Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The data breach affecting the Texas-based system of 16 hospitals is unrelated to the massive ransomware attack on its parent company, CommonSpirit Health. Cyberattacks are happening almost every day, which has led to the federal government mandating Zero Trust architecture across agencies. Unaware for nearly a year.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 5, 2023

Even though patients want a better system, the problem is that hospitals and clinicians keep recording patient information in siloed medical data systems. What You Should Know: Patientory Inc. , Founder and CEO Chrissa McFarlane.

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Compliancy Group

DECEMBER 14, 2023

New York Governor Kathy Hochul stresses the importance of increased hospital cybersecurity, proposing tighter regulations. New York has already set aside $500 million for compliance efforts that hospitals across the state can apply to receive a share of. Executives at large hospitals, such as Northwell Health, have already commented.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

These groups were comprised of Cerner’s foundational electronic medical record (EMR) and revenue cycle. market to the first-ever vice president of Cerner’s government practice. Outside of Cerner, Trigg has extensive experience scaling early-stage growth businesses.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM) is one of the maturity models that healthcare organisations strive to reach the highest validation for. Enterprise Taxonomy: Interoperability Quality Care Maturity Models EMRAM O-EMRAM Data and Information Care Organizational Governance.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2022

One Brooklyn Health System is currently dealing with a cyberattack that has caused disruption at its three hospitals – Interfaith Medical Center, Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, and Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center. Patient Information Stolen in Dallam Hartley Counties Hospital District Cyberattack.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

One is aimed at helping Electronic Medical Record (EMR) users in Ontario drive down costs and have a bigger voice with vendors. Supporting Physicians and Hospitals The primary focus of OntarioMD is to add value to the healthcare system, supporting physicians and hospitals across the province.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 16, 2023

The new model is a modernized version of HIMSS Analytics' Outpatient Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model , which tracks IT maturity for ambulatory care and outpatient clinics. Build data governance to help organizations build functionality and communication across disparate care teams.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 7, 2022

Since the beginning of the DHA pilot project, MediQuant increased its staff by 40%, building a dedicated team for government and reinforcing resources for commercial businesses. MediQuant connects patients at the point of care, which dramatically improves the depth of information clinicians have to care for patients.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 4, 2023

In 2022, as cyberattacks globally rose by 38% year-on-year, healthcare became the third-most-attacked industry (behind government and education), recording an increase of 74% and reporting up to 1,463 incidents per week. Policy-based firewall tunnels allow this traffic to pass into the corporate network safely.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The following is a guest article by Natalie Tkachenko, Healthcare Software Solutions Consultant at NIX To obtain test results today, there’s no need to visit the hospital. Doctors remotely manage patient data without being tied to a specific medical facility. Simply open a mobile app and download the report to your smartphone.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 5, 2022

Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital Investigating Cyberattack. Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital in Phoenix City, AL has recently confirmed that hackers have gained access to its network. The cyberattack forced the hospital to take its computer systems offline, which has prevented access to electronic medical records.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Natalie Tkachenko, Healthcare Software Solutions Consultant at NIX To obtain test results today, there’s no need to visit the hospital. Doctors remotely manage patient data without being tied to a specific medical facility. They also handle large volumes of data effortlessly within their hospitals.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

UPMC Central Pennsylvania, a hospital that in 2021 achieved Stage 7, the top of the HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model, has been a leader in telemedicine, with more than two dozen robust virtual care programs. "This shows that it is being used by all types of patients," Saiyed noted.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 2, 2022

The Stony Brook Medicine health system, which, before COVID-19, had already grown from a two-hospital system to a four-hospital system with the inclusion of Eastern Long Island Hospital and Southampton Hospital, reflects a diverse and geographically widespread patient population of more than 1.4

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

China Medical University Hospital in Taichung, Taiwan has proven its capability in digital health by scoring well above the global average in the latest HIMSS Digital Health Indicator. The hospital views its DHI score as an opportunity to partner with HIMSS and other leading global health systems to drive its digital transformation.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 17, 2023

But the impending onslaught of uninsured, high acuity, and rising risk patients require new solutions and technology to make up the difference where government programs and policies fall short. Technology is critical in managing and justifying patient reimbursement regardless of coverage status.

