Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 28, 2024

Currently, 100mm people live in primary care physician shortage areas and 160MM live in mental health provider shortage areas. Currently, 100mm people live in primary care physician shortage areas and 160MM live in mental health provider shortage areas.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 1, 2022

Continuity and access to care for patients living with chronic diseases or going through cardiac and orthopedic rehabilitation are one of the most challenging areas in healthcare. Faced with these challenges, Essen Health Care turned to health IT vendor WizeCare's enterprise-wide virtual rehabilitation and remote monitoring technology.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 12, 2021

A report released Wednesday from Vector Remote Care found that cardiology practices taking a patient-centric approach to remote cardiac monitoring report improved clinical and financial outcomes. That said, RCM technology is still maturing. "Advanced technology cannot solve the challenges alone. WHY IT MATTERS.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 11, 2023

These patients often come from traditionally underserved populations, including Black and Latinx communities, that disproportionately experience the clinical and economic burdens of diabetes. It can also help cut spending by $9,800 to $14,000 per patient each year.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

We are learning and growing every day, which means we are also coming up with new ideas, technologies, and practices every day. But with all of this constant news of new technologies and changes in practices, it can be really tricky to stay on top of it all. The following is what they had to share.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 30, 2023

The following is a guest article by Jon Kimerle, Global Strategic Healthcare Alliances at Pure Storage The digital transformation of healthcare continues to accelerate, and technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) are predicted to have an increasing impact on efficiency, quality, and scalability of health outcomes.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 2, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. All of this year’s 2024 health IT predictions (updated as they’re shared): John and Colin’s 2024 Healthcare IT Predictions And now, check out our community’s Health Equity predictions.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2023

Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are the central technology pillar for healthcare organizations. As organizations continue to deal with workforce challenges, they are looking to their technology partners to help ease the burden on staff. EPIC – Seth Hain, Senior Vice President of Research & Development.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Healthcare IT Today sat down with Keith Florance, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Payers at Clarify Health at the recent #HLTH2022 conference. If you can then take those measures and show how improving them will also drive down cost – then we will see real behavior change. How come we remain predominantly fee-for-service?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 25, 2019

As the "Silver Tsunami" swells , with more than 75 million Baby Boomers set to avail themselves of their Medicare benefits and put strain on an already overstretched health system, telehealth and remote care technologies will be key to helping deliver appropriate care to these aging patients while keeping costs under control.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 11, 2021

In a session at HIMSS21 on Tuesday, two HHS OIG leaders offered a look at the enforcement priorities the agency has in mind these days, and some hints about the compliance responsibilities healthcare organizations should be prioritizing in the coming months. How to make sure that patients are getting good quality care from telehealth?

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 6, 2023

AI-based agents remove the risk of human error and poor customer experience by ensuring full 24/7 live support where MI is available regardless of the time, day or channel of the request. Despite these advantages, Informa found that many life science companies are still cautious when it comes to AI.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Here’s a description of the position: Lead Data Architect – Healthcare (Remote) About Our Company Vytalize Health is a leading value-based care platform for seniors that has raised over $70 million in financing from top healthcare investors. We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

consumers, including Seniors, found in the 2018 digital health consumer survey from Deloitte. Deloitte defines “virtual health” as enabling continuous, connected care via digital and telecommunication technologies. Using digital health tech is a new normal for U.S. That’s the consumer-demand side of the equation.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 3, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. Scott Lundstrom, Senior Healthcare Strategist at OpenText Cybersecurity Accelerated move to zero trust: The healthcare industry is struggling against a dramatic increase in malware and ransomware attacks.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Five startups based in APAC took the stage during the HIMSS22 APAC Conference this year in the hopes of gaining further traction for their businesses. The winner of the Showcase would be recognised during the HIMSS APAC Awards Dinner along with the opportunity to have a 30-minute call with Brendan Ittelson, Chief Technology Officer of Zoom.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Before HLTH 2022 kicks off next week in Las Vegas, we asked 17 digital health executives for their predictions and major themes to expect at HLTH. Keith Reynolds, Chief Operating Officer at Welldoc. A recent study indicated that it would require a PCP 26.7

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

To do this well, clinicians need to understand the whole person and the context in which they live — their race, gender identity, native language, socioeconomic status, or zip code, among other things — to ensure equitable care. Artificial intelligence (AI) technology and algorithms can help us bridge this health equity gap.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 9, 2023

Workflow automation that uses AI to infer clinical meaning and ML to improve its performance over time may not directly contribute to the care of my patient but improves my ability to do so. Chris Larkin, Chief Technology Officer at Concord Technologies We see healthcare AI as becoming deeply imbedded in our systems.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

