FHIR, Health IT, Healthcare IT and Patient Experience

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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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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Avaneer Health is Building a Digital Ecosystem to Simplify Data-Sharing, Drive Innovation, and Transform the Patient Experience

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Many IT companies have tried to create solutions that advance interoperability in healthcare. While FHIR has made significant headway in creating common protocols and standards for data exchange, there is opportunity to create greater data fluidity among all healthcare stakeholders. Learn more about Avaneer Health: [link].

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Featured Health IT Job: Enterprise Architect

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

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

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Weekly Roundup – May 4, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 4, 2024

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. Patient Experience Insights From the Qualtrics X4 Conference. Read more… Healthcare IT Today Podcast : Patient Experience Insights.

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2019: Healthcare IT gains new ground

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

2019: Year in Review It's been an eventful year for health IT. Of course, that's been the case every year over the past decade since the first meaningful use checks were mailed out, kickstarting the digital healthcare age as we know it. Enhancing the patient experience with technology. Collection. Collection.

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DrFirst Acquires Myndshft Technologies to Revolutionize Medication Management by Addressing Both Pharmacy and Medical Benefits

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2024

This strategic acquisition aims to improve the patient experience and expedite access to vital specialty medications, such as infusions and in-office injectables primarily covered by medical benefits. healthcare market at scale. Myndshft works with leading providers, payers, and health information exchanges.

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What’s Spooky About Health IT This Halloween? – #HITsm Chat Topic

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 26, 2021

This week’s chat will be hosted by Julie Maas (@JulieWMaas) from @EMRDirect on the topic “What’s Spooky About Health IT This Halloween?” ” Health data is becoming more and more accessible in a transparent way. […].

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Toward a Wider Adoption of Digital Insurance Cards

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

HL7 , which has been setting standards for health care since 1987, leapt into the modern age of computer standards by adopting the FHIR standard. One of the FHIR standards, conveniently enough, is a digital insurance card. Results are returned to the patient and, optionally, the prescribing physician. Version 2.0

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Data Quality Scrutiny, SDoH, Value-Based Care…What are the New Healthcare Truths of 2023?

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 23, 2023

(Be sure to check out last year’s New Healthcare Truths of 2022 ) 1. This requirement, aimed at streamlining data availability for payers and patients, increased the quantity of available data to the detriment of clinical data quality , creating a lag in the utility of this data for advanced applications.

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Health Note Updates the Tired Old Patient Questionnaire

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

They use “every means that they can” to extract and store data: FHIR where available, proprietary APIs, and other methods provided by each EHR. Particular regions or neighborhoods may call for specific questions about such issues as HIV status or illicit drug use. Integration with the EHR, according to Rau, was difficult.

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Bonus Features – July 16, 2023 – 95% of patients are concerned about data breaches affecting their medical records, 81% incorrectly assume PHI collected by digital health apps is protected under HIPAA

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 16, 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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Bonus Features – October 23, 2022 – Pennsylvania providers dominate CHIME Most Wired list, 61% of patients research providers online, and more

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 23, 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.

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Where are EHRs headed in 2023?

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2023

In 2023, ModMed we will be focusing on the following deliverables for our customers: Interoperability/FHIR and better communication between systems and healthcare participants. Patient Engagement improvements for both patients and practices. NextGen Healthcare – David Sides, CEO and President.

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Canvas Medical Achieves ONC Certification, Raises $24MM to Power Clinicians and Developers Building and Scaling Digital Health Companies

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 19, 2022

Canvas provides a full-stack ambulatory EMR and digital health developer platform, enabling both established and startup healthcare providers to launch new patient experiences and business models faster. Canvas Medical, founded in 2015, provides the digital infrastructure for care delivery companies.

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Healthcare Analytics and Interoperability – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2023

As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 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. Healthcare AI. Business of Healthcare and Value Based Care.

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Bonus Features – November 20, 2022 – 90% of healthcare buyers prioritize virtual care but want a clear roadmap, wearable data helped predict COVID-19 infections 12 days before the CDC, and more

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 20, 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.

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Lyniate Merges with CareCom, Further Extending Capabilities of Interoperability Leader

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 15, 2022

Adding CareCom solutions for terminology management, including cross-mapping healthcare terminologies into standardized data, will empower healthcare stakeholders to assemble and manage more complete and accurate patient information, enabling better care, reduced clinician burden, and optimized patient experiences.

