Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Matthew Gitelis, CEO of PatientIQ, a health IT company deriving insights from patient-reported outcomes data, has some thoughts about healthcare information technology in 2023. And he added that healthcare organizations need to embrace the move to data-driven medicine. Healthcare organizations have their work cut out for them.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 28, 2024

Additionally, testing is underway for digital twin technology and ambient intelligence in the wards while the use of exoskeleton suits and AI-assisted tele-rehabilitation solutions is being explored.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The companies say they will use automated processing, artificial intelligence and machine learning software on a cloud platform to digitize healthcare claims and improve the accuracy and timeliness of billing information. THE LARGER TREND. Navigating the healthcare economy. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

WHY IT MATTERS "This has made a huge difference in the lives of our heart failure patients, and has closed the gap in disparities," Dr. Kirk Garratt, medical director of the health system's Center for Heart & Vascular Health, told Healthcare IT News by email Wednesday. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Integrated Health Information Systems, Singapore's national healthcare technology agency, has collaborated with Google Cloud and Accenture to promote the development of data-driven applications to "deliver more high-quality and digital-first healthcare experiences."

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 17, 2022

In today’s digitalized healthcare environment, keeping the best outcomes for patients at the center of all activity increasingly depends on the smart use of medical data. Challenges for healthcare professionals along the patient pathway. Roles in healthcare are changing.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The six partners who will jointly establish the regional EIT Health network in Austria are: The Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT). T HE LARGER TREND. EIT Health is the designated body for healthcare to this end. WHAT’S THE IMPACT. Boehringer Ingelheim RCV. The startup SanusX of the UNIQA insurance group.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 19, 2022

A new study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons sought to take a closer look at the patients who sought surgical consultations in-person and via telemedicine in 2020. And between June 24 and December 2020, Black patients were more likely to use virtual surgical consultations. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 31, 2022

Starting in mid-February Chandra will oversee the health system's Information Technology Division, and help lead ongoing digital transformation across the Cleveland Clinic. THE LARGER TREND. This is the most recent in a series of technology C-suite hires at Cleveland Clinic these past couple years. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 26, 2024

WHY IT MATTERS UnitedHealth Group, Optum's parent company, reported more than $1 billion in net losses during the first quarter – which included impacts from the February 21 Change Healthcare ransomware attack and subsequent payment systems outage. " Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. million in 2019.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 5, 2022

A study published this past week in JAMA Network Open found that while the vast majority of physicians in a large regional healthcare system had transitioned to include virtual care in their practice by December 2020, some were more likely to be early adopters than others. Majority (those adopting March 22, 2020, or later).

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

"One evaluation direction we had begun to explore was the use of secondary healthcare administrative data to better understand homelessness," he explained. "We were successfully funded, and the Homelessness Counts project came to life in late 2020," Booth recalled.

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Mobi Health News

AUGUST 11, 2020

Healthcare organizations must become more collaborative with patients, employees, partners and the public when creating digital innovations to have success in the future, according to research from Accenture.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Since 2020, Amwell has been Google's preferred telehealth partner to expand access to virtual care delivery worldwide. Google Cloud and Amwell are improving telehealth experiences through technologies that automate waiting room and checkout, provide automated language translation services, and intelligently triage cases.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

At the same time, facility representatives pointed to drawbacks of using the technology: Preference for in-person encounters. THE LARGER TREND. In March 2020, federal legislators pointed to the particular benefit telehealth might have for nursing homes in the early days of the pandemic. Worsening social isolation.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The goal with Inbound Health is to offer the full stack of capabilities needed to scale at-home care models, according to Allina Health – such as engagement and workflow technologies, analytics, virtual care teams, home-based care pathways, supply chain partnerships, operational oversight and payment models. " THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 7, 2024

Nuance on Wednesday that announced that York, Pennsylvania-based WellSpan Health and more than 60 additional healthcare organizations are in the process of implementing DAX Copilot embedded within Epic electronic health records. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Electronic Health Reporter

DECEMBER 9, 2019

As the technology industry continues to experience continuous, rapid change and advancements, other industries are faced with the challenge of incorporating these new technologies, creating rules and regulations in order to ensure the safety and privacy of consumers and businesses. By Blaise Wabo, associate director, A-LIGN.

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APRIL 25, 2022

And even as telehealth use has decreased since its 2020 spike , the AMA survey shows many physicians are still relying on the modality. Other decreases are due to patient or clinician preference, technology barriers for patients, or belief that telehealth is inappropriate for the physician's specialty. THE LARGER TREND.

