Health Information, Primary Care and Study

Clinician Burnout – Lessons from BDO’s Clinician Experience Survey for Patient Experience and Primary Care

Health Populi

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Two main factors underpin clinicians’ feelings of burnout: turnover and understaffing, and compassion fatigue, shown in the graph among two-thirds of the providers in the study. That is the profound connection between clinicians and patients that contributes to burnout and eroding morale — especially in primary care.

Primary Care

Primary Care Patient Experience EHR Health Data

While U.S. leads in IT tools for patients, primary care doctors still struggle to coordinate care

FierceHealthIT

DECEMBER 11, 2019

leads in aspects of health information technology, its primary care physicians still struggle to coordinate patient care and communicate with other health and social service providers, according to a new study. While the U.S.

Primary Care

Primary Care Health Information

Getting Health Care at a Retail Pharmacy vs a Retail Store: Consumers May Be Favoring the Pharmacist Versus the Retailer

Health Populi

MAY 16, 2023

Not all “retail health” sites are created equal, U.S. consumers seem to be saying in a new study from Wolters Kluwer Health, the company’s second Pharmacy Next: Consumer Care and Cost Trends survey. adults 18 and over for the latest study, with interviews fielded in March 2023.

Primary Care

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The Path to Patient Empowerment: Hospitals are granting patients access to their health information, but is that enough?

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The 21 st Century Cures Act codifies immediate access to health information for patients. The Act paves the way for patients to become more pro-active partners in their care. There is little value for patients to access health information they cannot understand. Patients Proactive Participants in Their Care.

Health Information

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ECRI, EHR Association put forth safety practices for behavioral health IT

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

ECRI's Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety is working with the HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association chart some of the common challenges involved in integrating behavioral health systems with primary care EHRs. Optimize clinical documentation for behavioral health and primary care integration.

EHR

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Bonus Features – December 11, 2022 – CMS holds off on good faith estimate enforcement, 61% of patients see primary care moving out of the doctor’s office, and more

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 11, 2022

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. A report from Wolters Kluwer suggested that patients are willing to shift primary care to new care settings if it means the cost of care will decrease.

Primary Care

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The Digital Transformation of Patients – Update from Rock Health and Stanford

Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

Rock Health has conducted a consumer digital health study for several years, giving us the ability to compare longitudinal findings from year to year. The first chart illustrates consumers’ use of digital health tools, showing that online health information and online provider reviews.

Digital Health

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Integrated EHR enables shift to virtual post-discharge follow-up

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 26, 2020

A recent study published in the American Journal of Managed Care found that provider use of a shared inpatient-outpatient electronic health record was associated with a shift toward follow-up delivered through a combination of telemedicine and outpatient laboratory tests, with no differences in 30-day emergency department visits.

EHR

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Bonus Features – December 3, 2023 – Only 40% of orgs say EHRs help manage burnout, cost optimization is top strategy for 70% of payers, plus 19 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 3, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. News and Studies The 2023 Fierce Healthcare Innovation Awards have been announced, and the winners are GoodRx, Hinge Health, ISeeYouCare, PointClickCare, and Ventric Health.

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Bonus Features – December 11, 2022 – CMS holds off on good faith estimate enforcement, 61% of patients see primary care moving out of the doctor’s office, and much more

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 11, 2022

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. A report from Wolters Kluwer suggested that patients are willing to shift primary care to new care settings if it means the cost of care will decrease.

Primary Care

Primary Care HIE Healthcare IT Nursing

Why telehealth is more than just a pandemic trend

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 22, 2022

As it turned out, studies have shown that a great many patients and providers like the flexibility that telemedicine affords. Eventually, telemedicine will become the primary care delivery model, combined with better diagnostic tools, device integration and data interoperability.

Telehealth

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Bonus Features – November 19, 2023 – Critical access hospitals 16% less likely to participate in data exchange, two-thirds of orgs plan to increase AI spending by 25% in the next three years, plus 36 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. In particular, critical access hospitals are 16% less likely than other hospitals to engage in information exchange. Health information network Availity welcomed Sean Keneally as COO.

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Bonus Features – July 30, 2023 – Amazon gets into the generative AI game, HIMSS plans to sell off the annual trade show, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 30, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. The announced noted that M*Modal parent company 3M Health Information Systems, virtual primary care provider Babylon, and ScribeEMR are early adopters of HealthScribe.

Primary Care

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Healthcare Costs, Access to Data, and Partnering With Providers: Patients’ Top User Experience Factors

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. The red bars indicate the percent of U.S.

