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Ensuring the Security and Privacy of Patient Data while Managing Large Volumes of Electronic Health Records (EHRs)

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 10, 2024

How can healthcare organizations ensure the security and privacy of patient data while managing large volumes of electronic health records (EHRs) ? We reached out to our incredible Healthcare IT Today Community for their insights into this question and the following is what they had to share.

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Healthcare’s Digital Evolution: Transforming Patient Care with Your EHR

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 7, 2024

The following is a guest article by Bill Lewkowski, Vice President of Strategic Client Services at HCTec Gone are the days when patients or couriers physically transported copies of patient records from their primary care physician’s office, lab or imagining center to a specialist. hospitals and almost half of U.S hospital beds.

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Best Practices for Training During EHR Implementation

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 31, 2024

The following is a guest article by Jill Casper, Go-Live Director at HCTec Each year, health systems invest millions of dollars in their Electronic Health Records (EHR) and applications to leverage their full potential.

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Electronic Health Records (EHR): How to Achieve Healthcare Data Accuracy with Artificial Intelligence

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 6, 2024

The following is a guest article by Ann Krutsko, Healthcare IT Researcher at ScienceSoft In healthcare, working with inaccurate patient data is a dangerous game. Electronic Health Records (EHRs) were designed to streamline operations and improve coordination across healthcare systems.

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The Evolution of the EHR Service Desk and Leveraging an Outside Provider

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 29, 2024

They do ask callers to distinguish between regular service and the “clinical service desk,” which mostly helps people use the EPIC EHR. UI Health switched its EHR to EPIC in 2020, planning to do intensive training for service desk workers after the switch. It can better scale up and down to handle 24/7 services.

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Where are EHRs headed in 2023?

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2023

Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are the central technology pillar for healthcare organizations. EHRs are vital to both clinical and administrative operations. Because of that, we wanted to dedicate an entire article to where EHRs are headed in 2023. What is your prediction for the EHR market in 2023?

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To Drive Value, EHRs Need to Actually be Usable

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The following is a guest article by Khalid Al-Maskari, Founder and CEO of Health Information Management Systems (HiMS) EHRs are ubiquitous because they’re useful – but how useful are they really, and to whom? The truth is that an EHR by definition serves multiple masters, satisfying some more than others. The upshot?

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EHR-Enabled Autonomy: Optimization Strategies for Success

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 4, 2022

The following is a guest article by Devan Griner, MD, is board-certified plastic surgeon at Peak Plastic Surgery, based in Provo, Utah. He uses the all-in-one cloud suite from AdvancedMD. Before the pandemic, many private practice physicians faced significant pressure to merge or consolidate with large health systems for survival.

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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

To help out, we reached out to our amazing Healthcare IT Today Community to see which healthcare regulations they foresee having a big impact on healthcare IT. Healthcare IT systems, especially EHRs, played a key role in supporting documentation with the use of macros, smart phrases, and templates.

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Johns Hopkins develops Epic-embedded tool to better support telehealth patients

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AUGUST 19, 2021

In response, the Johns Hopkins team developed what they called an automated "video visit technical risk score" tool in their Epic EHR. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. ON THE RECORD. Twitter: @kjercich. Email: kjercich@himss.org. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Sunoh’s Ambient Clinical Voice Automates Clinician Note Creation

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 26, 2024

At the end of a clinical session, Sunoh generates a structured note tailored to the EHR within 30 to 60 seconds. The doctor can edit the note manually or using voice detection, and the results are fully integrated into the EHR. They currently support eClinicalWorks , but are working with other vendors to support more EHRs.)

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These Three Things Can Bring EHRs to the Next Level

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 4, 2023

The following is a guest article by Dr. Mark Pratt , Chief Medical Officer at Altera Digital Health The patient quietly sits while her physician delves into the data stored in her electronic health record, combing through different screens for specific information. Here’s how. It’s past time to deliver on this.

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Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt: Regulatory Mandates for HIT and EHR Vendors Loom for Prior Authorization – Regulatory Talk Series

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The following is a guest article by Nick Barger, PharmD, Vice President, Product at DrFirst. This article is the sixth in the Healthcare Regulatory Talk series. Prior authorization (PA) is the poster child for administrative tasks that spawn inefficiencies in our healthcare system, impacting providers and patients alike.

