Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 23, 2024

So what are these key skills and qualifications and how have they evolved with advancements in healthcare technology ? We reached out to our incredible Healthcare IT Today Community for their thoughts and the following is what they had to say. Being academically strong greatly contributes to a healthcare leadership mindset.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 26, 2024

Having everything digital means better interoperability, increased patient access, and more. This leaves us with the big question of what role Health IT leadership plays in ensuring the security and privacy of patient data , and what strategies can leaders employ to address emerging cybersecurity threats.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 20, 2024

Paulo Pinho, MD, Chief Medical and Strategy Officer at Discern Health , highlighted to us that analytics have to be explainable to be trusted. View the video with Discern Health for details about interoperability, making data work for patient improvement, and more.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 18, 2022

The topic of TEFCA and QHINs has been an extremely important one in the world of healthcare IT and particularly when it comes to healthcare interoperability. In many ways, it’s setting the national infrastructure for healthcare interoperability going forward. So, we should be paying attention.

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Health System CIO

APRIL 6, 2020

Between the “all consuming” efforts to ensure providers can deliver care and support a remote workforce in the midst of COVID-19, while also trying to make sense of the recent regulatory changes, healthcare IT leaders face challenging times. But there’s an opportunity there, says Dr. John Halamka.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 29, 2022

For the 38th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we sat down with Rusty Yeager, Senior VP and CIO at Encompass Health. This time we’re taking a look into EHR strategies and their standardization on the Oracle Cerner solution. Encompass Health seems to have an aggressive growth strategy. iHeartRadio.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 17, 2023

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 Today

MAY 14, 2024

Throughout this process, a strategy that leverages multiple security measures to protect an organization’s assets is needed to prevent system compromises, protect sensitive patient data, and keep digital hospitals in compliance with industry standards and regulations.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 21, 2023

Sometimes health IT professionals forget that the goal is not just to put data in an EHR or to provide interoperability of data between health IT software. That said, healthcare organizations have begun to ask Kno2 for help. Bell says they are still stressed by inadequate staff, declining reimbursements, and changing care models.

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Lloyd Price

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Exec Summary: The Vive 2024 event is the premier event for Digital Health decision-makers, focusing on the business of healthcare. Interoperability and health data exchange: Ensuring seamless data flow between different systems and platforms. It will be held in Los Angeles, California from February 25 to 28, 2024. Subscribe Today!

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 9, 2023

At the Civitas Conference, there was a lot of talk about TEFCA and QHINs and what their impact will be on healthcare and interoperability. What do they mean for healthcare organizations and how will they be participating in them? Are they replacing current interoperability efforts? When will they be implemented?

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Lloyd Price

APRIL 9, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Healthcare: The ongoing debate around responsible use of AI in diagnostics, drug discovery, and personalised medicine is likely to be a major theme. Interoperability and Data Sharing: How can we ensure different digital health tools and platforms work together seamlessly and securely to improve patient care?

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

After some changes in the industry and some acquisitions, CommonWell was in need of a new technical service provider to continue their interoperability work and to finish their work to become a QHIN under TEFCA. One of the biggest networks for sharing health data in the country is CommonWell Health Alliance. Tell us what you think.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 13, 2023

IT leaders sometimes overlook the importance of an enterprise archiving strategy. Compliance, risk, interoperability, and integrating ambulatory care with hospitals are all considered. Plus, organizations are often stuck paying maintenance fees for software they rarely use.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Much like the rest of the healthcare industry, at the start of the pandemic, the patient load was overwhelming. "Virtual care required a recast in strategy to address interoperability, patient experience, provider experience and cost," said Gerard Frunzi, director of virtual care at Centura Health.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 11, 2023

They now offer tools for managing and taking advantage of healthcare organizations’ multi-cloud strategy. And they have a whole division devoted to healthcare. In this video, Michael Robinson, VP of Healthcare, says that even five years ago, the health care industry was resistant to the cloud.

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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. For healthcare modernization initiatives to succeed, CX must remain top of mind.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 27, 2023

To answer that question, we reached out to our brilliant Healthcare IT Today Community. Here is their recommendations on what you need to consider when migrating existing healthcare systems and applications to the cloud. Further, healthcare systems should investigate their interoperability and integrations.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 11, 2021

In going digital, 41% of the respondents said they wanted to collaborate with private hospitals and healthcare facilities. When asked about what keeps them from adopting telehealth and AI technologies, most said they face difficulties with data management (65%) and the lack of interoperability across technological systems (55%).