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AIHC

APRIL 10, 2024

HIPAA guarantees patients access to their paper medical records. HIPAA and HITECH is for all health care organizations falling under the definition as a Covered Entity, from solo practices to larger clinics and hospital medical networks to health plans and clearinghouses. Since 2009, HITECH has given “teeth” to HIPAA law.

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AIHC

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Case #2 : A 38-year-old man was brought to the hospital with altered mental status after crashing while riding a motorcycle. On hospitals days 5 through 10, the primary team’s progress notes documented identical examinations, each auto populated from a previous note, including the phrase “moves all extremities.”

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Health Populi

AUGUST 5, 2021

Nearly one-half of consumers said the pandemic compelled them to support provider sharing of data, 4 in 10 people embraced downloading data to apps, and one-third supported government standards to improve patient matching. One pillar of that trust is privacy.

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AIHC

APRIL 5, 2022

Audit Coding, Billing and Documentation for Accuracy Insurance carriers and government contractors have the authority to review any claims at any time. Providers may take documentation “short cuts” or feel overwhelmed with implementation of a new EMR (electronic medical record) system and clone or make documentation errors.

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AIHC

APRIL 10, 2024

HIPAA guarantees patients access to their paper medical records. HIPAA and HITECH is for all health care organizations falling under the definition as a Covered Entity, from solo practices to larger clinics and hospital medical networks to health plans and clearinghouses. Since 2009, HITECH has given “teeth” to HIPAA law.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2018

A lesser-known component of ARRA was Title XIII, the HITECH Act, which funded hospitals’ and physicians’ adoption of electronic health records systems (EHRs). could help to alleviate the epidemic of hospital closures in these areas. This was the legislation best known for addressing and helping to bring the U.S.

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AIHC

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Prevalence of Sharing Access Credentials in Electronic Medical Records To summarize an abstract published by PMC (Public Med Central) of the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s National Library of Medicine, it was found that to prevent data leakage, many countries have created regulations regarding medical data accessibility.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 24, 2023

Subha Airan Javia, MD, FAMIA Jackson Steinkamp, MD Electronic medical records (EMRs) – software systems where physicians, nurses, and other healthcare workers store, retrieve, and act on clinical data – are fundamentally broken. Information overload is pretty easy to quantify.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 5, 2023

Diagnosis opens the door to potential interventions that could significantly improve health outcomes and quality of life, as well as reduce the length of stay in hospital and the cost of care. Going beyond whole genome sequencing The ability to sequence the genome is the essential first step for rare disease diagnosis.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

"As BCP’s technology and approach is focused on best-in-practice governance with respect to biological samples and longitudinal medical record data, we can help ensure the highest quality standards to support research that will have significant positive impact on the African population.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

A recent study in a JAMA publication, “Prevalence and Sources of Duplicate Information in the Electronic Medical Record,” helps drive discussion of bloat forward by focusing on one manifestation: the duplication of text from one patient note to another. Follow the money.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 22, 2011

Hospital CIOs and security experts weigh in. After all, the on-demand, pay-as-you-go cloud model offers a way to reduce the costs of applications and storage-no small matter for hospitals faced with challenges to maintaining revenue margin health. – RICK SCHOOLER. PHI: A SPECIAL CASE?

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Hall Render

JUNE 3, 2022

4 benefits of behavioral health partnership for hospital performance. CMS has cited 69 hospitals for noncompliance with worker vaccine mandate. Hospital revenues plummet. Is It Finally Time for Hospital-at-Home or is Time Up? Hospitals’ Telehealth Partnership Aims to Cut Down on Long Travel Times. CALIFORNIA.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 13, 2022

With billions of dollars in government investment and incentives in nearly two years’ time, over 77 percent of hospitals had reached Stage 3 of the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM) , or gone even further, pulling millions of data points into newly-established EMRs. About Jon-Michael P.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2024

AI and Machine Learning (ML) can produce predictive analytics, utilizing historical data for valuable insights and forecasts, aiding hospitals in resource optimization and patient care enhancement. Punit Soni, Founder and CEO at Suki AI Generative AI has been the hot topic of 2023.

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