Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 4, 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 Potential of Fully Automated Medical Scribes Using AI. Read more… The Hidden Barrier to Better Healthcare.

Public Health 82

Public Health 82

Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Telehealth encounters have the potential to save $250 billion in healthcare expenditures annually across covered populations, a McKinsey & Company analysis has found. You've said that creating true value from virtual care demands that healthcare providers and health plans design their digital trajectory with intention.

COVID-19 231

COVID-19 Telemedicine Health Outcomes Hospitals 231

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 20, 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… Working Together for Stronger Healthcare Cybersecurity. Read more… Putting Social Determinants Data to Use.

Ransomware 97

Ransomware Telemedicine Public Health FDA 97

Medisys Compliance

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

In no small measure, the difficulty of providing patients with the proper care at the appropriate time has skyrocketed up the graph, and the conflict between cost-conscious insurance companies, patients, and their doctors won’t go away any time soon. How Does the Need for Medical Care Affect Pre-Authorization? .

Medical Billing Outsourcing 98

Medical Billing Outsourcing Medical Billing Doctors Patient Satisfaction 98

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

” For this report, PwC’s Health Research Institute surveyed 2,511 American consumers, 128 health plan executives, 153 healthcare provider organization executives, and 124 pharmaceutical and life sciences executives in August and September 2020. Healthcare right-sizes after the telemedicine explosion.

COVID-19 210

COVID-19 Hospitals Doctors Health Insurance 210

Medisys Compliance

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Everyone is aware that healthcare is evolving. Cutting down on time: Seeking help from a medical billing company might speed up the process of finishing a diagnosis or treatment. Take care of patients, while the medical billing company takes care of the complex billing system. Why choose us? Wrapping up.

Medical Billing 105

Medical Billing Medical Billing Outsourcing Hospitals Doctors 105

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

For something as important and as sensitive as healthcare, there are plenty of rules and regulations in place to protect both patients and organizations. However, with healthcare being ever-evolving our regulations are also ever evolving. The following is what they had to say.

US Department of Health and Human Services 111

US Department of Health and Human Services Telemedicine Hospitals Compliance 111

Medisys Compliance

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Four out of five bills have at least minor inaccuracies, which can lead to piling of exorbitant medical costs, burning a hole in the medical pockets. For a number of reasons, wound care medical billing is complicated. Let’s glance through the top 5 challenges to ensure that your medical setting does not face the same, shall we?

Medical Billing 98

Medical Billing Medical Billing Outsourcing Medical Billing Services HIPAA 98

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. The other side of that coin is that only 2 in 5 people thought AI would lead to better patient outcomes.

Doctors 107

Doctors Public Health Governance World Health 107

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 9, 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. Regulatory Considerations for Emerging Technologies in Healthcare IT. Read more… Healthcare IT Today Podcast : What to Expect at HIMSS24.

Ransomware 90

Ransomware 90

Health Law RX

JULY 6, 2022

Healthcare breaches, including ransomware attacks, continue to increase. As a result, many healthcare organizations seeking cyber coverage to help defray the costs associated with a ransomware attack or other data incident may find that carriers have increased premiums, reduced coverage, and tightened underwriting requirements.

Ransomware 52

Ransomware HIPAA Hospitals 52

Redox

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Why AI matters Healthcare organizations are hot on the trail of digital transformation. data analysis), it empowers providers to be smarter, faster, and more efficient in their care delivery. Currently, the healthcare industry generates 30% of the world’s data volume. enabling telehealth visits).

FDA 69

FDA Hospitals Medicare Medicare 69

Medisys Compliance

AUGUST 23, 2022

Physicians and Healthcare Providers across the US are always in need of excellent attention to their revenue cycle management, which cannot be disregarded in any situation. Managing this challenging revenue cycle issues by outsourcing medical billing services works out to be a great option for many providers.

Medical Billing Services 97

Medical Billing Services Medical Billing Medical Billing Outsourcing 97

HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The Act will impact a number of US-based healthcare IT companies and may influence future federal and state legislation in the United States. The Act applies to all conduit, caching, and hosting services accessible by EU citizens regardless of where the service provider is based (similar to the General Data Protection Regulation ).

Compliance 55

Compliance HIPAA Governance Fraud 55

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 22, 2023

The following is a guest article by Jon Zimmerman , CEO at Holon Solutions In today’s healthcare landscape, clinical information systems are valuable tools for coordinating care and improving outcomes. This situation is fundamentally unacceptable; the healthcare system can do better for its workers.

Regulatory Compliance 86

Regulatory Compliance Payment Systems Compliance Hospitals 86

MedTrainer

JANUARY 16, 2024

By Brian Williams Companies love to talk about creating cultures that nurture employee growth and happiness. For healthcare organizations, part of that culture centers on compliance. In this blog, we’ll explore how to create a culture of compliance in healthcare and the elements every organization should use as building blocks.

Compliance 52

Compliance Informed Consent Licensing Governance 52

HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Amid widespread staffing shortages across the healthcare sector, the need for IoT-enabled digital transformation in hospitals and patient care facilities is increasingly clear. 1 concern among healthcare CEOs in the American College of Healthcare Executives’ annual survey.

Compliance 98

Compliance Hospitals COVID-19 Nurses 98

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 27, 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. The fax machine is the technology that everyone in healthcare loves to hate – but 75% of patient information is still exchanged via fax.

Public Health 76

Public Health Doctors Nurses Compliance 76

YouCompli

JUNE 6, 2023

Related: New DOJ Guidance on Compliance Programs Released March 2023: Incentives, Compensation Structures, and Consequence Management for Healthcare Compliance In today’s article, I will discuss risk assessment from a “why, what who, and when” perspective. Why conduct a risk assessment?

