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Featured Health IT Job: Procurement Coordinator

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 17, 2023

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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Featured Health IT Job: Procurement Coordinator

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 28, 2023

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 Generative AI and Data – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. A recent CenTrak survey revealed that 89% of our strategic customers are actively discussing AI integration, with 79% considering its implementation crucial shortly.

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Bonus Features – January 22, 2023 – 69% of digital health companies report data set gaps, 66% of patients don’t know where their healthcare data goes, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 22, 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. Health information network Availity was named a Great Place to Work for the third consecutive year.

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Demand Grows for Advancements in Healthcare’s Digital Front Door

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 13, 2023

Experian Health’s recent report , “ The State of Patient Access: The Digital Front Door ,” explores the overall digital experience from both the patient and provider perspectives. Providers are aligned with this sentiment, with 69% of those surveyed acknowledging the high importance of digital and mobile access to patients.

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10 Healthcare Organizations Ask HHS to Postpone Information Blocking Deadline

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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Reactions to the Ascension Healthcare Ransomware Attack and Suggestions for Healthcare Organizations

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2024

They handle data like protected health information (PHI), intellectual property (IP), clinical trial data and payment card data, giving attackers many options to cash in, and healthcare is a critical infrastructure industry that can be hardest hit by ransomware attacks. Ryan Witt, Vice President, Industry Solutions at Proofpoint, Inc.

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Bonus Features – July 3, 3022 – Judge says Apple infringed AliveCor’s patent, more than half of patients have trouble managing their records, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 3, 2022

A DrFirst survey of 1,000 Americans found that 54% of patients think managing health records is difficult. Patients are also more likely to maintain paper records than use a mobile app to manage their health information. Partnerships.

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The Path Forward for Healthcare’s People Matching Problem

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

A recent survey from HIMSS and Patient ID Now also found that healthcare organizations are spending an average of 109.6 Lack of a consistent and accurate way to link patients to their health information is a significant contributor to an average duplicate record rate that runs as high as 18% in the typical facility.

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Key Cybersecurity Defenses for the Healthcare Sector

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Unsurprisingly, a recent Gartner Peer Insights survey – Cybersecurity in the Healthcare Industry – also showed that nearly half of participating healthcare organizations have experienced a data breach in the past two years.

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Bonus Features – January 29, 2023 – ONC says more than 70% of hospitals can use external data at the point of care, the 3 largest health info networks have indexed 90% of patients, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 29, 2023

News and Studies HLTH Foundation formed the Techquity for Health Coalition , with a mission to help organizations consider health equity in health technology innovation and data practices. The group also launched a health equity survey , with the results to be announced at ViVE in Nashville in March.

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Healthcare: The Path of Least Resistance for Cybercriminals

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 19, 2024

This is mainly due to misuse, such as unintentionally compromising consumer credentials, Personal Identifiable Information (PII), and Personal Health Information (PHI). Most concerning, however, is the potential impact on patient health.

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Bonus Features – August 14, 2022 – Payers and providers look at Big Tech differently, half of physicians and nurses don’t think their orgs are headed in the right direction, and more

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 14, 2022

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 Studies.

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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

A survey from Nest Collaborative concluded that parents prefer virtual care for lactation services , with 64% of survey respondents using telehealth (either on its own or in conjunction with in-person visits) compared to 37% who exclusively used in-person services.

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The future of telehealth: informatics, scalability and interoperability

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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Bonus Features – July 31, 2022 – House passes bill to extend telehealth flexibility to 2024, only 60% of practices hit their 2021 revenue goal, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 31, 2022

A survey of Surescripts users found an 8% increase in the use of electronic prescriptions for specialty medications in the first five months of 2022 compared to 2021. Primary care in particular seems to be suffering, as visit volumes have yet to return to their 2019 levels.

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: An Introduction

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

It’s always been pretty obvious that factors such as wealth, race, education, and the quality of food and water have enormous impacts on health. Given that the field is increasingly digitized and data-driven, health IT is responsible for collecting and analyzing social determinants of health (SDoH). ” The U.S.

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Help Desk Updates: Your Super Weapon to Boost Clinician Productivity

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 24, 2023

This is especially true for the clinical documentation function where 58 percent of respondents in a JAMA Internal Medicine survey find EHR documentation remains too time-consuming and reduces the amount of time they can spend with patients.

