Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

EHR Development Standards: New teeth, bigger bite After years of dashed hopes that EHR workflows will achieve true interoperability and allow patients to easily access and share their healthcare data, many are looking at the ONC’s final standards with a skeptical eye and cautious optimism. There’s no time to waste.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 18, 2022

The topic of TEFCA and QHINs has been an extremely important one in the world of healthcare IT and particularly when it comes to healthcare interoperability. In many ways, it’s setting the national infrastructure for healthcare interoperability going forward. So, we should be paying attention. Tell us what you think.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 14, 2024

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 21, 2021

Before dissolving , MAeHC had assigned its contract with the New England Healthcare Exchange Network to the Massachusetts Health Data Consortium. Massachusetts Health Data Consortium , which will design, test and complete a documented prototype for Electronic Prior Authorization integrated with the EHR.

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Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2024

Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health, and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONCHIT). Dr. Halamka is President of CHAI, and Dr. Brian Anderson was appointed the CEO this month following many years of leadership in responsible AI work.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 8, 2024

This security risk, though high, shouldn’t discourage us from sharing data but we do need to make sure that we balance our conversations of how great data sharing is with conversations of the security needed to ensure this information stays safe and private.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 14, 2023

Looking forward to this great panel: Real Talk: TEFCA, Evolution or Revolution in Health Care Interoperability? HIMSS23 #HITsm #healthit @CommonWell pic.twitter.com/yLIq8NBs9m — Healthcare IT Today (@hcittoday) April 18, 2023 FHIR APIs are wonderful, but they’re not sufficient on their own. Interoperability is not just a tech problem.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 26, 2023

We’ve only seen a few times where something has dramatically changed the EHR product roadmap. The first time this happened was when the HITECH act and associated $36 billion of stimulus money was included to stimulate adoption of EHR software. In order to get access to that stimulus money, you had to use a certified EHR.

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Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 28, 2024

They serve as intermediaries, facilitating the secure and efficient exchange of health data between different systems and organisations. This is particularly crucial in the context of healthcare AI, where large datasets are required to train and validate machine learning models.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Each day in healthcare, data becomes more valuable, more useful, and more important to a healthcare organization. It’s easy to see that the future of healthcare rests on the back of data. The problem is that data in and of itself isn’t useful.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 20, 2023

Watch the video to see how First Choice Neurology exploits the integrated data offered by PRISMA inside their eCW EHR. And for an exclusive look at our top stories , subscribe to our newsletter.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Today we are going to focus on the innovative technologies and standards that are currently being employed to make our dreams of a better system of interoperability and data sharing a reality. AI facilitates data integration and analysis, improving clinical decision-making and personalized care.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 6, 2019

The agreement positions it to become the top vendor in the maturing market for patient-generated health data. In early November, news broke that Google parent Alphabet had agreed to acquire wearables maker Fitbit for about $2.1 billion in cash.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This is a big step forward for QHINs who can now start sharing health data. We’ll see how effective it is at solving the healthcare interoperability problem. So, the final HTI-1 rule shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise to readers of Healthcare IT Today.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 23, 2023

clinicians, as estimated by Paul L Wilder, Executive Director of the CommonWell Health Alliance. The alliance was a bold gesture made ten years ago by leading EHR vendors to demonstrate their commitment to data sharing. Many other health IT firms have joined CommonWell since then. Tell us what you think.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 29, 2020

As part of our Healthcare IT 100 in 100, we asked a wide variety of healthcare interoperability experts to chime in on the impact of COVID-19 on healthcare interoperability. Plus, then we asked them how it will impact health data sharing going forward.

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Lloyd Price

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Exec Summary: Ultra Wideband (UWB) impulse radar is emerging as a promising technology for remote monitoring in healthcare. Key Advantages of UWB Impulse Radar in Healthcare: Non-invasive: UWB radar does not require physical contact with the patient, making it less intrusive and more comfortable.

