Healthcare It News

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. "Broadband is now revered as the super-social determinant of health because it has a direct impact on all of the other social determinants of health.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

A new study published in this month's issue of Health Policy and Technology found, however, that healthcare organizations may face obstacles when it comes to complying with the law. Lack of sophisticated and robust digital infrastructure. Sometimes failing to comply can carry a big price tag: The U.S. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 27, 2023

Artificial Intelligence Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Telehealth Workflow Workforce A balanced approach to deploying new IT that reduces the burden on employees and provides patients with enhanced services is key to stabilizing and advancing healthcare industry processes.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Sign Up for our daily or weekly newsletters Patient experience: new perspectives on person-focused care Full coverage: HIMSS22 APAC Health Conference News 5 sessions to look out for at HIMSS23 APAC Healthcare IT News’ APAC Managing Editor weighs in on the sessions he's looking forward. Get all the coverage from this event on this page.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 24, 2020

Government & Policy Interoperability Population Health Telehealth One of the more remarkable features of the NHS’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has been its rapid uptake of technology in the UK says director of international relations at NHS Confederation, Dr Layla McCay.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 8, 2021

Connected Health Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Mergers & Acquisitions Network Infrastructure Telehealth Health system CIOs are reducing their tech footprint and consolidating their IT systems for agility and efficiency. Others are competing with other startups by offering similar services.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

There has not been much rigorous evaluation of the “rampant” use of digital remote monitoring for acute care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Privacy and scalability, where assuring the security of health citizens’ protected health information (PHI) must be designed into HaH programs.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2021

Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Population Health Precision Medicine Telehealth Workforce From vaccines to virtual care, enterprise imaging to precision medicine, these are the growth areas that will shape the direction of healthcare, this year and beyond.

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US Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 COVID-19 Vaccine Hospitals 212

Jane Sarashon

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

During the pandemic, millions of people connected with Twitter to share thoughts and feelings about the pandemic…and their health. Tweets related to “broadband” were noted within the telemedicine/virtual health Twitter streams. For this report, Brandwatch utilized only English-language public Twitter data.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 20, 2022

Artificial Intelligence Connected Health Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Patient Engagement Workflow As ambient technologies improve, additional use cases to leverage voice will emerge – that leaves us with the question of how patients and physicians are responding to voice-enabled tools in their healthcare encounters.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Vik Krishnan, General Manager of Intrado Digital Workflows. digital) or easy to self-manage. This gap between expectations and reality isn’t working for patients who demand convenience and care access, and it’s also taking a toll on health system profitability and the staff members who are the lifeblood of these organizations.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

In a dynamic time for the industry, here are four of the main factors driving the changes and what they mean for the primary stakeholders: The lines between traditional and digital are blurring. In the traditional healthcare system, the price you pay for services depends on your insurance coverage ? the opposite of a simple price tag.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

In this regularly updated special collection, we explore how hospitals and health systems are rolling out RPM initiatives: where they're seeing hurdles, which use cases are most successful, how they're getting help from their vendors, what policy and regulatory imperatives may be shaping the future of virtual care, and much more.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Clinical Decision Support Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Government & Policy Patient Engagement AHRQ is helping the transition towards evidence-based recommendations to guide clinical decision-making that incorporates patients' needs and preferences. healthcare system needs to aspire to and is working towards.

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US Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Patient Satisfaction Health Outcomes 221

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

health care system, especially laying bare inequities and inertia in American health care, explained in The Progress We Need: Ten Health Care Imperatives for the Decade Ahead from Manatt Health. Achieve health equity. Stability the safety net and rebuild public health. Address social determinants of health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 23, 2020

Connected Health Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Government & Policy Patient Engagement Telehealth With its three-pillar approach to modernization, the U.S. to virtually “step into” field hospitals and assist physicians, in real-time, when treating wounded service members.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 20, 2020

Globally the response has divided and united populations and no less so in the UK, says global digital adviser and NHS clinician Dr Sam Shah. Sam Shah COVID-19 has been deadly, it’s infective and has posed the biggest public health risk to society in almost a hundred years. The doctor will see you now.

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COVID-19 Telemedicine Hospitals Public Health 139

HIT Consultant

APRIL 1, 2022

Aaron Kaufman, EVP at Carenet Health. 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.

