Healthcare IT Today

JULY 28, 2024

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. News HHS announced a reorganization , with ONC renamed the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ASTP/ONC).

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 3, 2023

The following is a guest article by Roni Jamesmeyer, Senior Healthcare Manager at Five9 The healthcare crisis is dominating headlines, with the industry dealing with complicated challenges across multiple areas. The average number of patients per primary care doctor is at an all-time high of 20 per day.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Wearable vendor Circular released Circular Ring Slim, a health and biometric monitor that weighs 2 grams and is 2.2 Health information network Availity welcomed Sean Keneally as COO.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. The Global Software report recognized regional leaders in acute care EHR and PACS. Health information network Availity appointed Jennifer Irwin as Chief Marketing Officer.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 30, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. The announced noted that M*Modal parent company 3M Health Information Systems, virtual primary care provider Babylon, and ScribeEMR are early adopters of HealthScribe.

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Lloyd Price

JANUARY 17, 2020

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) defines synchronous telemedicine as "live video-conferencing," which is a "two-way audiovisual link between a patient and a care provider." What is Synchronous Telemedicine? " The U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 24, 2023

The organization’s 5,000+ physicians, who are treating people across the socioeconomic spectrum, believe that comprehensive health information is crucial to deliver high-quality care for their patients. Any patient should be able to see a physician or care provider without spending valuable time recounting their history.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 9, 2022

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… In Direct Primary Care, It’s All About Engagement. Health information management company HealthMark Group has acquired Alabama-based Acton Corp.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Partnerships Pearl Health is partnering with Walgreens to expand value-based care in collaboration with community-based primary care physicians.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 17, 2023

The following is a guest article by Travis Bias, DO, MPH, FAAFP, Family Medicine Physician and Chief Medical Officer of the Clinician Solutions Team at 3M ’s Health Information Systems Division The release of ChatGPT has ignited dueling flames of excitement and concern regarding the potential of artificial intelligence (AI).

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 30, 2024

The following is a guest article by John Zimmerer, Vice President of Vertical Marketing in Healthcare at Smart Communications Healthcare shouldn’t feel like an uphill battle. But for many patients, the journey from scheduling an appointment to receiving care is riddled with unexpected roadblocks.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 24, 2022

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. 1 cause of healthcare data breaches , according to the latest report from Fortified Health Security. Fold Health has emerged from stealth mode with $6 million in funding.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 18, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. counties face a shortage of primary care providers – but 61% of those counties have a high volume of retail pharmacy locations that could fill the primary care gap.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 11, 2022

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. A report from Wolters Kluwer suggested that patients are willing to shift primary care to new care settings if it means the cost of care will decrease.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 25, 2023

Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Colin Hung interviewed Charlie Harp at Clinical Architecture about how Qualified Health Information Networks will shine a light on data quality issues. Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup.

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GlobalMed

MAY 31, 2019

When you think of a typical telemedicine visit, you might picture a patient in a rural town communicating with a big-city specialist, or a primary care provider triaging with an emergency room department. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is guilty of copyright infringement.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 31, 2022

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Primary care in particular seems to be suffering, as visit volumes have yet to return to their 2019 levels. Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features.

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 8, 2018

I spoke recently with Cindy Friend , who is Vice President of Clinical Population Health Solutions & Transformation at Caradigm – a GE Healthcare company Twitter: @caradigm. Our conversation focused on the opportunities for improving population health through ACOs. Comments […] article was originally published on HealthBlawg and.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 14, 2023

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

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. In the latest CIO Podcast, John connected with Henry Vynalek at the Ohio Health Information Partnership. Funding and M&A Activity: VillageMD acquired Summit Health-CityMD for $8.9

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Lloyd Price

APRIL 30, 2023

Alexa can provide health information, schedule appointments, and connect users to healthcare providers through voice commands. It's worth noting that my knowledge is based on information available up until September 2021, and there may have been updates or changes to the Amazon Halo since then.

