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ECRI, EHR Association put forth safety practices for behavioral health IT

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

ECRI's Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety is working with the HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association chart some of the common challenges involved in integrating behavioral health systems with primary care EHRs. Optimize clinical documentation for behavioral health and primary care integration.

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New HIE hook-up, telemedicine transform care at LA clinic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 21, 2020

Practically overnight, the LANES platform eliminated faxing at CSC altogether, and connected CSC electronically to community providers also using the HIE. “The HIE technology was both HIPAA- and ePHI privacy-compliant. “The HIE technology was both HIPAA- and ePHI privacy-compliant.

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Integrated EHR enables shift to virtual post-discharge follow-up

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 26, 2020

From 2006 to 2010, they explained, an integrated delivery system staggered implementation of an integrated EHR across 17 hospitals. "This created a stepped-wedge study design to study the impact of shared inpatient-outpatient EHR use," the researchers wrote. ON THE RECORD.

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Bonus Features – December 11, 2022 – CMS holds off on good faith estimate enforcement, 61% of patients see primary care moving out of the doctor’s office, and more

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 11, 2022

A report from Wolters Kluwer suggested that patients are willing to shift primary care to new care settings if it means the cost of care will decrease. Behavioral health EHR Valant launched Prospective Patient Management , a tool for matching patients and providers.

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Weekly Roundup – August 27, 2022

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 27, 2022

Rusty Yeager on EHR Standardization and Rehabilitation Hospitals. In the latest CIO Podcast, Yeager, the Senior VP and CIO at Encompass Health, talked to John Lynn about the benefits of deploying a standardized EHR across an organization. Read more… Education and Communication Can Catalyze HIE Adoption.

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Bonus Features – October 9, 2022 – Optum completes Change Healthcare acquisition, interest in flu shots is declining, and more

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 9, 2022

The grant, awarded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, comes weeks after the research team published a study in njp Digital Medicine indicating that increased telehealth access during COVID-19 did not result in increased, unnecessary access to primary care. Partnerships.

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Weekly Roundup – November 12, 2022

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Healthcare isn’t getting away from paper any time soon , between fax machines and backups when the EHR system goes down. The EHR vendor is paying the settlement to the federal government to settle a complaint of false claims and kickback allegations. Read more… Unpacking the IT Needs of HIEs.

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Bonus Features – December 11, 2022 – CMS holds off on good faith estimate enforcement, 61% of patients see primary care moving out of the doctor’s office, and much more

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 11, 2022

A report from Wolters Kluwer suggested that patients are willing to shift primary care to new care settings if it means the cost of care will decrease. Behavioral health EHR Valant launched Prospective Patient Management , a tool for matching patients and providers.

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Bonus Features – February 19, 2023 – 80% of orgs collect SDOH data but struggle to make use of it, 2 in 3 cybersecurity pros say their orgs underestimate threats, and more

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

These include a lack of standard data formats, limited ability to integrate with EHR systems or share with community-based organizations, and insufficient training on how to code social determinants. Sales In 2022, 32 health systems implemented Oracle Cerner CommunityWorks , a version of the Cerner Millenium EHR tailored to rural providers.

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Weekly Roundup – March 18, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 18, 2023

Andy Oram talked to Cam Holt at Weave about modernizing patient intake forms with digital tools that can pull patient data from EHRs (via API integrations) and give practices the option to customize forms for their own needs. Value-based care platform Transcarent acquired 98point6 , an on-demand virtual care and primary care provider.

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Bonus Features – August 28, 2022 – Epic data shows only 5% of OD patients get tested for fentanyl, 40% of clinicians plan to add AI to their day-to-day work, and more

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2022

The aptly named Integration Framework covers how to integrate state Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) with clinical systems such as EHRs, HIEs, and pharmacy systems in hospital, primary care, and outpatient settings. Eight health systems across five states assisted ONC and CDC in developing the framework.

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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

Florida-based Palm Plastic Surgery & Medspa selected eClinicalWorks Cloud EHR. Awards Western New York HIE HealtheLINK was named one of the Phase 2 winners of Building Bridges to Better Health , a primary care challenge sponsored by HRSA.

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The The Five Biggest Areas of Opportunity for Digital Health

The Digital Health Corner

JUNE 14, 2017

Electronic health records (EHRs) and personal fitness trackers have helped create awareness through use. According to most recent statistics from the Office of the National Coordinator, use of EHRs has increased from 20% in 2004 to 87% in 2015. EHRs were designed as documentation centers for billing and regulatory purposes.

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HIMSS14: Patiently Waiting for Progress

Chilmark Research

MARCH 6, 2014

EHRs Look Inward. EHR vendors are at last developing moderate to advanced functionality with their portals (refills, secure communication, education, scheduling), with improved UX/UI that is starting to conform to consumer tech standards. HIEs Look Backward.

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

Lloyd Price

APRIL 13, 2024

Learn the why, what and how from implementations at all levels of the European healthcare system – including baseline maturity assessments of hospitals, digitally driven primary care and the innovative public/private partnerships driving change. For: Innovators who want to improve outcomes with data.

