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.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 5, 2023

On Monday, IBM announced on its website that it has partnered with telemedicine company Ovum Health to scale web and mobile app-based chat and scheduling solutions on its family-building platform providing pregnancy, prenatal and postnatal healthcare. Bias in AI and how to address health equity mandates.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Sponsor: GE Healthcare Primary topic: Telehealth Topic: Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Interoperability Telehealth Resource Central: White Papers External url: [link] Thumbnail: Body: Sponsor: GE Healthcare.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 19, 2021

HIMSS21 APAC Healthcare IT experts from around the world gathered virtually at the HIMSS21 APAC Health Conference on 18-19 October 2021 with the common goal of future-proofing healthcare. Full coverage: HIMSS21 & Health 2.0 European Health Conference. Region Tag: ASIA Hide Collection: 0 Primary topic: Population Health

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AIHC

APRIL 10, 2024

Checklist for Individual & Small Group Practices Written by: Nancie Lee Cummins, CFE, CHA, CIFHA, OHCC, CHCM, CHCO, CORCM This article provides an overview of Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) and basic checklist of policies and procedures for compliance of smaller health care organizations.

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Compliance US Department of Health and Human Services HIPAA Electronic Medical Records 99

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 1, 2024

Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) is hot topic right now due to the cybersecurity incident at Change Healthcare. To explore this topic, Healthcare IT Today , wanted to ask an executive that works in this area to come on-camera for a “Three Tough Questions” interview.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 11, 2023

What You Should Know: The Sequoia Project and AHIMA , today announced the launch of a new initiative called Data Usability Taking Root to make health data more useful. Participants of the new initiative will choose their implementation pathways and paces, selecting topics most meaningful to their organizations.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 29, 2022

Full coverage: 2022 HIMSS European Health Conference & Exhibition. Full coverage: HIMSS21 APAC Health Conference. Video A look into the digitization of Indonesia's healthcare sector What are the three main digital transformation priorities for the nation's health system? Get all the coverage for the event on this page.

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Bill of Health

JUNE 12, 2023

On May 10, FDA published a discussion paper on this topic and requested feedback “to enhance mutual learning and to establish a dialogue with FDA stakeholders” and to “help inform the regulatory landscape in this area.” Instructions for submitting comments are provided here.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 22, 2024

LLMs streamline data processing, providing proactive insights that reduce the need to rely heavily on patient memory or require the doctor to sift through vast amounts of irrelevant information in patients’ electronic health records (EHRs). Embracing AI AI is everywhere, and it is so much more than a trending topic.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 10, 2024

These challenges are further compounded by technology and digital transformations, system consolidations, and organizational restructuring across many hospitals and health systems – exposing more possibilities for revenue loss than ever before. So how do organizations safeguard their revenue amidst the disruptions of today?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 8, 2023

And many forward-thinking hospitals and health systems are finding significant clinical, financial and operational ROI for their efforts. By Bill Siwicki | August 03, 2023 News Community Health Systems improves chronic condition outcomes with RPM Remote patient monitoring has helped the health system boost patient engagement, improve patient.

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MedTrainer

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) provides oversight of safe and ethical handling of patient data and privacy. This rule governs how healthcare providers, health plans, and healthcare clearinghouses handle and safeguard PHI. What Does the Office for Civil Rights Oversee in Healthcare?

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

This article explains the complexities that makes it so hard to implement electronic prescribing for controlled substances (EPCS), summarizes the intended impacts of the bills, and introduces Imprivata digital identity technology, which has been used in health care for such purposes for many years.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2023

The following is a guest article by Moliehi “Mo” Weitnauer, Chief Product Officer at MRO Providers are witnessing an explosion in health plan requests for medical records. No doubt these are topics that we’ll be discussing at the MRO booth (#213) at the upcoming HFMA conference.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 20, 2022

The nonprofit safety group ECRI Institute published the latest version of its annual health technology hazards report this week, pointing to cybersecurity attacks, supply chain shortfalls and damaged infusion pumps as three of the biggest dangers. ON THE RECORD. The report authors note that many of the culprits are new to the list.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 3, 2022

They are now the top users of the NYU Langone Health's electronic health record, something Nader Mherabi, NYU Langone Health's chief digital and information officer, frequently points out. "Finally, the usual facilitators or blockers should be identified to amplify or mitigate."

