Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 12, 2023

A 2019 survey by the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation’s Office of Health Policy found that the highest rates of telehealth visits happened among people with Medicaid (29.3%) and Medicare (27.4%), Black individuals (26.8%), and those earning less than $25,000 (26.7%).

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 31, 2023

Adimika Arthur, Executive Director, HealthTech 4 Medicaid Manisha Sharma, Senior Medical Director, Promise Health Plan Blue Shield of California During the pandemic, Medicaid enrollment grew by nearly 30% to cover more than 93 million Americans , due in large part to COVID-19 provisions that included continuous Medicaid enrollment.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 23, 2021

It has set the stage for CIOs and other health IT executives to rethink their approach to accomplishing new tasks. This is the sixth instalment in Healthcare IT News ' feature story series, "Health IT Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Era." "He took a look at my hand to see how well the progression was going.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 29, 2024

UnitedHealth Group said it has started analyzing the exfiltrated files to determine how many individuals have been affected and the types of data involved. No timescale has been provided so far about when that analysis will be completed but UnitedHealth Group said attention is focused on the data review. 40% of the $3.3 40% of the $3.3

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AIHC

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Part 1 in a Series of Leadership Articles on Value-Based Care Written by Joanne Byron, LPN, BS, CCA, CIFHA, CHA, COCAS, CORCM, CHCO, OHCC, CMDP, ICDCT-CM/PCS ​ Edited by Julie Rickman , MBA, CHC, CHPC, CHCO ​ This article is the first in a series sponsored by the American Institute of Healthcare Compliance (AIHC) Volunteer Education Committee.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 17, 2023

State and local governments, along with non-profit organizations, educational institutions, and healthcare organizations are teaming up in Texas to tackle youth mental health. The Consortium’s success is due to efficient processes, a data-driven approach backed by a technology platform, and a shared sense of purpose.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In 2020, telemedicine truly, finally hit the mainstream in the United States. The COVID-19 pandemic essentially forced healthcare provider organizations, the government and payers to embrace telehealth as an essential way to enable physicians to see patients. How stress manifested as telehealth visits boomed.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 26, 2021

In February, a ferocious winter storm gripped the southern United States. At hospitals, workers spent the night to avoid being stranded , scrambling to care for patients in dire conditions. During the storm, many patients and providers alike were unable to make it into health facilities.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 14, 2022

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. In addition, 60% of providers offer virtual visits, though just 8% of visits are conducted virtually.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 9, 2022

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. Department of Justice challenge of the deal.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 21, 2018

There’s a shortage of medical providers in the United Kingdom, a nation where healthcare is guaranteed to all Britons via the most beloved institution in the nation : The National Health Service. The NHS “supply shortage” is a result of financial cuts to both social care and public health.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 23, 2022

This new offering will enhance the Netsmart CareFabric ® platform to expand data solutions and services for post-acute care organizations in the areas of quality measures reporting, benchmarking, assessment data and scrubbing, while increasing the quantity and quality of required data for health plans, Medicare and Medicaid.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 2, 2022

Jeff Maxwell, EVP of Healthcare Solutions at NextHealth Technologies. Health plans are on a constant quest to learn what they can do to help their member populations. For example, the World Health Organization actually describes social determinants of health , or SDoH, as “non-medical factors that influence health outcomes.”

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Since moving off old hardware inevitable, we have to ask ourselves how can we best migrate to the cloud and are there times we shouldn’t? Organizations are not going to be able to deliver that service and keep up with expectations if they’re using legacy systems.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 29, 2022

Patient portal use and telehealth visits have changed dramatically since the COVID-19 pandemic turned the world, especially healthcare, upside down. Kerry Barker, RN, manager, Epic services, at consulting firm CereCore, and a former ICU nurse and nursing instructor at Brigham Young University, left the bedside for the IT side.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 6, 2023

As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. 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. Ankit Gupta, CEO at Bicycle Health.

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Provider Trust

MARCH 21, 2023

US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General Christi A. According to Grimm, the risk of alleged fraud and abuse in Medicare Advantage by plans, vendors, and providers is not to be ignored. As Medicare Advantage continues to grow, the risk of provider-level fraud will also increase.