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Crescendo Health Launches to Improve and Accelerate Clinical Trials By Unlocking Patient Health Data

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 16, 2023

Crescendo Health , an innovative health data company powering the next generation of clinical research, today announced its official launch with a mission to revolutionize how patients contribute real-world data to clinical studies. The company also announced an initial $3.4

Health Data

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Electronic Health Records (EHR): How to Achieve Healthcare Data Accuracy with Artificial Intelligence

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 6, 2024

According to a report from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, as of 2021, 96% of non-federal acute care hospitals and 78% of office-based physicians have adopted certified EHR technology. The Importance of Data Accuracy in EHR Many healthcare organizations have jumped on the EHR bandwagon.

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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

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 17, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. News In a blog post, ONC highlighted trends in patient access to electronic health information. Home care EMR software maker Smartcare Software rebranded as Aaniie.

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The Persistent Rural/Urban Broadband Gap Is Bad for Health

Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2019

Across the four types of tech studied, it’s smartphones that top the list of penetration in rural areas (at 71%), closely followed by computers (desktop or laptop, with 69% adoption), broadband (at 63%) and tablets in fourth/last place (49%).

Telehealth

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Bonus Features – May 21, 2023 – 82% of wearable users willing to share data with their physicians, 81% of Americans trust pharmacists and nurses to diagnose minor illnesses, and more

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 21, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Included Health is partnering with Dispatch Health to connect virtual primary care to in-home urgent medical care. as Chief Medical Officer.

eHealth

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UK Doctors Least Likely in Europe G5 to Choose a Medical Career Again

Digital Health Global

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The study also found the vast majority of doctors (86%) felt that working in the NHS has become harder in the past year. About Medscape Medscape, a subsidiary of WebMD Health Corp., is the leading source of clinical news, health information, and point-of-care tools for healthcare professionals.

Primary Care

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Bonus Features – July 16, 2023 – 95% of patients are concerned about data breaches affecting their medical records, 81% incorrectly assume PHI collected by digital health apps is protected under HIPAA

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 16, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. When it comes to sharing data, patients are most comfortable doing it for reasons related to treatment (71%) as compared to payment (39%), operations (28%), or public health (23%).

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World Health Day 2019: Let’s Celebrate Food, Climate, Insurance Coverage and Connectivity

Health Populi

APRIL 7, 2019

Last week, The Lancet published its comprehensive study on the Health effects of dietary risks in 195 countries, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study. Murray is a “metrics” guru, because this report generated very impactful insights into the role of diet in health across the world.

Public Health

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Bonus Features, HIMSS Edition – April 18, 2023 – Amazon, Microsoft, and generative AI dominate the headlines, plus news from Oracle, Orion Health, Salesforce, Surescripts, WebMD, and more

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 18, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. counties face a shortage of primary care providers – but 61% of those counties have a high volume of retail pharmacy locations that could fill the primary care gap.

FHIR

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Secure asynchronous messaging: the future of patient portals?

Lloyd Price

APRIL 21, 2023

This can help ensure that everyone is on the same page regarding patient care and can improve the coordination of care. Education and training: Asynchronous messaging can be used for educational purposes, such as sharing clinical guidelines, research findings, or case studies. Hefner, Sarah R.

Primary Care

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How Telehealth Can Improve Access to Specialty Healthcare

InTouch Health

MAY 7, 2020

Additionally, the patient’s primary care provider may have trouble sharing information with the specialty provider, which can delay access to care and worsen patient outcomes. Many primary care providers have trouble tracking whether their patients are able to actually visit the specialists they are referred to.

Telehealth

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Weekly Roundup – March 25, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 25, 2023

Colin Hung interviewed Charlie Harp at Clinical Architecture about how Qualified Health Information Networks will shine a light on data quality issues. Information will be moving more freely, to be sure – but the providers on the receiving end may not be able to make much use of the data they get.

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The Digital Home: A Platform for Health, via Deloitte and the COVID-19 “Stress Test”

Health Populi

JUNE 16, 2021

Among the least likely barriers were unqualified clinicians (compared with a “live” in-person doctor), the doctor’s inability to share health information with the patient, difficulty in booking an appointment, distractions from other online activities, and privacy issues.

Digital Health

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Wearable, Shareable, Virtual: The Demands of the Digital Health Consumer in 2018

Health Populi

MARCH 7, 2018

The evidence for telehealth’s tipping point is rooted in new research published today by Accenture on Patients + Doctors + Machines, Accentures’ 2018 Consumer Survey on Digital Health. Three in four consumers in America say technology is important to managing their health. 38% electronic health records. 48% mobile app.

