Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 27, 2023

Coming together under the Verisma brand, the combined company provides faster turnaround times through automation, expanded services to manage compliance requirements, and advanced tools to improve patient experience. ScanSTAT is a proud partner to some of the industry’s best electronic health record (EHR) systems.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 22, 2024

As part of their intake process, the team checked Alex’s (a pseudonym) medical history through the hospital’s health information organization and discovered the patient had recently undergone a cardiac surgery at a different hospital; their post-surgical issues had merely mimicked a neurological challenge.

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Digital Health Global

JANUARY 23, 2024

Surescripts , the Arlington, Virginia–based information technology company, is the nation’s leading health information network. Elena Christofides, an Elation EHR customer in Columbus, OH. Clinicians understand that medication cost transparency and access can help strengthen the patient-physician relationship.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 13, 2021

There is a lot of valuable information lying dormant in paper and electronic documents in healthcare. Although EHRs have almost eliminated the use of paper charts, the same cannot be said for faxes. Fax continues to be a common method for sharing health information between providers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 22, 2022

From here, telehealth will evolve to strengthen patient-provider engagement. As patient expectations grow, telehealth will aid providers in meeting those demands by being the primary tool for a modern patient experience. As a result, patients and providers will have easy access to patient progress.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Sign Up for our daily or weekly newsletters Patient experience: new perspectives on person-focused care Full coverage: HIMSS22 APAC Health Conference News 5 sessions to look out for at HIMSS23 APAC Healthcare IT News’ APAC Managing Editor weighs in on the sessions he's looking forward.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 1, 2023

The following month, the Journal reported that Froedtert Health posted a loss of $43.5 eVisit purchases Bluestream Health's telehealth eVisit announced it has acquired Bluestream Health to add digital front doors and other tools to its telemedicine platform. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Lloyd Price

JULY 23, 2023

Here are some of the ways that HealthTech is improving the patient journey: Providing access to information and education: HealthTech tools can give patients access to information about their condition, treatment options, and other resources. Providing patients with more information and control.

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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.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MARCH 26, 2024

In this guide, we’ll examine lots of new digital tools that are changing healthcare. We’ll talk about things like talking to doctors online, using special gadgets to track health, using smart computers to help diagnose problems, and keeping all patient information on computers.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

However, adopting and implementing poorly designed electronic health records (EHRs) has diminished the time available to clinicians to lay hands and eyes on patients – essentially, limiting their ability to do the jobs they were trained, hired and personally driven to do. Barriers and Opportunities for Progress.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 25, 2023

The pandemic helped bring telemedicine to the forefront of care for nearly every health system, first out of necessity and then out of the realization that many patients could be cared for in this remote manner. "Additionally, we used other key partners to drive some of the patient experiences," he continued.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2024

The following is a guest article by Oakkar Oakkar, Co-Founder and CEO at Keona Health Imagine a tool that puts your health information right at your fingertips. That’s what patient portals promise – a simple, digital way to access medical records, book appointments, and chat with doctors.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 31, 2020

" EHRs: Automation can help. "Amidst the ongoing health crisis, clinicians need relief," said David Lareau, CEO of Medicomp Systems, which develops EHR optimization tools. "A primary health IT focus for 2021 must be empowering clinicians with solutions that deliver relief today," said Laureau.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Here’s a description of the position: New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) is a not-for-profit organization working in partnership with the New York State Department of Health to improve healthcare by collaboratively leading, connecting, and integrating health information exchange across the State.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Seeking health information online along with researching other patients’ perspectives on doctors are now as common as booking dinner reservations and reading restaurant reviews, based on Rock Health’s latest health consumer survey, Beyond Wellness for the Healthy: Digital Health Consumer Adoption 2018.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 6, 2022

For years, patient portals have been considered the most efficient tool for patient engagement. According to the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) Stat poll, by 2018 patient portals were employed by about 90% of the surveyed providers. . This federal regulatory document called for sharing EHR data with.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 22, 2023

News and Studies Amid the push for interoperability, data gaps persist, according to the inaugural State of Interoperability report from Health Gorilla , a health information network. Products AVIA launched AVIA Marketplace , a platform connecting hospitals and health systems to curated digital health tools.

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Health Populi

MARCH 4, 2018

Hospitals are falling short of consumers’ experience-expectations, Kaufman Hall explained in their 2017 State of Consumerism in Healthcare Report with the apt sub-title, “Slow Progress in Fast Times.”. Enter the enterprise health cloud (EHC). Mobile apps do pose challenges for protecting digitized personal health information (PHI).

