Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 23, 2020

As the telehealth adoption wave continues in healthcare, we thought we’d take the time to do a series of articles on a number of aspects of telehealth. In this first series we’re going to look at various Telehealth features. We’ll evaluate nuances of when a […].

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MARCH 27, 2023

This article was originally published in December 2019 and was updated in March 2023. As patient retention is a measurement of your ability to keep patients loyal to your healthcare organization, it is important for the bottom line of your practice as well as the longevity and reputation of your service.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The following is a guest article by Dr. Bob Monteverdi – Global Healthcare Solutions Leader at Lenovo Health. Before Covid-19 few of us interacted with our healthcare providers in any way other than face-to-face. The Virtual Health Revolution is Here A virtual health revolution is occurring.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 18, 2021

The following is a guest article by Matt Dickson, Vice President of Product, Strategy, and General Manager at Stericycle Communication Solutions. Telehealth and virtual care have exploded during the current COVID-19 pandemic, building on the incremental growth and adoption seen in recent years.

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Healthcare IT Today

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. Preventive care delivery platform Fullscript has joined the athenahealth Marketplace app store.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 31, 2021

Blayney and Tina Hernandez-Boussard saw firsthand how the use of telehealth shot up during the COVID-19 pandemic. The rapid growth in care, they said in an article published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association , has also inspired discussions on the best way to use telemedicine for disease management.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic essentially forced healthcare provider organizations, the government and payers to embrace telehealth as an essential way to enable physicians to see patients. This put a lot of pressure on the physicians who oversee telehealth programs at these providers: the telehealth managers.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 23, 2024

So what are these key skills and qualifications and how have they evolved with advancements in healthcare technology ? We reached out to our incredible Healthcare IT Today Community for their thoughts and the following is what they had to say.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 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. Why AI’s Risks and Remedies Are Different in Healthcare. Read more… Healthcare IT Today Podcast : 2023 Health IT Recap.

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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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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 6, 2023

The following is a guest article by Josh Wilda, CIO at University of Michigan Health-West. He’s also one of many Exalta patients who took advantage of a partnership with a local hospital to receive needed specialty care through a unique hybrid remote/in-person model. In 2020, furloughs gutted the clinic’s on-site staff.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The use of blockchain for healthcare – distributed ledger technology, with no central authority over data, that provides secure, reliable real-time data storage and sharing – has been promising but limited so far, said Dr. John Halamka, president of the Mayo Clinic Platform. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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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. Telehealth startup Options MD raised $3.8M

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 10, 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. Automating For Workflow and Quality in Healthcare. Read more… Healthcare IT Today Podcast : The Promise of Ambient Clinical Voice.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 31, 2023

The following is a guest article by Sylvia Kang, Co-Founder and CEO at Mira In recent years, the landscape of reproductive health has witnessed a significant shift with technological advancements toward fertility care. Innovative technologies, particularly AI , have emerged as key enablers of better patient experiences.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 23, 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… Where Do We Need Less – or More – Healthcare IT Regulation ? Privacy and data quality company Integral secured a $6.9

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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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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 14, 2023

The following is a guest article by Lynne Bell, Vice President, Vertical Markets at Spectrum Enterprise Digital transformation in the healthcare industry has been propelled by technology advancements, evolving regulations, and changing patient expectations. Spectrum Enterprise , a part of Charter Communications, Inc.,

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 2, 2021

The following is a guest article by Dr. Jaideep Rayapudi, MD MBBS, Digital Health Technology thought leader and registered physician of Global Telehealth Exchange by Solve.Care. Barriers to healthcare exacerbate already dire consequences, as has been seen on the ground in India over the past few months. Technology can help.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The following is a guest article by Dan Simenc, Chief Revenue Officer, SR Health by Solutionreach. Since the pandemic began, healthcare organizations have been making significant process and technology changes to see and treat patients safely.

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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.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 1, 2020

The following is a guest article by Rick Halton, VP Marketing & Product, Lumeon. I’m sure you’ve seen the iconic movie ‘Lost In Translation’ set in Japan – with Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson – it’s about what goes unsaid. The cast spends the whole time communicating through technology or interpreters.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2024

So let’s take a deeper look into healthcare at home to see how it has evolved over time, the technology that is driving this change, and how it is impacting our patients and providers. We reached out to our brilliant Healthcare IT Today community to get their insights into this topic. The following is what they had to say.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 10, 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. In the latest Healthcare IT Podcast, John and Colin discussed the upcoming slate of health IT conferences. posted to Healthcare IT Central.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 7, 2022

The following is a guest article by Linda Comp-Noto, Division President, Healthcare Enterprise Operations at Teleperformance. For the healthcare industry – an industry that is conservative by nature – undergoing a transformation presents an opportunity to implement digital strategies across the board. million in 2020.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 18, 2023

The following is a guest article by Deepak Singh, MBA, MS , Product Manager at Teladoc Health. This article represents Singh’s thoughts and don’t necessarily represent the views of Teladoc Health. This can help preserve the human touch and maintain trust in the patient-provider relationship.

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Healthcare IT Today

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. The Nevada Department of Health and Human Services received a $3.8

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 13, 2023

The following is a guest article by Clarissa Riggins , Chief Product Officer at Experian Health Patients have increasingly high expectations for easy and efficient tech-enabled solutions when it comes to accessing healthcare services. It’s not only a benefit for improving patient service.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 17, 2020

Editor’s Note: This article was queued up before the Covid-19 situation, but it still gives great insights into the virtual care world coronavirus is pushing us towards.

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Healthcare IT Today

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. Increasingly, medical providers are borrowing from the classical marketing playbook and weaving omnichannel messaging into their communications.

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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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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 27, 2023

The following is a guest article by Janelle Estes, Chief Insights Officer at UserTesting , a video-based human insight platform. On average, it takes 26 days to schedule a new patient appointment in-office in large U.S. cities, according to a recent study by medical staffing firm AMN Healthcare.

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Healthcare IT Today

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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Healthcare IT Today

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. Payers need to understand everyone they cover—especially ones who fall outside the healthcare system.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 23, 2022

Furthermore, the field is getting more and more digital with wellness sites, telehealth, and fitness devices—so making them accessible is crucial to making health care accessible. During my interview with UserWay we ran a test on Healthcare Scene, the site where this article appears. Healthcare Scene uses a WordPress template.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 12, 2023

The following is a guest article by Jake Sattelmair, EVP and General Manager at Wellframe , a HealthEdge company Healthcare costs are on the rise in the United States, posing significant challenges for individuals, employers, and health plans.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 28, 2022

For example, a piece in the Chicago Tribune recently outlined a growing movement among hospitals in its region to begin charging for patient requests made through portals such as Epic’s MyChart. 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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