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A guide to healthcare digital transformation and the digital-first model

Healthcare It News

It aligns healthcare organizations with its customers – highly digital patients. This is one of the most important topics healthcare CIOs and other C-suite and health IT leaders can be talking about today. First, it involves optimizing workflows to eliminate manual tasks and streamline operations.

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Checking in on FDB Vela, the nation's second e-prescribing network

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For more than 15 years, the country has been served by only one e-prescribing network, Surescripts (which this week appointed Frank Harvey as its new chief executive following the retirement of CEO Tom Skelton.). We interviewed FDB President Bob Katter, who went in-depth on e-prescribing.

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VA working with Apple to broaden telehealth access for veterans

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Department of Veterans Affairs says it's collaborating with Apple to boost the availability of telehealth services for veterans across the U.S. WHY IT MATTERS. "I've been able to receive VA care when and where I need it most. Air Force Veteran Fiona Garcia, in a statement. " THE LARGER TREND.

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Patient Scheduling and Pre-Visit Intake: Let’s Give Patients What They’re Asking For

Healthcare IT Today

It won’t surprise anyone who follows healthcare professionally—or who has used a healthcare portal—that patients are frustrated and disappointed. Finally, a survey by predictive analytics firm Carta Healthcare found that 83% of patients had to repeat information that they had previously provided at a doctor’s office.

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Healthcare Innovation Funding – Current Factors to be Aware of and Navigating Long Buying Cycles

Healthcare IT Today

You’ve finally done it! You spent what’s felt like several lifetimes working on your innovative product and poured your blood sweat and tears into this, but you did it. To get you the best advice, we reached out to our brilliant Healthcare IT Today Community to share their insights on these two points.

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Tech optimization: Getting the most out of telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

With the sudden easing of restrictions by the government and equally sudden reimbursement from payers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s very clear telemedicine has never been more used or more vital. Hospitals and health systems have gone from dozens to thousands of telehealth visits per week.

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The Ins and Outs of Remote Patient Monitoring

Healthcare IT Today

We’re all familiar with what it is, but there are so many different avenues that it can take, that it honestly works best to divide it into pieces, just like how math is divided into algebra, geometry, theoretical, etc. Trying to talk about Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) can be like talking about math.

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