The Digital Health Corner

JULY 17, 2017

Perhaps the best definition of patient safety is that of the World Health Organization. There are even statistics bantered about as to percentage of physicians, nurses, and others who will lose their jobs to AI technology. Improving the electronic medical record (EHR). Patient safety initiatives have taken many forms.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 23, 2023

In the absence of a true definition of “responsible use” of AI in healthcare, providers should consider running AI parallel to accepted standards of care and evidence-based practices , according to Dr. Amy Hester at HD Nursing. Read more… Healthcare Needs a Concerted Effort to Define Responsible Use of AI.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 1, 2021

"The RPM device then automatically submits this data to the EHR with a subsequent clinical pharmacist notification. " The bulk of HopeHealth's investment in telehealth hardware came in the form of carts outfitted with the following equipment: High-definition monitor. Point-tilt-zoom high-definition camera.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2023

Let’s explore some of these key questions with two of Dell Technologies’ subject matter experts in these topics, Romina Elias, Healthcare Chief Nursing Information Officer and Jeff Kenkel, Global Chief Technology Officer, Life Sciences and Edge. About Romina Elias Romina Elias is the Chief Nursing Informatics Officer Dell Technologies.

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AMD Telemedicine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

A Definitive Healthcare report found that 90% of hospitals looking to invest in telehealth services are planning to do so quickly. For one, the platform integrates with EHR systems, supporting your clinical needs without replacing existing workflows. If not, it adds even more complexities to an already complex day.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 7, 2022

Harvard Business Review ’s definition of the journey rings true: A customer journey map is a very simple idea: a diagram that illustrates the steps your customer(s) go through in engaging with your company, whether it be a product, an online experience, retail experience, or a service, or any combination.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

If unaddressed, this could lead to significant data breaches, undermining the integrity of AI systems in healthcare, like those used in modern EHRs and medical coding. To mitigate this, continuous investment in cybersecurity measures and adding modern security and compliance protocols is essential.

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HIStalk Weekender

JANUARY 18, 2019

Definitive Healthcare acquires HIMSS Analytics. If any EHR company is going to be bought, chances are likely it would be Cerner, not Epic. They also ignore the conclusions in the same surveys which point out the benefits of EHRs. Definitive Healthcare Acquires HIMSS Analytics. PerfectServe acquires Telmediq. News 1/16/19.

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American Well

MARCH 17, 2016

EHRs: Electronic Health Records (EHRs) go one step beyond EMRs by tracking clinical data from multiple facilities and agencies. EHRs share a patient’s medical history from all providers involved in his or her care, and are often digitized to improve efficiency, care and cost.

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American Well

MARCH 17, 2016

EHRs: Electronic Health Records (EHRs) go one step beyond EMRs by tracking clinical data from multiple facilities and agencies. EHRs share a patient’s medical history from all providers involved in his or her care, and are often digitized to improve efficiency, care and cost.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 29, 2023

When things are simple and easy to pay for, patients are happy, the staff is happy, and you are most definitely happy. Integrated EHR and practice management systems with AI capabilities mitigate those mistakes because they can automatically suggest relevant ICD-10, CPT, and modifier codes. So how do we improve?

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HIStalk Weekender

JUNE 22, 2018

It has definitely been in the back of my mind that I’m wearing a billboard and any perceived misbehavior of mine could look bad for the company. Can you imagine if you’d been on an EHR for 70+ years and have to now rattle off 100 different medications that you’re not taking since you were born? Get Involved. Be interviewed (providers).

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Here’s a closer look at its definition, risk factors, and the importance of monitoring: Definition and Classification Primary Hypertension: Develops over time with no identifiable cause. This includes nurses, home health aides, and even family members looking to better manage the condition.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Patients check in online, which gets everything else in place to run smoothly, such as having the EHR ready, the documentation in the right place, and everything integrated for billing. The new technology has definitely helped to reduce provider stress.” ” Telehealth itself adds stress to the mix. Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.

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American Well

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Physicians and staff can check the patient’s drains and bandages visually, confirming adequate wound healing with high-definition video. Similarly, nursing homes can partner with health systems to provide bedside care for their residents at a fraction of the price of an onsite physician.

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HIStalk Weekender

JUNE 15, 2018

GPB Capital acquires Maryland-based RCM/EHR vendor Health Prime International. I love my 20+ year marketing career, but there are definitely “special internal challenges” faced by marketing teams that other teams like finance and development would never have to deal with, i.e. everyone knows how to do marketing. Weekly News Recap.

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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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American Well

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Physicians and staff can check the patient’s drains and bandages visually, confirming adequate wound healing with high-definition video. Similarly, nursing homes can partner with health systems to provide bedside care for their residents at a fraction of the price of an onsite physician.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 4, 2023

However, as the demand for contract employees and staff such as travel nurses got out of control, the cost and rates for these workers skyrocketed. Health plans lack an easy way to surface these gaps across the myriad of electronic health records (EHR) and care management systems used by providers, making workflow integration difficult.

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HIStalk Weekender

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

A study of EHR-related medication events in pediatric hospitals, of which 18 percent appear to have caused harm, finds system usability as the cause 36 percent of the time. Two nationally prominent articles observe how poorly hospital EHRs handle the end of daylight saving time, as information entered between 1:00 and 2:00 a.m.

