Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 13, 2023

The following is a guest article by Sonia Chambers, Executive Director at West Virginia Health Information Network. Infrastructure is available nationally for states to leverage and customize locally for their unique Health Information Exchange needs. A well-designed HIE can offer tremendous advantages.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 2, 2023

government introduced the meaningful use program as part of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act in 2009, LTPAC organizations – notably nursing homes – and the vulnerable patients they serve have been left behind. Since the U.S.

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Lloyd Price

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Health care consumers are starting to demand greater transparency, accessibility, and personalization…and that trend is likely to continue. Many consumers will shop for modular and personalized health coverage and will receive care (mostly) where they are. I expect the pace of innovation in this sector is going to accelerate in 2019.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2023

For HHM Health , an FQHC serving the Dallas area, interoperability and access to medical records is vital for establishing trust with their patients and saving lives. Trust is Key for FQHCs HHM Health has been a federally qualified health center (FQHC) since 2016. HHM Health is located in the North Texas and Dallas are.

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Lloyd Price

JUNE 27, 2018

Patrick Ndimubanzi, Honorable Minister of State, Public Health and Primary Health Care, Rwanda Digital Health Innovation in Rwanda Let's explore 5 examples of Digital Health innovation in Rwanda ranging from artificial intelligence and machine learning to blood delivery by drones and telemedicine.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The siloed nature of such data repositories can be attributed to various factors, including using different EHR systems, varying data capture standards, and a historical lack of emphasis on system interoperability. The solution to these challenges lies in the adoption of interoperable data systems.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

While the key components of privacy (administrative, uses and disclosures, individual rights, and general security) are all necessary today, I would put privacy, security, breach – and relevant 21 Century Cures Interoperability topics – all together and make sure everyone handling any type of sensitive information be subject to these rules.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The pandemic generated uneven experiences for millions of Americans as physicians, therapists, nurse practitioners, hospitals and other caregivers – all coming to telehealth with varying levels of experience themselves – tried suddenly to meet patients where they were, said PwC researchers. Health portfolios reshaped for growth.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 10, 2024

Since AI is now able to analyze broad datasets that take demographic, medical history, and health goal data into account, care teams can more accurately predict likely medical conditions that may develop for a patient. Both will result in a significant gap between demand and capacity of physicians and nurses going forward.

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Lloyd Price

JUNE 10, 2018

The developed markets are now moving to a new digital health model with increasing adoption of cloud and mobile- based technology in the healthcare system. But integration and interoperability challenges of existing traditional models will make this progress slower. Singapore is now transitioning to a new digital health model.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 7, 2024

Without good clean data and getting access to that data, it’s going to be difficult to use AI or ML, so making sure that that access is available is one of the key things that CommonWell does in breaking down those silos to interoperability. Chris Larkin, CTO at Concord Technologies Doing less in terms of AI but doing it at scale.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

But when dealing with all of the many things that providers do and the highly important health information about patients, something as simple as selecting a communication platform becomes a very tricky situation. How do you maintain the security and privacy of your patient’s health information as cyberattacks continue to climb?

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Clear Arch Health

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Examples of improvements abound, but some studies have seen reductions of over 65% in return ER visits within a 30-day window and a 35% reduction in hospital admissions for heart failure patients monitored with RPM. (4). What type of signal does it use (for example, does it require a landline phone, or does it operate wirelessly?) .

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Redox

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

All general acute care hospitals, physician organizations, medical groups, skilled nursing facilities, health service plans and disability insurers, Medi-Cal managed care plans, clinical laboratories, and acute psychiatrist hospitals were required to sign the CalHHS data sharing agreement (DSA) by January 2023. Who must participate?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Programs can be created for proactive identification and outreach to the right populations to conduct wellness visits, close gaps in care and address social determinants of health by connecting to community resources, as examples.

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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. . A nurse came to give her an injection – of penicillin. My mom will be 94 in April.”.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

An example of calling out SDoH was cited by Dr. Sherri Onyiego, Medical Director for the Texas Market at Equality Health. They also obtain public health data by ZIP code and data from a Health Information Exchange (HIE). An oft-cited statistic estimates that 80% of health outcomes can be attributed to SDoH.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

JUNE 30, 2015

And often considered an important part of health IT initiatives and clinical care services. mHealth is term used to describe the use of wireless and mobile devices to generate, aggregate and disseminate health information. Examples: fitness apps, weight management devices, and smart pill systems. Interoperability.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 8, 2023

Philips and Executives for Health Innovation released a report describing stark inequities in cancer care and highlighting three global examples of success: Mobile screenings in Australia, awareness campaigns for immigrants in Germany, and new cancer care pathways in the United States.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 6, 2022

. “This health data session led by Kno2, a long-time member of DirectTrust and a new member of Civitas Networks for Health, gave a great overview of how the health IT industry can help facilitate the shift to informed, whole-person care,” said Scott Stuewe, DirectTrust President and CEO.

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HIStalk Interviews

OCTOBER 3, 2018

We help disparate stakeholders across the continuum — emergency, inpatient, skilled nursing facilities, mental health stakeholders, and even health plans and ACOs with their care managers – become aware when a patient needs them, particularly those vulnerable members who have figuratively fallen.

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Docnotes

JANUARY 30, 2022

Had PPS been required to have broader governance – including community-based organizations, health plans, faith-based organizations, Health Information Exchanges, and other nonprofits, we would have had more balanced governance decision-making that would have supported the policy goals of the program more consistently statewide.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

By eliminating barriers and providing greater visibility into a patient's medical history and then providing bespoke recommendations or materials to support their care, interoperability and tech stand to provide a better patient experience anywhere as well as empower patients to take greater control over their healthcare journey, he said.

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