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Transforming Chronic Care Management: A Comprehensive, Technology-Driven Approach

Healthcare IT Today

This synergy allows for effective management of both community health and individual patient needs, a concept detailed by Definitive Healthcare. Hospital Readmissions : Reducing hospital readmissions is a significant focus in healthcare, with costs for readmissions amounting to more than $26 billion annually.

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How Hims & Hers built a business entirely centered on telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Hims & Hers has grown rapidly across both of its lines – for men and for women – supporting care for many conditions that patients often feel uncomfortable talking about, including sexual health, mental health, contraception and hair loss. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Concerning Health IT Trends: What Can We Do and What Happens if We Do Nothing?

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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. Most “mental health” apps are actually “mental wellness” apps.

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10 Healthcare Organizations Ask HHS to Postpone Information Blocking Deadline

Healthcare IT Today

For example, the definition of EHI and how it applies to various data isn’t clear and how the 8 exceptions apply is also confusing to many. Not to mention guides to protect sensitive health records such as substance abuse disorder, adolescent, mental health, and reproductive information.

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Pandemic-era burnout: Telehealth managers get pushed to the max

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

With much of the country shut down earlier this year, the typical number of weekly virtual care visits grew from dozens, to hundreds, to thousands at hospitals and health systems across the country. The new technology has definitely helped to reduce provider stress.” " Dr. Ari Kalechstein, Executive Mental Health.

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CHIME23 – What’s a Problem, Technology, Opportunity, or Issue Not Enough People are Talking About?

Healthcare IT Today

We asked our wonderful friends and members of the Healthcare IT Today Community what was a problem, technology, opportunity, or issue they didn’t think enough people were talking about. Clint Drawdy, CEO at iMethods – I’m actually going to go with people, culture, and leadership.

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Health Equity: Searching for a New Angle

Healthcare IT Today

Health inequality and discrimination is not a new problem in healthcare. It is a problem that people have been fighting for since the very beginning but we still have not found the solution to achieving health equity. So it might be time to listen to Tadashi and shake things up. The following is their ideas.