Healthcare IT Today

MAY 9, 2023

The following is a guest article by Josh Coleman , Managing Partner at Treacy & Company by Cherry Bekaert Healthcare has undergone massive changes over the past few years. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the technologies rapidly transforming the healthcare industry and changing how healthcare is delivered.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

And many forward-thinking CIOs and other technology leaders see how fast AI tools are evolving, and they are looking excitedly to a future where further clinical innovation will occur at rapid speed. But they're also gaining big benefits in quality improvement, cost efficiency, and more.

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AIHC

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Previous attempts to improve care and reduce costs has failed, thus, health care in the United States is shifting to a Value-Based Care model. As the cost of providing care grew, payers started instituting methods to curb expenses and how claims were paid. Hospital reimbursement also changed.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 2, 2023

Funds from the Series C will help the company scale deployments of its disinfection and risk modeling technology to meet growing demand across public and private sectors, including K-12 schools, college campuses, corporate campuses, hospitals, senior care communities, parks and recreation, and other government facilities.

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AIHC

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Previous attempts to improve care and reduce costs has failed, thus, health care in the United States is shifting to a Value-Based Care model. As the cost of providing care grew, payers started instituting methods to curb expenses and how claims were paid. Hospital reimbursement also changed.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 10, 2022

In the early days of the pandemic, hard-hit cities like New York and others had to set up mobile hospital units or access additional capacity through military hospital ships. . Wireless power can help alleviate the problem by simplifying device deployment. Hatem Zeine, Founder, President and CTO of Ossia.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

This is according to a new annual report from research and consulting giant PwC entitled “Top health industry issues of 2021: Will a shocked system emerge stronger? HRI also interviewed numerous thought leaders from throughout the industry and frontline clinicians to understand their on-the-ground experiences during a historic year.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 31, 2024

Little did we know how bad the situation would get in such a short space of time. With healthcare data breaches increasing year-over-year, something needs to be done to help healthcare organizations improve resilience to cyber threats and action is now being taken at the state and federal levels.

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Dossier

JULY 14, 2023

However, with hospitals in the U.S. facing nurse turnover rates climbing above 20% annually and total spending a staggering >$5 billion on temporary nursing staff from agencies, rethinking task distribution is one approach that could help to equalize workload and allow team members to focus on their most critical functions.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2023

Anyone who has had the misfortune to land in the hospital, or care for a relative in one, knows the following frustrating experience: The doctor comes during morning rounds and says the patient is good to go…and hours later, you’re still waiting for the paperwork to get done. I decided to unpack this experience. Where to begin?

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

This usage supports the implementation of mobile technology in the healthcare industry for professionals, patients and caregivers. Despite past hesitance among the healthcare system to use mobile technology — stemming from IT security and compliance concerns — many institutes recognize its value and convenience. Asset management.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 14, 2021

From the advent of big data to the arrival of EHRs , the industry is familiar with the hype that accompanies technology advancements. While these innovations have certainly been useful in many regards, healthcare remains deeply fragmented, inefficient, and prone to waste. AI Within Case and Utilization Management.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 6, 2022

So how do we get out of this cycle? So how do we get out of this cycle? Those metrics leave leadership no alternative but to look to technology to augment the lack of staff. Bryan Dickerson, Vice President, Healthcare Workforce Solutions at Hospital IQ. Kimberly Hartsfield, EVP Growth Enablement at VisiQuate.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

This week, he shared insights from the best and brightest minds in healthcare interoperability , including a chat with new Civitas patient centered data home initiative partner Velatura. Read more… How Health Systems Can Benefit From 5G. Read more… How Hospitals Can Mitigate the Impacts of Ransomware.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 14, 2021

We’re looking forward to hearing about the acceleration of technology-driven performance and accountability in healthcare. The impact of the pandemic, emerging technologies, and other industries are driving that level of convenience digitally and compelling healthcare to find solutions for meeting those same expectations.”.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

In the Spring of 2020, a number of institutions—health, education, judicial, and others—went through a wrenching technological transformation: To prevent the spread of COVID-19, they took refuge online. More generally, how have televisits affected clinicians’ revenues, and how is the effect likely to change?

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 17, 2023

How Interoperability Saves Lives – and Builds Trust. For FQHCs such as Dallas-area HHM Health, maintaining trust is critical because many patients are new users of the healthcare system. For FQHCs such as Dallas-area HHM Health, maintaining trust is critical because many patients are new users of the healthcare system.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 24, 2023

That’s how they were described by Sriram Bharadwaj, vice president of digital innovation and applications at Franciscan Health, a Midwestern organization, on the website Health IT Analytics. Blockchain can address this issue, and help create unified patient records (UPRs).

