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Personalized eHealth Programs Show Promise in Enhancing Postoperative Care

Digital Health Global

AUGUST 9, 2023

In recent years, personalized eHealth programs have emerged as a potential solution to improve patient outcomes and reduce recovery time. While personalized eHealth programs leverage digital technologies to deliver tailored care plans, monitor patients remotely, and provide education and support throughout the recovery process.

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Putting patients at the heart of digital healthcare

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 28, 2024

The eHealth patient portal does more than just remind the patient of their next doctor’s appointment; it also facilitates digital consultations, reliably processes individual health data, and offers additional medical information. After all, it should be the patients themselves who benefit most from digitalization in healthcare.

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Weekly Roundup – November 9, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

We also asked the Healthcare IT Today community for good examples and heard about expanding access to screenings, checking on out-of-pocket costs for medication, and partnering with community groups. Alternative asset management firm TPG is joining the Surescripts ownership group as a majority investor.

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Congress should include telehealth in year-end funding, say ATA, HIMSS

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The American Telemedicine Association, the Connected Health Initiative and other industry groups issued a letter to Congress on Friday urging legislators to extend temporary telehealth flexibilities until the end of 2021. That flexibility, in turn, shed light on how arbitrary some of those restrictions were.

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German startup mika secures funding, Leeds seeks to draw investment in healthtech and more news briefs

Mobi Health News

AUGUST 15, 2019

Also: The European Commission plans to select new members for the eHealth Stakeholder Group; Siemens Healthineers will acquire US firm Corindus.

eHealth

Growing group of lawmakers want telehealth in coronavirus response

Morning eHealth

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

False alarm on DEA's special registration rule — Swalwell touts precision medicine to cut health care costs

Telehealth

Thailand launches telemedicine programme in rural areas

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 29, 2019

plan to increase access to healthcare with digital technologies, as stated in the eHealth Strategy by the Ministry of Public Health (2017-2026). The integration and promotion of the use of appropriate digital technologies for telemedicine is also part of the Thailand 4.0

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OntarioMD Spearheading Adoption of AI in the Best Way for Clinicians and Patients

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 19, 2024

We caught up with Fox again at the eHealth 2024 conference in Vancouver, BC. We started with a small group of physicians who adopted the technology,” shared Fox. “We At the time Fox hinted at an upcoming initiative designed to pave the path for rapid AI adoption in healthcare for Canadians. You can watch that interview here.

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8 must-know lessons from telehealth's new normal

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Ralph Johnson, vice president of informatics & technology at patient safety advocates the Leapfrog Group, served for many years as chief information officer at Franklin Community Health Network, based in rural Farmington, Maine. How to optimize RPM for physicians. How CIOs can help shape strategy.

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AI is Not One-Size-Fits-All for Clinicians

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 28, 2024

Healthcare IT Today caught up with him at the eHealth 2024 conference to get his take on the latest trends in health IT. He cited a recent study by The Permanente Medical Group ( TPMG ) which showed less than half of the physicians who had access to the technology chose to use it.

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Legislators and healthcare orgs rally in favor of bipartisan telehealth bill

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 23, 2020

"We have seen the positive impact of telehealth across the nation," said Jen Covich Bordenick, CEO at eHealth Initiative. This past week, a bipartisan group of House representatives – all of whom were present on the call – introduced the Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act.

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With Apple Watch, researchers explore new frontiers in heart health

Digital Health Global

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

I also think a study of this nature could help us understand high risk groups better. At the Amsterdam University Medical Centers , Dr. Sebastiaan Blok , director of eHealth at the Cardiology Centers of the Netherlands , and his colleagues are exploring ways to detect AFib earlier.

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Legislators float bipartisan bill to safeguard telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 13, 2021

A group of legislators from the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee have introduced a bill aimed at temporarily extending telehealth flexibilities established during the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill, the Telehealth Extension Act , would also end geographic and site restrictions on approved telemedicine services for Medicare beneficiaries.

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Broadband is the Achilles' heel of telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

" asked Peter Caplan, the managing consultant for New York-based eHealth Systems & Solutions. Digital redlining is the practice of creating and perpetuating inequities between already marginalized groups, specifically through severely inhibiting their access to the internet, digital technologies and digital content.

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8 benefits of Telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Telemedicine: opportunities and developments in Member States: report on the second global survey on eHealth. Global Observatory for eHealth Series, 2). Telehealth and eHealth in nurse practitioner training: current perspectives. The COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition Telehealth Impact Study Work Group. J Nurse Pract.

