Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week.
Looking at the Latest in Real-Time Clinical Note Generation. John Lynn spoke to Dr. Noah Crampton at Mutuo Health Solutions about the importance of integrating the consent process into the user experience for ambient clinical voice, along with the company’s larger focus on privacy and data governance. Read more…
Deriving More Value from Automated Generation of Medical Notes. Meanwhile, John also talked to Manny Krakaris at Augmedix about going beyond the clinical note to extract metadata such as medications and family history to help clinical staff get the most out of automatically generated notes. Read more…
Toward Wider Adoption of Digital Insurance Cards. Like most of us, Andy Oram has a health insurance card in his wallet. Here’s what he learned about SMART Health, FHIR, registries, EHR integrations, and other technology that could support digital insurance cards in the not-too-distant future. Read more…
Making the Patient Portal More Relevant. Colin Hung spoke with Carlos Aros at Community Health Alliance to learn how the Nevada-based FQHC boosted portal adoption through ongoing conversations and sent post-visit surveys via text message. Read more…
Improving Patient Engagement Through Communication Platforms. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to weigh in on how to best communicate with today’s patients. The biggest theme was integrating communication tools with the portals and platforms patients already use. Read more…
Why the Future is Bright for Health Information Management. At AHIMA’s annual conference, Colin sat down with AHIMA President Jennifer Mueller and discussed the role of health information management professionals as data stewards, especially in the era of TEFCA. Read more…
MGMA Takes an Innovative Approach to Tackling Healthcare Challenges. At the organization’s Leader Conference, Colin tracked down MGMA COO Ron Holder to talk about the role of AI and wearables in medical practices, along with policy efforts to simplify the business of medicine. Read more…
Innovating Radiology Workstations with User-Centric Design. In an onsite interview, Colin learned that Redrick Technologies doesn’t have a catalog of radiology workstations, since each new product is based on the lessons the company learned from its previous implementations. Read more…
CIO Podcast: Cost Optimization. Muhammad Siddiqui at Reid Health talked to John about managing digital and IT budgets amid financial uncertainty and making the most of IT investments that do get approved. Read more…
Know What to Look For in a Software Partner for Your Healthcare Business. Every potential partner will tell you they’re the best, according to Marcin Wudarczyk at GoSolve. The right partner will have healthcare expertise, well motivated engineers, and a willingness to cooperate with its clients. Read more…
Poor Connectivity Impacts Patient Outcomes. 5G is pervasive but not always well suited for the hospital setting, where walls and furniture can easily disrupt signals. That means hospitals are likely to need upgrades to distributed antenna system (DAS) platforms, said Doug Bierbower at SOLiD Americas. Read more…
Bonus Features for November 19, 2023: Critical access hospitals 16% less likely to participate in data exchange, while two-thirds of orgs plan to increase AI spending by 25% in the next three years. Read more…
Funding and M&A Activity:
- AI-enabled diagnostic company Covera Health announced up to $50 million in additional Series C funding.
- Care enablement vendor IKS Health purchased AQuity Solutions, which makes clinical documentation and medical coding software.
- Care coordination platform Rx.Health is now part of Commure, which provides clinical and financial solutions for care coordination.
- TT Capital Partners announced an investment in Cantata Health Solutions, which makes EHR and RCH software for post-acute care and behavioral health.
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