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Exchanging, Managing, and Meaningfully Using Health Data in 2024

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 23, 2024

The following is a guest article by Jolie Ritzo, VP of Strategy and Network Engagement at Civitas Networks for Health Health data management in 2024 is both intricate and complex. Here are some of the most exciting and challenging aspects of both exchanging and using comprehensive health data this year and ahead.

Meaningful Use

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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.

Health Data

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Unified Data: The Key to HIE Success

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 21, 2021

The following is a guest article by Todd Broadhurst, Solutions Director, Tamr. Electronic Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) are exploding globally and in the U.S., with 92% of the U.S. population now served by them. Private companies, states, and even large counties and cities are scrambling to launch their own HIEs.

HIE

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Tools, Technology Already Exist for HIEs to Succeed

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 13, 2023

The following is a guest article by Sonia Chambers, Executive Director at West Virginia Health Information Network. Infrastructure is available nationally for states to leverage and customize locally for their unique Health Information Exchange needs. Resources for All States. For instance: .

HIE

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What Healthcare Interoperability Topic Are Not Enough People Talking About?

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 3, 2023

We don’t even have the time or word count to cover it all in this article, so instead we will be focusing on healthcare interoperability. What isn’t being talked about enough when it comes to sharing health data?

Interoperability

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Bonus Features, HIMSS2024 Edition – March 13, 2024 – AI news from AWS, Google, Innovaccer, Microsoft, and Oracle Health, plus 18 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 13, 2024

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Philips expanded its partnership with AWS to manage and analyze digital pathology data.

HIE

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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

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. ZeOmega integrated its Jiva SDOH Social Care solution with Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare.

Digital Health

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Bonus Features – March 17, 2024 – 65% of nurses think AI will negatively impact healthcare, 14% of EHRs have known cybersecurity vulnerabilities, plus 24 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 17, 2024

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Products Western New York HIE HEALTHeLINK launched its HEALTHeWNY Dashboard to support public and community health.

EHR

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How HIEs are Improving Healthcare with Patient-Generated Data

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 3, 2020

The following is a guest article by Andrea Tait, VP of Client Value, Orion Health. Patient-Generated Data’s Place in Patient Care Today, health systems have increasingly recognized the need to be patient-centered, with a focus on empowering and engaging patients to assist them in maintaining their own health.

HIE

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Weekly Roundup – August 27, 2022

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 27, 2022

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. 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… Education and Communication Can Catalyze HIE Adoption. Read more… Federal or State Health Data Collection?

HIE

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Too Many QHINs Could Hinder Progress Toward Nationwide Health IT Interoperability

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The following is a guest article by Zach Finn , chief executive and technology officer at Centralis Health. Focused guidance is needed to create reliable and sustainable standards and processes that work with healthcare today. These delays will come at the expense of ONC, healthcare providers, and patients. .

Interoperability

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Not All QHINs Will Be Created Equal

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The following is a guest article by Jay Nakashima, Executive Director at eHealth Exchange. For the health IT community, 2022 has been a big year. . Currently, perhaps 99% of health data exchange is initiated to support treatment. Does the Exchange Allow Participants Full Control Over Their Data?

HIE

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Bonus Features – February 19, 2023 – 80% of orgs collect SDOH data but struggle to make use of it, 2 in 3 cybersecurity pros say their orgs underestimate threats, and more

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. The bad news: Organizations face multiple challenges in collecting, coding, and using SDOH data.

Healthcare Cybersecurity

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Weekly Roundup – September 30, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. 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… Making Healthcare App Development and FHIR Data Access Easy. Streamlining Enterprise Network Management and Monitoring.

FHIR

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Interoperability is a Rural Health Disparity

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 17, 2021

The following is a guest article by Jaime Bland, DNP, RN-BC, Chief Executive Officer at CyncHealth, the health data utility for the Midwest, and Kat McDavitt, Principal Advisor and Head of Public Affairs for Innsena and advises organizations including PointClickCare on external affairs.

Interoperability

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Bonus Features – October 16, 2022 – Half of docs considering leaving their job, there’s little risk in sharing de-identified data, and more

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Partnerships. Please include any relevant links and let us know if news is under embargo.

