Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 3, 2022

Today, we’re featuring the Health Information Technology Advisor position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. Familiarity with health information systems. Looks like a great opportunity for those with experience with health IT and spanish. Advanced proficiency in written and spoken Spanish.

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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.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 17, 2024

This included an update on CommonWell’s new technical service provider, ELLKAY and their recent designation by the federal government as a Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN). CommonWell has been working with some of these clients to look at innovative data workflows. and their journey to TEFCA.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The growing use of APIs in health information technology innovation for patient care has been a boon to speeding development placed in the hands of providers and patients. Using APIs can help drive interoperability and make data “liquid” and useable. Sidebar on “what is an ‘API?’

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Today, we’re featuring the Data Scientist position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. Founded in 2006 by healthcare leaders, NYeC works to help New York State achieve the Triple Aim of improving the patient experience of care, delivering better health outcomes, and reducing costs.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JUNE 17, 2021

Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is announcing the establishment of an $80 million Public […]. The article HHS Announces $80 Million In American Rescue Plan Funding to Strengthen U.S.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 5, 2021

“Most Americans clearly recognize the potential benefits that improved health IT can offer, and they want this transformation of the health care system to continue,” the Pew Charitable Trusts research concludes in Most Americans Want to Share and Access More Digital Health Data. As with other aspects of U.S.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 28, 2020

consumers believe they have an obligation to share personal health information to stop the spread of the coronavirus. However, only 44% would be willing to share their personal data with a national database, a MITRE study learned. If data are to be shared, U.S. In the COVID-19 era, most U.S.

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Electronic Health Reporter

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announces four awards totaling more than $2.7 million under the Leading Edge Acceleration Projects in Health […].

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Health Populi

APRIL 17, 2023

The Washington State legislature passed House Bill 1155, aka the My Health, My Data Act , last week. The bill expands privacy protections for Washington State’s health citizens beyond HIPAA’s provisions. ” That could include such data tags as cookie identifiers, device identifiers, and IP addresses.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

While we are still in this mindset, let’s talk about how we can also improve as health IT leaders. So to become a better leader in health IT, we need to figure out what skills and best practices we must do and find out if these skills for health IT leadership is different than other healthcare sectors.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

In today’s technologically advanced world, the healthcare system is also undergoing a rapid digital transformation, especially in regard to data storage and protection. Hospital records contain sensitive data, including diagnostic details and sensitive personal health information.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

are growing their health IT muscles and literacy, accelerated in the coronavirus pandemic. In particular, health consumers in America want more access to their personal health data, a study from the Pew Research Center has found in Americans Want Federal Government to Make Sharing Electronic Health Data Easier.

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 15, 2020

Federal health IT officials released on Wednesday a draft strategic plan that outlines priorities over the next five years with a focus on increasing patients' access to health data through smartphone apps.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 6, 2024

The following is a guest article by Ann Krutsko, Healthcare IT Researcher at ScienceSoft In healthcare, working with inaccurate patient data is a dangerous game. Electronic Health Records (EHRs) were designed to streamline operations and improve coordination across healthcare systems. Data entry is still fraught with human error.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This fall, The Sequoia Project began accepting applications for potential qualified health information networks (QHINs), the entities tasked with operationalizing the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) established by the 21st Century Cures Act. Suppose a patient reports alcoholism within the family.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 2, 2024

The government and many healthcare leaders are pushing for more interoperability and data sharing in healthcare. When you look at how much data is passing through Healthix, it’s kind of hard to comprehend. 50 million patients with 105+ million inbound data is a lot of health data.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

are growing their health IT muscles and literacy, accelerated in the coronavirus pandemic. In particular, health consumers in America want more access to their personal health data, a study from the Pew Research Center has found in Americans Want Federal Government to Make Sharing Electronic Health Data Easier.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 7, 2023

While the EHR Association has long supported the goals of the proposed rule, called Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing Proposed Rule (HTI-1), we have a number of real concerns about the impact it would have on the industry if finalized as proposed.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 22, 2023

