Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 13, 2024

Not surprisingly, we got a lot of good responses from the Healthcare IT Today community on this topic. Compliance monitoring, documentation, omnichannel physician engagement, and supply chain resilience are some of the areas where the experts see AI playing a more prominent role in pharma IT this year. CHIME 2023 Edition.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Below are seven topics to discuss and questions to ask about your current language services plan: Devices : What devices are in place for interpretation and are they improving your operational workflows? This flexibility can greatly enhance the patient experience and ensure effective communication throughout their treatment process.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

– Utilizing flexible staffing programs, to address resource gaps and IT catch-up projects, stands as a top-of-mind focus for hospital and health system CIOs, according to Stoltenberg Consulting’s 10th annual Health IT Industry Outlook Survey. With staffing strain and resource costs mounting, IT support performance metrics may slack.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 27, 2023

For organizations already navigating supply chain issues, increased operating costs, and COVID-19 surges, health systems risk losing thousands of clinicians as they report high-stress conditions and decreased job satisfaction.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 5, 2023

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to weigh in on Internet of Things security – an important topic as medical devices grow in importance and abundance. Supply chain attacks, social engineering, and over-reliance on legacy EHRs leaves healthcare organizations vulnerable , according to Imperva’s Terry Ray.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Real-time communications and enterprise visibility into topics such as the location of mobile medical equipment and when rounds last occurred keep operations running smoothly with high productivity and satisfaction. Without adequate visibility, healthcare systems struggled to properly assess need and allocate supplies as appropriate.

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Dot Compliance

OCTOBER 17, 2022

When people ask about the 8 key principles of Quality Management, they often mistake this for other quality topics and they also ask the following questions: What are the 8 Key Principles of Quality Control? Manage processes by defining roles and making sure your resources are being used effectively. What are the 7 principles of QMS?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 7, 2021

"At Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the country, our leaders have always recognized the importance and the power of data, but the COVID-19 pandemic revealed the meaningful benefits of investing in the resources and infrastructure needed for a strong data analytics department," she said.

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The Digital Health Corner

APRIL 28, 2017

It is interesting to note that a 2012 report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation on this topic concluded that hospital consolidation increases healthcare costs and that physician-hospital consolidation has neither improved quality of care or reduced costs. Consolidation includes both human and material resource consolidation.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 2024

One moment no one is talking about something, the next it is the hottest topic of the year. Or reversely, one moment we’re all talking about one topic, and the next we’ve left that topic in the dust as we all moved on to something new. That staff shortage is through the entire supply chain in the hospital for talent.

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SQA

AUGUST 8, 2023

The Notice stipulates that provincial medical product administrations should conduct strict inspections of MAHs, with requirements that include the following topics: Manufacturing Outsourcing Authorization. Optimizing pharmaceutical quality systems and increasing resilience of complex, multinational supply chains.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 3, 2021

" Early in the pandemic, Yale New Haven Health, like the rest of the nation, faced significant shortages of essentials including PPE, negative pressure rooms and testing supplies. PPE was in short supply. Clinicians were anxious for the safety of the patient, themselves and their families. " Ambulatory video visits.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 19, 2023

We asked members of the Healthcare IT Today community attending this year’s HFMA conference to weigh in on this always-popular topic. MCHD’s Shawn Henners said having automation technology in place laid a foundation for centralized recordkeeping and resource coordination during the pandemic.

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SQA

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The public consultation is open until 31 December 2023 and the topic will be further discussed during a joint HMA/EMA workshop scheduled for 20-21 November 2023. The focus of the position paper is to remind all actors involved to refer and apply the existing tools to ensure security of the supply chain.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

Hospitals that once relied on inpatient services must now pivot to accommodate fast-paced, outpatient surgery, which means administrators need to supply flip rooms, equipment and staff so surgeons can rapidly churn outpatient cases. I think that’s because we’ve underinvested in and under-resourced our pediatricians.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

With legislation currently being drafted for nurses to receive the same reimbursement doctors and physicians do, this will likely become a top-of-mind topic in 2024. The recent Humana/Cigna news will be the first of many health plan mergers in 2024 as payers seek to align strategies and optimize resources.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 5, 2024

rehab facility files $6M expansion proposal Largest health care system in Massachusetts now offering hospital level treatment at home Flooding at a Boston hospital has disrupted IVF services for 200 patients.

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SQA

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Top-priority efforts targeted by European Commissioners within the next six to seven months are grouped together as “essential actions” under three key topics in the joint implementation plan: Contingency planning and monitoring. Action plans to address each of the three key topics have been established.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 16, 2023

Instead, they’ve endeavored to make money via their respective core businesses: Apple aims to drive hardware adoption (Apple Watch), Google tried to tackle big data applied to clinical questions (Verily), and Amazon has worked to leverage its supply chain strengths (Pillpack). Stacey Rivkin, Vice President, Client Solutions, H1.

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SQA

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The 20-page Q&A document covers general and specific topics including the importation of cannabis products, simplified authorization procedures for education, and research institutions that are conducting cannabis studies using real-life data. It will promote pooling resources and achieving economies of scale.

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SQA

AUGUST 2, 2021

Keeping food safe involves the combined effort of every single player in the food production chain, from farm to fork. PDA TR 86 is a consensus-based resource surrounding the challenges encountered in using complex package systems and introduces important elements to consider in decision-making. PDA Technical Report No.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Here’s what different groups report.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Here’s what different groups report.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 16, 2022

We spoke with the health IT vendor executive to get her expert views and 2023 predictions on these issues as well as other topics such as social determinants of health and EHR optimization. Digital connections to community resources, support services, or even telehealth counseling are all happening today but are not widespread.

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SQA

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Commission Steps up Actions to Address Critical Shortages of Medicines and Strengthen Security of Supply in the European Union, 24 October 2023 On 24 October 2023, the EC adopted a set of actions to better prevent and mitigate critical medicine shortages in the European Union (EU) this winter, next winter, and beyond.

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Jane Sarashon

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Fidelity Investments recently explored this topic. That supply-side response will be very welcomed by consumers who have begun to view the grocery store as a partner in their and their families’ health and well-being. Over one-half of U.S. In 2023, 2 in 3 U.S. One in ten people are shopping at farmers’ markets for organics.

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