Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare will be generally available on October 30, the software behemoth announced this week. "We are committed to providing better connectedness to drive even greater outcomes across providers, payors, pharma, and med tech organizations," says Microsoft on its Cloud for Healthcare website.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 10, 2021

The rise in telehealth use during the COVID-19 pandemic has showcased two contrasting narratives about access to virtual care. PPFA also offers a chatbot to try and engage users who have commonly asked questions. "It was a disruptor, but an accelerator," she added.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

By Andrea Fox | August 29, 2023 News HCA working with Google Cloud on clinical generative AI The healthcare giant will expand its work with Google to help automate workflows and streamline. Mark Warner has questions for Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai about Med-PaLM 2, a chatbot currently.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 2, 2021

Troy Yoder, global healthcare leader at Cisco, leads healthcare innovation at the company and has helped healthcare provider organization clients double down in the last year – especially in virtual care. How will this affect healthcare delivery and the future of telehealth? But the promise of data mobility stalled.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 29, 2020

A study published earlier this month in BMJ Open found that primary care practitioners outperformed eight symptom-checking apps when it came to the diagnostic accuracy and safety of the advice. WHY IT MATTERS. Meanwhile, each vignette was entered into eight symptom-checking apps.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 30, 2024

While COVID-19 sparked many challenges for healthcare providers across the USA, it highlighted technology’s essential role in patient communication and engagement. In fact, in 2020, research found that just under half of the US population used tech to communicate with their healthcare providers.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 8, 2023

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. What Aren’t Enough People Talking About in Healthcare ? Read more… Improving the Patient Experience With Online Scheduling and Chatbots.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 6, 2023

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Technology can play a valuable role in making healthcare more convenient, but on if it’s affordable and accessible.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 24, 2023

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Read more… The Complexity and Cost of Managing Multiple Healthcare Cloud Platforms. Patients in All Demographics Appreciate Online Payment Options.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 23, 2023

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In the world of healthcare, where we are constantly looking for ways to make things better, it is no surprise that we are facing a high burnout rate. While there are countless problems and struggles in healthcare, there are a lot of ideas and technologies right now that are working to make things better.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 8, 2023

Trent Sanders, VP, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Kyndryl US The U.S. healthcare industry has hit an important inflection point. However, outdated, legacy technology is straining many health systems, and in some cases, exaggerating existing problems such as rising operational costs and high rates of attrition.

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Redox

AUGUST 1, 2023

There is no shortage of data in healthcare In the last decade, we have witnessed the near-ubiquitous adoption of EHRs, the proliferation of medical devices, the expansion of genetic testing, and the rise of patient-generated health data. But, if you have been to the doctor lately, you probably know that it is not that simple.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 15, 2023

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Where to Find Healthcare IT Today at HIMSS 2023. You can visit Healthcare IT Today at Booth #2481 on the HIMSS Showroom floor. Headed to Chicago?

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

There are a lot of new ideas and technologies being made to better the world of healthcare. To help shed a light on these topics, we reached out to our brilliant Healthcare IT Today Community to see what health IT trends they believe deserve more attention. So what trend isn’t being talked about enough? advertising platforms).

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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. This article offers a simple five-step framework for adopting AI/ML-powered customer experience solutions in healthcare.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2023

Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are the central technology pillar for healthcare organizations. We connected with MEDITECH , EPIC , eClinicalWorks , ModMed , NextGen Healthcare , athenahealth , and Elation Health. We connected with MEDITECH , EPIC , eClinicalWorks , ModMed , NextGen Healthcare , athenahealth , and Elation Health.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 6, 2023

Simon Johns, Director of Medical Information and Marketed Product Safety at IQVIA Pharmaceutical companies across the globe are currently investing in artificial intelligence (AI) to overcome challenges surrounding the support of inquiries from healthcare professionals (HCPs). Why Use AI-enabled Agents for Medical Information (MI) Operations?

