Healthcare IT Today

JULY 28, 2020

The following is a guest article by Justin Campbell, Vice President, Strategy, at Galen Healthcare Solutions. Note: While this article addresses specifically converting data to MEDITECH Expanse, most of these principles apply to any EHR data conversion.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 17, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Laudio and the American Organization for Nursing Leadership will produce biannual reports and insights from the perspective of nursing leadership.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 26, 2022

I remember my first EMR implementation about 16 years ago and we put up this same sign (although, it was Medicat instead of Epic for the EMR). To be fair, I can’t read this article since it’s behind a subscriber wall, but I consider this announcement another data point in Amazon’s ongoing move into healthcare.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 24, 2019

Not long ago, CNBC published an article describing an unusual partnership between Microsoft and the Providence St. Among other things, the facility will feature a streamlined EMR designed to make it easier for clinical providers to find and share information. Joseph Health System.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The following is a guest article by Tisson Mathew, Founder and CEO at SkyPoint AI Why Large Language Models Trained on Industry Context are Essential for Effective Generative AI in the Healthcare Space Ask ChatGPT an important but complicated healthcare-related question, and you might very well get a wrong—and potentially dangerous—answer.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 25, 2024

The following is a guest article by Scott Sirdevan , Co-Founder and CEO at Vorro The massive digital transformation of the healthcare industry is not a new phenomenon. Moreover, patients expect providers’ platforms and electronic medical records (EMR) to seamlessly accommodate their hyper-personalized data whenever they choose to share it.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 6, 2024

The following is a guest article by Laura Miller, Founder and CEO at TempDev It is a trusted healthcare provider’s responsibility to put the patient’s needs at the forefront of everything else. We particularly focus on NextGen EHR and EMR patient record solutions and Practice Management tools.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 26, 2024

The following is a guest article by Pravin Pant , Vice President, Advanced Analytics at ZeOmega As much as 80% of an individual’s health is determined by social and economic conditions. Pravin is an experienced executive leader with a demonstrated history of successfully working in the hospital & health plan industry for over 20 years.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The following is a guest article by Sam Manjarres, Sr. Creating drag-and-drop virtual private networks (VPNs) encrypts and anonymizes data, which can be effective when sharing patient electronic medical records (EMR) or during telemedicine scenarios.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The following is a guest article by Natalie Tkachenko, Healthcare Software Solutions Consultant at NIX To obtain test results today, there’s no need to visit the hospital. Unlike EMRs, requests for access to EHR records can be made by other medical centers. Simply open a mobile app and download the report to your smartphone.

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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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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 17, 2023

The following is a guest article by Steve Lazer, Global Healthcare and Life Sciences CTO at Dell Technologies The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of digital entities in healthcare. In this article, we will explore the role of digital entities in mitigating these shortages and making healthcare more patient-centric.

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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. Check out all the articles in the Healthcare Regulatory Talk series. DrFirst is a proud sponsor of Healthcare Scene.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The following is a guest article by Cathy Donohue, Senior Vice President of Product at CodaMetrix For decades, niche automation and piecemeal software solutions have been deployed by health systems to make electronic health records (EHRs) more effective in delivering care, monitoring quality, and controlling costs.

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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. While all these statements are true, we exist to help reduce the complexities and stress that comes with an EHR transition.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 30, 2023

This article interviews a dozen experts to better understand why healthcare lags behind retail, finance, and other industries in serving customers online—and what we can do to improve the patient experience. This article will explain how the patient experience can be improved, focusing on the two modest requests seen in the Notable survey.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 14, 2023

The following is a guest article by Zack Tisch, Senior Vice President of Innovation and Life Sciences at Pivot Point Consulting Medical devices have long existed and added value at points in the healthcare experience.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 19, 2024

NCQA is already starting to run pilots to receive this data not only on medial billing data but also closer to the bedside on EMR data in order to get quality data reporting through. And thank you to all of you for taking the time out of your day to read this article and watch this video!

