Canadian provider WELL Health Technologies snaps up EHR-focused Intrahealth Systems
Mobi Health News
APRIL 5, 2021
WELL Health plans on keeping Intrahealth a stand-alone business in its EMR group. .
What to Look for in an EMR for Psychiatry
TheraNest
DECEMBER 21, 2020
Choosing the right EMR for your psychiatry practice is an important decision. A good EMR solution can make you more efficient and make your practice more enjoyable to run. But choosing an EMR that lacks the features you need can sap your energy and waste time. A Robust Client Portal. Appointment Self-Scheduling .
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To Drive Value, EHRs Need to Actually be Usable
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 10, 2023
The following is a guest article by Khalid Al-Maskari, Founder and CEO of Health Information Management Systems (HiMS) EHRs are ubiquitous because they’re useful – but how useful are they really, and to whom? The truth is that an EHR by definition serves multiple masters, satisfying some more than others. The upshot?
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How EHR Interoperability Benefits Remote Patient Monitoring (webinar)
Clear Arch Health
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
OVERVIEW: This webinar examines specific ways that EHR interoperability and electronic health records systems integration can deliver a range of benefits to remote patient monitoring (RPM) for driving improved care coordination.
Ambient Voice Transcriptions Endorsed in a Study by The Permanente Medical Group
Healthcare IT Today
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
A new study by The Permanente Medical Group (part of Kaiser Permanente) offers confidence that ambient voice transcriptions can save time and improve the patient experience by generating clinical notes about patient visits. This article summarizes the key findings in that study. This study provides encouraging data on some of these questions.
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Where Does it Hurt? Specialty Physician Shares Three Ways to Improve EHR Charting
Healthcare IT Today
JUNE 30, 2022
It’s also well known that many physicians remain disappointed with the charting and clinical documentation capabilities of hospital and specialty EHRs. According to KLAS Research’s Arch Collaborative, physicians want three basic things from their EHRs: strong user mastery, a sense of ownership and system personalization.
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EHR Training Improves Physician Satisfaction & Physicians Don’t Want to Make Time for EHR Training
Healthcare IT Today
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
While at the CHIME 2019 Fall Forum conference in Phoenix, AZ, I had a great chance to sit in on one of the CIO focus groups at the event hosted by Optimum Healthcare IT. The session discussed a wide variety of topics including EHR optimization, EHR training, and other related topics. While listening to these […].
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ettain group Acquires Leidos’s Commercial EHR Consulting Business
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 22, 2019
ettain group, a leading provider of talent solutions, announced today that it has acquired Global Employment Solutions (“GES”) and Leidos Inc.’s s commercial Electronic Health Records (“EHR”) consulting business (“Leidos Health, LLC”). ettain group provides a […].
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HPG, a Leader in EHR Technology Integration, Acquires HIT Consulting Services Provider HDS
Healthcare IT Today
JULY 28, 2022
Healthcare Performance Group, Inc. HPG), which has provided industry-leading consulting expertise for EHR technology since 2002, announced today that it acquired Health Data Specialists, LLC (HDS).
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Xealth Welcomes Praia Health’s Digital Front Door Solution to Market
Xealth
APRIL 3, 2024
In a subsequent survey, nearly 40% of a key patient group – expecting moms – said they would choose one doctor over another based on digital health experience.
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This Week’s Health IT Jobs – April 3, 2024
Healthcare IT Today
APRIL 3, 2024
Epic Cupid Analyst – Bluebird Staffing Senior EHR Analyst, Epic Beacon – Ardent Health Services Sr. We hope you enjoy this look at some of the health IT jobs we saw healthcare organizations trying to fill this week. Health Epic Beaker Analyst – Engage Partners Inc.
