Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. This will allow the healthcare industry at large to use AI and Automation where it needs to be used, to provide a better patient experience and increase the quality of healthcare delivery, instead of used to increase or decrease profits.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Here’s a description of the position: New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) is a not-for-profit organization working in partnership with the New York State Department of Health to improve healthcare by collaboratively leading, connecting, and integrating health information exchange across the State.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

Here’s a description of the position: New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) is a not-for-profit organization working in partnership with the New York State Department of Health to improve healthcare by collaboratively leading, connecting, and integrating health information exchange across the State.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

93% of physicians see advantages in digital health tools for patient care, split by 44% seeing “definite advantages” and 49% seeing “some advantage.” ” There was an 8-point growth in those seeing “definite advantages” since 2019.

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Healthcare IT Today

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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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

PHM systems, which adopt a community-centered approach, work in tandem with CCM systems that concentrate on individual patient care. This synergy allows for effective management of both community health and individual patient needs, a concept detailed by Definitive Healthcare. affecting about 6 in 10 adults.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 5, 2021

NASDAQ: RCM), a leading provider of technology-driven solutions that transform the patient experience and financial performance of healthcare providers, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire VisitPay, the leading digital payment solution provider for approximately $300 million in cash. R1 RCM Inc.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 29, 2023

As part of the partnership, R1 has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Acclara business for $675 million in cash and warrants to purchase 12.2 About R1 RCM R1 is a leading provider of technology-driven solutions that transform the patient experience and financial performance of hospitals, health systems, and medical groups.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 27, 2024

What’s great about this decision is that Complete Dental Care was able to meet the insurance requirement while improving the patient experience at the same time. Leveraging Technology One of the keys to this improved patient experience was leveraging the WellReceived mobile app together with a 24/7 medical receptionist.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

” An additional definition of the verb is, “ to feel or exhibit anger or revulsion.” ” If you’ve been a patient facing a diagnosis of an illness, whether rare or common, you may well have felt these various feelings stirring inside your self.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

CMS is now building on its learnings from patient experience measures and incorporating patient reported outcomes measures (PROMs) into recent value-based care models. Goldsack says that well-designed inclusion efforts always have an enormous payoff for the insurer, employer, and patients using the digital interventions.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 14, 2022

NASDAQ: RCM) (“R1”), a leading provider of technology-driven solutions that transform the patient experience and financial performance of healthcare providers, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Cloudmed, a leader in Revenue Intelligence™ solutions for […].

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 13, 2024

Key Dates and Implementation Timelines March 11, 2024 : The HTI-1 Final Rule takes effect, initiating the transition phase for health IT developers and healthcare providers. Conclusion: Key Takeaways for Healthcare Providers In a sector facing financial challenges, investing in certified health IT and predictive DSIs is vital.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 5, 2023

Language access plans (LAP) provide organizations with a roadmap to ensure access and connection that alleviate these disparities and improve patient experience. Healthcare organizations can improve efficiencies and optimize the patient experience by incorporating the latest tools and technologies into their LAPs.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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. While neither has reported financial distress, many U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

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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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 5, 2021

Patient engagement company further solidifies its standing as an industry leader by adding Radix Health’s data-driven platform, bringing scheduling optimization and patient engagement innovation together under one brand Today, Relatient, Inc.,

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

COVID-19 definitely highlighted many of the inequities that exist in healthcare. In this episode, we dive into how we look at Health Equity and share some of the […] For the 76th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re talking about Health Equity.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

When it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic and health IT, if there's just one thing that everyone can agree on, it's that telehealth has gone mainstream. These factors shot telehealth and related technologies and services like connected health and remote patient monitoring through the stratosphere.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

JANUARY 27, 2022

Let’s look back even further to 2013 to examine one definition of patient engagement: Health Affairs defines patient engagement as combining patient activation with interventions designed to increase and promote positive patient behavior, such as obtaining preventive care or exercising regularly, hopefully to lower costs.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

’ ” An application Programing Interface is a set of protocols and definitions allowing digital services and products to communicate with each other over the Internet. mHealth companies should improve security controls for the most personal health information. Sidebar on “what is an ‘API?’

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 9, 2022

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. NextGen Healthcare, Inc. The acquisition shall be deemed effective 11:59 p.m. on November 30, 2022.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

As part of this rigorous study design, AMA used particular definitions for the seven tools the study gauged: remote monitoring for efficiency, remote monitoring and management for improved care, clinical decision support, patient engagement, tele-visits/virtual visits, point of care/workflow enhancement, and consumer access to clinical data.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 23, 2021

Appriss Health, a leader in cloud-based care coordination software and analytics solutions focused on behavioral health and substance use disorders, backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

NYSE: AMN), the nation’s leading innovator in healthcare talent solutions and staffing services, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Stratus Video for a purchase price of $475 million. AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. The acquisition is expected to be immediately accretive to AMN’s adjusted earnings per share.

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Health Populi

JULY 6, 2018

Families USA is “the voice for health care consumers,” so advocates on behalf of patients and caregivers. “Our health system is failing us,” the report’s summary asserts in its first sentence.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 27, 2022

NeuroFlow is the definitive leader in behavioral health integration because its technology effectively connects mental and physical health and supports integrated care models at scale,” said Ralph Muller, Executive Chairman at SEMCAP Health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 19, 2022

"Our long-term goal is to advance and evolve digital capabilities that ensure optimum patient experience and benefit from innovations that allow for seamless care access and delivery. There is a wide variety of vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. " MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Acquisition further advances CVS Health’s care delivery strategy for consumers CVS Health® (NYSE: CVS ) and Oak Street Health (NYSE: OSH ) have entered into a definitive agreement under which CVS Health will acquire Oak Street Health in an all-cash transaction at $39 per share, representing an enterprise value of approximately $10.6

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 15, 2022

Lyniate , a global leader in healthcare data interoperability, and CareCom , a leader in healthcare terminology management solutions including HealthTerm® and CareIndexing®, have entered into a definitive merger agreement.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 21, 2022

It needed to have the ability to see in high-definition wounds, sores and other skin conditions. “In the end, AMD’s solution allowed us to actually do a better job of gathering and trending important clinical data for each patient than we had when we sent physicians to the home,” Beckham said. ” MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2022

"It was the dedication to quality, reliability and patient/provider experience that set Teladoc Health apart. "Without any doubt, the devices InTouch Health offered a decade ago, in conjunction with their proprietary network, delivered unprecedented provider and patient experiences," she continued.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 10, 2022

The Sequoia Project has released additional documentation support the implementation of TEFCA , the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement for health IT interoperability. And all respondents said labor shortages are causing an operational strain that’s adversely impacting the patient experience.

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Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2020

For consumers to embrace their health data via smartphone or any other digital delivery channel, people will need to believe the overall experience is trustworthy, secure, and relevant to them based on their values and personal definition of health.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 3, 2023

This scientific risk is bolstered by the fact that, at least as of the date of this article’s publication, there have been no peer-reviewed independent clinical studies proving that any such technology can definitively meet the critical performance targets required by the current regulatory “gold standard” — ISO 81060-2:2018 [ 26 ].

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 14, 2023

Health technology companies: Build caregiver proxy access into your app or platform. And definitely test your apps with seniors and family caregivers. Patients: Tell your own doctor if you’re caregiving. It’d be great to see a brief assessment for caregiving become part of patient care.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 20, 2023

This is the final article in a series about social determinants of health (SDoH). Previous articles covered the definition, collection, sharing, and use of SDoH. I’ll finish with a look at some specific areas of intervention.

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