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. Healthcare technology continues to evolve. About Tom Romeo.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 7, 2021

" Zoom customers praised the tool's stability and scalability, but said patient experience can be frustrating and see the platform as "transactional." ’s healthcare customers say the solutions will not be kept long term. " Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Elaborate’s technology offers doctors a way to contextualize health data and deliver clear, action-oriented communications to their patients Elaborate , the tool that doctors and their staff use to deliver contextualized, action-oriented lab results to patients, announced today it has raised $10 million in Seed funding.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 8, 2023

Sign Up for our daily or weekly newsletters Health IT Investment: The Next Five Years News Brooklyn provider automates patient experience tracking to spot health equity gaps At One Brooklyn Health System, tools such as the Brooklyn Health Equity Index survey are helping.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 21, 2020

Following in Epic’s footsteps, Cerner has struck a deal with a vendor supporting a range of digital health tools designed for both consumers as well as physicians. The post Cerner Follows Epic In Adding Consumer-Friendly Digital Health Tools To Its Platform first appeared on Healthcare IT Today.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 16, 2021

In recent times, Google has been working on a tool designed to help clinicians filter complicated patient information more quickly and view it in context. Google began to test the professional tool, which it calls Care Studio, with small groups of clinicians in Nashville, TN […].

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 19, 2022

Canvas Medical, the EMR that enables clinicians and developers to power the future of care delivery, has raised $24MM in Series B funding led by M13 with participation from Haystack and previous investors Inspired Capital, IA Ventures, Upfront Ventures, and Irongrey. Founded in 2015, Canvas is reimagining the EMR for the future of healthcare.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 19, 2023

According to Project Manager Erika Koch, they have taken on the pressing challenges of health care: making doctors’ work lives easier, reducing costs, and improving the patient experience. Work with genomics and rare diseases is underway. And for an exclusive look at our top stories , subscribe to our newsletter.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2023

It is not about remote patient monitoring or adopting electronic health records or tools to help patients view their charts. We’ve seen that the patient experience, cost control and human capital considerations all improve with real-time connectivity. Gain visibility into service delivery and satisfaction.

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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.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Acquisition empowers health systems with modern patient experience amidst staff. Carenet Health, a leading provider of 24/7 and on-demand patient engagement solutions, today announced it has acquired Stericycle Communication Solutions, an industry leader in patient engagement technology and solutions and a service of Stericycle, Inc.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The problem is many-faceted, but one approach is to ensure the organization can meet patients “where they are” – not just geographically, but also by simplifying the avenues through which patients can find information and care. In addition, healthcare needs to ensure patients can communicate in ways they prefer.

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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. Early efforts to deploy remote monitoring tools and technologies faced multiple challenges. The evolution of remote patient monitoring to remote patient management requires patients and providers to have the necessary tools.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

In most cases, you will submit the registration through the tool you are using (ie. the EMR, call center solution, etc). Some tools make the process easier than others. Ultimately, most patients want to communicate through text messaging.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Streamlining Patient Communication with Patient-Centric Automated Messaging Personalized communications can help patients stay focused on their care. Automated messaging may seem impersonal, but it is an essential tool to reduce no-show appointments and keep patients engaged.

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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? How can we ensure patients’ privacy with all the devices and sensors transmitting data? What tools do they have to best leverage all this new patient information?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

And many forward-thinking CIOs and other technology leaders see how fast AI tools are evolving, and they are looking excitedly to a future where further clinical innovation will occur at rapid speed. By Mike Miliard | August 10, 2023 News Senator wants Google to answer for accuracy, ethics of generative AI tool Sen.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Befera feels that with increasing competition coupled with the desire by patients for more consumer-friendly health services, healthcare providers that invest in improving patient experience will attract more patients. Scanslated makes radiology reports, patient understandable. Pure Storage.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 10, 2022

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job. Partnerships.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Dan Kompare, Vice President of Information Systems at Harmony Healthcare IT. With 15+ years of experience in information technology, I’ve observed our collective security first mentality increasing focus on vendor management and long term system compliance and sustainability. The continuous addition of new rich data sources [e.g.,

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 1, 2023

Health systems nationwide are struggling under a rapidly growing barrage of patient messages and calls fueled by poorly conceived, first generation patient experience and clinical workflow tools. According to a 2022 study , inbound patient messages have increased 157 percent over the last three years.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 17, 2023

Ambulatory Patient Intake Automating the intake process and reserving staff resources for more valuable tasks. Drawing on the EMR for patient history and medication information. Digital entities can help remove the mystery and fear many patients experience because they don’t understand what is about to happen.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Data Scientist position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. Experience presenting results to technical and non-technical audiences required, including experience with data visualization tools (e.g.,

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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. For the clinicians already experiencing symptoms of burnout, there is great promise for tools that support health and wellness through technology.

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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

JUNE 8, 2023

Healthcare IT Today caught up Connelly-Flores after her presentation to learn the specifics on how the reduction in no-shows was achieved and the role that AI played. At the same time, patients in the moderate category improved from a 42.14% show rate to 50.22%. “It It really helped focus our resources,” stated Connelly-Flores. “It

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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. Another area ChatGPT has potential within healthcare is chart summarization.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 22, 2020

With COVID-19 transmission risks remaining high, many medical practices have been forced to change their business model from one built on face-to-face appointments to delivering patient care via telehealth visits virtually overnight.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 9, 2023

The alarming rate of burnout and job displacement among healthcare professionals has led to more emphasis on their well-being, more than ever before. Artificial Intelligence-enabled tools have been developed and are being tested and implemented in health systems to help reduce the burden on healthcare providers.

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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

JANUARY 17, 2023

Automation and intelligence of systems for better healthcare experiences for all involved. Wearable medical devices and tools such as smartphone-based applications for medical exams are on the rise, and in turn, generating more patient data than ever before. NextGen Healthcare – David Sides, CEO and President.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 8, 2024

So in order to help you get a deeper look at what integrating ambient clinical voice into your organization will look like – what it will impact, the benefits, and the challenges of doing so – we reached out to our incredible Healthcare IT Today Community for their insights on this topic. Joseph Zabinski, Ph.D.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 16, 2020

Change Healthcare has partnered with Microsoft and Adobe to build a platform that walks patients through the process of getting care and ties their interactions into providers’ revenue cycle management tools. The new platform, the Connected Consumer Health suite, is delivered as a SaaS tool.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 11, 2022

Meanwhile, healthcare has been left behind in a sea of complexity and fractured solutions. Tebra is simplifying and modernizing this experience through a platform of tools built for the new era of healthcare. Tebra is the Digital Backbone for the Connected Healthcare Practice.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 23, 2023

Why Is Patient Portal Usability So Important? Overall, health portals can be a helpful tool for patients to manage their health and communicate with their care team. Portals give patients an overall impression regarding the clinic’s organization, attention to detail, and thereby overall satisfaction with that doctor.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2023

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. Healthcare Workforce. Healthcare Analytics and Interoperability. Healthcare Consumerism. John and Colin’s 2023 Healthcare IT Predictions.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 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. Integrating diverse systems–BD analytics, predictive tools, medical devices, patient portals, EMRs, and more–facilitates real-time information flow, for real time decision making.

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