Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

EHR Development Standards: New teeth, bigger bite After years of dashed hopes that EHR workflows will achieve true interoperability and allow patients to easily access and share their healthcare data, many are looking at the ONC’s final standards with a skeptical eye and cautious optimism. There’s no time to waste.

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Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2024

How to take a “patient-first” approach with GenAI – learning from the World Economic Forum At the annual conference of the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2024, WEF heavily focused in on AI and its implications and prospects for society and many vertical markets, including health care. But how to bake in “patient-first-ness?”

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 7, 2020

“In mid-March, as soon as New York’s Governor issued the stay-at-home order, the institute’s leadership, clinicians, health information technology staff, clinical operations staff and communications staff worked to rapidly develop and deploy basic telehealth functionality across our organization,” Lever recalled.

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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. 1 This is a good step forward in protecting these devices and the patients they serve.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 26, 2023

If this looks like a position that would interest you, check out the full details for the job and how to apply. As always, you can search our Health IT job board for a variety of jobs from leading companies in the industry. You can also register for free and post your resume where recruiters search for job candidates regularly.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2021

One of the most exciting areas of healthcare IT is the automation of so many of the mundane tasks that exist in healthcare. In many cases, our first efforts in this regard were to outsource these mundane tasks, but now healthcare AI and other things like robotic process automation (RPA) have come along to help […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, very few clinical areas at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York, had established telemedicine programs, and there was little synergy among them and the organization’s Epic enterprise EHR. Documentation and billing still were to be completed within the EHR.” THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 15, 2023

They also serve on the CORE Leadership team and aligns project strategic and operational planning with CORE-wide strategies and business plan. If this looks like a position that would interest you, check out the full details for the job and how to apply. Looks like a great opportunity for those with experience as a project director!

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 28, 2022

Analytics Cloud Computing Population Health Telehealth Workforce One CIO names the technologies and leadership strategies he'll be focused on this year: platform design, 'Virtual Care 3.0' Here are some priorities for technology and leadership focus for CIOs in 2022. ' and more. Develop the perfect platform.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

At Healthcare IT Today we’ve often talked about the international opportunity that’s available to EHR vendors and that Oracle will bring a lot of resources internationally. The US EHR market is quite saturated, but the same isn’t true internationally. That’s still true with many EHR vendors unfortunately.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 20, 2023

When the sector is set to face shortages of between 37,800 and 124,000 physicians by 2034, generative AI could alleviate administrative work, such as summarizing patient calls and managing electronic health records (EHRs), to allow medical staff to focus on improving patient care.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2024

There are an endless amount of problems that you are being tasked to find solutions for, endless amounts of technology to look into and consider for your organization, and endless considerations on how to make your organization better for both your employees and your consumers. Number two I think that is the people.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 29, 2022

Your Values: Strategic Planning, Relationships, Inspired Leadership. – Analyzing business operations and software applications enhancing our ERP, EHR, HRIS, NetSuite, and other systems to positively impact the organization. – 5+ years of professional experience with 3 years in a leadership role.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 16, 2020

Whenever you change EHR software, one of the biggest pieces of the project is to figure out how to handle the data that resides in the system (or more often systems) that you’re replacing. Needless to say, there’s a lot that goes into this part of the project. In fact, it really is almost a […].

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

” The EHR also provided useful statistics, because the organization could track how much time doctors logged into it. Analysis showed that physicians who used the AI note generator spent less time in the EHR, especially between 7:00 PM and 7:00 AM.

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Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 7, 2023

The increasing adoption of electronic health records (EHRs): EHRs are becoming increasingly common in healthcare organizations. EHRs can provide a centralised repository for patient data, which can help to improve the efficiency of clinical workflows. Visit , [link] What exactly is clinical workflow automation?

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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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Xealth

AUGUST 15, 2023

Additionally, IT staff are burdened with regularly loading new and updated materials into the EHR. Reduce the Need to Educate Digital Health Vendors Many digital health vendors are startups or entrepreneurs who need a deeper understanding of healthcare and EHRs. To learn how Xealth can help, schedule your consultation today!

