Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

For the 123rd episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast , we are discussing the recent Epic UGM and Civitas Conferences! We kick the episode off by going through the big announcements that were made at this year’s Epic UGM conference. We publish a new Healthcare IT Today podcast every ~2 weeks.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 7, 2022

If you’ve followed our coverage of health IT conferences for any amount of time, you know that we love to attend user conferences. They usually include big announcements on stage from the company and you get to spend time with the real boots on the ground of healthcare IT. eCWNC22 pic.twitter.com/bQTobTkS4a.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Envision Radiology wanted more control over how healthcare information was shared so they could focus on delivering outstanding patient experience and outcomes. Only with this level of control could Envision connect with their healthcare partners and share imaging information quickly. Here’s how.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 29, 2022

HIMS22 APAC The first HIMSS in-person conference taking place in the Asia-Pacific region since the pandemic will see healthcare changemakers gathering in beautiful Bali from 26 to 29 September 2022. Full coverage: 2022 HIMSS European Health Conference & Exhibition. Full coverage: HIMSS21 APAC Health Conference.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 30, 2022

This month’s chat will be hosted by Erica Olenski Johansen ( @thegr8chalupa ) on the topic “ Back to the Basics: Implications of Interoperability. ”. At that time, the chats were inspired by advancements in interoperability, including some rather niche healthcare standards discussions, including HL7 v2, HL7 v3, CDA, and eventually FHIR.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

A few weeks back, we shared that we were going to attend what we termed the Woodstock of Healthcare Interoperability which was the annual conference hosted by DirectTrust and Civitas. Was great to briefly talk #healthequity with @EricaGalvez CEO of @ManifestMedEx at the #Together4Health2022 conference.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 8, 2024

Plus, they look at how interoperability can help address this problem and provide valuable analytics. In many cases, one of the biggest problem with these devices is that they’re not interoperable. An interoperable platform relieves the clinicians of this duty so they can spend more time with patients.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 1, 2022

This week was the HFMA Annual conference in Denver. It brings together a great community of healthcare financial professionals with a lot of healthcare CFOs and revenue cycle management pros. I’d say the hottest topic at the conference was the lack of workforce available and the impact that is having on organizations.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Healthcare loves to talk about the challenge that is data and interoperability in healthcare. Indeed, healthcare faces a major challenge when it comes to data and interoperability. I realized this when talking with ELLKAY as they prepare for the upcoming ViVE and HIMSS conferences. As I saw […].

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 4, 2022

For more than a decade, healthcare has struggled with sharing data. We have not achieved data interoperability despite an abundance of technology, standards, and legislation. Healthcare Data Interoperability. Data in healthcare is siloed. Inspiration From Outside of Healthcare.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The pressures for data exchange and interoperability have converged on the concept of a health data utility. At the DirectTrust conference, Angie Bass, Chief Strategy Officer at Velatura , describes this as a “unifying force” that is “supported like a public utility” to exchange data among health care facilities.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Maybe it’s that time of year as we lead into the busy HIMSS and ViVE health IT conferences that are just around the corner, but there have been a number of interesting health IT awards programs given and announced. Here’s a look at a few of them that caught my eye. Congratulation to the Q4 […].

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 17, 2024

At the recent DirectTrust conference, Ken Romo, Global Director at ETHERFAX , shares with us that they are not just a fax company: He describes them as a cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) company offering a “secure exchange network” that also includes fax. Tell us what you think.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 2, 2023

Most Visited Healthcare IT Resource Pages. Healthcare IT and EHR Conferences and Events. Healthcare GIS. Most Visited Healthcare IT Today Articles Published in 2022. 2022 Predictions for Healthcare Interoperability – A third predictions post doing so well. Check out our top resource pages.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 15, 2019

As the American Telemedicine Association annual conference kicks off in New Orleans this week, the organization has published a white paper focused on the status of telehealth interoperability. The industry can help evolve these standards and make medical devices work seamlessly as part of video conferences." but worldwide.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Ongoing interoperability challenges as testing sites, labs, providers, payers and public health agencies tried to manage fast-moving waves of new patient data. In the meantime, here are some of the most-read Healthcare IT News stories of 2020 so far. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication. Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN.

