Health Populi

APRIL 17, 2023

The bill expands privacy protections for Washington State’s health citizens beyond HIPAA’s provisions. The My Health, My Data Act defines “consumer health data” as “personal information that is linked or reasonably linkable to a consumer and that identifies a consumer’s past, present, or future physical or mental health.”

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Here’s a description of the position: New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) is a not-for-profit organization working in partnership with the New York State Department of Health to improve healthcare by collaboratively leading, connecting, and integrating health information exchange across the State.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Senators Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, and Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, introduced the Health Data Use and Privacy Commission Act this week, aimed at starting the process of modernizing health data use and privacy policies. The federal government has taken steps to align privacy policies with the boom in health technologies.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 25, 2023

1upHealth’s FHIR®-native platform designed for interoperability and modern computing is used by over 75 enterprise organizations including leading national and regional health plans, the highest performing CMS ACOs, international clinical research organizations, and over 20 state Medicaid agencies. “The For more information visit 1up.health.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 14, 2023

It’s not a huge surprise that the week of the ONC Meeting, they would make a number of big announcements for those of us in health IT. I expect we’ll see many more health IT companies become QHINs. This is a big step forward for QHINs who can now start sharing health data.

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

MAY 4, 2023

Cross-Community Patient Discovery (XCPD) Health Data Locator and Revoke Option - Rev. The Cross-Community Patient Discovery (XCPD) Health Data Locator and Revoke Option Supplement enhances the existing IHE XCPD Integration Profile by adding two new capabilities. There are no functional changes in this update.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 24, 2023

has admitted that it inappropriately shared private health data on 3.1 million of its users, a problem that arose from its use of pixel-based tracking technologies which gather and share data on people who visit the site. million in civil penalties for failing to let consumers know about unauthorized disclosures of their data.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 6, 2024

Ryan Howells , Principal at Leavitt Partners and Executive Director of the CARIN Alliance, a bipartisan, multi-sector collaborative dedicated to advancing consumer-directed exchange of health information, has joined the b.well board as an independent director. “The support from Leavitt Equity Partners and the expertise of Dr. .

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Harmony Healthcare IT (HHIT) , a leading health data management and platform solution provider, today announced a significant investment from Novacap , one of North America’s premier private equity firms. This strategic partnership will accelerate HHIT’s technological contribution and expansion in health information technology.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

DirectTrust is a non-profit healthcare industry alliance created to support secure, identity-verified electronic exchanges of protected health information. EHNAC is a non-profit standards development organization and accrediting body for organizations that electronically exchange healthcare data. To learn more, visit: [link].

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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). The Case for Federal Agencies.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

There’s a collective holding of breath right now in health IT as the ONC appears likely to issue its final HTI-1 rule with new data standards for the next stage of healthcare interoperability soon. The following is a guest article by Nick Barger, PharmD, Vice President, Product at DrFirst.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 25, 2023

The experts said the keys to modern cybersecurity including managing assets, access, networks, infrastructure, and data , along with continuous threat monitoring and tried-and-true training that meets employees where they are. Read more… Turning Health Data Sharing Into Meaningful Outcomes.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2018

It’s National Health IT Week in the US, so I’m kicking off the week with this post focused on how digital health can bolster economic development. As the only health economist in the family of the 2018 HIMSS Social Media Ambassadors, this is a voice through which I can uniquely speak. Improve health care for all New Yorkers, 2.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 22, 2023

There has been a lot of activity and news coverage of Qualified Health Information Networks, or QHINs, recently. The Trusted Exchange Framework is the technical standard that governs the actual sharing of data, and the Common Agreement is the legal agreement that governs the obligations of those sharing the data.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 13, 2023

The following is a guest article by Sonia Chambers, Executive Director at West Virginia Health Information Network. Infrastructure is available nationally for states to leverage and customize locally for their unique Health Information Exchange needs. For instance: . Provider types and structures will vary widely.

