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Health IT Trends that Deserve More Attention

Healthcare IT Today

These new ideas and technologies are only successful, however, if enough people collectively take notice and talk about it in order to make it trend. This then results in certain topics being neglected – regardless of their quality and how much you would personally like to see them trend. advertising platforms). FHIR, HL7).

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Why telehealth is more than just a pandemic trend

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

She contends that telehealth is far more than a pandemic trend. From here, telehealth will evolve to strengthen patient-provider engagement. As patient expectations grow, telehealth will aid providers in meeting those demands by being the primary tool for a modern patient experience.

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The Evolution of Patient Communication: Trends and Technologies

Healthcare IT Today

The American Medical Association found that in 2022, over 75% of patients expressed concern about protecting the privacy of personal health data. Ensure that all touch points comply with HIPAA, especially for those using biometric sensors. So, it’s essential providers have a secure system to manage it.

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7 Trends 2021 Taught Us About The Future of Telehealth

Mend

Most importantly, we learned that telemedicine wasn’t just a pandemic trend, as more and more people continued to see their healthcare providers virtually even as in-person offices opened up. We’re also likely to see new advancements in technology and software that help digitize the patient experience from start to finish.

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Enabling better health care, everywhere – my conversation with Microsoft

Health Populi

Key opinion leader Molly McCarthy and I covered a lot of ground in this webcast conversation as part of Microsoft’s series of three “Expert perspectives on trends driving change in healthcare.”

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Finding a Health Equity Partner for Language Services

Healthcare IT Today

There are also situations where unqualified bilingual staff, who lack specialized training in medical interpretation, are called upon, jeopardizing patient health and removing providers from their current duties. This flexibility can greatly enhance the patient experience and ensure effective communication throughout their treatment process.

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Athenahealth launches new EHR-embedded telehealth tool

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

“I have been using athenaTelehealth exclusively in my family medicine practice for several weeks now,” said Dr. The company says athenaTelehealth "leverages existing patient communication channels, including email and text message based on patient preferences, and delivers telehealth instructions and a seamless patient experience."

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