Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. Current staffing levels are barriers to accessing care at a time when the industry is focusing important thought leadership on health equity. Overcoming staffing shortages will be top of mind for health care operators in 2023.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 4, 2023

As a former ER physician and current digital health professional, I’ve dealt with these challenges firsthand—and see the enormous potential EHRs hold to change care experiences for the better. Enhancing Interoperability In addition to greater usability, EHRs need better data-sharing capabilities to bring real value to the clinical space.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Such was the case at the first ever collaborative conference for health information exchange (HIE), interoperability, public health, and health equity. The four-day summit focused on the evolving role of HIE, new interoperability successes and the valuable implications of harnessing data to advance health equity.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. Christoph Pedain, Business Leader, Hospital Patient Monitoring at Philips By the end of 2024, we will see significant moves by hospitals and health systems embracing readiness for Service-Oriented Device Connectivity (SDC).

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 25, 2024

Examples of such system-wide criteria were offered by Dr. Khaliq Siddiq, chief medical officer at Clever Care Health Plan. Consider the need for training on new tools, costs, resource allocation, how the tool fits in with organizational policy and regulations, interoperability, and integration with existing infrastructure.

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Lloyd Price

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Interoperability and data analytics: Merging companies with expertise in connecting disparate healthcare systems and generating actionable insights can be valuable. Corporate Development for Healthcare Technology companies in EMEA Healthcare Technology Thought Leadership from Nelson Advisors – Market Insights, Analysis & Predictions.

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Lloyd Price

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Challenges and considerations: Technical complexity: Implementing and integrating SSI technology across diverse healthcare systems can be challenging due to technical complexities and interoperability issues. This transparency builds trust and fosters informed consent. Regulatory frameworks and industry-wide collaboration are key drivers.

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Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2024

“Patients, their care partners, caregivers, and advocates are already utilizing AI powered tools and creating their own LLMs in ways that the average physician, healthcare executive, and health IT vendors would not believe. ” Cordovano further explained to me.

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Digital Health Today

JANUARY 10, 2022

Leaders should lead by example and commit to health equity. in health screening, education, housing) and don’t rely too heavily on private business solutions driven by profit motive. Here is an example: Old formula prevents black patients from accessing kidney care. Leadership and the leadership shadow.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

"Virtual care required a recast in strategy to address interoperability, patient experience, provider experience and cost," said Gerard Frunzi, director of virtual care at Centura Health. "Interoperability issues resulted in many manual steps to get information between systems and tasks completed. MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

For those not familiar with the healthcare interoperability space, you may not know that a major portion of health data exchange happens on open source software called OSS Mirth Connect. For many organizations, OSS Mirth Connect is like the “Intel Inside” of their healthcare interoperability efforts.

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Health Blawg

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Beyond discussing what led to this recent accolade — for which Ed credits the team, also noting that most of the work was done before his arrival at Cleveland Clinic — it is always interesting to hear what he has to say about health IT. Nirvana is always around the corner.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Ensuring the efficient flow of information is fundamental to advancing interoperability. In our conversation, Alderman sheds light on their recent decision to partner with Secure Exchange Solutions (SES) for Direct messaging and Health Information Service Provider (HISP) services.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2022

For the health IT community, 2022 has been a big year. . In January, the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) became a reality, and in October applications opened for organizations seeking designation as Qualified Health Information Networks (QHINs).

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The PHTI notes many benefits from using digital health, organized in this second chart captured from the report: For patients, the ability to self-care at home, more timely and convenient access to services (both primary and specialty care), improving medication management, and enhancing the healthcare experience (when well-designed).

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2023

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. Connections are built with health plans to receive requests electronically.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

If you’re familiar with the 21st Century Cures Act, then you know that October 6th is a major deadline that requires healthcare providers, health IT developers, HIEs, HINs, and others to share all ePHI (electronic protected health information) in the DRS (Designated Record Set).

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 8, 2023

Making data interoperable in this way, according to Chief Technology Officer Randy Fusco, is “table stakes”: In other words, don’t even start creating dashboards or analytical reports without making the data work together. Hall also emphasizes starting with business needs and use cases.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 24, 2023

Prioritizing SDoH at the point of care can unintentionally reinforce our health equity blind spots. Without data on the full population, you could be missing the impact of SDoH on the most vulnerable, as shown by the example below on homelessness. Quality of data matters. Where Else Does SDoH Data Have a Role to Play?

