Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

To help, we reached out to our talented Healthcare IT Today Community and asked them: what emerging technologies in Health IT are currently shaping the landscape, and how do they contribute to improved patient outcomes and healthcare delivery ? The following is what they had to share.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 19, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

And in an era where over six billion people have smartphones, incorporating the tool in healthcare makes sense. The following article shows four practical use cases for QR codes within the healthcare IT landscape. Managing Medical Equipment Healthcare facilities use a diverse range of equipment to deliver effective care to patients.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

2019: Year in Review It's been an eventful year for health IT. Of course, that's been the case every year over the past decade since the first meaningful use checks were mailed out, kickstarting the digital healthcare age as we know it. Enhancing the patient experience with technology. Collection. Collection.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. Chuck Whinney, VP of Healthcare Strategy at Infor.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Improve the Patient and Staff Relationship to Improve the Overall Experience Many healthcare systems are pursuing digital transformations, automation, and enhanced technology to provide new value to patients and reduce stressors on staff.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 7, 2022

For the healthcare industry – an industry that is conservative by nature – undergoing a transformation presents an opportunity to implement digital strategies across the board. Digitizing content helps companies across almost every industry increase efficiency, improve workflow, reduce costs, and raise productivity.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Effective patient engagement is widely known to be tied to high quality care, outcomes, and cost savings. And while the healthcare industry continually stresses the importance of that connection, few stakeholders are truly extracting the greatest value from their strategies. […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

By Bill Siwicki | August 24, 2023 News Three steps healthcare organizations can take to use generative AI responsibly The healthcare lead at research and consulting giant Accenture lays out how to get proprietary data. Here's how some pioneering health IT leaders are using AI today, and how they're planning for the future.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 21, 2019

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are set to transform healthcare. From front line care delivery, including triage, clinical decision support and patient experience to back-office operations, such as billing and revenue cycle, algorithms and emerging technologies are already proving their value. by November 01, 2018.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Emphasizing patient-centered solutions, this methodology is set to revolutionize the management of chronic diseases, thereby impacting patient care and healthcare economics significantly. Optimized Care Coordination: Enhancing communication tools and collaborative strategies for better patient outcomes.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 26, 2023

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Director, Application Development and Integrations position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central.

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DECEMBER 31, 2020

But having learned some difficult lessons this pandemic year, it's worth taking stock of that hard-won wisdom – and forecasting how it might be put to work in the next 12 months as healthcare organizations chart a path forward to help a " shocked system emerge stronger " (as PwC puts it). " Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 18, 2024

It was an awful experience for me as a patient and no doubt for them to have to review 3 different sets of forms. While not every office is this disorganized, the patient experience when it comes to clipboards and patient forms has a lot to be desired at many healthcare organizations. Tell us what you think.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 31, 2023

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Director, Application Development and Integrations position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by New York eHealth Collaborative and is in Manhattan, New York.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 18, 2024

Telehealth is for everyone, and hospitals and health systems must construct a digital equity strategy to better serve patients in the digital and telehealth space to ensure all persons can use telehealth, contended Alexandra Hunter, virtual care consultant at Henry Ford Health in Detroit. Why should a health system care?

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. The first installment discussed how firms focus on finding people who want to solve problems, know healthcare, and understand patients’ needs.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

“The role of leadership is to provide CLARITY versus certainty” – Dr. Rasu Shrestha Dr. Rasu Shrestha, Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President at Atrium Health, spoke these powerful words at the recent EXPO.health Interactive Series event and immediately broke the webinar chat feature.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 20, 2024

Paulo Pinho, MD, Chief Medical and Strategy Officer at Discern Health , highlighted to us that analytics have to be explainable to be trusted. It’s not enough to show a correlation, but to demonstrate that the clinical intervention was responsible for the improved patient outcome. Tell us what you think.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 13, 2024

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. 2024 Health IT Predictions: AI Regulations and Ethics. This week, we published several more posts in our series on 2024 Health IT Predictions.

