Healthcare IT Today

JULY 24, 2023

Acquisition Expands Optimum’s Cloud Services Team and Capabilities Optimum Healthcare IT , a Best in KLAS healthcare IT staffing and consulting services company, announced today that it has acquired eCloud Managed Solutions. We’re excited to welcome the eCloud team and to continue providing expert cloud services for our clients.”

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

To help out, we reached out to our amazing Healthcare IT Today Community to see which healthcare regulations they foresee having a big impact on healthcare IT. As a result, the industry struggles to provide meaningful insights and harness the power of data to drive positive change. The following is what they had to say.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 4, 2023

This familiar scene exemplifies the unnecessary burdens traditional EHRs have placed on providers, patients, and the overall healthcare system. As a former ER physician and current digital health professional, I’ve dealt with these challenges firsthand—and see the enormous potential EHRs hold to change care experiences for the better.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In the lead-up to a final rule, CMS is giving the industry impetus and edict to accelerate a new era in medication management. 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.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 21, 2021

As more health systems begin to build out their virtual care portfolios, they're quickly finding that integrating with their EHR is an essential piece to providing an experience that delights patients and doesn't disrupt care providers. Ambulatory was more difficult to iterate, due to the EHR integration.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Resurgens Technology Partners , a software-focused private equity firm, today announced its investment in Valant , a cloud-based EHR for behavioral health practices. Resurgens invested in Valant alongside the firm’s Operating Partner, Trey Carter.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

And in an era where over six billion people have smartphones, incorporating the tool in healthcare makes sense. The following article shows four practical use cases for QR codes within the healthcare IT landscape. Managing Medical Equipment Healthcare facilities use a diverse range of equipment to deliver effective care to patients.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 28, 2022

Healthcare Performance Group, Inc. HPG), which has provided industry-leading consulting expertise for EHR technology since 2002, announced today that it acquired Health Data Specialists, LLC (HDS).

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 17, 2024

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 19, 2021

When I look back at the history of EHR software, it’s amazing to see how far we’ve come. Especially when it comes to how an EHR is hosted. When I first started writing about the EHR industry, a large portion of the industry was client server based software that was hosted at the healthcare organization’s […].

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 19, 2021

In just the last month, we have two new CEOs of two of the largest EHR vendors in the industry. The news came out today that Cerner was appointing David Feinberg, MD as President and CEO of Cerner. Dr. Feinberg will also be a member of the Board of Directors with William Zollars as independent […].

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 15, 2023

An adoption model methodology is nothing new in the healthcare industry. HIMSS, for example, built their Healthcare Maturity Models to provide clear adoption and implementation pathways for various technologies and capabilities that health systems need. FinThrive is a proud sponsor of Healthcare Scene.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 24, 2023

For the 119th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast , we are diving into the world of non-competes in healthcare and looking at their pros and cons. Next, we discuss whether non-competes hinder innovation, in healthcare or any other industry. We publish a new Healthcare IT Today podcast every ~2 weeks.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 5, 2024

THE LARGER TREND In August, Cerner added Suki's ambient voice technology to complete documentation with bidirectional sync and in September partnered with MEDITECH to integrate Suki Assistant into the company's Expanse EHR. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2020

In the meantime, here are some of the most-read Healthcare IT News stories of 2020 so far. Comparing 11 top telehealth platforms: Company execs tout quality, safety, EHR integrations. In any other year, the new regs would have been the talk of the industry for months. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

As we look back on 2019, it's worth remembering how far the industry has traveled to get here. -- Mike Miliard, Editor. by Healthcare IT News November 22, 2019. Congress, government agencies, presidential candidates, consumers and the industry itself talk about the need to lower healthcare costs, but what does this entail?

