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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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MAY 16, 2023

The Connected Health Initiative (CHI) is a non-profit organization that advocates on behalf of all health IT vendors. They are a trusted resource and voice for our industry so that policymakers at federal, state, and local levels can be better informed about emerging digital health technology.

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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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JANUARY 19, 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.

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JANUARY 6, 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. More payors will contract with national/multi-state medical groups.

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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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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”). About Net Health . Careficient Inc. , About Careficient.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 6, 2024

Each day that passes, I’m seeing how ambient clinical voice has become the most impactful part of health IT since the $36 billion of stimulus money for EHR software. We also asked Dr. Lee about his decision to join Nabla as CMO.

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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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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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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Listen to their take on the most memorable topics, trend, and announcements in health IT over the last four years – and hear what they think will be in store for the next 100 episodes. Read more… On MEDITECH’s Push Into the Ambulatory EHR Market. Read more… A View Into the World of Long-Term Post-Acute Care.

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AUGUST 20, 2023

Sales Nashville General Hospital selected Oracle Health CommunityWorks. Arkansas-based Conway OB-GYN Clinic implemented eClinicalWorks EHR. In addition, FQHC Connecticut Institute for Communities deployed eClinicalWorks Population Health. UConn Health chose Force Therapeutics for musculoskeletal digital care management.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 29, 2023

Helping clinicians troubleshoot within the EHR can improve workflows and job satisfaction , Bill Lewkowski at HCTec pointed out. Read more… Featured Health IT Job: Director of Application Development and Integrations at New York eHealth Collaborative, based in Albany or Manhattan, posted to Healthcare IT Central.

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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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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.

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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.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

2019: Year in Review It's been an eventful year for health IT. Experts from across the health IT field will share insights about everything from AI and cloud computing to telemedicine and population health. Health IT implementation best practices. Epic, Cerner and others reveal just how their EHRs are interoperable.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 10, 2022

The Sequoia Project has released additional documentation support the implementation of TEFCA , the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement for health IT interoperability. Wisconsin’s Marshfield Clinic Health System selected Force Therapeutics as the care management platform for its orthopedics practice.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

This final rule does not apply to healthcare providers but instead is directed at health information networks and health information exchanges, as well as developers of certified health IT. Healthcare IT systems, especially EHRs, played a key role in supporting documentation with the use of macros, smart phrases, and templates.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 9, 2020

One of the great things about doing our 100 health IT interviews in 100 days is the chance to meet and learn from a diverse group of really smart people. My recent interview with Dr. Art Papier, CEO and Co-Founder at VisualDx and Dr. Nada Elbuluk, Director of Clinical Impact at VisualDx fit into this […].

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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. Atropos Health and Datavant are partnering to each make their products and services available to members of the other’s ecosystem.

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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.

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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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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 4, 2022

Constellation Software Inc. Constellation”) (TSX:CSU) announced today that it has, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, N.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 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. Will there be a new regulation that will land in our laps?

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 13, 2023

At the 2023 NextGen Healthcare User Group Meeting (#NextGenUGM23), Healthcare IT Today had the opportunity to speak with Sri Velamoor, Chief Growth & Strategy Officer. We wanted to learn more about the company’s AI plans and what the initial reaction has been to their AI-powered ambient clinical voice solution called Ambient Assist.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 2020

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 26, 2023

Talent Group , a leading national IT staffing company, announced today the acquisition of Queen Consulting Group , a nationally recognized IT staffing and consulting company specializing in healthcare and pharma IT, Epic EMR implementations, financial services, and niche technical recruiting.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 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. Data minimalism can maximize clinical results.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Cerner Corporation today announced an agreement to acquire Kantar Health, a division of Kantar Group, for $375 million in cash, subject to adjustment. Kantar Health is a leading data, analytics and real-world evidence and commercial research consultancy serving the life science industry.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

If you’re running an HIE, you’re always hoping to see your participants step up their interoperability game. The thing is, few HIEs go the extra mile to make it happen, in many cases because they just don’t have the resources to tackle the problem. Given this fact, I was interested to see the recent announcement […].

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

In recent times, Apple has been making a number of public moves focused on getting its customers to pull their health data onto their iPhone. Using Apple’s Health app, consumers can have their health data downloaded automatically from any institution with which it has partnered.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 11, 2020

This union links two leaders in the MEDITECH market – each with 20 years of experience focused exclusively on the MEDITECH electronic health record (EHR) platform, having served over 500 hospital […]. Navin, Haffty & Associates is joining forces with Engage IT Services, Inc.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Fortive Corporation (“Fortive”) (NYSE: FTV) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. to acquire Provation Software, Inc. Provation”), a leading provider of clinical workflow software solutions used in hospitals and ASCs, for $1.425 billion.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 16, 2021

Google began to test the professional tool, which it calls Care Studio, with small groups of clinicians in Nashville, TN […]. In recent times, Google has been working on a tool designed to help clinicians filter complicated patient information more quickly and view it in context.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2023

And how can we make sure these devices are affordable, scalable, secure, and can interconnect with current healthcare technologies such as EMRs? How will AI be leveraged to deliver actionable insights from all this new data? How can we ensure patients’ privacy with all the devices and sensors transmitting data?

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 26, 2021

Still on my bucket list of conferences to attend is the Epic UGM (User Group Meeting) they hold every year for Epic users. I love user conferences because you hear about the true realities users face. Plus, there’s a common bond on the same application that makes finding someone who shares your challenges easy. As […].

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