Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2023

We know that our aging population has complex needs, requiring more post-acute and in-home care as well as other community-based support. What does this mean to the healthcare system and to patients––particularly those who are ready to leave the hospital and move home or to their next site of care? Now, a fresh approach is warranted.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 16, 2023

"We would do a Microsoft Teams call to connect the two." "Second, our patients also experience problems given the rural nature of our community, which includes a lack of transportation or inability to drive long distances. THE PROBLEM But services were needed more than ever. So, telehealth helps us extend services."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 17, 2023

With offerings in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Michigan and California, it delivers comprehensive, integrated and person-centered care by coordinating the services of local staff, provider partners and community organizations. Telemedicine has grown to become an important part of delivering on CCA's mission.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 13, 2023

Many of the tools and technology already exist for any state to build or enhance an existing HIE quickly, while still leveraging local expertise for individual communities. . Some ready-made CSS tools that states will find useful include: . Fortunately, that infrastructure doesn’t need to be built from scratch for every state.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2022

You recently returned from a tour of some of your healthcare provider organization clients to see how telehealth is functioning in the real world. Telemedicine is on an all-time high. Travel to virtually any U.S. healthcare provider organization today and its teams are conducting some kind of telehealth. Where were providers excelling?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 6, 2022

"The app would allow them to select a physician or healthcare provider from a menu according to the provider's availability and then connect to that provider. El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, California, is located near Silicon Valley, home to self-driving cars and robots that deliver food. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2023

We connected with MEDITECH , EPIC , eClinicalWorks , ModMed , NextGen Healthcare , athenahealth , and Elation Health. What is your prediction for the EHR market in 2023? Technology to support deeper connections with patients through the best channel possible. EHRs are vital to both clinical and administrative operations.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Taking time off and finding things that you enjoy and are excited about are key to letting your brain reset and being ready to get back to work. We reached out to our wonderful Healthcare IT Today Community and asked them: which health IT trend has you most excited and why is it exciting? The following is what they had to share.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 20, 2021

From that point forward, all health systems will need to have a HIPAA-compliant solution at the ready. We can be even better stewards of our patients' health if we supply them with the right tools to remain connected. Telemedicine finally made it to the mainstream.

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MedTrainer

MARCH 8, 2024

Understanding the pros and cons of your options when looking for the best learning management software to use is key to ensure your staff and organization are well-trained and compliant with regulations. Relias is an online training platform that offers a wide range of educational solutions for the healthcare industry. What is Relias?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 26, 2021

"When it comes to climate events – huge, natural disaster kinds of events … all the issues are compounded," said William Kiefer, CEO of Chambers Health, a community-based system in southeastern Texas. At hospitals, workers spent the night to avoid being stranded , scrambling to care for patients in dire conditions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 23, 2021

" "We're actually communicating better and our staff is actually more productive." The pandemic has created an atmosphere in healthcare unlike anything seen before in modern times. It has set the stage for CIOs and other health IT executives to rethink their approach to accomplishing new tasks. " Joe Fisne, Geisinger.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job. Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features.

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MedTrainer

MAY 31, 2022

They do this primarily through grants and cooperative agreements with community and faith-based organizations, colleges and universities, hospitals, state, local, and tribal governments, and private entities. The Health Resources and Services Administration is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Or does it?

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MedTrainer

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Use this checklist on how to shine in your new compliance role when you’re ready to take the leap and apply or accept a position! The healthcare industry, known for its ever-evolving landscape of regulations and protocols, demands professionals who ensure that healthcare institutions adhere to established standards.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 1, 2022

It brings together a great community of healthcare financial professionals with a lot of healthcare CFOs and revenue cycle management pros. This week was the HFMA Annual conference in Denver. I’d say the hottest topic at the conference was the lack of workforce available and the impact that is having on organizations.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 7, 2022

At the LeadingAge Illinois 2022 Annual Meeting, Elizabeth McLaren, VP of Reimbursement and Community-Based Services, along with Steven Wermuth, MPA at Strategic Health Care, presented their analysis on the top billing mistakes. Ben Manning, Director of Product Management at etherFAX. What did they find? What if fax is the answer?

