Healthcare It News

JANUARY 18, 2023

The 2023 Healthcare Experience Trends report aims to provide healthcare leaders with a global snapshot of insights and recommendations on what patients expect and what employees need. The company also surveyed more than 7,000 consumers across 28 countries about their health insurance experiences and compared the data.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 22, 2024

Dan Torrens, CEO of eHealth Technologies Patient data interoperability sounds like industry jargon, but it’s a vital piece of providing timely and accurate patient care. Relying on outdated record-sharing methods can delay the opportunity for patients to take advantage of life-altering care.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The evolution of Health Information Management (HIM) professionals has been remarkable. They are no longer paper pushers (literally) and are now stewards of healthcare data. Jennifer Mueller, President of the American Health Information Management Association ( AHIMA ), sees a bright future for the HIM industry.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Tom Liddell, Harmony Healthcare IT CEO Rules and regulations protecting consumer data often burden businesses, no matter your industry. Healthcare is no exception. In 2009, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act , HITECH for short, became law, setting standards for electronic health records.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Hospitals and health systems, especially larger ones, are using AI in myriad new ways – including leveraging it for improved patient experience, and for better patient engagement with the goal of reducing health inequities. How did you originally see AI being a fit for improving the patient experience?

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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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HIT Consultant

MAY 14, 2024

What You Should Know: – Dandelion Health , a leader in real-world data (RWD) and clinical AI, has unveiled the industry’s first-ever multimodal GLP-1 data library. By combining these diverse data sources, Dandelion’s library offers unparalleled insights into how patients respond to GLP-1 treatments.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 6, 2024

The following is a guest article by Ann Krutsko, Healthcare IT Researcher at ScienceSoft In healthcare, working with inaccurate patient data is a dangerous game. Electronic Health Records (EHRs) were designed to streamline operations and improve coordination across healthcare systems.

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Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2024

Patients, their care partners, caregivers, and advocates are already utilizing AI powered tools and creating their own LLMs in ways that the average physician, healthcare executive, and health IT vendors would not believe. There are other aspects of AI applied to health care about which U.S. Move fast with AI and break things?

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 31, 2024

Kevin Riley, CEO and President, Zyter|TruCare Sheena Ming, Clinical Success Consultant at Zyter|TruCare As the healthcare landscape continues to evolve, there’s a clear trend towards value-based care (VBC). This significant shift, which places a premium on patient health outcomes, diverges from the traditional fee-for-service approach.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 5, 2024

Jessica Rengstorf, Director of US Healthcare Strategy at Endava Augmented reality and virtual reality are innovative technologies that can provide tremendous benefits to the healthcare industry, bringing a deeper understanding of complex medical concepts to healthcare professionals and patients alike.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 5, 2023

And as providers grapple with burnout, more professionals are stepping away from healthcare altogether. Almost 3% of the healthcare workforce is resigning each month, accounting for 1.7 The stress of the pandemic exposed foundational cracks in the healthcare system that demand attention. If anything, the issue is getting worse.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2024

The world of healthcare is ever-evolving, especially when new technology is being adopted. One such new area is healthcare at home. Although we were forced into fully remote operations with COVID-19, we have been making modifications along the way and have discovered how beneficial it can be to our organizations and our patients.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The following is a guest article by Steven Stone, Head of Rubrik Zero Labs at Rubrik In early August, a ransomware attack disrupted operations across its network of 17 hospitals and more than 165 clinics in four states and forced some to rely on paper records. Put simply, ransomware attackers can apply more psychological pressure and impacts.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Jussi Reijonen, Account Manager at Medixine While contemporary healthcare is slowly but surely embracing novel technologies, front-line nurses are still a much under-used resource in bridging the gap between innovation and patient well-being. Presently, digital healthcare is not realizing this potential.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 26, 2023

Healthcare information technologies like AI-driven decision support and patient outreach tools can enable hospitals and health systems to achieve improved outcomes through proactive, predictive patient oversight, some health IT experts contend. How does all of this lead to improved patient outcomes? Please explain why.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 19, 2024

The following is a guest article by Ben Cushing, Chief Architect of Health and Life Sciences at Red Hat Artificial intelligence (AI) is showing up in more healthcare contexts, from drug discovery to diagnostic imaging to robot-assisted surgery. But one area where AI can have a tremendous impact is in the reduction of provider burden.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 24, 2022

What does this mean for healthcare and health IT? Because precision medicine and genomics generate massive volumes of varied and granular data, new approaches to data storage and exchange and new designs for electronic health records, for example, may be required. A lot of new challenges.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 13, 2023

It is an understatement to say Brad Reimer, CIO at Sanford Health, has his hands full. Sanford Health is a massive health system that serves the Dakotas, Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska. Please discuss Sanford's $350 million virtual care initiative and how it is helping the organization.