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Bonus Features – March 17, 2024 – 65% of nurses think AI will negatively impact healthcare, 14% of EHRs have known cybersecurity vulnerabilities, plus 24 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 17, 2024

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Mary’s Healthcare and Indiana’s Decatur County Memorial Hospital.

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Impetus and Edict: What the Latest CMS Data Standards Mean for EHRs – Regulatory Talk Series

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The following is a guest article by Nick Barger, PharmD, Vice President, Product at DrFirst. This article is the second in the Healthcare Regulatory Talk series. For more information on how to prepare for the ONC HTI-1 rule , read the first article in our Regulatory Talk series.

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Is Your EHR Improving Patient ‘Techquity’?

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The following is a guest article by Khalid Al-Maskari, Founder and CEO at HiMS Technology has transformed healthcare, but the benefits have not been distributed evenly. Here are some examples of what techquity looks like in EHR systems. Better EHRs also support patients who speak multiple languages.

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Innovating EHR Systems to Improve Interoperability and Seamless Data Sharing Between Different Healthcare Providers

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Today we are going to focus on the role of EHR systems in this goal of improving interoperability and seamless data sharing between different healthcare providers. Vijay Adapala, EVP Global Supply Partnerships at Doceree Utilizing FHIR and HL7 standards for uniform data exchange allows EHR systems to facilitate smooth data sharing.

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Bonus Features – December 3, 2023 – Only 40% of orgs say EHRs help manage burnout, cost optimization is top strategy for 70% of payers, plus 19 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Less than half (47%) said their EHRs are good at helping them save money.

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The Advantages of Human Scribes for Clinical Notes

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Integration with the EHR is much easier because a person is logging in and uploading the note. Speke works with all EHRs. Listen to the video for more details about how the service works, how they use feedback from both scribes and clients to improve quality, and the future of the technology. Tell us what you think.

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Abridge Aims at Transparency, Reliability, and Credibility with Their Ambient Clinical Voice Solution

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Abridge offers “deep integration” with the EHR so doctors can use its capabilities within their workflows. These make deep integration with the EHR work, and are much more accurate than off-the-shelf speech recognition systems. ” To Rao, “trust consists of transparency, reliability, and credibility.”

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Automatically Generated Medical Notes, the Way You Would Have Written Them

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Watch the video for more information on EHR integration, how the ambient voice solution changes the physician/patient interaction, and more. .” After using the tool for about 20 days and applying recommended customizations, doctors find they hardly ever have to change the generated note. Tell us what you think.

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Context Makes Innovaccer More than a Note Generator

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

It is currently offered in ambulatory settings and integrates with major EHRs. This video presents the current and upcoming features of the ambient clinical voice solutions from Innovaccer , notably its InScribe analytics tool. ” Watch the video for details for these experts’ insights on clinical workflow. Tell us what you think.

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This Week’s Health IT Jobs – April 10, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 10, 2024

Contact us here with a link to the open position and we’ll be happy to feature it in next week’s article at no charge! Note: These jobs are listed by Healthcare IT Today as a free service to the community. Healthcare IT Today does not endorse or vouch for the company or the job posting.

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This Week’s Health IT Jobs – June 5, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 5, 2024

Contact us here with a link to the open position and we’ll be happy to feature it in next week’s article at no charge! Note: These jobs are listed by Healthcare IT Today as a free service to the community. Healthcare IT Today does not endorse or vouch for the company or the job posting.

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Corti Becomes Part of the Conversation

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 6, 2023

.” Watch the video for more details about testing, the quality process, and how the solution integrates with EHRs and CRMs. And for an exclusive look at our top stories, subscribe to our newsletter and YouTube. Tell us what you think. Contact us here or on Twitter at @hcitoday.

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Making AI Models in Healthcare Transparent One Bite at a Time – Regulatory Talk Series

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 4, 2024

The following is a guest article by Nick Barger, PharmD, Vice President, Product at DrFirst. This article is the third in the Healthcare Regulatory Talk series. Here are some key points for EHRs and health IT vendors to consider when getting their development pipeline on track for compliance.

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CMS Issues E-Prescribing Final Rule: Quick Takeaways in a No-Slowing-Down Reg Cycle – Regulatory Talk Series

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 16, 2024

The following is a guest article by Nick Barger, PharmD, Vice President, Product at DrFirst. This article is the fourth in the Healthcare Regulatory Talk series. While some EHRs already support this level of transparency, this marks the first time CMS has specified a standard for it. Key requirements include: 1.