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AUGUST 15, 2023

We can’t talk about healthcare 24/7, the best we can do is pick the most important things for today and leave the rest for the future. At the HFMA Annual conference we talked with our amazing Healthcare IT Today Community for their insights on what more people need to be focused on in healthcare right now.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Patient intake : Patient intake is the process of registering new patients and getting them started in the healthcare system. Providers are investing in patient intake software to improve the patient experience and to streamline their administrative processes.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The following is a guest article by Blake Walker, CEO at Inbox Health. The dreaded healthcare bill: patients’ anxiety rises the second it lands in their mailbox or inbox, and practices find the process of managing patient billing arduous.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2023

“By listening at scale, business leaders can feel confident that the strategies they implement in their organization are backed by data generated from the authentic words of their customers,” said Amy Brown , CEO at Authenticx. Originally announced January 17th, 2023.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Dr. Michael Sherling, cofounder and chief medical and strategy officer, says the company adopted this strategy from its founding 13 years ago. Keona Health also implements other policies that are popular among tech workers, such as flexible work arrangements.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 24, 2022

"In healthcare, there is such a focus on seeing patients in the office, but we've learned we can provide better patient experiences by engaging patients outside of the office in a way that isn't captured by an appointment." " Dr. Jamy Ard, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Much like the rest of the healthcare industry, at the start of the pandemic, the patient load was overwhelming. "Virtual care required a recast in strategy to address interoperability, patient experience, provider experience and cost," said Gerard Frunzi, director of virtual care at Centura Health.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Results from a new healthcare industry survey suggest that while payers and providers are somewhat at odds when it comes to data management, their strategies still have much in common. The survey in question was sponsored by Change Healthcare and the HealthCare Executive Group conducted by InsightDynamo.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

“While telemedicine existed in our health system prior to COVID-19, the adoption of this technology accelerated exponentially due to the pandemic, which unlocked a new level of patient care,” she said. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 3, 2023

Thus, according to Murray Brozinsky, Chief Strategy Officer at Amwell , generative AI will automate peripheral aspects of communication rather than affect health care directly. As the term “generative AI” indicates, these technologies use AI to communicate, not to do predictive analytics or alter events.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

“The industry has been woefully behind in finding ways to automate the time-consuming and complex process of patient communication; current modes of communication are often generic, resulting in a poor patient experience,” said Ben Chapman, CEO at Vital Interaction. “We

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 1, 2024

The Transformative Impact of AI Leveraging artificial intelligence in behavioral and mental healthcare could provide clinicians with a means of resolving an ongoing mental healthcare crisis. AI automates routine and meticulous tasks and accounts for improved patient experience.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 20, 2022

As I think about my years in health IT, tech people have always been interested in automation. However, the same wasn’t always true for healthcare workers. Some people in healthcare saw automation as a threat to their jobs. Either way, automation has become a trusted path forward for healthcare organizations.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Patients can now search easily for a provider, book an available appointment, fill out all the necessary paperwork electronically ahead of that appointment and check-in online. Expanding Patient Access. With patient volumes still below pre-pandemic levels, many healthcare organizations are putting a focus on improving access to care.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

By enabling healthcare organizations to license this additional model of care delivery, 98point6 once again sets the bar with an integrated, purpose-built clinician solution that future-proofs virtual clinic operations. In related news, the company announced it has doubled down on its growth strategy, acquiring the remaining assets of Bright.md

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Dan Kompare, Vice President of Information Systems at Harmony Healthcare IT. With 15+ years of experience in information technology, I’ve observed our collective security first mentality increasing focus on vendor management and long term system compliance and sustainability. Rob Dreussi, Chief Information Officer at HCTec.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 14, 2024

Throughout this process, a strategy that leverages multiple security measures to protect an organization’s assets is needed to prevent system compromises, protect sensitive patient data, and keep digital hospitals in compliance with industry standards and regulations. And perhaps, we all can get better sleep.

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