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. Healthcare staffing shortages will continue to negatively impact patient experience in 2023. With healthcare professionals working longer hours and dealing with increased workloads, patient experience has fallen to the wayside.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Mental Health Integration : With approximately 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. experiencing mental illness each year, integrating mental health into chronic disease management is a public health imperative.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 30, 2023

AdvancedMD is a cloud-based service merging an EHR with a health care management solution, and has recently announced upgrades to its EHR, practice management, and patient engagement functions. Alleviating the Mental Health Crisis Another plank in the AdvancedMD platform is to integrate mental and physical health.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 22, 2024

From the massive expansion of telehealth brought on by the pandemic to prescription video games, promising new technological advancements coupled with a reduced stigma towards behavioral health conditions are making mental healthcare more accessible than ever before.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Schleider, a clinical psychologist who is now associate professor of medical social sciences at Northwestern University, says that simple questionnaires can turn up depression, one of the most common mental health conditions. with significant mental health have no treatment currently.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 12, 2024

We’re using the most advanced LLMs, TTS (text-to-speech), and STT (speech-to-text) models that have just become available in the past few months to ensure an optimized patient experience.” And those things together are a major benefit to the bottom line of health systems where dollars are already stretched thin.”

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Globally, roughly one billion people are living with a mental health condition, including nearly 20% of U.S. For people with Serious Mental Illness (SMI), ordinary tasks such as using public transit, spending time with family or leaving home can be difficult. At the same time, as the U.S. At the same time, as the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 1, 2024

million eligible patients through more than 680 health centers across 41 U.S. states, and virtually in all 50 states. “The merger of Marathon Health and Everside Health will create a stronger combined organization even better equipped to build a primary care model designed with patient experience and outcomes in mind.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Read more… Meet Growing Demand for Mental Health Services With Personalized Digital Solutions. Nearly half of Americans live in areas with a shortage of mental health professionals, and wait times can last months. Read more… How Virtual Observation Elevates the Patient Experience.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Andy took a deep dive into LexisNexis Health Equity and Inclusion Insights , which takes steps to provide more granular data by drawing on non-traditional data sources and evaluating data in the context of a patient’s environment. Read more… Healthcare IT Today Podcast : 2023 Health IT Recap.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Many standalone video conferencing platforms are not designed for medical use and do not contain HIPAA-compliance functionality to keep your patients and your practice protected. Adopting an EHR with fully integrated telehealth will further reduce liability by centralizing data and improving the patient experience.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 29, 2024

Beyond physical well-being, there’s a growing emphasis on the connection between physical and mental health. In 2024, women’s health solutions will prioritize holistic approaches, acknowledging how physical well-being significantly impacts mental health.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 6, 2021

I sat in awe listening to how an individual with multiple health conditions and schizophrenia had gone from being a frequent ER visitor who would then be admitted due to his mental health condition down to almost no (as in zero) ER visits. What was the amazing intervention, process, or treatment that made such a […].

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The Intersection of Falls and Mental Health in the Elderly Although physical injuries may be the most obvious effect of falls, the mental health impact is substantial and often under-recognized. About Byron Crowe Dr. Crowe is the Chief Medical Officer for Solera Health.

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Health Populi

JUNE 10, 2019

As an example of this trend, Accenture points to Mindstrong which leverages AI and machine learning to divine digital phenotypes of consumers-patients that inform mental health support. ” There’s no more eHealth or mHealth — it’s all health, it’s all digital.

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Health Populi

JULY 27, 2020

The report found three big shifts in global health citizens’ views on their personal health and health care delivery in the wake of the pandemic: Across all age groups, COVID-19 exacerbated peoples’ concerns about their physical and mental health in a very short time. That’s a big if: in the U.S.,

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 30, 2022

A survey of Medisafe users found that 51% of patients say accessing mental health support is one of their primary health challenges , with women and younger patients more likely to express concerns about their mental health. Partnerships.

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Health Populi

JULY 27, 2022

With the lack of interoperability plaguing so many health IT developments, Apple has streamlined the ability for software developers to create digital health tools using APIs, application programing interfaces (apologies for the wonkiness).

