Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 15, 2023

Healthcare IT Today connected with David Cohen, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Greenway Health via email to find out more about their feedback mechanisms and learn about their future product plans. We have made significant investments in optimizing core clinical and office staff workflows but there is always more work to do there.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 13, 2022

The situation results in increased ER and urgent care usage, undiagnosed chronic conditions, unmet mental health needs, and other problems, they add. Additionally, primary care is facing a PCP shortage due to retirees, worsening job satisfaction and burnout, and challenging economics. You are big on reimagining primary care.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Research tells us that self-advocacy in healthcare is important, for both patients and providers. But self-advocacy is hard for patients today. Patients must navigate the complex, fragmented healthcare ecosystem to advocate for personal needs and have their voices heard. The impact of front-end staff burnout.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 3, 2023

The average number of patients per primary care doctor is at an all-time high of 20 per day. While burnout is common among healthcare professionals, so is the demand for urgency and growing frustration among patients. Whether inquiries about an ailment or appointment bookings, patients are looking for immediate solutions.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 12, 2023

But growing that revenue will require a new approach to the perennial challenges around patient access and patient flow in perioperative and inpatient settings. Recognition of this will prompt continued consolidation and accelerate health system bankruptcies, in which rural markets will unfortunately likely be hit hardest.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Since the beginning of healthcare’s digital revolution, organizations have been striving to achieve the Triple Aim of healthcare: better outcomes, lower costs, and improved patient experiences. Firstly, patient satisfaction is a hard concept to quantify. Firstly, patient satisfaction is a hard concept to quantify.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The following tips could help optimize your chances of finding and keeping the right person for your front desk, medical assistant, billing, accounts receivable or other essential roles in your practice. . For example, if you’re looking for front desk people, they may not need extensive medical office experience. Be Strategic.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 21, 2021

How can telehealth and remote patient monitoring technologies help support chronic and acute care anywhere? For these patient populations in particular, COVID-19 spurred an interest in becoming a more active participant in care plans, bringing them new levels of convenience and personalization.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 14, 2021

We believe this year at HLTH we’ll hear more about how leading health plans, vendors, and risk-bearing organizations are using technology to drive success at scale in quality, affordability, and patient and clinician experience.”. Patty Hayward, Director of Healthcare Strategy for Provider and Payer Markets at Talkdesk.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 19, 2024

Additionally, I predict we will continue to see employers investing in associate engagement so they, healthcare workers, are enabled to provide a high quality, empathic connection with patients. As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

Kelly Conklin, Chief Clinical Officer at PerfectServe. Think about it—we’ve already got technology that can efficiently deliver every kind of communication, whether it’s going from patient to nurse or from nurse to patient. Chris Baird, Chief Marketing Officer at Weave.

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Hall Render

APRIL 13, 2023

The nation’s fifth-largest health system operator, Advocate Health, has developed a new strategy of cutting costs through staff attrition (rather than layoffs) and has delayed some capital projects. Two development projects in Louisville, KY are expected to be among the largest medical office projects to be completed in the U.S.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Veradigm FollowMyHealth customer satisfaction has improved nearly 16% over the past year. Client satisfaction with KPMG’s ERP Business Transformation & Implementation Leadership services has increased 24.7% Client satisfaction with KPMG’s ERP Business Transformation & Implementation Leadership services has increased 24.7%

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CMS.gov

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Through partnerships, new business models, and technology they are improving the health of their communities and providing patients with a high level of care. We began this journey last spring when we released the agency’s first Rural Health Strategy. The strategy has five objectives: Apply a rural lens to CMS programs and policies.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 8, 2024

Travis Bias, DO, MPH, DTM&H, FAAFP, Chief Medical Officer, Clinician Solutions & Family Physician at 3M Health Information Systems Ambient clinical documentation tools are being used by clinicians so they can focus on the patient in front of them, rather than on their computer screens.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Barriers of every type fell and, for once, providers and patients were equalized in their need and desire for virtual care. As an industry, we talk almost glibly about buzzwords like the "digital front door." The survey was created in partnership with the Nashville Entrepreneur Center and The Disruption Lab.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

