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Weekly Roundup – March 25, 2023

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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. Storing data and achieving interoperability hasn’t helped most health care organizations. Read more… Understanding Healthcare Interoperability Testing.

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Healthcare Workforce – 2023 Health IT Predictions

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Let’s be real—nurses are, to put it lightly, still being stretched very thin. I’ve been talking with hospitals all over the country this year, and in recent conversations I’ve heard more and more about virtual nursing. Check out our community’s healthcare workforce predictions.

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Business of Healthcare and Value Based Care – 2023 Health IT Predictions

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More tech requires more upkeep, more data requiring complex management, and less interoperability or communication between dissimilar systems. Continued consolidation in primary care There will continue to be consolidation in primary care. Optum Care is becoming a model for big companies.

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Bonus Features – November 20, 2022 – 90% of healthcare buyers prioritize virtual care but want a clear roadmap, wearable data helped predict COVID-19 infections 12 days before the CDC, and more

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Firefly Health and Sprinter Health are integrating Firefly’s in-home clinical services with Sprinter’s virtual primary care. Primary care EHR Elation Health has integrated with Ribbon Health , a provider data management platform. The Biotech Breakthrough Awards Program announced its 2022 award winners.

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Workforce development: Your organization is only as strong as its people

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Focus on Workforce Development According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, the United States will see a shortage of between 46,900 and 121,900 physicians by 2032, including both primary care doctors and specialists. Interoperability: Health IT's hardest problem is (finally) at an inflection point. Collection.

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Cleveland Clinic's virtual second opinions shown to impact patient care

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Specialty care deserts, which are areas of the country where specialists are just not available, make it difficult to schedule an appointment with the right physician for a single opinion, let alone a second opinion. Interoperability is a challenge nationwide.

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Healthcare IT Regulations – What Needs to Be Added and What Needs to Be Removed

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While the key components of privacy (administrative, uses and disclosures, individual rights, and general security) are all necessary today, I would put privacy, security, breach – and relevant 21 Century Cures Interoperability topics – all together and make sure everyone handling any type of sensitive information be subject to these rules.