HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

– The strategic collaborative effort, aligned with the HHS Roadmap for Behavioral Health Integration and the President’s call to action on mental health and substance abuse, aims to bridge the existing gap between behavioral health and physical healthcare IT systems. .

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 4, 2024

The World Health Organization said it has expanded its generative artificial intelligence assistant, first launched during the COVID-19 pandemic as Florence, to help people everywhere live healthier lives. To create the digital health promoter, WHO partnered with New Zealand-based Soul Machines, an interactive AI development firm.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

It's a mid-maturity program that is responding to behavioral health needs of pregnant women, and has recently expanded to newborn virtual home visitation for all mothers with births in the hospital. The technology vendors are REDCap and Twillio.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 30, 2024

By Caroline Hayes The psychedelic renaissance is well underway, with hundreds of clinical trials currently looking into a plethora of different mental health conditions. There was no suicidal behavior in either the 1mg (n=79) or the 10mg (n=75) groups.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 27, 2023

THE PROBLEM Andrus on Hudson, based in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, serves and cares for individuals ("residents," to reflect the environment in which they receive care) who have various types of dementia. These negative behaviors include agitation and wandering.

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HealthIT Answers

APRIL 22, 2024

Supporting the adoption of health IT and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve health care, here is what is happening at the ONC, including upcoming deadlines for public comments on a new USCDI+ Behavioral Health Data Set and the 2024 SVAP, and details on the USCDI+ Cancer Data Exchange Summit in May.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

160 million Americans live in regions with mental health professional shortages. Cost and access also are barriers to care, with a predicted shortage of 21,000 adult psychiatrists by 2030 making matters worse. Telepsychiatry can be a lifeline to areas with few mental health options by increasing access to treatment.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Throughout this time, I regularly witnessed how the mental health system struggled to respond to non-physical violence in the form of coercive control — an insidious form of abuse that involves intimidation, threats, and manipulation to restrict the autonomy of another person. Sessa is now facing medical practitioners’ tribunal in the U.K.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 21, 2023

Today the company is a major health IT player, offering cloud-based electronic health record and practice management systems for practices of all types and sizes. The vendor also offers technologies for value-based care, patient engagement and revenue cycle management through robotic process automation.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Covenant Health expanded its high acuity care hospital-at-home program in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Tuesday. "That’s what’s driving all this – the availability of this technology and better patient care," he said. "The food is better, and I can be around my family," Slone said.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The following is a guest article by Kevin Riley , CEO and President at Zyter|TruCare In an era dominated by the complex challenges of chronic diseases, which account for approximately 90% of healthcare costs , a strategic approach to chronic care management (CCM) is essential.

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HealthIT Answers

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Delphin-Rittmon - SAMHSA and ONC will work together to invest more than $20 million of SAMHSA funds over the next three years in an initiative to advance health IT in behavioral health care and practice settings.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 4, 2023

NorthSight Recovery is an evidence-based behavioral health agency in Arizona specializing in complex mental health diagnoses, co-occurring problematic substance abuse and social determinants of health. mental health crisis compounded by record opioid addictions across Arizona and America at large," he continued.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 17, 2023

He is operations manager II, virtual care, at Geisinger, an 11-hospital regional health system serving more than three million patients in 45 counties across Pennsylvania. Healthcare IT News sat down with Gonzales to talk about health IT trends and his priorities at HIMSS23. First and most obvious, the pandemic.

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American Medical Compliance

MARCH 18, 2024

Workplace violence is defined as any act or threat of physical violence, harassment, intimidation, or other potentially disruptive behavior that occurs on the job site. Some higher risk settings include psychiatric units, emergency rooms, geriatric units, and behavioral health units to name a few.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 5, 2024

What You Should Know: – HealthArc , a virtual healthcare company secures $5M in funding led by ScOp Venture Capital to transform healthcare through its advanced care management platform. Remote Therapeutic Monitoring: Monitors specific health conditions remotely.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 23, 2023

Improvements in both the efficiency and effectiveness of care and treatment are critical in addressing the crisis. The result will be improved access and quality, including through pay-for-performance and value-based care initiatives. This is true across behavioral health conditions and levels of care.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 25, 2023

Gonzales, operations manager II, virtual care, at Geisinger, said the prominent health system has faced a problem that is the biggest problem in behavioral healthcare: access. "We're a rural health system, and it's not as easy for us to recruit people as it is for more urban health systems. Benjamin C.