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Doctors 98

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 16, 2023

The following is a guest article by Dmitrii Evstiukhin , Director of Managed Services at Provectus In today’s world, personalized and efficient digital interactions are expected, especially in the healthcare industry. And the stakes are high. When done well, great customer experience improves customer satisfaction.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 26, 2022

Digital transformation has increased healthcare access, but quality and consistency are lagging behind. The healthcare industry has gone digital faster than anyone could’ve expected. Digital health options like telemedicine and online pharmacies existed before the pandemic. We weren’t prepared. But can you blame us?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 4, 2020

Paddy Padmanabhan In the immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, health systems saw dramatic spikes in virtual visits and telehealth adoption in the patient population. A study by non-profit group FAIR Health suggests a 4,000% increase in telehealth claims across the country in the first few months of the pandemic.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

How RTLS Works Most RTLS systems depend on a combination of tags, sensors, and software. Tags are attached to any vital assets that need to be tracked including equipment, supplies, devices, and even people. These tags come in a variety of sizes and will vary in range and data quality.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Cloud Computing Network Infrastructure Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth Delivering virtual care via community broadband offers big financial and quality of life benefits, says our contributing writer, opening avenues to both digital equity and health equity. These networks profit the people they serve.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 23, 2023

In a recently published analyst note , the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) draws attention to the practice of SEO poisoning – a tactic often used by malicious actors to trick individuals into disclosing sensitive information or downloading malware.

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HIPAA 85

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Caravan Health President and CEO Tim Gronniger previously was chief of staff and director of delivery system reform at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Caravan Health is a privately held company formed to create sustainable methodologies for health systems to excel in value-based care.

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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. million medication instructions without.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Governments, private and public health care organisations are taking action after the learnings from the pandemic, to increase data quality and equality. Technologies and solutions like cloud, big data, artificial intelligence (AI), sensors, and mobile technology can help improve health outcomes. More than just storage.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 30, 2022

A survey from digital health platform Babylon found that 46% of Americans have gone into debt from their medical bills , while 34% are currently struggling to pay their medical and insurance bills. Haleon is using the the Microsoft Seeing AI app to provide more detailed labels on more than 1,500 of its consumer health products.

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Health Populi

JULY 20, 2018

Consumers are more bullish demanding virtual and digital health tools from their physicians than doctors are in providing it, based on the research findings in What can health systems do to encourage physicians to embrace virtual care? from Deloitte. One in two U.S. “Macy’s?

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Health Populi

APRIL 17, 2023

The Washington State legislature passed House Bill 1155, aka the My Health, My Data Act , last week. The bill expands privacy protections for Washington State’s health citizens beyond HIPAA’s provisions. ” That could include such data tags as cookie identifiers, device identifiers, and IP addresses.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The following is a guest article by Stephen Dean, Healthcare CRM Expert and Co-Founder of Keona Health. Many health care professionals think the strength of the patient-provider relationship is determined solely by the face-to-face interactions between patients and physicians, and that all problems begin and end there.

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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. I asked her to meet with me to discuss her professional news update: being appointed Parexel’s first Patient Ambassador.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 23, 2022

Of all industries, health care above all should provide accessible web sites to support people with disabilities or special needs. Furthermore, the field is getting more and more digital with wellness sites, telehealth, and fitness devices—so making them accessible is crucial to making health care accessible. are great advances.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The following is a guest article by Scott Hondros, Vice President of Professional Services at CenTrak. The disruption from the pandemic and its aftermath has led to the rapid acceleration of healthcare digitization and the adoption of new technology to meet facility needs. It’s often said that necessity is the mother of invention.

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COVID-19 Hospitals Nurses 57

HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

There is also a greater need to focus on overall physical, mental and emotional well-being of patients, as well as more opportunities for self-service, including access to their records, making payments and locating additional information. The Digital Transformation Healthcare Movement.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Hint Health , the company powering the direct primary care (DPC) movement, today announced the acquisition of AeroDPC, a practice management and Electronic Medical Record (EMR) designed for DPC clinics. As a DPC physician myself, bringing Hint Health and AeroDPC together is extremely exciting and powerful for DPC as a whole” says Dr. Brown.

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Electronic Medical Records Doctors 54

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. I was grateful to have an opportunity to share my views with attendees on the vision patient as health consumer through the health economic lens.

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