Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2025

Read more… Promoting Health Record Sharing Both Past and Future. John Lynn caught up with Jay Nakashima at eHealth Exchange about the vital role information exchange plays in supporting public health. Read more… 2025 Health IT Predictions: Staffing Shortages and Burnout.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, could set the stage for another public health emergency given eroding trust in institutions — especially in media, government, and public health officials. Only 35% of Republicans believe the public health officials did that excellent or good job in dealing with COVID-19.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 7, 2025

Sleep, or lack thereof, is a public health challenge around the world whatever your postal code or demographic profile. Can technology help us bridge the sleep deprivation gap, or is technology destined to ruin our mind-body-spirit health? There’s more. “Hotels have long promised guests a good nights rest.

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Health Populi

MARCH 3, 2025

As HIMSS 2025, the largest annual conference on health information and innovation meets up in Las Vegas this week, we can peek into what’s on the organization’s CEO’s mind leading up to the meeting in this conversation between Hal Wolf, CEO of HIMSS, and Gil Bashe, Managing Director of FINN Partners.

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Health Populi

MARCH 25, 2025

These life flows included shopping from home, working from home, exercising at home, and other pandemic-era behaviors that are persisting five years later since the pandemic was pronounced as the public health emergency. And “local” is key because that’s where trust is built.

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Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2025

.” Five years later, Edelman has fielded a survey to determine what some 4,000 health citizens living in 4 countries (Brazil, India, the UK, and the U.S.) are thinking and feeling about life after COVID-19 — and especially where their trust lies in institutions, fellow citizens, and future public health emergencies.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

As we navigate health care in America in 2025 and beyond, the importance of re-building trust in science and health care institutions will be crucial for managing costs and de-fragmenting health care delivery. The latter is a cost-increasing function, Sanjula and I agree.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2025

Read more… The Sequoia Project’s Healthcare Interoperability Roadmap for 2025. Read more… 2025 Health IT Predictions: Wearable Devices and Mobile Applications. Read more… 2025 Predictions: Patient-Centered Care. How will value-based care, behavioral health, and SDoH drive better care delivery?

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 9, 2024

This strategic acquisition underscores Health Commons Project’s commitment to expanding its impact by improving data interoperability, enhancing care coordination, and promoting public health across Washington. “Our shared mission of using health data to improve patient outcomes will be more achievable than ever.”

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 8, 2024

News ECRI’s list of 2025 health technology hazards is out , with the risk associated with AI topping the list. Sales Volunteers of America chose Dimagi as the digital partner for its Public Health AmeriCorps Community Health Worker program.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 15, 2025

115-406) and empower public health departments to implement effective dementia interventions in their communities. From the upcoming 2025 Market Overview Technology for Aging ] category tags: Family caregivers , seniors and aging policy Medicaid Home Care Benefits for the Aging. As of March 2024, all 50 states and D.C.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

APRIL 9, 2025

Stay informed with the latest 2025 U.S. This executive summary covers key Medicare, Medicaid, telehealth, behavioral health, and AI regulations impacting payers and health plans nationwide. healthcare policy updates.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 16, 2025

On July 1, TEFCA expanded to support public health, and there are standard operating procedures now for health care operations. Yeager describes the growth of TEFCA as exponential, pointing out that it rose from 1 million records in July to 3 million in October.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 29, 2025

Luke’s Health System Assistant Director-Clinical Information Systems – NYC Health + Hospitals EpicCare Ambulatory EHR – Analyst – ChristianaCare Clinic Director – MercyOne Chief Financial Officer – CFO – Clay County Medical Center EHR Application Analyst – Prime Healthcare System Analyst Epic OpTime – (..)

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 16, 2025

Health and Human Services announced they extended the pandemic-era virtual prescribing of controlled substances a third time. The most recent extension of COVID-19 flexibilities for prescribing runs through 2025. Email: afox@himss.org Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JANUARY 17, 2023

While the official end of the public health emergency (PHE) was extended to April 2023 for many federal government programs, two federal actions will further extend the deadline for federal Medicare reimbursement until at least December 31, 2024.

