Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 29, 2023

According to the US Department of Human Services (HHS), healthcare professionals can share HIPAA-protected health information (HIPAA PHI) with one another without written content in several circumstances. Such treatment communications may occur orally, in writing, by phone, fax, email, or otherwise.

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Digital Health Global

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The public-private partnership is co-hosted by Moffitt Cancer Center and the Digital Medicine Society (DiMe), alongside the Office for the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH). Visit Azra AI at the Becker’s CEO + CFO Roundtable event (Nov.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 30, 2021

"The program, using vendor Vivify Health's connected care platform, aimed to reduce readmissions." " "After hours and on weekends, the Virtual Care Center acts as a triaging nurse to Trinity's home care and hospice patients across the U.S., " Karen Joyce, RN, Trinity Health at Home.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

But when dealing with all of the many things that providers do and the highly important health information about patients, something as simple as selecting a communication platform becomes a very tricky situation. How do you maintain the security and privacy of your patient’s health information as cyberattacks continue to climb?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Burnout has been an ongoing scourge at hospitals for years now, and the crushing demands of the pandemic have only made it worse for physicians , nurses , telehealth managers and others. Electronic health records don't usually help, even if their impact on burnout is more complex than many realize. " EHRs: Automation can help.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 24, 2022

As described in the latest ONC Standards Bulletin , v3 expands the USCDI from 52 data elements in 16 classes to 94 elements in 19 classes, with additions focusing on equity, public health, and documenting health insurance coverage.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 24, 2020

“Station MD, our telehealth vendor, was providing similar telemedicine triage service to nursing homes on Staten Island that housed medically frail residents. “Unless it is a full-out emergency requiring immediate transfer to the ER, they refer the matter to the on-call RN nurse case manager.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

Further, state-by-state laws requiring in-person meetings between psychiatric nurse practitioners and psychiatrist collaborators should be reexamined as these can safely take place over video conferences. The AHA’s aim was to reduce unnecessary documentation and streamline the coding process.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 9, 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. Consumer engagement company Carenet Health hired Rhonda Gibler as Chief Sales Officer.

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Xealth

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

We heard from the Mace family, a couple who experienced first hand the difficulties with health data exchange after Tristan (26 yo M) had to undergo an emergency heart transplant after experiencing a catastrophic cardiac event. Key takeaways: From a nursing perspective – focus on virtual nursing.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 25, 2023

You may not realize it, but poor connectivity can contribute to burnout , as nurses don’t have time to submit Help Desk tickets when they’re treating patients. Colin Hung interviewed Charlie Harp at Clinical Architecture about how Qualified Health Information Networks will shine a light on data quality issues.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 7, 2023

We are facing an estimated 900K deficit of registered nurses by the end of this decade. Read more… A Look at Nabla Copilot’s Automatic Clinical Documentation. Read more… Featured Health IT Job: Chief Health Information Officer , a position located in Minneapolis, MN, posted by Hennepin Healthcare at Healthcare IT Central.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 9, 2023

Machine Learning has successfully assisted with back-end automation and document processing for some time, but these efforts have taken on new urgency with new interoperability regulations that have led to an exponential increase of documents coming into the chart.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 10, 2023

For example, following the implementation of an interactive patient system , the patient can manage the room’s temperature, reduce the lighting, order a meal, and place a service request without needing facetime with a nurse. This ability gives the patient a crucial sense of independence and allows staff to remain focused on care.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

A National Patient Identifier (NPI) would help get all patient documentation into one location vs. spread out among multiple providers and healthcare systems. With more funding acquired for the LTPAC space and investment in health information technology, care delivery will be secure.

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TheraNest

JULY 23, 2019

Employees should never be sending company documents across personal social media, even if it’s simply sending photos or documents between staff members, as things have a way of being leaked. Current media coverage of the crime made it easily identifiable who the nurse was referring to. Never assume information is private.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 6, 2022

. “This health data session led by Kno2, a long-time member of DirectTrust and a new member of Civitas Networks for Health, gave a great overview of how the health IT industry can help facilitate the shift to informed, whole-person care,” said Scott Stuewe, DirectTrust President and CEO.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 30, 2023

In a virtual care process, interactions still need to be meaningful, measurable and well-documented. Health information can't be generic, out-of-the-box or outsourced to a call center. Traditionally, remote monitoring was done with phone calls and in-person visits. How do provider organizations handle this messaging?