This consistent tracking is changing the dynamics between patients and doctor’s, providing a holistic view of a patient’s health and not just a once a year snapshot. These devices are indispensable when it comes to the continuous gathering of reliable health data. Healthcare has never been an easy topic to discuss.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 2023

As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. Ted Quinn, CEO and founder at Activate Care. Only time will tell.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 23, 2022

With the addition of Core Analytics, Netsmart Simple ™ is now the only solution suite in the market capable of calculating quality measures and Five-Star ratings leveraging Minimum Data Set (MDS), Payroll-Based Journaling (PBJ) and UB-04 claims data. CORE brings three new solutions into the CareFabric platform.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Amongst mostly bustling halls, vendors reported very positive feedback on the volume and quality of customer meetings, with one prominent global imaging vendor citing “We’re signing deals here at the show again – things are looking up”. . These boil down to three substantial issues: . – Inefficient and siloed informatics systems .

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 3, 2023

The world of healthcare is full of individuals that are always seeking improvement. How do we make our clinicians’ lives easier? But with each new technology and innovation that we adapt to our organization, there is one truth that we must keep in mind. How do we reach more patients? How do we ease this pain?

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Health Populi

MAY 29, 2018

The proliferation and evolution of digital technologies in health care have the potential to do good or harm, depending on their application. The proliferation and evolution of digital technologies in health care have the potential to do good or harm, depending on their application. Extended Reality. Data Veracity.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 16, 2022

developer of an intelligent AED and connected response platform for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) emergencies, today announced that it closed a $22 million Series A round of financing co-led by Questa Capital, Catalyst Health Ventures and repeat investor Laerdal Million Lives Fund. Avive Raises $22M for Connected AED Platform.

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Health Blawg

APRIL 30, 2018

While at the HIMSS annual conference this year I spoke with many healthcare technology company leaders. This selection focuses on collecting and understanding data, using it to create information that can be used to improve health and healthcare. I am pleased to share some of those conversations here.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

ALABAMA American Family Care opens new health care center in Northeast Birmingham doctors secure $13.9M ALABAMA American Family Care opens new health care center in Northeast Birmingham doctors secure $13.9M

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 25, 2019

We'll also look at how those healthcare workforces are changing – and how they ought to be changing – in the face of automation, value-based reimbursement, telemedicine, consumerism and other emerging trends and new technologies. Time to look at what comes next. Sign Up for our daily and weekly newsletters. Collection.

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CMS.gov

MARCH 1, 2019

eMedicare is a multi-year initiative to modernize the way people with Medicare get information about their benefits, and create new ways to help them make the best decisions for themselves and their families. eMedicare empowers patients with the kinds of tools they are used to using in the private sector and other parts of their lives.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. Technology can significantly alleviate some of these issues throughout the rev cycle by automating repetitive tasks, enhancing efficiency, and augmenting human capabilities.

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Hall Render

JULY 28, 2023

million for rural hospital expansion Hospices in Arizona & other states receive scrutiny over concerns of fraud, waste & abuse Phoenix Children’s Building New 44,000-Square Foot Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Firefighters oppose Banner’s planned $400M hospital There’s a growing nurse shortage in Arizona.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 9, 2024

With how fast the world of healthcare is evolving, it is impossible to stay up to date on every single thing that is happening, especially once you factor in the amount of work that is required in every health IT job. Thankfully, we are here to make sure that none of you are left to handle all that work by yourself.

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Hall Render

MAY 20, 2022

5 things to know about HHS OIG’s patient harm report. $15 15 million program will tackle behavioral health barriers in LTC. AMA, organizations launch effort to apply equity lens to patient care. AHA responds to report on hospitals’ requested price hikes to insurers. Considerations for Social Determinants of Health Screening Design.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 3, 2023

Louis, Missouri, embarked on amplifying a new digital-first frontier in 2015: A new virtual care model of remote patient monitoring for patients living with complex conditions. With nearly a decade of successfully running a virtual ICU and a virtual care hospital known today as Mercy Virtual Care Center , Mercy in St. THE PROBLEM.

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Hall Render

JUNE 10, 2022

Multimillion dollar mental health center could soon be coming to Decatur. As skilled nursing ‘teeters,’ leaders look to DC for help on pay rule and more. CMS updates Medicaid eligibility standards. Consumers have changed the ways they interact with healthcare after the pandemic. FTC looks to restrict use of noncompetes. CALIFORNIA.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2023

It seems as though every day there is a new piece of technology to talk about or an exciting update/new approach to old technology. Staying on top of all of this news for every piece of technology or area in healthcare can very quickly become overwhelming. The world of healthcare IT is ever-evolving.

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