Healthcare It News

JUNE 20, 2022

But what can provider organizations do to accelerate virtual care adoption? What are workflows that showcase the potential of hybrid care delivery – in-person encounters and virtual sessions – in the future of healthcare? How can telehealth be used as a patient engagement tool in inpatient settings?

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 12, 2024

We interviewed Hayward for a deep dive into genAI and to find out what her main message is to attendees of HIMSS24 in the exhibit hall. Healthcare organizations we work with agreed, but to gain the benefits of AI in their contact centers, they needed a solution that accounts for their unique requirements and workflows.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 17, 2024

Aglieco, APRN, FNP-BC What compels established, well-respected healthcare professionals to post insensitive, ridiculing content on social media with no regard for the patient or family? Do they see a unique opportunity for exponential TikTok views, and subsequently disregarded professional standards? It’s not going away.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

"We were looking at an alternative method to improving our patient’s lives that was scalable," Oliver explained. While hypertension can cause headaches, nosebleeds or shortness of breath, these are non-specific and generally do not occur until high blood pressure has reached a severe stage." "The No.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 2, 2023

By Dom Kelly There’s a lot to say about the nonprofit sector and how it so often burns out, underpays, and devalues the humans who do the labor. There’s a pervasive narrative that this should just be accepted as a cost of doing good in the world. Our sector can and must do better.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The emergence of digital platforms and related technologies are transforming healthcare and creating new opportunities and challenges for all stakeholders in the medical space. What impact will AI systems have on biomedical research, especially in the context of large-scale data sharing and confidentiality?

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 26, 2024

Yet, research on and access to these substances hinges on what gets included in the “psychedelic” umbrella. It is time to talk about why we include (and exclude) particular drugs from this category. When we discuss FDA clinical trials , we’re talking big money , so clarity matters here. And we were taught they were bad.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

So oftentimes, they simply don’t do it." MEETING THE CHALLENGE "We used our existing coworkers, who are trained and certified to perform the exam," Shirar noted. Our teams align the individual's head in the camera, take two images of each eye (without dilation), and 40 seconds later we have a diagnostic result.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

"So, the pandemic and the lockdowns created some potential gaps in access to care that we needed to predict and fill," said Navdeep S. "We looked at several platforms to implement secure communications. "And we needed something that would be easy for patients to use. " Navdeep S.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

THE PROBLEM CMH’s digital presence was not able to capture all the business opportunities in its area of influence. "We also were keen on enhancing the overall patient experience," said Dr. Ronald Pope, vice president of medical services, care centers, at Albany Med-Columbia Memorial Health.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

We see our primary care providers once per year for a check-up and maybe one other time because we're sick. This does present an opportunity, however, as time has created both new service models and a deeper understanding of the needs of behavioral health. And how do practices go about including telehealth?

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 23, 2023

We interviewed Hayward to talk about ChatGPT in healthcare, how Talkdesk as an early adopter has incorporated ChatGPT, the benefits of this generative AI tool, and where healthcare organizations must be cautious. What is it about ChatGPT that makes it particularly interesting to your corner of the health IT industry?

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 12, 2024

We interviewed Qureshi for a deep dive into how hospitals and health systems can harness ChatGPT and other LLM technologies to improve patient care, how provider organizations can use LLMs to ease clinician workload, and how providers can deploy ChatGPT and LLMs to empower patients. ", "What doctor can help me with my foot pain?",

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Healthcare It News

MAY 14, 2024

Which is why we sat down for a chat with Dr. Gauri Puri, chief business officer, healthcare and life sciences business unit, at WNS, a global business process management company that works with businesses across industries, including healthcare. This encompasses several key elements.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 2, 2022

Obviously, we're living in a time where misinformation and disinformation are severely adversely affecting public health. What has MITRE been doing to help address that? And are you confident that we can improve things as we go forward? What has changed is the information environment.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 10, 2024

"We must offer patients diverse modalities of care, meet them where they are, and empower them to choose their preferred methods. We heard about improved access to care and staff and patient satisfaction when innovative models are deployed successfully. This includes systems, staffing models and virtual care technology.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 13, 2024

By Adithi Iyer The idea of artificial intelligence is just seeping into our collective consciousness, but as we watch new developments in the space, the true “new kid on the block” may be a new type of infused human-technology intelligence — one derived from a blob of cells no larger than a grain of rice. Do we have to recognize the donor?