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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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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 27, 2024

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Most made the switch to broaden their impact on the industry , Andy learned. Read more… How Sunoh Automates Clinician Note Creation.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 13, 2024

Director of Revenue Integrity, Xsolis The concept of “revenue integrity” hasn’t really changed over the years, but the roles, responsibilities, and oversight have become far more complex and difficult to gain industry consensus around. The Changing Landscape for Revenue Integrity How has revenue integrity changed over the years?

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

It’s been said many times before, but the truth remains the same: the world of healthcare is ever-evolving. Scott Hondros, MHA, SCPM, Vice President of Services Commercialization & Strategy at CenTrak Healthcare organizations aim to strengthen communication channels. The following is what they had to share.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 20, 2023

It has been almost 27 years since the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was signed into law, more than 2 decades since the Privacy Rule was enacted, and this February will be the 20 th anniversary of the HIPAA Security Rule. The first article in the series covered the benefits of HIPAA for healthcare organizations.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 23, 2023

The following is a guest article by Ameesh Divatia, Co-Founder and CEO at Baffle Healthcare organizations were early adopters for protecting data in the modern environment — from stringent compliance regulations to the need to share health records between offices securely.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 7, 2022

The following is a guest article by Linda Comp-Noto, Division President, Healthcare Enterprise Operations at Teleperformance. Digitizing content helps companies across almost every industry increase efficiency, improve workflow, reduce costs, and raise productivity. Improved security of patient records. million in 2020.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 24, 2022

With the huge initial swell in the use of virtual care in the rearview mirror, many industry experts – from health plans to big tech and practicing clinicians – are considering whether a doubling down on telehealth is just what the doctor ordered for the future of patient care.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

For the 108th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast , we decided to mix things up. Regular listeners will know that last episode we talked about Generative AI (ChatGPT being one example) in healthcare. We asked ChatGPT the following question “ Can you come up with 4 questions for a podcast on healthcare IT (technology)?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 11, 2021

That’s not to say the industry wasn’t already going through a digital transformation. Electronic health records (EHR) had already been increasingly supplanting paper-based systems, and telehealth solutions were gradually gaining traction as an additional way to offer convenience, portability and easy access by patients.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 7, 2022

ThedaCare is a seven-hospital health system in Wisconsin with 180 locations and 7,000 employees. To succeed in its mission, ThedaCare is on a path to population health – aiming to go above and beyond treating a particular condition to make care easy and accessible to help achieve better health for life. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 26, 2024

Healthwise’s Current Operating Assets will become part of WebMD Ignite, Creating an Industry-Leading Healthcare Growth and Engagement Platform Serving 650+ Healthcare Organizations WebMD Health Corp. , and 85% of the top 20 payers.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 10, 2024

The following is a guest article by Tanya Sanderson, RN, BSN, MBA, MHA, CLNC, CHFP, Senior Director of Revenue Integrity at Xsolis The concept of “revenue integrity” hasn’t really changed over the years, but the roles, responsibilities, and oversight have become far more complex and difficult to gain industry consensus around.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 4, 2023

The following is a guest article by Dr. Mark Pratt , Chief Medical Officer at Altera Digital Health The patient quietly sits while her physician delves into the data stored in her electronic health record, combing through different screens for specific information. Here’s how. It’s past time to deliver on this.

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American Medical Compliance

DECEMBER 27, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, maintaining compliance with regulations is paramount. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has been a cornerstone in safeguarding patient information for nearly three decades. Alongside, healthcare practices are faced with new challenges in securing patient data.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 17, 2023

Jonathan Malek, SVP and General Manager, Provider Business, Veradigm The last few years have emphasized the need for high-quality healthcare for patients that is accessible and affordable for all. In recent years, healthcare has undergone the same digital transformation as every other industry.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 14, 2023

The following is a guest article by Chad Peterson, Managing Director at NetSPI As ransomware attacks become more sophisticated, healthcare organizations have become desirable targets due to the valuable data shared across medical records and the constant need for service availability.

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Compliancy Group

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Data is constantly being shared and stored electronically, contributing to healthcare organizations’ significant challenges regarding safeguarding patient information. With increasing cyber threats and privacy breaches, ensuring the confidentiality and security of protected health information has become paramount.

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