Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 10, 2023

The following is a guest article by Dave Bennett, CEO at pCare Digital transformation has become a popular buzzword, but it’s more complicated than just that. Data-driven solutions that present an engagement roadmap for patients during admission will enhance the experience while preparing the patient and family for a smooth care transition.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 28, 2023

The following is a guest article by Chris Anello, Director of Digital Platforms at iTech AG The COVID-19 pandemic pushed healthcare organizations to the edge and exposed both challenges and opportunities related to public health data.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

We’re working on a full article about this, but most of you have probably seen that Judy Faulkner and her company, Epic, have asked their customers to send a letter to HHS asking for them to stop the health data blocking rule that’s about to be finalized. There’s a lot of nuance to this discussion […].

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 27, 2022

The previous articles in this series described what it’s like to try to get home treatments for COVID-19, and how it would ideally work. This final article looks at particular changes that regulators and health IT practitioners could do to help cope with the next health crisis.

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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. However, using AI in healthcare also raises concerns about job displacement and the need to focus on people and quality.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 24, 2021

The following is a guest article by Bevey Miner, Chief Marketing Officer for Consensus. How about a positive healthcare story from the pandemic in 2020? As COVID-19 escalated, New York City Health + Hospitals, the country’s largest safety-net health delivery system, was inundated with cases.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 29, 2021

The following is a guest article by Robin Gaster, CEO of Incumetrics. For 100 years, retailers have segmented the broad marketplace into groups – soccer moms, or Millennials, or New Yorkers, or readers… pretty much every retailer uses target segments like those. But Amazon has never been interested.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 30, 2024

The following is a guest article by Stephanie Maharjan, Director of Operations at WellReceived. While COVID-19 sparked many challenges for healthcare providers across the USA, it highlighted technology’s essential role in patient communication and engagement. So, it’s essential providers have a secure system to manage it.

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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. That’s what patient portals promise – a simple, digital way to access medical records, book appointments, and chat with doctors.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 31, 2021

The following is a guest article by Mike Linnert, Chief Executive Officer & Founder at SymphonyRM. March is National Kidney Month, which highlights the 37 million people in the U.S. more than 1 in 7 adults – who suffer from chronic kidney disease (CKD). What’s even more alarming: Approximately 90% of those with CKD […].

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

This article focuses on revenue, because I and other writers frequently cover impacts of televisits on access and care plans. ” Remote patient monitoring. The premise of this article embraces an irony. Medicare created new codes to cover remote patient monitoring in January 2020, according to Anderson and Null.

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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.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 3, 2021

The following is the guest article by Michele Kratz, Vice President of Operations at HGS AxisPoint Health. Our overall health is determined not only by the health of our physical systems, but also by our mental […]. Humans are complex systems, but we’re no more than the sum of our parts — all of our parts.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 6, 2022

The following is a guest article by Liza Dzhezhora, Healthcare IT Analyst at Itransition. For years, patient portals have been considered the most efficient tool for patient engagement. But the problem is that, in many cases, they were created just to tick a box, without a focus on patients’ actual needs.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The following is a guest article by Blake Walker, CEO at Inbox Health. The dreaded healthcare bill: patients’ anxiety rises the second it lands in their mailbox or inbox, and practices find the process of managing patient billing arduous. Practices and billing teams have the ability to set the terms (e.g.,

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 21, 2021

The following is a guest article by Mike Linnert, Chief Executive Officer & Founder at SymphonyRM. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted gaps in our healthcare system, but also illuminated opportunities for clinics and systems to build deeper relationships with existing and new patients and drive lifetime value.

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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.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 23, 2023

The following is a guest article by Dr. Bruce Bassi, Advisory Board Member at CharmHealth Most patients have almost certainly received an invitation to join their electronic medical record communication system, or portal for their particular doctor’s office.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 12, 2019

The following is a guest article by Cliff Frank, Executive Director, Shore Quality Partners Data infrastructure plays an important role in healthcare networks’ ability to navigate evolving care delivery and payment models.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 21, 2019

The following is a guest article by Sean Vandeweerd, Sr. Our healthcare system is approaching a critical time in which an aging population will bring baby boomers into hospitals and post-acute care facilities in record numbers. Product Manager, PointClickCare Technologies Inc.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 29, 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… Tracking the Patient Experience at Intermountain Health. Read more… Unlocking the Digital Front Door.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 13, 2024

The following is a guest article by Nitin Kunte, Sr. Director at NTT DATA On February 8, 2024, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability (HTI-1) Final Rule in the Federal Register, which took effect on March 11, 2024.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 16, 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. Optimize Health Data Sharing to Enhance the Patient Experience.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The following is a guest article by Michael Armstrong, Chief Technology Officer at Authenticx. From disease detection and treatment management to patient communications, AI plays an ever increasing role in the healthcare industry. Will healthcare organizations sacrifice data privacy as they implement and rely more on AI?

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The following is a guest article by Chad Anguilm, Vice President of Growth at Medical Advantage. Patient engagement is the next frontier in healthcare and single-platform patient portals created the digital foundation for this ongoing transformation. Removal of Barriers to Patient Data.

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care innovations

JANUARY 2, 2019

Specifically, the new code allows providers to bill the CMS for time spent collecting and interpreting remotely generated health data. You can read the full article here. Read Bryan’s full article here. Luke's Health Systems in helping drive better outcomes with the use or our RPM solution and services.

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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. Happy Holidays from Healthcare IT Today! Look for us again in 2023.

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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.

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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. They have more time to improve the patient experience and spend less time making sense of the EHR.

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