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Building the Future through CMS eHealth

CMS.gov

MARCH 5, 2013

CMS Launches eHealth. Today, the Office of E-Health Standards and Services is launching a new eHealth initiative that specifically aims to help providers, health IT developers, and other industry partners overcome the challenges of collectively implementing this new electronic infrastructure. Learn More at HIMSS and Online.

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Provider groups: Slow down info blocking rules

Morning eHealth

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Cybersecurity…kills? — A new privacy-respecting app

Health IT groups happy with the omnibus

Morning eHealth

MARCH 23, 2018

Verma previews Medicare agenda — Calls for MACRA reform fall on deaf ears

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Complaint to FTC says Facebook violated health group users' privacy

Morning eHealth

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Startups say Cerner blocking spirit of info-blocking rule — Ruminating on the HIMSS rule drop

Device trade group seeks break from tariffs

Morning eHealth

JULY 9, 2018

CHIME urges 'ethical' approach to innovation in medicine

CommonWell Marks its 10th Anniversary as TEFCA Gets Underway

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 7, 2023

Just a few weeks ago, CommonWell was announced as one of six applicants—along with eHealth Exchange, Epic TEFCA Interoperability Systems, Health Gorilla, Kno2 and Konza— accepted to continue in the onboarding process to become a Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN) under TEFCA.

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Provider groups ask Congress for help on info blocking

Morning eHealth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Court case could undermine patient record access — Facebook purges apps

More warnings on Facebook patient groups

Morning eHealth

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Microsoft, Pew throw weight behind ONC proposal — The call to reauthorize PCORI

Bonus Features – January 29, 2023 – ONC says more than 70% of hospitals can use external data at the point of care, the 3 largest health info networks have indexed 90% of patients, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 29, 2023

The group also launched a health equity survey , with the results to be announced at ViVE in Nashville in March. The report also found that queries to the CommonWell Health Alliance, Carequality, and eHealth Exchange took one minute to complete and returned 134 files per patients.

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Weekly Roundup – June 22, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 22, 2024

At Canada’s recent eHealth 2024 conference, Colin caught up with OntarioMD CEO Robert Fox and learned how he’s helping healthcare organizations cut through the hype on ambient clinical voice. Read more… Bold Statements At Greenway’s User Group Conference.

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Employers balance coronavirus disclosure with privacy

Morning eHealth

MARCH 13, 2020

Telehealth groups ask for more leeway — Coronavirus stresses antiquated health IT

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Global Initiative on Digital Health (GIDH) Launched at G20 Summit to Revolutionize Healthcare

Digital Health Global

AUGUST 21, 2023

Mansukh Mandaviya , the Union Health Minister of India, echoed these sentiments and called the announcement of the Global Initiative on Digital Health an important turning point in the history of the G20 Health Working Group. This initiative is one of the key deliverables of India’s G20 Presidency.

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Bonus Features – August 20, 2023 – Healthcare orgs only use 57% of their data to drive decision-making, digital health is well represented on the Inc. 5000 list, and more

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 20, 2023

Partnerships eHealth Exchange added C3HIE , a Texas-based HIE, to its network of partners under its anticipated QHIN. Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration chose HHS Technology Group to streamline Medicaid provider management. Arkansas-based Conway OB-GYN Clinic implemented eClinicalWorks EHR.

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Community of Interest Event in Dresden

vCare Project

JANUARY 27, 2022

The target audience was primarily clinical researchers and care providers from the region of Dresden (Saxony, Germany) who are interested in Virtual Coaching, personalised assistance for patients by technical means, and eHealth in general.

eHealth

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Community of Interest Event in Dresden

vCare Project

JANUARY 27, 2022

The target audience was primarily clinical researchers and care providers from the region of Dresden (Saxony, Germany) who are interested in Virtual Coaching, personalised assistance for patients by technical means, and eHealth in general.

eHealth

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Coronavirus testing exposes gaps in reporting

Morning eHealth

APRIL 3, 2020

HHS eases data sharing with public health groups — Zoom to workshop privacy and security issues

Public Health

Weekly Roundup – November 5, 2022

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Hospitals, health systems, and large ambulatory groups are full of paper and digital content, but most clinical content is unstructured and therefore isn’t actionable. Read more… Featured Health IT Job : Data Scientist with the New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC), based in Albany or Manhattan, posted to Healthcare IT Central.