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Similarly, clinicians have traditionally balked at patient self-scheduling because the patient doesn’t know what types of appointments are offered and how to choose the right one. So Yosi Health works with each care center to replicate its business and workflow needs. Staff are usually required to ask the right questions.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 27, 2023

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. And to finish the whole episode off, Townsend shares her advice for all of the aspiring healthcare CIOs out there on how to make it in this industry.

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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. Plano, Texas-based Care Choice Family Clinic chose eClinicalWorks.

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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. For: Innovators who want to improve outcomes with data.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 7, 2022

One of those core causes of burnout is the documentation burden and poorly created EHR interfaces which are built around billing rather than the physician or nurse workflow. This includes resistance from the end users and how to get buy-in from others like the CFO.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 14, 2023

With the rise in these attacks, healthcare organizations must have an in-depth understanding of their security posture, including how breaches may occur and how to take an offensive approach to defend against them. As such, IT administrators must ensure they are addressing basic security needs.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 3, 2023

A number of factors contribute to the complex data security risks faced by healthcare organizations, including the inherent trust in electronic health record (EHR) systems and continued reliance on legacy systems. Addressing these challenges requires a comprehensive data security strategy that goes beyond HIPAA requirements.

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AMD Telemedicine

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Long hours, poor work-life balance, lack of mental healthcare, increases in verbal and sometimes physical attacks by patients, and lack of support from leadership have all been cited as contributing factors. We know that burnout is the leading reason, but what is causing nurse burnout?

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 30, 2023

Hari Prasad, CEO of Yosi Health , and Joseph Demmons, Application Integration Product Manager at Azalea Health , point out that patient self-scheduling portals are usually provided by the organization’s EHR vendor. When clinics rely on their EHR vendor for self-scheduling, they are almost always disappointed in the result.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2023

Clinicians views are skewed because of how EHR software has impacted them and their work lives. While EHRs have made their lives easier in some ways, the use of EHR software has also forced them to document so many more things to meet regulation and reimbursement requirements. However, it also comes with a touch of fear.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2023

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. How to achieve this: Conduct cybersecurity training for medical professionals.

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Xealth

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

In addition to walking through Oracle’s vision for healthcare data interoperability, we were let in on how the Cerner acquisition is likely to fit into their broader strategy for the Oracle Cloud. How to be the eye in the sky. Key takeaways: From a nursing perspective – focus on virtual nursing.

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Health System CIO

APRIL 14, 2021

With our thought leadership and partnerships, we can think through how to solve many complex problems,” he said during a recent interview. AltaMed is about 70 percent finished with a “very broad technology uplift” that started in 2018 with modernizing the EHR. * Q&A with Ray Lowe [ Click here to view Part 1].

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Health System CIO

JUNE 17, 2020

With healthcare organizations coming off a period of enormous growth, particularly in terms of digital health, the timing is perfect for clinical and IT departments to sit down and figure out how to partner more effectively, says CMIO Brett Oliver. Leveraging the EHR to identify potential plasma donors.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 29, 2024

They do ask callers to distinguish between regular service and the “clinical service desk,” which mostly helps people use the EPIC EHR. UI Health switched its EHR to EPIC in 2020, planning to do intensive training for service desk workers after the switch. It can better scale up and down to handle 24/7 services.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 9, 2023

The Chartis Center for Burnout Solutions is led by psychologists with deep healthcare and leadership experience. “The healthcare workforce is a vital part of our communities, and addressing their health is key to helping our clients materially improve healthcare.” Their industry-leading assessment tool with more than 12.5

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 25, 2024

There’s a whole lot of great information about patient data, whether it’s lab records, information, medications, referrals, and all of that which doesn’t necessarily exist instantly in the EHR systems. So some examples include a virtual agent assisting a patient with how-to information.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 22, 2021

Clinical Decision Support Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Telehealth Workflow CIOs need to look beyond just EHRs and explore standalone platforms to enhance care delivery – keeping focused on reliable patient data and streamlined clinical workflows. Remote patient monitoring uses three primary FHIR resources: Patient.

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American Well

APRIL 29, 2021

To recognize these achievements and highlight those who have shown exceptional vision and leadership, Amwell is proud to announce its annual Client Awards in four award categories: Empowering Providers: For partnering with providers to enhance the virtual care experience for long-term adoption. New Models, New Normal. Cook County Health.

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