Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 20, 2021

As the COVID-19 pandemic struck in early 2020, healthcare provider organizations across the country began implementing telehealth technologies and services en masse. Telemedicine finally made it to the mainstream. But only a subset of that group of providers implemented remote patient monitoring.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 3, 2024

Large volumes of personal information and dated security infrastructure make these organizations targets for cyber criminals. With support for multi-cloud deployments, telemedicine and personalized health, patient and clinician devices, and IoT devices deployed in the home, perimeter security will no longer be enough.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 2, 2024

Serving over 1,900 clinical sites and 45 biomedical innovators ConcertAI companies and solutions are Best in KLAS and awarded the 2020, 2021, and 2022 KLAS recognition. Hudis, MD, FACP, FASCO. “We Winer, MD, FASCO, Chair of the Board at ASCO.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 16, 2021

During this time, healthcare staff naturally prioritized the health and safety of their patients, but this led to a marked decline of cybersecurity measures, leaving themselves open to attacks. Cyberattacks are expected to become even more sophisticated and frequent over time, and the healthcare industry is a prime target for hackers.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 29, 2023

OCR Director, Melanie Fontes Rainer, has confirmed that OCR’s HIPAA Right of Access enforcement initiative will continue, and OCR is making compliance with HIPAA with respect to reproductive healthcare information an enforcement priority, as well as HIPAA Security Rule compliance to protect against the increasing numbers of hacking incidents.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2021

The year 2020 has been a year unlike any other year in our history. These will be prioritized to immunize three target groups: healthcare workforce consisting of service providers, management & support workers in hospitals and social care, adults above 65, and about 45% of adults with comorbidities.

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Compliancy Group

OCTOBER 1, 2022

With an October 6, 2022 deadline looming, a group of hospitals and medical associations is making a last-minute plea for HHS to delay the implementation of the HIPAA Information Blocking Rule for one more year. Close Hospitals “– not fully prepared” for HIPAA Information Blocking Rule. Something is wrong with your submission.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2024

The following is a guest article by Oakkar Oakkar, Co-Founder and CEO at Keona Health Imagine a tool that puts your health information right at your fingertips. In an age where data breaches are common, some patients are hesitant to put their health information online. But there’s a catch. Do brochures work?

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

Stephen Sofoul, SVP, Data & Decision Science Services at MultiPlan A critical challenge lies in the shortage of experienced financial analysts or data analysts capable of effectively analyzing the wealth of information that the healthcare industry holds. However, with healthcare being ever-evolving our regulations are also ever evolving.

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Compliancy Group

OCTOBER 1, 2022

With an October 6, 2022 deadline looming, a group of hospitals and medical associations is making a last-minute plea for HHS to delay the implementation of the 21st Century Cures Act Information Blocking Rule for one more year. Close Hospitals “– not fully prepared” for Cures Act Information Blocking Rule.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Baird and the team have gone to great lengths to ensure that every part of the telehealth encounter leaves the customer feeling safe and secure while inspiring confidence. In fact, we found these terms to be health issues that were commonly searched on the internet as people craved more information, but also wanted to do so in private.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 13, 2021

As major investments in health tech companies show, APIs will be the future of health information exchange (HIE). But if healthcare organizations do not take an industry-specific approach to API adoption, collective efforts to relieve the healthcare system of high administrative costs and information silos may suffer a setback.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 12, 2023

million in 2020 to 14.4 Balancing Staffing Shortages with the Demand for Care The scarcity of senior care staff has transformed recruitment and hiring into full-time jobs for communities. Francis LeGasse, Jr., By 2050, Colorado’s number of older adults is expected to more than double to 1.7 million, second only to Alaska in the U.S.

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Health Populi

JULY 13, 2020

“The COVID-19 pandemic…has highlighted like never before the pitfalls of paying for healthcare based on the number of patients seen and services rendered,” a Modern Healthcare article asserted in mid-June 2020. billion a day in March 2020 based on declining patient volumes. In other words, the U.S. Crowe LLC estimated that U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 7, 2021

We spoke with: Clark Averill, director of information technology at St. Dr. Roxana Lupu, chief medical information officer at Sanford Health, based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. ( @SanfordHealth ). The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said recently that the U.S. " Dr. Roxana Lupu, Sanford Health.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 31, 2023

For years, retailers, banks, and other customer-centric organizations have been working hard on curating digital experiences that simplify, personalize, and secure interactions and transactions with their consumer base. Accessing your savings account through an app is now the standard for millions of people.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 30, 2022

In March 2020, many office workers packed up their bags under the mandate of their employers, assuming they’d be working from home for a few weeks so the coronavirus could “blow over.” At the onset of COVID-19 in April 2020, telehealth utilization grew 78 times from where it was just in February 2020, according to McKinsey.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Medicaid instituted new guidelines and procedure codes to address this new reality, but the turnaround time to implement these changes was very short. In April 2020, the National Council for Behavioral Health discovered through its survey of 880 U.S. What COPE was experiencing had become a common setback with sobering consequences.