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

To help shed a light on these topics, we reached out to our brilliant Healthcare IT Today Community to see what health IT trends they believe deserve more attention. We won’t see accelerated adoption of interoperability standards (e.g., Leaders need to move beyond offering work stress-related coping strategies. FHIR, HL7).

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 10, 2021

"Federal leadership in the U.S, She outlined the seven priorities from the Riyadh Declaration, noting several places – such as communication, interoperability and data transparency – that still need to improve throughout the world. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. He pointed out that the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2023

We gathered up some of our brilliant members of the Healthcare IT Today Community to get their perspective. Lindsey Ferris, DrPH, Senior Interoperability and Public Health Director at PointClickCare – I think we’re at the very early stages. How are health data utilities evolving?

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 25, 2022

Welcome to the first edition of the 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. Read more… 5 Trends in Healthcare IT. Is Larry Ellison’s Vision of a National EHR Database Even Possible?

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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 Civitas Networks for Health 2022 Annual Conference, a Collaboration with the DirectTrust Summit, brought together HIEs, state agencies and interoperability experts nationwide. .

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Optimum Healthcare IT

MARCH 22, 2023

Initially, the project focused on the technical infrastructure and service management to identify opportunities to implement best practices while, in tandem, developing a longer-term vision and strategy to fundamentally change the supporting architecture for applications and data at Baptist Memorial Health.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Searching for the answers to these questions in the hopes of them getting more investments in the future, we reached out to our absolutely incredible Healthcare IT Today Community to see what areas of healthcare they think need more investment and why. The following video is a compilation of their answers.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The following is a guest article by Tom Romeo, General Manager of Healthcare IT at Quest Diagnostics. The best document management systems drive improvements by not only storing digital healthcare data, but by also ensuring data is easily accessible enterprise-wide. About Tom Romeo.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Results from a new healthcare industry survey suggest that while payers and providers are somewhat at odds when it comes to data management, their strategies still have much in common. The survey in question was sponsored by Change Healthcare and the HealthCare Executive Group conducted by InsightDynamo.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

Whether the aim is to improve diagnostics, enhance operational efficiency, or personalize patient treatments, setting clear goals will serve as a guiding force in your AI adoption strategy. Remember that interoperability and scalability should be central to your technology choices, enabling seamless integration into existing systems.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 18, 2024

In the demo video embedded below, I learn more about some of the Interlace Health features from Dessiree Paoli, Director of Product Marketing and Strategy, and Ellie Silver, Solution Architect at Interlace Health. Check out the video below to see a demo of just a few of their form and digital signature features in action.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Office of the National Coordinator’s (ONC) final HTI-1 rule will bring major compliance hoops for EHR developers to jump through as they carry the next stage of interoperability forward. As something of a space nerd, I find the parallels between interoperability and space exploration striking.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2023

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. Health Gorilla is devoted to deriving insights from a combination of traditional clinical data and SDoH.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 7, 2023

Chris Johnson, Co-CEO at TeleTracking – The need for visibility across our healthcare operations and the infrastructure of US healthcare wasn’t just a tool for the pandemic, we need to keep it alive for all upcoming pandemics and disasters. What are people actually doing with all of this data interoperability?

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

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. Traditionally, we think about interoperability as HIEs (health information exchanges), but in 2024 I expect to see new models emerge.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

“Under the terms of the agreement, NextGen Healthcare shareholders will receive significant immediate cash value for their shares. We are on a quest to achieve better healthcare outcomes for all. Thoma Bravo has a 20+ year record of investing in premier companies in the software and technology sectors.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 18, 2023

Interoperability Healthcare providers use different electronic health record systems, which may not be interoperable with the large language models used in telemedicine. This lack of interoperability could lead to communication and integration issues, potentially compromising patient care quality.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 12, 2023

Engaging in Digital Transformation As healthcare moves to new venues and consumers continue to engage in new technology, healthcare providers must be able to digitally transform to increase access and solve challenges.

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