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EHR-Based CPOE Tools Miss Many Dangerous Medication Interactions
Healthcare IT Today
JUNE 11, 2020
Hospital EHRs frequently miss harmful or potentially fatal errors, according to a study published in the journal JAMA Network Open. To conduct the study, researchers analyzed 8,657 observations using the National Quality Forum Health IT Safety Measure, a CPOE and EHR safety test administered by the Leapfrog Group between 2009 and 2018.
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EHR Developer Group Says ONC Rules Could Be Painful, But I Don’t Care
Healthcare IT Today
JUNE 10, 2019
I don’t know about you, folks, but I read a lot of statements from trade groups which challenge a proposed law or regulatory action.
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Full coverage: HIMSS23 APAC Health Conference
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
September 05, 2023 News Indonesia officially requires its healthcare facilities to implement EMRs The country enacted a Health Minister regulation on medical records in late August.
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NextGen Focusing on AI to Improve Workflows and on Street Medicine
Healthcare IT Today
DECEMBER 18, 2023
We caught up with them at their 2023 User Group Meeting (#NextGenUGM23) in Orlando Florida. Murry a much more effective application of AI is ambient clinical voice – where an AI-powered application “listens” to the clinical visit and turns the conversation into data that can be used to populate the EHR. It’s not going to do everything.
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Careficient Acquires Home Health, Hospice, Home Care, Palliative and RCM Solutions from Net Health
Healthcare IT Today
JANUARY 12, 2023
a leading provider of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) solutions, today announced the acquisition of Net Health ’s EMR line of home health, hospice, home care, and palliative solutions and RCM services (collectively, “home health and hospice”). Careficient Inc. , About Careficient. About Net Health .
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This Week’s Health IT Jobs
Healthcare IT Today
MARCH 27, 2024
Plus, I’m confident that recruiters will still send us their often hard to fill health IT and EHR jobs. Over time, I’m confident this will still be a great resource for those searching for jobs.
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UW Medicine CIO's advice: prepping IT systems for COVID-19
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 12, 2020
Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Population Health Telehealth Workflow Workforce On the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic, UW has ramped up telemedicine capabilities and made immediate changes to its EHR to support COVID-19 care. You will need staff to surge support for weeks or months.
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Big News and Announcements from NextGen UGM 2023
Healthcare IT Today
DECEMBER 1, 2023
NextGen announced several AI initiatives at their annual User Group Meeting, including the launch of their Ambient Assist product to help with clinical documentation. The roller coasters and thrill rides in Orlando, FL were the perfect backdrop for the 26 th edition of NextGen Healthcare ’s annual User Group Meeting (#NextGenUGM23).
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The New Pandemic: Burnout Threatens to Wipe Out a Generation of Providers
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 5, 2023
Increased workloads, difficult-to-navigate EHRs, documentation processes, administrative tasks, and more challenging work-life balance. A 2019 article published in the American Journal of Medicine estimates that 37% of the time primary care providers spend with patients is actually spent interacting with EHRs.
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Medical Group Practices Struggle with MIPS, According to New MGMA Report
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 16, 2019
On Monday, the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) released the Annual Regulatory Burden Report at their Annual Conference. With responses from over 400 medical group practices, the findings from their survey reveal the impact of federal regulations on physician practices and medical groups.
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Alabama Hospital Group Faces Class Action In Wake Of Ransomware Attack
Healthcare IT Today
JANUARY 10, 2020
A quartet of patients has filed a class-action suit against an Alabama based hospital group detailing the harm they allegedly suffered after a ransomware attack hit their local hospitals. According to a news story, patients seen at the three hospitals run by Ala.-based
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Maximize Value and Efficiencies with Effective Content Management
Healthcare IT Today
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
Effective content management can help hospitals, health systems, and large ambulatory groups turn piles of paper and digital content into actionable data. Beyond COVID-19: Data considerations when switching your EMR. The following is a guest article by Tom Romeo, General Manager of Healthcare IT at Quest Diagnostics.
