Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 9, 2023

John Lynn and Dr. Shiv Rao at Abridge chatted about the power of going beyond speech recognition to build trust with physicians thanks to EHR integrations and maps to ontologies such as SNOMED and LOINC. Read more… CIO Podcast : Teamwork and Leadership. Read more… Keeping Large Language Models and AI Tools Honest.

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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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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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Health Populi

MARCH 14, 2023

In 2014, ECRI pivoted the title of this annual report to “patient safety concerns,” a nuance away from health technology. In its recommendations for action, ECRI notes that health care providers cannot solve this crisis themselves, but can take specific actions to address the pediatric mental health crisis.

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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

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This is a big step forward for QHINs who can now start sharing health data. 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.

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Lloyd Price

APRIL 13, 2024

Growth and M&A for Healthcare Technology companies Healthcare Technology Thought Leadership from Nelson Advisors – Market Insights, Analysis & Predictions. Demand for services is unsustainable and health systems are cracking under the pressure. For: Innovators who want to improve outcomes with data.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

With technology, you can integrate data from EHRs and other data sources in real-time, apply clinical intelligence and automate the workflow, tasks, activities and events that most health systems try to achieve with people. Corinna Dan, Senior Director of Public Health at Maximus.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 22, 2023

News and Studies Amid the push for interoperability, data gaps persist, according to the inaugural State of Interoperability report from Health Gorilla , a health information network. Products AVIA launched AVIA Marketplace , a platform connecting hospitals and health systems to curated digital health tools.

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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

JUNE 23, 2022

Much has been written about Larry Ellison’s vision of what he called a “National EHR Database.” To be clear, I’m not sure if this was Ellison’s goal with a “National EHR Database” or not. The second group to benefit from this National EHR Database was public health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

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.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 3, 2021

Joseph's Health. Executive Director, VA Office of Electronic Health Records Modernization. Department of Veterans Affairs' effort to modernize its IT systems and create an interoperable EHR shared among VA, the Department of Defense, the U.S. Linda Reed. CIO and VP of IT, St. Paterson, New Jersey. Washington.

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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

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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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

Mimi Winsberg, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer at Brightside Health We have been in an uncertain time for regulation around telemedicine, and there are a few key trends to watch. Healthcare IT systems, especially EHRs, played a key role in supporting documentation with the use of macros, smart phrases, and templates.

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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. It’s estimated that the U.S. This precludes the effective, timely, and secure transmission of patient data.

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Docnotes

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

One day I posted an essay about EHR usability that (I thought) nobody read. Three months later, my boss called me and told me that the EHR company whose software I critiqued was unhappy with the post and asked me to take it down. I declined. The next day, the President of that company called me. But there’s a positive side too.

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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

It’s 2018—most doctors are using electronic health records (EHRs) and most patients have access to the Internet and a smartphone, providing many ways to view healthcare data securely. Patients should expect health IT that enhances their care coordination instead of disrupting it.

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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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Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Connected Health achieves more information-driven, efficient, and less costly patient care, particularly in patients with chronic conditions.(3),(4),(5) Connected Health and new technologies in health care don’t come without concerns and risks. Conference paper, 2015 Congress on Healthcare Leadership, Chicago.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

Within healthcare, the technology and expertise exist to help providers, payers, public health, health information exchanges, and healthcare IT companies exchange data. Kari Hall, Chief Strategy Officer at PointClickCare In 2024, EHR data will be crucial for advancing care in conjunction with generative AI.

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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 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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American Well

JULY 13, 2020

At a time of tremendous stress and uncertainty for our healthcare system and our nation as a whole, the health plans and health systems recognized in the four categories below have shown exceptional vision and leadership in scaling virtual care and improving health outcomes for individuals and communities.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

One example of leveraging AI as a tool to integrate new information sources could be by integrating natural language processing to both recognize audio, visual, and written communications and provide additional context or patient information from their EHR in real-time. This includes mediums like video, infographics, and even entertainment.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

DECEMBER 13, 2022

However, the Chronic Care Model offers approaches that could help us address this critical public health crisis. The Chronic Care Model is a framework that identifies the essential elements of a health system that promotes high-quality chronic illness care. What Are the 6 Key Elements of the Chronic Care Model?

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 31, 2023

Kynan Carver, DoD Cybersecurity Lead at Maximus By implementing a Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) for cybersecurity, health agencies and organizations can effectively increase patient confidence in exchanging medical information. These changes require budgetary allocation and a willingness from leadership to invest in new technology.

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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 News - Telehealth

JUNE 13, 2023

On another front, telepsychiatry keeps gaining ground in the post-public health emergency landscape. This, among other policy shifts, has a direct impact on healthcare provider organizations and telemedicine companies delivering care virtually.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

Ankit Gupta, Founder and CEO at Bicycle Health The opioid epidemic is the most acute and urgent public health crisis in America. In other words, there’s little to no momentum for the equal treatment of provider data, which means that data critical for an improved patient experience may continue to be locked away in EHRs.

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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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Lloyd Price

APRIL 3, 2019

Other providers, such as CallHealth, provide integrated technology solutions including hospital management systems, and Electronic Health Record (EHR) software. Start-ups could take inspiration from the Indian government, which is using mixed delivery models for public health.

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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

AI can listen to patient visits and integrate accurate notes and next steps directly into the EHR. Meghan Schaeffer, National Public Health Advisor & Epidemiologist at SAS Forecasting and modeling are rapidly becoming the cornerstone of public health work, but government needs help. Enter academia.

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