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How Health Data Sharing Impacts How Clinicians Care for Patients

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As part of their intake process, the team checked Alex’s (a pseudonym) medical history through the hospital’s health information organization and discovered the patient had recently undergone a cardiac surgery at a different hospital; their post-surgical issues had merely mimicked a neurological challenge.

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Second-time Awardees CyncHealth, PointClickCare, Innsena Granted $80,000 Racial Equity in Postpartum Care Federal Funding

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Department of Health and Human Services recognizes innovative program with proven outcomes for improving postpartum care for at-risk mothers in Nebraska for a second time OMAHA, Neb.–(BUSINESS

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Bonus Features – May 28, 2023 – 20+ health systems pledge to use Epic to share info under TEFCA, 84x increase in telehealth for mental health from 2019 to 2022, and more

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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. Biometric insight company LifeQ released its 24-hour Sleep Health product.

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Full coverage: HIMSS23 APAC Health Conference

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September 04, 2023 Sponsored Closing the gap: Organizations move to telepsychiatry and hybrid therapy to expand mental health services Various organizations have explored telepsychiatry and hybrid group therapy to offer more options.

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Bonus Features – December 17, 2023 – 97% of hospitals now capable of enabling electronic access to patient records, 70% of hospitals face hidden business continuity challenge, plus 31 more stories

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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 In a blog post, ONC highlighted trends in patient access to electronic health information.

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Bonus Features – February 25, 2024 – 73% of digital health vendors use FHIR APIs, 83% of clinicians think telemedicine is good for chronic condition management, plus 28 more stories

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Health information network Availity issued five principles for the responsible use of AI. Sales WellSpan Health chose Biofourmis to support its bundled payment program for post-acute care at home. Texas-based community health center Healing Hands Ministries selected Sunoh.ai.

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10 Healthcare Organizations Ask HHS to Postpone Information Blocking Deadline

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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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