Digital Health

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Most People Want Technology to Play a Bigger Role in Their Health Care, ResMed Finds

Health Populi

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Most Americans feel it should be easier to find the medical care that is best for them, and are sick of feeling like their personal health doesn’t matter in the current health care system. Making health care costs transparent. What’s the prescription to heal those frustrations? Technology.

Connected Health

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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

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Primary care in particular seems to be suffering, as visit volumes have yet to return to their 2019 levels. Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features.

Telehealth

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Two Forms of Telemedicine: Synchronous vs. Asynchronous

Lloyd Price

JANUARY 17, 2020

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) defines synchronous telemedicine as "live video-conferencing," which is a "two-way audiovisual link between a patient and a care provider." What is Synchronous Telemedicine? " The U.S.

Telemedicine

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Physicians and Technology: Avoiding Burnout

Advanced Medical Reviews

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) predicts a shortage of up to 105,000 doctors by 2030, including an estimated 43,000 in primary care. A third and probably biggest reason for this burnout is stress from utilizing health information technology (HIT), specifically electronic health record (EHR) systems.

EHR

EHR Primary Care Health Information Medicare

The Chronic Care Model and its Key Elements

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The Chronic Care Model is based upon the idea that people with chronic illnesses should have access to continuous care and support. It shifts the focus from acute and reactive care to proactive, population-based care. Is The Chronic Care Model Effective in Managing Chronic Conditions?

Primary Care

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The Future of Healthcare: Telehealth. Here’s Why You Need to Consider Telemedicine in 2019

Continue Education Journal

JUNE 12, 2019

With telemedicine, patients are able to seek services from providers in larger communities without having to coordinate travel plans or using the distance as a valid excuse to not seek treatment or care. The benefits of telehealth continues to grow, according to the WHO.

Telemedicine

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Sneak peek: New EY survey explores changing consumer telehealth preferences

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 1, 2023

Consumers strongly prefer in-person visits as they allow health professionals to examine or see the health condition (84%), develop a deeper personal connection with their clinician (77%), and solve their care concern (67%). Close to three in four consider the quality of in-person care is superior to that of virtual care (71%).

Telehealth

Telehealth Primary Care Healthcare IT Telemedicine

The The Five Biggest Areas of Opportunity for Digital Health

The Digital Health Corner

JUNE 14, 2017

According to a study in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine ER physicians spend only 28% of their time in direct face to face patient contact and can go through 4000 computer mouse clicks in one shift. Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) have been woefully underfunded and have fallen short of their vision. Social Media.

Digital Health

Digital Health EHR Interoperability Health Information

Convenience is King: The Age of Asynchronous Healthcare

Beyond Telehealth

MARCH 9, 2022

Unlike synchronous telehealth that requires a visit to be done in “real-time,” asynchronous care allows patients to relay health information to providers at the most convenient time for them. There are numerous studies showing the consequences of delaying care. A retrospective multicenter study.

Telehealth

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Controlling Prison Healthcare Costs with Telemedicine

GlobalMed

MAY 31, 2019

When you think of a typical telemedicine visit, you might picture a patient in a rural town communicating with a big-city specialist, or a primary care provider triaging with an emergency room department. Read case study. Controlling Costs Today and Tomorrow.

Telemedicine

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When Social Determinants of Health Limit Virtual Care Access

GlobalMed

AUGUST 3, 2021

Factors like race, gender, income, neighborhood, education, language, and incarceration history have influenced patient health. Now studies show they also correlate to someone’s likelihood of being able to participate in video visits or electronically request appointments or prescription refills.

Telemedicine

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Telemedicine vs. In-Person Visits: Which is Higher Quality?

GlobalMed

JULY 15, 2019

According to a study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine , not very personal at all. In fact, 64 percent of primary care providers (PCPs) and 80 percent of specialists didn’t bother to ask the patient why they came in – and when they did, most of them interrupted the patient after a median of 11 seconds.

Telemedicine

Telemedicine Primary Care Telehealth EHR

#HIMSS24 Europe: What are the key talking points likely to be?

Lloyd Price

APRIL 13, 2024

We’ll also help you make sense of all today’s trends in health technology—from machine learning to digital maturity and telehealth. Lectures, up-close networking, and case studies: we’ve got them all. And you’ll leave HIMSS24 Europe with rich insights to take back home and drive change in your health system. Among many others.)

Digital Health

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Solving the Disconnections in Connected Care

GlobalMed

AUGUST 12, 2019

But it doesn’t work with the system used by the patient’s primary care provider, even though the provider is in-network. So each office’s staff wind up manually exchanging information and waiting for a response, then following up with the patient – with results lost along the way. Detached and Divided.

