HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Palak Shah, Co-Founder and Head of Clinical Operations at Luna The accelerating advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) have ignited a new era of innovation and potential across various industries. Healthcare is a sector that stands to gain tremendously from this revolution.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The DiGA initiative is part of the 2019 Digital Healthcare Act (DVG) that sets the legal framework for doctors to prescribe DiGAs to the 73 million citizens insured with a statutory health insurer that reimburses their use, and has been recognised as a pioneering approach globally. Currently 24 apps are under review. WHY IT MATTERS.

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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. falling 5 points, and, Fashion and automotive declining by 4 points. consumers’ eyes.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 24, 2023

Dhruv Suyamprakasam is CEO and founder of virtual healthcare company iCliniq. He believes ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence models like it are not a threat to healthcare but an enhancement. He spoke about some of the specific challenges telemedicine faces, and described how ChatGPT and similar LLMs can help overcome them.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

However, the COVID-19 pandemic made it a reality triggering unprecedented disruption across the industry. For instance, digital-first healthcare aggregators had been testing programs for telemedicine but, since 2020, the demand for telehealth services has exploded across the globe.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 14, 2023

Khue Tran, Chief Strategy Officer at Azalea Health One of the most pressing issues in healthcare today is the growing talent shortage of qualified medical professionals. Many hospitals increasingly rely on contract labor from healthcare travel staffing firms to mitigate these talent shortages. billion annually. from 2019 to 2022.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 10, 2024

The two announcements we’ve made today, including the close of our $88 million Series C from Sequoia Capital and Goldman Sachs Alternatives and the launch of our new measurement-informed care system, represent tremendous strides in helping us fulfill that goal.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 25, 2024

Director of Technical Product Management at McKesson In an era where the precision and timeliness of healthcare delivery are paramount, digital transformation is not a business want, but a business requirement. This transformation must span the entire continuum of care, from the patient to the payer, to ensure seamless healthcare delivery.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 8, 2024

This raise comes just 4 months after their $30M Series B , and is one of the largest funding rounds made to date in generative AI for healthcare. This raise comes just 4 months after their $30M Series B , and is one of the largest funding rounds made to date in generative AI for healthcare.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The dynamics in healthcare are always complicated: Costs are going up, margins and reimbursements are shrinking, and there are clinical shortages everywhere (with no hint of it letting up anytime soon). healthcare system is placing a very heavy burden on nurses who are being driven to the brink, often leaving the field altogether.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Bob Farrell, CEO, mPulse Mobile Over the last several years there’s been significant investment in digital healthcare startups and growth-stage organizations, particularly those showing technical innovation that delivers improved health outcomes and more efficient care delivery models. Investors today are focused on quality over quantity.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 2024

Launched in March 2023 , Nabla Copilot has experienced rapid growth with +20,000 providers who have already adopted the solution for its accessibility, accuracy, and speed and have helped build Copilot to better serve the provider community’s needs. This close brings Nabla’s total funding to over $43M.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 25, 2022

Tom James, Healthcare Cloud Services and Solutions Leader at 2nd Watch. That’s old news for healthcare executives, who’ve long understood the necessity of rebooting the way their organizations operate in the digital era. You don’t need another story urging you to “get to the cloud.” They get it. explained. .

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 3, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated a new era in medicine in which telehealth appointments are a core aspect of the patient-provider relationship and provide broader access to healthcare. Mental health has seen the largest percentage of appointments held virtually, with 33%, followed by primary care at 17%.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Healthcare is a unique industry because it is wide-ranging yet highly personalized. Below, we discuss recommendations to improve your health system to create a mutually beneficial healthcare environment. As a result, the risk of misunderstanding is high and health providers cannot always tell who has low health literacy.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Addressing Patient Burnout Amidst a Burned-Out Industry.” ” As an industry, we have our work cut out for us. Responding to the consumer in the healthcare economy. I do not doubt that we could spend an entire chat dedicated to outlining all the challenges ahead for our industry.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Automating For Workflow and Quality in Healthcare. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

However, as wonderful as telehealth is, it has a serious Achilles' heel. Let me count the ways. "Broadband is now revered as the super-social determinant of health because it has a direct impact on all of the other social determinants of health." Make no mistake, I am a believer! No broadband, no telehealth.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 19, 2022

Like many healthcare provider organizations, Groups, a value-based care provider of opioid addiction treatment, had to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic overnight. When Groups saw the gap in quality it was approaching with its previous technologies, it took a big step back to reevaluate its virtual treatment services. THE PROBLEM.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