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Day 1 of ONC’s Interoperability Forum

Morning eHealth

AUGUST 7, 2018

Health IT groups antsy about info blocking rule — Meet the tech company behind ‘All of Us’

Interoperability

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Imprivata, PFH Technology win contract to supply Irish Healthcare Services

DigitalHealth

AUGUST 4, 2023

Imprivata and regional partner PFH Technology Group have won a national contract to deliver Imprivata OneSign to healthcare organisations across Ireland.

eHealth

Featured Health IT Job: Director, Information Technology and Security

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 22, 2023

Annual review of compliance to agreed standards and management of exceptions.

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FDA warns against using sketchy diabetes devices

Morning eHealth

MAY 20, 2019

Amazon venture Haven loses its #2 leader — Industry group begs ONC and CMS to take time with rules

Bonus Features – October 2, 2022 – Tech vendors commit to standardizing SDoH data at White House event, 1 in 3 patients using telehealth to manage a chronic condition, and more

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Among the many announced initiatives was the Sync for Social Needs coalition , a group of health systems, insurers, and vendors committed to standardizing the sharing of patient data on food insecurity and other social determinants. Handheld ultrasound scanner maker Butterfly Network launched its Proficiency Management Solution.

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Bonus Features – June 4, 2023 – 51% of hospitals plan to participate in TEFCA, only 18% of orgs have implemented email security software correctly, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 4, 2023

Organizations most likely to participate include those who are part of existing national networks such as eHealth Exchange, CommonWell, or Carequality, (65%), those that are in multi-hospital systems (61%), and those that aren’t critical access hospitals (59%). Ardent Health Services chose Loyal for consumer engagement.

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HHS wants to delay Common Rule compliance

Morning eHealth

APRIL 20, 2018

Hope for telemedicine in the opioid package — Senate price transparency group bombarded with feedback

Telemedicine

Experts say quick action needed for VA’s Cerner project

Morning eHealth

JUNE 26, 2018

Health IT groups advise against interoperability as a Condition of Participation — House appropriators delay Labor-HHS-Education markup

Interoperability

Interoperability Health IT

CMS finalizes hospital quality reporting, interoperability changes

Morning eHealth

AUGUST 5, 2019

Interest groups try to make their mark on surprise billing legislation — Almost 32 million patients’ records breached in 2019

Interoperability

Micky Tripathi’s glass-half-full view of EHR interoperability – Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

AUGUST 20, 2018

Micky is the president and CEO of the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative , a non-profit health IT advisory and clinical data analytics company ( @MAeHC_org ), and is a nationally recognized leader in health information technology. The Harlow Group LLC. Your comments are welcome here. Join the conversation on Twitter at #HarlowOnHC.

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Micky Tripathi’s glass-half-full view of EHR interoperability – Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

AUGUST 20, 2018

Micky is the president and CEO of the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative , a non-profit health IT advisory and clinical data analytics company ( @MAeHC_org ), and is a nationally recognized leader in health information technology. Your comments are welcome here. Join the conversation on Twitter at #HarlowOnHC.

Interoperability

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Micky Tripathi’s glass-half-full view of EHR interoperability – Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

AUGUST 20, 2018

Micky is the president and CEO of the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative , a non-profit health IT advisory and clinical data analytics company ( @MAeHC_org ), and is a nationally recognized leader in health information technology. The Harlow Group LLC. Your comments are welcome here. Join the conversation on Twitter at #HarlowOnHC.

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Congress should include telehealth in year-end funding, say ATA, HIMSS

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Legislators float bipartisan bill to safeguard telehealth

Broadband is the Achilles' heel of telehealth

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Provider groups: Slow down info blocking rules

Health IT groups happy with the omnibus

Complaint to FTC says Facebook violated health group users' privacy

Device trade group seeks break from tariffs

CommonWell Marks its 10th Anniversary as TEFCA Gets Underway

Provider groups ask Congress for help on info blocking

More warnings on Facebook patient groups

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Employers balance coronavirus disclosure with privacy

Global Initiative on Digital Health (GIDH) Launched at G20 Summit to Revolutionize Healthcare

Bonus Features – August 20, 2023 – Healthcare orgs only use 57% of their data to drive decision-making, digital health is well represented on the Inc. 5000 list, and more

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Coronavirus testing exposes gaps in reporting

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Imprivata, PFH Technology win contract to supply Irish Healthcare Services

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FDA warns against using sketchy diabetes devices

Bonus Features – October 2, 2022 – Tech vendors commit to standardizing SDoH data at White House event, 1 in 3 patients using telehealth to manage a chronic condition, and more

Bonus Features – June 4, 2023 – 51% of hospitals plan to participate in TEFCA, only 18% of orgs have implemented email security software correctly, and more

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Micky Tripathi’s glass-half-full view of EHR interoperability – Harlow on Healthcare

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