Healthcare IT Today

JULY 5, 2022

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 7/8 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Christopher Crow, MD ( @catalysthg ) on the topic “Technology and Advanced, Team-based Primary Care. ”. T2: How can we empower PCPs to become more accessible to patients?

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Hall Render

APRIL 4, 2024

23-15 (“Advisory Opinion”), a favorable opinion involving a consulting firm’s (“Requestor”) proposal to offer gift cards to its existing physician practice customers for referring potential new customers. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) recently issued Advisory Opinion No.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 19, 2023

In fact, as healthcare leaders increasingly prioritize patient access , chat’s success in other businesses has spurred the rapid onboarding of chat solutions to help address healthcare-specific engagement and accessibility challenges.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 16, 2023

"DHA selected five of its senior and disabled residential communities to participate in programming delivered by Denver Health," said Dr. Amy Lu, internal medicine physician at Denver Health’s Westside Family Health Center. "It takes time and active engagement to establish trust and buy-in for change.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 8, 2023

As they roll out new leading-edge technologies – AI and automation, telehealth and remote monitoring, EHR optimization and patient engagement – they're realizing lasting positive outcomes for their patients and their bottom lines.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 15, 2023

These factors are often barriers to the patient’s recovery and are not detected during the hospital admission, in the discharge process, or in the short follow-up outpatient visit with their physician. How was behavioral and emotional support tailored to the patient's individual needs in the study?

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 26, 2023

There is no doubt that engaging in virtual worlds is a level above simple video interactions, but if these enhanced interactions cannot translate to value for both businesses and customers, adoption may lag. Thanks to metaverse, these topics can be presented in engaging 3D formats.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 27, 2023

New research from Mayo Clinic Proceedings found that 63% of physicians report at least one symptom of burnout, a drastic increase from 46% in 2011. As a result of the pandemic, calls from patients to physicians’ closed messaging systems increased by 157%. In addition, new research brings to light just how little time doctors have.

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Jane Sarashon

MARCH 18, 2024

However, that ubiquity comes with its own set of market pressures…shifting from pandemic-responsiveness to market- and consumer- responsiveness, ” according to The new era of consumer engagement, Rock Health’s ninth annual Consumer Adoption Survey published 18 March. Rock Health polled 8,014 U.S.

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Under the federal Stark Law, hospitals, physician groups, labs and other provider entities may provide non-monetary ( i.e. , non-cash or cash equivalent) compensation to physicians up to an aggregate amount of $507 for calendar year 2024. and the entity may not bill for such services unless an exception is met.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 22, 2022

In a discussion with Healthcare IT News , Fobare spells out the role telemedicine has grown to play during the pandemic, where healthcare goes with telehealth, how change may affect physicians and what virtual care might look like 10 years from now. From here, telehealth will evolve to strengthen patient-provider engagement.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2023

We are also planning to continue enhance our Expanse Now mobile physician app which allows clinicians to practice more efficiently. Patient Engagement improvements for both patients and practices. Regulatory topics like the Cures Act. Physicians want an EHR that works the way they do. Staffing shortage support.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 13, 2024

Not surprisingly, we got a lot of good responses from the Healthcare IT Today community on this topic. Compliance monitoring, documentation, omnichannel physician engagement, and supply chain resilience are some of the areas where the experts see AI playing a more prominent role in pharma IT this year. CHIME 2023 Edition.

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Bill of Health

DECEMBER 14, 2022

on the topic. For example, physicians and companies offering cytoplasmic and mitochondrial transfer have received Untitled Letters from the FDA. In a recent article, Normalizing Reproductive Genetic Innovation , I offer four potential avenues for structuring a societal discourse in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

“The workflows we implemented at first were four standard flows that we made available immediately and trained physicians on over the course of a few weeks: New Patient Scheduled Telephone, Return Patient Scheduled Telephone, New Patient Video, and Return Patient Video.” ” Second, shop around, she cautioned.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 9, 2020

In pediatric care, Children are receivers of care, but the experience may have to be designed primarily for their parents who engage with the healthcare provider. The challenges with telehealth in elder care were the topic of a recent study by Harvard Business School. As an example, elder care differs from pediatric care.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2023

Digital Innovation and Artificial Intelligence are two huge topics recently in the world of Healthcare IT. We reached out to the Healthcare IT Today Community for their insights on this topic. We reached out to the Healthcare IT Today Community for their insights on this topic. The following is what they had to say.

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AIHC

JUNE 14, 2023

This article explores recent research on the topic of AI and patient-centered outcomes research. As AI is integrated into patient care and medical coding, billing and accounts receivable management, will we risk the human connection of empathy and compassion which builds trust in the physician-patient relationship?