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 30, 2023

At the recent ViVE2023 conference a lot of industry experts stopped by for quick discussions on a variety of interesting topics. Here are some of those recorded conversations with Divurgent , Laurel Road , Santa Clara Valley Health System , 314e Corporation , and Clinical Architecture. Now we are drowning in it.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Hospital records contain sensitive data, including diagnostic details and sensitive personal health information. This information must be protected to avoid any legal implications and ensure compliance with privacy regulatory laws, like the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). What is HIPAA?

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Compliancy Group

OCTOBER 16, 2023

By receiving proper training on topics such as: Emergency Preparedness Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Infection Control Measures Waste Disposal Medical offices can provide evidence of their commitment to maintaining a safe work environment. From medical records to insurance details, this data must remain confidential and secure.

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MedTrainer

MARCH 19, 2024

In 1999, the Institute of Medicine’s pioneering report To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System said medical errors resulted in as many as 98,000 deaths per year in the United States. Medical errors can occur in any healthcare setting, including hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 15, 2020

Physicians are evolving as digital doctors, embracing the growing role of data generated in electronic health records as well as through their patients using wearable technologies and mobile health apps downloaded in ubiquitous smartphones, described in The Rise of the Data-Driven Physician , a 2020 Health Trends Report from Stanford Medicine.

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AIHC

MARCH 14, 2023

an AIHC member and Volunteer on the CEU Education Committee The right of access and information blocking are both related to the access and exchange of health information, but they are different in several key ways. HIPAA Privacy/Security and Compliance Officers and Health Information Management professionals need to know the difference.

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Compliancy Group

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Within the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is responsible for overseeing and administering various healthcare programs, including Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). This is just the beginning.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 8, 2024

So in order to help you get a deeper look at what integrating ambient clinical voice into your organization will look like – what it will impact, the benefits, and the challenges of doing so – we reached out to our incredible Healthcare IT Today Community for their insights on this topic. hours daily updating records.

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Total Medical ComplianceHIPAA

JUNE 1, 2021

Anything a healthcare provider knows is likely to interfere with the ability of a patient or other authorized person(s) to access, exchange, or use electronically protected health information (ePHI). Taking longer than allowed to respond to patients’ requests for access to their records, or not responding at all.

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AIHC

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

This article provides a very basic overview of a complex topic. Case #1 : A 56-year-old man being treated for hypertension and diabetes requested a copy of his medical records before moving to a different state. Upon further review, the physician found that this history had been recorded in the patient’s record for several years.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 27, 2023

Vice President and Chief Information Officer at LCMC Health ! Then, we move onto her work at LCMC Health and their recent achievement of stage 7 in the HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM) at two of their hospitals. Looking forward, we ask Townsend what are the next steps LCMC Health is planning to take.

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Electronic Medical Records Hospitals 97

HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Information exchange and data availability are now a cost of doing business but establishing a robust strategy for that exchange and compliance with the new regulation from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology takes careful planning. Understand what constitutes “Electronic Health Information”.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

By Bill Siwicki | August 23, 2023 News Health system execs bullish on generative AI, but still lack strategy As they grapple with rising costs, three in four C-suite leaders say recent artificial intelligence. In this regularly updated page, we offer their perspective and advice.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 4, 2023

With the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency set to expire on May 11, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, quietly submitted a temporary rule to the Office of Management and Budget on the topic – and said details would become public after its full publication in the Federal Register.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 25, 2023

Healthcare IT Today had the opportunity to discuss this topic with Scott Turicchi, CEO at Consensus Cloud Solutions , the world’s largest digital fax provider. Large health systems have invested the time and cost to make their systems more interoperable. So too have Health IT vendors. However, we should also think smaller.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 9, 2020

" As health systems adjusted to dramatic increases in virtual visits, they experienced a steep learning curve in a very short time. The most mature health systems recognize the importance of context and design their telehealth programs accordingly. For most health systems, telehealth is work-in-progress at best.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 2, 2023

2022 Predictions for Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) and In Home Care – I know not everyone enjoys predictions, but the fact that last year’s prediction did so well means that people like them more than I realized which is good since we just started our 2023 Health IT Predictions. I think that will actually continue in 2023.

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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. A recent study showed that clinical implementation of precision oncology is feasible across the across the VA health system, including rural Veterans.

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Total Medical ComplianceHIPAA

JANUARY 12, 2023

It is a safe bet that the title of this article would come in last place for the “most popular topic” award. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) had its busiest year with the announcement of its 22 nd enforcement settlement on December 15, 2022. Last year, the U.S.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

John Berndt, SVP of Health North America, Valtech Also known as the Kennedy–Kassebaum Act, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) defines and regulates individuals’ medical records and other individually identifiable health information, collectively known as patient healthcare information (PHI).

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