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This Week’s Health IT Jobs

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 27, 2024

As most of you know, we’ve had a healthcare IT job board called Healthcare IT Central for a long time. In fact, it was integral to the growth of Healthcare IT Today. With that change of focus, I’m sad to say that shortly we’ll be shutting down the Healthcare IT Central job board.

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Health Note Updates the Tired Old Patient Questionnaire

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

This article discusses the service provided by Health Note , which illustrates the capabilities of modern patient interaction using AI and integration with the EHR. Health Note digs into the EHR, using AI, and combines the information found with its own medical knowledge to ask the questions a doctor would normally ask during a visit.

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Bonus Features – February 18, 2024 – 89% of patients want a single platform for managing their health, 70% of organizations interested in AI plan to adopt solutions from their EHR vendors, plus 27 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Tellingly, 70% of orgs with plans to deploy AI intend to adopt solutions via their EHR vendors.

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Weekly Roundup – November 30, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

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… Oracle Health Raises the Bar on Its EHR. Oracle Health unveiled its next-generation EHR at the recent Oracle Health Summit.

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Nuance is Setting the Bar for Ambient Clinical Voice

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Microsoft Nuance has been providing healthcare voice solutions for over two decades. Healthcare IT Today caught up with Peter Durlach, Chief Strategy Officer at Microsoft Life Sciences and Health to learn more about their ambient clinical voice solution. Is it integrated with the EHR? Does it provide a transcript?

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This Week’s Health IT Jobs – November 13, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Director 1 – Healthcare Technology Management – The Alexzander Group Human Resource Consultants, Inc. Contact us here with a link to the open position and we’ll be happy to feature it in next week’s article at no charge! Note: These jobs are listed by Healthcare IT Today as a free service to the community.

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This Week’s Health IT Jobs – April 24, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 24, 2024

Here’s a quick look at some of the health IT jobs we found: Medical Billing Manager – PrimeCare Managers Executive Director Memory Care Administrator – Lenity Management EHR Integration Architect – MEDITECH Senior MEDITECH Consultant WFH – HCA Healthcare Software Support IT Specialist – Magic Touch Software, Intl.

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Improving EHR Systems with User Experience and Interface Design to Reduce Clinician Burnout and Enhance Workflow Efficiency

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 19, 2024

minutes on EHR per visit trying to find the time to do this for every patient in addition to all of their other tasks is very difficult. Finding a solution that improves EHR systems to increase efficiency and reduce clinician burnout should be a high priority for your organization. The following are their answers.

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Bonus Features – November 24, 2024 – Only 16% of patients prefer online pharmacies, medical coding denials up 125% in the last year, plus 27 other stories

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Partnerships MEDENT and Azalea Health added Suki Platform , Suki’s AI engine, to their EHR systems.

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Reimagining Health Tech on the Cusp of ONC’s Final HTI-1 Rule – Regulatory Talk Series

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The following is a guest article by Nick Barger, PharmD, Vice President, Product at DrFirst. This article kicks off the Healthcare Regulatory Talk series. With compliance the immediate concern for many EHR vendors, when and where is the industry prepared to lead? There’s no time to waste.

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The Game Changer in Healthcare: Integrated Electronic Health Records

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 14, 2024

The following is a guest article by Herat Joshi, Business Intelligence Architect – Lead at Great River Health In the vast landscape of healthcare, where every piece of data could be crucial, a significant transformation is underway. EHR systems are often seen as cumbersome and unintuitive.

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Bonus Features – October 29, 2023 – 66% of patients prefer email or text for reminders about medical bills, 94% of clinicians said lack of timely access to insights within EHR impacts patient care, and 28 more

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Pennsylvania-based Integrated Medical Health implemented eClinicalWorks EHR and healow.

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Bonus Features – January 14, 2024 – Epic Research shows telehealth results in more follow-up visits that in-office care, Elevance Health to offer smartphones to qualified Medicaid beneficiaries, plus 21 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 14, 2024

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Sales Michigan-based McKenzie Health System implemented eClinicalWorks EHR v12.

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Weekly Roundup – June 15, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2024

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. Our first of recent several questions for the Healthcare IT Today focused on a thorny issue. Read more… Fast EHR and ERP Deployments at St.

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Top 3 Digital Innovations that Transformed Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The following is a guest article by Chad Anguilm, Vice President of Growth at Medical Advantage. Patient engagement is the next frontier in healthcare and single-platform patient portals created the digital foundation for this ongoing transformation. Plus, thanks to past digital transformations, EHRs can continue to evolve.

