Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Envision Radiology wanted more control over how healthcare information was shared so they could focus on delivering outstanding patient experience and outcomes. Only with this level of control could Envision connect with their healthcare partners and share imaging information quickly. Here’s how.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 31, 2021

"To optimize patient and provider experience through telemedicine, stakeholders need to focus on enhancing technology interoperability and usability and providing sufficient training for efficient telemedicine use," wrote Sun, Blayney and Hernandez-Boussard. Embedded quality, value and patient-reported outcome metrics.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

While it may be true that the EHR is the main tool for a clinician, the same is not true for patients. Patient data is stored in a wide variety of systems including a CRM, health system website, secure messaging systems, call center systems, survey systems, mobile apps, iPads in the doctor’s office, kiosks, and much more.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 29, 2020

As part of our Healthcare IT 100 in 100, we asked a wide variety of healthcare interoperability experts to chime in on the impact of COVID-19 on healthcare interoperability. Plus, then we asked them how it will impact health data sharing going forward.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2020

– and the wherewithal of the information systems and digital data that keep them running – been put to the test quite like it was in 2020. Ongoing interoperability challenges as testing sites, labs, providers, payers and public health agencies tried to manage fast-moving waves of new patient data.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

We recently had a chance to sit down with Jessica Beegle, Senior Vice President, Chief Innovation Officer at  Lifepoint Health , who shared with us that her past experience has given her a unique view in crafting the patient experience. This would help to create the type of care experience patients now expect.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 20, 2022

At this point, it's not a surprise to say that data is power – particularly when it comes to advancing clinical research, furthering innovation and improving patient care. Tools such as wearables can provide a holistic view of a patient's care journey beyond information gathered in a clinical visit.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 17, 2020

A new health data interoperability survey by Healthcare IT Today with 82 responses suggests that when it comes to interoperability, healthcare organizations are struggling with many of the same challenges they faced five or even 10 years ago. Their objectives for doing so […].

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 1, 2023

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

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 15, 2022

Semantic Interoperability Pioneer, CareCom, Improves Clinician Experience with Advanced Healthcare Terminology Mapping and NLP Conversion of Unstructured Data. Around the globe, healthcare organizations rely on HealthTerm to support data quality governance and health information exchange.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 18, 2022

Early last year, Baptist Health, a health system based in Louisville, Kentucky, was taking note of the lessons staff had learned and the data gathered through the first year of the pandemic to reassess the organization's overall virtual care strategy and current digital health tools. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 22, 2024

General were not participating in data sharing. As data sharing initiatives gain momentum, including TEFCA nationally and the Data Exchange Framework in California, it’s an important reminder that data sharing advancement is more than a policy or technological discussion.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 2, 2022

For the 87th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re talking about The Business of Giving Patients Control of Their Health Data. It’s easy to say that patients should have access to their data. ONC and other legislation have made it clear that patients have a right to their data.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 15, 2019

As the American Telemedicine Association annual conference kicks off in New Orleans this week, the organization has published a white paper focused on the status of telehealth interoperability. " Interoperability is important for folks on both sides of the video screen, the ATA added. WHY IT MATTERS. but worldwide.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 6, 2024

Previously, Memorial's providers observed that relying on a third-party vendor solely for on-demand urgent care resulted in an inconsistent patient experience and raised concerns about quality due to limited data sharing.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 14, 2024

Hospitals are working closely with healthcare and life science ecosystems to collaborate on new solutions – beginning with data management. Digital Hospitals as Data Engines Digital Hospitals harness AI and analytics within their connected infrastructure to turn data from devices and workflows into actionable insights.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 13, 2023

Today, Reimer is in the middle of a $350 million virtual care initiative, working to overcome health IT workforce challenges, and building a modern data ecosystem – emphasis on modern. You have been focused on building a modern data ecosystem. The most significant opportunity and common currency across all of those is data.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 7, 2021

Virtual care aligns with strategic imperatives to improve health outcomes, enhance patient safety, and optimize the patient experience for populations with medical complexity and high healthcare needs. As a result, it will pay off if healthcare can continue the expansion of telehealth started by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

And in an era where over six billion people have smartphones, incorporating the tool in healthcare makes sense. The following article shows four practical use cases for QR codes within the healthcare IT landscape. Managing Medical Equipment Healthcare facilities use a diverse range of equipment to deliver effective care to patients.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 23, 2024

We reached out to our incredible Healthcare IT Today Community for their thoughts and the following is what they had to say. Tom Liddell, CEO at Harmony Healthcare IT A successful career in health IT leadership requires a unique blend of technical expertise, regulatory knowledge, and strong communication skills.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

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

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

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

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 26, 2020

One of the big challenges healthcare faces is sharing data between healthcare organizations who need that data. Healthcare interoperability, as we call it, has been a challenge for a long time. To better understand where healthcare interoperability […].

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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. This is one area where CX can come in.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Enhancing the patient experience with technology. by Healthcare IT News November 22, 2019. This month, our coverage will continue a special focus on the patient experience. – Susan Morse, Senior Editor, Healthcare Finance News. Epic, Cerner and others reveal just how their EHRs are interoperable.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 4, 2021

After hearing about DirectTrust passing the 2 billion message mark, we thought it would be valuable for readers to learn more about DirectTrust and the healthcare interoperability work their non-profit is doing.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 20, 2024

View the video with Discern Health for details about interoperability, making data work for patient improvement, and more. Learn more about Discern Health: [link] Listen and subscribe to the Healthcare IT Today Interviews Podcast to hear all the latest insights from experts in healthcare IT.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 23, 2023

Many facets of healthcare remained in a state of flux at the close of 2022, as care practices that started during the pandemic found their way into the mainstream, and enthusiasm for new data sources and interoperability outpaced the realities of implementation. We’re excited to see where this goes.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 22, 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

JANUARY 30, 2020

Consumerism and the use of patient-generated data are no fads, but rather a lasting change to the healthcare landscape, according to a new survey conducted by Healthcare IT Today of our readers.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 22, 2020

DirectTrust recently hosted their second annual Summit (recordings still available), an event focused on connecting DirectTrust members and non-members with some of the nation’s greatest healthcare and interoperability experts. One outstanding session was A Case Study in Automated Data Exchange Between EMS […].

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 9, 2023

Dragged into this rapid shift, healthcare organizations adopted a plethora of communication endpoints without assessing their core attributes: adaptability, functionality, interoperability, effectiveness, and reliability. The result of these data silos is decentralized data tracing, distributed workforce, and lack of interoperability.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 30, 2023

Getting More From Health Data – Clinical Architecture It wasn’t that long ago that we were lamenting that we did not have enough electronic data in healthcare. Before we can leverage that data, it needs to be of sufficient quality to be useful. Now we are drowning in it.

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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

JANUARY 13, 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. Read more… 2024 Health IT Predictions: Generative AI and Data. Read more… 2024 Health IT Predictions: The Healthcare Workforce.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 28, 2023

Digital workflows are helping the clinic create a better patient experience, enhance workforce efficiency and increase access to care across its 46 medical specialties and four facilities. With more than 300,000 outpatient appointments per year, Clínica Alemana Osorno is one of the largest healthcare providers in southern Chile.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Yesterday, we shared a number of the insights into the health data and interoperability needs in healthcare. Today, we’re going to share insights from our expert community for some of the more classic IT infrastructure needs in healthcare. Dan Kompare, Vice President of Information Systems at Harmony Healthcare IT.

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