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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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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Concord Technologies , which started in 1996, focuses on secure document exchange, counting three of the world’s five largest healthcare payers as customers. Concord is also participating in DirectTrust’s Interoperable Secure Cloud Fax initiative. Watch the video for details.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 14, 2023

Certainly AI us currently doing that in health IT, but in the world of interoperability TEFCA and QHINs are grabbing all of the attention. There are a lot of views on TEFCA, but the one thing that’s certain is that it’s grabbing a lot of the interoperability focus from government regulators and the industry.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

While at the AHIMA conference, I had a chance to dive deeper into this topic with MRO’s Chief Product Officer, Mo Weitnauer. We start off our interview with asking Weitnauer about what’s required to reconcile the competing requirements of government regulations (CURES Act, Interoperability Regulations, HIPAA, etc).

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 19, 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. The Top Technologies For Improving Healthcare’s Security Posture. This was our latest question for the Healthcare IT Today community.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 2, 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. John connected with Angie Bass at Velatura to discuss why interoperability is about finding value in data and not just exchanging data.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 26, 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. Innovation on Full Display at AdvaMed’s MedTech Conference. Read more… Advice for Women in Healthcare Leadership Roles.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 9, 2023

At the Civitas Conference, there was a lot of talk about TEFCA and QHINs and what their impact will be on healthcare and interoperability. What do they mean for healthcare organizations and how will they be participating in them? Are they replacing current interoperability efforts? When will they be implemented?

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 15, 2020

As mentioned previously, we’re taking part on the Virtual AHIMA conference this week. Exploring how things work in the virtual world, we tried something new today and did a text based chat interview with Rita Bowen, VP of Privacy, Compliance and HIM Policy from MRO. In this wide ranging text interview, we talked with Rita […].

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 23, 2023

Plus, Wilder shares what he was hearing about the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) at the HIMSS 2023 annual conference and offers up a few takeaways. Watch the video for the role of data sharing, what differentiates CommonWell in its pursuit of seamless interoperability, and how TEFCA will play a role moving forward.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 7, 2023

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… What Healthcare Interoperability Topic Are Not Enough People Talking About?

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Interoperability generated the most excitement for the leaders of long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC) organizations gathered at the annual PointClickCare user conference – #PCCSUMMIT19. Surprisingly PDPM, the new payment model for LTPAC, last year’s dominant topic, was barely mentioned.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

As I’ve attended more and more user conferences, I’ve realized that the experience as these user conferences really represents the leadership and the culture of the company. Who you are shows up on stage, in the programming, and the approach to the conference. The work healthcare IT leaders are doing is not easy.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 11, 2021

I visit the virtual booth of a vendor at a virtual conference and in the chat of the virtual booth I interview one of their experts. In this new virtual world, I’ve found me new favorite interview style. There’s something exciting about the off the cuff answers and the ability to ask specific follow up […].

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 16, 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… Healthcare IT Today Podcast : RSNA 2024 Conference Preview. More Insights From the Experts at HLTH 2024.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 13, 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. Not surprisingly, we got a lot of good responses from the Healthcare IT Today community on this topic. CHIME 2023 Edition. million in funding.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

They are no longer paper pushers (literally) and are now stewards of healthcare data. Healthcare IT Today sat down with Jennifer Mueller, AHIMA President and the Vice President & Privacy Officer at the Wisconsin Hospital Association Information Center ( WHAIC ) to the explore the past, present, and bright future of HIM professionals.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 14, 2023

If you want more details on TEFCA and QHINs, check out this two-pager and we’ll be working on talking with some of the official QHINs and those that are still working on it at the ONC conference. We’ll see how effective it is at solving the healthcare interoperability problem.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 24, 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. We asked the Healthcare IT Today to weigh in on the topics that the industry isn’t talking about enough.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 12, 2023

We’re excited at Healthcare IT Today for the HIMSS 2023 Global Conference happening next week in Chicago. We have a lot going on at the conference, including a dual-studio setup in the Healthcare IT Today booth #2481. If we’re not at our booth, here is where you will likely find us at the HIMSS conference.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Such was the case at the first ever collaborative conference for health information exchange (HIE), interoperability, public health, and health equity. The Civitas Networks for Health 2022 Annual Conference, a Collaboration with the DirectTrust Summit, brought together HIEs, state agencies and interoperability experts nationwide. .

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