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Where are EHRs headed in 2023?

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2023

Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are the central technology pillar for healthcare organizations. EHRs are vital to both clinical and administrative operations. Because of that, we wanted to dedicate an entire article to where EHRs are headed in 2023. What is your prediction for the EHR market in 2023?

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Poor EHR Workflows are Like Arthritis

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 4, 2021

I recently tweeted out a link to my article about Not All EHR Being Created Equal with some important comments about bad workflows and how many EHR users just think they’re “normal.” ” As social media is known to do, Martin A.

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Key Skills and Qualifications for a Successful Career in Health IT and How They’ve Evolved with Advancements in Healthcare Technology

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 23, 2024

Having a career in Health IT requires a lot of skills and qualifications, even more so if you want that career to be successful – but what are those skills and qualifications? To authentically contribute to societal health, it’s crucial to accept failure as an integral part of the process.

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HIMSS 2019: The Mainstreaming of Health IT, from Jim Cramer to Opioid Risk Scores

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

On January 10, 2019, Jim Cramer of CNBC’s Mad Money recommended that Apple buy Epic, a market leader in EHRs. At that moment in the Twitterverse, it occurred to me that health IT as a consumer-facing industry was beginning to mainstream in America. Here’s what I wrote. That was tweeted ten years ago.

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

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

A new study by The Permanente Medical Group (part of Kaiser Permanente) offers confidence that ambient voice transcriptions can save time and improve the patient experience by generating clinical notes about patient visits. This article summarizes the key findings in that study.

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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. It won’t surprise anyone who follows healthcare professionally—or who has used a healthcare portal—that patients are frustrated and disappointed. ” Wolters Kluwer’s Health division also recently commissioned a survey of 1,034 U.S.

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Health Note Updates the Tired Old Patient Questionnaire

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

However, these questionnaires can also be intelligent and customized to each patient. This article discusses the service provided by Health Note , which illustrates the capabilities of modern patient interaction using AI and integration with the EHR. But Health Note can do much better.

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Context Makes Innovaccer More than a Note Generator

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

It is currently offered in ambulatory settings and integrates with major EHRs. He says that a “comprehensive” tool such as InScribe can save “pajama time” as well as “manage patient experience better.” ” Watch the video for details for these experts’ insights on clinical workflow.

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Weekly Roundup – May 4, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 4, 2024

Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Patient Experience Insights From the Qualtrics X4 Conference. John Lynn attended the event, which at its core emphasizes the value of data that directly reflects that patient perspective.

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Healthcare Workforce – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. Healthcare staffing shortages will continue to negatively impact patient experience in 2023. With healthcare professionals working longer hours and dealing with increased workloads, patient experience has fallen to the wayside.

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3 Ways to Achieve HIPAA-Compliant Communication for Behavioral Health

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The following is a guest article by Ram Krishnan, CEO at Valant Communicating with patients – in a compliant manner – is essential for behavioral health practices. To protect patient privacy and respect patient communication preferences, these laws require certain guidelines to be followed.

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Bonus Features – January 14, 2024 – Epic Research shows telehealth results in more follow-up visits that in-office care, Elevance Health to offer smartphones to qualified Medicaid beneficiaries, plus 21 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 14, 2024

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. In a letter, the EHR Association warned that ONC’s proposed information blocking disincentives may be less effective than intended.

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Health Consumers Expect Healthcare to be Digital (and Secure), Philips Future Health Index Finds

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Older people, in particular, would be more likely to use digital health tools if their clinicians recommend these technologies. Thus, Philips asserts that health care professionals are becoming “true digital collaborators,” seeing positive impacts on the way they and their patients experience health care.

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Embracing and Prioritizing Cloud-Based Care in Rural Communities

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The following is a guest article by Nathan Shepard, SVP of Product at Azalea Health As rural providers look to replace legacy solutions, they’re confronted with several critical decision points. They know that modern platforms will improve their internal operations, help increase revenue collection, and improve the patient experience.

