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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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 25, 2024

Director of Technical Product Management at McKesson In an era where the precision and timeliness of healthcare delivery are paramount, digital transformation is not a business want, but a business requirement. Far from being just business-centric, CPQ tools are a fundamental component in the healthcare delivery chain.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 4, 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. He also summarized how Qualtrics and Epic are working together to address service recovery, boost MyChart adoption, and further boost engagement.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 8, 2024

Connie Moser, Chief Executive Officer, Navenio The COVID-19 pandemic has catalyzed a profound transformation within the healthcare sector, revealing an urgent need to modernize and enhance the way care is delivered. So, the question remains – how do we improve nurses’ experiences with technology without invoking further trouble?

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 7, 2024

The following is a guest article by Bill Lewkowski, Vice President of Strategic Client Services at HCTec Gone are the days when patients or couriers physically transported copies of patient records from their primary care physician’s office, lab or imagining center to a specialist. Authorized users can access patient records remotely.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 7, 2024

A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association finds significant association between the use of telehealth services and improved healthcare access and outcomes in communities negatively impacted by health disparities. How can increased telehealth services address and minimize this gap?

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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. Why is proactive, predictive patient oversight important in today's healthcare industry?

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2024

The following is a guest article by Bevey Miner, Executive Vice President, Healthcare Strategy and Policy at Consensus Cloud Solutions Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere, and with so much hype around it, healthcare organizations are rightfully cautious about deploying AI solutions.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

How did you originally see AI being a fit for improving the patient experience? Please elaborate on how this would work, and the outcomes. Not only does this allow the physician to be far more efficient, but the end product received by the patient is also generally perceived to be better quality and more empathetic.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 15, 2023

” A team of roughly 16,000 healthcare professionals shares in that mission by offering the full breadth of healthcare services with a particular focus on population health management. "So, we began to build a digital ecosystem to improve how customers discover, search and access care. Simply Delivered.”

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 2, 2024

Now that telemedicine is a mainstream method for healthcare delivery, C-suite executives and health IT leaders at provider organizations must keep a sharp eye on trends in virtual care. We discussed further adoption, the hybrid care model , chronic care management, worksite healthy clinics and asynchronous telemedicine.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 16, 2023

WHY IT MATTERS The Community Care Outcomes Maturity Model , or C-COMM, from HIMSS Analytics is meant to help healthcare organizations track the digital maturity of care delivered across community-based environments. Achieve goals for process efficiencies, resource allocation, outcomes improvement and population management with real-time data.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 23, 2024

As the industry evolves, health systems are faced with multiple challenges: revenue growth with limited capacity, managing and retaining a highly-skilled, but burnt out workforce, increasing operational costs, and making the most of their care delivery capacity to ensure patient access to high-quality care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 22, 2024

Artificial intelligence has the potential to revolutionize the way healthcare is delivered. And many healthcare professionals are exploring exactly what AI can do and deploying systems to help health systems manage care and patients manage their health. Department of Health and Human Services and the AARP.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

In a hyper-localized business like healthcare, this situation put CMH at a disadvantage against its competitors. The objectives of the project were to: Drive more business to the doorstep. Ronald Pope, vice president of medical services, care centers, at Albany Med-Columbia Memorial Health.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 28, 2023

” The standard playbook for success in the medical facility industry focuses on factors like identifying and delivering in-demand services, establishing a strong brand and building relationships with local hospitals and physicians to create a referral network. But mergers and acquisitions can lead to major headaches for AP processes.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Akshay Sharma, Chief AI Officer, Lyric The integration of AI into healthcare workflows presents a tremendous opportunity for transformation –– and for new levels of productivity in a time when administrative functions surrounding claims adjudication, provider reimbursement, and related functions are complicating operations and affecting efficiency.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 10, 2023

Julian Flannery is founder and CEO of telehealth technology and services company Summus Global, which focuses on specialty care. Specialty care is where the cost and complexity lives in healthcare. healthcare system, taking a toll on their physical and mental health, creating redundancy, and driving exorbitant costs.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 14, 2024

The following is a guest article by Kaeli Tully, Healthcare Systems and Solutions Engineer at Intel In the quiet hours of the night, hospital executives toss and turn, grappling with the daunting reality of staffing shortages that plague their institutions.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 19, 2024

What You Should Know: – Innovaccer , a leader in healthcare data activation, has unveiled the Healthcare Experience Platform (HXP) , a comprehensive AI-powered solution designed to boost patient engagement and accelerate revenue growth for healthcare providers.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 23, 2024

We all know what skills and qualifications we needed when we first entered the field, but regardless of how long you’ve been working in Health IT, the field has changed a lot since then. So what are these key skills and qualifications and how have they evolved with advancements in healthcare technology ?