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Ambient Voice Transcriptions Endorsed in a Study by The Permanente Medical Group

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

This article summarizes the key findings in that study. What We’re Looking For in Ambient Voice Transcription Ambient voice transcription has been covered extensively on this web site in articles and video interviews.

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Bonus Features – November 3, 2024 – 95% of consumers want an easier way to pay medical bills, 90% of medical devices aren’t running anti-malware software, plus 35 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Patient activation vendor Phreesia achieved Oracle Validated Integration with Oracle Health EHR Expertise.

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Ensuring the Security and Privacy of Patient Data while Managing Large Volumes of Electronic Health Records (EHRs)

Healthcare’s Digital Evolution: Transforming Patient Care with Your EHR

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Best Practices for Training During EHR Implementation

Electronic Health Records (EHR): How to Achieve Healthcare Data Accuracy with Artificial Intelligence

The Evolution of the EHR Service Desk and Leveraging an Outside Provider

Where are EHRs headed in 2023?

To Drive Value, EHRs Need to Actually be Usable

EHR-Enabled Autonomy: Optimization Strategies for Success

Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Johns Hopkins develops Epic-embedded tool to better support telehealth patients

Sunoh’s Ambient Clinical Voice Automates Clinician Note Creation

These Three Things Can Bring EHRs to the Next Level

Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt: Regulatory Mandates for HIT and EHR Vendors Loom for Prior Authorization – Regulatory Talk Series

Bonus Features – March 17, 2024 – 65% of nurses think AI will negatively impact healthcare, 14% of EHRs have known cybersecurity vulnerabilities, plus 24 more stories

Impetus and Edict: What the Latest CMS Data Standards Mean for EHRs – Regulatory Talk Series

Is Your EHR Improving Patient ‘Techquity’?

Innovating EHR Systems to Improve Interoperability and Seamless Data Sharing Between Different Healthcare Providers

Bonus Features – December 3, 2023 – Only 40% of orgs say EHRs help manage burnout, cost optimization is top strategy for 70% of payers, plus 19 more stories

The Advantages of Human Scribes for Clinical Notes

Abridge Aims at Transparency, Reliability, and Credibility with Their Ambient Clinical Voice Solution

Automatically Generated Medical Notes, the Way You Would Have Written Them

Context Makes Innovaccer More than a Note Generator

This Week’s Health IT Jobs – April 10, 2024

This Week’s Health IT Jobs – June 5, 2024

Corti Becomes Part of the Conversation

Making AI Models in Healthcare Transparent One Bite at a Time – Regulatory Talk Series

CMS Issues E-Prescribing Final Rule: Quick Takeaways in a No-Slowing-Down Reg Cycle – Regulatory Talk Series

This Week’s Health IT Jobs

Health Note Updates the Tired Old Patient Questionnaire

Bonus Features – February 18, 2024 – 89% of patients want a single platform for managing their health, 70% of organizations interested in AI plan to adopt solutions from their EHR vendors, plus 27 more stories

Weekly Roundup – November 30, 2024

Nuance is Setting the Bar for Ambient Clinical Voice

This Week’s Health IT Jobs – November 13, 2024

This Week’s Health IT Jobs – April 24, 2024

Improving EHR Systems with User Experience and Interface Design to Reduce Clinician Burnout and Enhance Workflow Efficiency

Bonus Features – November 24, 2024 – Only 16% of patients prefer online pharmacies, medical coding denials up 125% in the last year, plus 27 other stories

Reimagining Health Tech on the Cusp of ONC’s Final HTI-1 Rule – Regulatory Talk Series

The Game Changer in Healthcare: Integrated Electronic Health Records

Bonus Features – October 29, 2023 – 66% of patients prefer email or text for reminders about medical bills, 94% of clinicians said lack of timely access to insights within EHR impacts patient care, and 28 more

Bonus Features – January 14, 2024 – Epic Research shows telehealth results in more follow-up visits that in-office care, Elevance Health to offer smartphones to qualified Medicaid beneficiaries, plus 21 more stories

Weekly Roundup – June 15, 2024

Top 3 Digital Innovations that Transformed Healthcare

Ambient Voice Transcriptions Endorsed in a Study by The Permanente Medical Group

Bonus Features – November 3, 2024 – 95% of consumers want an easier way to pay medical bills, 90% of medical devices aren’t running anti-malware software, plus 35 more stories

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