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Stephen Clark, CIO, Albemarle Health, Chapter 2

Health System CIO

AUGUST 7, 2013

Being the resident MU expert Telepsychiatry HIE Since becoming CIO at Albemarle Health in 2005, Stephen Clark has made great strides in helping to advance the organization. Telepsychiatry HIE. We’ve been positioned to expand and develop a community-based HIE, but it’s going to take an investment to continue to do so.

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Bonus Features – July 2, 2023 – Nuance and Epic integrate, 5 in 6 physicians say telemedicine improves continuity of care, news from HFMA, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 2, 2023

News and Research HHS and the Office of Inspector General released the final rule implementing information blocking penalties , with fines of up to $1 million per violation for vendors and HIE entities. Navina released a generative AI assistant for primary care practices. Penalties for providers have yet to be determined.

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Marc Chasin, MD, VP & CIO, St. Luke’s Health System, Chapter 1

Health System CIO

MARCH 23, 2017

In this interview, he talks about how his team is looking to optimize and stabilize its EHR, the federated approach they’ve adopted with data warehousing, and the ultimate goal with patient engagement. It’s precisely what CIO Marc Chasin did three years ago, and the result was a more standardized, collaborative approach.

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Zus Health Closes Financing, Signs Partnership with Elation Health, to Accelerate Growth of its Data Service to Provide Connective Tissue for Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 20, 2023

Zus will use this funding to continue growing its platform with additional unique data sources, workflow and referral solutions, and integration pathways to empower healthcare providers to leverage external patient data in their care and collaborate around a shared patient record.

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Australia’s Victorian Department of Health engages Altera’s dbMotion to deliver state-wide Health Information Exchange solution

Digital Health Global

MAY 11, 2023

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Altera Digital Health (formerly the Allscripts Hospitals and Large Physician Practices business segment) has won a competitive tender to deliver the Victorian Department of Health’s state-wide Health Information Exchange (HIE) solution.

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Healthcare Workforce – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

Emergency departments and urgent cares are over capacity nationwide, and patients often wait weeks to see their primary care physician. Instead, we anticipate a more mix and match, custom approach to EHRs. Staffing issues, record losses, and burnout continued to plague the healthcare industry in 2022.

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Bonus Features – February 18, 2024 – 89% of patients want a single platform for managing their health, 70% of organizations interested in AI plan to adopt solutions from their EHR vendors, plus 27 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Studies Among people receiving medical care in the last 12 months, 86% engaged with their providers using mobile devices , according to a Gozio Health survey. Tellingly, 70% of orgs with plans to deploy AI intend to adopt solutions via their EHR vendors. People EHR and RCM vendor ModMed appointed Joe Harpaz as Co-CEO.

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Welcome Back Kotter: New York’s next 1115 Waiver

Docnotes

JANUARY 30, 2022

G oal #1: Building a more resilient, flexible and integrated delivery system that reduces racial disparities, promotes health equity, and supports the delivery of social care. We’ll get the same “we’re trying, it’s so hard” excuses. Leverage Ongoing Primary Care Investments.

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Bonus Features – May 14, 2023 – Only 16% of organizations are using data to define clinical best practices, 84% of orgs hit with ransomware attacks lose revenue, and more

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 14, 2023

De-identified real-world data in EHRs can help predict the severity of diabetic retinopathy , according to a paper from Verana Health published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. Sales A group of 21 Ontario hospitals launched an HIE powered by Oracle Health.

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ECRI, EHR Association put forth safety practices for behavioral health IT

New HIE hook-up, telemedicine transform care at LA clinic

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Integrated EHR enables shift to virtual post-discharge follow-up

Bonus Features – December 11, 2022 – CMS holds off on good faith estimate enforcement, 61% of patients see primary care moving out of the doctor’s office, and more

Weekly Roundup – August 27, 2022

Bonus Features – October 9, 2022 – Optum completes Change Healthcare acquisition, interest in flu shots is declining, and more

Weekly Roundup – November 12, 2022

Bonus Features – December 11, 2022 – CMS holds off on good faith estimate enforcement, 61% of patients see primary care moving out of the doctor’s office, and much more

Bonus Features – February 19, 2023 – 80% of orgs collect SDOH data but struggle to make use of it, 2 in 3 cybersecurity pros say their orgs underestimate threats, and more

Weekly Roundup – March 18, 2023

Bonus Features – August 28, 2022 – Epic data shows only 5% of OD patients get tested for fentanyl, 40% of clinicians plan to add AI to their day-to-day work, and more

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

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Stephen Clark, CIO, Albemarle Health, Chapter 2

Bonus Features – July 2, 2023 – Nuance and Epic integrate, 5 in 6 physicians say telemedicine improves continuity of care, news from HFMA, and more

Marc Chasin, MD, VP & CIO, St. Luke’s Health System, Chapter 1

Zus Health Closes Financing, Signs Partnership with Elation Health, to Accelerate Growth of its Data Service to Provide Connective Tissue for Healthcare

Australia’s Victorian Department of Health engages Altera’s dbMotion to deliver state-wide Health Information Exchange solution

Healthcare Workforce – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Bonus Features – February 18, 2024 – 89% of patients want a single platform for managing their health, 70% of organizations interested in AI plan to adopt solutions from their EHR vendors, plus 27 more stories

Welcome Back Kotter: New York’s next 1115 Waiver

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