Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 6, 2023

News and Research Five in six (83%) of hospitals are collecting SDoH data , according to the latest ONC Data Brief, with 74% using structured, electronic screening tools. Another 60% of hospitals are receiving SDoH data from outside sources, primarily from HIE entities.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2022

ONC released a framework to improve integration of health IT tools used to treat drug overdose patients. Cone Health insurance subsidiary HealthTeam Advantage chose Bamboo Health to provide real-time ADT notifications for its PPO and HMO Medicare Advantage plans.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

of the Data Usability Workgroup Implementation Guide , which is meant to cover high-priority information exchange use cases that can be readily adopted within HIE vendors, governance frameworks, testing programs, and more. Workforce management firm QGenda released a provider credentialing, privileging, and payer enrollment automation tool.

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Psychiatry HIE Healthcare IT Leadership 84

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 23, 2022

This new offering will enhance the Netsmart CareFabric ® platform to expand data solutions and services for post-acute care organizations in the areas of quality measures reporting, benchmarking, assessment data and scrubbing, while increasing the quantity and quality of required data for health plans, Medicare and Medicaid.

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 9, 2018

We are now back to the status quo ante, at least with respect to the question of whether and how texting may be used in hospitals subject to the Medicare Conditions of Participation (i.e., Fear not, gentle reader. most hospitals). This is clear. until the next clarification comes along. Other provider types are left to reason by analogy.

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 9, 2018

We are now back to the status quo ante, at least with respect to the question of whether and how texting may be used in hospitals subject to the Medicare Conditions of Participation (i.e., Fear not, gentle reader. most hospitals). This is clear. until the next clarification comes along. Other provider types are left to reason by analogy.

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HIPAA Medicare Healthcare Data Security HIE 60

Health Blawg

JANUARY 9, 2018

We are now back to the status quo ante, at least with respect to the question of whether and how texting may be used in hospitals subject to the Medicare Conditions of Participation (i.e., Fear not, gentle reader. most hospitals). This is clear. until the next clarification comes along. Other provider types are left to reason by analogy.

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HIPAA Medicare Healthcare Cybersecurity HIE 60

Health Blawg

JANUARY 9, 2018

We are now back to the status quo ante, at least with respect to the question of whether and how texting may be used in hospitals subject to the Medicare Conditions of Participation (i.e., Fear not, gentle reader. most hospitals). This is clear. until the next clarification comes along. Other provider types are left to reason by analogy.

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HIPAA Medicare Healthcare Cybersecurity HIE 60

Health Blawg

JANUARY 9, 2018

We are now back to the status quo ante, at least with respect to the question of whether and how texting may be used in hospitals subject to the Medicare Conditions of Participation (i.e., Fear not, gentle reader. most hospitals). This is clear. until the next clarification comes along. Other provider types are left to reason by analogy.

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HIPAA Medicare Healthcare Cybersecurity HIE 60

Health Blawg

JANUARY 9, 2018

We are now back to the status quo ante, at least with respect to the question of whether and how texting may be used in hospitals subject to the Medicare Conditions of Participation (i.e., Fear not, gentle reader. most hospitals). This is clear. until the next clarification comes along. Other provider types are left to reason by analogy.

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HIPAA Medicare Healthcare Cybersecurity HIE 60

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

Additionally, secure electronic documentation tools will be used to store key data, such as around a patient’s visits and medical history, and create clear treatment plans and monitor progress. This will only worsen in 2023 unless hospitals implement retention tools to improve burnout.

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The Digital Health Corner

JUNE 14, 2017

I agree that traditional trials are neither practical nor necessary for most tools. Thus, the opportunity for trials utilizing digital registries, mobile clinical trial platforms, quality communications and analytics tools is significant. There remain many opportunities for technologies to assist in achieving true interoperability.

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CMS.gov

MARCH 4, 2013

In January, we passed the 210,000 mark for the total number of providers, including nearly 200,000 eligible professionals, who received a Medicaid or Medicare incentive payment for successfully adopting, implementing, or upgrading or meeting meaningful use of EHR technology. Moving into Stage 2.

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Consumer eHealth Engagement

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Pamela, a 78 year old Medicare patient has just been discharged from a Northwell Hospital for a heart failure episode. care management tool/HIE), Pamela receives these personalized chats from her specific Nurse Navigator at Northwell and the chat content is tailored for her specific care journey.

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HIStalk Weekender

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

It’s an advertising tool. Aramark sells its Healthcare Technologies business to clinical engineering and asset management company TriMedx for $300 million. Best Reader Comments. It’s not the one with the best algorithm that wins – it’s the one with the best data. MLtrainedMD ). It has no statistical validity. Ross Koppel ).

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

They also obtain public health data by ZIP code and data from a Health Information Exchange (HIE). Like many SDoH tools, the analysis identifies vulnerable patients and does risk stratification. They use claims data to track use of emergency rooms, medical equipment, and generic versus brand medications.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

MAY 28, 2019

ACOs connected by a single EHR were more successful at care coordination, though most also supplement their EHR platform with other tools and technology, according to a report from HHS’ Office of Inspector General. The report is based on an evaluation of six Medicare ACOs.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

JUNE 10, 2018

A ICD-10 lookup engine from CMS (Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services). Basic clinical decision support ( US Preventive Services Task force recommendations , CDC Immunization guidelines , HEDIS measures , GoodRX (prescription pricing comparison tool). Medication lookup engine from RXNorm. A key to that control is Open Source.

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Docnotes

JANUARY 30, 2022

In a global model, the lead health system VBP entity—whether part of an integrated delivery system or clinically and financially integrated IPA or ACO—would extend successes and performance across payor types, including Medicaid fee-for-service (FFS), Medicaid managed care, Medicare FFS, Medicare Advantage, and/or commercial plans.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 5, 2022

What I have been most excited about is the acceleration in the concrete steps that Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services states and accreditation organizations are taking to inspire action in the space of health equity.

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Lloyd Price

JUNE 29, 2019

The closest we have come to this ideal in healthcare is in health information exchanges (HIE), and even those have failed to gain traction due to a variety of issues. For platforms to succeed, market participants must share data and invest in collaborative initiatives to improve healthcare outcomes and reduce costs for the sector.

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