Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 7, 2023

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Program Administrator, Policy & Compliance position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. You can also register for free and post your resume where recruiters search for job candidates regularly.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 23, 2021

” I heard this summing-up in a recent interview with Dr. John Showalter, chief product officer for Jvion, a prescriptive AI analytics company in health care. His point is that we need to compare two or more populations to find out what makes one health and another unhealthy.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This fall, The Sequoia Project began accepting applications for potential qualified health information networks (QHINs), the entities tasked with operationalizing the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) established by the 21st Century Cures Act. Three Important Considerations for ONC and the Health IT Community .

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 23, 2023

clinicians, as estimated by Paul L Wilder, Executive Director of the CommonWell Health Alliance. Many other health IT firms have joined CommonWell since then. To describe the current situation in healthcare, Wilder asked us to imagine if a retailer had to call your bank every time you made a credit card purchase.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 17, 2024

Originally aimed at health care providers, they have championed the right of patients to get access to data, and now are working also with payers, public health agencies, pharmacies, and labs. Their membership and clientele have expanded in variety as well as numbers. Tell us what you think.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 12, 2020

For example, they’ve announced previously an effort to expand LOINC to support public health needs and grants to expand HL7 standards related to the public health […].

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 23, 2020

While the federal government has relaxed some patient privacy rules in response to the coronavirus pandemic, there are still avoidable mistakes healthcare professionals make when it comes to protecting patient data. The following is a guest article by Mark LaRow, CEO at Verato.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Department of Health and Human Services announced this week that it had launched a digital health accelerator aimed at addressing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The startups selected for the cohort include telehealth vendors, behavioral health tools, vaccination status platforms and healthcare ecosystem products, among others.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 14, 2023

It’s not a huge surprise that the week of the ONC Meeting, they would make a number of big announcements for those of us in health IT. I expect we’ll see many more health IT companies become QHINs. We’ll see how effective it is at solving the healthcare interoperability problem.

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Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2024

“Patients, their care partners, caregivers, and advocates are already utilizing AI powered tools and creating their own LLMs in ways that the average physician, healthcare executive, and health IT vendors would not believe. Layered on top of this is health citizens’ eroding trust in other aspects of U.S. public health, as well.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Public health agencies have come to understand the immense value of monitoring waste water, as demonstrated by a recent report calling for its expansion. At CES 2023 , Julius Dewavrin, Product Manager for U-Scan, explained how U-Scan works and the kinds of health benefits it can provide. Tell us what you think.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Telehealth was held up as a "panacea," said Adaeze Enekwechi, a board member at the Public Health Institute and the Alliance for Health Policy, at the final installment of the American Telemedicine Association's EDGE policy conference on Tuesday. " Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 16, 2021

That study, Who Is (and Isn't) Receiving Telemedicine Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic , adds to an already substantial body of evidence that the public health emergency is exacerbating disparities in access and use of technology-enabled healthcare. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The next public health pronouncement or clinical treatment might emerge from synthetic data : rows of totally invented people that contain no real data but reflects the actual characteristics of a population such as race, gender, and medical conditions. And for an exclusive look at our top stories , subscribe to our newsletter.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 20, 2023

Allow more eligible healthcare professionals to use telehealth services. Remove unnecessary in-person visit requirements for telemental health services. Allow for the waiver of telehealth restrictions during public health emergencies. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 13, 2021

Public Health 4.0, or Population Health 4.0, is the recognition of health as a global entity and the focus on identifying and eliminating health disparities, unnecessary costs, and comorbidity. Unlike the previous three phases of public health, the focus in […].

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 20, 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. Read more… Hearing From Our Health IT Friend on Capitol Hill. Read more… How Were the Spring Health IT Conferences ? Houske at OTAVA.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 27, 2023

During the past decade, finally, health care is starting to deal in a structured, measurable manner with the life factors and environments that play the biggest role in their patients’ health. Are there disparities in program participation or health outcomes?

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 12, 2023

Learn more about Atropos Health: [link] Listen and subscribe to the Healthcare IT Today Interviews Podcast to hear all the latest insights from experts in healthcare IT. Watch the video for more details about the services, how databases are rated, and more. Tell us what you think.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 29, 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. We asked members of the Healthcare IT Community to share their thoughts on the growing role of the Internet of Medical Things in managing healthcare data.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Listen and subscribe to the Healthcare IT Today Interviews Podcast to hear all the latest insights from experts in healthcare IT. Listen and subscribe to the Healthcare IT Today Interviews Podcast to hear all the latest insights from experts in healthcare IT. Learn more about PointClickCare: [link].

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 5, 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. Read more… Translating Healthcare Documents in an Instant. Read more… Environmental Health Surveillance Enhances Public Health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

"We will continue to support the unprecedented COVID-19 public health effort by holding accountable people who use deceptive tactics to profit from the pandemic," he said. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 5, 2024

The acquisition advances Healthy Together’s mission to improve collective health and make government and enterprises more efficient. Early detection supports rapid interventions throughout the public and private healthcare ecosystem. ” said Inder Singh , Founder of Kinsa Health.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 24, 2022

This global crisis has tested our ability as a civilization to respond to public health emergencies and mitigate the impact of geopolitical interference impeding our collective adherence to sensible policies geared towards disease prevention. Effective public health communication is the cornerstone of any pandemic response.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 3, 2023

What isn’t being talked about enough when it comes to sharing health data? At the recent Civitas Conference, we took the time to ask various members of our talented Healthcare IT Today Community to see where their thoughts were on this subject. The video below is a compilation of their answers.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. 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.

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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. Read more… What Area of Healthcare Needs More Investment ? At HLTH, we asked the Healthcare IT Today community to weigh in on this important topic.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 2, 2020

OCR (Office for Civil Rights) inside of HHS which is in charge of HIPAA enforcement has issued another notice of enforcement discretion. Roger Severino, OCR Director, announced that OCR will exercise it’s enforcement discretion and not impose penalties for violations of certain HIPAA provisions.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 30, 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. Why AI’s Risks and Remedies Are Different in Healthcare. Read more… Healthcare IT Today Podcast : 2023 Health IT Recap.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Extend the coverage requirement to public employee benefit plans and student health plans. The bill also revises the definition of telehealth to expand beyond licensed physician-provided care and encompass treatment such as behavioral health. " Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 25, 2022

Welcome to the first edition of the 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. Read more… 5 Trends in Healthcare IT. Is Larry Ellison’s Vision of a National EHR Database Even Possible?

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 1, 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. For Tempe, Public Health Means Being a 20-Minute City. We posed two questions to the Healthcare IT Today community about RCM.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 16, 2022

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. Epic has plans to join TEFCA as an inaugural Qualified Health Information Network. Read more… How GIS Data Improves Public Health.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 1, 2021

Certainly, such detail is valuable to public health agencies-but also to municipal governments, hospitals, clinics, and even private businesses. Who could benefit from a geographical map that ranks counties by the risk of residents getting COVID-19?

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2023

Health Gorilla is devoted to deriving insights from a combination of traditional clinical data and SDoH. Avery Haller, executive director for strategy and partnerships, divides relevant data into three types: Typical census and public health data, usually available at the ZIP-code level and therefore of limited use in assisting individuals.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Searching for the answers to these questions in the hopes of them getting more investments in the future, we reached out to our absolutely incredible Healthcare IT Today Community to see what areas of healthcare they think need more investment and why. Kat McDavitt, President at Innsena – 1 million percent public health.

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