Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 6, 2022

During the pandemic, so much was asked of our healthcare workers that they began to get burnt-out and started to quit. Stretched out led to stretched thin, meaning that more healthcare workers got burnt-out and quit as well. Bryan Dickerson, Vice President, Healthcare Workforce Solutions at Hospital IQ.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 11, 2022

The following is a guest article by Tom Romeo, General Manager of Healthcare IT at Quest Diagnostics. Healthcare today is in an epic battle to hire and retain employees. What can hospitals do to manage and make sense of this tidal wave of content amid a massive workforce shortage? Healthcare Innovation with Content Capture.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 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. In an era where expanding the workforce isn’t always feasible, healthcare organizations must harness technology to enhance operations, reduce costs, and prevent staff burnout.

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Henry Kotula

JANUARY 30, 2019

The pace of change in healthcare is not slowing down; in fact, it is accelerating. Healthcare organizations that are most successful in 2019 will know what challenges and changes are coming down the pipeline, and they will prepare accordingly. Wrestling with the evolving healthcare consumer. That will need to change in 2019.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 27, 2020

Since then, every aspect of healthcare has been upended, and it’s becoming increasingly clear all parts of society will have to adapt to a new baseline for the foreseeable future. That’s on top of ongoing challenges of burned out workers and staff shortages further exacerbated by the pandemic. The first U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

There are so many challenges that we are currently facing in the world of healthcare, that possibly adding another one is overwhelming to think about. It can stop a lot of human error and take mundane tasks off of healthcare’s shoulders. AI automation is still so new that it’s hard to tell what the exact impact will be.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 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. And with national healthcare spending reaching a full 18% of GDP, that isn’t surprising. Community health workers will become a pillar of the healthcare community.

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Mend

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Healthcare workers were affected by the Great Resignation in a unique way due to the unprecedented stress and challenges related to COVID-19. The Great Resignation in healthcare has already taken a significant toll on the industry, with more workers eyeing the door due to burnout and short-staffing. workers quitting their jobs.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 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. As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 28, 2023

[link] In January 2023, the Rockefeller Institute published a three-part blog series on trends to watch in healthcare in 2023. The series covered broad issues related to the healthcare workforce, economy, and health policy, and highlighted internal industry changes and trends in service delivery, quality, and equity.

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Health Populi

JUNE 13, 2022

Topping physicians’ list of their top-five most important social issues, far above all others ranked healthcare access. Topping physicians’ list of their top-five most important social issues, far above all others ranked healthcare access. Only 6% of doctors said there is no need to guarantee healthcare for all.

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Docnotes

JANUARY 30, 2022

. Months after the concept paper was published, I’ve finally edited my initial response in anticipation of a revised proposal and public comment period that will soon occur. I’ll likely author formal comments and will submit them to NY and/or CMS. I expect that my comments will mirror those below – at least in structure.

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Henry Kotula

MARCH 29, 2023

After 23 years in my solo practice, I served 18 years as President and CEO of a profitable, CMS 5-star, 715-bed, two-hospital healthcare system. We simultaneously decreased healthcare costs 54% for 6,000 colleagues and family members. We wanted to put our healthcare system out of business.

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