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Strategies and Best Practices for Developing and Nurturing Leadership Skills in Health IT

Healthcare IT Today

So to become a better leader in health IT, we need to figure out what skills and best practices we must do and find out if these skills for health IT leadership is different than other healthcare sectors. The role of CIOs in Health IT necessitates a shift in leadership development strategies.

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So Many Records, So Little Time: How to Manage Burgeoning Health Plan Requests

Healthcare IT Today

But the administrative costs for providers to share this information keep escalating. The healthcare industry’s steady progress toward interoperability and health information exchange promises to improve data exchange to address these challenges. Here is one example of how payer exchange is being automated today.

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EHI is Not What it Used to be, but Don’t Panic

Healthcare IT Today

On October 6, 2022, the healthcare and health IT community woke to a new reality – one in which electronic health information (EHI) included far more than it did the day before. . The expanded definition of EHI now includes virtually any health information tied to an individual that is used in decision making.

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Personal Health LLM's to emerge in HealthTech 2024?

Lloyd Price

Health Coaching: Imagine a virtual coach that can analyze your health data (with your permission, of course) and provide personalized recommendations for diet, exercise, and overall well-being. We'll continue to iterate and learn as we build this new Personal Health Large Language Model, and will share more research soon.'

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Mount Sinai-linked computer pads keep patients at home during COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

They come preloaded with telehealth applications, as well as links to educational materials that are specific to the patient group – for example, our transplant program.” It chose PadInMotion devices because they are familiar to the health system, having been used successfully in the past.

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Patient Engagement and Patient Portals by 2030

Lloyd Price

This will be driven by a number of factors, including the increasing availability of high-speed internet, the growing popularity of mobile devices, and the government's efforts to promote the use of health information technology (HIT). For example, patients can use their portals to receive reminders for vaccinations and screenings.

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Why HHS’ Cybersecurity Concept Paper Falls Short for Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

For example, in the healthcare industry, we have to abide by HIPAA — a law that helps protect the privacy and security of people’s health information. We can’t serve our patients if we don’t ensure that protected health information (PHI) is kept private.