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Bonus Features – November 3, 2024 – 95% of consumers want an easier way to pay medical bills, 90% of medical devices aren’t running anti-malware software, plus 35 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

launched two applications , Kio Staff Safe Alerts for incident response and Kio Nurse for monitoring equipment. Private insurance marketplace eHealth achieved HITRUST i1 certification for its carrier integration platform. ModMed launched automated commissions reporting within the ModMed Practice Management System.

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How Nursing Informatics In Healthcare Will Change The Way It Works

João Bocas

Nursing informatics is changing the way healthcare works. In fact, it’s already changing the way nurses interact with patients. It’s time… Continue reading on Medium ».

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Queensland begins telestroke pilot and more briefs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Based on a media release, doctors and nurses at Hervey Bay Hospital are being prepared for the Queensland Telestroke Service pilot happening in the coming weeks. Queensland is the remaining Australian state to launch a telestroke service. This is possible through the Co-located GP clinics project, which trial started in August.

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Bonus Features – May 21, 2023 – 82% of wearable users willing to share data with their physicians, 81% of Americans trust pharmacists and nurses to diagnose minor illnesses, and more

Healthcare IT Today

Nearly 60% of Americans would visit a pharmacy as their first stop for non-emergency care , and 81% trust pharmacists and nurse practitioners to diagnose minor illnesses and prescribe medications, according to a Wolters Kluwer Health survey. Women are also twice as likely than men to cancel appointments because of anxiety.

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Mission Critical: Utilizing Technology to Advance Healthcare Interoperability

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Dan Torrens , CEO at eHealth Technologies Health information management teams everywhere are constantly doing more, but somehow it always feels like playing catch up. Notably, between 30 and 47 percent of U.S. hospitals still rely on fax or mail to send and receive patient records.

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8 must-know lessons from telehealth's new normal

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The expansion of telehealth offers the opportunity to achieve some big population health goals, if properly deployed.

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Legislators float bipartisan bill to safeguard telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

THE LARGER TREND. Lawmakers have introduced numerous telemedicine-related bills during the COVID-19 pandemic, but none have managed to gain serious traction.