Healthcare It News

MAY 20, 2022

Even as health systems continue to make progress with integrating digital modalities into their operations, they have had to contend with the whiplash effect of the fluctuating fortunes of buzzy startups and more mature tech firms alike. Region Tag: Global Edition. Challenges, opportunities for IT leaders.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

This in turn lets staff take a backseat with regard to monotonous engagement tasks like playing phone tag (so they can instead focus on the direct patient interactions that matter most). Those high-patient-priority capabilities identified by KLAS, like appointment scheduling, can be driven by EHR data and are primed for automation.

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Patient Satisfaction COVID-19 Hospitals 98

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 22, 2022

Microsoft has made additional enhancements focused on clinical workflow integration with the Teams product and Dynamics CRM. Examples include using Teams for virtual care visits, Teams integration with Cerner electronic health record, and additional enhancements on the Azure Health Data Services using AI. Region Tag: Global Edition.

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Patient Satisfaction Hospitals Telemedicine Public Health 138

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. Region Tag: Global Edition.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 11, 2022

This integrated approach also requires an omnichannel communications strategy and platform and analytics capabilities to identify care gaps for targeted campaigns. Region Tag: Global Edition. We are at the very beginning stages of the transformation. He is the founder and CEO of Damo Consulting.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 1, 2022

In the race to roll out telehealth offerings and digital patient engagement tools during the height of the pandemic, many providers and health plans inadvertently created a rag-tag assortment of patient portals, health apps and clunky websites that can be impossible to navigate and even more difficult to integrate with existing tech infrastructure.

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Doctors 98

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Post-acute care EHR PointClickCare is now integrated with Net Health , an EHR designed specifically for wound care. NextGen received 2015 Edition Cures Update Health IT certification for its NextGen Office EHR and practice management software.

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Medical Billing Hospitals 89

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2023

All the while, health systems must manage this growing demand while also remaining focused on accuracy and disclosure integrity for the patient data they protect. Medical record requests are digitized, and specific data requirements are tagged. Healthcare stakeholders need the patient data that healthcare providers possess.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Integrate AI-Automation with Existing Systems. For AI-software to be effective, it must integrate with your practice management and electronic health record (EHR) systems. When workflow software and EHR platforms are integrated, it creates a powerful telehealth machine, one in which both systems work symbiotically.

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Patient Satisfaction Health Care Access HIPAA Doctors 66

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 8, 2021

In addition to the traditional IT functions such as infrastructure management and EHR optimization, the post-COVID-19 era has added to workloads in the form of more "tele," more digital patient engagement and more remote monitoring of patients – all big lifts from an IT perspective. Region Tag: Global Edition.

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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. Remote patient monitoring uses three primary FHIR resources: Patient.

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US Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 FDA Governance 184

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

” "We recognized the need to switch to a new telehealth platform that is integrated into our electronic health record, making the whole process much easier and more efficient." The most difficult aspect was deploying the technology to be effective and efficient for both patients and providers.” " Dr. Lisa R.

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Telemedicine COVID-19 US Department of Health and Human Services Doctors 166

HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 7, 2022

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. The Electronic Health Record, or EHR, is almost universally treated as the single—or at least most important—source of truth for healthcare systems. Where does patient engagement fit?

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Hospitals 52

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 12, 2020

A fundamental enabler for such seamless experiences is the integration of best-in-class telehealth and "digital front door" tools with the core EHR platform. Region Tag: Global Edition Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Beyond telehealth: the virtual trends that will transform healthcare Featured Decision Content:

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Similar to a URL for a web page, every resource has an own identification tag. Devices and apps can easily obtain necessary data through that tag without going through laborious data exchange procedures. Communication between companies, entities, and individuals, as well as every end-user process, must be integrated.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 19, 2021

"This was the key, as we have tried to launch clunky apps in the past through various EHRs that failed miserably with secondary to poor user experience." " In fact, one of the biggest struggles with EHR-based portals is adoption, and the best only get into the 60-75% range, he added. " he continued.

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Doctors Patient Satisfaction HIPAA Hospitals 172

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 7, 2021

How do you make sure that the EHR is integrated into your telehealth solution? So our ability to integrate that is important. " Call that the last-mile integration, or whatever else you want to call it, but it shouldn't be an either-or. In this case, actually, integration is transformative when done right.

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Telemedicine COVID-19 Doctors Hospitals 156

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

Any abnormal responses or vital stats are tagged and reported to: a healthcare organization partnering with the employer, a clinician on the employer’s staff, or a human resources professional, for a referral to a COVID-19 testing site to confirm an infection and prevent spreading the virus in the workplace.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

NATIONAL Amazon Pharmacy, One Medical pilot program integrates medication consultations Bad news for FTC’s noncompete ban Cigna to sell Medicare business to HCSC for $3.3B

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Nursing Homes US Department of Health and Human Services Nurses Hospitals 40

Hall Render

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Joe’s to buy part of big Onondaga County orthopedic surgery center for $25 million NewYork-Presbyterian nurses push back on alleged doubling of retiree healthcare costs New York hospital names 1st surgeon CEO Northwell VC arm backs company detecting emotions with AI in $12.7M

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Hall Render

MARCH 22, 2024

Maryland Aims for Comprehensive Health Care Transformation MASSACHUSETTS A $400M incentive drives hospitals to meet health equity goals Boston’s largest academic medical centers taking another step closer under multiyear integration plan Here’s what could change for the embattled Bridgewater State Hospital Mass.

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Nursing Homes US Department of Health and Human Services Nurses Hospitals 40