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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. Sherry Rais, Co-Founder and CEO at Enthea Increased focus on mental and emotional well-being: Employers will continue to prioritize mental health benefits, offering more comprehensive coverage and support programs.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2023

In addition to the investment, CVS Health will also pilot the Carbon Health operating model inside select existing CVS Health locations, leveraging the Carbon Health model and software to help power the patient experience for CVS consumers.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 17, 2023

Specifically, we will examine their applications in patient care, medical education, and mental health support. In this article, we will explore the role of digital entities in mitigating these shortages and making healthcare more patient-centric.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2023

We will see continued focus on the social determinants of health by EHR vendors in 2023. We also learned of the importance of mental health. EPIC is focusing on three main areas in 2023: Efficiency improvements for clinicians and administrators so that more time can be spent with patients.

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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. In the next year, we’ll see further evolution of hybridized care models where parts of virtual care are leveraged to improve access and patient experience. Brianna Zink, RN, MSN, Sr.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Patients as health consumers face challenges paying for care, managing mental health, finding health services and taking time off work to access them, caregiving, and in transportation for care along with personal mobility issues. A few key data points illustrate the magnitude of the frustration: 50% of U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 19, 2022

Canvas provides a full-stack ambulatory EMR and digital health developer platform, enabling both established and startup healthcare providers to launch new patient experiences and business models faster. Founded in 2015, Canvas is reimagining the EMR for the future of healthcare.

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Health Populi

APRIL 18, 2023

We can expect increasing investments in surgery centers, emergency care outside of the traditional ER, patient education focused on health literacy, acute care at home (the hospital-at-home migration, continuing), more virtual critical care and e-ICUs, mental health, and nutrition.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Children in America were increasingly struggling with mental health before COVID-19, but the pandemic compounded an already growing crisis. nearly one in five children experience a mental health disorder. Today in the U.S., The Policies for Streamlining Care. Reimagining Technology’s Role.

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Health Populi

APRIL 29, 2019

Naming the Amazon-JPM-Berkshire Hathaway venture in health care organization “Haven,” and announcing plans to hire staff in New York City. Expanding Alexa skills to join the growing tele-mental health supply side. See more on that recommendation, and subsequent social media frenzy, here on Health Populi ).

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 28, 2024

It can be especially effective for patients in those underserved or rural areas where we see the largest issues with access to care due to health provider shortages. Currently, 100mm people live in primary care physician shortage areas and 160MM live in mental health provider shortage areas.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Company secures growth capital to expand its footprint and accelerate integration between payers, providers, and referral partners to meet the growing demand for mental health care. NeuroFlow , the market leader in behavioral health integration technology, has secured $25 million in growth capital, led by SEMCAP Health.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 6, 2019

But increasingly, these technologies also have import for using exercise-as-medicine for both physical and mental health applications. My work in the European Union has informed my view on this innovation, which has direct application to public and individual health. Finally, we come to smart cities to promote resilience.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Topol’s lens on how AI can humanize health care, Dr. Chacko’s learnings on the power of human-centered design in health, Gary Mendell’s work on de-stigmatizing mental health, Dr. Ungerleider’s understanding of engaging with grace at the end-of life, Nick Adkins’ empathic embrace of the power of connection, and other humanistic (..)

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Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2020

Six in ten people are open to health and wellness services via virtual channels, over half like the idea of remote monitoring linking with at-home devices, and 1 in 2 people would be open to routine appointments through telehealth. Nearly one-half would also be keen on mental health appointments and specialty visits for chronic conditions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 20, 2022

Everyone from the board and the C-suite to the health IT team to doctors and nurses are talking about how digital technologies can change the industry and bring about better care and better outcomes. Video also provides a powerful delivery mechanism for mental healthcare. Digital transformation is the topic du jour in healthcare today.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 10, 2022

The Sequoia Project has released additional documentation support the implementation of TEFCA , the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement for health IT interoperability. And all respondents said labor shortages are causing an operational strain that’s adversely impacting the patient experience.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

I talked to a number of health IT and telehealth experts in a search for answers to these questions. Most are bullish on televisits, believing that these visits have firmly established themselves, are popular with clinicians, patients, and payers alike, and will only grow over time. In the opinion of many experts, the reason U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 6, 2023

To all the other factors that hold people back from taking their meds, he adds social and religious factors, concerns about side effects and interactions, the stigma to admitting that the patient has a condition (particularly concerning mental health), and sometimes even opposition by family members.

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