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Edifecs Enters Into Definitive Agreement to Acquire Health Fidelity

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Health Fidelity Technology will add Control and Predictability to the Risk Adjustment Process Expanding the Edifecs Solutions in this Space Edifecs, Inc., The acquisition is expected […].

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Physicians More Bullish On the Benefits of Digital Tools for Patient Care, the AMA Tells Us

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Most doctors see the advantages of digital health tools like telehealth, consumers’ access to their health information, and point-of-care workflow solutions, the American Medical Association found in a survey of 1300 physicians, published in September 2022.

Digital Health

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The Balance Between Promoting Data Sharing and Ensuring the Privacy and Security of Sensitive Health Information

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Most of the data that we are looking to share is highly sensitive health information, the kind of information that cybercriminals love to hold for ransom. A clear definition of what is considered sensitive information subject to such rules and directives has not yet been established.

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Consumers’ Growing Use of Portals and Apps: People Embracing Their Patient Journeys

Health Populi

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The latest read from ONC, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, tells a story about patients’ growing use of online portals, medical records, and smartphone apps to access personal health information. Interestingly, 70% of patients also viewed their clinical notes in 2022, newly-measured by the ONC survey.

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A New Health Literacy Pillar: Personal Data Stewardship

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The growing use of APIs in health information technology innovation for patient care has been a boon to speeding development placed in the hands of providers and patients. The goals were to identify risks and vulnerabilities and to develop recommendations for protecting health consumers’ personal health information.

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The Definitive Guide to Increase Patient Engagement in 2023

Mend

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Mobile health technology allows patients to this. Patients can easily access their health information. Improved self-management: Patients can use portals to track and manage their health conditions. View Full Infographic The post The Definitive Guide to Increase Patient Engagement in 2023 appeared first on Mend.

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EHI is Not What it Used to be, but Don’t Panic

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 6, 2023

On October 6, 2022, the healthcare and health IT community woke to a new reality – one in which electronic health information (EHI) included far more than it did the day before. . The expanded definition of EHI now includes virtually any health information tied to an individual that is used in decision making.

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Reducing Administrative Costs Within US Healthcare: A Summary

Continue Education Journal

DECEMBER 30, 2021

The definition provided for administrative cost within the proposal is the “nonclinical costs of running a medical system,” the greatest of which fall under billing and insurance costs (BIR). Data interoperability, the ability to make health information flow seamlessly among providers, is the final part of Cutler’s proposal.

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A Health Future with Lyft and Uber as Patient Data Stewards: Rock Health’s 2019 Consumer Survey

Health Populi

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Patients searching online for health information and health care provider reviews is mainstream in 2019. Digital health tracking is now adopted by 4 in 10 U.S. Rock Health’s Digital Health Consumer Adoption Report for 2019 was developed in collaboration with the Stanford Medicine Center for Digital Health.

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Going Digital for Health Is a New-Normal for Consumers

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

While Millennials are more likely to current use digital health tools compared with older Americans, Seniors’ killer-app for digital health is ePrescribing, refilling prescriptions, used by nearly one-half of older people. This is roughly equal to patients across all age cohorts in the study.

Digital Health

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2011's AARP prediction for older adults: technology to live your best life

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 6, 2024

And while 81% of baby boomers (likely all still working then) were online, only 30% of the 75+ population was, despite the possibility of connecting with families and gaining access to health information. In 2011, text messaging, instant messaging, social networking had not reached the 66+.

Health Information

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Healthcare Information In-Security Is the New Normal

Health Populi

APRIL 30, 2018

Developing a culture of cyber- and health privacy-awareness must be a priority for health providers, who as they look to patients for greater health engagement, must bake their trust into health information systems. “The challenges created by legacy technologies are, by definition, decades in the making.

Health Data

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8 Information Blocking Regulatory Reminders

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Here’s the 8 reminders: Reminder #1 – The information blocking definition’s limitation on the scope of electronic health information (EHI) is lifted as of October 6, 2022. Reminder #4 – Not all health information that’s electronic is EHI under the regulatory definition.