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 8, 2018

I spoke recently with Cindy Friend , who is Vice President of Clinical Population Health Solutions & Transformation at Caradigm – a GE Healthcare company Twitter: @caradigm. Our conversation focused on the opportunities for improving population health through ACOs. Health Care Law and Consulting. David Harlow.

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 8, 2018

I spoke recently with Cindy Friend , who is Vice President of Clinical Population Health Solutions & Transformation at Caradigm – a GE Healthcare company Twitter: @caradigm. Our conversation focused on the opportunities for improving population health through ACOs. Health Care Law and Consulting. David Harlow.

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 8, 2018

I spoke recently with Cindy Friend , who is Vice President of Clinical Population Health Solutions & Transformation at Caradigm – a GE Healthcare company Twitter: @caradigm. Our conversation focused on the opportunities for improving population health through ACOs. Health Care Law and Consulting. David Harlow.

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Lloyd Price

DECEMBER 12, 2018

The Digital Health Evidence Review, released by the Australian Digital Health Agency, has found that Australia is one of the few countries that is leading the way in giving people personal control of their own electronic health records (EHR). article/australia-leads-world-personal-control-electronic-health-records

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. NCQA launched a Virtual Care Accreditation evaluation program , with its first modules applying to primary care and urgent care.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The ability of different systems, devices, and applications to work together and exchange information seamlessly is known as interoperability in healthcare. Medicare and a supplemental plan) to receive care from multiple providers (e.g., At its best, it would allow patients using multiple insurance plans (e.g.,

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Enzyme Health

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Shots - Health News [link] NPR aggregates interesting telemedicine stories from across the nation in their Shots telemedicine news roundup. Some stories have podcast segment downloads and some are in article-format only. Share your favorite healthcare podcast with us on Facebook , Twitter , or LinkedIn. Happy listening!

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GlobalMed

JULY 15, 2019

In fact, 64 percent of primary care providers (PCPs) and 80 percent of specialists didn’t bother to ask the patient why they came in – and when they did, most of them interrupted the patient after a median of 11 seconds. Virtual health can also improve continuity of care. The Slower Path to Smarter Medicine.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Additionally, health information exchanges/networks have also helped in data sharing among chains of hospitals or partner payer/provider entities. Technology allows clinicians to quickly understand the data in a patient’s electronic health record, so they can redirect their time and attention to the patient.

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GlobalMed

JUNE 4, 2019

Finally, providers can increase their patient volume by offering remote services to smaller communities that lack specialty and even primary care. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is guilty of copyright infringement. New Revenue, Stronger Relationships.

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Redox

MARCH 17, 2021

During the pandemic, people are interacting with a variety of healthcare organizations, including primary care physicians, specialists, pharmacies and drive-through testing facilities. When their healthcare data doesn’t follow them to each provider, there can be delays in care or redundant services rendered.

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GlobalMed

JULY 31, 2019

Managed care organizations like Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) or Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs) typically require patients to see providers in their network. While a primary care provider (PCP) may refer her patient to a specialist she considers skilled, the patient may Google the specialist and see negative reviews.

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

AUGUST 3, 2016

There are many standards efforts to develop support for Patient directed Authorization to their health data. I will be writing a few articles about these efforts. HITE-CT Opt-Out Routine Care 1.3.6.1.4.1. Opt-Out (Emergency Care): HITE-CT Opt-Out Emergency Care 1.3.6.1.4.1. I will explain this in another article.

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GlobalMed

AUGUST 12, 2019

But it doesn’t work with the system used by the patient’s primary care provider, even though the provider is in-network. So each office’s staff wind up manually exchanging information and waiting for a response, then following up with the patient – with results lost along the way.

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Enzyme Health

MARCH 27, 2019

A robust read each week, a recent newsletter covered Massachusetts’ changing Medicaid telehealth standards, linked to a webcast about telemedicine and primary care, and addressed potential barriers to user adoption in mobile health care among other topics.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 29, 2023

This article explores the unique role of stand-alone and EHR-based patient gateways or portals, highlighting their ability to empower patients, foster engagement, and optimize care delivery. Here are some key ways in which patient gateways have become available for mental health: Improved Access to Mental Health Information.

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