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Digital Health Today

JANUARY 28, 2021

A Sponsored Post by Azalea Health. Since the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act was passed in 2009, healthcare has digitized rapidly, with electronic health records (EHRs) now ubiquitous across medical practices – except for within behavioral health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 18, 2022

As part of the NETCCN project, Avel eCARE worked collaboratively to develop a cloud-based, low-resource, standalone health information management system to create and coordinate flexible and extendable "virtual critical care wards." Capability for basic documentation in real time as well as data collection and reporting.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 11, 2023

Records are out of the therapist’s control, who typically isn’t privy to who else in the company sees their notes, any support documents, or details of the financial exchanges with their client.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

JUNE 30, 2015

And often considered an important part of health IT initiatives and clinical care services. mHealth is term used to describe the use of wireless and mobile devices to generate, aggregate and disseminate health information. Interoperability is NOT the same thing as health information exchange. Interoperability.

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Lloyd Price

APRIL 21, 2023

Team communication: Asynchronous messaging can be used to facilitate communication among members of a healthcare team, such as nurses, physicians, and pharmacists. This can speed up the referral process and reduce the need for in-person consultations.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 25, 2019

With FHIR 4, Open APIs, Carequality and CommonWell reaching a milestone of sorts and the finalized information blocking rule from Health and Human Services coming, the table is set for notable advancements in health information exchange. Nurses are well-positioned to lead innovation and digital transformation.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Under this program, care teams can bill for time spent managing patients’ health conditions. CCM includes: Structured documentation of patient health information. Coordination and dissemination of patient health information inside and outside the practice. Supporting patients in achieving health goals.

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GlobalMed

JULY 8, 2019

Most offer the same reasons: Medicaid reimbursement rates are typically lower than other insurers and the documentation requirements can be burdensome. Depending on your state laws, nurse practitioners and other mid-level clinicians may be able to work to the top of their license by seeing these patients for you.

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Health Law Blog | Telehealth

AUGUST 31, 2020

“Obtaining sufficient consent for health care is the duty of the attending health care provider upon whose order or at whose direction the contemplated health care, treatment or procedure is rendered,” although the provider may use others to document the consent. (Id. at § 54-4508). EVALUATION AND TREATMENT.

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Health Law Blog | Telehealth

AUGUST 31, 2020

“Obtaining sufficient consent for health care is the duty of the attending health care provider upon whose order or at whose direction the contemplated health care, treatment or procedure is rendered,” although the provider may use others to document the consent. (Id. at § 54-4508). EVALUATION AND TREATMENT.

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Lloyd Price

JUNE 10, 2018

Singapore is now transitioning to a new digital health model. It is looking to move health information to the cloud. Emerging markets will leapfrog developed markets to move to the new digital health model (see Figure 4). Emerging markets are increasingly digitising health information.

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

APRIL 18, 2016

The parent will be his authorized representative to view patient health information. The description tries to make this clear " A document showing patient acknowledgement/consent/dissent with respect to the privacy policies of an organization. This document is specific to an individual patient. Patient "P.

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HIStalk Weekender

APRIL 19, 2019

We are lousy at the foundational steps, among which is rigor in the process by which we document what we do in a computer-processable way so that we can then extract from large-enough populations accurate data about the best approach to taking care of people. I think some of these headlines are hype, a form of Security Theater. Harrison ).

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HIStalk Interviews

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Patti, who is a pretty intimidating and awesome lady, told them to “build a computer program” for what she was doing in a circulated Word document and they did. Health information exchange has made tremendous advancements, particularly in the last several years, in linking communities together to unify a care record.

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care innovations

JULY 4, 2018

It’s important to remember that telehealth “ isn’t about replacing doctors and nurses ,” in the words of Consumer Experience Expert Karissa Price-Rico, PhD. Can show documented ROI. Understands and empathizes with clinicians.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

A provider present with the patient at one location – a nursing home, community clinic, etc. Patient education material in the form of images, documents and videos is pushed to patients through the app, as well. The system can be used to conduct telehealth visits between two or more clinics.

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LinkousThink

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

The Finance Committee issued a document that describes the proposed bill in relatively plain language. The comments and referenced page numbers here are based on this document. Much of the bill takes a broad approach to health reform; financing, insurance options, etc., It’s available at [link].

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American Well

MARCH 17, 2016

The app shows heart rate, calories burned, cholesterol and other important vital information, as well as results of lab tests, diagnoses and medical examinations. American Well is integrated with Apple Health to allow telehealth physicians to immediately access and track a patient’s health information with just one click.

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American Well

MARCH 17, 2016

The app shows heart rate, calories burned, cholesterol and other important vital information, as well as results of lab tests, diagnoses and medical examinations. American Well is integrated with Apple Health to allow telehealth physicians to immediately access and track a patient’s health information with just one click.

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