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 18, 2023

Telemedicine has gained traction in recent years providing healthcare services remotely, allowing patients to receive quality care without being physically present at a healthcare facility. The following is a guest article by Deepak Singh, MBA, MS , Product Manager at Teladoc Health.

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Compliancy Group

JANUARY 27, 2023

Headlines boast that the chatbot has been able to pass exams at law schools and universities. At least $11 billion in AI technology is currently being deployed or developed for use in healthcare, and some estimates predict that could grow to more than $188 billion in the next eight years. We make managing your BAAs simple!

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 4, 2024

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. This shift will represent a transformative path forward for healthcare organizations facing staffing challenges, retention issues, and the need for improved patient care.

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AIHC

MAY 2, 2022

Coming at the back-end of a long period of adversity due to COVID-19 and an already challenging economic environment for hospitals and healthcare systems, we see a new wave of consolidation, invention, and innovation. Patient Access and Experience Patient experience is now one of the key issues impacting the healthcare industry.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

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. And with national healthcare spending reaching a full 18% of GDP, that isn’t surprising. Community health workers will become a pillar of the healthcare community.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

There are so many challenges that we are currently facing in the world of healthcare, that possibly adding another one is overwhelming to think about. It can stop a lot of human error and take mundane tasks off of healthcare’s shoulders. AI automation is still so new that it’s hard to tell what the exact impact will be.

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Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2021

This year, medical cost trend will rise by 7.0%, expected to decline a bit in 2022 according to the annual study from PwC Health Research Institute , Medical Cost Trend: Behind the Numbers 2022. In the COVID-19 pandemic, health care spending in the U.S. increased by a relatively low 6.0% Preparations for the next pandemic, and.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 28, 2020

Even as it takes these incremental steps toward opening up, Atrium Health is also digesting some lessons learned over the past few months, Chief Strategy Officer Dr. Rasu Shrestha told Healthcare IT News. But having been hyper-focused on the public health emergency since March, Atrium has begun to expand its offering. And Eugene A.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 6, 2023

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. The past two years have taught us that telemedicine is a highly scalable and successful way to deliver quality healthcare across the United States.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The past year has been like no other for healthcare provider organization executives. They have been put to the test, and the successful have survived intact, with many lessons learned along the way. The executives include: Candice Friestad, RN, assistant vice president of clinical informatics at Avera Health in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

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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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Hall Render

DECEMBER 22, 2023

health care spending hits $4.5 Million in Retaliation Suit John Muir, Tenet scrap hospital deal after FTC challenge Kaiser to lay off 79 administrative employees Leaning toward big wins in schizophrenia and vaccines, venture group raises new fund of $389 million Madera hospital creditors want to be paid, including CEO. health care spending hits $4.5

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Hall Render

JANUARY 20, 2023

for obesity rate, is getting heavier Medical Properties Trust Sponsors Children’s of Alabama Primary care group makes major local acquisition, doubling footprint in state ALASKA Juneau’s hospital is losing more than $1M a month Alaska’s flu season appears to have peaked.

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Hall Render

JULY 14, 2023

How did we get here? Nonprofit hospitals under growing scrutiny over how they justify billions in tax breaks States increase pressure on nonprofit hospitals as charity care scrutinized Senate proposal would give hospitals $385M for emergency preparedness.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Ransomware attacks against hospitals put patients’ lives at risk, researchers say States, FTC continue to target noncompetes: 3 updates The best hospital in each state, per Newsweek What to know about Stark law’s $9.2M

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Hall Render

MARCH 29, 2024

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Hall Render

JULY 21, 2023

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Hall Render

JUNE 30, 2023

Maybe not amid the changing healthcare landscape in the US. Report: Amazon Pauses 50-State Virtual Care Service Expansion UnitedHealth acquires Amedisys for $3.3B after home health provider reneges on Option deal Will the doctor see you now?

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