Healthcare IT Today

MAY 19, 2023

Epic started out as a rather inert data repository, but decades of use and growth have allowed it to look beyond the EHR itself. According to Project Manager Erika Koch, they have taken on the pressing challenges of health care: making doctors’ work lives easier, reducing costs, and improving the patient experience.

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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.

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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. Keefer what advice he’d give other healthcare leaders that are looking to implement ambient AI solutions and what they should be looking for.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 21, 2023

Here’s a preview of the topics we will be rolling for in this episode: Artificial Intelligence Hospital Finances RPA Epic Cerner/Oracle Health ONC Healthcare Analytics Patient Experience Workforce Patient Privacy Now, without further ado, we’re excited to share with you the next episode of the Healthcare IT Today podcast.

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CiscoHealth

APRIL 29, 2020

Telehealth is the use of electronic information and technology to support remote monitoring, virtual care, distance health care, provider video consultation, clinical communications and health-related training and education. Even before this year, patients were demanding better experiences from their healthcare providers.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Sun Life Health, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) near Phoenix, Arizona, is leveraging their eClinicalWorks EHR platform to persuade patients to get the care they need. Healow Insights has allowed us to have all patient data go directly into our EHR system,” explained Davis. “It Enter Healow Insights.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 6, 2023

In this video, Richard Eells, Vice President of Operations Administration at United Digestive, shares how his organization uses the healow suite of apps to handle appointments and other logistical support for multiple providers.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 7, 2022

But ambulatory health care providers can also tap IT to improve their patient experience, work loads, and revenues. In this video interview, Navin Jain, Practice Administrator at Cookeville, described how they put in place the key parts of an improved workflow.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

A HIMSS statistic cited the average healthcare system as having 18 EMRs. Until that data is more centralized and secure, it can create challenges for HIM teams, clinicians, and patients. For example, extensive pre-work to uplift network infrastructure is often a prerequisite for vital EHR enhancements.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Over time, most stopped complaining about this problem, though I’d wager it was because they simply had worse things to worry about during the painful initial period of EHR adoption. Private pay consults for patients without insurance will cost $35. It may also have been that complaining wouldn’t help.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Healthcare IT Today sat down with Carlos Aros, Director of Operations at Community Health Alliance to find out how they are driving the adoption of and engagement their patient portal. Adoption Though Conversation CHA uses eClinicalWorks as their EHR. “We made the portal relevant to the conversation with them.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 8, 2024

This decreases the amount of time the physician spends in the electronic health record and allows them to focus on the patient and all the non-verbal subtleties that can give physicians valuable information that will ultimately help with patient care. Additionally, users report a significant reduction in transcription costs.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 10, 2022

In the video interview below, we ask Burke what’s driving care navigation to become increasingly important and what he sees happening with the space in the future. We ask him to share how Quantum Health is approaching the problem and how they can help organizations with care navigation.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 19, 2024

In the spirit of prevention of burn out, where technology can automate administrative burden, make chart reviews more efficient, use ambient listening capabilities to reduce time spent in the EHR will have a positive impact on the clinical burnout epidemic. Chakri Toleti, Founder and CEO at care.ai

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

They are looking at non-invasive technologies that can “read” kids’ thoughts and allow them to control their environment – be it a wheelchair, video game, or light switch. Hanigsberg shared three examples of innovative projects that her team is working on: Brain-computer interfaces. Anxiety meter.

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Mend

MARCH 1, 2022

You provide excellent medical care and deliver a high-quality patient experience. But you lost revenue, and patients fell behind on their regular care routines. So what are some creative ways to increase patient volume using telehealth programs? Easy patient self-scheduling 24/7/365. Timely calendar invites.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

To achieve their goal, they are proactively streamlining internal processes and optimizing their EHR to reduce physician workload. The result is more personalized encounters and improved patient experiences. We are making sure to get all the relevant patient information from hospitals and other providers,” explained de Vries.

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Mend

JULY 8, 2021

Patients and healthcare providers can connect from almost anywhere with telemedicine software. These visits can take place over phone, video, or online messaging. A virtual visit is often more convenient for patients when they do not need in-person attention. How did this impact patient satisfaction?

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Mend

OCTOBER 25, 2022

This approach can boost staff productivity, drive faster revenue cycles, and create a more rewarding patient experience. In hybrid care, providers and supporting staff rely heavily on technology for secure video conferencing, automatic appointment reminders, billing, and more. Jump ahead: What is Hybrid Healthcare?

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Mend

DECEMBER 7, 2020

This not only includes the commonly employed audio and video-conferencing solutions like telemedicine carts, but also the peripheral diagnostic devices used to assess patients remotely. 4) Technology Requirements and Integration. A lot of evolving technologies are taking the world of telehealth by storm at present.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

Scott Pross, Vice President of Technology at Monalytic , a SolarWinds Company 2024 is going to be a transformational year for healthcare, as IT modernization efforts will improve the practitioner and patient experience. Will there be a new regulation that will land in our laps?

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2024

AI can listen to patient visits and integrate accurate notes and next steps directly into the EHR. It can also automate the review of incoming faxes, identify gaps in care, streamline tasks with robotic process automation, and even alert providers of patients most likely to miss an appointment.

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