Connected Care

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Revolutionizing Hypertension Care with Remote Patient Monitoring

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MARCH 29, 2024

With stringent encryption standards and adherence to regulations like HIPAA, RPM ensures that personal health information is securely managed and protected. A study published in the Journal of Primary Care & Community Health (2023) sheds light on RPM’s significant impact on hypertension care.

Health Data

Health Data Primary Care HIPAA Interoperability

How Telehealth Streamlines Processes for Doctors & Hospitals

InTouch Health

JANUARY 29, 2020

If a patient is referred to a specialist, their primary care provider can quickly send the file to the specialist to improve the continuity of care. Without EHRs, important health information can easily get lost in the shuffle. On average, physicians who use telemedicine can reduce visit times by around 20%.

Telehealth

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Clinician Burnout – Lessons from BDO’s Clinician Experience Survey for Patient Experience and Primary Care

While U.S. leads in IT tools for patients, primary care doctors still struggle to coordinate care

Trending Sources

Getting Health Care at a Retail Pharmacy vs a Retail Store: Consumers May Be Favoring the Pharmacist Versus the Retailer

The Path to Patient Empowerment: Hospitals are granting patients access to their health information, but is that enough?

ECRI, EHR Association put forth safety practices for behavioral health IT

Bonus Features – December 11, 2022 – CMS holds off on good faith estimate enforcement, 61% of patients see primary care moving out of the doctor’s office, and more

The Digital Transformation of Patients – Update from Rock Health and Stanford

Integrated EHR enables shift to virtual post-discharge follow-up

Bonus Features – December 3, 2023 – Only 40% of orgs say EHRs help manage burnout, cost optimization is top strategy for 70% of payers, plus 19 more stories

Bonus Features – December 11, 2022 – CMS holds off on good faith estimate enforcement, 61% of patients see primary care moving out of the doctor’s office, and much more

Why telehealth is more than just a pandemic trend

Bonus Features – November 19, 2023 – Critical access hospitals 16% less likely to participate in data exchange, two-thirds of orgs plan to increase AI spending by 25% in the next three years, plus 36 more stories

Bonus Features – July 30, 2023 – Amazon gets into the generative AI game, HIMSS plans to sell off the annual trade show, and more

Healthcare Costs, Access to Data, and Partnering With Providers: Patients’ Top User Experience Factors

Crescendo Health Launches to Improve and Accelerate Clinical Trials By Unlocking Patient Health Data

Electronic Health Records (EHR): How to Achieve Healthcare Data Accuracy with Artificial Intelligence

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

The Persistent Rural/Urban Broadband Gap Is Bad for Health

Bonus Features – May 21, 2023 – 82% of wearable users willing to share data with their physicians, 81% of Americans trust pharmacists and nurses to diagnose minor illnesses, and more

UK Doctors Least Likely in Europe G5 to Choose a Medical Career Again

Bonus Features – July 16, 2023 – 95% of patients are concerned about data breaches affecting their medical records, 81% incorrectly assume PHI collected by digital health apps is protected under HIPAA

World Health Day 2019: Let’s Celebrate Food, Climate, Insurance Coverage and Connectivity

Bonus Features, HIMSS Edition – April 18, 2023 – Amazon, Microsoft, and generative AI dominate the headlines, plus news from Oracle, Orion Health, Salesforce, Surescripts, WebMD, and more

Secure asynchronous messaging: the future of patient portals?

How Telehealth Can Improve Access to Specialty Healthcare

Weekly Roundup – March 25, 2023

The Digital Home: A Platform for Health, via Deloitte and the COVID-19 “Stress Test”

Wearable, Shareable, Virtual: The Demands of the Digital Health Consumer in 2018

Most People Want Technology to Play a Bigger Role in Their Health Care, ResMed Finds

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

Two Forms of Telemedicine: Synchronous vs. Asynchronous

Physicians and Technology: Avoiding Burnout

The Chronic Care Model and its Key Elements

The Future of Healthcare: Telehealth. Here’s Why You Need to Consider Telemedicine in 2019

Sneak peek: New EY survey explores changing consumer telehealth preferences

The The Five Biggest Areas of Opportunity for Digital Health

Convenience is King: The Age of Asynchronous Healthcare

Controlling Prison Healthcare Costs with Telemedicine

When Social Determinants of Health Limit Virtual Care Access

Telemedicine vs. In-Person Visits: Which is Higher Quality?

#HIMSS24 Europe: What are the key talking points likely to be?

Solving the Disconnections in Connected Care

Revolutionizing Hypertension Care with Remote Patient Monitoring

How Telehealth Streamlines Processes for Doctors & Hospitals

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