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Edifecs Enters Into Definitive Agreement to Acquire Health Fidelity

Healthcare IT Today

Health Fidelity Technology will add Control and Predictability to the Risk Adjustment Process Expanding the Edifecs Solutions in this Space Edifecs, Inc., The acquisition is expected […].

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Physicians More Bullish On the Benefits of Digital Tools for Patient Care, the AMA Tells Us

Health Populi

Most doctors see the advantages of digital health tools like telehealth, consumers’ access to their health information, and point-of-care workflow solutions, the American Medical Association found in a survey of 1300 physicians, published in September 2022.

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Collaborating for Compliance: Helping Actors Comply with Cures Act Final Rule

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Lauren Riplinger, Vice President of Policy and Government Affairs at the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).

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IHE IT-Infrastructure Spring 2023

Healthcare Exchange Standards

The first is the ability to exchange a list of health data locations, which enables Record Locator Services to interoperate with consumers wishing to discover the location of patient records within a health information exchange. This Provenance definition is now in mXDE along with examples and requirements CapabilityStatement.

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Reducing Administrative Costs Within US Healthcare: A Summary

Continue Education Journal

The definition provided for administrative cost within the proposal is the “nonclinical costs of running a medical system,” the greatest of which fall under billing and insurance costs (BIR). Data interoperability, the ability to make health information flow seamlessly among providers, is the final part of Cutler’s proposal.

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Consumers Expect Every Company to Play a Meaningful Role in “My Health” – New Insights from the 2023 Edelman Trust Barometer

Health Populi

People have expanded their definitions of health in 2023, with mental health supplanting physical health for the top-ranked factor in feeling healthy. ” Bolstering that partnership is peoples’ growing self-education about health: since before the start of the pandemic, 3.5

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A New Health Literacy Pillar: Personal Data Stewardship

Health Populi

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. The goals were to identify risks and vulnerabilities and to develop recommendations for protecting health consumers’ personal health information.

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