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Healthcare C-suite bullish on AI, telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Unsurprisingly, telehealth stood out, with nearly half of respondents saying they'd shifted to virtual care as an innovation priority. "Within just over a week, we went from no telehealth to 2,000 telehealth visits per day. They said they were looking for ways to increase the efficiency of RCM processes and workflows.

Telehealth

Telehealth RCM Healthcare IT Telemedicine

Canvas Medical Achieves ONC Certification, Raises $24MM to Power Clinicians and Developers Building and Scaling Digital Health Companies

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 19, 2022

Canvas provides a full-stack ambulatory EMR and digital health developer platform, enabling both established and startup healthcare providers to launch new patient experiences and business models faster. Founded in 2015, Canvas is reimagining the EMR for the future of healthcare.

EMR

EMR Digital Health Primary Care RCM

Bonus Features – November 12, 2023 – 93% of clinicians use RPM in cardiac care rehab, telehealth flexibilities remain in place until the end of 2024, plus 25 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

News The 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule continues many telehealth flexibilities first adopted during the public health emergency, such as an expanded scope of originating sites an expanded definition of qualified practitioners. Sales Ohio-based Fisher-Titus chose RevSpring for RCM and payment processing. 31, 2024.

Telehealth

Telehealth RCM Public Health EHR

Bonus Features – July 23, 2023 – Number of people impacted by data breaches up 56% compared to last year, CMS keeps temporary telehealth expansion in 2024 Medicare fee schedule, and more

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.

Medicare

Medicare Telehealth Telemedicine RCM

Weekly Roundup – February 3, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Read more… Improve IT Compliance and Automation in a Digital Health World. Stephanie Maharjan at WellReceived outlined the industry’s lessons in engagement from the pandemic: Telehealth and IoT are here to stay, customer experience matters, and more technology means heightened security risks.

RCM

RCM Healthcare IT Digital Health Interoperability

Bonus Features – October 9, 2022 – Optum completes Change Healthcare acquisition, interest in flu shots is declining, and more

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 9, 2022

MedStar Health received a $2 million grant to continue research into how telehealth access impacts health equity. The granted-funded, follow-up research will explore ways to connect patients with chronic conditions and other vulnerable populations to telehealth services.

HIE

HIE RCM Primary Care EHR

Bonus Features – March 19, 2023 – Info for 81% of physicians is inconsistent in major health plan provider directories, 48% of health systems using AI for workforce management, and more

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 19, 2023

A survey from the Health Management Academy and Outbound AI reported that almost half (48%) of health systems are using AI technology for workforce management , and 85% expect to see a moderate to significant increase in the use of such tools in the next one to three years.

RCM

RCM Healthcare IT Digital Health Primary Care

WELL Health to Acquire EMR, Billing and Clinical Assets from CloudMD

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 24, 2022

WELL Health Technologies Corp. This acquisition will also enable our EMR and billing divisions to enter new markets in the Canadian Prairies where we look forward to supporting healthcare practitioners’ access to new digital health innovations.” WELL will pay approximately $5.75

EMR

EMR Primary Care Medical Billing RCM

Weekly Roundup – January 20, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 20, 2024

Our predictions wrap up with some general thoughts on what will happen across the health IT landscape. Efficiency, burnout, public-private partnership, competition, vendor consolidation, and an uncertain market for digital health deals rank among the top topics on everyone’s minds.

Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT RCM Health IT EHR

Bonus Features, HLTH Edition – October 11, 2023 – Announcements from Best Buy, General Catalyst, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Walgreens, and more

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Samsung Health is using the b.well Connected Health Platform to help users to create a longitudinal health record and connect to providers at Walgreens and various hospital networks. Walgreens also announced plans to launch telehealth visits later this month, according to Healthcare Dive.

Life Science

Life Science EHR BioTech RCM

Rising and Falling in Health IT – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 67

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 26, 2021

I’m not sure there’s ever been a time in health IT where more things have been happening. Money is flowing into new and old health IT companies as they build out new digital health solutions and […] test

Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Health IT Digital Health RCM

Telehealth Startup OpenLoop Raises $15 Million to Streamline Virtual Care Delivery

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 27, 2023

Company launches the first-of-its-kind comprehensive nationwide payer coverage network, offering clients everything they need from first visit to final payment OpenLoop , a leader in white-label telehealth support services powering virtual and hybrid care across the country, today announced it has raised a $15M Series A funding.