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Why Electronic Health Record Interoperability is a Key Step Toward Fair Drug Prices
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 10, 2022
Insurers both large and small , for example, are partnering or even acquiring organizations that specialize in VBP; the same goes for physicians groups and groups that provide home care. EHR systems are common in Europe, and many European countries have made significant strides in adopting some aspects of VBP for drugs and treatments.
Weekly Roundup – November 5, 2022
Healthcare IT Today
NOVEMBER 5, 2022
Read more… On MEDITECH’s Push Into the Ambulatory EHR Market. Hospitals, health systems, and large ambulatory groups are full of paper and digital content, but most clinical content is unstructured and therefore isn’t actionable. Read more… The Value Proposition for Effective Content Management.
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More than Productivity: Include User Experiences when Assessing the ROI of AI-Based Solutions
Healthcare IT Today
MAY 17, 2023
We focused especially on systems that use advanced machine learning techniques to address the serious problem of physician burnout related to heavy workloads required to document patient care in electronic health record systems (EHRs). EHRs have multiple benefits. EHR workloads have become a significant cause of physician burnout.
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Data Sharing Transforms the way Physicians Practice; Let’s Make it More Accessible
Healthcare IT Today
MAY 24, 2023
With its implementation, the data aggregation will partly be done for the physician group, which allows physicians to get to patients sooner and cut down on administrative time. About Gregg Smith-McCurdy Gregg Smith-McCurdy is CIO at Hill Physicians Medical Group , the largest independent physician association in Northern California.
Verustat Acquires One Healthcare Solution
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 4, 2022
One Healthcare Solution’s premier software and expertise in EMR integration will allow us to support practice owners and physicians more than ever before,” said Emmet Seibels, President of Verustat. As a result, the company has one of the highest compliance rates among its patient populations in the RPM industry.
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Bonus Features – August 20, 2023 – Healthcare orgs only use 57% of their data to drive decision-making, digital health is well represented on the Inc. 5000 list, and more
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 20, 2023
Arkansas-based Conway OB-GYN Clinic implemented eClinicalWorks EHR. Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration chose HHS Technology Group to streamline Medicaid provider management. Rhode Island-based Care New England selected Kyndryl to manage its EMR consolidation.
Group Proposes Ethical Code For Donating Medical Records To Science After Death
Healthcare IT Today
JUNE 12, 2019
One group of ethicists and lawyers may have at least a partial answer to this question. The group, which met late last year at the Oxford Internet Institute, has created a proposed ethical code to tackle […]. What rules should be in place to guide the donation of patient medical data after that person passes away?
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Healthcare Groups Urge Changes To Proposed ONC Interoperability Rule
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 15, 2019
Several trade groups focused on healthcare issues have come together to publish a letter urging the ONC to rethink aspects of its proposed interoperability rule tackling health data sharing, privacy and information blocking.
Weekly Roundup – July 29, 2023
Healthcare IT Today
JULY 29, 2023
Helping clinicians troubleshoot within the EHR can improve workflows and job satisfaction , Bill Lewkowski at HCTec pointed out. based EMR, RCM, and practice management assets to N. Harris Computer , an operating group of Constellation Software. Read more… How Help Desk Updates Can Boost Clinician Productivity.
Bonus Features – July 10, 2022 – Sequoia Project releases TECFA identity verification documentation, IBM Watson Health is now Merative, and more
Healthcare IT Today
JULY 10, 2022
Greenway Health has launched a service called Greenway Medical Coding for its EHR clients to help relieve the administrative burden of coding and receive payments faster. Illinois-based Midwest Orthopaedic Center went with eClinicalWorks for its patient engagement, cloud-based EHR, and RCM products. Grants and Funding.
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HealthBI’s Scott McFarland says Step Away From the Fax Machine — Harlow on Healthcare
Health Blawg
FEBRUARY 19, 2018
Across all of the provider sites that work with HealthBI (over 60,000 and counting) the company interacts with multiple EMRs (there are now over 100 EMR tie-ins) in order to extract data needed to report quality measures and qualify for incentive payments. The Harlow Group LLC. Your comments are welcome here. David Harlow.