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Consumer eHealth Engagement

OCTOBER 23, 2018

With the Joint Commission’s focus on “accurate screening and assessment of pain”, Dr. Samir Tulebaev, Geriatrician and the Center of Nursing Excellence at Brigham and Women’s Hospital are working with O rbita’s CEO Nate Treloar on the development of a post- operative pain management voice assistant.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

"We are definitely moving forward with investigation of remote patient monitoring as we see this is a piece of our continued growth strategy," Mistretta added. " Definite funds for telemedicine. "Consolidating onto a single video, portal and EHR has been both strategic and required substantial investment."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 3, 2023

I don't know that we highlighted how important that was to patients being able to connect them with a physician or a nurse practitioner or a nurse without having to have them leave their home." " The Myia Health platform integrates through an API to Mercy's Epic EHR. Louis area."

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Docnotes

AUGUST 19, 2017

I’ve often returned to Michael Porter’s short essay on this topic when I feel my definition meandering. The practice is led by health coaches, nurses, physicians, and administrators working together as teams to maximize health for the communities they serve. Defining value, of course, is not easy. Go read it now.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

JUNE 13, 2022

I wanted an all related to documentation errors in the EHR. He just would have liked me to have said the last day, once he was on such and such a date, and then a couple of days later, the nurse I worked with who knew I had given a copy of their note asked me to give the note to a patient that I saw that day. Health Hats: Yeah.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 30, 2020

Amwell offers a suite of APIs, web services and SDKs to seamlessly embed telehealth into an organization’s existing digital assets, such as Cerner, Epic and other EHRs, in order to enable providers to work directly in the EHR for a streamlined experience.

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Redox

DECEMBER 4, 2020

As an aside, I definitely enjoyed Pfizer’s bump from 90% to 95% efficacy after Moderna’s announcement …yay for capitalism? Immunization administration was a key workflow within the EHR; therefore, sharing that to the registry automatically seems like a no-brainer to reduce the burden on providers. The government thought the same.

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Xealth

JUNE 27, 2023

While the lack of clear definitions and consistency makes DTx challenging to navigate, the market is not waiting for consensus; it is expected to exceed $10.5 DTx has the potential to streamline data collection processes, help providers offer higher quality value-based care, and reduce the burden on doctors and nurses. billion by 2030.

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Chilmark Research

MARCH 31, 2014

It had thorough examples and some nice graphical depictions of delivery systems and budding ACOs taking on the challenge of marrying encounter data from claims systems with clinical data from EHR to create “a 360 degree view of the patient.”. But two questions arose as I finished reading. First of all, the article was from February 2013.

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HIStalk Interviews

JULY 25, 2018

Everybody defines it in their own way, and if they can define it their own way, then we don’t have a definition. I don’t know how you attack a problem that has a nebulous definition. What changes have you seen in the big four inpatient EHR vendors of Epic, Cerner, Meditech, and Allscripts? You really do.

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HIStalk Weekender

AUGUST 10, 2018

However once you hit “whole organization” level systems, as you do with an organization-wide EMR/EHR, putting a bit of distance between you and the primary vendor becomes important. Theresa Brown, RN, PhD notes that doctors generally ignore those feelings as documented in the EHR’s nurse notes. Brian Too ).

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HIStalk Weekender

MARCH 1, 2019

More than half of surveyed home care clinicians say they can’t access the hospital EHR records of their patients to reconcile patient medications. A surgeon in Barcelona, Spain directs a remote surgery via 5G-powered, high-definition video from the stage of the Mobile World Congress conference. AtlantaPatient ). Get Involved.

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HIStalk Weekender

JUNE 21, 2019

A private equity firm acquires EHR/PM vendor Nextech for $500 million. A group of health and technology organizations develops open source cancer data standards and specifications that can be incorporated into EHRs via FHIR. I’m thinking of a time-based layout, for example [for EHR information]. Weekly News Recap. Randy Bak ).

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New Age Healthcare

APRIL 26, 2017

The physician even made use of those EHRs, fellow health systems were using. Other physicians working with them often faced questions like, “how to follow-up with the patient for the next visit?”, “how to remind patients of their medications?”, “how to inform the health coaches and nurses of any recent developments?” and whatnot.

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Docnotes

JANUARY 30, 2022

By focusing on medical definitions of success (generally expressed as HEDIS measures), the program medicalized social problems and failed to explicitly recognize the significant role that social determinants play in the health of our communities. Did this happen everywhere? This was a minority of PPS. But it happened.

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New Age Healthcare

APRIL 26, 2017

The physician even made use of those EHRs, fellow health systems were using. Other physicians working with them often faced questions like, “how to follow-up with the patient for the next visit?”, “how to remind patients of their medications?”, “how to inform the health coaches and nurses of any recent developments?” and whatnot.

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Lloyd Price

JANUARY 12, 2019

This sector includes fertility solutions, period-tracking apps, pregnancy and nursing care, women’s sexual wellness, and reproductive system health care. The symptom checker may be run by the user/patient or with the assistance of medical personnel, as symptoms are, by definition, known to the patient only.

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