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 5, 2023

What is the goal of this project? We believe the generative AI capabilities Epic is working to develop can play a huge role in helping address these challenges by reducing the cognitive burden of drafting responses. We hope this initial pilot project will be the first of many Epic AI pilots that our team supports.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 31, 2024

In case you missed it, we had a great webinar recently with Shereese Maynard, MS, MBA, Co-Founder at Nostradata Medical , Dan Sloshberg, VP Product & Customer Marketing at Exclaimer , and myself discussing IT compliance and automation. Needless to say, we don’t share a pretty future for them. Tell us what you think.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 4, 2023

"The problem: We needed to track these critical SDOH factors and link them to outcomes," he continued. "Paper records are inefficient, and we couldn't quantify or objectively examine the data. "We implemented the EHR so people could apply data insights and illustrate its value," he continued.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 11, 2024

"We're going to be highlighting a lot of different ways in which this combination of technology, data and making sure that all of the different players in the ecosystem can connect and talk to one another is going to make life simpler for the practices and the clinicians that we serve."

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

What do you make of the Advocate Aurora "pixel" breach, which has now led to a lawsuit? People are not only becoming more aware of how their data could and should be shared, but we are becoming more knowledgeable about the vast implications of data sharing, more broadly.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 11, 2023

households do not have in-home internet access and approximately 5.5 million households do not have a computer, according to the U.S. What does it look like, and how does it play into telehealth? households do not have in-home internet access and approximately 5.5 Approximately 11.7 million U.S. Census Bureau.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 1, 2024

What You Should Know: – Aledade , the nation’s leading network of independent primary care practices, announced today the acquisition of Michigan-based Medical Advantage. This is the merger of two organizations dedicated to doing what’s good for patients, practices and society,” said Farzad Mostashari, M.D.,

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 31, 2023

"Our ultimate goal was to find a solution that removed the unnecessary barriers patients encountered when seeking answers or information, and do it in a way that empowered the clinical team to provide the best care experience possible," Kapoor said. "Imagine you are a 45-year-old whose first-ever colonoscopy is coming up.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 23, 2021

Robert Bart, who has served as the chief medical information officer at Pittsburgh-based UPMC since 2017 , spoke with Healthcare IT News about his to-do list during this busy past year and a half, and what he's eyeing in terms of clinical priorities as he looks toward the next year and beyond. What have been some of yours?

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The resource discusses how healthcare providers can explain what telehealth is, which remote communication technologies they will use in their scheduled telehealth session, the names of any remote communication technology vendors and how to find their websites and what the inherent privacy risks are.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 30, 2023

What can be expected in healthcare and health IT now that the PHE has ended, and what does this mean for the future of telehealth? Further, what should CIOs and other health IT leaders at hospitals and health systems be doing to address new telemedicine challenges?

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 11, 2022

Caputo sat down with Healthcare IT News to share how it will all come together, and what future use cases may be offered to patients and others. "The one thing that comes with us everywhere we go – it's our phone. AR 'perfect extension' to a mobile-first strategy. UCHealth has a mobile-first strategy.

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MARCH 11, 2024

We interviewed Gary Hamilton, CEO of InteliChart, to discuss major patient engagement trends , how these trends are translating into technologies, and advice he's offering HIMSS24 attendees in the exhibit hall. What are the major patient engagement trends you're discussing with attendees on the exhibit hall floor?

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MRO Compliance

DECEMBER 23, 2022

We discussed the evolution of HIM departments and the lessons learned as they created permanent and sustainable virtual extensions of their departments. Finally, we offered insights on strategic and tactical approaches for the HIM department’s remote workforce to include a more formal, sustainable, virtual program.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 8, 2022

What will this negotiation look like? Under the ADA, reasonable accommodations allow people with disabilities to enjoy equal opportunities. Their safety depends on their co-workers’ willingness to mask up, but they may work with co-workers who refuse to do so. High-risk employees still need their co-workers to wear masks.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

We hope you had an amazing week and are ready for an even better weekend. We’re back again with another edition of our Fun Friday series where we try to entertain you to start your weekend off right. Check it out and we hope you get a good belly laugh. Takes work to do things right even if you have good intentions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 20, 2021

But what's to happen in 2022? And what of the future of remote patient monitoring? What do you see in the realm of technological advances in telemedicine in 2022? The technology is what will enable this industry to realize the full potential of virtual care beyond transactional, one-time interactions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 24, 2022

With the huge initial swell in the use of virtual care in the rearview mirror, many industry experts – from health plans to big tech and practicing clinicians – are considering whether a doubling down on telehealth is just what the doctor ordered for the future of patient care. Do they offer ongoing training?

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 14, 2023

That’s a hard thing to do when there are so many people pining for attention. Certainly AI us currently doing that in health IT, but in the world of interoperability TEFCA and QHINs are grabbing all of the attention. Here’s a summary of some of the key perspectives we heard during the panel.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 26, 2024

I’ve always said that some of the most interesting things in health IT are when someone brings together the right mix of technology, partners, and users to do something that they couldn’t possibly do alone. We have a plethora of amazing technologies, but we need to do more work on how we package them.

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