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Fortunately, advancements in technology are changing the game. Cloud-computing solutions combined with 3D printing capabilities have shortened the production process and provided a new level of customization. And patients benefit from improved foot health, reduced pain and better quality of life. Philipp Jung,?GM

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American Medical Compliance

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

OSHA Training for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) will educate emergency medical workers on how to protect themselves and others while adhering to State and Federal OSHA regulations. This course goes into detail on various OSHA standards, and provides advice for how emergency medical workers can adhere to these standards.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Ankit Kumar Agarwal, Director – IT Delivery Services at NewWave Telecom & Technologies Inc. It has repercussions on patients, doctors, hospitals, and everything associated with the healthcare ecosystem. It has repercussions on patients, doctors, hospitals, and everything associated with the healthcare ecosystem.

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Hall Render

JULY 28, 2023

million for rural hospital expansion Hospices in Arizona & other states receive scrutiny over concerns of fraud, waste & abuse Phoenix Children’s Building New 44,000-Square Foot Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Firefighters oppose Banner’s planned $400M hospital There’s a growing nurse shortage in Arizona.

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Hall Render

JUNE 10, 2022

As skilled nursing ‘teeters,’ leaders look to DC for help on pay rule and more. Lawmakers introduce bill criminalizing violence, threats against hospital employees. Lawmakers introduce bill criminalizing violence, threats against hospital employees. Most hospitals failing price transparency rule. CALIFORNIA.

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Hall Render

MAY 13, 2022

340B hospitals amplify loss projections as more drugmakers unveil restrictions. Travel nurses raced to help during Covid. Alabama hospitals were just ranked for safety: See how yours fared. IV contrast shortage impacting Alabama hospitals. Alaska COVID-19 hospitalizations increase slightly. HHS awards $16.3M

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 14, 2024

The Investment will Fuel Global Growth and Advancement of its AI-Driven IoT Platform to Optimize Hospital Operations and Resources Outside the Clinical Domain Kontakt.io , the leading provider of Inpatient Journey Analytics, today announced a Series C investment of $47.5 Our partnership with Goldman Sachs will help Kontakt.io

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Hospitals, which keep us healthy and safe, share the responsibility for keeping the earth healthy and safe. Let’s explore hospitals’ environmental footprint, their current efforts to improve, and one solution that could make a real difference. Hospitals also produce a lot of waste. And there’s plenty to minimize.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 28, 2023

The Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver program from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has grown to 125 health systems and 289 hospitals in 37 states in less than three years. A number of other health systems and hospitals have secured waivers but haven't yet implemented a program.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

AI automation is still so new that it’s hard to tell what the exact impact will be. Thus helping lift the burden that so quickly leads to burnout. So let’s talk this out: is AI automation a good thing that will help or will it cause more problems? On one hand the automation will solve a lot of problems.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 26, 2021

Hospitals across the country have been slammed with challenges over the course of the past 12 months as the COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged the U.S., This latest feature story has a special focus: children's hospitals. Matt MacVey, vice president and CIO, Children's National Hospital, Washington, D.C. ( @MattMacVey ).

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

the leading developer of technology-driven solutions to promote the safe use, storage, return, and disposal of controlled substances and other dangerous medications in hospitals and other healthcare institutions, announced today a $2 million investment from MCPC Healthcare Investment, LLC , the newly formed investment arm of Cleveland-based MCPC.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. But as hospitals and healthcare systems face foundational, systemic challenges in shifting to value-based care, it may happen in fits and starts. Soon, market forces, combined with the looming 2030 deadline, will spur real action.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 13, 2022

Realtime location systems (RTLS) have long been known to help hospitals with medical device management, but there is a new use-case that is growing in popularity and importance: addressing staff safety and duress. Increasing Violence and Duress. 75% had encountered both verbal and physical assaults in the past month.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 18, 2022

However, the question remains: How can it be solved? How can clinical caregivers ease the corrosive effects of grief on their lives? Or it could be leveraging technology to allow you to connect regularly to someone you can talk to and express your grief with. Critical care workers are all human.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

In a precarious moment, with novel coronavirus numbers spiking once again to new heights in the U.S. In a precarious moment, with novel coronavirus numbers spiking once again to new heights in the U.S. A national patient identifier is a must for effective care coordination and population health management.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. 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

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Data can both call out SDoH and help to address its effects. Fixing these problems is an international undertaking, although hospitals can do more to reduce their own waste and carbon emissions (video). But only in the past few years have the medical professions tried to quantify and capture these factors.

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MedTrainer

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Governing bodies are constantly updating standards due to changes in legislation, technological advancements, new medical research, societal dynamics, and more. Providing consistent compliance training is not only mandatory, but it can help to avoid some of these situations. With a resounding 2.8

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