Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Representatives have introduced the WEAR IT Act , which would let Americans use money from Flexible Spending Accounts or Health Savings Accounts to pay for devices such as blood glucose and EKG monitors or sleep trackers. In particular, critical access hospitals are 16% less likely than other hospitals to engage in information exchange.

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Christina's Considerations

JULY 28, 2021

I'm teaching this week - health informatics to nurses, public health and health administration students. Last week we discussed standards and interoperability; and it reminded me of a story. The memory was triggered by student discussions. One said it must.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 20, 2023

This acquisition will further extend the Netsmart CareFabric platform by enabling interoperable data sharing between opioid treatment program (OTP) facilities and the providers that treat and coordinate other types of care for individuals with SUD.

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Healthcare Innovation Consortium

JANUARY 24, 2023

Only recently, the paramedic and nurse strikes stemming from a lack of pay reflect the current standards of healthcare that are present today. Luckily, the previous years have been marked by significant technological advancements such as Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and telehealth.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 7, 2023

We are facing an estimated 900K deficit of registered nurses by the end of this decade. Read more… What Healthcare Interoperability Topic Are Not Enough People Talking About? Since interoperability is a way of combining workflows in the interest of simplicity, there are so many topics and angles to discuss.

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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. Key takeaways: From a nursing perspective – focus on virtual nursing.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 26, 2023

According to Hain, “We’ll use it to help physicians and nurses spend less time at the keyboard and to help them investigate data in more conversational, easy-to-use ways.” Health Gorilla received HITRUST certification for its Health Interoperability Platform.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MARCH 26, 2024

With technology always improving, doctors and nurses can now help patients even more than before. We’ll talk about things like talking to doctors online, using special gadgets to track health, using smart computers to help diagnose problems, and keeping all patient information on computers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

An effective data platform can facilitate data sharing and integration, providing providers and other organizations with full visibility of the patient's health information, including the ability to track population health program compliance and outcomes.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

Further, state-by-state laws requiring in-person meetings between psychiatric nurse practitioners and psychiatrist collaborators should be reexamined as these can safely take place over video conferences. We need to refine the Ryan Haight Act to develop a telemedicine registry that can safely prescribe controlled medication virtually.

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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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The pandemic generated uneven experiences for millions of Americans as physicians, therapists, nurse practitioners, hospitals and other caregivers – all coming to telehealth with varying levels of experience themselves – tried suddenly to meet patients where they were, said PwC researchers.

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Clear Arch Health

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In addition, a system that employs both telehealth/RPM and PERS provides clinicians with reliable electronically captured patient-generated health data (PGHD). While telehealth is often considered to be an equal experience to in-person care, the fact is that data gathered in clinics is often missing from telehealth encounters.

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Lloyd Price

JUNE 10, 2018

The developed markets are now moving to a new digital health model with increasing adoption of cloud and mobile- based technology in the healthcare system. But integration and interoperability challenges of existing traditional models will make this progress slower. Singapore is now transitioning to a new digital health model.

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Docnotes

JANUARY 30, 2022

Had PPS been required to have broader governance – including community-based organizations, health plans, faith-based organizations, Health Information Exchanges, and other nonprofits, we would have had more balanced governance decision-making that would have supported the policy goals of the program more consistently statewide.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MARCH 5, 2024

Telehealth platforms Telehealth platforms serve as the communication hub between patients and healthcare providers in the realm of RPM. Furthermore, telehealth platforms now offer integrated scheduling and appointment reminders, streamlining the process of managing COPD care remotely while ensuring adherence to treatment plans.

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