HIE

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Vital Lines July 2023

Redox

JULY 31, 2023

Get the details Health plan costs expected to increase by 7% PwC researchers predict 2024 health plan costs will climb higher than in the previous two years. Read more Information blockers face stiff penalties Certified health IT developers, HIEs, and HINs are subject to violation penalties starting on September 1, 2023.

HIE

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Weekly Roundup – March 18, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 18, 2023

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Bringing Machine and Human Intelligence to Data Cleansing. Read more… Lessons Learned from Health IT in the Golden State.

EHR

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Bonus Features – August 14, 2022 – Payers and providers look at Big Tech differently, half of physicians and nurses don’t think their orgs are headed in the right direction, and more

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 14, 2022

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Partnerships. Please include any relevant links and let us know if news is under embargo.

Nursing

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Bonus Features – July 2, 2023 – Nuance and Epic integrate, 5 in 6 physicians say telemedicine improves continuity of care, news from HFMA, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 2, 2023

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Penalties for providers have yet to be determined.

Telemedicine

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CommonWell Marks its 10th Anniversary as TEFCA Gets Underway

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 7, 2023

The following is a guest article by Paul L Wilder, Executive Director, CommonWell Health Alliance. I still remember being with a New York State HIE at the time, on the HIMSS13 floor, and being asked by a reporter to speculate about what it meant. I was excited then and now I am the proud Executive Director of CommonWell.

Interoperability

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Going the Extra Mile to Support Patient Access Is a Win-Win for Patients and HIE Compliance

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 16, 2023

The following is a guest article by Deven McGraw , Co-Founder of Ciitizen® and Lead for Data Stewardship and Data Sharing at Invitae Corporation HIEs and HINs Should take Key Actions Now to Prepare for the Enforcement of the Information Blocking Rules On Sept.

HIE

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From Testing to Immunization, Accurate and Consistent Patient Identification is Critical for Managing COVID-19

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The following is a guest article by Andy Aroditis, CEO, NextGate. The COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to accelerate across the United States, with record-breaking infection rates and a tragically high death count.

HIE

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Why Do I need to Partner for My Interoperability and Integration Capabilities?

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 24, 2023

The following is a guest article by Loyd Bittle, CEO and Founder at Innovar Healthcare. One of the things that stood out to me in a recent healthcare CIO event was when John Glaser said that “Dealing with the vendor community is a fact of life and essential.”

Interoperability

Interoperability HIE Leadership Health Information

DirectTrust Passes 2 Billion Messages – Healthcare Interoperability in Action

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The response to my article asking the question “Are we at the end of the healthcare interoperability tunnel?” I think some people thought that I was hammering on all the work that’s being done on healthcare interoperability. ” was quite interesting.

Interoperability

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Changing Our Approach Together: How Health Data Can Advance Health Equity

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The following is a guest article by Tina Feldmann, VP of Corporate & Product Marketing at Kno2. “The variety of perspectives on this panel highlight and inspire the actions we can take to address health equity right now.”

Health Data

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Weekly Roundup – April 6, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 6, 2024

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Celebrating 500 Episodes: Reliving the Best Moments From the Healthcare IT Today Interviews Podcast.

Healthcare IT

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EHI is Not What it Used to be, but Don’t Panic

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 6, 2023

The following is a guest article by Mariann Yeager, CEO at The Sequoia Project. On October 6, 2022, the healthcare and health IT community woke to a new reality – one in which electronic health information (EHI) included far more than it did the day before. . What a difference a day makes. . Why was that so important?

HIE

HIE Health Information Interoperability Health Data

Bonus Features – October 2, 2022 – Tech vendors commit to standardizing SDoH data at White House event, 1 in 3 patients using telehealth to manage a chronic condition, and more

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. RCM provider AGS Health launched the AGS AI Platform for workflow and coding automation and compliance auditing.

eCare

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Bonus Features – December 18, 2022 – Half of Americans avoiding hospitals due to staffing shortages, 62% of patients don’t trust health plan info when searching for providers, and much more

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. The Sequoia Project published an implementation guide for HIE technology for vendors, networks, and testers.

