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 News - Telehealth

JULY 21, 2021

Before dissolving , MAeHC had assigned its contract with the New England Healthcare Exchange Network to the Massachusetts Health Data Consortium. Greater Lawrence Family Health Center , which intends to make systematic changes in the way healthcare is delivered through the innovative use of electronic health information technologies.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 10, 2022

You’ll collaborate closely with others on the various technologies of our health information exchange platform to implement software solutions. Looks like a great opportunity for those with experience with health information exchange architecture. Thank you for your cooperation.

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Lloyd Price

MARCH 13, 2024

Generative AI: Personalised Health Information: Generative AI can personalise health information delivery. This can lead to a deeper understanding of their health and better engagement with treatment plans. This can significantly improve customer support efficiency.

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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

AUGUST 31, 2022

As the trusted data steward for secure health information exchange, Rochester RHIO is one of the most respected, trusted and successful health information exchanges in the United States. 5+ years of experience as a senior-level accounting or finance manager with significant leadership experience preferred.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2022

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). Currently, perhaps 99% of health data exchange is initiated to support treatment.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 3, 2023

What isn’t being talked about enough when it comes to sharing health data? Susan Clark, Principal Health IT Consultant at Briljent – Usability workflow – what happens in real life, on the ground, and the people who are interacting.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 27, 2023

Getting your hands on the data necessary to make breakthroughs in healthcare is a significant challenge given its sensitive nature. Essentially, we need a way to have our cake (access raw health data to drive life-saving advances in medical care) and eat it too (maintain said data’s privacy). Grab your fork.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2024

For example, in the healthcare industry, we have to abide by HIPAA — a law that helps protect the privacy and security of people’s health information. We can’t serve our patients if we don’t ensure that protected health information (PHI) is kept private.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 13, 2023

This time, the FTC has issued a proposed order demanding BetterHelp stop sharing consumers’ health data. million to settle charges that it shared sensitive health data, including data on consumers’ mental health challenges, with third parties including Facebook and Snapchat.

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Lloyd Price

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

The Argonaut Project is a collaborative effort between the healthcare industry and the technology industry to develop and implement standards for exchanging electronic health information (EHI). HealthTech Thought Leadership from Nelson Advisors - Industry Insights & Analysis for Founders, Owners & Investors.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

EHR Development Standards: New teeth, bigger bite After years of dashed hopes that EHR workflows will achieve true interoperability and allow patients to easily access and share their healthcare data, many are looking at the ONC’s final standards with a skeptical eye and cautious optimism.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission has cited telehealth and prescription drug discount provider GoodRx for sharing sensitive consumer health data with several advertising platforms, in violation of its own privacy promises to consumers. The agency has filed a proposed order demanding that GoodRx pay $1.5 including Facebook and Google.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This is a big step forward for QHINs who can now start sharing health data. HTI-1 Final Rule Appropriately, we’ve been breaking down what health IT and EHR vendors need to expect when it comes to HTI-1 in our Healthcare Regulatory Talk series.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 24, 2023

The organization’s 5,000+ physicians, who are treating people across the socioeconomic spectrum, believe that comprehensive health information is crucial to deliver high-quality care for their patients. Any patient should be able to see a physician or care provider without spending valuable time recounting their history.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This fall, The Sequoia Project began accepting applications for potential qualified health information networks (QHINs), the entities tasked with operationalizing the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) established by the 21st Century Cures Act. There will be a shakeout period. About Zach Finn.

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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.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2023

But the administrative costs for providers to share this information keep escalating. The healthcare industry’s steady progress toward interoperability and health information exchange promises to improve data exchange to address these challenges. With a master’s degree in Health Policy and Management from Harvard T.H.

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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.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 17, 2021

The following is a guest article by Jaime Bland, DNP, RN-BC, Chief Executive Officer at CyncHealth, the health data utility for the Midwest, and Kat McDavitt, Principal Advisor and Head of Public Affairs for Innsena and advises organizations including PointClickCare on external affairs.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Sriram Rajagopalan , Enterprise Agile Evangelist at Inflectra Today’s most significant risk regarding security and privacy issues in health services is consumers’ need for more awareness of personal health information. What do I mean? So, I recommend the steps below, urging all patients to practice extreme care.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 21, 2021

Electronic Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) are exploding globally and in the U.S., The following is a guest article by Todd Broadhurst, Solutions Director, Tamr. with 92% of the U.S. population now served by them. Private companies, states, and even large counties and cities are scrambling to launch their own HIEs.

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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 Today

MARCH 14, 2023

An incident response plan is essential to provide impacted parties with a clear understanding of the protected health information (PHI) and/or electronically protected health information (ePHI) that was compromised, when the incident occurred, and what action is being taken by the organization.

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Health Populi

APRIL 28, 2024

JSK: What’s your origin story with health information security? Individuals have a fundamental right to dictate who and when their health information is leveraged. Working to keep that information private in the new paradigm of Teams Meetings, PowerBI reports, and decentralized data is a heavy burden for modern CISOs.

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Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 12, 2023

This will be driven by a number of factors, including the increasing availability of high-speed internet, the growing popularity of mobile devices, and the government's efforts to promote the use of health information technology (HIT). For example, patients can use their portals to receive reminders for vaccinations and screenings.

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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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Society for Participatory Medicine

APRIL 9, 2020

Health Informatics (HI) is a relatively new, interdisciplinary field. HI (also called Health Information Systems) uses information technology to organize and analyze health records to improve healthcare outcomes. Tools include medical terminology, information and communication systems, and computer technology.

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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). And the next chapter begins!

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 19, 2023

This is particularly true when it comes to sharing health information between healthcare organizations and with patients. To better understand everything that’s happening with the 21st Century Cures Act and how it will impact healthcare organizations, I sat down with Micky Tripathi, National Coordinator for Health IT at HHS.

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Lloyd Price

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI): AI is being used to develop a variety of healthtech solutions in Africa, including AI-powered diagnostic tools and AI-powered chatbots that can provide patients with health information and advice. mHealth: mHealth solutions use mobile technology to deliver healthcare services and information.

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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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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Underneath these three factors are attributes including: Exhibiting excellent leadership. “If Congress ever repeals the Affordable Care Act, insurers could use the fitness data they’re collecting today to deny you coverage based on a medical condition that your tracker picks up,” Boyd warns in NPR’s Shots blog. .

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Xealth

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

We heard from the Mace family, a couple who experienced first hand the difficulties with health data exchange after Tristan (26 yo M) had to undergo an emergency heart transplant after experiencing a catastrophic cardiac event.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 6, 2020

New research from the ONC has found that a meaningful percentage of hospitals are engaged in data sharing, with a growing number making patient health information available from outside sources. Though the data goes back a couple of years, it’s still a worthwhile look at where data sharing trends are among hospitals.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 7, 2020

" Elizabeth Lever, Institute for Family Health. Unfortunately, roughly two-thirds of our visits were via telephone only. Most payers reimburse significantly less for a phone visit than a video visit." Furthermore, in New York City, the spread of COVID-19 often is exacerbated by multi-generational families living in small apartments.

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