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Simple definition of ABAC and #FHIR

Healthcare Exchange Standards

AUGUST 23, 2024

A good example is Observation.category code of 'vital-signs' -- indicates vital signs that are normal health information of no stigmatizing sensitivity. Must security tags be used? No, ABAC is based on Attributes. So any attribute can be used. No real need to dig deeper (maybe). Some ABAC rules can't be implemented with security tags.

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IHE IT-Infrastructure Spring 2023

Healthcare Exchange Standards

MAY 4, 2023

The first is the ability to exchange a list of health data locations, which enables Record Locator Services to interoperate with consumers wishing to discover the location of patient records within a health information exchange. This Provenance definition is now in mXDE along with examples and requirements CapabilityStatement.

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Open Source Health Care Will Liberate Patients

Health Populi

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Welcome to the era of Open Source Healthcare, not only the “about time” for patients to own their health, but for the launch of a new publication that will support and continue to evolve the concept. Let’s go back to some definitions and healthcare basics to understand just why Open Source Healthcare is already a thing.

Health Data

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Most Consumers Are Interested in Using a Voice Assistant for Some Type of Health Care

Health Populi

OCTOBER 29, 2019

In the meantime, Amazon announced several HIPAA-compliant Alexa skills in April 2019 that will be just the beginning of this fast-growing phenomenon for voice assistants in health care. The post Most Consumers Are Interested in Using a Voice Assistant for Some Type of Health Care appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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Why HHS’ Cybersecurity Concept Paper Falls Short for Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2024

For example, in the healthcare industry, we have to abide by HIPAA — a law that helps protect the privacy and security of people’s health information. We can’t serve our patients if we don’t ensure that protected health information (PHI) is kept private.

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Availity to Acquire Utilization Management Solution and Business Unit from Olive

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 14, 2023

Availity , one of the nation’s largest real-time health information networks, announced a definitive agreement to acquire the utilization management solution and business unit from healthcare automation company Olive AI, Inc.

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ATA takes a national stance on how states treat consumer health data

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 31, 2023

State laws and policies should also define consumer health data with the uniform language defined as protected health information under HIPAA, the group said in its announcement this week. healthcare system."

Health Data

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Consumers Expect Every Company to Play a Meaningful Role in “My Health” – New Insights from the 2023 Edelman Trust Barometer

Health Populi

APRIL 19, 2023

People have expanded their definitions of health in 2023, with mental health supplanting physical health for the top-ranked factor in feeling healthy. ” Bolstering that partnership is peoples’ growing self-education about health: since before the start of the pandemic, 3.5

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RingConn Smart Ring Review

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 17, 2024

I’m not sure it will last forever, but it definitely has more staying power than the basic FitBit devices that we all wore for a few weeks and then put in our drawer (or even better donated to Recycle Health ). The biggest difference for me was the depth of health information that it’s collecting.

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Collaborating for Compliance: Helping Actors Comply with Cures Act Final Rule

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The following is a guest article by Lauren Riplinger, Vice President of Policy and Government Affairs at the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).

Health Information

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Wearable Tech for Health Tracking, Online Dating and Banking: Exploring the “Fluidity” of Peoples’ Data Privacy Views

Health Populi

OCTOBER 27, 2022

“The security of online data is the top consideration for consumers across many forms of online activities including email, search, social media, banking, shopping and dating”… and using health apps. A new poll from Morning Consult, explained on their website, explains that For Consumers, Data Privacy Has a Fluid Definition.

Public Health

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Featured Health IT Job: Healthcare Data Analyst

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 1, 2023

Here’s a description of the position: New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) is a not-for-profit organization working in partnership with the New York State Department of Health to improve healthcare by collaboratively leading, connecting, and integrating health information exchange across the State.

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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.

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M&A notebook: Providers and platforms make big moves

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 1, 2023

Ryu will serve as CEO of Risant Health when the merger is approved. In New Jersey, meanwhile, Cooper University Health Care and Cape Regional Health System have also recently signed a definitive agreement to merge resources. While neither has reported financial distress, many U.S. Enterprise Taxonomy:

Telemedicine

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HIPAA Designated Record Set

Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 17, 2020

HIPAA Designated Record Set Under the HIPAA Privacy Rule, behavioral health specialists are required to provide patients access to the protected health information (PHI) contained in their designated record set. Definition of Designated Record … Read more. What is a designated record set?

