Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 2, 2025

The integration of high-quality, predictive consumer data into healthcare will revolutionize the patient experience by making it more personalized, proactive, and patient-centered. As we move into 2025, healthcare systems will increasingly anticipate patient needs and guide individuals through personalized care pathways.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Organizations may unknowingly inflate their view of patient satisfaction due to inherent biases in on-site survey methods. As noted in a Science Direct study , “On-site methods may yield satisfaction results that are biased in a positive direction.” Integration maximizes benefits for all stakeholders.

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Healthcare Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Proper healthcare staff training and education contributes to better health outcomes, greater confidence and morale among staff, significant cost savings, and more efficient operations. What follows are the ways staff education and training contribute to efficiency and effectiveness in patient care. Stay Alert !

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

In this Viewpoint we encapsulate the challenges and opportunities facing patient-centered CDS, or PC CDS, by highlighting key findings from the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association: Challenges and Opportunities for Advancing Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support: Findings from a Horizon Scan. [1].

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 3, 2023

THE PROBLEM With any survey, efforts must be made to best explain the end result and how it will impact overall patient satisfaction and outcomes. PROPOSAL The Brooklyn Health Equity Index is different from other patient experience surveys, Lewis said.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 14, 2024

This not only strained our resources but also led to delays and reduced patient satisfaction. This feature is saving our staff approximately 10 minutes per appointment – and the process is more convenient for patients." " Finally, it is important to continuously gather and act on patient feedback, he advised.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Shelley Wehmeyer, Senior Director of Product and Partner Marketing at Rhapsody Optimizing user experience in EHRs is essential to maintaining clinician productivity and, by extension, patient satisfaction and health outcomes. The ability to access information efficiently can substantially lessen physician burnout.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

How did you originally see AI being a fit for improving the patient experience? Much of what degrades today’s patient experience is caused by friction across the journey and the associated patient confusion related to next steps and communication. AI can be an important tool to inform these decisions.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 15, 2025

With over 1,000 clients worldwide, Health Catalyst leverages its cloud-based ecosystem, Health Catalyst Ignite , and AI-enabled data solutions to transform complex healthcare data into actionable insights.

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MRO Compliance

AUGUST 8, 2024

However, it gained significant traction in the early 2000s and continues to evolve with ongoing efforts to refine payment models, improve care coordination, enhance patient outcomes, and manage cost efficiency. Preventative Care: Patients may get extra help managing chronic diseases and more preventative care to keep them healthy.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 26, 2024

"Systems were clunky, there was little or limited integration of our systems and poor interoperability," recalled Dr Katharine See, chief health outcomes officer and director of Respiratory Medicine at Northern Health. However, they had to make do with little technologies available to them back then.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 19, 2025

The doctors, for example, know that even when they deliver their best care, they cant consider 100 percent of a patients history, related medical literature, insurance, and other important information, like social determinants of health, in a 20-minute visit. They simply dont have the time. The bonus is cost control.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 7, 2021

Virtual care aligns with strategic imperatives to improve health outcomes, enhance patient safety, and optimize the patient experience for populations with medical complexity and high healthcare needs. "Stakeholders include internal and external customers, our patients, families and providers," said Aftab.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 28, 2024

Power reveals concerning trends in US hospitals, highlighting patient dissatisfaction with limited doctor access, lengthy wait times, and communication issues. Power report underscores the need for hospitals to address staffing shortages and prioritize patient satisfaction. – The J.D.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 17, 2025

The Foundation of Better Care and Practice Growth Its time to move past superficial notions of patient satisfaction. While a smiling patient leaving your office is certainly a positive indication, the true impact of patient experience shapes everything from health outcomes to practice growth.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 9, 2024

Patients Reveals Alarming Consequences of Healthcare Support Friction Hyro’s “ Voice of the Patient ” report emphasizes the urgent need for healthcare providers to address these patient pain points and invest in technology solutions that improve the patient experience. ” .

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 10, 2023

Keith Algozzine, Founder and CEO of UCM Digital Health Providing patients with a positive health outcome is always the priority for their healthcare provider. These studies all support that trust in doctors ultimately correlated with higher patient satisfaction in remote visits.

