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What Person-Centered Interoperability Looks Like: Seqster

Health Populi

APRIL 6, 2022

Turbocharging, really inspiring that bold statement is the love of a son for his parents coupled with tech-innovation chops that could, indeed, eventually bring that audacious claim of being health care’s OS to fruition. That’s why Seqster calls this solution “patient-centric interoperability.”.

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

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 6, 2024

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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Innovar Healthcare Knows How to Make Last Mile Interoperability a Reality

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

But despite the availability of FHIR and of APIs from many vendors, interoperability is often described as “difficult and “not frictionless” according to Loyd Bittle, CEO and Founder at Innovar Healthcare. It takes a real expert with the right connections to make interoperability a reality for healthcare organizations.

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Where are EHRs headed in 2023?

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2023

Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are the central technology pillar for healthcare organizations. EHRs are vital to both clinical and administrative operations. Because of that, we wanted to dedicate an entire article to where EHRs are headed in 2023. What is your prediction for the EHR market in 2023?

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Health IT Trends that Deserve More Attention

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

But in a time when our industry is facing high staff overtime and burnout, there’s simply no way that we can be aware of everything happening in health IT. This then results in certain topics being neglected – regardless of their quality and how much you would personally like to see them trend. FHIR, HL7).

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Health Data and Interoperability Infrastructure Needs

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

However, amidst the IT infrastructure responses we received a number of health IT experts talking about the importance of health data and interoperability infrastructure. If the future of healthcare is built on the back of data, then it makes sense why health data infrastructure would be such an important topic.

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

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 12, 2023

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. For more information on how to prepare for the ONC HTI-1 rule , read the first article in our Regulatory Talk series.

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Redox unwraps interoperability in 2024

Redox

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Here are some specific reflections: FHIR adoption: We missed the mark on our HL7® Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®) growth prediction. Through our research with our partners at Sage Growth, we found that only 62% of providers and 38% of payers have adopted the FHIR standard for their data interoperability use cases.

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Standards Are Just a Language, You Still Have to Know How to Talk

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 12, 2022

Over dinner we had a great discussion about healthcare interoperability and standards. While many of us know ELLKAY from their work in EHR conversion, it’s really amazing how much ELLKAY has done when it comes to healthcare interoperability and also making that interoperability data useful.

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Reimagining Health Tech on the Cusp of ONC’s Final HTI-1 Rule – Regulatory Talk Series

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

There’s a collective holding of breath right now in health IT as the ONC appears likely to issue its final HTI-1 rule with new data standards for the next stage of healthcare interoperability soon. How effectively can the industry innovate while navigating new standards that may add complexity along with frustration?

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Featured Health IT Job: eCQM/dCQM Measure Developer – CORE

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 21, 2022

Code, test and maintain electronic clinical quality measures using Clinical Quality Language (CQL) and Fast Healthcare Interoperable Resources (FHIR). Source solutions from, and contribute to, relevant open-source projects and participate in community events such as Health Level Seven (HL7) Connectathons. Python/Java/Go/C#).

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It’s Time to Get Patient Addresses Straight

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 29, 2024

But many providers just enter into the databases and EHRs whatever the patient put down on a form during intake. The Project USA standard was finalized in January 2022, and during the past year Smarty has been marketing its API-based service to health care. It will eliminate waste by eliminating duplicates and confusion.

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AI: Patients Included

Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2024

“Patients, their care partners, caregivers, and advocates are already utilizing AI powered tools and creating their own LLMs in ways that the average physician, healthcare executive, and health IT vendors would not believe. But how to bake in “patient-first-ness?” ” Cordovano further explained to me.

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So Many Records, So Little Time: How to Manage Burgeoning Health Plan Requests

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2023

The healthcare industry’s steady progress toward interoperability and health information exchange promises to improve data exchange to address these challenges. Requests are then electronically communicated directly to the provider organization’s EHRs and other systems. Therein lies the rub.

