Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 28, 2024

After all, it should be the patients themselves who benefit most from digitalization in healthcare. The eHealth patient portal does more than just remind the patient of their next doctor’s appointment; it also facilitates digital consultations, reliably processes individual health data, and offers additional medical information.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 29, 2023

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 20, 2023

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 20, 2023

We previously shared ONC’s big QHIN announcement which shared the names of five officially designated QHINs as part of TEFCA: eHealth Exchange Epic Nexus Health Gorilla KONZA MedAllies No doubt, the timing of this announcement was planned to coincide with the ONC Annual Meeting in Washington DC.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Enterprise Architect position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by New York eHealth Collaborative and is in New York. This hybrid work schedule is subject to change.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The following is a guest article by Jay Nakashima, Executive Director at eHealth Exchange. Currently, perhaps 99% of health data exchange is initiated to support treatment. A bigger network means more complete patient data to support care coordination, value-based care and population health management.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This is a big step forward for QHINs who can now start sharing health data. We’ll see how effective it is at solving the healthcare interoperability problem. So, the final HTI-1 rule shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise to readers of Healthcare IT Today.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

eHealth Exchange’s Executive Director already shared that not all QHINs will be created equal. I’m hopeful of the former, but am afraid of the later given past organizations’ approach to data sharing. No doubt it will be really interesting to see how all this plays out and who gets behind each of the various QHINs.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 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. How the IoMT Helps Data Reach Its Full Potential. Read more… The Problems and Benefits of Non-Competes in Healthcare.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 1, 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. The Arizona city is using GIS data to map which neighborhoods make it possible to meet basic needs in a 20-minute trip on foot, by bicycle, or via mass transit.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

A New York HIE has concluded that it’s having the impact supporters of data sharing have always hoped for – generating a substantial level of healthcare savings.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 3, 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. Healthcare Innovation: Disrupting Traditional Models and Understanding Regulations. Read more… Healthcare’s Data Resolution Problem.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 4, 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… Can a Modern Approach to Data Collection Save the CDC ? Read more… The Good and Bad Sides of Healthcare AI and Automation.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 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. CommonWell, eHealth Exchange, Epic, Health Gorilla, Kno2, and KONZA were named the inaugural QHINs.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Connecting the Dots for SDOH In a well-attended session on social determinants of health (SDOH), the panelists pointed to the challenge of collecting SDOH data and then using it to improve care delivery. Connecting the #SDOH Dots “Collecting data and doing nothing with it is worse than not collecting it at all.”

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 20, 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… Putting Social Determinants Data to Use. John and Colin devoted the latest Healthcare IT Today to a review of spring conference season.

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David Chou

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The healthcare industry is rapidly transforming with the adoption of healthcare IT and digital healthcare solutions. The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) further bolstered this transition to a modern healthcare system.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 10, 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. Navigating Long Buying Cycles in Healthcare Innovation. Read more… Shifting From Data Dashboards to Valuable Action.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 7, 2023

Just a few weeks ago, CommonWell was announced as one of six applicants—along with eHealth Exchange, Epic TEFCA Interoperability Systems, Health Gorilla, Kno2 and Konza— accepted to continue in the onboarding process to become a Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN) under TEFCA.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 5, 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. Celebrating 100 Episodes of the Healthcare IT Podcast. Thanks for reading and be sure to check out our latest Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundups.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 17, 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. For FQHCs such as Dallas-area HHM Health, maintaining trust is critical because many patients are new users of the healthcare system.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 10, 2021

Silas Buchanan, principal at the Institute for eHealth Equity, also stressed the importance of meeting patients where they are, and with connecting to trusted community partners. " Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. " she pointed out. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 1, 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. Thanks for reading and be sure to check out our latest Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundups.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The lessons have been learned in real time: how to cultivate clinician buy-in, adjust to new workflows, iron out IT challenges, educate patients, manage new data streams, safeguard security and much more. How to shore up telehealth cybersecurity. How to cultivate clinician buy-in.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Patient matching problems are persistent across healthcare organizations and continue to pose patient safety risks, according to a new survey addressing these issues. The survey, which was conducted by the eHealth Initiative and commissioned by NextGate, included 118 respondents, roughly two-thirds of which were providers.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 22, 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. GIS Technology Supports Healthcare Workers on the Ground. Read more… How Big Tech Can Succeed in Healthcare.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 3, 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 healthcare, the impacts of reducing medical waste, improving data center energy efficiency, and increasing staff diversity go beyond the bottom line.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 4, 2023

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 21, 2023

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Infrastructure Engineer position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. Today, we’re featuring the Sr. Docker, Kubernetes) and container orchestration platforms (e.g., Amazon EKS) Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (e.g.,

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 23, 2020

Several healthcare organizations and elected officials came together on Thursday in support of legislation safeguarding access to telehealth after the pandemic. "We have seen the positive impact of telehealth across the nation," said Jen Covich Bordenick, CEO at eHealth Initiative. The temporary waivers issued by the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

After years of evolving and struggling to find a solid business model, HIEs have finally found a reasonably secure place in the healthcare system. The thing is, the job they’ve learned to do – serving as an exchange point for any and all data coming their way – may already be outmoded, according to Claudia […].

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 1, 2022

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Executive Coordinator position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by New York eHealth Collaborative and is in New York.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 22, 2020

The telematics infrastructure (TI) is the backbone of the German digital healthcare system, supporting data communication between all stakeholders including insured patients, healthcare providers and insurers who pay for healthcare services. THE LARGER CONTEXT.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

"Speed" is how quickly data can go from Point A to B. "Capacity" refers to your data being able to move from Point A to B. " asked Peter Caplan, the managing consultant for New York-based eHealth Systems & Solutions. Down with data caps! Redlining is alive and well in 2021.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 22, 2023

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Director, Information Technology and Security position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by TransForm Shared Service Organization and is located in Windsor, Canada.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 13, 2021

" Store-and-forward telehealth is collecting medical data, digital images, etc. Reinventing the doctor office visit for a variety of healthcare practices including observation, screening, gathering data, data exchange, and medical counseling. and sending it electronically to another site for later evaluation.

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