Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 26, 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… I nbound Communication Can Improve Patient Experiences. The Top Innovations at HLTH 2022.

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JANUARY 22, 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. This is despite the fact that 65% of survey respondents saying they believe patients should own their data.

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AUGUST 22, 2023

The following is a guest article by Jim Tyrrell, Vice President of Enterprise Product Management at TNS COVID-19 didn’t spawn patient dissatisfaction, but the pandemic did accelerate it. In 2022, only 12% of US adults surveyed said healthcare was handled ‘extremely’ or ‘very’ well.

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OCTOBER 30, 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. Only 38% of Americans have a dedicated savings fund for healthcare emergencies. News and Studies.

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OCTOBER 23, 2023

The following is a guest article by Pete Heydt, President at Patient Pay Ninety-five percent of healthcare leaders expect outpatient volumes to increase, with many anticipating increases of 10% or more this year, a recent survey found. But finding the right approach is key.

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JULY 31, 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. Primary care in particular seems to be suffering, as visit volumes have yet to return to their 2019 levels.

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OCTOBER 19, 2023

Previous articles in this series introduced the importance of social determinants of health (SDoH) and explained how it can be captured and classified. In this article, I’ll show how many hospitals, payers, and other institutions are acting on that data. Those answers helped to identify gaps in the system.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The previous articles in this series showed how payers, providers, and digital health companies try to prove that they’re helping to create healthier patients. But this final article looks at how some organizations are filling the gap. This is not likely to emerge for some time.

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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. Reduced errors means fewer rejected bills.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 16, 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. Among organizations surveyed, 64% rely on external expertise for project planning and 71% do so for production.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 2024

The following is a guest article by Jason Warrelmann, Vice President, Global Services & Process Industries at UiPath From battling COVID-19 surges to an increase in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and this year’s cold and flu season, physicians and their staffs continue to navigate one of the busiest times of the year.

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OCTOBER 20, 2023

This is the final article in a series about social determinants of health (SDoH). Previous articles covered the definition, collection, sharing, and use of SDoH. Maria Gil, Data-Tech-AI Partner, Consumer and Healthcare at Genpact , emphasizes the importance of teaching financial literacy.

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OCTOBER 18, 2023

Previous articles in this series showed why social determinants of health (SDoH) are the hottest recent addition to data used by the medical industry. This article shows how organizations are collecting it. Translated into several languages, the survey contains 21 questions about race, finances, personal safety, and more.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 23, 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. Please include any relevant links and let us know if news is under embargo.

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JUNE 19, 2023

Although widely used in many other industries, its adoption is just beginning to take off in healthcare. 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.

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JULY 10, 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. Please include any relevant links and let us know if news is under embargo.

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APRIL 21, 2023

The following is a guest article by Jim Larrison, Co-Founder & CCO at Firstup Three years after the start of the pandemic, nurses are beyond burnt out. Despite being hailed as “healthcare heroes,” nurses feel overworked, underpaid and under-appreciated. According to a recent survey by Jarrard Inc., In the same Jarrad, Inc.

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AUGUST 7, 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. Please include any relevant links and let us know if news is under embargo.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The following is a guest article by Sandro Stupar, Product Management Director at Mitto. Navigating the healthcare system in America can be byzantine and time-consuming. Newsletters can be a powerful education platform for patients managing health conditions such as asthma, diabetes and high blood pressure.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The following is a guest article by Paul Ketchel, Chief Executive Officer at MDsave. This presents the opportunity for an ecosystem of transparently-priced care, highly-engaged patients, and high patient satisfaction and net promotion levels. Cost transparency is a driving force in the American market.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 20, 2022

The following is a guest article by Mark Spinner, President and CEO at AccessOne. Just three years ago, 90% of healthcare organizations relied on paper-based billing statements. Even during COVID-19, when consumers leaned into digital payment options, just 23% pay their bill via a patient portal, a recent survey found.

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MARCH 16, 2023

The following is a guest article by Dmitrii Evstiukhin , Director of Managed Services at Provectus In today’s world, personalized and efficient digital interactions are expected, especially in the healthcare industry. When done well, great customer experience improves customer satisfaction.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

This article isn’t about the politics or morality around abortion; it’s about the current state of health care privacy and the right of the individual to control their data. An entertaining, in-depth article describes the origins of OpenTDF in a project at the National Security Agency (NSQ). Control and consent.

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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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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The following is a guest article by d’Artagnan Osborne, General Manager of Payment Solutions at Kareo , a Tebra company. The healthcare information technology (IT) market is expecting a CAGR of 13.2% Improves the patient experience. Rising costs have placed more of the financial burden on patients.

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JANUARY 5, 2023

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. Healthcare staffing shortages will continue to negatively impact patient experience in 2023. Wendy Deibert, SVP of Clinical Solutions at Caregility.

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NOVEMBER 20, 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. Ascension is using Qualtrics for gathering patient experience feedback. News and Studies.

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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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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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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The following is a guest article by Dr. Lea McMahon LPC, EdD, Chief Clinic Officer at Symetria Recovery Even in the sensitive healthcare industry, most patients prefer to communicate with their providers via text message instead of email, calls, or app messages.

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JANUARY 23, 2024

They also tend to think of recent patients they’ve seen when describing their needs, rather than surveying their entire patient base to see what’s most common. ” The next article in this series offers practical advice for choosing a digital app or service.

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MARCH 28, 2024

While our first big push into remote care was a leap into the unknown, this time we want to make sure that we are surveying the landscape to make this a safe, smart, and financially responsible decision. So let’s take a moment to pause and evaluate healthcare at home to see where we are and where we need to go.

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JULY 21, 2023

The following is a guest article by Bob Farrell, VP, Solution Delivery & CX Practice at Applause When it comes to healthcare, inclusivity is not a nice to have, but rather an absolute necessity. In healthcare, many patients have short- or long-term needs for accessible experiences.

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OCTOBER 11, 2022

The following is a guest article by Stephen Dean, Healthcare CRM Expert and Co-Founder of Keona Health. Many health care professionals think the strength of the patient-provider relationship is determined solely by the face-to-face interactions between patients and physicians, and that all problems begin and end there.

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MAY 25, 2023

More practices are adopting RPM programs because of the increasing patient acceptance of virtual care models, widespread reimbursement from CMS as well as private payers and Medicaid plans , and decreased cost of connected devices. patients – 26.2% And, by 2025, more than 70 million U.S.

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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. According to one survey on healthcare payment plans, 90.7

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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. And finally, providers should prove to patients that their active health management is critical to care quality.

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