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IoT Security Risks – How to Make Sure Your Patients and Your Organization are Safe

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 3, 2023

EHR data is a prime target for cyber attackers, as it includes personal data and medical data that can be resold and used to perpetrate financial fraud, extortion, medical billing fraud, and illicit access to medication. In order to have a digital identity that is interoperable across organizational boundaries, you need to have trust.

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Weekly Roundup – September 30, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Healthcare IT Today received a demo from Rajat Mukherji at Spectrum Enterprise on how to monitor network traffic in the hospital and at home – including temperature and humidity sensors in key locations. That’s the value of platforms that connect to otherwise disparate EHRs and other FHIR data sources.

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Healthcare Interoperability, Data, and Cloud – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. Christoph Pedain, Business Leader, Hospital Patient Monitoring at Philips By the end of 2024, we will see significant moves by hospitals and health systems embracing readiness for Service-Oriented Device Connectivity (SDC).

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Regulators Need to Pay More Attention to Long-term and Nursing Care

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

However, given that the facilities are already stretched to the breaking point in staffing and funding, they need outside incentives to install EHRs and other digital technologies. The next step would be to achieve real interoperability in health records, a still elusive goal.

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Business of Healthcare and Value Based Care – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 4, 2023

As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. It’s time to clean out the garage: simplification and consolidation of health IT is our next step toward optimization. Rob Cohen, CEO at Bamboo Health. Jon Kimerle, Epic Alliance Manager at Pure Storage.

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#HIMSS24 Europe: What are the key talking points likely to be?

Lloyd Price

APRIL 13, 2024

The importance of data and digital health literacy for patients and providers As healthcare becomes more digital, it's becoming increasingly important for both patients and providers to understand how data is being used and how to use digital tools effectively. Subscribe Today!

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Weekly Roundup – May 20, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 20, 2023

The companies are integrating third-party data with patient self-reported data and public health data to help providers understand what kind of interventions will work best for certain patients. Read more… Hearing From Our Health IT Friend on Capitol Hill. Read more… How Were the Spring Health IT Conferences ?

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Weekly Roundup – June 10, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 10, 2023

Read more… Surveying Lab Tests From a Health IT Perspective. Read more… Gaining More Control With a Cloud-Based EHR. Moving to the eClinicalWorks Cloud EHR simplified the IT environment – and improved account management and authentication. Read more… Concerns for Providers and Developers in ONC’s HTI-1.

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Weekly Roundup – August 5, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 5, 2023

Colin stepped in for John Lynn on the latest episode to interview Rob McDonald at Virtru about the importance of a data-centric approach to zero trust and also how to use automation and encryption to improve HIPAA compliance without placing an additional burden on front-line workers.

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3 Health IT Infographics You Need To Read Today

BHM Healthcare Solutions

JULY 30, 2015

This week’s round up includes everything from Health IT trends to the trends of Health IT purchasing. Whether you are thinking about implementing ICD-10 or a llocating resources for a new EMR/EHR system , these infographics are bound to get your brain moving. Also stay tuned as we delve deeper into each trend each week.

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Weekly Roundup – November 12, 2022

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

John Lynn attended the CHIME Fall Forum and tuned in to the CIO panel, where longtime and interim CIOs shared their thoughts on how the CIO role has changed, how CIOs can help to address burnout, and how to guide their organizations into the future. Funding and M&A Activity: VillageMD acquired Summit Health-CityMD for $8.9

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Weekly Roundup – December 17, 2022

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Read more… Avaneer Health’s Vision for Simplified Data-Sharing. Interoperability only gets more complicated when companies layer more technology on top of antiquated legacy systems. Epic is creating a version of its EHR that will run better on Apple products, Anne Zieger reported.

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Healthcare Analytics and Interoperability – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2023

As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. All of this year’s 2023 health IT predictions: Healthcare Security and Risk. Health Equity and SDoH. Healthcare Analytics and Interoperability. Jean Drouin, Co-Founder and CEO at Clarify Health. Elizabeth A.