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 27, 2024

The article was written by Margie Latrella, VP, Clinical and Network Quality at Real Time Medical Systems (Real Time), and Lavana Baldasare, Manager — Clinical Transformation at St. You should definitely read the full article for all the details , but one of the key elements was providing a dedicated nurse navigator at St.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2023

The following is a guest article by Ashish V. Look for technology that integrates into case management systems and EMRs for a seamless experience. Be clear about what information is most important and make it easy for your partners to supply it via automation or simple workflow tools.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 8, 2021

Thanks for my friend Shereese Maynard for pointing out this article that suggests Cerner might be an acquisition target soon. The article makes the salacious statement that “Cerner is a wounded gazelle, and the lions are hungry.”

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The following is a guest article by Nick Barger, PharmD, Vice President, Product at DrFirst. This article is the fifth in the Healthcare Regulatory Talk series. Check out all the articles in the Healthcare Regulatory Talk series. DrFirst is a proud sponsor of Healthcare Scene.

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eVisit

JULY 8, 2019

Published by HIMSS Media, this is a reliable, daily updated source for all your healthcare IT news, whether you're looking for the most recent updates on meaningful use rules, tips for implementing your EMR successfully, or are wondering how to leverage patient data to provide better care. Healthcare Leadership Blog.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 31, 2023

The following is a guest article by Sarah Bavar, RN, BSN, Director at ReMedi Health Solutions. Sarah collaborates with several teams at ReMedi , including leadership, data migration, chronic care management, and health policy.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 3, 2021

The following is a guest article by Matthew Wilson, Senior Vice President of Healthcare Strategy at Infor. Every health system across the globe strives to consistently deliver great treatment outcomes.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 25, 2023

What’s needed is: Data connectivity and interoperability between various systems, such as electronic medical records (EMRs), clinical management platforms and telehealth solutions Transparent access to data by a patient’s entire care team, from primary care doctors to specialists and more.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 6, 2021

Back in the late 90s, I read an article in a trade magazine and the piece made such an impact on me that the ideas articulated have stayed with me to this day. The article, “The Rise of the Stupid Network,” was written by a man named David Isenberg who worked at AT&T Labs Research. […].

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

I recently came across an article by Verto which identified 3 fundamental problems with interoperability and care coordination in healthcare as follows: Data Integration and Aggregation Sub-Set of the Data Relevant to a Particular Care Step Data Governance and Patient Transitions The article was spot on in identifying these problems.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The following is a guest article by Cynthia Casatelli, Senior Consultant and Project Manager at e4.health Organizations may be ready from an executive leadership, technology infrastructure, and information governance perspective, but success is unlikely if operational teams aren’t fully prepared.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The following is a guest article by Dan O’Connor, Vice President of Service Desk at HCTec The healthcare industry has quickly evolved to be very data-driven, and the role of IT has become essential in the patient delivery experience.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The following is a guest article by Doreen DeGroff, Senior Product Director MEDITECH, CereCore. Patient portals have existed since the late 1990s, but the onset of a global pandemic triggered a drastic shift within the healthcare community and fueled interest in patient portals.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 20, 2024

To address this risk at an enterprise level, physician leadership (CMO, compliance officers) will need to establish that best practices are followed consistently across the physician population. Huge thank you to everyone who took the time to submit a quote for us and thank you to all of you for taking the time to read this article!

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 21, 2021

The following is a guest article by Todd Broadhurst, Solutions Director, Tamr. Electronic Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) are exploding globally and in the U.S., with 92% of the U.S. population now served by them. Private companies, states, and even large counties and cities are scrambling to launch their own HIEs. HIEs […].

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The following is a guest article by Patty Riskind , CEO at Orbita. Effective automation requires that digital tools interact seamlessly with other systems of record, including EMRs, CRMs and scheduling software. Make sure automated tools integrate with existing systems.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2022

The following is a guest article by Jenn Hamilton, MHA, RN, CPHIMS, VP of Clinical Informatics at ReMedi Health Solutions. Disclaimer: I love Cerner. Sure, there are other EHRs that offer value like E… never mind. I won’t mention the other players in this battle for EHR glory. This is about Cerner; the good, the […].

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 6, 2020

The following is a guest article by Heather Haugen, PhD and Vivian Chan from Atos. The definition of working “remotely” is evolving quickly. Coronavirus has created a new sense of urgency to prepare employees to work effectively in non-traditional environments.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 29, 2020

The following is a guest article by Brian Russell, Solution Architect at Atos. Because of the shelter-in-place protocols that have been implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, remote visits to the doctor’s office have transformed from a rarely-used novelty to a necessity in many cases.

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