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Medisys Compliance

APRIL 24, 2024

Introduction As a behavioral health provider, protecting your patients’ privacy must be your top priority. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a federal law that safeguards the privacy of individuals’ health information, including mental health and substance abuse treatment records.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 23, 2024

The following is a guest article by Jolie Ritzo, VP of Strategy and Network Engagement at Civitas Networks for Health Health data management in 2024 is both intricate and complex. Here are some of the most exciting and challenging aspects of both exchanging and using comprehensive health data this year and ahead.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

It is no secret that the United States is experiencing a mental health crisis due to aggravated conditions from the pandemic exacerbated by of a shortage of mental health professionals, especially psychiatrists. Varrell is chief medical officer and founder of Array Behavioral Care and a practicing psychiatrist.

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Jane Sarashon

APRIL 23, 2024

In this health consumer update, McKinsey spoke with three consumer marketing experts from other industries to learn best practices on how best to “be there” for consumers — in other words, meeting people where they are. The first bar chart from the report tells us that most U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Along with funding from existing investors aMoon and lool ventures, this round brings Eleos Health’s total funding to $68M. Experts have documented an urgent and critical need for behavioral health services in the US,” said Steve Sloane, Partner at Menlo Ventures. Their goal is noble: Drive better patient outcomes.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 25, 2021

Virtual care can help fill the gaps in behavioral healthcare, including the critical supply-and-demand issue – too many patients, not enough clinicians – that has been hampering care for quite some time. "Do I trust that I will receive the same quality of care, that it is proxy to receiving in person care?"

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 7, 2023

The passing of the Telehealth Expansion Act of 2023 shows the federal government’s commitment to health equity, emphasizing the importance of increasing access to quality healthcare for all citizens, regardless of location or socioeconomic status.

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Health Populi

APRIL 18, 2024

Less than 50% of people living in 16 countries do not trust government, media, or NGOs to do what is right to address their health needs and concerns, based on the responses from over 15,000 people living in 16 countries whose opinions are captured in the 2024 Edelman Trust Barometer’s Special Report on Trust and Health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 17, 2024

As the primary provider of inpatient behavioral health services in the Central Alabama region, Baptist Health is depended upon by its community at large to provide high-quality and continuous care without interruption.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The American Medical Association, in conjunction with Manatt Health, published a report this week exploring the ways that virtual care and other digital tools can accelerate the adoption of the integrated delivery of behavioral and physical healthcare. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 9, 2021

As a result, the opportunities that exist for health IT companies are massive. To get an idea of what this future may hold, Healthcare IT News interviewed Sebastian Seiguer, CEO of the Johns Hopkins-backed health IT company emocha Health. Each locale collects patient data, but the data sets don't talk to each other.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 3, 2024

With current pandemic-era flexibilities for telemedicine set to expire at the end of 2024, several telehealth groups and major health systems are calling on the U.S. Clinician shortage, particularly acute in behavioral health, is a major factor in accomplishing the task of a new national drug registration program.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Salesforce this past week announced the launch of a new customer relationship management product that works with existing electronic health records. The Patient 360 for Health CRM platform is designed for cost efficiency and productivity, according to Salesforce. WHY IT MATTERS. It also offers recruitment, reporting and other tools.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 25, 2022

Similar to many health systems across the country, COVID-19 created an urgent need for MaineHealth to take care of patients at a distance to keep patients and care teams safe. MaineHealth wanted telemedicine technology that could easily integrate into its care models and that would be highly accessible for patients to use.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 22, 2024

The following is a guest article by Eric Elliott, CEO at Altruix It is an exciting time to be in the behavioral health industry. With all of the strides forward in behavioral health, it is easy to overlook the fact that this is also a challenging time to be in the field.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 10, 2022

Care management is fed by information, much of it electronic. Clinicians rely on electronic health records and other healthcare information systems to give them the data they need to make informed decisions to optimally manage care. How would that impact care management and outcomes?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 23, 2022

MaineGeneral Health in Augusta had high, rising readmission rates for congestive heart failure. In January 2020, the organization launched a remote patient monitoring pilot, working with vendor Health Recovery Solutions to monitor CHF patients after discharge from the hospital. Laura Mrazik, MaineGeneral Health. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 8, 2022

seeks to put the COVID-19 pandemic in the rearview mirror, many who survive the initial illness suffer debilitating long-term health impacts, especially those with underlying health conditions. When researchers and providers combine diverse data sets, the healthcare industry can acquire new insights at the population health level.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Michigan's Henry Ford Health System offers a 100% virtual care program for behavioral health integration that is delivered to patients either directly in a primary care clinic or the patient's home. Therapists are supported by a psychiatrist and a specialized behavioral health pharmacist.

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