Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 22, 2023

News and Studies Amid the push for interoperability, data gaps persist, according to the inaugural State of Interoperability report from Health Gorilla , a health information network. Products AVIA launched AVIA Marketplace , a platform connecting hospitals and health systems to curated digital health tools.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

WHO/Europe and HIMSS have signed an agreement to collaborate on digital health , with the entities saying the partnership will allow for a more aligned approach to digital transformation in Europe. Senate to permanently extend the telehealth flexibilities and waivers put in place during the public health emergency.

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Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2024

“Patients, their care partners, caregivers, and advocates are already utilizing AI powered tools and creating their own LLMs in ways that the average physician, healthcare executive, and health IT vendors would not believe. Layered on top of this is health citizens’ eroding trust in other aspects of U.S. public health, as well.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Kat McDavitt, President at Innsena – 1 million percent public health. Ritesh Patel, Senior Partner, Global Digital Health at FINN Partners – I firmly believe that the technology that I have seen in the exhibition floors should be applied fair and square to rural health.

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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. Christoph Pedain, Business Leader, Hospital Patient Monitoring at Philips By the end of 2024, we will see significant moves by hospitals and health systems embracing readiness for Service-Oriented Device Connectivity (SDC).

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Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Leslie Krigstein comes to the health IT policy arena both as the VP of CHIME for congressional affairs and as a family member of a cancer patient. Another arena in which CHIME is seeking to be a convener is in designing health IT approaches to address the opioid epidemic.

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Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Leslie Krigstein comes to the health IT policy arena both as the VP of CHIME for congressional affairs and as a family member of a cancer patient. Another arena in which CHIME is seeking to be a convener is in designing health IT approaches to address the opioid epidemic.

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Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Leslie Krigstein comes to the health IT policy arena both as the VP of CHIME for congressional affairs and as a family member of a cancer patient. Another arena in which CHIME is seeking to be a convener is in designing health IT approaches to address the opioid epidemic.

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Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Leslie Krigstein comes to the health IT policy arena both as the VP of CHIME for congressional affairs and as a family member of a cancer patient. Another arena in which CHIME is seeking to be a convener is in designing health IT approaches to address the opioid epidemic.

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Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Leslie Krigstein comes to the health IT policy arena both as the VP of CHIME for congressional affairs and as a family member of a cancer patient. Another arena in which CHIME is seeking to be a convener is in designing health IT approaches to address the opioid epidemic.

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Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Leslie Krigstein comes to the health IT policy arena both as the VP of CHIME for congressional affairs and as a family member of a cancer patient. Another arena in which CHIME is seeking to be a convener is in designing health IT approaches to address the opioid epidemic.

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Health Populi

MARCH 14, 2023

In 2014, ECRI pivoted the title of this annual report to “patient safety concerns,” a nuance away from health technology. Year after year, some challenges persist, and these are shown in the last chart here from the 2023 report. ” Clearly, patient safety challenges in 2023 go well beyond technology in and of itself.

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The Healthcare Guys

JANUARY 28, 2016

Murali and Peter (along with Medecision and Amida) are right in the middle of intersection of data, interoperability, hardware, software and services for IoT in healthcare; they were kind enough to share with me what they’re seeing as the major opportunities in the space. In the case of health care they cost lives and money.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 20, 2023

Colin Hung spoke to Marcus Perez at Altera Digital Health about helping providers solve cash flow and throughput challenges today while planning for care-at-home and other initiatives to support future business growth. Read more… Hearing From Our Health IT Friend on Capitol Hill. Houske at OTAVA.

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E-CareManagement

OCTOBER 19, 2020

While there have been many events on interoperability and data sharing, what’s unique here is our focus on the BUSINESS rationale for health data sharing. • Data of all kinds has an important role in public health, logistics management, and the healthcare supply chain. • Scott Stuewe, President & CEO, DirectTrust.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 24, 2023

Success Story #1: Moving Upstream to Identify Most Vulnerable Individuals to Prevent Homelessness There’s a common metaphor in public health about the need to move “upstream” to invest in preventive health, rather than wait for people to present at the “bottom of the river” with severe chronic illness.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 16, 2022

Epic’s Take on TEFCA and Interoperability. Epic has plans to join TEFCA as an inaugural Qualified Health Information Network. Read more… How GIS Data Improves Public Health. Funding and M&A Activity: API platform for patient data exchange Particle Health announced $25 million in funding.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 5, 2023

Read more… Environmental Health Surveillance Enhances Public Health. Dr. Mark Pratt at Altera Digital Health suggested that prioritizing usability, enhancing interoperability, and offering flexibility can make next-level EHRs possible. Read more… 3 Things That Can Bring EHRs to the Next Level.