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 25, 2019

Interoperability: Health IT's hardest problem is (finally) at an inflection point. With FHIR 4, Open APIs, Carequality and CommonWell reaching a milestone of sorts and the finalized information blocking rule from Health and Human Services coming, the table is set for notable advancements in health information exchange.

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How Telehealth Can Democratize Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 22, 2023

A COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition survey found nearly 80% of telehealth users reported satisfaction in this area. Telehealth platforms provide patients with greater access to their own personal health information. It might seem obvious to say, but patient satisfaction is the key to patient retention.

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Healthy Data Management: How IT Assists Healthcare Institutions

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Terminology Differences Philips conducted a survey among healthcare professionals on obstacles to the industry’s digitization. It allows the reuse of medical data for healthcare reports, tracking treatment quality, and ensuring clinical research safety. CDA can be utilized in numerous medical applications.

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Health Equity: Searching for a New Angle

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 10, 2023

In fact, a survey conducted by Pearl found that 71% of patients are more likely to trust their dentist’s diagnosis when their dentist is aided by AI software. For health plans, one critical area that can have a significant impact on health outcomes is member communication.

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Making Health Care Better, from the N of 1 to the Public’s Health – Trend-Weaving Medecision Liberation 2019

Health Populi

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Health and our health information are deeply personal. Changing health care and inspiring positive health behaviors is hard to do. Taken together, these can be a toxic cocktail when not aligned for positive health behavior. And her organization’s top leadership supports her bold approach.

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Privacy and the New Health Ciitizen

Health Populi

AUGUST 19, 2019

Data security breaches, access challenges, and privacy leakages plague the current state of Americans’ personal health information (PHI). The patient scorecard portal allows us to access and compare information access scores and details by organization, gleaned from Ciitizen’s survey. Why is this so important?

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The Consumer and the Payor, Bingo and Trust: My Day At Medecision Liberator Bootcamp

Health Populi

JANUARY 24, 2019

To succeed in the business of health information technology (HIT), a company has to be very clear on the problems it’s trying to address. ” Health Populi’s Hot Points: The theme of trust was mentioned throughout the day, across a wide range of discussion topics. There’s surely lots of data to mine. .”

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Featured Health IT Job: Procurement Coordinator

Featured Health IT Job: Procurement Coordinator

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Healthcare Generative AI and Data – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Bonus Features – January 22, 2023 – 69% of digital health companies report data set gaps, 66% of patients don’t know where their healthcare data goes, and more

Demand Grows for Advancements in Healthcare’s Digital Front Door

10 Healthcare Organizations Ask HHS to Postpone Information Blocking Deadline

Reactions to the Ascension Healthcare Ransomware Attack and Suggestions for Healthcare Organizations

Bonus Features – July 3, 3022 – Judge says Apple infringed AliveCor’s patent, more than half of patients have trouble managing their records, and more

The Path Forward for Healthcare’s People Matching Problem

Key Cybersecurity Defenses for the Healthcare Sector

Bonus Features – January 29, 2023 – ONC says more than 70% of hospitals can use external data at the point of care, the 3 largest health info networks have indexed 90% of patients, and more

Healthcare: The Path of Least Resistance for Cybercriminals

Bonus Features – August 14, 2022 – Payers and providers look at Big Tech differently, half of physicians and nurses don’t think their orgs are headed in the right direction, and more

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

The future of telehealth: informatics, scalability and interoperability

Bonus Features – July 31, 2022 – House passes bill to extend telehealth flexibility to 2024, only 60% of practices hit their 2021 revenue goal, and more

Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: An Introduction

Help Desk Updates: Your Super Weapon to Boost Clinician Productivity

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

How Telehealth Can Democratize Healthcare

Healthy Data Management: How IT Assists Healthcare Institutions

Health Equity: Searching for a New Angle

Making Health Care Better, from the N of 1 to the Public’s Health – Trend-Weaving Medecision Liberation 2019

Privacy and the New Health Ciitizen

The Consumer and the Payor, Bingo and Trust: My Day At Medecision Liberator Bootcamp

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