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Weekly Roundup – November 4, 2023

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Read more… What Tools are Necessary for Handling the Cloud in Healthcare ? Tools such as a Cloud Access Security Broker can help organizations add a layer of security between the clod and the end user, noted Rodman Ramezanian at Skyhigh Security. RCM vendor Access Healthcare acquired Envera Health , a patient engagement vendor.

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Bonus Features – April 28, 2024 – 22% of employers fully trust chronic condition management vendors, Common Agreement v2.0 requires support for FHIR API exchange, plus 29 more stories

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In other news, Quantum Health launched Premier Oncology , a cancer care navigation tool. RCM outsourcing vendor Ensemble Health Partners expanded its partnership with Microsoft. Interoperability vendor Innovar Healthcare released an OSS Mirth Connect plugin that’s now available on AWS Marketplace.

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Weekly Roundup – January 13, 2024

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We received a lot of interesting thoughts on the ethics of AI, including validating AI models, a tighter regulatory environment for AI tools, and managing the fast pace of innovation. Read more… 2024 Health IT Predictions: Interoperability, Data, and the Cloud. Read more… 2024 Health IT Predictions: Generative AI and Data.

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Bonus Features – July 10, 2022 – Sequoia Project releases TECFA identity verification documentation, IBM Watson Health is now Merative, and more

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The Sequoia Project has released additional documentation support the implementation of TEFCA , the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement for health IT interoperability. Illinois-based Midwest Orthopaedic Center went with eClinicalWorks for its patient engagement, cloud-based EHR, and RCM products. Partnerships.

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Weekly Roundup – August 12, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

Achieving Interoperability One Practical Byte at a Time. Upstate New York’s Rochester Regional Health began its interoperability journey with lab data , Colin Hung learned, as there was a clear need to bring in lab test results from many external sources to help care teams make better clinical decisions and improve outcomes.

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Bonus Features – May 7, 2023 – Less than 1% of all medical claims include an ICD-10 Z code, 78% of consumers say virtual health is important when considering health plans, and more

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News CMS has opened the Hardship Exception application period for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) that participated in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program in 2022. EHR and RCM vendor for therapy and rehab practices Raintree released Raintree Payments.

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Bonus Features – March 19, 2023 – Info for 81% of physicians is inconsistent in major health plan provider directories, 48% of health systems using AI for workforce management, and more

Healthcare IT Today

A survey from the Health Management Academy and Outbound AI reported that almost half (48%) of health systems are using AI technology for workforce management , and 85% expect to see a moderate to significant increase in the use of such tools in the next one to three years.

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