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Health Populi

APRIL 1, 2020

consumers were re-shapen by the 2008 Recession in two key ways: people took on more self-service DIY daily life-flows, seeking self-sufficiency and less dependence on institutions; and, consumers became more value-sensitive both in terms of financial value and personal values. Health Populi’s Hot Points: 4 in 5 U.S. In the U.S.,

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 25, 2019

Focus on Workforce Development According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, the United States will see a shortage of between 46,900 and 121,900 physicians by 2032, including both primary care doctors and specialists. How can you minimize the effect of this trend on your healthcare organization? Collection.

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Hall Render

MAY 20, 2022

. $15 million program will tackle behavioral health barriers in LTC. AMA, organizations launch effort to apply equity lens to patient care. AHA asks HHS to continue the public health emergency until conditions stabilize. Considerations for Social Determinants of Health Screening Design.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Health equity and technological innovation are top priorities for the healthcare industry – with new standards, technology and policy driving the way. Despite innovations, a new study from the Yale School of Public Health finds the nation is losing ground on access to healthcare, with more barriers now than 20 years ago.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 26, 2021

creating all kinds of chaos for CIOs and other health IT leaders to contend with. That's the theme of this ongoing feature story series, where Healthcare IT News talks with IT leaders to focus on new lessons learned and how the executives will be applying those lessons today and into the future. Adaptive and agile teamwork.

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 28, 2023

Department of Health & Human Services and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT offered some updates on how the agencies are working together and with others to help shape a "digital healthcare system of the future" that works for everyone. " And it's not just within HHS.

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SQA

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

A new template for the Certificate of a Pharmaceutical Product will be put into use in line with China’s pharmaceutical export practices and the latest World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. ” The requirements for providers (e.g., The electronic certificate and the paper version are equally authentic.

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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 Today

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The content of this article is taken from a panel Kno2 hosted as part of the recent Civitas Networks for Health 2022 Annual Conference , in collaboration with DirectTrust™ within a track dedicated to the sharing of health data to advance health equity. A Tone-Deaf Approach to Healthcare is Hurting the Most Vulnerable.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

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? After the call, the provider would then check the medical record and take action accordingly. However, where does the automation end?

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 2, 2023

As we’ve been becoming more patient centric in healthcare, we have become more and more aware of the challenges different demographics face while trying to receive the care they need. As a result, health equity has been a hot topic and organizations have been searching for solutions.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

It’s always been pretty obvious that factors such as wealth, race, education, and the quality of food and water have enormous impacts on health. Given that the field is increasingly digitized and data-driven, health IT is responsible for collecting and analyzing social determinants of health (SDoH).

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 16, 2023

From a digital health perspective, 2022 was a reset year for many and a serious reality check. To me, the biggest surprise of 2022 was that despite the market tanking, digital health companies continued to truck forward with huge deals. Nate Fox, co-founder and CTO, Ribbon Health. Oliver Kharraz, CEO & Founder, Zocdoc.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 14, 2022

And since the conference was virtual, what better topic to start us off today than a consideration of the new Virtual-First trend that surfaced in 2021. We’ll follow that with a dive onto the couch to consider the conference’s mental health offerings and where the behavioral health sector is heading. During Day 4 of the J.P.

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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. 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

MARCH 31, 2023

Instead with how deeply personal and important the information and data that we hold is in the world of healthcare, we need to be prepared for the absolute worst. But doing so is a very daunting task since technology is so deeply embedded into everything we do. But unfortunately that is just not the case.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 28, 2022

Since 2008, the US economy functioned with remarkably low inflation and interest rates. We leveraged our experience executing transactions, extensive network, and market analysis from our 16-year history of advising and selectively investing across the ever-evolving Health IT and Digital Health sectors to gather key market information.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 5, 2024

Wade; expected to remain big issue in 2024 races Most nursing home residents in Arizona still haven’t gotten their COVID-19 booster COVID-19 hospitalizations are up in Arizona and around the U.S.

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Health Populi

JULY 1, 2019

But that won’t happen to us. If you’re in health care and don’t live under a rock, you have probably heard that United Health Group (UHG) has acquired PatientsLikeMe (PLM). The closer you get to the fire the more you get burned. But the U.S. citizens’ personal data.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 13, 2022

Let’s talk about fixing the huge American diabetes problem, providing better healthcare for Medicaid and dual eligible beneficiaries, and helping people beat cancer. Fixing Diabetes: Virta Health. Diabetes is a huge and growing problem in the United States. All that, plus a COVID-19 thought exercise…. for diabetes.

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