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 7, 2023

In this nuanced landscape, pharmaceutical companies play a vital role in driving advancements in cancer care. To navigate these challenges effectively, integrating insights management technology has emerged as a crucial factor in the relationship between the oncology market, the pharma industry, and patients.

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McGuire Wood

DECEMBER 7, 2023

As the fee-for-service model in U.S. healthcare grows increasingly unpopular, shifting to a value-based care paradigm can move the healthcare system toward better outcomes, lower costs, better patient access and experiences — and greater investment opportunities. PLAY PODCAST

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 21, 2024

Endava , a leading technology services company combining world-class engineering, industry expertise, and a people-centric mindset, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% ownership of GalaxE Group, Inc. Healthcare Market: Over 70% of GalaxE’s revenues come from U.S.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

However, unlike the mindset that drives innovative room designs or experiments with hybrid employee schedules, purchasing decisions for radiology monitors often come down to simply ordering the latest model from the same name-brand supplier without investigating new options.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 4, 2023

"Healthcare is years behind other industries in leveraging technology and data to progress innovation and efficiency. "Healthcare is years behind other industries in leveraging technology and data to progress innovation and efficiency. It approaches treatment through data-driven modeling powered by analytics.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 20, 2023

Healthcare IT News sat down with Sean Mehra, CEO and cofounder of HealthTap, a virtual-first urgent care and primary care clinic. Many telemedicine professionals, as well as a good number of healthcare providers, suggest that as healthcare evolves post-pandemic, virtual-first is the way to go.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Chief Operating Officer of Forcura In home-based care, the way we manage care transitions must change. Poorly managed care transitions have become more prevalent in the sector and have a considerably negative impact on patients. Put differently, the home-based care industry needs smarter referral management. Annie Erstling.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 6, 2024

The same poll found that 56% of American adults wait more than a week for an appointment, while many others skip healthcare altogether, with 30% saying they don’t have the time and 25% saying it takes too long to get an appointment. Doing so increases access and leads to better healthcare experiences and outcomes.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 28, 2023

The following is a guest article by Chris Anello, Director of Digital Platforms at iTech AG The COVID-19 pandemic pushed healthcare organizations to the edge and exposed both challenges and opportunities related to public health data. This is one area where CX can come in.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 16, 2021

Engin Demirel, EMEA head of product management, marketing and sales operations at Olympus, says it is now a vital tool in the hospital’s digital health armamentarium. Virtual exchanges can bring know-how and added value to the healthcare provider’s team and patient.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 18, 2023

Healthcare IT News interviewed Gartland to talk about the state of access challenges organizations face today, the unbalanced physician capacity across different specialties, and how intelligent scheduling potentially can drive improvements in both operational efficiency and patient satisfaction.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 16, 2023

The following is a guest article by Dmitrii Evstiukhin , Director of Managed Services at Provectus In today’s world, personalized and efficient digital interactions are expected, especially in the healthcare industry.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 28, 2021

Mike Morgan is president of Updox, a vendor of a healthcare communication platform for in-person and virtual care. Healthcare IT News sat down with Morgan to glean his expertise on the subject of virtual care moving forward. The past 12 months have also amplified the healthcare consumerism movement.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 5, 2024

Patients benefit from self-service features and post-visit engagement, while clinicians gain efficiency through streamlined workflows. ” Provider burnout has already reached crisis levels , and with a predicted shortfall of over 100,000 physicians in the next decade, the healthcare system threatens to come apart at the seams.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The healthcare industry continues to fight the COVID-19 pandemic with innovation and grit. In a turbulent environment, a host of ingenious solutions surfaced to help bolster the healthcare system itself. Many organizations pivoted to allow nonessential workers to work remotely. Investing in patient-centric care.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 3, 2023

However, managing your prescription medications at the pharmacy isn’t always easy. Addressing Common Pharmacy Challenges Especially in the healthcare space, safe and comfortable in-person interactions are crucial. Not only does this help to streamline service regardless of what’s needed (e.g.,

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