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CMS.gov

JULY 18, 2018

CMS Doubling Down on Health IT; Patients. Sustaining our exceptional healthcare depends now more than ever on driving down costs, and a major part of the CMS strategy to drive down costs depends on smart and innovative use of information technology (IT). Mohanraj.Balas…. Thu, 07/19/2018 - 00:03. Seema Verma.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2023

Particularly for risk adjustment (RA) reviews, even the slightest gaps in reporting leaves health plans at risk for drops in quality ratings and subsequent revenue loss. Furthermore, the 21 st Century Act opens the door for greater availability to clinical data among patients, providers, and other requesters such as payers.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The purchase of OneRecord positions Milliman IntelliScript to better serve clients who depend on the company’s delivery of digital health and consumer data to mitigate applicant risks, meet customer demand for a faster application process, and extend coverage to more people.

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Lloyd Price

APRIL 13, 2024

Our lineup includes a deep dive into Europe’s current regulatory landscape, including the AI Act, the European Health Data Space and the European Recovery and Resilience Fund. We’ll also help you make sense of all today’s trends in health technology—from machine learning to digital maturity and telehealth. Subscribe Today!

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 10, 2023

Patients today want more customized experiences that meet their individual needs and provide better outcomes; digital transformations meet this demand. Accelerated during the pandemic, more healthcare facilities are implementing emerging technologies to meet patient and staff needs and create the digital hospital of the future.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2024

Department of Defense is doing with its CMMC program that will require independent cybersecurity assessments of large and small defense contractors that work with sensitive information. Health data should be protected by a similar assessment requirement for health plans and providers to receive federal funds.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 31, 2023

Access to protected patient health information (PHI) during model training, which is then exposed to others without the individual patient’s consent, can result in serious harm to patients and severe legal and regulatory consequences to the healthcare delivery organizations.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

JANUARY 28, 2020

Epic is against a proposed rule by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) to support patients’ ability to access their data. The rule would allow health apps and patients to more directly access all of their own clinical data locked up by proprietary systems like Epic. Epic Knows Best.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 21, 2023

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. Consumer care coordination company Quantum Health was certified as a Great Place to Work.

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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 11, 2023

As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. All of this year’s 2023 health IT predictions: Healthcare Security and Risk. Health Equity and SDoH. Additionally, as the volume of data steadily rises, there will continue to be new data requests that must be managed.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 7, 2020

" Elizabeth Lever, Institute for Family Health. MEETING THE CHALLENGE. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. Unfortunately, roughly two-thirds of our visits were via telephone only. Most payers reimburse significantly less for a phone visit than a video visit."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 21, 2021

Further, CIOs and other health IT leaders reinvented systems and processes, and clinicians gained an improved understanding of the invaluable impact of integrated informatics on digital transformations and the quality and efficiency of care.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The content of this article is taken from a panel Kno2 hosted as part of the recent Civitas Networks for Health 2022 Annual Conference , in collaboration with DirectTrust™ within a track dedicated to the sharing of health data to advance health equity. Post-Acute Providers for the Win!

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 14, 2022

Just over half of those surveyed indicated that they are able to meet their career goals in their current role. Voice-based mental health biomarker firm Ellipsis Health announced an integration with Ceras Health , which offers a clinical monitoring and health data analytics platform. Partnerships.

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Digital Health Global

OCTOBER 10, 2023

.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The healthcare industry generates approximately 30% of the world’s data volume. i Unfortunately, this data is often coded using a varied number of coding systems which makes it difficult to consolidate, standardize and deduplicate data for continuity of care, analytics, and AI applications.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 23, 2023

As web vulnerabilities become a key part of ransomware attack chains, even those that originate from phishing emails, it is critical for health IT administrators to identify and eliminate vulnerabilities to proactively minimize the risk of downtime and data breaches.

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Redox

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Just last week, five organizations were officially recognized as QualIfied Health Information Networks (QHINs) and HHS announced TEFCA as officially operational. Last week ONC finalized the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing ( HTI-1 ) rule.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 13, 2024

Director at NTT DATA On February 8, 2024, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability (HTI-1) Final Rule in the Federal Register, which took effect on March 11, 2024. The following is a guest article by Nitin Kunte, Sr.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 4, 2024

New data standards announced last December by the Office of the National Coordinator for Healthcare Technology (ONC) are an extraordinarily significant expansion of regulations around health IT and could hijack product roadmaps for years to come.

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Health Blawg

APRIL 2, 2018

Of course, it seems crazy that the health IT incentives and Meaningful Use didn’t mandate interoperability; and the last few years of health IT development might have gone differently if interoperability were required before the 21st Century Cures Act mandated it and made data blocking illegal, but we are now looking forward, not backward.

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