Healthcare IT Today

MAY 26, 2023

We’ve only seen a few times where something has dramatically changed the EHR product roadmap. The first time this happened was when the HITECH act and associated $36 billion of stimulus money was included to stimulate adoption of EHR software. In order to get access to that stimulus money, you had to use a certified EHR.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Nasdaq: EVCM) (“EverCommerce” or the “Company”), a leading service commerce platform, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire DrChrono Inc., a company developing an essential platform and services for modern medical practices. Based in […].

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 10, 2022

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. Grants and Funding.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Where do print management software such as PaperCut from ACDI find their place in healthcare organizations? “I feel like there’s definitely a spectrum. “So that’s kind of where we come into play, because we always ask ourselves the question of ‘What if your EHR is down, then what?’

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 28, 2020

My latest obsession is definitely ambient clinical voice. It holds so much promise for healthcare and EHR documentation, that it’s really hard for me to ignore. I truly believe that ambient clinical voice technology is going to remove much of the clinician documentation burden over time.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 14, 2023

HTI-1 Final Rule Appropriately, we’ve been breaking down what health IT and EHR vendors need to expect when it comes to HTI-1 in our Healthcare Regulatory Talk series. 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

AUGUST 28, 2022

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. Partnerships.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 7, 2022

They usually include big announcements on stage from the company and you get to spend time with the real boots on the ground of healthcare IT. This makes me feel old, but pretty amazing that they’ve been doing a cloud approach to EHR for 23 years. Although, it’s definitely been an evolution as cloud has matured.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 9, 2022

NextGen Healthcare, Inc. Nasdaq: NXGN), a leading provider of innovative cloud-based healthcare technology solutions, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire TSI Healthcare , a privately held value-added reseller located in Chapel Hill, NC. The acquisition shall be deemed effective 11:59 p.m.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The ISO 9241 standard presents the definition of usability as Effective Efficient and Satisfying in a specified context of use. We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 2/21 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Bennett Lauber (@uuAbility).

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Fortive Corporation (“Fortive”) (NYSE: FTV) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. to acquire Provation Software, Inc. Provation”), a leading provider of clinical workflow software solutions used in hospitals and ASCs, for $1.425 billion.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 21, 2021

As actors work to comply with the Cures Act Final Rule, it’s become clear that greater consensus is needed regarding the interpretation of the definition of electronic health information (EHI) and […].

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2023

And how can we make sure these devices are affordable, scalable, secure, and can interconnect with current healthcare technologies such as EMRs? She has a passion for patient care and healthcare IT motivates her to help deliver technologies that would positively impact both clinicians and patients alike.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

He’s definitely shifted gears a bunch lately to more medical content and only lightly touches on health IT. Been a while since I’ve highlighted the work of ZDoggMD here. Plus, he’s doing less comedy, but his Doc Vader stuff is still quite good and often wades into the joy that is health IT (yes, I […].

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 2, 2023

Most Visited Healthcare IT Resource Pages. Healthcare IT and EHR Conferences and Events. Healthcare GIS. Most Visited Healthcare IT Today Articles Published in 2022. Plus, it illustrates how much the EHR still impacts so many in health IT. 4 Reasons Why 5G and Healthcare Make Sense.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 27, 2019

WebPT today announced that Warburg Pincus, a leading global private equity firm focused on growth investing, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a majority interest in the company from the previous investor, Battery Ventures.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 23, 2022

A couple weeks ago, Oracle’s acquisition of Cerner closed and Oracle held an event to announce the vision for the The Future of Healthcare. Much has been written about Larry Ellison’s vision of what he called a “National EHR Database.” a lot of data, but not all the data). I think he’s right.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. Integrating diverse systems–BD analytics, predictive tools, medical devices, patient portals, EMRs, and more–facilitates real-time information flow, for real time decision making.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 8, 2023

TPG , a global alternative asset management firm, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Nextech , a leading provider of clinical and administrative healthcare technology solutions for specialty physician practices, from Thomas H. Lee Partners (THL) for $1.4 and European late-stage private equity platform.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 13, 2024

Providers not using certified EHR may face downward payment adjustments to their Medicare reimbursements in the affected payment year. Non-compliance with predictive DSI requirements may result in penalties or loss of certification.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The siloed nature of such data repositories can be attributed to various factors, including using different EHR systems, varying data capture standards, and a historical lack of emphasis on system interoperability. EHRs are real-time, patient-centered records that make information available instantly and securely to authorized users.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 6, 2023

Because penalties for information blocking – that is, any practice that interferes with access, exchange, or use of electronic health data – are tied to the definition of EHI. The expanded definition of EHI now includes virtually any health information tied to an individual that is used in decision making. Key policy considerations.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 6, 2020

The definition of working “remotely” is evolving quickly. The following is a guest article by Heather Haugen, PhD and Vivian Chan from Atos. Coronavirus has created a new sense of urgency to prepare employees to work effectively in non-traditional environments.

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HIStalk Interviews

MARCH 13, 2019

Mike Mardini is founder and CEO of National Decision Support Company of Madison, WI, which is part of Change Healthcare. I’m a healthcare IT veteran. We were acquired by Change Healthcare about a year ago. Maintaining and managing with native EHR tools is a huge task. Tell me about yourself and the company.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 30, 2022

The healthcare staffing crisis is also putting severe margin pressure on organizations. Listen and subscribe to the Healthcare IT Today Interviews Podcast to hear all the latest insights from experts in healthcare IT. Inovalon is a proud sponsor of Healthcare Scene. It’s definitely got complex in this world.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 26, 2022

Healthcare IT Today sat down with Dan Czech, Senior Insights Director for Patient Engagement at KLAS Research to talk about these new categories, the reasoning behind the separation, and the findings in their new report: “ Patient Communications Landscape for 2022 ”. And for an exclusive look at our top stories, subscribe to our newsletter.

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Lloyd Price

JUNE 4, 2018

The NHS was the frontrunner in this effort, attempting to create a national EHR system, that would enable easy and secure data exchange, which in turn would lead to better outcomes and improve the quality of patient care. In April 2005, it began deployment of EHR systems in NHS Trusts.

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HIStalk Interviews

MARCH 11, 2019

Ask every leading healthcare IT company about their numbers and what engagement looks like with patients. I’m going to divert from your question a little bit, but I’d like to speak to a trend that happened 15 years ago with the EMR and the EHR. The EMR comes around and all the data comes together in one place.

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