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Health Care Portals: Looking Beyond the Patients’ Horizon

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 31, 2023

A previous article, “ Patient Scheduling and Pre-Visit Intake: Let’s Give Patients What They’re Asking For ” discussed technological solutions to patients’ frustrating scheduling experience. As the success of the companies in this article shows, change is happening.

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Weekly Roundup – December 9, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. John Lynn and Dr. Shiv Rao at Abridge chatted about the power of going beyond speech recognition to build trust with physicians thanks to EHR integrations and maps to ontologies such as SNOMED and LOINC.

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From Wait Times to Real-Time: Assort Health Secures $3.5 Million to Scale First Generative AI for Healthcare Call Centers

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 12, 2024

According to McKinsey & Company’s 2021 research , one-quarter of the United States’ healthcare costs are spent on healthcare administration, and tens of billions on patient services such as call centers. And those things together are a major benefit to the bottom line of health systems where dollars are already stretched thin.”

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Compassionate Health IT Understands Whom It’s Dealing With: News from a Lumeon Installation

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 27, 2020

I’m convinced that health IT can solve many of health care’s problems–but only when it is designed and rolled out with the greatest sensitivity to the needs of the users. The Rolodex of failed health start-ups confirm this principle through negative examples.

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Technology of Digitized Patient Intake Forms

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 14, 2023

A major goal of clinicians now is to replace paper with convenient forms that patients can fill out on mobile devices at home. I covered the trend in my recent article Patient scheduling and pre-visit intake: Let’s give patients what they’re asking for. Weave has formed strong partnerships with EHR vendors.

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How Health Data Sharing Impacts How Clinicians Care for Patients

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 22, 2024

The following is a guest article by Dr. Guillermo Diaz, Chief Medical Information Officer at Los Angeles Department of Health Services – Ambulatory Care Network , and Ali Modaressi, CEO at Los Angeles Network for Enhanced Services (LANES) When Alex was brought into L.A. Prior to LANES, Modaressi was a health IT leader at L.A.

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Radiology’s Next Phase: Real-Time Collaboration Leading the Way

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The following is a guest article by Vivian Liu, COO at Braid Health One thing in healthcare remains constant: the need for answers. Better patient experiences and clinical outcomes. The Impact of Real-Time Radiology on Patient Experience At the heart of healthcare, positive patient outcomes are the ultimate goal.

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The Rise of Chat in Healthcare and Remaining Concerns

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 19, 2023

In fact, as healthcare leaders increasingly prioritize patient access , chat’s success in other businesses has spurred the rapid onboarding of chat solutions to help address healthcare-specific engagement and accessibility challenges. Its technology integrates with leading EHR/PM systems in the United States.

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Helping People Take Their Meds

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 4, 2023

”) A previous article listed some alarming statistics about the number of patients who don’t take their medications as advised, and the dire effects on life expectancy as well as costs to the health care system. So this article turns to other barriers patients face, and how health IT can help.

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4 Strategic Considerations for Digital Hospital Transformation

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 14, 2024

The following is a guest article by Kaeli Tully, Healthcare Systems and Solutions Engineer at Intel In the quiet hours of the night, hospital executives toss and turn, grappling with the daunting reality of staffing shortages that plague their institutions. ER, OR, and ICU). And perhaps, we all can get better sleep.

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How Technology Drives Value-Based Care

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 21, 2024

The following is a guest article by Phyllis Wojtusik, Executive Vice President of Value-Based Care at Real Time Medical Systems. The referral is made, and the patient arrives at a SNF without the right information being communicated. We all know that CMS is pushing hard towards value-based care.

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How Digital Health Companies Attract Software Engineers: Human Resource Management

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The previous articles in this series discussed what kinds of programmers do well and enjoy working in a digital health company. This final article looks at some important aspects of culture and how to cultivate the developers you have. Health IT and digital app companies are small players in a highly competitive job market.

