Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 31, 2020

healthcare system. But having learned some difficult lessons this pandemic year, it's worth taking stock of that hard-won wisdom – and forecasting how it might be put to work in the next 12 months as healthcare organizations chart a path forward to help a " shocked system emerge stronger " (as PwC puts it).

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 12, 2023

The following is a guest article by Ken Parent, CEO at Element Critical As the healthcare landscape continues to evolve, there has been significant disruption to budgets, manpower, and resources throughout healthcare facilities. In fact, global data creation is expected to grow to more than 180 zettabytes by 2025.

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Dot Compliance

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Medical device manufacturers continuously try to streamline operations, improve quality, and reduce costs while struggling with global supply chain disruptions. Many of the steps device manufacturers are taking today to improve quality management and supply chain resiliency are aligned with the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 8, 2024

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. There is a growing interest in the integration of safety services with technology, and this will continue into 2024.

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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

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Product Marketing Manager, Identity Security at WatchGuard The healthcare industry is increasingly in the crosshairs of cybercriminals. Yet, despite the stakes, many healthcare organizations aren’t as well-protected as they could be. The following is a guest article by Sam Manjarres, Sr.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 24, 2023

Rekha Bhandari, Chief Medical Officer at MedElite Group Interoperability remains the Holy Grail in healthcare, the goal to which all organizations aspire. Finally, blockchain is a means of boosting cybersecurity and overcoming issues in areas such as supply-chain management, data management and transfer and medication adherence.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

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. Telemedicine certainly provides a way for patients to continue availing of healthcare services without visiting the clinic. Digital Edge for Pharma.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 28, 2021

With conversations about NFTs and blockchain prominent in the news today, the future of such technology is a hot topic. The integration of blockchain technology into a variety of industries has proved to be beneficial in productivity, efficiency, and security. Improving Security for Medical Records and Patient Information.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

This theory has been tested within the healthcare industry over the last few years as the COVID-19 pandemic aligned with, and expedited, the retirement of many employees in the Baby Boomer generation. Healthcare professionals have remained resilient over the course of the pandemic and the resulting stress has been well documented.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. Check out our community’s healthcare workforce predictions. Staffing issues, record losses, and burnout continued to plague the healthcare industry in 2022.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 23, 2023

Nate Maslak, the co-founder/CEO of Ribbon Health Price Transparency: In 2022, we saw CMS’s Transparency in Coverage rule go into effect, requiring non-hospital entities like health plans and providers to publish publicly available rates for care. Organizations should expect financial pressures to drive decision-making in the new year.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 4, 2023

As technology has exponentially improved in the last 20 years, so has the collection of data. Data collection goes hand-in-hand with the revolution of the Information Age — since the 1970s, unprecedented digital access to the details of everyday life has transformed the way we understand the world.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The following is a guest article by Chris Menier, President of VIA AIOPS at Vitria Technology. For healthcare providers and payers, improving the experience of members and patients requires replacing disconnected legacy systems with agile infrastructure and applications. When you’re sick or injured every minute counts.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 23, 2022

What You Should Know: – David Larsen, healthcare IT and digital health analyst at BTIG published a note highlighting his preview for health-tech Q2 earnings. While both these companies have implemented pricing measures to manage costs more effectively, inflation could continue to put margin pressure on these businesses.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

This usage supports the implementation of mobile technology in the healthcare industry for professionals, patients and caregivers. Despite past hesitance among the healthcare system to use mobile technology — stemming from IT security and compliance concerns — many institutes recognize its value and convenience.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 23, 2021

The pandemic has created an atmosphere in healthcare unlike anything seen before in modern times. This is the sixth instalment in Healthcare IT News ' feature story series, "Health IT Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Era." " ( Click here to visit the portal with all the feature stories.).

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 31, 2024

Report: Security Breaches in Healthcare (Direct Download PDF, 1.9MB, 16 pages) An unwanted record was set in 2023 with 725 large security breaches in healthcare reported to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), beating the record of 720 healthcare security breaches set the previous year.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

What You Should Know: – As COVID-19 accelerated demand for more advanced digital health and patient engagement technologies, hospital and health system IT departments shouldered these expectations – rolling out new capabilities in record time, while still balancing daily operational support responsibilities.