Telehealth

Telehealth RCM HIPAA Digital Health

Bonus Features – October 2, 2022 – Tech vendors commit to standardizing SDoH data at White House event, 1 in 3 patients using telehealth to manage a chronic condition, and more

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Research from athenahealth about telehealth usage throughout the pandemic found that nearly 1 in 4 patients (24%) used telehealth specifically to avoid an in-person visit. In addition, nearly 1 in 3 patients used telehealth to manage a chronic condition, with 23% scheduling appointments and another 9% opting for ad hoc check-ins.

eCare

eCare Telehealth EHR eHealth

Bonus Features – January 8, 2023 – Omnibus bill extends telehealth expansion through end of 2024, 60% of solution providers pouring all event marketing money into in-person events, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 8, 2023

The biggest news for healthcare IT was the extension of telehealth expansion under Medicare through the end of 2024. The first quarterly Healthcare IT Market Report from Pivot Point Consulting hinted at a continued need for providers to develop long-term strategies around virtual care, customer relationship management, and RCM optimization.

Telehealth

Telehealth Healthcare IT Primary Care Leadership

Bonus Features – February 11, 2024 – HTI-1 final rule goes into effect March 11, Best in KLAS highlights 136 products in 8 categories, plus 28 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Lindus Health launched a unified technology, site services and contract research organization services package for digital therapeutics and digital health trials. Following a 2023 merger, Virgin Pulse and HealthComp unveiled a new company brand , Personify Health.

RCM

RCM Life Science EHR Psychiatry

Weekly Roundup – April 1, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 1, 2023

Anne Zieger summarized the latest story of a digital health company facing heat for improperly sharing data. In this case, it was mental health provider Cerebral, which admitted that its pixel-based tracking technology used to mine use data was disclosing information to Google, TikTok, Meta, and other third parties.

EHR

EHR Healthcare IT RCM EMR

Bonus Features – March 26, 2023 – Epic sees “tremendous potential” for GPT, more than 90% of patients want self-scheduling, and more

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 26, 2023

Digital therapeutic DarioHealth is teaming with Amwell to offer a cardiometabolic program. Mobile care management company MedArrive is partnering with Ouma Health , a maternity telehealth service, to expand access to care to expectant mothers covered by Medicaid.

RCM

RCM EHR Interoperability Healthcare IT

A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

Bardy Diagnostics is a digital health and remote patient monitoring company focused on addressing a long-standing complaint by cardiac electrophysiologists and cardiologists regarding their frequent inability to clearly distinguish the P-wave on ECG strips of existing monitors. And the list will continue to be updated over time.

Connected Health

Connected Health Telehealth Pharmaceuticals EHR

Connected Health Pulse

Healthcare C-suite bullish on AI, telehealth

Canvas Medical Achieves ONC Certification, Raises $24MM to Power Clinicians and Developers Building and Scaling Digital Health Companies

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Bonus Features – November 12, 2023 – 93% of clinicians use RPM in cardiac care rehab, telehealth flexibilities remain in place until the end of 2024, plus 25 more stories

Bonus Features – July 23, 2023 – Number of people impacted by data breaches up 56% compared to last year, CMS keeps temporary telehealth expansion in 2024 Medicare fee schedule, and more

Weekly Roundup – February 3, 2024

Bonus Features – October 9, 2022 – Optum completes Change Healthcare acquisition, interest in flu shots is declining, and more

Bonus Features – March 19, 2023 – Info for 81% of physicians is inconsistent in major health plan provider directories, 48% of health systems using AI for workforce management, and more

WELL Health to Acquire EMR, Billing and Clinical Assets from CloudMD

Weekly Roundup – January 20, 2024

Bonus Features, HLTH Edition – October 11, 2023 – Announcements from Best Buy, General Catalyst, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Walgreens, and more

Rising and Falling in Health IT – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 67

Telehealth Startup OpenLoop Raises $15 Million to Streamline Virtual Care Delivery

Bonus Features – October 2, 2022 – Tech vendors commit to standardizing SDoH data at White House event, 1 in 3 patients using telehealth to manage a chronic condition, and more

Bonus Features – January 8, 2023 – Omnibus bill extends telehealth expansion through end of 2024, 60% of solution providers pouring all event marketing money into in-person events, and more

Bonus Features – February 11, 2024 – HTI-1 final rule goes into effect March 11, Best in KLAS highlights 136 products in 8 categories, plus 28 more stories

Weekly Roundup – April 1, 2023

Bonus Features – March 26, 2023 – Epic sees “tremendous potential” for GPT, more than 90% of patients want self-scheduling, and more

A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

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