Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2024

In this article I interview three high-level executives who made the transition from the clinical IT setting—running hospitals—to digital IT settings that develop health apps and services. Why Leave the Clinical Setting for Health IT Development? Lahr advises senior managers to “consider your mission-driven goals.”

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

To help, we reached out to our talented Healthcare IT Today Community and asked them: what emerging technologies in Health IT are currently shaping the landscape, and how do they contribute to improved patient outcomes and healthcare delivery ? The following is what they had to share.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 19, 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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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 7, 2022

Recent acquisitions will help advance HealthMark’s mission to transform the patient information journey through an efficient, compliant and patient-centric approach to digital health information management. This is HealthMark Group’s third strategic acquisition in the release of information space over the past 15 months.

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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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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 2, 2022

The Future of Healthcare IT Social Media. ”. Looking back to 2010, the health IT initiatives of that time consisted of getting up-to-speed as quickly as possible about Meaningful Use and helping to move health systems and clinical practices away from paper and analog processes to electronic and Internet-enabled technologies.

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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. 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. Chris Baird, Chief Marketing Officer at Weave.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 1, 2022

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Executive Coordinator position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. Administrative Support: Prepare materials for committees and work groups (i.e.,

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 6, 2024

Each day that passes, I’m seeing how ambient clinical voice has become the most impactful part of health IT since the $36 billion of stimulus money for EHR software. We also asked Dr. Lee about his decision to join Nabla as CMO. And for an exclusive look at our top stories, subscribe to our newsletter and YouTube.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 26, 2024

BirchAI enables clients to reduce operational costs by providing various AI-powered real-time customer support solutions to manage complex healthcare transactions. Sagility has more than 34,000 employees across 5 countries.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 26, 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. Recap of the partners, product enhancements, and work into AI that Epic announced at this year’s Epic User Group Meeting (UGM).

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 12, 2023

Dock Health, Inc. , the administrative hub for healthcare professionals, today announced $5 million in funding led by MassMutual through its MM Catalyst Fund (MMCF) with participation from DaVita Venture Group and initial seed investor, August Capital.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 25, 2024

In this way, hospitals and health systems can save costs by reducing the strain on healthcare workers making personal visits while improving patient outcomes to help guarantee the CMS program's continuation.

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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. The other side of that coin is that only 2 in 5 people thought AI would lead to better patient outcomes.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 14, 2024

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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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 5, 2023

The following is a guest article by Nic McMahon , CEO at United Language Group Communication and connection are crucial in healthcare settings. To better connect with their community and ensure equitable access, healthcare organizations are shifting to a more human-focused, patient-centered care approach.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 23, 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. There was some discussion about AI, but it seems like Oracle Health is waiting to release something more than window dressing.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 27, 2024

What’s great about this decision is that Complete Dental Care was able to meet the insurance requirement while improving the patient experience at the same time. Leveraging Technology One of the keys to this improved patient experience was leveraging the WellReceived mobile app together with a 24/7 medical receptionist.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Acclara delivers cost-effective, innovative solutions to help healthcare providers across the United States improve the patient experience, minimize administrative burdens, and maintain regulatory compliance. To learn more, visit r1rcm.com.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

“The industry has been woefully behind in finding ways to automate the time-consuming and complex process of patient communication; current modes of communication are often generic, resulting in a poor patient experience,” said Ben Chapman, CEO at Vital Interaction. “We Learn more at nextcoastventures.com.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 31, 2023

With delivery capabilities across upstream and downstream processes, Access Healthcare is uniquely positioned to unlock insights derived from operational processes to prevent claim denials, maximize collections, and enhance the overall patient experience.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 22, 2024

He currently serves on the California Health and Human Services Data Exchange Framework Stakeholder Advisory Group. Prior to LANES, Modaressi was a health IT leader at L.A. Care Health Plan. He has more than 30 years of experience in healthcare IT.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 25, 2022

"Choosing a solution that was easy to use for both patients and care teams was a high priority so as not to exacerbate digital access and digital literacy barriers." There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 31, 2023

A previous article, “ Patient Scheduling and Pre-Visit Intake: Let’s Give Patients What They’re Asking For ” discussed technological solutions to patients’ frustrating scheduling experience. Technology has the potential to improve both simultaneously.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

With Investments from WBA and Evernorth, the Combined Company Will Deliver a Unique and Comprehensive Patient Experience for Optimal Individual and Community Outcomes. VillageMD announced today it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Summit Health-CityMD , a leading provider of primary, specialty and urgent care.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Benefitting from their resources and expertise, we are confident we’ll continue to innovate and grow the OnePACS platform to benefit providers, teleradiology groups, and patients.” About Experity Experity is the leading software and services company for on-demand healthcare in the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

And, just as it has in other industries, this strategy can not only streamline exchanges between providers and patients but can also lead to a customized patient experience and maximize the time spent in the examining room.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Capital One Commercial Bank is a full-service bank with middle market specialization in many industries, including more than 40 healthcare sub-sectors. Capital One Healthcare finances acquisitions, refinances existing debt, supports working capital needs and funds growth initiatives. About R1RCM. To learn more, visit: r1rcm.com.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Building off strong growth in 2023, Amenities plans to use the additional capital to further accelerate the adoption of the company’s groundbreaking Digital Front Door platform designed to help health systems improve access to care, deliver personalized patient experiences, and earn loyalty through membership programs. “As

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

“We welcome Odeza into the TeleVox family and the acquisition of their patient engagement business aligns with our 30-plus year commitment to providing tailored communication solutions that improve the patient experience and make TeleVox the industry leader,” said Vik Krishnan, President at TeleVox. “By

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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. 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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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 2, 2023

“Sagility has outlined a strong growth trajectory, and one of the key strategies fueling this is the acquisition of credible companies that further strengthen and complement our capabilities,” said Ramesh Gopalan, Group CEO at Sagility.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 19, 2023

Although widely used in many other industries, its adoption is just beginning to take off in healthcare. In fact, as healthcare leaders increasingly prioritize patient access , chat’s success in other businesses has spurred the rapid onboarding of chat solutions to help address healthcare-specific engagement and accessibility challenges.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 1, 2024

The Transformative Impact of AI Leveraging artificial intelligence in behavioral and mental healthcare could provide clinicians with a means of resolving an ongoing mental healthcare crisis. AI automates routine and meticulous tasks and accounts for improved patient experience.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Arnold described his consulting work for one hopspital that had been on a multi-year journey to create a world-class patient experience. During that time, however, they had neglected tool adoptions and the workplace experience for back office and administrative staff.

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Lloyd Price

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Patient intake : Patient intake is the process of registering new patients and getting them started in the healthcare system. Providers are investing in patient intake software to improve the patient experience and to streamline their administrative processes.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 25, 2023

For years they have been bringing together leaders from healthcare providers and industry innovators in small group meetings. Healthcare IT Today had the rare opportunity to sit down with Renee DeSilva, Chief Executive Officer at The Health Management Academy (THMA). Tell us what you think.

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