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Health IT Regulatory Roundup – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 128

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

For the 128th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast , we are doing a roundup focused on health IT regulatory news! For those unfamiliar with our weekly roundup article, we are gathering up some hot topics and news in the world of health IT regulations to share them with you while we dive a little deeper into the topic.

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Key Skills and Qualifications for a Successful Career in Health IT and How They’ve Evolved with Advancements in Healthcare Technology

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 23, 2024

Having a career in Health IT requires a lot of skills and qualifications, even more so if you want that career to be successful – but what are those skills and qualifications? So what are these key skills and qualifications and how have they evolved with advancements in healthcare technology ?

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Featured Health IT Job: Project Director, Healthcare Quality Measurement and Outcome

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 15, 2023

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Project Director, Healthcare Quality Measurement and Outcome position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Yale New Haven Health and is in Connecticut.

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Health IT Trends that Deserve More Attention

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

But in a time when our industry is facing high staff overtime and burnout, there’s simply no way that we can be aware of everything happening in health IT. What should be trending right now in health IT? FHIR, HL7). So what trend isn’t being talked about enough? The following is what they had to share with us.

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Featured Health IT Job: Senior Solutions Architect – HIE

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 10, 2022

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Senior Solutions Architect – HIE position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. Looks like a great opportunity for those with experience with health information exchange architecture.

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Health Equity – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 2, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. 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.

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Policy Ingredients for Real-Time Improvements in Health Care, Prior Auth, and Claims

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 5, 2024

Many of us look forward to digital interactions in health care that work as simply as a retail sale or airline reservation. Don Rucker, MD, chief strategy officer at 1upHealth , shows us in this video how current regulations and FHIR standards will actually make that happen.

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Just Get Connected Already

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 23, 2023

clinicians, as estimated by Paul L Wilder, Executive Director of the CommonWell Health Alliance. Many other health IT firms have joined CommonWell since then. FHIR, the API for automated data sharing, is mature and being adopted. This is the burden still faced by three quarters of U.S. Tell us what you think.

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From Information Blocking to Information Sharing – A Look at HTI-1 and TEFCA

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 30, 2024

The video gets into a number of details that can be helpful to all these health care systems. For instance, DeGraff distinguishes TEFCA from FHIR-based APIs, which offer important features such as “push” notifications. (A A FHIR Roadmap for TEFCA Exchange has also been released, though.) Tell us what you think.

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TEFCA Real Talk

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 14, 2023

As someone who has covered the health IT industry for 17 years, I’m always fascinated when I see something really grab the attention of the health IT community. Certainly AI us currently doing that in health IT, but in the world of interoperability TEFCA and QHINs are grabbing all of the attention.

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Weekly Roundup – June 25, 2022

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 25, 2022

Welcome to the first edition of the 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. Read more… Where Are We At With FHIR? Read more… Is Healthcare AI Essential or Nice to Have?

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b.well Connected Health Secures $40M to Power The Connected Health Ecosystem

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 6, 2024

The successful Series C round builds additional momentum around b.well’s mission to solve healthcare’s fragmentation problem. “b.well has successfully shown its technology and leadership are best equipped to make that reality and we are incredibly proud to support their mission.”

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Weekly Roundup – July 29, 2023

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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Understanding Healthcare Interoperability Testing

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 20, 2023

With this commentary on IT companies trying to promise data sharing as a turn-key solution or package, Hyland lays out in this video his vision of “point-in-time interoperability,” which would allow bidirectional data exchange among multiple organizations while the patient is undergoing a health care episode.

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Bonus Features – March 5, 2023 – Two-thirds of patients connect with regular docs when they need medical care when traveling, half of clinical workflow automation users plan to expand their use, and more

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 5, 2023

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.

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

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2023

Automated chart retrieval is performed at scale, leveraging modern HL7 FHIR APIs. With a master’s degree in Health Policy and Management from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Mo formerly served in leadership roles for Cotiviti, FinThrive, and McKinsey & Company.