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Bonus Features – June 25, 2023 – 77% of healthcare workers think burnout will cause a healthcare crisis, 62% of patients want digital communication to match the in-person experience, and more
Healthcare IT Today
JUNE 25, 2023
Point-of-sale platform PatientFi is partnering with Engage Technologies Group to better educate patients on medical financing options. Sales and Customer News Chicago-based Haymarket Center selected NextGen Enterprise EHR and PM software. Cleveland-based University Hospitals selected Nuance for patient engagement and automated support.
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2019: Healthcare IT gains new ground
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
NOVEMBER 27, 2019
Many want to target drug costs and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has mandated hospitals to post a list of their standard charges by diagnostic-related group, in an effort for consumers to have transparent cost options. Epic CEO Judy Faulkner on Apple, docs who actually like their EHRs and Warren Buffett. " News.
With telehealth, one size won't fit all
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
DECEMBER 9, 2020
Telehealth looks different for millennials and retirees, rural and urban inner-city populations, and population groups with fundamentally different healthcare needs. The most mature health systems recognize the importance of context and design their telehealth programs accordingly.
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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 28, 2023
Healthcare IT systems, especially EHRs, played a key role in supporting documentation with the use of macros, smart phrases, and templates. However, EHR macros must accurately capture the patient’s condition on the day of the encounter. physicians, hospital care, freestanding imaging centers, ambulatory surgical centers, etc.)
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How to Make the Most of Your Psychiatric Practice Management Software
TheraNest
DECEMBER 21, 2020
Both new and existing clients can enter their own information directly into the EMR via the client portal. Group therapy and the multi-staff functions streamline the process of inviting more than one person to an appointment. Ready for an EHR to streamline your billing and practice management? Information Updates. Cross-Check.
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Crossing the Chasm for Digital Therapeutics (DTx) in Pharmaceuticals
care innovations
OCTOBER 15, 2021
Pharmaceuticals are no longer looking for a point-based product, but rather a group of services that engage patients in a way that increases adoption and adherence for medical purposes. And this is possible thanks to the unprecedented availability of data collected from the home, mobile endpoints, EMRs, trials and other social determinants.
Tebra Secures More Than $72 Million at Over $1 Billion Valuation to Expand Digital Healthcare Technology Platform
Healthcare IT Today
JULY 11, 2022
Built through the combination of Kareo and PatientPop, the offering includes modern websites, messaging and scheduling, telehealth, EHR, care delivery, practice management, billing, payments, and analytics. Tebra provides independent healthcare practices with a complete operating system for practice success. About Tebra.
HealthBI’s Scott McFarland says Step Away From the Fax Machine — Harlow on Healthcare
Health Blawg
FEBRUARY 19, 2018
Across all of the provider sites that work with HealthBI (over 60,000 and counting) the company interacts with multiple EMRs (there are now over 100 EMR tie-ins) in order to extract data needed to report quality measures and qualify for incentive payments. The Harlow Group LLC. Your comments are welcome here. David Harlow.
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Health Blawg
FEBRUARY 19, 2018
Across all of the provider sites that work with HealthBI (over 60,000 and counting) the company interacts with multiple EMRs (there are now over 100 EMR tie-ins) in order to extract data needed to report quality measures and qualify for incentive payments. The Harlow Group LLC. Your comments are welcome here. David Harlow.
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Practice Fusion to Pay $145 Million In Fines To Resolve Kickback Investigations
Healthcare IT Today
JANUARY 29, 2020
Practice Fusion, a San Francisco-based EHR vendor with a controversy-rich history, has agreed to pay $145 million to settle allegations that it engaged in a kickback scheme designed to increase opioid prescriptions and issues with their meaningful use EHR certification. This had been […].
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