HIE

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Defining and Sharing

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The previous article in this series gave some history of social determinants of health (SDoH) and the importance of addressing them in medicine. This article delves deeper into various aspects of data handling, and who is working in these fields.

Health Information

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This Mission is Possible: Achieving Better Data in Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 31, 2023

The following is a guest article by Sarah Bavar, RN, BSN, Director at ReMedi Health Solutions. At ReMedi , we frequently support health systems going through transitions at various stages of the EHR life cycle. Healthcare organizations have two options for this. Overall, we’re optimistic about the future of health data.

EHR

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Bonus Features – February 18, 2024 – 89% of patients want a single platform for managing their health, 70% of organizations interested in AI plan to adopt solutions from their EHR vendors, plus 27 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Workforce management technology company Hallmark Health Care Solutions appointed Patrick T.

EHR

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Bonus Features – March 12, 2023 – 87% of docs used telemedicine in 2021, 65% of healthcare orgs collect more trivial data once they adopt the cloud, and more

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 12, 2023

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. The program is launching with Puerto Rico’s HIE.

Telemedicine

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Connected Health Pulse

Exchanging, Managing, and Meaningfully Using Health Data in 2024

How Health Data Sharing Impacts How Clinicians Care for Patients

Trending Sources

Unified Data: The Key to HIE Success

Tools, Technology Already Exist for HIEs to Succeed

What Healthcare Interoperability Topic Are Not Enough People Talking About?

Bonus Features, HIMSS2024 Edition – March 13, 2024 – AI news from AWS, Google, Innovaccer, Microsoft, and Oracle Health, plus 18 more stories

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 – March 17, 2024 – 65% of nurses think AI will negatively impact healthcare, 14% of EHRs have known cybersecurity vulnerabilities, plus 24 more stories

How HIEs are Improving Healthcare with Patient-Generated Data

Weekly Roundup – August 27, 2022

Too Many QHINs Could Hinder Progress Toward Nationwide Health IT Interoperability

Not All QHINs Will Be Created Equal

Bonus Features – February 19, 2023 – 80% of orgs collect SDOH data but struggle to make use of it, 2 in 3 cybersecurity pros say their orgs underestimate threats, and more

Weekly Roundup – September 30, 2023

Interoperability is a Rural Health Disparity

Bonus Features – October 16, 2022 – Half of docs considering leaving their job, there’s little risk in sharing de-identified data, and more

Vital Lines July 2023

Weekly Roundup – March 18, 2023

Bonus Features – August 14, 2022 – Payers and providers look at Big Tech differently, half of physicians and nurses don’t think their orgs are headed in the right direction, and more

Bonus Features – July 2, 2023 – Nuance and Epic integrate, 5 in 6 physicians say telemedicine improves continuity of care, news from HFMA, and more

CommonWell Marks its 10th Anniversary as TEFCA Gets Underway

Going the Extra Mile to Support Patient Access Is a Win-Win for Patients and HIE Compliance

From Testing to Immunization, Accurate and Consistent Patient Identification is Critical for Managing COVID-19

Why Do I need to Partner for My Interoperability and Integration Capabilities?

DirectTrust Passes 2 Billion Messages – Healthcare Interoperability in Action

Changing Our Approach Together: How Health Data Can Advance Health Equity

Weekly Roundup – April 6, 2024

EHI is Not What it Used to be, but Don’t Panic

Bonus Features – October 2, 2022 – Tech vendors commit to standardizing SDoH data at White House event, 1 in 3 patients using telehealth to manage a chronic condition, and more

Bonus Features – December 18, 2022 – Half of Americans avoiding hospitals due to staffing shortages, 62% of patients don’t trust health plan info when searching for providers, and much more

Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Defining and Sharing

This Mission is Possible: Achieving Better Data in Healthcare

Bonus Features – February 18, 2024 – 89% of patients want a single platform for managing their health, 70% of organizations interested in AI plan to adopt solutions from their EHR vendors, plus 27 more stories

Bonus Features – March 12, 2023 – 87% of docs used telemedicine in 2021, 65% of healthcare orgs collect more trivial data once they adopt the cloud, and more

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