Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2022

In January, the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) became a reality, and in October applications opened for organizations seeking designation as Qualified Health Information Networks (QHINs). Currently, perhaps 99% of health data exchange is initiated to support treatment. The Case for Federal Agencies.

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CMS.gov

MARCH 4, 2013

Growing EHR Adoption and Meaningful Use. In January, we passed the 210,000 mark for the total number of providers, including nearly 200,000 eligible professionals, who received a Medicaid or Medicare incentive payment for successfully adopting, implementing, or upgrading or meeting meaningful use of EHR technology.

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Advanced Medical Reviews

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Another is the often time-consuming process of meeting Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requirements for quality and clinical reporting. A third and probably biggest reason for this burnout is stress from utilizing health information technology (HIT), specifically electronic health record (EHR) systems.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

DECEMBER 13, 2022

By coordinating care for patients with multiple chronic conditions, providers can help improve patient outcomes and reduce health disparities. Fortunately, it has become easier in recent years, with Medicare now offering reimbursements for CCM services. CCM includes: Structured documentation of patient health information.

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CMS.gov

JULY 18, 2018

CMS Doubling Down on Health IT; Patients. Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. It’s 2018—most doctors are using electronic health records (EHRs) and most patients have access to the Internet and a smartphone, providing many ways to view healthcare data securely. Mohanraj.Balas…. Seema Verma.

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Clear Arch Health

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

When seeking a good partner, consider the following attributes: Experience building programs that fit in a digital health strategy. Are they flexible and able to meet your organization’s needs as those needs change? . The CPT codes apply to both standard Medicare Part B and Medicare Advantage programs.

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American Well

MARCH 17, 2016

The app shows heart rate, calories burned, cholesterol and other important vital information, as well as results of lab tests, diagnoses and medical examinations. American Well is integrated with Apple Health to allow telehealth physicians to immediately access and track a patient’s health information with just one click.

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American Well

MARCH 17, 2016

The app shows heart rate, calories burned, cholesterol and other important vital information, as well as results of lab tests, diagnoses and medical examinations. American Well is integrated with Apple Health to allow telehealth physicians to immediately access and track a patient’s health information with just one click.

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GlobalMed

JULY 8, 2019

From misplaced faxes and handwritten notes to EHR systems requiring more than a dozen documentation steps, patients often fall through the cracks – or wait so many months for a specialist appointment that they forget about it. Fortunately, there’s a solution that can benefit both provider revenue and population health: telemedicine.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 20, 2023

This data segmentation hampers the holistic understanding of patient health and impedes timely and coordinated care delivery. The siloed nature of such data repositories can be attributed to various factors, including using different EHR systems, varying data capture standards, and a historical lack of emphasis on system interoperability.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The pandemic generated uneven experiences for millions of Americans as physicians, therapists, nurse practitioners, hospitals and other caregivers – all coming to telehealth with varying levels of experience themselves – tried suddenly to meet patients where they were, said PwC researchers. Health portfolios reshaped for growth.

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Xealth

AUGUST 22, 2023

As a result, healthcare providers must offer innovative solutions to meet these evolving demands. Data Liberation: A Double-Edged Sword The advent of electronic health records (EHRs) brought about a remarkable breakthrough in making patient health information (PHI) accessible.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

The EHR Association called for greater flexibility in the data completeness threshold and additional criteria to enhance patient matching accuracy, while MGMA called for a positive update to the Medicare conversion factor amid high inflation. East Tennessee Health Information Network chose 4medica to manage duplicate patient records.

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The Digital Health Corner

MARCH 26, 2018

The blockchain rubber meeting Wall Street’s road is already here. now that it has entered the digital world (albeit tepidly) via EHRs and IT support. Herding a patient’s data from many sources into a single record has always been a lofty goal of digital health.

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CMS.gov

MARCH 7, 2013

Stage 2 of the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs. The next step on the path of meaningful adoption of health information technology (HIT) for providers—will launch later this year for hospitals and next year for eligible professionals. By Patrick Conway, MD, MSc.

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Docnotes

JANUARY 30, 2022

Here goes: the front-loading of the DSRIP program caused dollars to go to PPS sponsors for setting up the program and for checking boxes (literally – “we had a meeting with so-and-so”) to satisfy reporting requirements and subsequent payments. This is likely the paragraph that will get me in the most trouble. It wasn’t easy.

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Lloyd Price

AUGUST 6, 2018

Blockchain's interoperability could underpin data exchange, serving as an alternative to today's health information exchanges (HIEs); essentially, it would act as a mesh network for transmitting secure, near real-time patient data for healthcare providers, pharmacies, insurance payers and clinical researchers, according to IDC.

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