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MRO Compliance

JUNE 27, 2024

The program aims to improve patient outcomes while controlling costs by promoting accountability and care coordination among participating providers. MSSP ACO reporting involves the systematic measurement, monitoring, and reporting of various performance metrics, including quality of care, patient satisfaction, and cost savings.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 14, 2022

It also helps improve health outcomes with improved adherence and increased patient satisfaction. ScalaMed’s technology will be offered through the Cardinal Health nationwide pharmacy network, creating unprecedented opportunities for digital connectivity to millions of patients. “As About ScalaMed.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Whether it’s a father worried about paying for healthcare because he’s been laid off and lost his insurance or a senior confused about changes to her healthcare plan, people’s conversations with call centers offer a wealth of information via social determinants of health (SDOH). SDOH factors drive up to 80% of health outcomes.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

"We aim to improve their mental and physical wellbeing and lifestyle habits through our behavioral health specialists and nutrition counselors," Parks noted. "To achieve this, we also needed an EHR that simplified access to patient data to better inform holistic care, and could help us better engage patients in their care.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

That they can have an impact on the patient’s second, third or fourth questions. Perhaps the patient holds back vital information? Unasked questions almost always have consequences on patient satisfaction and even, potentially, their health outcomes. Maybe they don’t ask their questions at all.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 8, 2024

For instance, patient identification across multiple networks and facilities poses significant hurdles, leading to treatment delays, compromised patient outcomes, or even critical incidents. Therefore, services can be tailored to individual patient needs which in turn leads to improved patient satisfaction.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Because data isn't always integrated seamlessly across various points along a patient's healthcare journey, providers and other organizations don't always get a full picture of patient compliance and tracking of outcomes. In a traditional healthcare setting, information is fragmented.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 22, 2023

But that right doesn’t necessarily mean everyone can obtain essential health services — or, at the very least, equitable health services. Many people across the globe still have no or limited access to healthcare, which inevitably leads to unequal health outcomes in rural, low-income, or minority communities.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

million by 2026, underscores the urgent need for a solution, especially amid deteriorating patient experiences. Fabric’s mission is to empower physicians and health organizations to provide more efficient care and better patient access—maximizing clinical capacity and improving health outcomes.

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American Medical Compliance

MARCH 21, 2025

Effective Communication Skills Your ability to communicate effectively with your patients will be more important as you help them understand and take action on health information. Effectively communicating during the encounter may result in: Reduced patient anxiety during the encounter.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The workgroup tracks devices for usage, but does not have any access to the patients’ medical charts or to unique patient characteristics or use patterns. The issue is mainly HIPAA compliance, but patients can have access to their health information via an embedded app if they wish,” Shemesh explained.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

As patients defer treatment due to these systemic bottlenecks, public health worsens, impacting communities across socioeconomic lines. This dynamic leads to poorer long-term health outcomes and rising chronic conditions. Routine Data Audits: Automated checks for missing or outdated information ensure accuracy.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

One-half of consumers say that in the future, they will likely look online for information about prices of services, or look up a report card for a physician. The freshest data points in this report deal with older and sicker patients — arguably, the folks who need digital health tools the most.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 17, 2024

Patient satisfaction, convenience, quality care, and brand loyalty are core to their business models. Retail health centers have the potential to change the landscape of healthcare delivery, but there are challenges to overcome.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 31, 2024

CPQ’s Crucial Role in Value-Based Care In today’s shift towards value-based care , CPQ systems emerge as essential tools for designing service bundles that prioritize patient outcomes over traditional service-based models.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 10, 2022

So that means it’s incumbent upon providers to earn that trust— showing patients that they are heard, listened to, and most importantly, known. Getting to know patients comes down to one key factor: data. The cascading effect leads to a more effective relationship resulting in better experience and outcomes for the patient. .

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Based on conversations with health IT colleagues across the country, a lot of healthcare providers are not ready for the 21st Century Cures Act’s October deadline to provide access to patients for all of their electronic health information. Bill Miller, CEO at WellSky. The future of healthcare is in the home.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 20, 2023

.” Healthcare data today remains highly fragmented, with providers frequently spending more time gathering patient data and entering it into their EMR than with their patients delivering care. Their networks provide access to data across 70K+ provider sites and 270M+ patients.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

This model nurtures a collaborative dialogue between healthcare providers and patients, moving away from unilateral decision-making to shared choices informed by both medical expertise and patients’ own personal values.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 30, 2023

The integration of artificial intelligence in surgery has the potential to optimize treatment efficacy, minimize adverse effects, and improve patient satisfaction. While AI may offer real-time insights into our health and provide us with tailored recommendations, it also poses a risk of intrusion and control over personal lives.

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