Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 26, 2022

As most regular readers know, at Healthcare IT Today we go to far too many healthcare IT conferences. Plus, the fall conference season is the busiest time of year for health IT conferences. More than halfway through the conference season there are some interesting takeaways about conferences and the health IT industry.

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JANUARY 12, 2022

Stryker (NYSE: SYK) announced today a definitive merger agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Vocera Communications, Inc. NYSE: VCRA) for $79.25 per share, or a total equity value of approximately $2.97 billion and a total enterprise value of approximately $3.09 billion (including convertible notes).

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NOVEMBER 30, 2021

For the 76th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re talking about Health Equity. COVID-19 definitely highlighted many of the inequities that exist in healthcare. COVID-19 definitely highlighted many of the inequities that exist in healthcare.

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MAY 15, 2023

Centene Corporation announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell Apixio , a leading artificial intelligence platform that enables value-based care, to New Mountain Capital , a growth-oriented investment firm with more than $37 billion in assets under management. Centene acquired Apixio in December 2020.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

What health IT trend has you concerned? We asked our incredible Healthcare IT Today Community these questions and the following is what they had to share. Dr. Sameer Ather, Co-Founder and CEO at XpertDox A major concern in health IT is cybersecurity. What health IT trend has you concerned?

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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. Looks like a great opportunity for those with experience with healthcare data analysis.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Hyland, a leading content services provider, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Alfresco, a content services platform and solutions provider. The transaction, expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2020, is subject to usual and customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.

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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. Looks like a great opportunity for those with experience with healthcare data analysis.

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DECEMBER 14, 2022

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Senior Technical Analyst, Delivery Services position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. Healthcare IT related experience an asset. Here’s a description of the position: Position Summary.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Michael Blackman, Chief Medical Officer at Greenway Health always has his finger on the pulse of healthcare. Right now, he is keeping his eye on the HTI-1 rule from the ONC, the pace of change in healthcare, and how AI is deployed. Healthcare IT Today caught up with Dr. Blackman at the 2023 MGMA Leaders Conference in Nashville.

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JANUARY 8, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. 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. The fighting has to stop if we want to improve healthcare.

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MAY 31, 2022

(NYSE American: CTEK), a leading cybersecurity, privacy, compliance, and IT audit firm helping organizations in highly regulated industries navigate emerging security and privacy issues, announces it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Clearwater Compliance LLC (collectively with its affiliates, “Clearwater”), […].

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JUNE 7, 2023

Many of our concerns center on the proposed implementation timeframes associated with various concepts included in HTI-1, as well as ONC’s failure to sufficiently consider the burden compliance will place on provider organizations and health IT developers.

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MARCH 15, 2024

Galvin also looks forward to reducing the disparity in payments for different providers through the definition of “universal acceptable payment amounts,” and advances that allow a provider to receive full payment at the time of care. And for an exclusive look at our top stories, subscribe to our newsletter and YouTube.

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JULY 4, 2023

At Healthcare IT Today, we hope that you’re having a great 4th of July holiday. We’ve taken the day off from our usual health IT content, but we definitely wanted to celebrate this important holiday. And we appreciate all those healthcare workers that are out there working this holiday.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2021

For the 55th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re going asking the question “Why Isn’t RPM (Remote Patient Monitoring) exploding like telehealth video visits? Everyone loves to talk about the explosion of telehealth that has occurred in healthcare thanks to COVID-19.

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APRIL 20, 2020

For the 34th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re talking about Permanent Changes to Healthcare Because of COVID-19. Is anything in healthcare the same since COVID-19? Ok, that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but the healthcare world has definitely been turned upside down thanks to COVID-19.

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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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NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Seeing it definitely helped me better understand why innovation and […]. Hopefully, you’re enjoying the holiday and getting some time to slow down and enjoy life. As you’re enjoying the time off, I thought you all would enjoy this unique look at innovation.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The bill also revises the definition of telehealth to expand beyond licensed physician-provided care and encompass treatment such as behavioral health. " Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. ON THE RECORD. Twitter: @kjercich. Email: kjercich@himss.org.

