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A Health Consumer Bill of Rights: Assuring Affordability, Access, Autonomy, and Equity

Health Populi

The aspirational document sets out the mission that “every individual deserves the right to obtain health care that is comprehensive, equitable and compassionate.” Kudos to NABIP for developing this document and taking a leadership position in supporting health care as a civil right for all consumers, emerging as health citizens, in America.

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Vital’s Scientific Publication on Sepsis Paves Way for Predictive Analytics Tools

Digital Health Global

The paper focuses on sepsis prediction, marking a crucial step in Vital’s ongoing commitment to delivering solutions that drive better patient outcomes while providing a positive patient experience. And we’re improving outcomes as well. Early inpatient outcomes appear to be shaving 0.5-days

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Athenahealth launches new EHR-embedded telehealth tool

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

“I have been using athenaTelehealth exclusively in my family medicine practice for several weeks now,” said Dr. The company says athenaTelehealth "leverages existing patient communication channels, including email and text message based on patient preferences, and delivers telehealth instructions and a seamless patient experience."

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How one physician practice was transformed by EHR-embedded telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The pandemic presented a variety of problems when it came to continuing patient care during quarantine. The practice needed a reliable system that would enable seamless patient scheduling, HIPAA-compliant video conferencing and billing, Miller said. “This feature really mimics the patient experience of being in the office.

EHR 173
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?Utilizing Technology to Expand Language Access

Healthcare IT Today

Language access plans (LAP) provide organizations with a roadmap to ensure access and connection that alleviate these disparities and improve patient experience. Healthcare organizations can improve efficiencies and optimize the patient experience by incorporating the latest tools and technologies into their LAPs.

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Bonus Features – July 16, 2023 – 95% of patients are concerned about data breaches affecting their medical records, 81% incorrectly assume PHI collected by digital health apps is protected under HIPAA

Healthcare IT Today

The most notable approval is USCDI v3, and others include two implementation guides from CMS for Quality Reporting Document Architecture and three HL7 standards (for C-CDA, FHIR, and QRDA). Patient experience vendor Vital surpassed 1 million users across more than 100 hospital clients.

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Telehealth, properly integrated with EHRs, can boost cancer care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Integration is critical because no clinician wants to log into separate applications or use a nonsecure, non-HIPAA-compliant tool like FaceTime, Zoom or something else on their phone. Communication between patient and clinician is critical during this journey. They certainly want to keep their personal phone number private.

EHR 164