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HealthBI’s Scott McFarland says Step Away From the Fax Machine — Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Scott McFarland is President of HealthBI , where he leads the organization’s health information technology platform team. The practices get information to help address social determinants of health via the platform as well. You should follow me on Twitter: @healthblawg.

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Americans’ Trust in U.S. Healthcare Lags Tech — and Women Are Particularly Cynical

Health Populi

APRIL 24, 2019

” In addition, there is a growing risk of cybersecurity hacks of patients’ personal health information, with stories reaching local news media on a regular basis. Edelman defines the informed public as U.S.

BioTech

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Penalties For Violating HIPAA

Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 24, 2019

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. If your organization handles protected health information (PHI) or electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI), you should be well aware of the Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act known commonly as HIPAA.

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The The Five Biggest Areas of Opportunity for Digital Health

The Digital Health Corner

JUNE 14, 2017

There are hospitals within the same healthcare system in many places with disparate EHRs which do not talk to each other or exchange information. Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) have been woefully underfunded and have fallen short of their vision. We need EHRs which are clinically oriented with good user interfaces.

Digital Health

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ONC’s HTI-1 Places Undue Burdens on Healthcare Providers, Health IT Developers

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 7, 2023

While the EHR Association has long supported the goals of the proposed rule, called Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing Proposed Rule (HTI-1), we have a number of real concerns about the impact it would have on the industry if finalized as proposed.

Health IT

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Big ONC News: QHINs, TEFCA, and HTI-1

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 14, 2023

USCDI v3 includes updates to prior USCDI versions focused on advancing more accurate and complete patient characteristics data that could help promote equity, reduce disparities, and support public health data interoperability.

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Telemedicine triage kiosks reduce ER visits by 11% for ACO

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 24, 2020

The kiosks include a pole-cart on wheels with a wireless tablet with touch-screen, high-definition camera, Eko Duo Bluetooth stethoscopes enabling physicians to see a graphical representation of stethoscopes readings, and an ECG option for simultaneous ECG and heart sound tracings.

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The Future of Healthcare: Telehealth. Here’s Why You Need to Consider Telemedicine in 2019

Continue Education Journal

JUNE 12, 2019

Telehealth and Telemedicine Definition. We often hear telehealth and telemedicine used interchangeably, so let’s set the record straight – telehealth is the umbrella term that refers to medical services that healthcare practitioners provide to patients from a distance.

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Blockchain in Healthcare: A Vehicle Towards Digital Health 2.0?

The Digital Health Corner

MARCH 26, 2018

A good definition of blockchain is: “A blockchain , [1] [2] [3] originally block chain , [4] [5] is a continuously growing list of records , called blocks, which are linked and secured using cryptography. [1] Herding a patient’s data from many sources into a single record has always been a lofty goal of digital health.

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10 Healthcare Organizations Ask HHS to Postpone Information Blocking Deadline

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

If you’re familiar with the 21st Century Cures Act, then you know that October 6th is a major deadline that requires healthcare providers, health IT developers, HIEs, HINs, and others to share all ePHI (electronic protected health information) in the DRS (Designated Record Set). And the next chapter begins!

HIE

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How Do You See Health Data Utilities Evolving? Where are We Today and Where is it Heading?

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Justin Villines, MBA, HIT Policy Director at SHARE HIE – I think us being a health information exchange and being that state-wide utility for all our clients and all our participants, it’s ever-evolving. You’re seeing some HIEs further along, but it’s definitely a concept we’re talking a lot about.

Health Data

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Five Digital Health Imperatives for Patient Safety

The Digital Health Corner

JULY 17, 2017

Perhaps the best definition of patient safety is that of the World Health Organization. Simply put, it is “…the prevention of errors and adverse effects to patients associated with health care.” Improving health literacy. Patient safety initiatives have taken many forms. I would like to highlight a few.