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Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Remote patient monitoring: Telecom companies are developing remote patient monitoring solutions that allow patients to track their health data from home and share it with their healthcare providers. HealthTech Thought Leadership from Nelson Advisors - Industry Insights & Analysis for Founders, Owners & Investors.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 28, 2019

A new survey concludes that many health IT executives are not too familiar with new federal regulations which, among other things, require that patients have more access to their health records and forbid providers from hampering health data sharing across networks.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2023

Requests are then electronically communicated directly to the provider organization’s EHRs and other systems. The specific, requested data is intelligently pulled from the provider organization’s systems to fulfill the request—including over 200+ EHRs using MRO’s proprietary technology.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2024

Health data should be protected by a similar assessment requirement for health plans and providers to receive federal funds. Lastly, most healthcare IT expenditure over the last ten years has been focused on digitizing patient records, and investment in cybersecurity capability has lagged other industries.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 5, 2024

In a fast-paced exchanged with John Lynn of Healthcare IT Today, Rucker covers regulations and evolving data exchange standards that foster interoperability and data analytics. Don Rucker, MD, chief strategy officer at 1upHealth , shows us in this video how current regulations and FHIR standards will actually make that happen.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

To help, we reached out to our talented Healthcare IT Today Community and asked them: what emerging technologies in Health IT are currently shaping the landscape, and how do they contribute to improved patient outcomes and healthcare delivery ? The AI actively guides conversations, ensuring compliance.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Lifepoint Health turned to  Clinical Architecture to ensure the data migration was done in a way that protected and improved the quality of the data which included integrating data from various EHRs across 60 facilities and mapping the data to a common standard. What Tell us what you think.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2024

For data to be truly useful, it must be transformed into actionable insights. While a platform that provides access to health data is beneficial, an interventional analytics platform that connects data to relevant interventions is far more impactful and seems crucial for achieving results like those seen in the study.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 6, 2024

Telehealth Telehealth (or telemedicine) covers any aspect of healthcare where services are relayed or implemented via telecommunications technology. It includes remote voice or video appointments, text messages between physicians and patients, and securely transmitting health data to facilitate treatment.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 18, 2023

Healthcare IT Today had the opportunity to chat with Marcus Perez, President at Altera Digital Health , at the HIMSS23 conference. We wanted to get his perspective on the pain points healthcare organizations are facing and how Altera is working to address them. Tell us what you think.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

One of the biggest networks for sharing health data in the country is CommonWell Health Alliance. Learn more about CommonWell Health Alliance: [link] Learn more about ELLKAY: [link] Listen and subscribe to the Healthcare IT Today Interviews Podcast to hear all the latest insights from experts in healthcare IT.

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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. The Hill Physicians team will be able to better manage payer requirements related to care gaps and report on their HEDIS measures.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 7, 2020

" Elizabeth Lever, Institute for Family Health. Configure additional server and data storage capabilities. Configure the EHR system to assure seamless access to telehealth capabilities so that providers can readily switch between in-person and telehealth visits. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 16, 2020

Whenever you change EHR software, one of the biggest pieces of the project is to figure out how to handle the data that resides in the system (or more often systems) that you’re replacing. Needless to say, there’s a lot that goes into this part of the project. In fact, it really is almost a […].

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

While it may be true that the EHR is the main tool for a clinician, the same is not true for patients. Patient data is stored in a wide variety of systems including a CRM, health system website, secure messaging systems, call center systems, survey systems, mobile apps, iPads in the doctor’s office, kiosks, and much more.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The following is a guest article by Matt Murren, Co-Founder and CEO at True North Modern healthcare groups depend on dozens of vendors, from EHR and other software companies to imaging services and medical device manufacturers. This wave of venture capital crested in 2021, according to Rock Health’s Market Insights Report.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

After years of evolving and struggling to find a solid business model, HIEs have finally found a reasonably secure place in the healthcare system. The thing is, the job they’ve learned to do – serving as an exchange point for any and all data coming their way – may already be outmoded, according to Claudia […].

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