But the road to implementing effective pop health strategies is laden with challenges: monitoring chronic illness rates and preventing community transmission, triaging emergencies over routine health care circumstances, and executing preventive services all require providers to alter their traditional fee-for-service workflow.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

This addition comes on the heels of Fabric’s previous acquisition and integration of Zipnosis , the leader in asynchronous care, solidifying the company’s commitment to fixing healthcare by streamlining the patient-to-clinician experience both online and in-person.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 10, 2024

Chaotic or closed emergency rooms not only cost lives but cut off a pipeline of new patients that provide income for hospitals and jobs for specialist physicians. A single nurse often has to care for ten or more patients in the ED simultaneously, leading to treatment delays and deferred care. So, how does this work out in practice?

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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. AI automation is still so new that it’s hard to tell what the exact impact will be. On one hand the automation will solve a lot of problems. However, where does the automation end?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 19, 2021

Paul Szotek of the Indiana Hernia Center in Carmel, Indiana, has some very strong feelings about what he calls the loss of the doctor-patient relationship. As the employed model has grown, physicians have increasingly lost autonomy to deliver care to their patients in a manner that optimizes the doctor-patient relationship, he said.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

Now more than ever before, patients are interested in being active participants in their care, selecting the right health partner, and connecting with their providers. In 2024, this will be a continued shift toward seeking an increased level of health literacy and proactive health choices that will reduce preventable conditions.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

Cassie Choi, Co-founder and chief health equity & people officer at Pair Team 1. Major players in the healthcare industry from governments to organizations will invest in training and integrating community health workers to help transition to more patient-centered healthcare services.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 10, 2023

The new facility also offers patient families a variety of elevated amenities, including a larger cafeteria space, family waiting area, an expanded gift shop and additional space for visitor parking. "And given the wide geographic area we serve, each in-person visit can require hours of travel, depending on where a patient lives.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 13, 2021

IKC Inova Health System has relied on evidence-based solutions and standardized approaches to treat patients, earning recognition for excellence in healthcare from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), U.S. Can we prove we are making a difference and improving patient outcomes?" THE PROBLEM.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 17, 2022

At the core of this equation is a robust and longitudinal patient-provider relationship. These positive relationships often improve patient satisfaction, yielding higher engagement and utilization of primary care services. The promise of primary care on improved health outcomes has been proven over time.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 5, 2023

John Nash, Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer at Redpoint Global Patients aren’t just patients anymore, they are consumers, meaning they won’t hesitate to change providers and health plans if their expectations aren’t met. What happens if your digital front door can’t pull this off?

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 1, 2023

Laxmi Patel, Chief Strategy Officer at Savista Epic’s EHR has changed the face of healthcare, becoming the one source of truth and reporting for many organizations. It provides a wide range of comprehensive functionalities across patient experience, clinical documentation, reporting, and the revenue cycle.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 30, 2020

Telehealth always has been a key pillar of technology-enabled care delivery that helps hospitals, health systems and group practices deliver quality care at a distance – and often also gain efficiencies, improve patient and provider satisfaction and save costs. Some vendors are even giving away products and services free.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Abhinav Shashank, CEO and Co-founder of Innovaccer Mike Sutten, Chief Technology Officer at Innovaccer. Disconnected healthcare data results in poor accessibility to records and translates into fragmented care delivery for patients. Accelerated digitalization is a boon for the healthcare industry.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Don Rucker, Chief Strategy Officer at 1upHealth Keeping up in healthcare IT is a two-front battle. Wes Wright, Chief Healthcare Officer at Ordr Treat your vendors like partners. So in search of the answer to this question, we reached out to our amazing Healthcare IT Today Community!

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Hall Render

JUNE 3, 2022

Dr. Karen Landers takes new role as Alabama’s Chief Medical Officer. Arizona COVID-19 cases continue to increase. Searcy hospital first in state to provide at-risk patients with Naloxone for home use. AHA presses for False Claims Act probes to target payers over Medicare Advantage denials. LA physicians vote to authorize strike.

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