Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Providing patient-centered, equitable and evidence-based health care is increasingly recognized as a goal the U.S. Traditional CDS encompasses digital tools that provide timely information, usually at the point of care, to help clinicians make informed decisions about a patient’s care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 4, 2020

Digital health startups have also defied dire predictions about funding slowdowns, with data pointing to stronger-than-ever funding numbers in 2020, including aggressive M & A by public companies riding the wave of strong stock market performance. As with most such complex scenarios, the answer depends on the type of care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 23, 2020

Part of its three-pillar approach to modernization, VA is leveraging innovative technologies, both in-house and commercial off-the-shelf solutions, to provide Veterans with personalized medical care that addresses their individual needs, and the results for Veterans and their families are amazing. Improving care through technology.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 8, 2023

Success Stories & ROI Having gained some hard-won wisdom about the dos and don'ts of information technology investments in recent years, healthcare providers are getting bolder in their digital transformation spending. Kendell Cannon describes how her primary care practice sifted through the hype of artificial.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Joyoti Goswami At Geisinger in Pennsylvania, a pilot program to bring care to the homes of older patients with complex healthcare needs has shown a 35% reduction in visits to the emergency department visits, a 40% drop in hospital admissions and an average annual savings of nearly $8,000 per patient.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 1, 2022

By all accounts, the last two years have accelerated consumer adoption of digital tools for managing nearly every aspect of our lives. Odds are good you used a digital payment method, alongside the 93% of consumers who say they’ve used tools like Venmo and Zelle over the last year. Visiting your primary care physician?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Connected Health Government & Policy Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth The fate of virtual care adoption is tied to the fate of broadband expansion. It could be especially valuable for patients with long-standing medical issues who don't have a primary care doctor, or are uninsured. Let me count the ways.

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Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2022

“I am a health care executive who happens to be a patient, caregiver, and advocate,” Stacy Hurt explained to me in a Zoom chat we shared on 31 May. Health care executive first; patient advocacy followed. In 2018, Stacy launched her website, began blogging, and got social media traction when HIMSS appointed her a digital influencer.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Value-based care continues to take root in healthcare. This is why, as the new year approaches, Healthcare IT News has sat down with an expert in value-based care to get his views on what 2022 will hold for the payment system. There are cost controls built into these programs, so telehealth can't increase overall costs.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 21, 2019

From front line care delivery, including triage, clinical decision support and patient experience to back-office operations, such as billing and revenue cycle, algorithms and emerging technologies are already proving their value. What digital transformation demands: The entire C-suite’s influence. Collection. by November 01, 2018.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 23, 2022

"In the past, we haven't worried as much about coordinating care across the patient journey, from preoperative education to surgical aftercare," said Andrew Lovewell, administrator. Columbia Orthopaedic Group felt it was representative of its quality and reputation to create a system that improved the care it offered patients.

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Health Populi

MARCH 21, 2019

The vision/optical industry is one piece of the health/care ecosystem, but the segment has not been as directly impacted by patients’ new consumer muscles until just about now. That data powers new relationships and programs, Marc explained. Marc Ferrara, CEO Information Services with Jobson, introduced the meeting with some context.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Of course, that's been the case every year over the past decade since the first meaningful use checks were mailed out, kickstarting the digital healthcare age as we know it. Reducing the cost of care requires aligning incentives of providers, payers and patients. Social determinants of health: The next stage of value-based care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

With much of the country shut down earlier this year, the typical number of weekly virtual care visits grew from dozens, to hundreds, to thousands at hospitals and health systems across the country. This put a lot of pressure on the physicians who oversee telehealth programs at these providers: the telehealth managers.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 10, 2020

Last month, long-time colleague and friend Colin Hung interviewed me on the #HITMC broadcast to discuss a lovely recognition I’d received: HIT Advocate of the Year , a program highlighting various friends-in-the-field active in digital health, communications and marketing, sponsored by Medigy. “H” is for hand-washing.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 22, 2021

Clinical Decision Support Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Telehealth Workflow CIOs need to look beyond just EHRs and explore standalone platforms to enhance care delivery – keeping focused on reliable patient data and streamlined clinical workflows. Map physician workflows and win their confidence.

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SQA

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

During these meetings – typically known as “QBRs” (Quarterly Business Reviews) – we evaluate the key performance indicators for the program(s) in place, discuss what’s working well, what’s presenting challenges, and what lies ahead. Personal Care Product Council (PCPC), Virtual Quality Symposium, October 26, www.personalcarecouncil.org.