According to the CDC , health equity is reached when every person has the opportunity to attain his or her full health potential regardless of social position or other socially determined circumstances. . Yet, health inequities abound in our healthcare systems. Healthcare inequities are also a drag on our economic systems.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 28, 2023

Healthcare hacking incidents are increasing, there are new regulatory requirements and compliance initiatives due to Dobbs and Pixel use, and lawsuits against healthcare organizations over privacy violations are soaring. That surge has coincided with increases in ransom demands, paid ransoms, and ransomware recovery times.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 31, 2022

But often CME conferences have topics centered around traditional healthcare. Also, after being in healthcare for a decade, the topics are familiar and unless you’re in academia and research, probably not always that impactful on your medical practice day-to-day. You get to see old friends and meet new colleagues in your field.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2021

Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Population Health Precision Medicine Telehealth Workforce From vaccines to virtual care, enterprise imaging to precision medicine, these are the growth areas that will shape the direction of healthcare, this year and beyond. The year 2020 has been a year unlike any other year in our history.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 24, 2024

With 130,000 people, there’s a lot of noise that doesn’t relate to healthcare IT, but over the years the digital health portion of CES has really grown. Coordinator, CES & Industry Communications at CTA as moderator. CES is always a fun show for a tech guy like myself. I sat down in front of the cell phone.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 9, 2022

has taken center stage, but the true impact of COVID-19 on families is just now coming into focus. This combination of mental health and developmental disabilities will put an almost unbearable burden on working parents, employers and the healthcare system as a whole. Daniel Etra, co-founder, and CEO of RethinkFirst.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 7, 2023

Nationwide Interoperability: It’s been a concept, a term bandied about for a while in various forms, but for those of us who have worked in health IT for more than a few years, we know that it has taken a long time for transformational change to be felt by the providers and the individuals they serve. I feel it throughout the industry now.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

In fact, after decades of slogging through manual processes, healthcare organizations are joining the movement and implementing automation and AI solutions to improve revenue cycle processes. One area where advanced technology can generate immediate ROI is patient financial clearance. Why is this important?

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In fact, after decades of slogging through manual processes, healthcare organizations are joining the movement and implementing automation and AI solutions to improve revenue cycle processes. One area where advanced technology can generate immediate ROI is patient financial clearance. Why is this important?

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Ankit Kumar Agarwal, Director – IT Delivery Services at NewWave Telecom & Technologies Inc. The healthcare industry has always been a prominent target for cybercriminals worldwide. It has repercussions on patients, doctors, hospitals, and everything associated with the healthcare ecosystem.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Staffing and workforce management have long been one of the most difficult responsibilities borne by healthcare executives, specifically those with responsibility for revenue cycle operations. We didn’t know that almost two years later many would still be working remotely and that it might be that way from now on. Getting work done.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 20, 2022

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), and pharmacy system vendors met recently to discuss the state of pharmacy interoperability. The need to exchange electronic information in an interoperable way is a priority for healthcare providers like pharmacists.

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MedTrainer

JUNE 29, 2023

Healthcare is an industry governed by countless regulations. Adhering to healthcare regulations is the best way to reduce risk, improve safety, boost patient and provider satisfaction, and enhance service quality. Why are Healthcare Regulations Important? Healthcare regulations are crucial for several reasons.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

What You Should Know: – Healthcare ranked last for employee satisfaction with pay compared to 27 other industries studied, according to the 2023 Healthcare Experience Trends Report from Qualtrics (Nasdaq: XM). Women reported lower scores than men across the domains.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2023

Implementing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) initiatives and addressing the workforce challenge in healthcare are not mutually exclusive. In fact, improving DE&I may be one of the quickest ways to alleviate the pressure of finding and keeping healthcare talent. Importance of DE&I in Healthcare.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 1, 2024

million Americans died of COVID in the last 4 years – heart disease remains the largest cause of death and by a landslide. John Auerbach, SVP Federal Health, ICF Given the attention paid to the devastating impact of COVID-19, one might assume it was the leading cause of death in the US. But while the fatalities were stark – almost 1.2

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 16, 2023

Clinical Architecture has created a data quality journey map that helps its clients get started and continue pushing for improved data quality. We spoke with Charlie Harp, CEO of Clinical Architecture via email about the data quality journey and what it’s implications are for healthcare organizations.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The following is a guest article by Melissa Powell, COO at Genesis HealthCare. Healthcare’s future is smart and sustainable, led by tech-driven solutions and human ingenuity. One great success story of sustainable healthcare that combines those forces begins with a nurse who sews. Healthcare is responsible for about 4.4

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