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Electronic Health Records (EHR): How to Achieve Healthcare Data Accuracy with Artificial Intelligence

Healthcare IT Today

Electronic Health Records (EHRs) were designed to streamline operations and improve coordination across healthcare systems. And while EHRs have largely benefited the organizations that have adopted them, data accuracy is still a point of concern. Data entry is still fraught with human error.

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Bonus Features – October 29, 2023 – 66% of patients prefer email or text for reminders about medical bills, 94% of clinicians said lack of timely access to insights within EHR impacts patient care, and 28 more

Healthcare IT Today

When it comes to financial priorities, the main concern for 56% of organizations is getting the most out of existing EHR or ERP systems. About 60% of patients are comfortable with their provider sharing information about social needs such as food, transportation, or housing with other providers, according to the latest ONC Data Brief.

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The Reluctance of Consumers to Share Personal Information – The Challenge of Data for Health “Blurring”

Health Populi

For some historical context, the authors (all affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania [medical school or Wharton (business school)] start with HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act which served up privacy protections based on the health information technology of the time.

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Intelligent Medical Objects Announces the Acquisition of Melax Technologies Inc.

Healthcare IT Today

The acquisition will also help extend our state-of-the-art capabilities to payer, pharmaceutical, and life science companies.” IMO is the clinical terminology foundation in all major EHRs and 89% of US clinicians use IMO solutions.

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The Digital Health Consumer According to Rock Health

Health Populi

Looking for health information online is just part of being a normal, mainstream health consumer, according to the third Rock Health Digital Health Consumer Adoption Survey published this week. adults were online health information hunters. By 2017, 8 in 10 U.S.

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Emerging trends in the European HealthTech M&A market 2023

Lloyd Price

This growth is expected to create opportunities for M&A activity, as pharmaceutical companies look to acquire smaller, innovative biotech companies. Patient portals: This includes companies that develop and provide patient portals, which allow patients to access their health information online.

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Here are the major issues facing healthcare in 2021, according to PwC

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

” For this report, PwC’s Health Research Institute surveyed 2,511 American consumers, 128 health plan executives, 153 healthcare provider organization executives, and 124 pharmaceutical and life sciences executives in August and September 2020. ” the report read. “Quite a bit, it turns out.