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Impetus and Edict: What the Latest CMS Data Standards Mean for EHRs – Regulatory Talk Series

Healthcare IT Today

Before I dive into the specifics of these new requirements from CMS, let’s consider what this means for EHR vendors: more work and increased investment on top of what’s waiting when the next regulatory shoe drops. Both will require EHRs to redevelop different aspects of their roadmap simultaneously. And then what?

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The Path to Patient Empowerment: Hospitals are granting patients access to their health information, but is that enough?

Healthcare IT Today

The 21 st Century Cures Act codifies immediate access to health information for patients. There is little value for patients to access health information they cannot understand. The referring physician reviews the report and arranges a time to meet with their patient to discuss the results.

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CareTeam enables whole-patient care approach with athenahealth EHR

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"About three-and-a-half years ago, we were looking to further scale our business across myriad, diverse markets, and were searching for a cloud-based EHR for multiple reasons," said Scott Parks, president and co-founder of CareTeam. " Additionally, CareTeam places a heavy focus on addressing patients' whole health.

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Americans Grew Digital Health-Data Muscles in the Pandemic – New Insights from the Pew Charitable Trusts

Health Populi

And most patients would also want access to information on their mental, behavioral, and substance use history. A newer category of personal health information, social determinants of health, garners well over one-half of Americans’ interest in access that data. As with other aspects of U.S. Patients in the U.S.

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Weaving Zoom into workflow and updating EHR saves clinic during COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

To keep staff operational, meet remotely with patients and maintain the functionality of the organization, COPE turned to Health Information Management Systems (HiMS, no relation to HIMSS, parent company of Healthcare IT News ) for a rapid-response solution that included both hardware and software implementation.

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Clinician Burnout – Lessons from BDO’s Clinician Experience Survey for Patient Experience and Primary Care

Health Populi

doctors, driven by turnover and understaffing, compassion fatigue, and challenges using digital tools — think EHRs. Implementing systems that improve effectiveness and efficiency are the top draw here among clinicians, followed by meeting with the doctors to gain an understand of their needs. How to move forward?

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3 Ways to Achieve HIPAA-Compliant Communication for Behavioral Health

Healthcare IT Today

Technology plays a crucial role in HIPAA-compliant communication for behavioral health. Embracing Secure EHR Software and Patient Portal Effective EHR software helps ensure HIPAA-compliant interactions. First, email addresses are often mistyped, which can result in dangerous disclosures of protected health information (PHI).

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