Healthcare IT Today

MAY 21, 2021

Patient stories are powerful, but there is no easy way to capture them in a standard EHR. The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) overcame this challenge by customizing their Cerner system to accommodate a special “This is Me” section where patients and clinicians could jointly document stories.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

What should be trending right now in health IT? To help shed a light on these topics, we reached out to our brilliant Healthcare IT Today Community to see what health IT trends they believe deserve more attention. We won’t see healthcare organizations pour more money into data science.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 17, 2023

The following is a guest article by Steve Lazer, Global Healthcare and Life Sciences CTO at Dell Technologies The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of digital entities in healthcare. Specifically, we will examine their applications in patient care, medical education, and mental health support.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. Healthcare Information Exchanges (HIEs) will continue to evolve in 2023.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2023

We will see continued focus on the social determinants of health by EHR vendors in 2023. We also learned of the importance of mental health. EPIC is focusing on three main areas in 2023: Efficiency improvements for clinicians and administrators so that more time can be spent with patients.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 28, 2024

So let’s take a moment to pause and evaluate healthcare at home to see where we are and where we need to go. It can be especially effective for patients in those underserved or rural areas where we see the largest issues with access to care due to health provider shortages.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 18, 2023

Medical Transcription These models can automatically transcribe patient-doctor conversations, generating accurate and detailed records for future reference and improving overall documentation quality.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Reeya Patel, Vice President of Healthcare Insights at Azalea Health, points out that a televisit can document that a follow-up appointment has been scheduled, a request for a medication took place, or a referral to a specialist has occurred, all for billing purposes. Improved workflows.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

That sudden experiment allowed for valuable insights that healthcare organizations in 2021 can use to fine-tune where they should land on the spectrum of virtual and in-person – in ways that make the most sense for care delivery, patient experience, reimbursement and clinical research. ” The report read.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 8, 2024

Integrating this solution into your organization can save your clinicians a lot of time through documentation automation. The patient experience is being transformed by this technology, as physicians are able to focus on the conversation while feeling less tied to a computer screen. One such solution is ambient clinical voice.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

With much of the country shut down earlier this year, the typical number of weekly virtual care visits grew from dozens, to hundreds, to thousands at hospitals and health systems across the country. “I can now self-schedule, and see when the patient has checked in, and when they’re ready and waiting for me,” she said.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 2, 2023

All of the decisions made in healthcare are based on the data we gather, so we need to make sure it’s sound. Are we getting the representation needed to cover all of our patients? We reached out to our amazing Healthcare IT Today Community to get their insights on the importance of data in achieving health equity.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. Carolyn Ward, M.D.

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