Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Such was the case at the first ever collaborative conference for health information exchange (HIE), interoperability, public health, and health equity. The four-day summit focused on the evolving role of HIE, new interoperability successes and the valuable implications of harnessing data to advance health equity.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 28, 2023

The following is a guest article by Chris Anello, Director of Digital Platforms at iTech AG The COVID-19 pandemic pushed healthcare organizations to the edge and exposed both challenges and opportunities related to public health data.

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Lloyd Price

APRIL 13, 2024

The latest advancements in digital health technologies This could include discussions on artificial intelligence, machine learning, telehealth, and other emerging technologies. Growth and M&A for Healthcare Technology companies Healthcare Technology Thought Leadership from Nelson Advisors – Market Insights, Analysis & Predictions.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 20, 2024

To make integration easier and build more comprehensive patient profiles, there is a push for interoperability standards to ensure seamless communication and data exchange among IoMT devices. They must also address the challenges posed by diverse data formats and standards. About Jessica Rengstorf Jessica Rengstorf Director, U.S

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Health Populi

MARCH 14, 2023

In 2014, ECRI pivoted the title of this annual report to “patient safety concerns,” a nuance away from health technology. In its recommendations for action, ECRI notes that health care providers cannot solve this crisis themselves, but can take specific actions to address the pediatric mental health crisis.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. Christoph Pedain, Business Leader, Hospital Patient Monitoring at Philips By the end of 2024, we will see significant moves by hospitals and health systems embracing readiness for Service-Oriented Device Connectivity (SDC).

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2023

How are health data utilities evolving? Lindsey Ferris, DrPH, Senior Interoperability and Public Health Director at PointClickCare – I think we’re at the very early stages. Michael Gagnon, Executive Director at HealtHIE Nevada – I see HIEs really evolving to be health data utilities.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2022

For the health IT community, 2022 has been a big year. . In January, the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) became a reality, and in October applications opened for organizations seeking designation as Qualified Health Information Networks (QHINs).

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 25, 2022

At the same time, Lynn says it was refreshing to hear a technology CEO focus on how a national EHR database would benefit primarily benefit patients and public health efforts. Read more… Featured Health IT Job: EHR implementation specialist position at New York-based Cayuga Centers posted on Healthcare IT Central.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The next step would be to achieve real interoperability in health records, a still elusive goal. However, given that the facilities are already stretched to the breaking point in staffing and funding, they need outside incentives to install EHRs and other digital technologies.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Kat McDavitt, President at Innsena – 1 million percent public health. Jeff Gartland, CEO at Relatient – Unfortunately, I’d honestly say still integration and interoperability. I think that’s an area where we need significantly greater focus to reduce the amount of friction we have in the system.

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CMS.gov

JULY 18, 2018

CMS Doubling Down on Health IT; Patients. Through MyHealthEData, CMS envisions a future in which all patients have access to their own health data and use it to make the right decisions for themselves and to get the best value. Patients should expect health IT that enhances their care coordination instead of disrupting it.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 24, 2023

Success Story #1: Moving Upstream to Identify Most Vulnerable Individuals to Prevent Homelessness There’s a common metaphor in public health about the need to move “upstream” to invest in preventive health, rather than wait for people to present at the “bottom of the river” with severe chronic illness.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2023

The healthcare industry’s steady progress toward interoperability and health information exchange promises to improve data exchange to address these challenges. With a master’s degree in Health Policy and Management from Harvard T.H. Healthcare stakeholders need the patient data that healthcare providers possess.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 22, 2023

News and Studies Amid the push for interoperability, data gaps persist, according to the inaugural State of Interoperability report from Health Gorilla , a health information network. Products AVIA launched AVIA Marketplace , a platform connecting hospitals and health systems to curated digital health tools.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 13, 2023

Consolidating and coordinating information between providers, payers and public health departments is particularly tough, not only because there are so many providers, but because of the variability between data platforms and systems. Some ready-made CSS tools that states will find useful include: . Agile Technology Tools.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. Bill Charnetski, EVP, Health System Solutions and Government Affairs at PointClickCare HIT incentives and staying consistent with federal interoperability standards will be key in solving the nation-wide staffing crisis.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 19, 2023

Remote monitoring firm Health Recovery Solutions and CommonWealth Purchasing Group are collaborating to bring telehealth to nearly 1,000 community health centers and FQHCs. Interoperability engine Infor Cloverleaf Integration Suite is now available in AWS Marketplace. Providence chose Luna for in-home physical therapy services.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

Mimi Winsberg, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer at Brightside Health We have been in an uncertain time for regulation around telemedicine, and there are a few key trends to watch. Regulators have a greater success rate when engaging industry experts to develop rules in health IT.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. Interoperability and artificial intelligence will play a large role in the innovation of healthcare technology in 2024 and will be necessary to control the rising needs in healthcare data management and analytics.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 28, 2023

The healthcare worker burnout crisis in this country began before the COVID-19 pandemic, but the public health emergency made the situation even worse as frontline health workers risked their lives to service others. It’s estimated that the U.S. This precludes the effective, timely, and secure transmission of patient data.

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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

JANUARY 4, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. These new players and classifications in healthcare, coupled with a drive to create interoperability, highlight the need for a robust identity management strategy for both consumers and providers. Brianna Zink, RN, MSN, Sr.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 26, 2022

The first article in this three-part series criticized the conditions of COVID-19 treatment in the United States. Now let’s look toward the future: what we do ideally if we had an epidemic and a treatment we wanted to administer quickly to patients? The ideas in this article combine observations of mine over several years with […].

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 6, 2023

On October 6, 2022, the healthcare and health IT community woke to a new reality – one in which electronic health information (EHI) included far more than it did the day before. . The expanded definition of EHI now includes virtually any health information tied to an individual that is used in decision making.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Patient matching issues also impact response to public health emergencies, as was seen throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Missing data, including an estimated 40% of demographic data missing from commercial laboratory test feeds for COVID-19, hindered contact tracing, vaccination, and public health reporting efforts.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

It’s always been pretty obvious that factors such as wealth, race, education, and the quality of food and water have enormous impacts on health. Given that the field is increasingly digitized and data-driven, health IT is responsible for collecting and analyzing social determinants of health (SDoH).

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

As cases are automated on communication platforms, there is a growing need to interoperably share care plans for patients/persons beyond the case worker team and out within the community’s ecosystem of stakeholders.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The following is a guest article by Lori Jones, Chief Revenue Officer and President, Provider Market at Olive. Healthcare technologists are our next line of defense against COVID-19. Without them, the vaccine rollout will take years.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 23, 2022

The second group to benefit from this National EHR Database was public health. Ellison highlighted how public health didn’t have a way to look across the health of a population. Although, it seems like the law so far has been ok with a kind of “best effort” approach to anonymized health data.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 31, 2023

Kynan Carver, DoD Cybersecurity Lead at Maximus By implementing a Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) for cybersecurity, health agencies and organizations can effectively increase patient confidence in exchanging medical information. As a result, health IT administrators should be doubling down on ransomware recovery plans.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. Greg Wujek, Global Health Industry Consultant at SAS Robots as providers comes of age. As sponsors adopt new tools, they will increasingly seek strategies that enable a harmonized, interoperable ecosystem.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Is there a message in this exhortation for people working with data and health IT? Gradually, payers and clinicians are incorporating social determinants of health into their care, including attempts to empathize with the cultural views and immediate surroundings of the patients.

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