Compliance 52

Compliance Compliance Officers Regulatory Compliance Hospitals 52

HIT Consultant

AUGUST 17, 2023

Some health plans—typically larger plans with greater resources—have large in-house special investigations units with the expertise to review behavioral health claims data for suspicious activity. Take a proactive approach to data mining, looking for trends in behavioral health spending.

Fraud 98

Fraud COVID-19 Medicare Medicare 98

HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Director of Data Science Solutions at Panalgo. Both RWD and RWE have increasingly attracted attention in the healthcare industry for years now, and rightly so, considering that the healthcare analytics market is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate of 28.9% Zeynep Icten, Ph.D., between now and 2026.

FDA 52

FDA Health Outcomes Medicaid Medicaid 52

YouCompli

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Nursing represents the largest team in many healthcare organizations, so we must build strong relationships here. I find that the more time I spend with colleagues during times of relative calm, the better our work together goes when an issue does arise. Sales and marketing in healthcare is, as we all know, unique.

Compliance 52

Compliance Compliance Officers Nurses Overpayments 52

Health Populi

APRIL 9, 2019

In that quarter-century since Negroponte made that prescient observation, we come to better understand that being a Digital Society has its upsides and downfalls, alike. Misuse of personal data is the top driver of distrust in the tech industry around the world, among 64% of global citizens. He said that in 1995.

Governance 107

Governance Health Care Access Health Insurance Doctors 107

American Medical Compliance

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The Dental Healthcare Fraud Waste and Abuse Training course is designed to combat fraud, waste, and abuse in the workplace. No precise measure of healthcare fraud exists. Those who exploit federal healthcare programs cost taxpayers billions of dollars while putting beneficiaries’ health and welfare at risk.

Fraud 52

Fraud Medicare Medicare Compliance 52

American Medical Compliance

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

No precise measure of healthcare fraud exists. Those who exploit federal healthcare programs cost taxpayers billions of dollars while putting beneficiaries’ health and welfare at risk. Most dental healthcare providers try to work ethically, provide high-quality patient medical care, and submit proper claims.

Fraud 52

Fraud Medicare Medicare Compliance 52

Total HIPAA

JULY 12, 2021

Many HIPAA compliant organizations need to send and receive electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) on a regular basis. All of these companies will sign a Business Associate Agreement with your organization, which is required by HIPAA. When it comes to security, Documo is committed to safeguarding sensitive data.

HIPAA 52

HIPAA Compliance COVID-19 52

Redox

APRIL 29, 2019

Data sharing versus data protecting. Whichever side of the industry you’re on, chances are you’re feeling frustrated with IT in healthcare, where the pace of innovation is slow and the memories of painful transitions are vivid. Dissonance and expectation gaps. Culture lags.

Doctors 40

Doctors Overpayments Overpayment Health Insurance 40

Hall Render

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

CT’s Medicaid reimbursement rates lower than peer states: report Better safety training, reporting, escorts for CT home health care workers focus of new legislation D.C. What they say sets them apart.

Nursing Homes 40

Nursing Homes Nurses Hospitals Medicaid 40

SQA

MARCH 25, 2021

Clinical Investigation of Medical Devices for Human Subjects, ISO 14155:2020, November 2020. ISO 14155:2020 addresses good clinical practice for the design, conduct, recording, and reporting of clinical investigations carried out in human subjects to assess the clinical performance or effectiveness and safety of medical devices.

COVID-19 52

COVID-19 FDA Public Health Licensing 52

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

There are a lot of rules and regulations in place in the world of healthcare. These are put into place in order to protect patients and organizations. However, the world of healthcare is constantly changing and evolving as we come up with new ideas and solutions. Have the regulations done the same though?

Hospitals 126

Hospitals HIPAA Nurses Governance 126

HIT Consultant

MARCH 9, 2023

Cristina Varner, Newfront, SVP National Life Science & Healthcare Practice Gone are the days when healthcare information was only available to us at the doctor’s office or through the office’s online portals, and that’s in part due to the rapidly growing popularity of wearable technology devices.

Malpractice 98

Malpractice Telemedicine Doctors Licensing 98

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?

Patient Satisfaction 201

Patient Satisfaction COVID-19 Telemedicine HIPAA 201

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

But only in the past few years have the medical professions tried to quantify and capture these factors. Given that the field is increasingly digitized and data-driven, health IT is responsible for collecting and analyzing social determinants of health (SDoH). Data can both call out SDoH and help to address its effects.

US Department of Health and Human Services 108

US Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Hospitals Public Health 108

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 29, 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… Giving Healthcare Organizations the Return on Investment They Want. A Tribute to Casey Quinlan – Advocate and Renaissance Woman.

Medicaid 102

Medicaid Medicaid Public Health Licensing 102

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 31, 2023

They will fuel improvements across the healthcare value chain, starting with a better understanding of physiology and disease, to efficiencies in disease management, treatment protocols, and even billing and reimbursement. A recent survey found that more than half of healthcare professionals don’t believe AI is ready for medical use.

Governance 103

Governance Health Outcomes Hospitals 103

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 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. All of this year’s 2023 health IT predictions: Healthcare Security and Risk. Healthcare AI. Business of Healthcare and Value Based Care. Telehealth and RPM.

Hospitals 103

Hospitals Health Outcomes Public Health Governance 103

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 26, 2021

That's the theme of this ongoing feature story series, where Healthcare IT News talks with IT leaders to focus on new lessons learned and how the executives will be applying those lessons today and into the future. Over the last few years, the healthcare industry has seen a significant increase in cybersecurity attacks.

US Department of Health and Human Services 190

US Department of Health and Human Services Hospitals COVID-19 Telemedicine 190