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Weekly Roundup – July 30, 2022

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 30, 2022

Think improvements to the nurse call button, a virtual whiteboard, and actions triggered by activity in the EHR. Several members of the Healthcare IT Today community took the time to share their thoughts on how technology will support the healthcare facility of tomorrow.

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Healthy Data Management: How IT Assists Healthcare Institutions

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2023

This became possible thanks to electronic health records, telemedicine, and cloud solutions. Let’s discuss how to tackle them and explore the IT solutions essential for modern healthcare institutions. Unlike EMRs, requests for access to EHR records can be made by other medical centers.

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Weekly Roundup – July 16, 2022

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 16, 2022

Epic’s Take on TEFCA and Interoperability. Epic has plans to join TEFCA as an inaugural Qualified Health Information Network. Read more… How AI Can Advance Health Equity. Funding and M&A Activity: API platform for patient data exchange Particle Health announced $25 million in funding.

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Weekly Roundup – July 8, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 8, 2023

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to tell us what topics need more attention, and answers included maintaining visibility into healthcare operations, making sense of the data deluge, improving patient communication, and understanding the value proposition for interoperability. EHRs aren’t suited for providing real-time data.

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How Automation Can Help Ease Healthcare Worker Burnout

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 28, 2023

How Artificial Intelligence and Other Tech can Help Even when it comes to electronic health records (EHRs), an area where many countries are making strides , the issue of interoperability remains. This precludes the effective, timely, and secure transmission of patient data.

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Bonus Features – April 9, 2023 – 63% of RCM departments face staffing shortages, small Stanford study shows 90% of GPT answers in clinical setting are “generally safe,” and more

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 9, 2023

Further compounding the problem: 59% of providers rate patient health literacy as poor despite their education efforts. Libman Education is seeking input from the health IT community for its fifth annual HIM Professional Census. Zocdoc added federally qualified health centers to its marketplace.

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Featured Health IT Job: EHR Applications Analyst

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 3, 2023

Today, we’re featuring the EHR Applications Analyst position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Harbor Health Services and is located in Massachusetts. Looks like a great opportunity for those with experience with analyzing EHR applications!

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Patients – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 16, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. Gary Hamilton, CEO at InteliChart The surge in healthcare consumerism is empowering patients to choose how and from whom they receive care, prompting healthcare leaders to adapt to patient preferences for retention and acquiring new patients.

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Health IT – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. Interoperability and artificial intelligence will play a large role in the innovation of healthcare technology in 2024 and will be necessary to control the rising needs in healthcare data management and analytics.

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At Baptist Health, Epic-linked asynchronous telehealth boosts provider and patient experience

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 18, 2022

"Looking at our innovation and health IT project queue, we saw we had some capital needs and wanted to keep our margins steady despite greater costs associated with COVID-19," said Dr. Brett A. Oliver, chief medical information officer at Baptist Health. "There also is a speed to market for us with Bright.md.

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Weekly Roundup – May 13, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 13, 2023

Read more… Searching for a New Angle to Address Health Equity. Building on our previous posts on data and health equity and technology and health equity , we asked the Healthcare IT Community to weigh in on how to approach health equity from a different angle.

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Bonus Features – November 20, 2022 – 90% of healthcare buyers prioritize virtual care but want a clear roadmap, wearable data helped predict COVID-19 infections 12 days before the CDC, and more

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

ONC published a blog post highlighting how to meet the 2015 Edition Cures Update requirements for ONC certification. Specifically, certified health IT developers have a Dec. Firefly Health and Sprinter Health are integrating Firefly’s in-home clinical services with Sprinter’s virtual primary care.

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Healthcare Innovation Funding – Regulations and Disrupting Traditional Models

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 2, 2023

To get a better idea on what policies and regulations you need to be aware of and just how to get access to innovation funding, we reached out to our ever so talented Healthcare IT Today community for their insights and knowledge. Here is what they had to say. Since the U.S. Since the U.S.

