Future of Healthcare: Integrated Data for Integrated Care

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The following is a guest article by Venki Subramanian , SVP Product Management at Reltio When data is missing, inaccurate, incomplete, or misdirected, it can have severe, sometimes life-altering impacts. EHRs are real-time, patient-centered records that make information available instantly and securely to authorized users.

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Helping Healthcare Professionals Evaluate AI Offerings

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 31, 2023

To its credit, the healthcare industry has digitized at a remarkable rate: 96% of hospitals in the United States use electronic health records (EHR). Yet the vast majority of EHR remains unstructured and under-utilized. A recent survey found that more than half of healthcare professionals don’t believe AI is ready for medical use.

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JUNE 21, 2019

A private equity firm acquires EHR/PM vendor Nextech for $500 million. A group of health and technology organizations develops open source cancer data standards and specifications that can be incorporated into EHRs via FHIR. I’m thinking of a time-based layout, for example [for EHR information]. EMR vendor ). Brian Too ).

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These Three Things Can Bring EHRs to the Next Level

Ambient Voice Transcriptions Endorsed in a Study by The Permanente Medical Group

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Patient Scheduling and Pre-Visit Intake: Let’s Give Patients What They’re Asking For

Bonus Features – July 30, 2023 – Amazon gets into the generative AI game, HIMSS plans to sell off the annual trade show, and more

More than Productivity: Include User Experiences when Assessing the ROI of AI-Based Solutions

Bonus Features – August 20, 2023 – Healthcare orgs only use 57% of their data to drive decision-making, digital health is well represented on the Inc. 5000 list, and more

Bonus Features – June 25, 2023 – 77% of healthcare workers think burnout will cause a healthcare crisis, 62% of patients want digital communication to match the in-person experience, and more

Technology of Digitized Patient Intake Forms

Healthy Data Management: How IT Assists Healthcare Institutions

Help Desk Updates: Your Super Weapon to Boost Clinician Productivity

Bonus Features – November 13, 2022 – HCA extends 30-year relationship with MEDITECH, cost of care replaces pandemic as top reason to defer care, and more

Bonus Features – July 10, 2022 – Sequoia Project releases TECFA identity verification documentation, IBM Watson Health is now Merative, and more

Bonus Features – August 28, 2022 – Epic data shows only 5% of OD patients get tested for fentanyl, 40% of clinicians plan to add AI to their day-to-day work, and more

A Deep Dive Into Epic’s Partnership with Microsoft and Nuance Including Integration with DAX Copilot

Rethinking Medication and Information Technology

Patient Portals Improve Healthcare Outcomes. So, Why Don’t Patients Use Them?

How to Automate the Patient-Provider Working Relationship

Integrating Ambient Clinical Voice Technology – The Impacts, Challenges, and Benefits

What ChatGPT Means for Virtual-First Care

The Future of Healthcare: Integrated Data for Integrated Care

Helping Healthcare Professionals Evaluate AI Offerings

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