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YouCompli

JUNE 20, 2023

That is, people in the organization who actively advocate for a culture of compliance within their clinical or operational teams.   Donnetta Horseman, senior vice president and chief ethics and compliance officer at City of Hope, has gone as far as creating a formal program to engage frontline staff. Typically, it’s for an hour a month.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 22, 2023

In the latest edition of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast, John Lynn and Colin Hung covered the biggest event in health IT, with a particular focus on what topics would be talked about at HIMSS that weren’t mentioned at ViVE. Read more… Funding and M&A Activity: Medication engagement company Scene Health secured $17.7

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MedTrainer

MARCH 29, 2024

Training should cover a wide range of topics, including infection control, medication safety, patient-centered care, and emergency response. Utilizing technology, such as barcode scanning and computerized physician order entry systems, can also greatly enhance medication safety by reducing the risk of errors.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

However, these interactions can serve as great opportunities to build trust and better engage patients in their health, which can ultimately strengthen the patient-provider connection. For example, here are some topics you might want to be armed to discuss: – Should a patient get a second booster if they are older than 50?

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Health Populi

MAY 29, 2019

As physician leaders in the AMA, technology advocates from AMIA, and numerous health plans focus efforts on strengthening social determinants, what do people – consumers, patients, caregivers — think about these factors that help make their health beyond their personal physicians, hospitals, and prescription drugs?

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Topics addressed by the statements include mergers, information exchanges, collaborations in CIN, PHOs, and ACOs, and joint purchasing arrangements, among many others. Perhaps most importantly, these statements provided a number of safety zones related to common conduct in which health systems and providers regularly engage.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 24, 2022

However, these interactions can serve as great opportunities to build trust and better engage patients in their health, which can ultimately strengthen the patient-provider connection. For example, here are some topics you might want to be armed to discuss: – Should a patient get a second booster if they are older than 50?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 9, 2022

Smart phones, wearable devices, telemedicine platforms, artificial intelligence software, internet applications, and other digital health technologies are advancing and transforming disease diagnosis, therapy, and other medical practices by physicians, direct-to-consumer services for better health and well-being, and other healthcare services.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2024

We reached out to our brilliant Healthcare IT Today community to get their insights into this topic. However, PDTs are taking home health to a new level because patients can access a validated treatment in their own home that once was only available via a clinic or physician/clinician office. The following is what they had to say.

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YouCompli

JULY 20, 2022

This post looks at engaging the compliance committee. Typically, we focus on a commitment to compliance throughout all levels of the organization, but have you stopped to think about how an engaged compliance committee helps shape that culture? To achieve that, your healthcare committee members need to be engaged.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

These worries and concerns can be very isolating when the topic is trending with seemingly everyone else being excited for it. Getting AI tools into the hands of those who need them most – physicians at the point of care – is an uphill battle. What health IT trend has you concerned? A lot of great insights here!

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 21, 2022

But if everything is moving towards digital, where does that leave physician practices? Are physician practices the eggs in order for us to have the delicious omelet of digital healthcare? Are physician practices the eggs in order for us to have the delicious omelet of digital healthcare?

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HIT Consultant

JULY 20, 2022

With practicing physicians reluctant to take time away from patient care during traditional hours of operation, many tend to call at truly off-hours times. AI engagement is already delivering expert-level conversations, whether on- or off-label, both timely and compliantly. Applying AI to unleash your team’s full potential.

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MedTrainer

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Maybe infection control procedures aren’t being followed or employees need a bit more training on certain topics. Monitor Physician Relationships Monitor and review relationships with physicians and other healthcare providers for compliance with anti-kickback and Stark Law regulations.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Politics, family drama, and love life are the topics of conversation that are most likely to increase anxiety, the survey said. On the physician practice side, offices have seen significant gains in productivity and revenue, but those have been eclipsed by direct expenses.

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Health Populi

MAY 16, 2019

Lately, one of my speaking topics is the “Amazon Prime-ing” of health consumers, which is also a chapter in my book, HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen. The demand side among consumers is growing for self-care, engagement and empowerment. The post When Will Self-Service Come to Health Care?

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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. to virtually “step into” field hospitals and assist physicians, in real-time, when treating wounded service members.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 21, 2023

CMS Viewpoint In Appendix PP of the State Operations Manual , the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) declared that residents have the right to engage in consensual sexual activity. when to wake up in the morning, and what activities to engage in). “Sexual abuse” is defined at 42 CFR § 483.5

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 28, 2022

This was the topic of discussion in our recent podcast and we asked the Healthcare IT Today community what they thought the healthcare facility of the future would look like. Gone are the days where healthcare is confined to the four walls of a hospital or physician office. It’s going to be hybrid care on a whole new level.

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