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Digital health is ready for its second act. Will it deliver on its promise to empower patients and providers?

Redox

APRIL 29, 2019

Yet systems, culture, history, beliefs, and habits make it difficult to figure out how to actually make the adaptations needed for better digital health. This two-part blog aims to start a conversation about what inhibits change and how to make it happen better. Laying the foundation for Health IT.

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The Ins and Outs of Remote Patient Monitoring

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Integrating the EHR into the RPM system will bridge communication gaps and promote interoperability. How to be Successful in RPM C Stavridis, VP of Product at CareSignal , a Lightbeam company The key to a successful remote patient monitoring (RPM) strategy is to implement low-stress solutions for both the patient and provider.

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Weekender 5/24/19

HIStalk Weekender

MAY 24, 2019

Agfa is reportedly considering the sale of its health IT business. ONC finds little interoperability improvement among office-based physicians since 2015. Do I already know how to do this? As a former EHR implementer, specifically into physician practices, your article is honestly depressing. Weekly News Recap.

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Interoperability Saves Lives and Builds Trust at HHM Health

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2023

For HHM Health , an FQHC serving the Dallas area, interoperability and access to medical records is vital for establishing trust with their patients and saving lives. It brings together medical records from both Carequality and CommonWell Health Alliance networks as well as from a number of insurance payers.

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What Person-Centered Interoperability Looks Like: Seqster

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

Trending Sources

Innovar Healthcare Knows How to Make Last Mile Interoperability a Reality

Where are EHRs headed in 2023?

Health IT Trends that Deserve More Attention

Health Data and Interoperability Infrastructure Needs

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

Redox unwraps interoperability in 2024

Standards Are Just a Language, You Still Have to Know How to Talk

Reimagining Health Tech on the Cusp of ONC’s Final HTI-1 Rule – Regulatory Talk Series

Featured Health IT Job: eCQM/dCQM Measure Developer – CORE

It’s Time to Get Patient Addresses Straight

AI: Patients Included

So Many Records, So Little Time: How to Manage Burgeoning Health Plan Requests

IoT Security Risks – How to Make Sure Your Patients and Your Organization are Safe

Weekly Roundup – September 30, 2023

Healthcare Interoperability, Data, and Cloud – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Regulators Need to Pay More Attention to Long-term and Nursing Care

Business of Healthcare and Value Based Care – 2023 Health IT Predictions

#HIMSS24 Europe: What are the key talking points likely to be?

Weekly Roundup – May 20, 2023

Weekly Roundup – June 10, 2023

Weekly Roundup – August 5, 2023

3 Health IT Infographics You Need To Read Today

Weekly Roundup – November 12, 2022

Weekly Roundup – December 17, 2022

Healthcare Analytics and Interoperability – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Weekly Roundup – July 30, 2022

Healthy Data Management: How IT Assists Healthcare Institutions

Weekly Roundup – July 16, 2022

Weekly Roundup – July 8, 2023

How Automation Can Help Ease Healthcare Worker Burnout

Bonus Features – April 9, 2023 – 63% of RCM departments face staffing shortages, small Stanford study shows 90% of GPT answers in clinical setting are “generally safe,” and more

Featured Health IT Job: EHR Applications Analyst

Patients – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Health IT – 2024 Health IT Predictions

At Baptist Health, Epic-linked asynchronous telehealth boosts provider and patient experience

Weekly Roundup – May 13, 2023

Bonus Features – November 20, 2022 – 90% of healthcare buyers prioritize virtual care but want a clear roadmap, wearable data helped predict COVID-19 infections 12 days before the CDC, and more

Healthcare Innovation Funding – Regulations and Disrupting Traditional Models

Digital health is ready for its second act. Will it deliver on its promise to empower patients and providers?

The Ins and Outs of Remote Patient Monitoring

Weekender 5/24/19

Interoperability Saves Lives and Builds Trust at HHM Health

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