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These Three Things Can Bring EHRs to the Next Level

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 4, 2023

As more solutions adhere to standards like the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources ( FHIR ) and enable connections to the networks like Carequality, data will flow more effectively and efficiently through the healthcare continuum.

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Healthy Data Management: How IT Assists Healthcare Institutions

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2023

To seamlessly obtain information from various systems, healthcare data exchange standards are essential. Healthtech providers can adopt HL7 (Health Level Seven) or FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources). HL7 has various versions, with CDA being the most widespread.

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Top Healthcare IT Today Resources, Articles, Videos, and Podcasts

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 2, 2023

Most Visited Healthcare IT Resource Pages. Healthcare IT and EHR Conferences and Events. Healthcare GIS. Most Visited Healthcare IT Today Articles Published in 2022. Final 2022 Health IT Predictions – Looks like people loved the potpurri of predictions too. 4 Reasons Why 5G and Healthcare Make Sense.

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Healthcare IT Regulations – What Needs to Be Added and What Needs to Be Removed

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Or are there areas in healthcare where past regulations are now too restrictive and are holding us back? In search of answers to these questions, we reached out to our incredibly beautiful Healthcare IT Today Community to see what areas they would add, remove, or update regulations. The following is what they had to say.

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Workforce development: Your organization is only as strong as its people

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 25, 2019

For the month of April, we'll look at this trend from a variety of angles, including how hospitals, pharma organizations and payers can treat patients as customers, and how these healthcare consumers are cutting out traditional intermediaries through new D2C health and wellness businesses. Health IT implementation best practices.

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What Does Remote Patient Monitoring and Chronic Care Management Really Take to Be Successful?

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

No doubt a month still isn’t enough to fully understand this quickly changing area of health IT. This month we’ve had an added focus on Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) and all it’s nuances and features.

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The Role of AI Technology in Healthcare and the Changes It Will Bring – #HITsm Chat Topic

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

This week’s chat will be hosted by Stephanie Guadian (@StephanieG_ECG) and Alexia Severson (@AlexiaS_ECG) from @ElectronicCare on the topic of “The Role of AI Technology in Healthcare and the Changes It Will Bring“. We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 9/18 at Noon ET (9 AM PT).

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Taking Advantage of Next-Gen Regulations at the Point of Care

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

As they say in the Marvel cinematic universe, what if… What if providers had a current, comprehensive view of their patients’ clinical and administrative health history available at the point of care? The following is a guest article by Gary Meyer, Assistant Vice President at Cognizant.

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Rethinking Healthcare Security as a Cost Center – #HITsm Chat Topic

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

This week’s chat will be hosted by Mich Parker, CISO (@mitchparkerciso) on the topic of “Rethinking Healthcare Security as a Cost Center“. Healthcare Information Security has been considered a nice-to-have. We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 9/4 at Noon ET (9 AM PT).

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Losing Connection with Patients During COVID-19 – #HITsm Chat Topic

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 9/11 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Sarah Bennight (@SarahBennight) from @StericycleComms on the topic of “Losing Connection with Patients During COVID-19“.

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Kno2’s Unique Perspective on Why TEFCA is Different as They Pursue QHIN Designation

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Today nobody can seem to survive without their cell phone, tomorrow no one in healthcare will tolerate a disconnected system any longer. . So, this is not only an organic continuation of the process, but an extension of the company’s core business model as the largest aggregator of networks in healthcare. .

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Public Cloud, Private Cloud, or Multi-Cloud? The Benefits and Challenges of Each One

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

To get the scoop on all three we reached out to our incredibly wise Healthcare IT Today Community and this is what they have to say on the three types of clouds. A well-considered hybrid approach might be the key, leveraging the scalability of public clouds and the security of private setups to support FHIR-driven data exchanges effectively.

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Patient Engagement through Communication Platforms

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

For some insights on patient engagement in communication platforms we reached out to our beautiful Healthcare IT Today Community. You might be reassured that it is safe and easy to use on the administrator end, but is it that way on the user end for the patients? The following is what they had to say. John Moyer, Sr.