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EHRs and Collaboration: Leveraging Technology to Help Patients with Substance-Use Disorders

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 23, 2019

The following is a guest article by Charlie Hutchinson, CFO at InSync Healthcare Solutions. The growth in substance use disorders [SUD] across all demographics and income brackets has impacted the role of primary-care providers [PCPs].

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Electronic Signatures Can Reduce Costs, Speed Care Delivery

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 20, 2021

The following is a guest article by Stephan Herron, President and CEO of Scriptel Corporation. Our modern Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems’ origins can be traced back to the 1960s. Fifty-five years ago, slightly over 100 clinical information and/or storage systems existed.

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Bonus Features – July 16, 2023 – 95% of patients are concerned about data breaches affecting their medical records, 81% incorrectly assume PHI collected by digital health apps is protected under HIPAA

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 16, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Supporting organizations include Epic, the HIMSS EHR Association and HCA Healthcare. Patient experience vendor Vital surpassed 1 million users across more than 100 hospital clients.

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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. The Sequoia Project has released additional documentation support the implementation of TEFCA , the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement for health IT interoperability.

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Lean Digital: How AI Drives Treatment Recommendations for Weight Loss

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 30, 2024

The first article in this series laid out what we know about body weight and obesity today. Their technology is based on real-world data from hundreds of millions of patients. NLP can extract details such as what treatments the patient has already tried, and their reactions. Some verge on behavioral health.

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Weekly Roundup – December 30, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Read more… Healthcare IT Today Podcast : 2023 Health IT Recap. Read more… Ensuring Continued Utilization of Telehealth for Outpatient Mental Health. million in Series A funding.

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Bonus Features – October 30, 2022 – 46% of Americans have gone into debt paying medical bills, 41% say retail and virtual care experiences are disjointed, and more

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 30, 2022

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Haleon is using the the Microsoft Seeing AI app to provide more detailed labels on more than 1,500 of its consumer health products.

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Optimizing Healthcare IT: Four Innovative Ways to Use QR Codes

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The following is a guest article by Ravi Pratap, Co-Founder and CTO at Beaconstac Technology provides the foundation of modern healthcare, with the potential to generate $410 billion in annual revenue by 2025. Efficient IT solutions in healthcare organizations ensure optimal patient care and seamless operational functionality.

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Weekly Roundup – December 3, 2022

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 3, 2022

Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. How Health Plans Can Take Advantage of GIS Technology. Erin Jospe at World Wide Technology about how these initiatives also have a positive impact on patients and the community.

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Chicago Providers Charge Fees To Answer Clinical Questions Submitted Via Portals

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Over time, most stopped complaining about this problem, though I’d wager it was because they simply had worse things to worry about during the painful initial period of EHR adoption. According to the article, an increasing number of health systems in metro Chicago – as well as elsewhere in the U.S.

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Weekly Roundup – September 23, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Read more… Perspectives from the Oracle Health Conference. There was some discussion about AI, but it seems like Oracle Health is waiting to release something more than window dressing.

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Empowering Healthcare: The Transformative Role of Technology in Improving Patient Care

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 9, 2023

The following is a guest article by Josh Coleman , Managing Partner at Treacy & Company by Cherry Bekaert Healthcare has undergone massive changes over the past few years. In this article, we look closely at how AI is being used in healthcare and the innovations in store for the near future.

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The Empathy-First Approach: Choosing Technology that Benefits All Healthcare Stakeholders

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 22, 2023

The following is a guest article by Jon Zimmerman , CEO at Holon Solutions In today’s healthcare landscape, clinical information systems are valuable tools for coordinating care and improving outcomes. This can lead many clinicians to spend more than six hours per week on EHR tasks, outside of their traditional working hours.

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Weekly Roundup – July 8, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 8, 2023

Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. For the next step – directing patients to the portal – the health system put QR codes everywhere, from exam room walls to employees’ badges, and doubled the number of portal users in 12 months.

