Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

First, email addresses are often mistyped, which can result in dangerous disclosures of protected health information (PHI). As a result, email communications can more easily be intercepted by third parties than information conveyed through a secure web portal.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 30, 2022

The following is a guest article by Khalid Al-Maskari, CEO and Founder of Health Information Management Systems (HiMS). While mobile technologies and smartphone use have become completely mainstream, adoption in health care falls dramatically short. But despite health care advancements, cutting-edge […].

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Patient portals have existed since the late 1990s, but the onset of a global pandemic triggered a drastic shift within the healthcare community and fueled interest in patient portals. According to The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, […].

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2024

The following is a guest article by Oakkar Oakkar, Co-Founder and CEO at Keona Health Imagine a tool that puts your health information right at your fingertips. That’s what patient portals promise – a simple, digital way to access medical records, book appointments, and chat with doctors.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Significant Portal Adoption Sun Life Health has also capitalized on eClinicalWorks’ portal, with around 80% of patients using it daily. The portal allows patients to access their health records, visit summaries, and other health information.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 8, 2024

Travis Bias, DO, MPH, DTM&H, FAAFP, Chief Medical Officer, Clinician Solutions & Family Physician at 3M Health Information Systems Ambient clinical documentation tools are being used by clinicians so they can focus on the patient in front of them, rather than on their computer screens.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 6, 2023

Clever use of A QR Code for Portal Adoption Many healthcare organizations struggle to get patients to log into their online portal to access health information and perform other health-related tasks.

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GlobalMed

JUNE 17, 2019

Congested patient flows can bottleneck daily operations. To better meet evolving needs and deliver a more attentive patient experience, many hospitals have turned to advanced telemedicine. Agnostic virtual health platforms can help hospitals put their equipment, staff and space to the best use possible.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Patient engagement is the next frontier in healthcare and single-platform patient portals created the digital foundation for this ongoing transformation. Many patients already use patient portals for tasks such as scheduling appointments and requesting prescription refills. Remote Patient Monitoring .

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Society for Participatory Medicine

JANUARY 26, 2020

We are writing you today to ask that you hear our point of view as decisions are made on the Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator Proposed Rule to Improve the Interoperability of Health Information. . We will decide what American healthcare needs, to move toward better patient experience and outcomes.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2023

Epic) to real-time patient journey optimization systems that are EMR-agnostic and fueled by far more comprehensive data than what sits in EMRs today. In 2023, health IT vendors will continue to work to maintain compliance as part of new regulatory requirements related to the 21st Century Cures Act.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

This will allow the healthcare industry at large to use AI and Automation where it needs to be used, to provide a better patient experience and increase the quality of healthcare delivery, instead of used to increase or decrease profits. Interoperability will just happen as companies like Rhapsody offer integration as a service.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 13, 2024

Director at NTT DATA On February 8, 2024, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability (HTI-1) Final Rule in the Federal Register, which took effect on March 11, 2024. The following is a guest article by Nitin Kunte, Sr.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2023

It brings together medical records from both Carequality and CommonWell Health Alliance networks as well as from a number of insurance payers. Brown illustrated the importance of Prisma to their community with the following example: We had a brand new patient come in.

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