Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 23, 2024

It’s good news on all fronts. David Sides, CEO at NextGen Healthcare (NextGen) graciously agreed to sit down with Healthcare IT Today for an impromptu interview. Given the increased cybersecurity threats facing healthcare, we were curious to know what approach NextGen is taking to harden their systems.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 13, 2023

Like many technology companies and healthcare providers , between October 2019 to January 2023 Cerebral used pixel tracking technologies, according to the company's Notice of HIPAA Privacy Breach. million for allegedly sharing consumer data with third-party advertisers. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 31, 2022

Cleveland Clinic this past Friday announced that it has appointed Rohit Chandra, to be its new chief digital officer. Before that, Chandra served as senior VP of search and advertising at Verizon Media. He also spent more than a dozen years at Yahoo, where he helped engineer and build tools for search and advertising.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

News & World Report , 68% of all search traffic comes purely from health information content, said the report. "The result is a landscape that gives us medical information via search from high-authority healthcare providers," wrote Chevalier. Among the top 20 U.S. hospitals, as ranked by U.S. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 13, 2023

That’s why I had to sit down with Jared Jeffery, Founder at healthKERI , to learn more about his pathway to starting his new health data exchange company. He also shares who the target customers are for healthKERI and we discuss whether healthcare organizations really want to solve the data interoperability problem.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 20, 2023

The good news is that the opportunity to do population health is now there thanks to all of the data that’s available to a healthcare clinic in their EHR. And if you’re interested in advertising with us, check out our various advertising packages and request our Media Kit. A few years ago.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 28, 2024

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Emory Healthcare named Dr. Nitu Kashyap as Chief Health Informatics Officer , effective February 5.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 31, 2023

One of the biggest problems with AI solutions in healthcare right now is getting quality data that you can use to train your AI models. This is particularly true in healthcare which has extremely complex data models, superfluous data, and unique terminology. In fact, Xelex.ai Tell us what you think.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 2, 2022

"For instance, if an individual is diagnosed with high blood pressure by a One Medical doctor, will he later be advertised over-the-counter blood pressure medications whenever he shops at Whole Foods Market?" "Americans’ privacy and safety are now on the line in a wholly new way," Hawley wrote.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 12, 2022

No doubt those of you in the world of health IT and interoperability saw the news that Epic plans to apply to join TEFCA as an inaugural QHIN (Qualified Health Information Network). Plus, we ask him how the data differs between Epic’s 3 main healthcare interoperability efforts: CareEverywhere, Carequality, and now TEFCA.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 21, 2022

Needless to say, the world in general and healthcare in particular has been hit hard with staffing challenges. Needless to say, the world in general and healthcare in particular has been hit hard with staffing challenges. Knowtion Health is a proud sponsor of Healthcare Scene. Tell us what you think.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 27, 2022

One of the hottest topics we hear talked about at Healthcare IT Today has to do with revenue cycle management (RCM). COVID and other financial pressures have driven RCM to the top of many healthcare organization’s strategic priorities. eClinicalWorks is a proud sponsor of Healthcare Scene. Tell us what you think.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Over these past couple of years as healthcare continues to move towards a more digital world, we’ve started to hear complaints over the old systems, such as printing and faxes, still being used. So how do you balance the old with the new? “I feel like there’s definitely a spectrum. Tell us what you think.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 5, 2020

For the duration of the public health emergency triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, RPM services can be provided to both new and established patients, said the agency. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

After a thorough evaluation process, CommonWell just announced the selection of ELLKAY as their new technical service provider. This is big news for CommonWell and ELLKAY (who is also a member of CommonWell) and is an important step forward for both organizations. Tell us what you think. Contact us here or on Twitter at @hcitoday.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 23, 2023

The same is true in healthcare organizations. Considering the burnout on display in healthcare today, a device that will not connect just adds to that burnout. Haugen also shared how healthcare environments are getting more and more complex and this is contributing to the connectivity challenges many organizations face.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 31, 2021

" Although leaders' fears varied by region, the sector-wide risk of greatest concern was misrepresentation by online advertising. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. WHY IT MATTERS. Twitter: @kjercich. Email: kjercich@himss.org.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 11, 2022

Caputo sat down with Healthcare IT News to share how it will all come together, and what future use cases may be offered to patients and others. "We have used it in the past for a few things like print advertising and using a QR code and kind of scanning over and then having a video pop up on your phone. " said Caputo.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Catapult Health says VirtualCheckup is covered by most payers and advertises itself to users as being available at no cost to them. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND. Twitter: @kjercich.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 3, 2023

FTC Cracks Down on Deceptive Privacy Practices by Online Healthcare Service Providers This is the second such settlement to be announced by the FTC in the past month and is part of its current crackdown on deceptive trading practices by online providers of healthcare services. The announcement was made just a few days after a $1.5

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 24, 2023

The announcement follows news of two other digital health companies recently fined by the federal government for improper data-sharing practices. which it said shared sensitive healthcare data inappropriately. Online mental provider Cerebral, Inc. has admitted that it inappropriately shared private health data on 3.1

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 19, 2023

John Showalter, MD, Chief Product Officer at Linus Health The FDA’s recent accelerated approval of Leqembi was welcome news across the Alzheimer’s community. Due to the need for early identification, the campaign to educate consumers will likely be massive.

