Health Populi

JANUARY 6, 2019

AI is indeed on-the-rise in healthcare : as I have begun planning my agenda for #HIMSS19 convening next month in Orlando, I’m struck by the number of surveys already released on the adoption of AI among healthcare providers, payors and suppliers.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Definitions for SDoH vary and are often changing. Andy’s fourth installment outlined services that connect patients to resources in their community , whether through automated outreach, surveys, and referrals or a more holistic and hands-on approach focused on direct conversations with patients.

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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. At the HFMA conference, revenue cycle management vendor R1 shared data from a survey of more than 200 healthcare CFOs and finance VPs.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

APRIL 12, 2024

Unlike acute illnesses, chronic diseases typically progress slowly and may not have a definitive cure, necessitating continuous monitoring and treatment to prevent complications and improve quality of life. These conditions can range from diabetes and hypertension to cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory disorders, and cancer.

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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. The solution to these challenges lies in the adoption of interoperable data systems.

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Chilmark Research

JANUARY 17, 2014

For many, the delay of Stage 3 of the Meaningful Use program evoked a collective sigh of relief, providing a much-needed extra year to focus on the challenging requirements for patient engagement and interoperability. The language used thus far raises much speculation about what exactly this inclusion will mean when it hits the front lines.

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The Digital Health Corner

MARCH 26, 2018

A good definition of blockchain is: “A blockchain , [1] [2] [3] originally block chain , [4] [5] is a continuously growing list of records , called blocks, which are linked and secured using cryptography. [1] I have been spending time as cardiologist, consultant, and caregiver for a seriously ill family member.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 16, 2024

We recently surveyed 1,200 healthcare consumers and found that 71% would be more likely to apply for financial assistance if provided with clear, accessible options. Patient Loyalty: We recently surveyed 1,200 healthcare consumers and found that the billing experience is a key driver of patient loyalty.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 9, 2024

There was one survey done in 2023 that included over 18,000 nurses and the hypothesis was that as many as one-third of active nurses in the United States will have successfully made a career change within the year ahead. In addition, you have nurses and other extended-care staff leaving healthcare in record numbers.

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HIStalk Interviews

MARCH 25, 2019

Grahame Grieve is a principal with Health Intersections of Melbourne, Australia and was the architect-developer of HL7’s Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR, pronounced “fire”) specification that allows EHRs to exchange information. That definitely happens. That puts them in good stead to get interoperable.

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HIStalk Interviews

JUNE 12, 2019

The problem with interoperability and intraoperability is that those files become convoluted quickly. All of them have a lot of work to do around interoperability and parsing the right data set for the right patient at the right time. There’s definitely an art and a science in that gathering of data pre-visit and post-visit.

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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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Redox

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

According to Deloitte’s 2018 Survey of US Physicians , only 23% of patients have had video visits and just 14% of physicians have video visit capability. As you might expect, this being healthcare and all, there isn’t one definition of “telemedicine”. First–what exactly do we mean when we say “telemedicine”? Original Source.

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