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Lloyd Price

MARCH 7, 2025

The NHS's ambition, as part of its upcoming 10-Year Health Plan (expected in spring 2025), is to make this "Neighbourhood Health Service" a cornerstone of reform. Longer-Term Vision Beyond 2025/26, the plan aims to evolve into a broader approach, supporting wider population groups with less complex needs.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Compared to 2024, more healthcare financial professionals expect their margins to increase in 2025 (36%) than those who expect margins to decrease (14%), according to the latest data from Strata Decision Technology. Prior authorization technology vendor careviso announced a strategic alliance with XiFin , an RCM vendor.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 19, 2025

HIMSS25 Europe From 10–12 June 2025, healthcare leaders will gather in Paris to learn, connect, and explore ideas to improve healthcare. The conference covers European legislation, workforce trends, women’s health, digital transformation, AI implementations and more. See our coverage on this page.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 13, 2024

A survey from the Peterson Health Technology Institute found 86% of providers plan to maintain or increase their level of digital health spending in 2025. Half said cost savings were the main priority for investment.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 29, 2024

Making the self-service telehealth kiosks available to rural residents will also empower them to take control of their health, raising health literacy and preventing them from developing non-communicable diseases. Enterprise Taxonomy: Population and Public Health Rural and underserved communities Telehealth Care Patient Access

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Health Populi

MAY 17, 2018

wars since 1950, according to Pain in the Nation Update from the Well Being Trust and Trust for America’s Health. The report’s forecast calculates that on the current growth path, deaths from alcohol, drugs and suicide could reach 2 million in 2025 based on a worst-case scenario. The Northeast and Midwestern U.S.

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Xealth

MARCH 24, 2025

BOSTON and SEATTLEMarch 25, 2025 Xealth , the leader in digital health enablement for health systems, today announced a strategic investment from Morningside Ventures , a leading investor in healthcare innovation. Chan School of Public Health, the UMass Chan Medical School, and the MIT Morningside Academy for Design.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Key Takeaways Driving Data Standardization through USCDI+ NCQA is actively working with federal agencies like the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy ( ASTP/ONC ) to advance US Core Data for Interoperability ( USCDI ) and its expanded versions like USCDI+, which include data sets for quality, public health, and maternal health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The statewide expansion of virtualKIDS, which is part of the current NSW government's commitment to delivering 25 urgent care services by mid-2025, is now expected to support at least 500 NSW children and their families each month.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 29, 2024

WHY IT MATTERS Without an extension or legislative change to the 2025 Physician Fee Schedule when it expires at the close of 2024, telehealth would essentially downshift to limited coverage of services to certain rural areas and specific physical locations, the organizations said. " Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 21, 2024

The Australian mental health system has reached a crisis point where psychiatrists and other mental health professionals are leaving the sector in droves due to burnout and inadequate support, leaving patients to wait for long to receive care or delay their treatment and risk further deterioration.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 20, 2023

Remove unnecessary in-person visit requirements for telemental health services. Allow for the waiver of telehealth restrictions during public health emergencies. Allow more eligible healthcare professionals to use telehealth services.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 13, 2021

We can turn now to the Global Wellness Institute’s latest forecast on the world market for wellness, which GWI expects will hit a $7 trillion market in 2025. We’ve seen more financial and money-focused media bringing health care cost stories under their mastheads.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

After years of federal controversy and conjecture, the White House announced Monday that the COVID-19 national and public health emergencies (PHE) will end on May 11. Employers Employers will cease being able to offer telehealth access as a premium, tax-free benefit separate from other health plans.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

While equitable access to technology focused on powering preventive care in the home is absolutely mission-critical to addressing health inequities, the missing piece is the clinical support services needed to make long-term adherence possible. Patient trust continues to be the most important influence in healthcare today.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 11, 2019

Thailand’s population is ageing rapidly with almost half of its electorate above 50 years old by 2025. However, the challenge lies in how government institutions such as the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) can meaningfully engage the private healthcare sector in moving towards VBHC.

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Digital Health Global

MARCH 25, 2025

Irfaan Ali, President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, today announced a five-year extension of the national healthcare initiative to transform Guyanas public health system with world-class healthcare services accessible to every Guyanese citizen. News & World Report Best Hospitals Honor Roll for 2024-2025.

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Mend

APRIL 4, 2023

As we head closer to the public health emergency (PHE) end date of May 11, 2023, providers must prepare for changes. After December 31, 2024, these sites can no longer offer virtual visits relating to non-behavioral/mental health care. As the PHE ends, it’s essential to know what is changing so you can prepare.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 26, 2022

Telehealth vs. in-person: the Covid-19 public health emergency declaration to reimburse doctors for providing telehealth services for Medicare recipients has been repeatedly renewed. million users by 2025. A sweeping set of changes from that time that may have appeared temporary. Bills are in Congress will make it permanent.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Research firm Frost & Sullivan forecasts a sevenfold growth in telehealth by 2025 – a five-year compound annual growth rate of 38%. Telehealth continues to grow as a crucial part of patient care, especially when supporting patients who live in remote areas and senior citizens.

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Health Populi

MARCH 21, 2019

per average internet user per month in 2025, $3.18 Our group-of-seven crowdsourced the importance of trust, transparency, and data stewardship to ensure that the patient-as-health-consumer and, ultimately citizen (in my own view) benefit from sharing data. Globally, that calculated to a value of $2.36 for Americans.

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