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

And two, they’re taking things a step further by figuring out what it is that their team members need to have the sense of belonging, connectedness, and community that they crave. In fact, the churn rate for staff nurses has grown by nearly 3% to just under 19%, costing hospitals between roughly $4 million to $6.5 million annually.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 9, 2023

For a closer look at this balance we reached out to our wonderful Healthcare IT Today Community for their insights. Ambient listening captures my notes and gives me the freedom to connect with my patients by looking them in the eyes instead of staring at my computer screen. However, it cannot fully nor successfully replace a human.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Virtua Health is a nonprofit community health system with five hospitals, seven urgent care centers and 280-plus locations across South New Jersey and Philadelphia. It employs 14,000 people, including more than 2,850 doctors, physician assistants and nurse practitioners, and has more than one million patient encounters per year.

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YouCompli

OCTOBER 5, 2022

It’s tempting to focus all your time and attention on getting board and leadership support for a compliance program. Communication Collaboration Credibility Culture. Communication for healthcare compliance. Maintaining ongoing communication helps ensure that all constituents are on the same page.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

"At first, staff and clinicians inventively created a specialty kit comprising a Bluetooth-enabled tablet, blood pressure cuff, weight scale and pulse oximeter device to communicate virtually with these patients," she continued. [ Click here for Part 1]. MEETING THE CHALLENGE. " Dr. Angela Skrzynski, Virtua Health.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

.” Oxford Dictionary provides context for the definition as follows: To work, as in especially hard physical work. To make great effort (as in, “laboring from dawn to dusk”). To have difficulty in doing something despite working hard. ” And finally, one fourth contextual point: “A labor of love.”

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 4, 2023

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. Check out our communities predictions below and be sure to add your own thoughts and/or places you disagree with these predictions in the comments and on social media.

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Health Populi

JUNE 7, 2019

The one I’m deep into in the moment is inspiration, ideation, and “reimagineering” my own thinking about work, legacy, and social justice. I’m grateful to have had the opportunity to spend much of this week at the inaugural Disney Institute Women’s Leadership Summit. She also traveled and worked in the UK, Australia, in Europe, and in the U.S.

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 5, 2024

Today, Hasselfeld, who also is a primary care physician in internal medicine and pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Community Physicians, turns his focus to Johns Hopkins itself, where he and a number of teams throughout the organization have implemented AI in ambient scribing and patient portal applications. You are using ambient scribe technology.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Please describe the experience you had with caring for your aging father, and what you learned about information not being shared in a meaningful way. Unfortunately, this is something that you hear a lot in healthcare ventures – there's often a personal connection. As an industry, we have two problems to solve.

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

AMA scrutinizes lack of competition, consumer harms in Medicare Advantage plans. CMS bumps ASC payments to 3.8 percent in final rule. CMS gives nursing homes a longer leash on staff COVID-19 vaccination requirements. CMS locks in court-ordered 340B drug payment rates for 2023, though back payments still to come. LifeMed Alaska announces new CEO.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. Check out our community’s predictions below and be sure to add your own thoughts and/or places you disagree with these predictions in the comments and on social media.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 11, 2024

Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Read more… Getting Ready for Generative AI in the Academic Medical Center. Read more… Transforming Patient Care With Your EHR. Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup.

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Dot Compliance

AUGUST 8, 2023

Choosing and implementing the right quality management software is a strategic decision that can significantly impact your organization’s success. Identifying your goals will help you focus on eQMS solutions that can effectively support your objectives. Let’s get started.

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Dot Compliance

AUGUST 8, 2023

Choosing and implementing the right quality management software is a strategic decision that can significantly impact your organization’s success. Identifying your goals will help you focus on QMS solutions that can effectively support your objectives. Let’s get started.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 2024

We asked our wonderful friends and members of the Healthcare IT Today Community what was a problem, technology, opportunity, or issue they didn’t think enough people were talking about. Jennifer Johnson, Director of Healthcare Sales and Strategy at Connection – I would say staff burnout.

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Redox

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Most organizations must be ready to share data by January 31st, 2024. The fax machine has been the leading channel for healthcare information exchange for nearly 60 years, but those days are coming to a close in California. It was established through CA Assembly Bill 133 in 2021. A list of signing organizations is available here.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. Check out our community’s predictions below and be sure to add your own thoughts and/or places you disagree with these predictions in the comments and on social media.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

“Digital,” write large, has been a lifeline during lockdown for those with the access, skills, and confidence to benefit from connecting. which has revealed America’s digital divide that has worsened health, social, and economic impacts for people lacking digital inclusion addressing connectivity, literacy, and trust.

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 28, 2023

" Equally important, said Palm, "and one of the things that I think we uniquely bring to the table in this conversation is the importance of states and local communities. " And it's not just within HHS. How are we thinking about the way Medicare and Social Security work together?" " asked Palm.

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