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Compliancy Group

JUNE 16, 2023

Attention healthcare providers! The US Health and Human Services has issued updated guidance on online tracking, and it’s bad news for those of us in the medical field. Are you using Google Analytics on your website? If so, listen up. In short: the tracking technology behind Google Analytics is not HIPAA compliant. Find Out More!

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Healthcare IT News sat down with Baird to discuss the company's unique brand of telehealth and how she and her team have developed the technology for a winning endeavor. One of the big keys to the company's success has been telehealth. Early in the pandemic, the company launched mental health and primary care service lines.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

I think what concerns many about the disclosures to Meta/Facebook is not simply that their data is being shared, but that their data may be being shared broadly and for advertising and tracking purposes without their consent or knowledge. District Court for the Northern District of California. million individuals.

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Medisys Compliance

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Most executives in the healthcare industry are aware of the value of patient leakage management. If hospitals want to regain control over their revenue cycle, they must decide which healthcare revenue cycle management actions to take. You can choose to effectively manage it or not. Here’s a mind tickler for you! Billing mistakes.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 27, 2023

The first article in the series explored how HIPAA has benefited healthcare organizations and the second covered the key benefits of HIPAA for healthcare professionals. No system can function efficiently if the different components do not speak the same language, yet this was essentially how the healthcare system operated at the time.

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Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2023

” Now ad in prescription drugs which is the mature category of DTC in healthcare — a unique aspect of American medicine as the only country in the world, except for New Zealand, which permits direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising. Well done, Teva. There’s more on Sequence here.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Each day there are fresh headlines about new waves of infections popping up around the world. The healthcare industry has been under nonstop pressure since February 2020. The efforts of the frontline healthcare workers have been well documented and rightfully celebrated. Greg Kefer, CMO of Lifelink Systems.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The news came as a shock to healthcare providers, triggering investigations and recent data breach notifications; however, despite so the widespread use of the tracking code, only a handful of hospitals and health systems have reported the breach and have sent notifications so far.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 6, 2022

The following is a guest article by Liza Dzhezhora, Healthcare IT Analyst at Itransition. healthcare providers’ initiative or, should we say, their need to comply with Meaningful Use. This is what Novant Health, a US South-East healthcare network, did. So are portals a thing of the past or is it still possible to revive them?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

SSM Health, a health system that serves Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and Wisconsin, is always looking for ways to reduce the cost of healthcare while increasing access for the patients it serves. As most in healthcare know, many of the low-acuity conditions for which patients seek treatment do not necessarily require an in-person visit.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 9, 2024

Morgan Healthcare Conference, “[T]he answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything is 42.” No, it’s not something from ChatGPT, it’s Douglas Adams’ “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy of Healthcare.” Well, not healthcare…for that you have to be here in San Francisco for the 42 nd edition of this conference.

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Hall Render

JUNE 23, 2023

voters could clamp down on pay for hospital executives California health system uses philanthropists’ gifts to launch innovation fund Probe into California hospital unearths patient safety concerns Wrong family notified after man dies at SF hospital California Gov.

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AIHC

AUGUST 30, 2023

When a healthcare practice starts talking about, “ What can we do to increase business? ”, telemarketing always seems to come up. So, what is telemarketing in healthcare ? Implement Compliant Marketing Strategies Larger Group practices and Clinics Let’s look at some online advertising.

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Hall Render

APRIL 19, 2024

Cedars Leads Latest Round Of Funding In Yolo County, 16,000 Medi-Cal patients lose doctors in Dignity Health dispute with Partnership HealthPlan Kaiser med school names CEO Kaiser Permanente launches food-is-medicine hub Kaiser, Vizient target healthcare greenhouse gas emissions L.A. Can lawmakers do anything about it?

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Hall Render

JANUARY 5, 2024

Wade; expected to remain big issue in 2024 races Most nursing home residents in Arizona still haven’t gotten their COVID-19 booster COVID-19 hospitalizations are up in Arizona and around the U.S. Retina Group of Washington reports massive data breach A trifecta of viruses in the D.C. region has health officials worried Half of Black D.C.

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