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Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health

JANUARY 24, 2014

Today, the World Economic Forum blog published a post by Jamie Ferguson, vice president of health IT for Kaiser Permanente: A Digital Health Revolution in the Making. Mobile apps and wearable devices empower individuals to manage their health and wellness,” Ferguson says in his blog post. “Big

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 23, 2023

News and Studies The 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule from CMS would continue many of the public health emergency telehealth flexibilities, such as an expanded definition of telehealth practitioners, continued payments to rural health centers and FQHCs, and the expansion of originating sites.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 6, 2019

As #CES2019 kicks off in Las Vegas with today’s first Media Day, the Consumer Technology Association presented its forecast on the 5 Technology Trends to Watch in 2019 — and they all play into health, wellness, and medical care. Digital Health Tech Empowers Patients. Envisioning the Smart Home of the Future.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 11, 2021

The only way to accomplish this is through partnerships (inside and outside of the legacy provider system) and using data that flows, is interoperable, and ready-for-AI. I revisited the 2021 Future Health Index for this data point, that in the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 19, 2023

Not surprising RCM is also a popular use case for AI, with 78% of health systems currently using it or evaluating its use. Digital therapeutic company Medisafe surveyed patients, providers, and digital health leaders about the state of digital solutions for patient care.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. Interoperability and artificial intelligence will play a large role in the innovation of healthcare technology in 2024 and will be necessary to control the rising needs in healthcare data management and analytics.

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Health Populi

MARCH 9, 2021

These investments and the migration of more care closer to where people live, work, play, pray, learn, and shop, will also benefit some of the nation’s most significant burdens of disease such as diabetes captured in Trend #10, which CVS Health titles, “Diabetes Care Is Community Care.”

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

Mimi Winsberg, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer at Brightside Health We have been in an uncertain time for regulation around telemedicine, and there are a few key trends to watch. There will be a separate notice of proposed rulemaking directed at healthcare providers that should be coming out in the near future.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 4, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. These new players and classifications in healthcare, coupled with a drive to create interoperability, highlight the need for a robust identity management strategy for both consumers and providers. Brianna Zink, RN, MSN, Sr.

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Health Populi

APRIL 19, 2018

I concluded the first of this three-part series with Dr. Don Rucker’s belief that, “Patients are the massive use-case for interoperability.”. This second post focuses on the key role of designing for healthcare – for patients, caregivers, providers, all industry sector workers indeed.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

While health care has been slower than other industries to leverage digital transformation, COVID-19 accelerated change — revealing some key barriers blocking the potential for more fulsome transformation, the OECD explains in its latest version of Health At A Glance for 2023 with a detailed chapter on “digital health at a glance.”

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Waracle

MAY 16, 2019

By providing increased visibility of personal health data and access to richer information on patient and consumer health, these advancements are leading us towards a convergence of individuals, new information and insights, technology and increased connectivity to optimise personal health care and outcomes.

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Health Populi

MARCH 23, 2021

ECRI offers several recommendations and action-prescriptions for health systems to address racial disparities from a patient safety impact. These include: Embed health equity into the organization’s strategy, structures and processes – and allocate resources to these work-flows. Leverage health IT to identify disparities.

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Waracle

MAY 16, 2019

By providing increased visibility of personal health data and access to richer information on patient and consumer health, these advancements are leading us towards a convergence of individuals, new information and insights, technology and increased connectivity to optimise personal health care and outcomes.

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Docnotes

JANUARY 30, 2022

Those with political power will retain it, and true public health decisions will be elusive. . Investments in Social Determinant of Health Networks (SDHNs) Development and Performance. Exhibit 2: SDHN Structural and Funding Diagram. Social Care Data Interoperability Exchange. Elsewhere? We’ll have to see.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Digital health advocates also expressed mixed feelings, with the American Telemedicine Association representatives saying the organization appreciated some of the provisions in the bill while noting other ways in which it fell short. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) saying they hadn't had time to read the mammoth legislation.

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