Healthcare IT Today

JULY 6, 2021

New research suggests that healthcare is lagging behind most other industries when it comes to digital transformation efforts. The study, which was released by Precisely and Corinium Global Intelligence, surveyed 300 chief data officers with more than 2,500 employees on how their digital initiatives were going.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 25, 2023

based Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Practice Management (PM), and Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) assets for approximately US$6.3 Harris Computer Corporation (Harris) and follows the sale of CloudMD’s Canadian EMR business in October 2022. The sale was pursuant to a definitive agreement with a subsidiary of N.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The following is a guest article by Tom Romeo, General Manager of Healthcare IT at Quest Diagnostics. The best document management systems drive improvements by not only storing digital healthcare data, but by also ensuring data is easily accessible enterprise-wide. Beyond COVID-19: Data considerations when switching your EMR.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 8, 2023

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Senior Epic Application Analyst position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. A senior-level role which serves as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Epic EMR System.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 5, 2023

Turk then shares how transformative EMR has been for his organization. Here’s a look at the questions and topics we discuss on this episode: What is the best digital transformation project you’ve worked on at your healthcare organization and what were the keys to its success? We release a new CIO Podcast every ~2 weeks.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 29, 2023

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We asked members of the Healthcare IT Community to share their thoughts on the growing role of the Internet of Medical Things in managing healthcare data.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 4, 2022

One Healthcare Solution’s premier software and expertise in EMR integration will allow us to support practice owners and physicians more than ever before,” said Emmet Seibels, President of Verustat. As a result, the company has one of the highest compliance rates among its patient populations in the RPM industry.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 5, 2024

In a fast-paced exchanged with John Lynn of Healthcare IT Today, Rucker covers regulations and evolving data exchange standards that foster interoperability and data analytics. In addition to broad, high-level critiques of the current health care industries, they delve into details such as the three stages of API in prior authorization.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The following is a guest article by Dan O’Connor, Vice President of Service Desk at HCTec The healthcare industry has quickly evolved to be very data-driven, and the role of IT has become essential in the patient delivery experience. Managing and troubleshooting these diverse components can be overwhelming for IT teams.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Product Marketing Manager, Identity Security at WatchGuard The healthcare industry is increasingly in the crosshairs of cybercriminals. Creating drag-and-drop virtual private networks (VPNs) encrypts and anonymizes data, which can be effective when sharing patient electronic medical records (EMR) or during telemedicine scenarios.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 1, 2023

The following is a guest article by Heather Lane, Senior Architect of Data Science at athenahealth Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have transformed numerous industries in recent years, and healthcare is no exception. In the interim, human testing to ensure accuracy will be critical.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2024

Ryan Witt, Vice President, Industry Solutions at Proofpoint, Inc. Healthcare firms have long been targets for cyber criminals. The healthcare industry is more vulnerable because of the high-value nature of its data compared to data from other industries (PHI is thought to be worth 50x a credit card).

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Wheel , the health technology company powering the future of care, today announced it will acquire GoodRx Care ‘s backend virtual care technology, including its clinician-centric EMR, powerful clinical management tools, and flexible patient experience software. Wheel is the health tech company powering the next generation of healthcare.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 28, 2022

Healthcare Performance Group, Inc. HPG), which has provided industry-leading consulting expertise for EHR technology since 2002, announced today that it acquired Health Data Specialists, LLC (HDS). We’re extremely excited to join this partnership, and we know our clients and teammates who are joining HPG are in great hands.”.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Storage of Information in Various Systems While serving diverse medical institution needs, Electronic Health Records (EHR) and Electronic Medical Records (EMR) parallel existence complicates information access and exchange between doctors, patients, and different medical centers. CDA can be utilized in numerous medical applications.

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Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 6, 2023

This is especially important in the healthcare industry, where patients and providers need to be able to trust the technology they are using. Reliable infrastructure: Telecom companies have a global network of reliable infrastructure, which is essential for supporting healthcare applications.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 4, 2024

Watch the video for more insights on the needs of the health care industry and future applications of generative AI. Learn more about CareCloud: [link] Listen and subscribe to the Healthcare IT Today Interviews Podcast to hear all the latest insights from experts in healthcare IT.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The 2023 MGMA Leaders Conference (#MGMALeaders), a gathering of healthcare professionals from medical practices, showcased new innovative approaches to addressing industry challenges. And for an exclusive look at our top stories , subscribe to our newsletter.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