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 30, 2022

It’s also well known that many physicians remain disappointed with the charting and clinical documentation capabilities of hospital and specialty EHRs. According to KLAS Research’s Arch Collaborative, physicians want three basic things from their EHRs: strong user mastery, a sense of ownership and system personalization.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

While many in the industry are ready to move past the EHR, the reality for health IT leaders is that the EHR still takes up a large portion of their mindshare and has some of the biggest impact for good or bad on an organization. Stemmler also offered her advice to other CIOs that are looking at similar solutions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Much like the rest of the healthcare industry, at the start of the pandemic, the patient load was overwhelming. Aligning new technology and features with the Epic EHR has created more effective telehealth care pathways, Frunzi explained. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. THE PROBLEM. MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 27, 2022

For the 91st episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast , we’re doing another edition of our popular Health IT: Buy or Sell. In this episode, we look at four grand statements about something in healthcare IT. Successful cyberattacks in healthcare will decline in 3 years. Prior Authorization is getting better. iHeartRadio.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 7, 2022

Digitizing content helps companies across almost every industry increase efficiency, improve workflow, reduce costs, and raise productivity. For the healthcare industry – an industry that is conservative by nature – undergoing a transformation presents an opportunity to implement digital strategies across the board.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Together, WellSky and Corridor help more post-acute care organizations succeed against industry challenges.” Corridor’s deep industry expertise in billing and financials, workforce issues, and medical coding complements WellSky’s aim to deliver innovative solutions that power providers’ success.

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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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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 6, 2021

New research suggests that healthcare is lagging behind most other industries when it comes to digital transformation efforts. The study, which was released by Precisely and Corinium Global Intelligence, surveyed 300 chief data officers with more than 2,500 employees on how their digital initiatives were going.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 18, 2022

The topic of TEFCA and QHINs has been an extremely important one in the world of healthcare IT and particularly when it comes to healthcare interoperability. In many ways, it’s setting the national infrastructure for healthcare interoperability going forward. So, we should be paying attention.

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Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2024

While the health care industry in general commands a somewhat higher level of trust among Americans than some other sectors do, there is variation in trust-equity across various segments of the U.S. CHAI stands for the Coalition for Health AI, and by March 2024 had over 1,300 representatives from across the industry.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 8, 2020

For quite some time, we’ve given relatively little attention to the problem of integrating telehealth encounter data with more-traditional records generated by EHRs. Prior to the pandemic, […].

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 4, 2024

The other practices ambient voice recognition to create patient notes and put data into fields of the EHR. Watch the video for more insights on the needs of the health care industry and future applications of generative AI. CareCloud is a proud sponsor of Healthcare Scene. Tell us what you think.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job. .”

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Microsoft Nuance has been providing healthcare voice solutions for over two decades. Healthcare IT Today caught up with Peter Durlach, Chief Strategy Officer at Microsoft Life Sciences and Health to learn more about their ambient clinical voice solution. Is it integrated with the EHR? Does it provide a transcript?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 23, 2021

LAS VEGAS – At HIMSS21 earlier this month, Dr. Robert Bart, who has served as the chief medical information officer at Pittsburgh-based UPMC since 2017 , spoke with Healthcare IT News about his to-do list during this busy past year and a half, and what he's eyeing in terms of clinical priorities as he looks toward the next year and beyond.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

In the first quarter of 2023, hospitals and health systems were the number one target of cybersecurity threats due to the large amount of valuable patient information their electronic health records (EHRs) possess. Not only is patient information at risk, but breaches have a ripple-down effect and can cause systems to shut down completely.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the MACRA MIPS Specialist position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. As always, you can search our Health IT job board for a variety of jobs from leading companies in the industry. and is remote.

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Digital Health Global

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Altera to offer Keena’s full line of workflow optimization and data integration solutions to TouchWorks® EHR clients NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Keena Healthcare Technology , a healthcare optimization organization, and Altera Digital Health , a global health IT leader, announce today that they have engaged in a reseller agreement.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 30, 2021

Cerner has struck a deal in which it will let a life insurance industry data vendor access patient records. Under the terms of the deal, risk management and digital services vendor MIB will be able to offer life insurance industry players access to 54 million patient medical records, as well as 5,400 patient portals. The […].

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 27, 2023

For the 51st episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by a very special guest: Tanya Townsend, Sr. Part of achieving stage 7 was an EHR consolidation project, so we discuss what the impact of that has been and lessons she has learned along the way. You went through an EHR consolidation project recently.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Even though skilled nursing facilities, long-care homes and retirement facilities are highly regulated, Charnetski says that regulators don’t really understand the industry’s needs. Listen and subscribe to the Healthcare IT Today Interviews Podcast to hear all the latest insights from experts in healthcare IT.

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