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Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 27, 2020

Technology has impacted the way we do many things. Where it has become a partner in progress is in the healthcare industry. The article 4 Significant Healthcare Trends In 2020 appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 26, 2022

Cantor will be tasked with leading development of new technologies and partnerships to expand access to care and help improve population health management for providers, payers and benefit manager organizations. " THE LARGER TREND. The company now has 3,000 healthcare customers, officials said.

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APRIL 27, 2023

"In recent years, many Air Force Specialty Codes have benefited from technology to enhance mission and improve capabilities," said Chief Master Sgt. " Additional APFIT funding provides a bridge to allow DoD to leverage this emerging technology toward a program of record, according to the DIU.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of all kinds of healthcare information technology, from telehealth to artificial intelligence. Crunchbase estimates that healthcare technology companies have raised a record-breaking $36.6 billion globally from 2020 through October 2021.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Although a new report suggests that the healthcare industry slightly improved its security posture this year compared to last, it warns that increased provider reliance on telehealth since the COVID-19 pandemic now presents a new slate of risks to patient data. THE LARGER TREND. WHY IT MATTERS. "However.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Home health technologies will have an increasingly larger role to play in healthcare delivery as the silver tsunami of the aging population strain the system. Home-based health technologies are any preventive care technology tool that elevates health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 2, 2023

WHY IT MATTERS The dual team study published by Epic found that 60% of the time, the virtual primary care telehealth appointments held between March 1, 2020, and October 15, 2022, did not result in subsequent doctors visits. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Health Populi

APRIL 6, 2021

Trust in the technology industry has crashed to an all-time low based on the 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. ” The first chart shows the one-year trend on trust across industries through U.S. Most industries lost citizens’ trust between 2020 and 2021, most notably, Technology, dropping the greatest margin at 9 points.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Healthcare IT News sat down with the men to discuss main players in the U.S. telemedicine sector, merger and acquisition trends for telemedicine, main financial backers and investment dynamics, and short-term and long-term valuation trends. What are the M&A trends for telemedicine going into 2024?

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Health Populi

JUNE 24, 2020

Whether healthcare spending in 2021 increases by double-digits or falls by one-third directly depends on how the coronavirus pandemic will play out over the rest of 2020, based on PwC’s annual report on medical cost trends for 2021. This slows down overall healthcare spending until May 2021.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

New tools from the American Telemedicine Association can help assess a community's digital infrastructure and estimate the cost of telehealth-based clinical or social interventions to show how virtual care can impact healthcare disparities. A resources toolkit that includes a new road map.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 12, 2020

By Susan deCathelineau, senior vice president sales and services, Hyland Healthcare. Much like the formation of New Year’s Resolutions, the prediction of technology trends for the coming year has become a tradition among pundits, analysts […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

"We believe that healthcare institutions should focus on the value telehealth can deliver both to patients and the healthcare system overall," wrote the report authors. The report sought to identify trends in virtual care utilization amidst the recent months of the COVID-19 pandemic. THE LARGER TREND.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 2, 2020

Cybersecurity companies in the healthcare industry are working to effectively secure hospital networks and medical devices against hacks and vulnerabilities, but as technology like 5G becomes ubiquitous, more and more devices […]. But how will increased connectivity impact overall security?

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Healthcare It News

MAY 20, 2022

Demand for mental health services has shot through the roof as workers – especially healthcare workers – struggled with increased workloads and stress. Healthcare CIOs and CDOs have to now monitor the sector closely and constantly assess their risk exposures to startups and tech firms for signs of trouble.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 26, 2020

specialists, 79% said that their use of telemedicine technology had increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. More than three-quarters of those surveyed said they would continue to use virtual care technology in the future. More than three-quarters of those surveyed said they would continue to use virtual care technology in the future.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 16, 2021

That study, Who Is (and Isn't) Receiving Telemedicine Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic , adds to an already substantial body of evidence that the public health emergency is exacerbating disparities in access and use of technology-enabled healthcare. " THE LARGER TREND. Robin Kelly, D-Ill.,

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 22, 2024

David Sides, CEO at NextGen Healthcare Doctors do so much to keep our communities thriving. This is especially alarming in the context of the physician shortage because it heightens the strain on an already-stretched healthcare system. This reduces cybersecurity risks, privacy concerns, and HIPAA concerns.

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