While many in the industry are ready to move past the EHR, the reality for health IT leaders is that the EHR still takes up a large portion of their mindshare and has some of the biggest impact for good or bad on an organization. And for an exclusive look at our top stories , subscribe to our newsletter. Tell us what you think.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

While almost every pharmacy out there now supports ePrescribing, the healthcare industry has fallen short when it comes to ensuring that pharmacists have full access to all of the prescriptions that have been filled for a patient. Another area where we haven’t enabled pharmacists has to do with pharmacy interoperability.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Even though skilled nursing facilities, long-care homes and retirement facilities are highly regulated, Charnetski says that regulators don’t really understand the industry’s needs. Listen and subscribe to the Healthcare IT Today Interviews Podcast to hear all the latest insights from experts in healthcare IT.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 19, 2024

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. As artificial intelligence becomes more integrated in healthcare, its vast potential comes into sharper focus; its shortcomings are becoming more apparent as well.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 27, 2023

For the 51st episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by a very special guest: Tanya Townsend, Sr. 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. We release a new CIO Podcast every ~2 weeks.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

While there was a lot of gratitude for being back together, it was also great to see the transition of leadership that happened on stage. Cool to see the transition of leadership at @PointClickCare #connectatsummit. Something we’ve noted at Healthcare IT Today is the number of vendors that were interested in the LTPAC space.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 17, 2023

Furthermore, we will discuss the potential benefits and challenges associated with the integration of digital entities whether humanoid or not into the healthcare system. Staffing shortages have become a critical issue in the healthcare industry, impacting patient care and overall quality of service.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2023

And how can we make sure these devices are affordable, scalable, secure, and can interconnect with current healthcare technologies such as EMRs? Digital services and technologies for personal use increased, prompting the healthcare industry to modernize its services and technologies to meet consumer demands.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 14, 2024

Hal Wolf, CEO of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), made several bold statements at HIMSS24 about international growth, courting people in CIO-adjacent roles, and learning from other industries. Wolf responded emphatically: “Healthcare HAS TO learn from other industries.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 25, 2023

But the healthcare industry needs to look at RPM as a tool in the toolkit for managing health conditions. Motivated by the belief that we can do so much better as individuals, in industry and society, Lucie left clinical medicine to join the ranks of healthcare entrepreneurs who are trying to revolutionize an industry.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

New healthcare AI and Machine Learning research conducted by Healthcare IT Today suggests that many industry leaders are serious about adopting healthcare AI and machine learning tools and what’s more, that these technologies are being used as part of mission-critical efforts rather than one-off pilot tests.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 9, 2023

While e-prescribing is one of the biggest healthcare interoperability successes, there is still plenty of work to be done to improve how medication is managed in healthcare today. And for an exclusive look at our top stories , subscribe to our newsletter. Tell us what you think. Contact us here or on Twitter at @hcitoday.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

After some changes in the industry and some acquisitions, CommonWell was in need of a new technical service provider to continue their interoperability work and to finish their work to become a QHIN under TEFCA. One of the biggest networks for sharing health data in the country is CommonWell Health Alliance. Tell us what you think.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Organizations may be ready from an executive leadership, technology infrastructure, and information governance perspective, but success is unlikely if operational teams aren’t fully prepared. In such cases, executive leadership must step in to dissolve teams and ensure the right people are handling the right tasks.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 7, 2022

I think most in the industry see burnout and clinicians leaving medicine for the crisis that it is and we need to find creative ways to address it. Listen and subscribe to the Healthcare IT Today Interviews Podcast to hear all the latest insights from experts in healthcare IT. Learn more about TransformativeMed: [link].

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Given its position atop the EHR industry, the things Epic does can have an outsized influence on the healthcare world. According to a piece appearing in Healthcare IT News, Epic is debuting […]. Will such be the case when Epic debuts its new voice assistant at HIMSS20? I’d argue that this time, perhaps, not so much.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 5, 2022

During a discussion among a group of industry leaders, one respected colleague said she wished we would all quit using terms like “disruption” and “transformation.” Because it sends the message that the industry’s current performance is decidedly inadequate – and implies we need to completely start over.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Particularly since the COVID-19 hurricane has hit the healthcare system, health systems are struggling to manage and validate even basic data on providers, according to a new research study looking at the impact of such inaccuracies on operational efficiency.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Although, I’m really just a fan of relieving the documentation burden that the healthcare industrial complex has placed on doctors. As many of you know, I’ve been a big fan of ambient clinical voice for a while. That’s the real problem and ambient clinical voice is aiming to improve that situation.

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