Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 15, 2022

Feature More than ever before, healthcare organizations are working harder to prioritize the patient experience. Mere "patient engagement" isn't enough anymore. Health IT and racial justice: Expanding access, ending disparities, empowering communities. Health IT Investment: The Next Five Years.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 7, 2023

They are not just a point of contact, they are the gateway to a healthcare facility, embodying its ethos and values from the first ‘hello.’ ’ Ensuring a positive patient experience is fundamental to the healthcare industry’s success. Patients today seek more than just medical expertise.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2022

While FHIR has made significant headway in creating common protocols and standards for data exchange, there is opportunity to create greater data fluidity among all healthcare stakeholders. These technologies make the data immutable, eliminating the need for third-party validation. Learn more about Avaneer Health: [link].

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 9, 2024

Grace Cordovano, PhD, Founder of Enlightening Results , co-Founder of Unblock Health , and a devoted patient advocate, says that administrative burdens and failures at data sharing affect more than clinicians and administrators: These glitches in the healthcare systems also contribute to burn-out among patients and their families.

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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

MARCH 20, 2024

PocketHealth was founded in 2016 by brothers Harsh and Rishi Nayyar to give patients access, control, and a deeper understanding of their health records while streamlining the way healthcare providers share medical imaging. PocketHealth connected sites have seen improved patient experience, operational efficiencies, and cost savings.

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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

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 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

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

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

" 60% said they were "very" or "extremely" prepared to manage portals, but fewer health systems were well-positioned to store high volumes of data (53%), offer provider-facing communication platforms (50%), or secure video technology to connect docs and patients (47%). Focus on Patient Experience.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Phreesia , a leader in patient intake, outreach, and activation, is pleased to announce it has acquired Access eForms , an innovative electronic forms management and automation provider that helps hospitals across the country streamline workflows, improve compliance, and deliver a better patient experience.

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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

OCTOBER 16, 2023

For the 125th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast , we are joined by special guest host, Brittany Quemby, Editor at Healthcare IT Today, to discuss women’s health IT! We then look at IT solutions, in general, to see how they can be tailored to what women need and make their experiences in healthcare better.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Healthcare IT News recently compiled a comprehensive list of these vendors with detailed descriptions. The direct-to-consumer platform allowed Cincinnati Children's Hospital to address a problem it was seeing with access to telehealth – the ability for a patient to initiate a telehealth visit request for a minor illness or injury.

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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

MARCH 12, 2024

Interoperability is game-changing not just in a clinical setting, but it holds tremendous potential for healthcare’s financial stakeholders as well. A seamless transfer of data in the revenue cycle process results in optimal reimbursement, reduced administrative costs, and fewer surprises for patients. Tell us what you think.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 24, 2019

Rethinking the patient experience. The ongoing theme during the panel session was back to the fundamentals in healthcare: how to bring about value, ultimately for patients and how to empower them. In short, how can patients be empowered to have ownership of their care?

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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 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 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

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

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. We’ve explored how SDoH data is defined and shared. Because of the time required to process SDoH, Eye says, institutions need to prioritize which patients to contact.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 17, 2022

In summer 2021, patient engagement technology company, Twistle, joined forces with healthcare data and analytics company, Health Catalyst. Revis will also discuss how patient engagement technology can help organizations achieve the promise of population health.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2024

Robiliard says that Withings devices help health care providers integrate data into their daily workflows so that they can take care of patients better. Learn more about Withings Health Solutions: [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 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

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

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

To jointly provide the best care and employee experience, staff need access to platforms that automate workflow to truly alleviate manual documentation, which has shown to save hours of time for care providers, and offer proactive communications. Effective enterprise-wide care coordination can be greatly hindered by manual workflow systems.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 30, 2021

The following is a guest article by Dr. Mike Petersen, Chief Clinical Innovation Officer, NTT DATA Services. Recently, at the Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), the company announced a series of features and updates focused on personal health and wellness including the new Apple iOS 15 new health data sharing.

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Health Populi

APRIL 3, 2024

that people — both patients and the health care workforce — feel less safe, discussed in Safety in Healthcare 2024 from Press Ganey. “Safety is the foundation of healthcare. It anchors all experiences — for patients and the workforce,” the report summarizes.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 3, 2024

However, Karin Schifter-Maor, CEO of Essence SmartCare, a senior and chronic care technology and services company, told Healthcare IT News that the current CMS program relies too heavily on manual processes and in-person care. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Data Scientist position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. Evaluate the statistical methods and procedures used to obtain data to ensure validity, applicability, efficiency, and accuracy.

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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 Today

JULY 5, 2023

Turquoise Health analyzes large amounts of health care data to help payers and providers do better pricing. Turquoise drew on millions of files across the Internet with data about procedures and costs. They are constantly ingesting new data and aggregating it to generate updates to the packages.

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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. How FHIR 4 will drive interoperability progress in healthcare.

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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. "Prioritize solutions that offer robust data sharing capabilities," he continued.

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