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Epic EHR-linked telehealth skyrockets at Children’s Colorado

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Children’s Hospital’s telemedicine platform vendor has been Vidyo, and the platform was integrated with the organization’s Epic electronic health record. The organization also uses a custom-developed, HIPAA-compliant photo-sharing platform. An improved model of training for providers and their clinical teams.

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Weekly Roundup – August 5, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

Read more… Environmental Health Surveillance Enhances Public Health. Read more… 3 Things That Can Bring EHRs to the Next Level. It’s no secret that traditional EHRs are burdensome to clinicians and patients alike. Employee training and vendor risk management are two important steps forward.

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Reactions to the Ascension Healthcare Ransomware Attack and Suggestions for Healthcare Organizations

Healthcare IT Today

The US Senate heard the weak excuses of the United Healthcare CEO who admitted Change Healthcare had not secured its Citrix systems with multifactor authentication (MFA) even though they had a written policy to do so, and that they failed to notify data breach victims by the HIPAA and state data breach law deadlines.

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It’s a Marathon Not a Sprint: Choosing a Telehealth Partner to Help you Win the Race Against COVID-19 and Beyond

American Well

With good intentions, we’re seeing some organizations move to implement the lowest-cost and easiest-to-implement platform they can find, including free — and non-HIPAA-compliant — web-based videoconferencing tools. These tools became an option for health systems and other providers when the U.S.

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UPMC uses RPM to study postpartum hypertension among Black and white women

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"Our program uses a comprehensive and coordinated approach of clinical operations, EHR integration, mobile technology, best-practices algorithms and population health monitoring to address this key contributor to maternal morbidity and mortality." " Dr. Alisse Hauspurg, Pitt School of Medicine and UPMC Magee.

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For Ryan Health, telehealth seeds planted during the pandemic have flourished

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Based on Ryan Health's efforts to deliver care as safely as possible and the changes in telehealth reimbursement, the organization's IT department started to explore the available telehealth platforms. "Our first choice was to have a secure integrated solution with our EHR," Ajmal said.

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Cornell Scott-Hill makes big strides with specialist telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Cornell Scott-Hill's clinical leadership and IT collaborated to identify viable, HIPAA-compliant platforms that were rapidly rolled out across the health center. "At present, it is not integrated with our current Epic EHR system. Click here to read the special report. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.