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AUGUST 25, 2022

The previous articles in this series, Disabilities and Accessibility in Health IT: The Need Is Constant and Automating Accessibility in Health IT , explored the current landscape in accommodating diverse patients and web site visitors in health care. The WCAG recommendations reflect much of the wisdom cited so far.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

For quite some time, giant technology companies have struggled to get a foothold in the healthcare business, but with relatively little success. Now, if one Google executive is to be believed, these giants may have finally concluded that at least where the EHR market is concerned, they have thrown in the towel. On the other […].

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JANUARY 4, 2023

As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. 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. Jon Kimerle, Epic Alliance Manager at Pure Storage.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2021

I’ll be the first to admit that I didn’t know the history of the stethoscope and definitely didn’t understand how it worked. Although, we certainly all know how iconic the stethoscope is in healthcare. It’s been a fixture in medicine that hasn’t really been innovated on in years. At least until now.

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DECEMBER 14, 2023

It’s not a huge surprise that the week of the ONC Meeting, they would make a number of big announcements for those of us in health IT. I expect we’ll see many more health IT companies become QHINs. We’ll see how effective it is at solving the healthcare interoperability problem.

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MAY 19, 2023

This week’s Fun Friday definitely puts into perspective all the crazy (good and bad) that’s happening in the world of health IT. Healthcare CIOs be like…leveling up is easy…. ?‍? However, this definitely looks like what some people in healthcare are doing. I know it’s not the right way.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 1, 2024

What aspects of a hospital's or health system's patient experience can telemedicine touch? While the concept of the digital front door has been a popular topic in healthcare for some time, telemedicine has the potential to expand its impact beyond simply acquiring new patients or providing a digital entry point for care.

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MAY 1, 2023

Ryu will serve as CEO of Risant Health when the merger is approved. In New Jersey, meanwhile, Cooper University Health Care and Cape Regional Health System have also recently signed a definitive agreement to merge resources. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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JANUARY 5, 2022

The following is a guest article by Todd Bellemare, SVP of Professional Services at Definitive Healthcare. The impact of COVID-19 has penetrated every aspect of daily life. From how we communicate to how we learn, shop and play, we’ve all had to adapt to the seismic shakeup of the pandemic.

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DECEMBER 23, 2023

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… Healthcare Needs a Concerted Effort to Define Responsible Use of AI. Vida Health announced $28.5 Happy Festivus, everyone!

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JUNE 16, 2022

ResMed (NYSE: RMD, ASX: RMD) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire privately held MEDIFOX DAN, a German leader in out-of-hospital software solutions for providers in major settings across the care continuum, from Hg, a leading software and services investor.

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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.

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MARCH 7, 2023

This includes an expansive definition of interoperability which includes key elements like connectivity and communication. Elwell and Bell explain that interoperability is central to saving health care, beset by worsening staff shortages, hospitals clogged with patients, and declining reimbursements. .” Tell us what you think.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2020

He’s definitely shifted gears a bunch lately to more medical content and only lightly touches on health IT. 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 […]. Been a while since I’ve highlighted the work of ZDoggMD here.

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OCTOBER 18, 2023

We gathered up some of our brilliant members of the Healthcare IT Today Community to get their perspective. How are health data utilities evolving? Michael Gagnon, Executive Director at HealtHIE Nevada – I see HIEs really evolving to be health data utilities. Where are we now with it and where do we see it heading?

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MAY 23, 2023

Michael Robinson @VMware Bill Wilson @StanfordChild Geoffrey Brown @PiedmontHealth Jeff Thomas @sentarahealth #HIMSS23 #HITsm #healthit pic.twitter.com/sBj9sCUPIx — Healthcare IT Today (@hcittoday) April 18, 2023 Top priorities in 2023 for these CXO’s: – Scalability. Tech needs to be able to accommodate the masses – Data sharing.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2021

She sat down with Healthcare IT News to discuss the effect of recent legislation on telehealth and maternal care, Philips' role in getting devices to people who most need them, and what she sees as the top priorities for health IT in 2022. The government has also taken some steps recently to promote maternal healthcare.

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