Healthcare IT Today

JULY 13, 2021

One of the most important and least covered things in healthcare IT is the various EHR Documentation Workstations. No doubt it’s a regular topic of conversations at healthcare organizations because an EHR workstation configuration really impacts EHR users experience and therefore the patient.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 18, 2023

The expanded partnership allows clinical documentation from virtual care visits to be automatically generated using Microsoft's AI capabilities, including GPT4.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 3, 2020

"All organizations are looking for ways to engage the patient, and adopting ambient documentation is the first step to not only engaging but also improving upon their experience." So when the Nuance account team approached me about introducing ambient clinical intelligence into the documentation workflow, I was all for it.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

To help out, we reached out to our amazing Healthcare IT Today Community to see which healthcare regulations they foresee having a big impact on healthcare IT. This type of document will require not only top-notch billing tools but also new levels of contractual collaboration between separate provider entities.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

For the 108th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast , we decided to mix things up. Regular listeners will know that last episode we talked about Generative AI (ChatGPT being one example) in healthcare. We asked ChatGPT the following question “ Can you come up with 4 questions for a podcast on healthcare IT (technology)?

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 6, 2020

This shouldn’t come as a surprise since if ambient clinical voice is effective, then it could solve so many of the EHR documentation features that put such a burden on physicians in healthcare. If you read this site, then you know that my favorite topic right now is probably ambient clinical voice. The idea of […].

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 8, 2021

EHRs have been implemented for nearly two decades in healthcare and many usability issues still remain. Of these, one of the top issues reported by physician users in virtually every EHR usability study is clinical documentation. The ONC concurs. As stated in their […].

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 29, 2020

For the 39th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re talking about the retro technologies that are still popular in healthcare. Document Scanners. Document Scanners. We dive into why many of these technologies are still popular. We dive into why many of these technologies are still popular. Television

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 8, 2021

Needless to say, 2020 has been a crazy year that will never be forgotten here at Healthcare IT Today. One of my favorite things to do as we move on to a new year is to look back at the past year. While everyone shifted gears, we took the ambitious effort to do 100 Interviews […].

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 1, 2021

If you read Healthcare IT Today regularly, or listen to our health it podcast, then you’re probably tired of hearing me talk about the potential of Ambient Clinical Voice in healthcare. For good or bad, I’m probably not going to stop. However, […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 2, 2024

Days with both telehealth and in-person care correlated with increased EHR, documentation, and medical record review time. Days with 26% to 99% of visits via telehealth were associated with nearly 15 minutes more minutes of active EHR time, around 5 minutes of additional documentation minutes, and 5.5 Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 5, 2024

THE LARGER TREND In August, Cerner added Suki's ambient voice technology to complete documentation with bidirectional sync and in September partnered with MEDITECH to integrate Suki Assistant into the company's Expanse EHR. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 24, 2024

Here’s a quick look at some of the health IT jobs we found: Medical Billing Manager – PrimeCare Managers Executive Director Memory Care Administrator – Lenity Management EHR Integration Architect – MEDITECH Senior MEDITECH Consultant WFH – HCA Healthcare Software Support IT Specialist – Magic Touch Software, Intl.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

One of the most valuable integrations you can do in healthcare is integrating lab data. Pairing that data with clinical procedure documentation is a powerful combination.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 10, 2022

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. 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.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 20, 2024

In search of an answer to this question, we reached out to our insightful Healthcare IT Today Community and this is what they had to share with us. The potential negative impacts of this are well documented; quality assurance processes can effectively address this risk to documentation quality.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Clinical documentation is widely known to be a time-consuming task. Much of that documenting rests on the shoulders of nurses, who use health information technology to help juggle their many roles: […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 19, 2023

HC3, which released several ransomware warnings in 2022 including about the exceptionally aggressive Hive ransomware that seeks to delete healthcare data back-ups, says that Clop has been infecting files and disguising them to look like medical documents to be reviewed. " Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the MACRA MIPS Specialist position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Stoltenberg Consulting Inc. and is remote.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 14, 2019

A newly-published study suggests that physicians may not be performing all of the services they document. While the study tracked medical residents rather than physicians who had completed their training, researchers seem to have concluded that their problems with adequate documentation might point to problems affecting all physicians.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 5, 2024

In a fast-paced exchanged with John Lynn of Healthcare IT Today, Rucker covers regulations and evolving data exchange standards that foster interoperability and data analytics. Learn more about 1upHealth: [link] Listen and subscribe to the Healthcare IT Today Interviews Podcast to hear all the latest insights from experts in healthcare IT.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 21, 2021

More patients than ever are willing to switch healthcare providers over a poor digital experience. According to a recent study, COVID-19 has raised the expectations of patients when it comes to digital health. Organizations that do not invest in getting rid of paper processes risk being left behind.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2022

Files and Documents are a cybercriminal gold mine. Healthcare companies have a lot on their IT plate, but often neglect their most vital assets: files, documents, and records. The following is a guest article by Richard Barretto, Chief Information Security Officer Progress.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 26, 2024

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Microsoft has announced two deals leveraging its Teams tool which could cast a long shadow over the rapidly evolving telehealth sector. The tech giant signed an agreement with Epic under which the EHR vendor would become the first such organization to use the Teams connector function.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 23, 2020

Last week I started a project to create a list of all of the telehealth options out there. Mostly, I wanted to be able to provide my friends and readers answer to the question I’m certain to get over the next year, “Which telehealth solution is best?” ” It may take me another week to finish […].

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 6, 2023

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 22, 2021

For the 58th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re talking about burnout and health IT’s role in staff burnout. We all know that burnout has become a major issue in healthcare. EHR auto documentation). Plus, COVID has added another […] Many people point at health IT when it comes to the topic of burnout.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 24, 2020

Coming into the year, one of the most exciting technologies I saw coming down the pipe was ambient clinical voice technologies and EHR AI Assistants. I thought this would be a major theme at the HIMSS20 Annual conference. Then, everything blew up included HIMSS20 being cancelled. Needless to say, it’s hard to talk about new, […].

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Increased workloads, difficult-to-navigate EHRs, documentation processes, administrative tasks, and more challenging work-life balance. One of the greatest burdens to providers is documentation. Electronic health records were introduced to make documentation easier and more accessible. If anything, the issue is getting worse.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 14, 2024

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. 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.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 13, 2022

As outlined in court documents , marketers identified Medicare and TRICARE beneficiaries to target for expensive medications – such as pain creams, scar creams, eczema creams and migraine medication – and durable medical equipment, including wrist, shoulder, knee and ankle braces. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

And for an exclusive look at our top stories, subscribe to our newsletter and YouTube. Tell us what you think. Contact us here or on Twitter at @hcitoday.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 7, 2023

In a recent Healthcare IT Today interview with Bill Rogers, co-founder and president of Orbita , he discusses the implications of OpenAI’s chatGPT, Orbita’s recent improvements, and the ways that tools such as chatGPT can make health care more efficient. Plus, he shares his view on how it will integrate with voice technology.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The following is a guest article by Tom Romeo, General Manager of Healthcare IT at Quest Diagnostics. The best document management systems drive improvements by not only storing digital healthcare data, but by also ensuring data is easily accessible enterprise-wide. Or click on the titles below for highlights. .

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 6, 2023

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the EHR Strategic Advisory Specialist position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Stoltenberg Consulting Inc. and is a hybrid position located in Ohio.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 28, 2024

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. 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.

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