Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 17, 2024

Sadly, these are just a few of copious examples where healthcare professionals are more concerned with their view counts than their responsibility to protect and care for their patients. As healthcare professionals, we see things that would shock the average person on a daily basis, and we become blind to it. About Alexandra V.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Technology that is difficult to use can create a critical barrier to adoption and, in the case of remote care, simply would not work, the health system felt. "During the peak of the pandemic, primary care telehealth visits accounted for more than 50% of our volume." Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 24, 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. Tytocare’s Mission to Make Home Medical Care Easier and More Accurate. Read more… Organizations Can’t Let HIPAA Become Criminal.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Early in the pandemic, the company launched mental health and primary care service lines. Healthcare IT News sat down with Baird to discuss the company's unique brand of telehealth and how she and her team have developed the technology for a winning endeavor. We follow HIPAA guidelines and employ strict access controls.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 23, 2022

"Patients needed a mechanism to connect with their primary care providers for chronic or acute care needs when virtual care was appropriate. The organization implemented virtual visits across all primary care, integrated behavioral health and pediatric behavioral health service lines. MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 22, 2022

Liz Fobare is vice president of product management at Kareo, a vendor of cloud-based clinical and practice management software for independent healthcare practices and billing companies. Although some may have been slow to adopt telemedicine, healthcare professionals across multiple disciplines quickly realized the benefits of telemedicine.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 2, 2023

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Epic Application Analyst/Coordinator position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic and is located in Toppenish, Washington.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 8, 2023

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. This position was posted by Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic and is located in Toppenish, Washington.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 12, 2021

"In some of our primary care locations, we have implemented the ability to connect with a specialist via a telehealth visit while the patient is already at the primary care office to avoid having to make multiple trips." "Both vendors are HIPAA-compliant and work with healthcare providers nationally.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Healthcare IT News interviewed Laura Mrazik, manager of telehealth at MaineGeneral Health, to discuss best uses and best practices with Zoom so others can learn from MaineGeneral's lessons. In early 2021, Zoom had done a great job highlighting the security measures they had taken to ensure HIPAA compliance for health system clients.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 4, 2022

This system also allows for pushing data into the electronic health record, improving staff efficiency and allowing them to enhance care delivery. It purchased devices and platforms for telehealth visits, ensuring HIPAA compliance and improving the providers' abilities to communicate via telemedicine. Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Lead Data Architect – Healthcare position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. We partner with primary care practices and power them through bold financial incentives and smart technology.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Regulations now require primary care doctors be notified if their patients have an ED visit or are admitted to a hospital. It’s amazing to think that PCPs are being notified about their patients so that they can ensure quality continuity of care. It’s basically HIPAA secure email for doctors.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 1, 2020

Based on Twilio’s Programmable Video API, the service will give healthcare professionals the ability to launch video visits with patients and to update clinical documentation and review patient histories within Epic EHR workflows. The technology could also help primary care practices avoid closure as business slows.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Epic Application Analyst/Coordinator position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic and is remote.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 8, 2020

To provide patients with quality care in the comfort and safety of their own home, the team at athenahealth quickly launched an Apple FaceTime integration within the athenaOne mobile app. For a comprehensive listing compiled by Healthcare IT News , click here. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 27, 2023

The staff will diagnose and treat you, but care is time sensitive and costly. Now consider routine checkups with your primary care physician, who knows your history and has access to your medical records. Greater visibility enables proactive care and preventative measures to anticipate and mitigate health concerns.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 12, 2023

We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Epic Application Analyst/Coordinator position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic and is located in Toppenish, Washington.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 19, 2020

Purchasing devices and platforms due to pricing was a concern, and HIPAA-compliant platforms and cybersecurity [were concerns] for PHI/patient safety." DocuSign, NextGen and Care Message were also used in order to have necessary documents signed, co-payments collected and appointment reminders sent. MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 31, 2022

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 News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

" Telehealth provides the perfect platform to address simple things that are very important, such as lab results, medication refills and follow-up care, he said. "By preventing hospitalizations, we can save the industry the burden of this high healthcare cost. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Tabor pointed out that under the Quality Payment Program, CMS designates alternative payment models including accountable care organizations, episode-based payment models and primary care-focused models. Winter and Tabor also proposed that telehealth technology and services should be required to comply with HIPAA after the PHE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 3, 2020

The organization also uses a custom-developed, HIPAA-compliant photo-sharing platform. Staff collaborated with primary care partners to train as many as possible on the integration of telemedicine into their workplaces. Healthcare IT News recently compiled a comprehensive list of these vendors with detailed descriptions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The provider organization made the switch-over from in-person care to telemedicine at the onset of COVID nearly instantaneously, literally between a Friday and Monday in March 2020. Healthcare IT News published a special report highlighting many of these vendors with detailed descriptions of their products. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Or are there areas in healthcare where past regulations are now too restrictive and are holding us back? In search of answers to these questions, we reached out to our incredibly beautiful Healthcare IT Today Community to see what areas they would add, remove, or update regulations. The following is what they had to say.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 6, 2022

"Once the visit was ready to take place, patients would be taken to a two-way video screen where they could talk with a provider through a secure, HIPAA-compliant connection," she continued. "Care delivery options included urgent care, primary care, behavioral health services and chronic care management."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 18, 2019

“The result is nationally high rates for utilization of high-expense ‘place of service’ for acute, low-intermediate acuity care,” he said. Texas continues to be ranked near the bottom nationwide in ratio of primary care physicians to population. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Some operational kinks needed to be worked out, however, but our ability to connect patients to their primary care providers immediately reduced anxiety and fear associated with the pandemic." Healthcare IT News recently compiled a comprehensive list of these vendors with detailed descriptions. " MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 21, 2020

“The HIE technology was both HIPAA- and ePHI privacy-compliant. Initially, we had many concerns about the adequacy of the HIE’s security controls, such as how to prevent unauthorized access to patient records or detect and prevent data breaches – all of which could adversely affect patient care and operations.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 29, 2022

We had to ensure seamless reporting to get results into the respective patient portals and out to their primary care physicians. Now we have electronic boards that are HIPAA friendly to help identify patient location and assignment as well as a number of other alerts to help with patient throughput. Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 15, 2023

Ryan Health is a federally qualified health center based in Manhattan that has been providing comprehensive and affordable primary and specialty care to New York’s diverse and underserved communities since 1967. The Doximity platform met the organization's requirements, was available at no cost and was HIPAA-compliant.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 4, 2021

United Physicians, based in Bingham Farms, Michigan, is always on the hunt for programs that empower its primary care providers to serve as the medical home for patients. "For the past several years, we had been looking for a way to integrate behavioral care management into the primary care medical home," Coleman said.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MARCH 29, 2024

With stringent encryption standards and adherence to regulations like HIPAA, RPM ensures that personal health information is securely managed and protected. RPM systems offer tailored healthcare solutions adapted to individual patient needs and conditions. But how does RPM secure patients’ data?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 23, 2021

The pandemic has created an atmosphere in healthcare unlike anything seen before in modern times. This is the sixth instalment in Healthcare IT News ' feature story series, "Health IT Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Era." Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. " Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 24, 2022

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 News - Telehealth

APRIL 16, 2019

” Further, the hospital was seeing growing demand for having primary care providers available in its clinics in smaller towns like Chappell and Potter that are up to 30 miles away. It is HIPAA-compliant and works efficiently, Brockhaus said.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In the search for some of these answers to help ease your burden, we have reached out to our incredibly brilliant Healthcare IT Today Community for their insights on communication platforms. Once you understand this, you can focus on which regulations have to be considered, such as HIPAA and GDPR.

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