Lloyd Price

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

The website providing a guide to the US Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) asks the pertinent question: is using WhatsApp in a professional setting by healthcare workers compliant with the law? Lots of doctors take photos of patients’ wounds and x-rays and share them with other doctors on WhatsApp.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Most doctors see the advantages of digital health tools like telehealth, consumers’ access to their health information, and point-of-care workflow solutions, the American Medical Association found in a survey of 1300 physicians, published in September 2022. physicians and nurses as the pandemic emerged in early 2020.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 23, 2022

Netsmart announced today it has acquired CORE Analytics , the industry-leading skilled nursing facility (SNF) claims data analytics offering from Zimmet Healthcare. The Netsmart and CORE teams share a mutual dedication to providing data solutions to inform and equip business decisions,” said Netsmart CEO Mike Valentine.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 21, 2023

Or that workers in each of those do not also find work in nursing homes. And depending on health, wealth or financial planning, many older adults will one day move to nursing homes, where the worker pool matches that in the other care services. Reality check: Family caregivers may hire home care services.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The following is a guest article by Khalid Al-Maskari, Founder and CEO of Health Information Management Systems (HiMS) EHRs are ubiquitous because they’re useful – but how useful are they really, and to whom? It can serve every user from the patient to the receptionist to nurses, doctors, counselors, billers, and the CFO.

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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 15, 2019

Respondents also said that while registered nurse and […]. The article Study: Examining the Clinical Documentation Improvement Landscape appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Digital Health Global

JANUARY 30, 2024

The statewide nonprofit health information organization will send and receive Admit, Discharge, and Transfer (ADT) notifications at no cost for most CalHHS Data Exchange Framework (DxF) participants through new exchange EMERYVILLE, Calif.–(BUSINESS

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 21, 2023

Additionally, 87% of users said the device helped them meet their health and fitness goals, while 40% of users with a chronic condition said the device simplified management of their health and improved their quality of life. Consumer care coordination company Quantum Health was certified as a Great Place to Work.

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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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Health Populi

MAY 16, 2023

Strikingly, the trust deficit with retail stores for medical care was substantial, with 80% of consumers telling Wolters Kluwer that they would “probably never” go to a department store for health care. In 5 years, 61% of U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 17, 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. News In a blog post, ONC highlighted trends in patient access to electronic health information.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ( HIPAA ) is a federal law that safeguards sensitive patient health information (PHI) from being disclosed. For example, nurses and doctors can use voice transcription to record clinical details, speeding up the EHR workflow.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 14, 2022

A survey of 5,000 clinicians conducted by experience management firm Qualtrics concluded that only half of nurses and physicians believe in the future of their organizations. The Iowa Hospital Association selected PayZen as the patient finance platform of choice for its network of 17 health systems and 117 hospitals.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 4, 2023

It will use the health information taken from regular monitoring to promote clinical decisions and actions that will improve patient well-being and outcomes. In addition, the project will form a new digital health workforce by training doctors, nurses and allied health professionals in both hospital and primary care.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 29, 2023

According to the US Department of Human Services (HHS), healthcare professionals can share HIPAA-protected health information (HIPAA PHI) with one another without written content in several circumstances. Such treatment communications may occur orally, in writing, by phone, fax, email, or otherwise.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Patients’ self-diagnosing conditions online is a new-normal for people engaging with health information online — whether via WebMD and the ClevelandClinic.com or via TikTok — a growing platform for medical information. Trust with health systems is greater, but still lacking resilience year-on-year.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 25, 2023

Healthcare IT Today sat down with Dr. Jim Jirjis, Chief Health Information Officer at HCA to discuss the value of data quality in healthcare and find out more about the link between their sepsis project and better emergency preparedness. This information was used to arrange for proper transportation during the evacuation.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Health Populi’s Hot Points: A new study from Weber Shandwick and KRC asked a question that speaks to consumers’ trust and willingness to engage with different sources of health information. They are, in my evolving concept of the health/care ecosystem, retail health’s front-line workers.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 27, 2023