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YouCompli

APRIL 12, 2023

Healthcare compliance officers previously benchmarked the 2020 DOJ ECCP’s document in an effort to assess their Compliance Program with the expectations of the DOJ. Historically, securing a budget for compliance incentives was not always viewed as a high priority, dismissed as unnecessary and easily eliminated.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

” For this report, PwC’s Health Research Institute surveyed 2,511 American consumers, 128 health plan executives, 153 healthcare provider organization executives, and 124 pharmaceutical and life sciences executives in August and September 2020. Healthcare right-sizes after the telemedicine explosion.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

If small healthcare organizations want to survive the coming year, they need to focus on investing in digital solutions that cut down on administrative tasks such as scheduling, sending appointment reminders, and intake forms, in order to allow staff more time to work one-on-one with patients and keep them satisfied.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 12, 2022

Part 3, which addressed the new statutory changes from the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020 (“CAA”) relating to GME, specifically Section 126, Section 127 and Section 131, is available here. Part 1, which addressed resident moonlighting and redocumentation requirements, is available here. Part 4 can be found here.

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Exeed Regulatory Compliance

MARCH 5, 2020

It rapidly caused a widespread epidemic in China and has spread to over 50 countries outside of China with more than 90,000 confirmed cases and 3000 deaths at the time of this blog article. Global outbreak of the recent novel coronavirus needs an all-hands-on-deck approach. Here is how QA/RA professionals in the medical industry can help.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

This feature story is the first in a series that will highlight how IT leaders managed the myriad challenges of 2020 – and how they plan to build from those lessons toward a better and more resilient future, this year and beyond. Tina Esposito, chief health information officer at Advocate Aurora Health, based in Downers Grove, Illinois.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 3, 2023

With the early introduction of home biometric monitoring, daily surveys and real-time access to providers, the virtual team was able to deliver high-intensity, comprehensive, individualized care that was previously not possible. THE PROBLEM. " The program was born out of a need to better manage the sickest tier of Mercy's patients.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 19, 2023

Ensuring the trustworthiness of healthcare providers is essential for patient confidence as they must be able to trust them to offer accurate information, make informed decisions, and act in their best interest, all while prioritizing privacy and anonymity.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2023

All of this year’s 2023 health IT predictions: Healthcare Security and Risk. Epic) to real-time patient journey optimization systems that are EMR-agnostic and fueled by far more comprehensive data than what sits in EMRs today. Healthcare AI. Business of Healthcare and Value Based Care. Healthcare Workforce. Telehealth and RPM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

Editor’s Note: This feature story initially was published on May 6, 2020. And the list will continue to be updated over time. It is being updated regularly with more vendors. They also keep patients with less severe cases out of hospitals, so preserving precious bed space for patients with severe cases. Bardy Diagnostics.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 18, 2022

Data reporting challenges during the current pandemic relate to the lack of connectivity between public health and information technology (IT) reporting systems throughout the country. Mac Bonafede, Ph.D., MPH, VP of Real World Evidence at Veradigm. As with everything in the COVID-19 pandemic, the definition of ‘fast enough’ changed.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

For instance, just in the second quarter of 2023, a staggering 20 hospital mergers and acquisitions were announced, marking the highest number since early 2020, according to a report by Kaufman Hall. For that reason, headlines are replete with news of medical group buyouts, acquisitions, and hospital mergers.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 5, 2023

Sridhar Yerramreddy , CEO & Founder of Steer Health Imagine a giant clock where each single cog wheel contributes to displaying the time accurately. In 2020, 38% of HIEs said they have 31 or more EHR and information systems in their IT environment, according to eHI and NextGate.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 14, 2021

As a family medicine practitioner, Dr. Brett Oliver, chief medical information officer at Baptist Health, realized that patient health within the home is often a black box, and that better insight into what happens outside of Baptist Health facilities could help reduce readmissions and improve patient outcomes. THE PROBLEM. MARKETPLACE.

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SQA

DECEMBER 10, 2021

UDI compliance lead times for manufacturers will depend on the risk classification of their devices: Two years for Class IV (highest risk) devices. Guidance for Nomenclature for Generic Names of Medical Software, issued 12 July 2020. SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary #6, 2021. Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (ANVISA).

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

NATIONAL 988 suicide hotline adds support for American Sign Language 3 Takeaways from Physician Compensation Trends Adventist Health completes merger with Montebello’s ailing Beverly Hospital AHA-supported bill to protect health care workers introduced in Senate AHA weighs in on CMS’ proposed ASC payment system AHA submits comments on CY 2024 (..)

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Vincent Partners With Park Plaza Mall on Community Health Programs Former Arkansas Medical Board Chair Brian Hyatt Arrested for Medicaid Fraud New Provider in Arkansas Focuses on No-Rush Health Care Walker Foundation Pledges $1M to UAMS Radiation Oncology Center Five nonprofits to split $5.9

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2023

All of this year’s 2023 health IT predictions: Healthcare Security and Risk. This investment will give people more insight into their cost of care, allowing them to make the most informed care decisions. Healthcare AI. Business of Healthcare and Value Based Care. Healthcare Workforce. Telehealth and RPM. Health Equity and SDoH.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Bureau of Labor Statistics has shown healthcare employment down by nearly half a million since February 2020. Real-world data, or data extracted from sources such as patient medical records or health information, has been widely recognized by the FDA as paramount to the development of medical innovations and advancements.

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