Digital Health

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Featured Health IT Job: Healthcare Data Analyst

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Here’s a description of the position: New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) is a not-for-profit organization working in partnership with the New York State Department of Health to improve healthcare by collaboratively leading, connecting, and integrating health information exchange across the State.

Health IT

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Availity to Acquire Diameter Health, a Leader in Clinical Data Interoperability

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 19, 2022

Availity , one of the nation’s largest real-time health information networks, announced a definitive agreement to acquire Diameter Health , a national leader in clinical data quality and interoperability. a richer, more transparent exchange of information among health plans, providers, and technology partners.

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So Many Records, So Little Time: How to Manage Burgeoning Health Plan Requests

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2023

But the administrative costs for providers to share this information keep escalating. The healthcare industry’s steady progress toward interoperability and health information exchange promises to improve data exchange to address these challenges. The definition of quality here includes four specific pillars. Data quality.

Life Science

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Trinity Health's RPM program drops 30-day readmissions rate from 16% to 6%

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 30, 2021

"The patient follows the tablet's voice and text instructions, and device information, to self-report vital health information and answer condition-specific questions. There is definite value with continuing to monitor patients after a home care episode, Joyce noted. " RESULTS.

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Edifecs Enters Into Definitive Agreement to Acquire Health Fidelity

Physicians More Bullish On the Benefits of Digital Tools for Patient Care, the AMA Tells Us

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Consumers’ Growing Use of Portals and Apps: People Embracing Their Patient Journeys

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The Definitive Guide to Increase Patient Engagement in 2023

EHI is Not What it Used to be, but Don’t Panic

Reducing Administrative Costs Within US Healthcare: A Summary

A Health Future with Lyft and Uber as Patient Data Stewards: Rock Health’s 2019 Consumer Survey

Going Digital for Health Is a New-Normal for Consumers

2011's AARP prediction for older adults: technology to live your best life

Healthcare Information In-Security Is the New Normal

8 Information Blocking Regulatory Reminders

Simple definition of ABAC and #FHIR

IHE IT-Infrastructure Spring 2023

Open Source Health Care Will Liberate Patients

Most Consumers Are Interested in Using a Voice Assistant for Some Type of Health Care

Why HHS’ Cybersecurity Concept Paper Falls Short for Healthcare

Availity to Acquire Utilization Management Solution and Business Unit from Olive

ATA takes a national stance on how states treat consumer health data

Consumers Expect Every Company to Play a Meaningful Role in “My Health” – New Insights from the 2023 Edelman Trust Barometer

RingConn Smart Ring Review

Collaborating for Compliance: Helping Actors Comply with Cures Act Final Rule

Wearable Tech for Health Tracking, Online Dating and Banking: Exploring the “Fluidity” of Peoples’ Data Privacy Views

Featured Health IT Job: Healthcare Data Analyst

To Drive Value, EHRs Need to Actually be Usable

M&A notebook: Providers and platforms make big moves

HIPAA Designated Record Set

HealthBI’s Scott McFarland says Step Away From the Fax Machine — Harlow on Healthcare

Americans’ Trust in U.S. Healthcare Lags Tech — and Women Are Particularly Cynical

Penalties For Violating HIPAA

The The Five Biggest Areas of Opportunity for Digital Health

ONC’s HTI-1 Places Undue Burdens on Healthcare Providers, Health IT Developers

Big ONC News: QHINs, TEFCA, and HTI-1

Telemedicine triage kiosks reduce ER visits by 11% for ACO

The Future of Healthcare: Telehealth. Here’s Why You Need to Consider Telemedicine in 2019

Blockchain in Healthcare: A Vehicle Towards Digital Health 2.0?

10 Healthcare Organizations Ask HHS to Postpone Information Blocking Deadline

How Do You See Health Data Utilities Evolving? Where are We Today and Where is it Heading?

Five Digital Health Imperatives for Patient Safety

Featured Health IT Job: Healthcare Data Analyst

Availity to Acquire Diameter Health, a Leader in Clinical Data Interoperability

So Many Records, So Little Time: How to Manage Burgeoning Health Plan Requests

Trinity Health's RPM program drops 30-day readmissions rate from 16% to 6%

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