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. Learn more about PointClickCare: [link].

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 27, 2023

During the past decade, finally, health care is starting to deal in a structured, measurable manner with the life factors and environments that play the biggest role in their patients’ health. Are there disparities in program participation or health outcomes?

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2024

Lastly, most healthcare IT expenditure over the last ten years has been focused on digitizing patient records, and investment in cybersecurity capability has lagged other industries. Threat actors know healthcare is a prime target for extortion and target them accordingly.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 14, 2023

HTI-1 Final Rule Appropriately, we’ve been breaking down what health IT and EHR vendors need to expect when it comes to HTI-1 in our Healthcare Regulatory Talk series. So, the final HTI-1 rule shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise to readers of Healthcare IT Today.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2023

Requests are then electronically communicated directly to the provider organization’s EHRs and other systems. The specific, requested data is intelligently pulled from the provider organization’s systems to fulfill the request—including over 200+ EHRs using MRO’s proprietary technology.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 22, 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

JULY 28, 2021

A recent study was just published in the BMJ Open journal by lead author Vincent Liu, MD, MS, a research scientist with the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research. The whole study is a fascinating read, but the basics of the study was trying to predict COIVD-19 surges before they happened.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

We reached out to the Healthcare IT Today community to get their thoughts on using technology to optimize the healthcare workforce. Tech is moving the needle for our overburdened healthcare workforce by eliminating the extra steps and hassle of managing extensive data sets. Take a look at the insights they had to share.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 3, 2021

The awards, determined by public voting, are bestowed on "inspiring senior healthcare executives who rigorously challenge the status quo in their journeys to build a brighter health future," according to HIMSS (the parent company of Healthcare IT News). Joseph's Health. Linda Reed. Washington.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. Healthcare IT News published a special report highlighting many of these vendors with detailed descriptions of their products. "At present, it is not integrated with our current Epic EHR system. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 24, 2023

Success Story #1: Moving Upstream to Identify Most Vulnerable Individuals to Prevent Homelessness There’s a common metaphor in public health about the need to move “upstream” to invest in preventive health, rather than wait for people to present at the “bottom of the river” with severe chronic illness.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2022

For federal agencies and state and regional exchanges, this is an excellent time to demonstrate leadership in interoperability by joining a network that will likely provide a ready on-ramp to TEFCA. And while it’s not clear when the first QHINs will be fully certified, it’s not too soon for potential participants to consider their options. .

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 23, 2022

A couple weeks ago, Oracle’s acquisition of Cerner closed and Oracle held an event to announce the vision for the The Future of Healthcare. Much has been written about Larry Ellison’s vision of what he called a “National EHR Database.” This new database would allow them to do this. That’s not inspiring.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 28, 2023

The healthcare worker burnout crisis in this country began before the COVID-19 pandemic, but the public health emergency made the situation even worse as frontline health workers risked their lives to service others. The pandemic accelerated the need for digitalization across industries, including healthcare.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 31, 2020

To further support clinicians during the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended the deadline for COVID-19 related 2020 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Exception applications to February 1, 2021.

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Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Promoting preventive care and population health: Patient portals can be used to promote preventive care and population health. Public health officials can also use patient portals to send targeted messages to patients about important health issues. Visit [link] What exactly is patient engagement? Visit [link]

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CMS.gov

JULY 18, 2018

That is why CMS created the new role of CMS Chief Health Informatics Officer (CHIO) and has begun the process of filling this new role with a leading healthcare IT talent. The CHIO will drive health IT and data sharing to enhance healthcare delivery, improve health outcomes, drive down costs, and empower patients.

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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. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. Data minimalism can maximize clinical results.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Patient matching issues also impact response to public health emergencies, as was seen throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Missing data, including an estimated 40% of demographic data missing from commercial laboratory test feeds for COVID-19, hindered contact tracing, vaccination, and public health reporting efforts.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

A major data stumble had to happen sometime during our plague season, and apparently, Kaiser Permanente turned out to be the point of failure. According to Becker’s Hospital Review, technical issues with Kaiser’s lab system processing have resulted in thousands of delayed COVID test results since the end of July.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

How do you maintain the security and privacy of your patient’s health information as cyberattacks continue to climb? In the search for some of these answers to help ease your burden, we have reached out to our incredibly brilliant Healthcare IT Today Community for their insights on communication platforms.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 31, 2023

We reached out to our incredibly talented Healthcare IT Today Community for these answers. The following is what they had to say on how to stay safe and can be used as a little check list for your healthcare cybersecurity efforts. Healthcare IT companies regularly release updates to fix identified vulnerabilities.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 6, 2023

With many more types of health information specifically included as EHI, organizations regulated under the 21 st Century Cures Act are on the hook to respond to requests for that information from individuals, providers, public health agencies, and health information exchanges.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Of course, healthcare execs are aware of how this looks to the public, and are taking steps to keep members of the public from getting too concerned. As we all know, massive data breaches have become far too common in recent times. According to a study published early this year, one way hospitals are fending […].

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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. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. lacks a robust public health infrastructure.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 13, 2023

On another front, telepsychiatry keeps gaining ground in the post-public health emergency landscape. Healthcare IT News sat down with Geoffrey Boyce, CEO and cofounder of Array Behavioral Care, a telemedicine provider that specializes in behavioral health, to discuss the DEA, telepsychiatry challenges and much more.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Leadership also should work to harness existing relationships and build consensus around telehealth technology strategy to inform why stakeholders should participate in a telehealth program, which will ultimately increase buy-in, he added. How will they interface with EHR and PAC systems? Health IT implementation best practices.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 15, 2018

The organizations featured on this list offer benefits and opportunities for employees to build successful careers above and beyond the average healthcare provider or company; they encourage professional development and promote leadership from within. Christ Hospital Health Network (Cincinnati). Eskenazi Health (Indianapolis).

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. Enter academia.

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