Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Reps Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Bill Foster (D-IL) introduced the Patient Matching and Transparency in Certified Health IT (MATCH IT) Act of 2024 , which would standardize the way demographic information is entered into certified health IT products and ensure more precise patient matches.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 29, 2023

News and Studies HLTH Foundation formed the Techquity for Health Coalition , with a mission to help organizations consider health equity in health technology innovation and data practices. The group also launched a health equity survey , with the results to be announced at ViVE in Nashville in March.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 6, 2023

Another 60% of hospitals are receiving SDoH data from outside sources, primarily from HIE entities. Nearly half (46%) of providers already have or plan to deploy large language models in their call centers , according to a survey from Hyro. Product and Company News Voice assistant Suki launched its native Mac app.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

Patients are the lifeblood of the healthcare industry — especially small healthcare clinics — yet a recent survey conducted by Weave found that 2 out of 3 small healthcare businesses claim they are short-staffed, with little evidence that these shortages will end anytime soon. Jason Gorevic, CEO at Teladoc Health.

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The Digital Health Corner

JUNE 14, 2017

Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) have been woefully underfunded and have fallen short of their vision. There remain many opportunities for technologies to assist in achieving true interoperability. Increasing healthcare consolidation of hospitals has exacerbated the problem of lack of interoperability. Clinical trials.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Roughly 5 in 6 (84%) of ambulatory care physicians use manual processes to manage transitions of care , according to a survey from WellSky. Nearly all (95%) of healthcare executives are interested in end-to-end managed services to solve RCM challenges, according to a survey from Ensemble Health Partners.

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The Digital Health Corner

MARCH 26, 2018

Interestingly, an IBM survey of 200 healthcare executives in 16 countries focused on interest in adopting blockchain technology revealed that this is a very rapidly evolving area. One of the most obvious benefits of blockchain resides in improving privacy of electronic health records.

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