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Health Populi

MARCH 19, 2019

Self-care in health goes back thousands of years. Then Gary looked forward at the evolution of self-care – the theme of this year’s annual conference. The goal of VBID is to align costs and outcomes in health care in terms of paying for what brings value. health care system $94.8 billion savings. That totals $146 billion.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 14, 2020

At Geisinger, the crisis has been a catalyst to accelerate digital transformation. Stametz, Geisinger's vice president of digital transformation; Karen Murphy, RN, its chief innovation officer; David Vawdrey, chief data informatics officer ; John Kravitz, c hief information officer; and Paddy Padmanabhan, CEO of Damo Consulting.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 4, 2022

Angela Jones Angela Jones is a program manager in digital health transformation at Booz Allen Hamilton. Throughout, they have been dramatically accelerating their adoption of telehealth capabilities to circumvent physical, in-person care limitations imposed by the pandemic.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 12, 2020

Paddy Padmanabhan A recent estimate by consulting firm McKinsey suggests that $250 billion in healthcare spending could shift to virtual care models in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Notwithstanding the dramatic headline, there is no disputing that we are directionally headed towards a significant shift in the way care is delivered.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 10, 2022

Cloud Computing Connected Health Network Infrastructure Population Health Telehealth Before disasters such as tornadoes or wildfires, they should consider designating municipal buildings as "generator and telehealth zones" where equipment and virtual care kiosks can be moved. Communities have to take charge of their digital fate.

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Healthcare Law Today

DECEMBER 12, 2022

In this episode of Health Care Law Today, Nate Lacktman and Maureen Stewart are joined by Mark Josephs, Deputy General Counsel of LifeMD to discuss the current regulatory and legal environment for telemedicine companies regarding online subscription services, and the recent investigations by the federal government of these services.

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 1, 2023

to Recruit, Train Primary Care Students UAMS Gets $17.5M to Recruit, Train Primary Care Students UAMS Gets $17.5M to Recruit, Train Primary Care Students UAMS Gets $17.5M to Recruit, Train Primary Care Students UAMS Gets $17.5M to Recruit, Train Primary Care Students UAMS Gets $17.5M

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Accountable Care Compliance & Legal Government & Policy Telehealth Workforce Healthcare organizations must urge the Senate to pass critical telehealth legislation, and enact at least a two-year extension of the important PHE-era policies while working toward a permanent solution. 4040), with a strong bipartisan vote of 416-12.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Accountable Care Compliance & Legal Government & Policy Telehealth Workforce Healthcare organizations must urge the Senate to pass critical telehealth legislation, and enact at least a two-year extension of the important PHE-era policies while working toward a permanent solution. 4040), with a strong bipartisan vote of 416-12.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 19, 2021

As the employed model has grown, physicians have increasingly lost autonomy to deliver care to their patients in a manner that optimizes the doctor-patient relationship, he said. He saw clearly that in order to be successful in private practice, he would need to deliver hernia care in a completely new manner. " he continued.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

In an age when nearly everyone is digitally connected in some way – even many senior citizens, who are often characterized as technophobic – it only makes sense that the healthcare industry is seeing a lot of connected health devices and remote patient monitoring (RPM) technologies. Bardy Diagnostics. Biofourmis.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Given that the field is increasingly digitized and data-driven, health IT is responsible for collecting and analyzing social determinants of health (SDoH). Medical care is rife with discrimination on the basis of race and gender , particularly toward LGBTQ+ people. Another report from CODE calls for better tagging of data with SDoH.

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MedTrainer

AUGUST 2, 2023

It involves collecting and reviewing information such as education, training, licensure, certifications, work history, malpractice history, and references — all in pursuit of verifying that providers are who they say they are and qualified to deliver legitimate, safe, and ethical care. How Does Provider Credentialing Work?

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 24, 2023

Providing the necessary support is key to achieving high-quality patient care, staff satisfaction, and overall retention, along with increasing an organization’s bottom line. Beneficial visibility is achieved through IoT-enabled location technology, badges, tags, and sensors.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 7, 2022

We’ve thought long and hard about UI; about the rich dashboards we build; about new ways to expand functionality within the parameters of our applications and programs. That means that the tech center of their daily universe isn’t patient engagement, but rather the program they use most in their daily duties: The EHR.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 7, 2021

It's been a busy few years for virtual care, to say the least. If you can do cancer care in a hybrid setting, you can do most things in the hybrid setting. So when we talk about virtual care, think hybrid. And we talk about virtual care. Before I joined Teladoc, I worked for Memorial Sloan Kettering.

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 23, 2022

2022 was a year with high and low points for the health care real estate industry. To subscribe to our weekly health care real estate briefing, click here. Expect labor shortage resulting from the tripledemic and its strains to continue to affect health care facility planning well into 2023.

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SQA

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Click here to see the digital version of our calendar and send us an email if you’d like a hardcopy! Although we have a voluntary program for employees to decide whether to come to HQ on a daily basis, many employees are anxious to get back into the office to make things happen. Our passion for quality is expressed over and over.

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Health Populi

MAY 11, 2023

We continue to track to evolving, expanding landscape of retail health — which we see as the expanding ecosystem of health/care accessible to people-as-health consumers. Let’s start with weight-loss, as several aspects of health/care come together in the consumer’s retail health sandbox.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Mary’s opens new laboratory New regulation proposals add up early in Colorado legislative session CONNECTICUT Dr. Megan Ranney to become next dean of Yale School of Public Health How is Nuvance complying with its affiliation agreement?

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