Society for Participatory Medicine

APRIL 9, 2020

Health Informatics (HI) is a relatively new, interdisciplinary field. HI (also called Health Information Systems) uses information technology to organize and analyze health records to improve healthcare outcomes. Tools include medical terminology, information and communication systems, and computer technology.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MARCH 30, 2023

Health organizations are also creating space for new roles, such as nurse practitioners, to help fill the gaps. Additionally, there is a focus on improving the work environment and well-being of health professionals to help reduce burnout and increase retention.

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Clear Arch Health

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

When seeking a good partner, consider the following attributes: Experience building programs that fit in a digital health strategy. Over recent years, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have created and amended codes allowing for remote patient monitoring (RPM) reimbursement. up to $77.19 , each 30 days.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

The EHR Association called for greater flexibility in the data completeness threshold and additional criteria to enhance patient matching accuracy, while MGMA called for a positive update to the Medicare conversion factor amid high inflation. East Tennessee Health Information Network chose 4medica to manage duplicate patient records.

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eVisit

JANUARY 17, 2019

What’s this new thing called Telemedicine? For starters, it’s not new! I t’s more than 40 years old and was developed as a way to use improvements in communication technology to bring quality medical diagnoses and care to individuals in remote parts of the world.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 8, 2023

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. 29, 2022, President Biden signed the omnibus spending bill.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

I would continue to advance CMS’ directive that by 2030 all Medicare and the bulk of Medicaid beneficiaries be in care engagements governed under a value-based contract. With more funding acquired for the LTPAC space and investment in health information technology, care delivery will be secure.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 28, 2023

They include a report that says the US could see a deficit of 200,000 to 450,000 registered nurses by 2025. million lower-wage healthcare workers, such as medical assistants, home health aides, and nursing assistants. Within the next five years, another report also projects a shortage of more than 3.2

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Lloyd Price

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

It also experimented with at-work clinics, piloting a health center at its Seattle headquarters, and dove deeper into patient data analysis via sophisticated natural language processing. And as part of its efforts to target the aging infirm, the company began offering Prime discounts to Medicare recipients.

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Docnotes

JANUARY 30, 2022

Had PPS been required to have broader governance – including community-based organizations, health plans, faith-based organizations, Health Information Exchanges, and other nonprofits, we would have had more balanced governance decision-making that would have supported the policy goals of the program more consistently statewide.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 14, 2020

He noted that this past week, HHS had announced new reporting modifications for hospitals that included information about seasonal influenza patients. " Azar, meanwhile, pointed out that HHS is working with state and local health information exchanges to encourage reporting to and use of data resources.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 24, 2019

To succeed in the business of health information technology (HIT), a company has to be very clear on the problems it’s trying to address. Earlier this week, I spent a day with Medecision’s digital health team, aka ‘the Liberators.’ There’s surely lots of data to mine.

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