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MARCH 22, 2023

It refers to the active participation of patients in their healthcare, including decision-making and self-management of their health. The importance of patient engagement in healthcare is multifaceted, including better patient outcomes, improved patient experience, and reduced readmission rates.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Download our white paper, “ Leading enterprise content strategy with health information management: An executive guide for acquiring a document management and imaging platform.”. Focus on meeting care improvement and cost-efficiency goals to provide an enhanced patient experience while inspiring better healthcare.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

On January 10, 2019, Jim Cramer of CNBC’s Mad Money recommended that Apple buy Epic, a market leader in EHRs. At that moment in the Twitterverse, it occurred to me that health IT as a consumer-facing industry was beginning to mainstream in America. Why is this so important? That was tweeted ten years ago.

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Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 12, 2023

This will be driven by a number of factors, including the increasing availability of high-speed internet, the growing popularity of mobile devices, and the government's efforts to promote the use of health information technology (HIT). For example, patients can use their portals to receive reminders for vaccinations and screenings.

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Lloyd Price

MAY 17, 2023

This includes improved video conferencing platforms, remote monitoring devices, wearable sensors, AI-powered diagnostic tools, and virtual reality applications. This integration will enable seamless information exchange, real-time monitoring, and data-driven insights, leading to more comprehensive and coordinated care.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 19, 2022

Canvas provides a full-stack ambulatory EMR and digital health developer platform, enabling both established and startup healthcare providers to launch new patient experiences and business models faster. Since launching its self-serve suite of developer tools last fall, Canvas has seen more than 300% growth in customer accounts.

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E-CareManagement

JUNE 27, 2021

While there have been many events on interoperability and data sharing, what’s unique here is our focus on the BUSINESS rationale for health data sharing. • The bases of competition in healthcare are shifting to competing on quality, cost, and patient experience.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 23, 2023

Little attention has been given to the faulty data foundations underpinning advanced health IT applications like risk modeling, care intervention, and machine learning. NCQA’s push for race and ethnicity data for value-based contracts on behalf of payers has moved this conversation to the forefront and provided financial incentives.

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E-CareManagement

OCTOBER 19, 2020

While there have been many events on interoperability and data sharing, what’s unique here is our focus on the BUSINESS rationale for health data sharing. • The bases of competition in healthcare are shifting to competing on quality, cost, and patient experience.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

APRIL 10, 2024

Engaged patients are more likely to follow medical advice, attend appointments, and actively participate in their care, leading to better outcomes and higher patient satisfaction. The system employs encryption, access controls, and audit trails to safeguard patient data and ensure compliance with legal requirements.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 21, 2023

Thanks to the rapid development and push for digital tools and apps to track vaccination status, reactions to the vaccine and future dose reminders, and COVID-19 test results, health care consumers are growing increasingly aware of what it means to have access to their health information.

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Lloyd Price

JULY 22, 2023

AI is being used to develop new diagnostic tools, personalize treatment plans, and improve the efficiency of healthcare delivery. Digital health: This refers to the use of technology to deliver healthcare services remotely. These technologies are making it easier for patients to access care and manage their health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 25, 2019

With some 95 percent of healthcare providers having deployed EHRs, the healthcare system is officially digital. Health IT implementation best practices. This 20-part series examines in-depth what it takes to deploy today's most necessary technology and tools, with expert advice from IT pros who are leading the charge.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 8, 2024

Travis Bias, DO, MPH, DTM&H, FAAFP, Chief Medical Officer, Clinician Solutions & Family Physician at 3M Health Information Systems Ambient clinical documentation tools are being used by clinicians so they can focus on the patient in front of them, rather than on their computer screens. Joseph Zabinski, Ph.D.

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Health Populi

APRIL 10, 2018

patients were offered online access to their health records by providers or insurers, and one-half of them accessed the EHR at least once in the last year. One in four of those offered online EHR access looked at them more than 3 times. So why don’t patients use online health records yet? Half of U.S.

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Beyond Telehealth

MARCH 9, 2022

Unlike synchronous telehealth that requires a visit to be done in “real-time,” asynchronous care allows patients to relay health information to providers at the most convenient time for them. Break through barriers experienced when discussing sensitive health concerns.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

That sudden experiment allowed for valuable insights that healthcare organizations in 2021 can use to fine-tune where they should land on the spectrum of virtual and in-person – in ways that make the most sense for care delivery, patient experience, reimbursement and clinical research.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

APRIL 25, 2024

Ethical Considerations and Patient Privacy Ensuring data confidentiality and consent Maintaining patient privacy and obtaining informed consent are essential ethical considerations in the implementation of DrKumo’s system, ensuring that patient data is protected and used responsibly.

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