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 25, 2022

Geri Lynn Baumblatt offers a recap of the American College of Physicians (ACP) conference, where there was a clear focus on shifting the conversation on burnout and moral distress among health professionals. Read more… Where Are We At With FHIR? Read more… How IoT Medical Devices Save and Improve Lives.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 18, 2021

And the CIOs in this tenth installment of our Health IT Lessons Learned in the COVID-19 Era feature series will explain these lessons and how they are going to apply them moving forward. "Telehealth is a great example," he said. Click here to access the portal containing all the feature stories in the series.).

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Health Blawg

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Beyond discussing what led to this recent accolade — for which Ed credits the team, also noting that most of the work was done before his arrival at Cleveland Clinic — it is always interesting to hear what he has to say about health IT. Nirvana is always around the corner.

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Health Blawg

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Beyond discussing what led to this recent accolade — for which Ed credits the team, also noting that most of the work was done before his arrival at Cleveland Clinic — it is always interesting to hear what he has to say about health IT. Nirvana is always around the corner.

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Health Blawg

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Beyond discussing what led to this recent accolade — for which Ed credits the team, also noting that most of the work was done before his arrival at Cleveland Clinic — it is always interesting to hear what he has to say about health IT. Nirvana is always around the corner.

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Health Blawg

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Beyond discussing what led to this recent accolade — for which Ed credits the team, also noting that most of the work was done before his arrival at Cleveland Clinic — it is always interesting to hear what he has to say about health IT. Nirvana is always around the corner.

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Health Blawg

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Beyond discussing what led to this recent accolade — for which Ed credits the team, also noting that most of the work was done before his arrival at Cleveland Clinic — it is always interesting to hear what he has to say about health IT. Nirvana is always around the corner.

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Health Blawg

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Beyond discussing what led to this recent accolade — for which Ed credits the team, also noting that most of the work was done before his arrival at Cleveland Clinic — it is always interesting to hear what he has to say about health IT. Nirvana is always around the corner.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Office of the National Coordinator’s (ONC) final HTI-1 rule will bring major compliance hoops for EHR developers to jump through as they carry the next stage of interoperability forward. As something of a space nerd, I find the parallels between interoperability and space exploration striking.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 12, 2023

Established interoperability standards will facilitate health information and data sharing across outsourced platforms. Being able to designate the geography and obtain better performance for cost allows faster processing power for MRI results or AI components, for example.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. Bill Charnetski, EVP, Health System Solutions and Government Affairs at PointClickCare HIT incentives and staying consistent with federal interoperability standards will be key in solving the nation-wide staffing crisis.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

As we continue our ongoing coverage of Fall Health IT conferences , I’m happy this week to finally being able to attend the PointClickCare Summit. 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. They’re kind of like the Epic of LTPAC.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 16, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. Data also brings in a preventative aspect – take a patient with chronic kidney disease, for example. In fact, we got so many that we had to narrow them down to just the best and most interesting. I see this gaining more traction in 2024.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. Interoperability and artificial intelligence will play a large role in the innovation of healthcare technology in 2024 and will be necessary to control the rising needs in healthcare data management and analytics.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 28, 2023

How Artificial Intelligence and Other Tech can Help Even when it comes to electronic health records (EHRs), an area where many countries are making strides , the issue of interoperability remains. This precludes the effective, timely, and secure transmission of patient data.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 25, 2023

Patients’ communications preferences for example will need to reflect intelligence gained in interactions made in the past month or two, while the availability and results of diagnostic tests, for example, will need to be conveyed in real time.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

It’s the perfect example to demonstrate how healthcare gets measured and can be improved. However, while most hospitals and health systems know their readmission number, many don’t know what it takes to reduce that number. Every healthcare organization knows the importance of reducing hospital readmissions.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 2, 2022

For example, do patients want to control their data? ONC and other legislation have made it clear that patients have a right to their data. While that’s clear, the business of giving patients control of their data has a lot more complexity.

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