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Connected Health Initiative – Our Health IT Friend on Capitol Hill

Healthcare IT Today

The Connected Health Initiative (CHI) is a non-profit organization that advocates on behalf of all health IT vendors. They are a trusted resource and voice for our industry so that policymakers at federal, state, and local levels can be better informed about emerging digital health technology. What is CHI?

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What the future holds for HHS-OIG health IT enforcement

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"In other words," said HHS-OIG's Andrew VanLandingham in a recent interview with Healthcare IT News , "our job isn't to run the programs, but to make sure they work well for all Americans." Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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A Case Study in Ambient Clinical Voice at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Healthcare IT Today

Each day that passes, I’m seeing how ambient clinical voice has become the most impactful part of health IT since the $36 billion of stimulus money for EHR software. And for an exclusive look at our top stories, subscribe to our newsletter and YouTube. Tell us what you think. Contact us here or on Twitter at @hcitoday.

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND. ON THE RECORD.

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Ambient Voice Transcriptions Endorsed in a Study by The Permanente Medical Group

Healthcare IT Today

A new study by The Permanente Medical Group (part of Kaiser Permanente) offers confidence that ambient voice transcriptions can save time and improve the patient experience by generating clinical notes about patient visits. This article summarizes the key findings in that study. But results were strong enough for us to pay attention.

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Featured Health IT Jobs – Senior Epic Application Analyst

Healthcare IT Today

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Senior Epic Application Analyst position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. As always, you can search our Health IT job board for a variety of jobs from leading companies in the industry.

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Healthcare Cybersecurity – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

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. According to the ISC2 Cybersecurity Workforce Study, 2023, the U.S.