HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Clinical trials must continue to meet their clinical and increasingly digital endpoints. At the same time, clinical trial timelines, although designed to improve human well-being, are undeniably lengthy. At the same time, clinical trial timelines, although designed to improve human well-being, are undeniably lengthy.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Bob Farrell, CEO, mPulse Mobile Over the last several years there’s been significant investment in digital healthcare startups and growth-stage organizations, particularly those showing technical innovation that delivers improved health outcomes and more efficient care delivery models.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 10, 2022

No wonder healthcare ranked atop all other industries in “new ways of working and processes,” “new tech tools and infrastructure,” and “new staff wellbeing practices,” in a recent survey of 1,200 business leaders. From my years of experience in consumer products and services, and now in healthcare, these three lessons stand out: 1.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 4, 2023

As a result, patient care has suffered, with a recent study conducted by Weave revealing that nearly two in three patients have felt rushed, not heard, or not paid attention to by their healthcare provider in the last 12 months. Staffing shortages have put a strain on healthcare practitioners, leading to increased workloads and longer hours.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 16, 2024

a leading healthcare technology company, announced the acquisition of Cured , a renowned digital marketing and CRM platform specifically designed for healthcare. Post-Acquisition Plans Innovaccer is committed to ensuring a smooth transition for Cured and its team members. What You Should Know: – Innovaccer Inc. ,

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 10, 2023

What You Should Know; – Highmark Health and Spring Health today announced their collaboration to expand the number of access points to behavioral health care by 40 percent for Highmark insurance members, including children and teens. Each member is recommended a personalized care plan tailored to their assessment results.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 10, 2024

Additionally, the company announced the launch of its enhanced measurement-informed care system, which will allow it to elevate the care experience for clients and providers and make value-based behavioral care accessible for all patient populations, including Medicaid and Medicare members.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

For years machine learning (ML) has been touted as a way for health plans to leverage the mounds of data they collect on their members, but practical use cases remain relatively uncommon. The first thought might be that ML and artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to help teams vastly improve mundane and tedious tasks.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 31, 2023

Recently, the two organizations have been discussing an overarching digital strategy, as well as how healthcare provider organizations need to be working to create a differentiated virtual care experience – a competitive one. I understand The Clinic and Amwell have been discussing an overarching digital and virtual care strategy.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 15, 2024

Lilly Partners with Amazon Pharmacy to Deliver GLP-1 Medications Directly to Patients Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) and Amazon Pharmacy announced a strategic collaboration to improve patient access to GLP-1 medications for diabetes, obesity, and migraines. Providers using Epic®’s EHR system can search and request Sunoh.ai

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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. How do medical centers capture and assess patient feedback, and implement improvements promptly and effectively? Improving care through technology.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 18, 2022

The play features true stories told by those living with conditions including bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, and others, as well as stories told from the viewpoint of family members (including children, parents, spouses), community members, and medical professionals.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2024

In this article I interview three high-level executives who made the transition from the clinical IT setting—running hospitals—to digital IT settings that develop health apps and services. An alternative way to affect more people positively is digital IT—in his case joining a consulting firm.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 26, 2022

What You Should Know: – For people who have used virtual primary care, the vast majority of them (94%) are satisfied with their experience, and nearly four in five (79%) say it has allowed them to take charge of their health. Elevance Health is a lifetime, trusted health partner fueled by its purpose to improve the health of humanity.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 23, 2022

What You Should Know: – Cedars-Sinai Accelerator , today announced its eighth accelerator class of ten new digital health startups. At the conclusion of the three-month program, company leaders will share their progress with an audience of investors, mentors, potential customers and members of the news media at a Demo Day.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

have not improved; in fact they are in decline. This rebirth will be shaped by three seismic shifts that are coming soon. Shift 1: Finally, We Will Fully Unlock the Potential of Digital Health At the Point of Care. There has been so much change, so many technological innovations and clinical breakthroughs. The very near future.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 30, 2023

Three years after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, the Public Health Emergency (PHE) enacted in the United States came to an end this May. Health plans, providers, and digital health companies must act now to ensure necessary, preventive tests are accessible to everyone. Paula LeClair, U.S.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 3, 2021

What Premier Family liked about the Qure4u technology was that the digital health platform offered a self-check-in solution plus additional functionality the group practice could use down the road to incorporate electronic health screeners and mitigate other manual processes. THE PROBLEM. " PROPOSAL.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Three key areas are emerging as indicators of a new era in senior living that demand our attention. To fully address the surge of seniors who will require care, we must first transcend quick-fix solutions into more tangible improvements that will prepare the industry for its impending reality. million, second only to Alaska in the U.S.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 10, 2023