I have also seen HIPAA training courses that don’t educate staff that HIPAA lives on and protects health information for 50 years after a patient dies. While there is no mention of criminal charges in the DCH Health Systems notice, this incident might be being investigated for criminal intent. retained for 6 years.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 2, 2023

DeBakey Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and chief of health policy, quality and informatics program at the Houston VA Center for Innovation in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety. Andrea Bradford, PhD, is a co-investigator. What should clinicians engaging in telemedicine know about this effort?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 5, 2022

A nurse meets a patient at their home and sets up medication and equipment for treatment and devices for teleconsultation and remote monitoring. Nurses can also visit patients up to several times a day to administer drip-based medication or draw blood for testing. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 9, 2019

The following is a guest article by Jessica Campbell, DNP, RN, Clinical Informaticist at LogicStream Health and Tiffany McCauley, MSN, RN, Clinical Executive at Elsevier. Much of that documenting rests on the shoulders of nurses, who use health information technology to help juggle their many roles: […].

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 22, 2023

Read more… Why Intelligent Communication Is Key to Retaining Nursing Staff. Getting this right for nursing staff experiencing burnout means making sure information comes from trusted sources, meets them where they are, and helps so build a sense of community. Read more… TEFCA Is Raising the Bar for Trusted Exchange.

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Clear Arch Health

JUNE 16, 2023

Their level of expertise in remote patient monitoring and patient engagement has helped launch our RPMprogram for patients with chronic health conditions in rural North Dakota." 1 Utilizing comprehensive RPM solutions and services, patients with chronic diseases can avoid unnecessary hospitalizations/readmissions.

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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. A well-designed HIE can offer tremendous advantages.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2023

Many skilled nursing facilities are short-staffed, so patients cannot always transition out of the hospital in a timely manner. At the same time, there simply are not enough nurses and other healthcare providers to care for the people who will need support and resources in the next five to 10 years.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

For example, while 79% of patients trust their doctors and nurses, only 54% of front-line workers trust leaders in their organizations. Wearable vendor Circular released Circular Ring Slim, a health and biometric monitor that weighs 2 grams and is 2.2 Health information network Availity welcomed Sean Keneally as COO.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Older adults seek information online about health symptoms – this likely does not boost anxiety about their conditions as much as mitigate it. Between 60 and 80% of adults have searched online for health information. Still, 80% of what happens to our health happens outside a medical setting.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 15, 2023

million users that their protected health information was shared with tech companies like Meta, Google, and TikTok. The strategy involves promising consumers their information is safe, only to knowingly provide that sensitive, perhaps even protected, health information to marketing companies for profit.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 24, 2020

“Station MD, our telehealth vendor, was providing similar telemedicine triage service to nursing homes on Staten Island that housed medically frail residents. “Unless it is a full-out emergency requiring immediate transfer to the ER, they refer the matter to the on-call RN nurse case manager.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Burnout has been an ongoing scourge at hospitals for years now, and the crushing demands of the pandemic have only made it worse for physicians , nurses , telehealth managers and others. Electronic health records don't usually help, even if their impact on burnout is more complex than many realize. " EHRs: Automation can help.

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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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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 News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Healthdirect Australia , a national public health information service in the country, recently announced that it will be working with home-grown telehealth startup Coviu, to power its government-funded healthdirect Video Call service. In April 2019, Swinburne started working with Coviu for telehealth education. ON THE RECORD.

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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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Health Populi

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Thinking about their health care experiences, consumers most-highly ranked having open access to their medical records and partnering for shared medical decisions with their health care providers as key to meaningful health engagement.

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Lloyd Price

MAY 1, 2021

Health information is incredibly complex. Important parts of a patient’s history are often scattered across multiple systems, and gaps in information can lead to medical errors or even delays in treatment. Care Studio leverages Google's expertise in organizing information to help clinicians find health record information faster.

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