Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Leveraging health data, it engages patients in real-time, addressing issues that drive poor health and high utilization of health services. While it doesn’t capture the imagination like Generative AI, Adaptive AI delivers significant value, shifting focus from data to impactful health IT.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 27, 2022

Rusty Yeager on EHR Standardization and Rehabilitation Hospitals. In the latest CIO Podcast, Yeager, the Senior VP and CIO at Encompass Health, talked to John Lynn about the benefits of deploying a standardized EHR across an organization. Read more… Federal or State Health Data Collection?

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HIE Primary Care EHR Healthcare IT 95

Xealth

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Paradoxically, even though budgets are being cut at many health systems—and will probably be cut next year, too—it’s more important than ever for health system leaders to act quickly to make progress on launching digital health assets that can scale across their enterprise. . 2: Clinician productivity, especially for nurses!

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Xealth

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

We heard from the Mace family, a couple who experienced first hand the difficulties with health data exchange after Tristan (26 yo M) had to undergo an emergency heart transplant after experiencing a catastrophic cardiac event. Key takeaways: From a nursing perspective – focus on virtual nursing.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 9, 2023

News and Research The Connected Health Initiative released recommendations for state-level policymakers to strike a balance between protecting personal health information and supporting the use of digital health tools. Consumer engagement company Carenet Health hired Rhonda Gibler as Chief Sales Officer.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Workflow optimization tools give the clinical team visibility to the patient pathway in real time, and empower them to make data-driven decisions about how to best manage critical medical situations. AI-driven care navigation platforms enable staff (medical assistants, nurses) to find patients who are falling through the cracks.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 26, 2023

News In a Microsoft press release announcing the availability of GPT-4 in Azure OpenAI Service, Epic’s Seth Hain, Senior Vice President of Research and Development, said the EHR vendor sees “tremendous potential” for the latest version of the multimodal large language model.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 4, 2022

Data in healthcare is siloed. The Electronic Health Record systems (EHRs) that have been deployed over the past 15 years do a good job at capturing health data but are terrible at sharing it. At a macro-level, the lack of interoperability hampers community health efforts.

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Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2019

Now consider what happens when consumers (the noun chosen by the authors of the second paper I’m adding to the mix) access data, information and tools for self-management in health care. Karandeep Singh of the University of Michigan (GO BLUE!

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Digital Health Health Policy Medical Billing Interoperability 256

Lloyd Price

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

Mental Health and Wellness Platforms: Rollups can combine companies offering therapy, counseling, mindfulness apps, and digital therapeutics to create holistic mental health and wellness platforms that address the growing demand for mental healthcare. Telehealth: Telehealth is another area that is ripe for rollup activity in 2024.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 30, 2020

It offers one system for telemedicine that spans the care continuum from urgent to acute care, and equips clinicians, patients and the industry that supports them with tools to enhance the healthcare experience. The tool can be downloaded at no cost and is available to the practice’s entire population of patients.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 13, 2021

Now we're looking at ways to use more remote technology and integrate our medical and dental EHRs." " Naomi Fuchs, Santa Rosa Community Health. "It requires a breadth of expertise from infrastructure and network architecture to data management and help desk support. The EHR had glitches.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 29, 2023

Three leaders of ROI Healthcare sat down with John Lynn and talked about helping health systems get the payoff they want from investments in RCM, ERP, and EHR software. After improving the quality of data collected at the point of care, HCA rolled out a project to better detect and prevent sepsis.

Patient Experience 107

Patient Experience RCM Healthcare IT Public Health 107

Lloyd Price

APRIL 7, 2023

In a virtual ward, patients are typically monitored through a combination of remote monitoring technology, such as wearable devices and sensors, and regular communication with healthcare professionals, such as nurses and doctors. This can lead to delays in diagnosis or treatment and may result in poorer health outcomes.

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Henry Kotula

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Generative AI tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Bard and Microsoft’s Bing are poised to give people significantly more power and control—not just over their personal lives and professional tasks, but over their own medical health, as well. Already, consumer AI tools can equip users with not just knowledge, but expertise.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 8, 2023

Ardent Health Services chose Cadence for remote monitoring and virtual care for patients with hypertension, congestive heart failure, diabetes, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. East Tennessee Health Information Network chose 4medica to improve patient matching and health data quality and reduce duplicate patient records.

Telehealth 92

Telehealth Primary Care Healthcare IT Leadership 92

Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In a virtual ward, patients are typically monitored through a combination of remote monitoring technology, such as wearable devices and sensors, and regular communication with healthcare professionals, such as nurses and doctors. This can lead to delays in diagnosis or treatment and may result in poorer health outcomes.