From ways to support smarter, more seamless discharge to remote check-ins with tonsillectomy patients, use cases for automation ramped up considerably during the pandemic. RPA improves document workflow processes by applying rules-based technology to eliminate repetitive tasks without the need for human interaction.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 22, 2024

Brian Montgomery, Senior Security Engineer, Altera Digital Health Research reveals that the total number of data breaches in healthcare has doubled over the last three years. That might make for a smooth user experience, but not the most secure.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

It calls for a concerted, strategic effort to prioritize patient engagement in a way that genuinely prioritizes the patient’s needs and perspectives. With the industry moving toward value-based care, the emphasis has shifted from volume of services to the actual value or outcome of care delivered.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 1, 2023

Health systems nationwide are struggling under a rapidly growing barrage of patient messages and calls fueled by poorly conceived, first generation patient experience and clinical workflow tools. According to a 2022 study , inbound patient messages have increased 157 percent over the last three years.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Connecting Members With Primary Care Doctors That Provide Longitudinal Care. HealthTap provides its members access to their own long-term doctor of their choice to orchestrate all their ongoing health needs every step of the way.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 30, 2023

Arrive Health , the leading provider of real-time benefit tools and integrated solutions that improve patient affordability, today announced the acquisition of a suite of innovative patient engagement and automation technologies developed by UPMC Enterprises and the UPMC Pharmacy Network.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 22, 2021

How interactive patient systems help hospitals support their nurses – ultimately allowing them to provide better patient care and work at the top of their licensure, while also educating patient in their care plans, and enhancing the overall patient experience with no expense to the nursing staff.

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Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2024

Patients, their care partners, caregivers, and advocates are already utilizing AI powered tools and creating their own LLMs in ways that the average physician, healthcare executive, and health IT vendors would not believe. Three in five U.S. ” Cordovano further explained to me. Move fast with AI and break things?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

The Digital Innovation Showcase, organised by Zoom and HIMSS, required startups to offer solutions that leveraged video or video conferencing. "[We also see] a lot of chronic case management, and these programmes can range from three weeks to a year. Smartfuture's white-label telehealth platform.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Virtua Health had an early start to digital technology that included the implementation of an integrated electronic health record across its inpatient and ambulatory campuses. THE PROBLEM. " Dr. Angela Skrzynski, Virtua Health. "Internally, we referred to the DTO as a catalyst to unite our virtual care vision ? " Kapoor said.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

To help, we reached out to our talented Healthcare IT Today Community and asked them: what emerging technologies in Health IT are currently shaping the landscape, and how do they contribute to improved patient outcomes and healthcare delivery ? The following is what they had to share.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 6, 2022

Through a labyrinth of customizations and duct-tape fixes added over time, legacy systems can accomplish basic functions; however, they are obstacles to enabling business agility and digital transformation for health plans. Core Administrative Processing Systems (CAPS) operate as the brains behind a health plan’s business.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 11, 2024

Patient-centred functionality enhances patient communications with automation, including appointment notification and reminders, online patient scheduling, waitlist management with last-minute cancellation fulfilment, patient experience surveys, and many other features. 61% of Patients Want Better Patient Engagement in 2022.

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Jane Sarashon

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Furthermore, health plan members now see themselves as medical bill payers, seeking value and consumer-level services for their health insurance premium investment. English language scholars have noted a key aspect of Webster’s importance was his keenness to innovate when he thought innovation meant improvement. and ChatGPT.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The following is a guest article by Niall O’Connor, Chief Technology Officer at Cohere Health Constructing a Responsible AI Framework for Prior Authorization The American healthcare system is on the precipice of a critically necessary digital transformation. during 2023, reaching $240.5 and 13.1%, respectively.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

That’s especially true for rehabilitative therapy groups, where patients may have two to three visits per week, generating a claim for each appointment. At a time when many consumers say they pay medical bills faster when they receive payment requests digitally—especially when these requests come by text (49%, according to a recent U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 21, 2022

Milan Shah is chief technology officer at Biofourmis, a Boston-based virtual care and digital therapeutics technology vendor. Shah also talks about the experiences of a close family member undergoing remote patient monitoring at home. Why are cybercriminals targeting patients at home?

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 9, 2023

The Star Rating system, which measures the quality of care and member satisfaction in privately managed Medicare plans, helps consumers compare the benefits and costs of different plans. Now that the pandemic relief measures are no longer in place, health plans are looking for ways to improve their Star Ratings.

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