There has been a lot of activity and news coverage of Qualified Health Information Networks, or QHINs, recently. The Trusted Exchange Framework is the technical standard that governs the actual sharing of data, and the Common Agreement is the legal agreement that governs the obligations of those sharing the data.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Patients searching online for health information and health care provider reviews is mainstream in 2019. Digital health tracking is now adopted by 4 in 10 U.S. Rock Health’s Digital Health Consumer Adoption Report for 2019 was developed in collaboration with the Stanford Medicine Center for Digital Health.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

About NYeC New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) is a not-for-profit organization working in partnership with the New York State Department of Health to improve healthcare by collaboratively leading, connecting, and integrating health information exchange across the State. This hybrid work schedule is subject to change.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The next public health pronouncement or clinical treatment might emerge from synthetic data : rows of totally invented people that contain no real data but reflects the actual characteristics of a population such as race, gender, and medical conditions. ” The FDA, VA, and others are using synthetic data.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 10, 2022

You’ll collaborate closely with others on the various technologies of our health information exchange platform to implement software solutions. Looks like a great opportunity for those with experience with health information exchange architecture. Thank you for your cooperation.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 23, 2023

Also on its policy agenda for the year ahead: advocating for data standardization, offering input for interoperability rulemaking and engaging with agencies and states to increase telehealth access. We now have three years of data on the impact to the Medicare Trust Fund," he said.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 3, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. For example, HHS is proposing to update the HIPAA Security Rule in 2024 to strengthen requirements for HIPAA regulated entities to safeguard electronic health information from cybersecurity threats.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Doctors remotely manage patient data without being tied to a specific medical facility. They also handle large volumes of data effortlessly within their hospitals. This became possible thanks to electronic health records, telemedicine, and cloud solutions. When it comes to managing medical information, we go even further.

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Mobi Health News

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Among them: empowering patients, sharing health information, protecting sensitive data and managing the growing need for a deeper talent pool.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

ECRI's Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety is working with the HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association chart some of the common challenges involved in integrating behavioral health systems with primary care EHRs. Optimize clinical documentation for behavioral health and primary care integration.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Xealth is also integrated with Epic and Cerner, so the clinician can record data on third-party content if desired. Watch this short video demo for more details about how Xealth connects hospitals and health systems to patients at home.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

However, amidst the IT infrastructure responses we received a number of health IT experts talking about the importance of health data and interoperability infrastructure. If the future of healthcare is built on the back of data, then it makes sense why health data infrastructure would be such an important topic.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

As health data sharing continues to evolve, the mere collection of patient data is no longer sufficient; it’s imperative that the data collected have tangible value for overburdened clinicians increasingly being requested to gather more data. Alderman also talked about several prominent use cases.

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Health Populi

APRIL 11, 2019

Trust is a precursor to health engagement, I learned way back in 2008 when I collaborated with Edelman on the first Health Engagement Barometer in 2008. This chart illustrated data from that survey, showing that trust, authenticity and satisfaction were the top three drivers among consumers looking to engage for health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Here's what execs from some leading health IT vendors think about the most pressing challenges – and big opportunities – of the year ahead. " Going forward, using AI-powered big data analytics to optimize the supply chain is going to be essential, said Byczkowski. Supply chain: Machine learning insights.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

At that moment in the Twitterverse, it occurred to me that health IT as a consumer-facing industry was beginning to mainstream in America. Cramer’s pronouncement led to a tweetstorm where hundreds of tweeters in and outside of health/care talked back and with Cramer. The patient is worried about privacy and data security.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Since remote and hybrid employees need to be able to collaborate anytime, anywhere, and from multiple devices, many healthcare organizations are adopting cloud infrastructure and rethinking their overall approach to data security. Top Challenges to Expect Many of the top challenges the healthcare sector faces are shared by other industries.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 24, 2023

The organization’s 5,000+ physicians, who are treating people across the socioeconomic spectrum, believe that comprehensive health information is crucial to deliver high-quality care for their patients. A lot of work remains to make data sharing a reality. Access to discrete data is at the core of the DxF.

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