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Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2023

As our homes and health care services continue to converge, we can see signposts of direct-to-consumer strategies from the pillbox (where DTC is a mature thing) to clinical care in peoples’ hands (and on their preferred technology platforms). As of February 2023, Sequence was serving about 24,000 consumers.

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The Digital Health Corner

APRIL 28, 2017

Healthcare consolidation in the form of mergers and acquisitions has been taking place for a number of years. The costs for EHR and other technology acquisition and maintenance are too costly for smaller hospitals, and pressures of decreased payment rates are increasing on the provider side. Certainly this remains to be seen.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 2024

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. Technology can significantly alleviate some of these issues throughout the rev cycle by automating repetitive tasks, enhancing efficiency, and augmenting human capabilities.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Healthcare is a cyber criminal’s dream. It presents the intersection of a data treasure trove, weak security posture, limited resources, complicated supply chain, and patient care delivery. When faced with having to pick a priority to optimize for, healthcare will, of course, always pick delivering healthcare.

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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. A digital platform that assembles and structures a wide variety of data in a user-friendly format has the potential to remedy this situation.

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Hall Render

MAY 13, 2022

Alabama hospital rationing medical supplies due to COVID disruptions in China. UAB, Children’s hospitals to halt some youth transgender care as new law takes effect. Vendor’s Ransomware Attack Is Latest Supply Chain Warning. Investing in Denver’s health care future with digital platforms.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 29, 2022

Analytics Artificial Intelligence Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Government & Policy Patient Engagement Population Health Despite significant investment and well over a decade of different transformation plans and initiatives, there’s still much to do before we can say the health and care system has truly gone through a digital revolution.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

But looking ahead, it's worth taking stock of what lasting digital health changes might emerge from this ongoing crisis. Interoperability has to be improved and expanded, with data silos broken down and easier cross-system communication. "The marketplace has turned to digital health solutions very quickly.

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Hall Render

APRIL 22, 2022

21 top management risks in healthcare for 2022. $1B Healthcare Orgs Struggle With Software Supply Chain Risk Management Policies. Healthcare workers warn of the harms of consolidation. This nursing home chain reported the highest COVID death rate. Healthcare worker training org aims to root out bias in care.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Here’s why Ransomware gang reportedly selling Prospect Medical patient data Ransomware attack not the only headache for Prospect Medical Ridgecrest Regional Hospital receives $5.5 operating margin, $1B net gain halfway through its first year Illinois public health officials warn of “rising COVID-19 activity” St.

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SQA

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

” The reason: The existing document of the EU GMP Guideline dates back to 2011 and no longer corresponds to the state of the art in various areas or does not consider increasingly important new technologies for the GMP field, according to the EMA. ” The requirements for providers (e.g., ” The requirements for providers (e.g.,

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. By balancing compliance, innovation, and budget constraints, healthcare organizations will drive better health outcomes, ushering in a more efficient era in healthcare.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

There are so many challenges that we are currently facing in the world of healthcare, that possibly adding another one is overwhelming to think about. It can stop a lot of human error and take mundane tasks off of healthcare’s shoulders. AI automation is still so new that it’s hard to tell what the exact impact will be.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 16, 2024

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. In any case, health systems will need to work to improve access to care – and can do so by offering integrated, personalized options.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. And with national healthcare spending reaching a full 18% of GDP, that isn’t surprising. Community health workers will become a pillar of the healthcare community.

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Hall Render

MAY 20, 2022

HHS Announces $15M in Funding For Behavioral Healthcare In Nursing Homes. How to Create a Healthcare Data Culture. HealthTech Arkansas, MedAxiom partner on cardiovascular healthcare accelerator. UAMS is First in State to Offer Groundbreaking Brain-Mapping Technology. Hartford Healthcare adds Prodisc L. CALIFORNIA.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 3, 2021

" Early in the pandemic, Yale New Haven Health, like the rest of the nation, faced significant shortages of essentials including PPE, negative pressure rooms and testing supplies. PPE was in short supply. Clinicians were anxious for the safety of the patient, themselves and their families. " Dr. L.

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