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3 Ways Consumers are Putting the Pressure on Health Plans

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 21, 2023

What is more a business problem rather than only an IT challenge, payer organizations need to address prior authorization collaboration workflows and payment processes, EHR integration, and adopt technologies like artificial intelligence, including machine learning and natural language processing, and FHIR® Standards.

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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. Collection. by March 25, 2019.

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A Look At DirectTrust’s Work in Healthcare Interoperability

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 4, 2021

After hearing about DirectTrust passing the 2 billion message mark, we thought it would be valuable for readers to learn more about DirectTrust and the healthcare interoperability work their non-profit is doing.

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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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What’s on Micky Tripathi’s Wish List? Highlights from #DirectTrustSummit Day 1

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 10, 2021

Micky Tripathi, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at the US Department of Health and Human Services shared his interoperability wish list during his opening keynote at the 2021 Direct Trust Summit. Topping his list was richer information exchange to support advanced payment models.

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

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

This week’s chat will be hosted by Sarah Bennight (@SarahBennight) from @StericycleComms on the topic of “Losing Connection with Patients During COVID-19“. 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).

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Patient Engagement through Communication Platforms

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

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? For some insights on patient engagement in communication platforms we reached out to our beautiful Healthcare IT Today Community. The time for incorporating AI into the patient experience is now.

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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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Lean Digital: How Tracking Feeds Into Behavior Change for Weight Loss

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 2, 2024

DATAcc also collaborates with the Physical Activity Alliance , which created a FHIR standard for the clinical reporting of physical activity. DATAcc aims its core set of digital measures of physical activity at digital health technology developers, care providers, and clinical researchers, while FHIR is aimed at EHRs and other clinical uses.

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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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Amwell Releases Open Platform for Integrating Multiple Virtual Care Applications

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 6, 2021

Amwell’s Converge platform is designed to integrate with existing workflows, EHRs, patient portals and consumer digital health technologies. It offers access to single sign-on technology and its APIs leverage FHIR. Its goal is to […].

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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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Connected Health Pulse

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

Health IT Trends that Deserve More Attention

Trending Sources

Avaneer Health is Building a Digital Ecosystem to Simplify Data-Sharing, Drive Innovation, and Transform the Patient Experience

Featured Health IT Job: Enterprise Architect

Weekly Roundup – May 4, 2024

2019: Healthcare IT gains new ground

DrFirst Acquires Myndshft Technologies to Revolutionize Medication Management by Addressing Both Pharmacy and Medical Benefits

What’s Spooky About Health IT This Halloween? – #HITsm Chat Topic

Toward a Wider Adoption of Digital Insurance Cards

Data Quality Scrutiny, SDoH, Value-Based Care…What are the New Healthcare Truths of 2023?

Health Note Updates the Tired Old Patient Questionnaire

Bonus Features – July 16, 2023 – 95% of patients are concerned about data breaches affecting their medical records, 81% incorrectly assume PHI collected by digital health apps is protected under HIPAA

Bonus Features – October 23, 2022 – Pennsylvania providers dominate CHIME Most Wired list, 61% of patients research providers online, and more

Where are EHRs headed in 2023?

Canvas Medical Achieves ONC Certification, Raises $24MM to Power Clinicians and Developers Building and Scaling Digital Health Companies

Healthcare Analytics and Interoperability – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Bonus Features – November 20, 2022 – 90% of healthcare buyers prioritize virtual care but want a clear roadmap, wearable data helped predict COVID-19 infections 12 days before the CDC, and more

Lyniate Merges with CareCom, Further Extending Capabilities of Interoperability Leader

3 Ways Consumers are Putting the Pressure on Health Plans

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

A Look At DirectTrust’s Work in Healthcare Interoperability

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

What’s on Micky Tripathi’s Wish List? Highlights from #DirectTrustSummit Day 1

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

Patient Engagement through Communication Platforms

The Ins and Outs of Healthcare Communication Platforms

Lean Digital: How Tracking Feeds Into Behavior Change for Weight Loss

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

Amwell Releases Open Platform for Integrating Multiple Virtual Care Applications

Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Defining and Sharing

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