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From Security to Regulation: Exploring the Hidden Challenges of the Digital Health Revolution

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

When it comes to legacy systems and interoperability, standards such as Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) are being adopted to ensure diverse systems can communicate effectively – not just within the organization, but across the entire industry.

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Bonus Features, HLTH Edition – November 15, 2022 – News from Amwell, Epic, Google, MEDITECH, Microsoft, and more, plus the dates for HLTH Europe

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 15, 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. News and Resources.

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The Ins and Outs of Healthcare Communication Platforms

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

How do you maintain the security and privacy of your patient’s health information as cyberattacks continue to climb? In the search for some of these answers to help ease your burden, we have reached out to our incredibly brilliant Healthcare IT Today Community for their insights on communication platforms.

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Larry Ellison’s Vision of a National EHR Database as Part of Cerner Acquisition

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 23, 2022

To simplify the question, is Epic going to give Oracle Cerner access to all their health records? I think we all know the answer to that and FHIR and all these other standards won’t get us there either. Can Oracle really create a full longitudinal record of all patients?

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Emerging Technologies in Healthcare IT and Their Regulatory Considerations

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

To talk more about the regulatory considerations for implementing these emerging technologies, we reached out to our incredible Healthcare IT Today Community for their insights. For example, the CMS-0057-P proposed rule requires the use of FHIR APIs and essentially builds upon previous regulations.

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Defining and Sharing

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The modern health information API, FHIR, includes the Gender Harmony taxonomy developed by HL7. Sharing SDoH CRISP Shared Services is a nonprofit health data utility (HDU) that integrates data between health information exchanges (HIEs).

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Health IT Regulatory Roundup – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 128

Key Skills and Qualifications for a Successful Career in Health IT and How They’ve Evolved with Advancements in Healthcare Technology

Trending Sources

Featured Health IT Job: Project Director, Healthcare Quality Measurement and Outcome

Health IT Trends that Deserve More Attention

Featured Health IT Job: Senior Solutions Architect – HIE

Health Equity – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Policy Ingredients for Real-Time Improvements in Health Care, Prior Auth, and Claims

Just Get Connected Already

From Information Blocking to Information Sharing – A Look at HTI-1 and TEFCA

TEFCA Real Talk

Weekly Roundup – June 25, 2022

b.well Connected Health Secures $40M to Power The Connected Health Ecosystem

Weekly Roundup – July 29, 2023

Understanding Healthcare Interoperability Testing

Bonus Features – March 5, 2023 – Two-thirds of patients connect with regular docs when they need medical care when traveling, half of clinical workflow automation users plan to expand their use, and more

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

These Three Things Can Bring EHRs to the Next Level

Healthy Data Management: How IT Assists Healthcare Institutions

Top Healthcare IT Today Resources, Articles, Videos, and Podcasts

Healthcare IT Regulations – What Needs to Be Added and What Needs to Be Removed

Workforce development: Your organization is only as strong as its people

What Does Remote Patient Monitoring and Chronic Care Management Really Take to Be Successful?

The Role of AI Technology in Healthcare and the Changes It Will Bring – #HITsm Chat Topic

Taking Advantage of Next-Gen Regulations at the Point of Care

Rethinking Healthcare Security as a Cost Center – #HITsm Chat Topic

Losing Connection with Patients During COVID-19 – #HITsm Chat Topic

Kno2’s Unique Perspective on Why TEFCA is Different as They Pursue QHIN Designation

Public Cloud, Private Cloud, or Multi-Cloud? The Benefits and Challenges of Each One

Patient Engagement through Communication Platforms

From Security to Regulation: Exploring the Hidden Challenges of the Digital Health Revolution

Bonus Features, HLTH Edition – November 15, 2022 – News from Amwell, Epic, Google, MEDITECH, Microsoft, and more, plus the dates for HLTH Europe

The Ins and Outs of Healthcare Communication Platforms

Larry Ellison’s Vision of a National EHR Database as Part of Cerner Acquisition

Emerging Technologies in Healthcare IT and Their Regulatory Considerations

Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Defining and Sharing

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