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Telemedicine Remote care Nursing Leadership 68

Society for Participatory Medicine

APRIL 9, 2020

Sands: I trained in clinical informatics because of my belief that we needed to better empower healthcare professionals with information technology so they could take better care of patients, and spent many years creating and implementing these tools. Before the introduction of the HITECH Act, only 10 percent of hospitals had adopted EHRs.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MARCH 5, 2024

Additionally, RPM fosters greater patient engagement in their own care by providing them with access to their health data and empowering them to actively participate in managing their condition alongside their healthcare team. This increased engagement can lead to improved treatment outcomes and better overall health.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Technology Selection: Choose RPM devices and platforms that align with your clinical goals, considering factors like ease of use, accuracy, and interoperability with existing health record systems. Data Management: Implement robust data management policies that ensure patient data is securely collected, transmitted, and stored.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 2, 2021

"Our vice president for patient care and chief nursing officer said, 'We have worked downtime out of our processes.' "Our vice president for patient care and chief nursing officer said, 'We have worked downtime out of our processes.' "But not just new and innovative initiatives, all work," she added.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

A provider present with the patient at one location – a nursing home, community clinic, etc. In 2019, Fitbit unveiled a more data-driven personal health subscription service for consumers that, among other features, generates personal reports that a user can download and share with their physician, nutritionist or personal trainer.

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Chilmark Research

MARCH 31, 2014

It had thorough examples and some nice graphical depictions of delivery systems and budding ACOs taking on the challenge of marrying encounter data from claims systems with clinical data from EHR to create “a 360 degree view of the patient.”. Is there more that goes into “a 360 degree view” of our health? Over a year ago.

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Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 12, 2023

This will allow patients to share their health data with their healthcare providers more easily and seamlessly. For example, a patient with diabetes may be able to use their wearable device to track their blood sugar levels and automatically send the data to their doctor's portal.

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Health Blawg

APRIL 2, 2018

This selection focuses on interoperability, the patient matching technology that undergirds aspects of interoperability, and the benefits of these technologies in the development of tools to manage patient journeys in a manner that engages patients, caregivers and providers as partners in care, advancing the quadruple aim.

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Interoperability HIE Meaningful Use Healthcare Innovation 60

Health Blawg

APRIL 2, 2018

This selection focuses on interoperability, the patient matching technology that undergirds aspects of interoperability, and the benefits of these technologies in the development of tools to manage patient journeys in a manner that engages patients, caregivers and providers as partners in care, advancing the quadruple aim.

Interoperability 60

Interoperability HIE Meaningful Use Healthcare Innovation 60

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

JANUARY 24, 2023

According to an examination of data from over 7,000 patients across 41 states, the two-tiered RPM program with nursing care was safe, effective, and resulted in excellent outcomes. Invest in the Right Technology Investing in the right technology is crucial for maximizing patient outcomes through effective remote monitoring strategies.

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Lloyd Price

JANUARY 12, 2019

Personal Health Records - A personal health record (PHR) is a digital tool enabling individuals to manage and maintain their own healthcare, recording their own data, communicating with care services and accessing record.

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Digital Health FHIR Interoperability Telehealth 75

American Well

MARCH 17, 2016

API: An application program interface (API) is a set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software applications. Apple Health: Apple Health, or Apple HealthKit, is a preinstalled app on Apple Watch and all iOS8 devices that contains an easy-to-read dashboard for a person’s fitness and health data.

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Telehealth EMR HIPAA Telemedicine 48

American Well

MARCH 17, 2016

API: An application program interface (API) is a set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software applications. Apple Health: Apple Health, or Apple HealthKit, is a preinstalled app on Apple Watch and all iOS8 devices that contains an easy-to-read dashboard for a person’s fitness and health data.

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Telehealth EMR HIPAA Telemedicine 48

HIStalk Weekender

DECEMBER 7, 2018

A KLAS report finds that most EHR vendors are progressing well toward supporting a national patient record network now that CommonWell is connected to Carequality. In Australia, Queensland Health’s hospital EHR project will run $188 million over budget if implemented in the remaining hospitals. Best Reader Comments.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Wearable devices can improve patient care, track personal health data remotely, and even prevent patient deterioration or health problems before they occur. The combination of digitalization, AI, and machine learning in wearable devices has helped many industries, especially the health care field.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

DECEMBER 13, 2022

This includes regular contact with a primary care provider and access to self-management resources like patient education, support groups, and technology tools. These components are essential for improving the health outcomes of people under chronic illness care. registered nurses, etc.) Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs).

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Lloyd Price

JANUARY 24, 2019

Similarly with the many IoT type applications being promoted to monitor in-patients for critical events, clinicians, nursing, and other professional staff reported ‘alarm fatigue’ from too many false positives, reducing the likelihood that they would respond with urgency. Think of this as the clinician’s version of a plea for transparency.

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33 Charts - Digital Health

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

You need to spent a serious chunk of time tooling through the Health SXSW programming guide. Lab100 at Mount Sinai is a hybrid clinic and research lab leveraging data and technology to redesign the way health is measured and care is delivered. The Secret to Real-Time Data Integration with EHRs.

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Mental health EHR Healthcare Innovation Digital Health 96