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Zealous for Wellness: Deciding What Kind of Change You Want

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The previous article in this series explained some of the ways payers, providers, and digital health companies demonstrate that they have made a positive difference in their patients’ lives. ” This article looks at the measurements and reporting strategies used by some specific companies.

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Bonus Features – January 22, 2023 – 69% of digital health companies report data set gaps, 66% of patients don’t know where their healthcare data goes, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 22, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. News and Studies Amid the push for interoperability, data gaps persist, according to the inaugural State of Interoperability report from Health Gorilla , a health information network.

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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. Can patients get better without the medications?

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Toward a Wider Adoption of Digital Insurance Cards

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

This article looks at what it will take to let us all check in to our doctor’s office as easily as we wave our cell phone before a scanner in a retail store. Pollak says that any EHR supporting the SMART App Launch Framework can install an application to do the validation.

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Where are EHRs headed in 2023?

Poor EHR Workflows are Like Arthritis

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Key Skills and Qualifications for a Successful Career in Health IT and How They’ve Evolved with Advancements in Healthcare Technology

HIMSS 2019: The Mainstreaming of Health IT, from Jim Cramer to Opioid Risk Scores

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

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

Health Note Updates the Tired Old Patient Questionnaire

Context Makes Innovaccer More than a Note Generator

Weekly Roundup – May 4, 2024

Healthcare Workforce – 2023 Health IT Predictions

3 Ways to Achieve HIPAA-Compliant Communication for Behavioral Health

Bonus Features – January 14, 2024 – Epic Research shows telehealth results in more follow-up visits that in-office care, Elevance Health to offer smartphones to qualified Medicaid beneficiaries, plus 21 more stories

Health Consumers Expect Healthcare to be Digital (and Secure), Philips Future Health Index Finds

Embracing and Prioritizing Cloud-Based Care in Rural Communities

Health Care Portals: Looking Beyond the Patients’ Horizon

Weekly Roundup – December 9, 2023

From Wait Times to Real-Time: Assort Health Secures $3.5 Million to Scale First Generative AI for Healthcare Call Centers

Compassionate Health IT Understands Whom It’s Dealing With: News from a Lumeon Installation

Technology of Digitized Patient Intake Forms

How Health Data Sharing Impacts How Clinicians Care for Patients

Radiology’s Next Phase: Real-Time Collaboration Leading the Way

The Rise of Chat in Healthcare and Remaining Concerns

Helping People Take Their Meds

4 Strategic Considerations for Digital Hospital Transformation

How Technology Drives Value-Based Care

How Digital Health Companies Attract Software Engineers: Human Resource Management

EHRs and Collaboration: Leveraging Technology to Help Patients with Substance-Use Disorders

Electronic Signatures Can Reduce Costs, Speed Care Delivery

Bonus Features – July 16, 2023 – 95% of patients are concerned about data breaches affecting their medical records, 81% incorrectly assume PHI collected by digital health apps is protected under HIPAA

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

Lean Digital: How AI Drives Treatment Recommendations for Weight Loss

Weekly Roundup – December 30, 2023

Bonus Features – October 30, 2022 – 46% of Americans have gone into debt paying medical bills, 41% say retail and virtual care experiences are disjointed, and more

Optimizing Healthcare IT: Four Innovative Ways to Use QR Codes

Weekly Roundup – December 3, 2022

Chicago Providers Charge Fees To Answer Clinical Questions Submitted Via Portals

Weekly Roundup – September 23, 2023

Empowering Healthcare: The Transformative Role of Technology in Improving Patient Care

The Empathy-First Approach: Choosing Technology that Benefits All Healthcare Stakeholders

Weekly Roundup – July 8, 2023

Zealous for Wellness: Deciding What Kind of Change You Want

Bonus Features – January 22, 2023 – 69% of digital health companies report data set gaps, 66% of patients don’t know where their healthcare data goes, and more

Rethinking Medication and Information Technology

Toward a Wider Adoption of Digital Insurance Cards

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