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How one gastroenterology practice uses hybrid virtual care to improve patient experience

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Gastroenterology Associates of New Jersey also sees patients with considerable anxiety associated with their GI conditions – which of course makes symptoms worse. "Giving patients the best of virtual and in-person care is supported by two-way information exchange," he continued.

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CareTeam enables whole-patient care approach with athenahealth EHR

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

"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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Verisma and ScanSTAT Announce Merger, Providing the Strength and Know-How that HIM Departments Need for the Path Ahead

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

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The 21 st Century Cures Act codifies immediate access to health information for patients. The Act paves the way for patients to become more pro-active partners in their care. There is little value for patients to access health information they cannot understand.

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Cutting Through the AI Hype: Deploying AI Now to Improve Patient Care

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2024

On the clinical side, this can include analyzing data from patients’ EHRs to provide decision support interventions , which is a term introduced by the U.S. hours per day beyond work hours completing EHR documentation. On average, physicians spent 1.84 That adds up to 9.2 hours spent each week on work outside of the workday.

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Xealth’s Recap from Oracle Health Conference 2023

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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Open Table for Health: Patients Are Online For Health Search and Physician Reviews

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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#Engage4Health: How Patients Are Morphing Into Healthcare Consumers, for #HIMSS18

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.

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Enhancing Patient Engagement and Compliance through DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring System (RPM)

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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Examining the Influence of DrKumo’s Patient Monitoring in Mitigating Hospital Readmissions among Chronic Patients

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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What exactly is HealthTech? What is the difference between Digital Health and HealthTech?

Lloyd Price

JULY 22, 2023

Health information technology (HIT): This refers to the use of information technology to store, manage, and analyze healthcare data. Examples include electronic health records (EHRs), clinical decision support systems, and population health management systems.

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Patient Engagement and Patient Portals by 2030

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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Workforce development: Your organization is only as strong as its people

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 25, 2019

With some 95 percent of healthcare providers having deployed EHRs, the healthcare system is officially digital. Some health systems are viewing these academic medical center acquisitions as a means of getting closer to the talent pipeline. Doctors rarely aware of online feedback from patients. by May 10, 2019. The new frontier?

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HTI-1 Final Rule: Implications for Healthcare Providers – Focus on DSI and Algorithmic Transparency

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 13, 2024

Director at NTT DATA On February 8, 2024, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability (HTI-1) Final Rule in the Federal Register, which took effect on March 11, 2024. The following is a guest article by Nitin Kunte, Sr.

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The Ins and Outs of Healthcare Communication Platforms

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

But when dealing with all of the many things that providers do and the highly important health information about patients, something as simple as selecting a communication platform becomes a very tricky situation. This helps in reducing delays in care delivery and improving patient outcomes.

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Patient/caregiver letter supporting proposed ONC rule on improving flow of our data

Society for Participatory Medicine

JANUARY 26, 2020

We are writing you today to ask that you hear our point of view as decisions are made on the Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator Proposed Rule to Improve the Interoperability of Health Information. . Some use other EHRs. Some are informal “curbside” consults. No I don’t!” she replied.

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Defining and Sharing

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Rabner estimates that these codes appear in only 3-4% of patient records, but that their use is growing. Rahul Sharma, CEO of HSBlox , points out that doctors haven’t been trained to use the Z codes, but that training will improve.

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Healthcare Analytics and Interoperability – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2023

Epic) to real-time patient journey optimization systems that are EMR-agnostic and fueled by far more comprehensive data than what sits in EMRs today. In 2023, health IT vendors will continue to work to maintain compliance as part of new regulatory requirements related to the 21st Century Cures Act. Gary Hagmueller, CEO at Arcion.

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Hospital IT leaders talk lessons learned from a tough pandemic year

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

In this installment, you will share in expertise from: Andy Crowder, chief information and analytics officer at Charlotte, North Carolina-based Atrium Health. Tina Esposito, chief health information officer at Advocate Aurora Health, based in Downers Grove, Illinois. " Taking care of yourself.

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Bonus Features – February 12, 2023 – Epic tops Best in KLAS for 13th straight year, 89% of healthcare finance leaders remain confident in 2023, and more

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

for the thirteenth consecutive year and was also the top EHR in Canada and Europe. Meanwhile, KLAS noted that digital pathology, interoperability, and recovering from the pandemic have been driving health systems’ technology investment strategies. Wellstar Health System expanded its use of Moth+Flame VR training technology.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

5Star Urgent Response is an emergency service exclusive to GreatCall products that immediately connects device users to a trained, certified IAED 5Star Agent in the event of an emergency. Myia provides clinical teams with contextualized proactive information targeted directly into their EHR and workflow.

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Interoperability Saves Lives and Builds Trust at HHM Health

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2023

It brings together medical records from both Carequality and CommonWell Health Alliance networks as well as from a number of insurance payers. Brown illustrated the importance of Prisma to their community with the following example: We had a brand new patient come in.

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Patients, Health Consumers, People, Citizens: Who Are We In America?

Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2019

my alma mater) and colleagues track the growth of consumer-facing digital health tools and initiatives leading to consumers’ engagement with websites and apps. Article #3 in my deep dive here extends the second analysis into digital health information, next focusing on Americans’ use of quality information on doctors.

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How one gastroenterology practice uses hybrid virtual care to improve patient experience

CareTeam enables whole-patient care approach with athenahealth EHR

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Verisma and ScanSTAT Announce Merger, Providing the Strength and Know-How that HIM Departments Need for the Path Ahead

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

Cutting Through the AI Hype: Deploying AI Now to Improve Patient Care

Xealth’s Recap from Oracle Health Conference 2023

Open Table for Health: Patients Are Online For Health Search and Physician Reviews

#Engage4Health: How Patients Are Morphing Into Healthcare Consumers, for #HIMSS18

Enhancing Patient Engagement and Compliance through DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring System (RPM)

Examining the Influence of DrKumo’s Patient Monitoring in Mitigating Hospital Readmissions among Chronic Patients

What exactly is HealthTech? What is the difference between Digital Health and HealthTech?

Patient Engagement and Patient Portals by 2030

Workforce development: Your organization is only as strong as its people

HTI-1 Final Rule: Implications for Healthcare Providers – Focus on DSI and Algorithmic Transparency

The Ins and Outs of Healthcare Communication Platforms

Patient/caregiver letter supporting proposed ONC rule on improving flow of our data

Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Defining and Sharing

Healthcare Analytics and Interoperability – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Hospital IT leaders talk lessons learned from a tough pandemic year

Bonus Features – February 12, 2023 – Epic tops Best in KLAS for 13th straight year, 89% of healthcare finance leaders remain confident in 2023, and more

A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Interoperability Saves Lives and Builds Trust at HHM Health

Patients, Health Consumers, People, Citizens: Who Are We In America?

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