Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 6, 2024

Electronic Health Records (EHRs) were designed to streamline operations and improve coordination across healthcare systems. And while EHRs have largely benefited the organizations that have adopted them, data accuracy is still a point of concern. Data entry is still fraught with human error.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 28, 2025

The following is a guest article by Andrea Hopkins , Chief Information Security Officer at Juno Health Think about whats in your own health records for a moment: your name, address, Social Security number, insurance informationnot to mention diagnoses. Training Help staff learn by doing.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 27, 2023

I have also seen HIPAA training courses that don’t educate staff that HIPAA lives on and protects health information for 50 years after a patient dies. While there is no mention of criminal charges in the DCH Health Systems notice, this incident might be being investigated for criminal intent. retained for 6 years.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The 21 st Century Cures Act codifies immediate access to health information for patients. There is little value for patients to access health information they cannot understand. A typical radiology report contains a lot of medical jargon and data that can be misinterpreted easily by those without medical training.

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Digital Health Global

AUGUST 9, 2023

These summaries can then be seamlessly integrated into electronic health record (EHR) systems, streamlining the documentation process. As a result of this transparency, physicians are able to review clinical notes meticulously before they are entered into the EHR, minimizing the risk of errors.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 20, 2023

When the sector is set to face shortages of between 37,800 and 124,000 physicians by 2034, generative AI could alleviate administrative work, such as summarizing patient calls and managing electronic health records (EHRs), to allow medical staff to focus on improving patient care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2021

By contrast, there are HIPAA-compliant ways to use texting to convey information to patients. "There are many use cases that don't include [protected health information] that will get way higher compliance." "If there is an opportunity to eliminate friction, take it," he said.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Seeking health information online along with researching other patients’ perspectives on doctors are now as common as booking dinner reservations and reading restaurant reviews, based on Rock Health’s latest health consumer survey, Beyond Wellness for the Healthy: Digital Health Consumer Adoption 2018.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 27, 2023

About Verisma With Verisma® services and technology, health information managers elevate their organization’s method of securely disclosing confidential information to patients, attorneys, and other third parties. ScanSTAT is a proud partner to some of the industry’s best electronic health record (EHR) systems.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 3, 2023

News and Studies The 2023 Fierce Healthcare Innovation Awards have been announced, and the winners are GoodRx, Hinge Health, ISeeYouCare, PointClickCare, and Ventric Health. Only 40% of healthcare organizations said their EHRs are good at managing clinical burnout , according to a recent report from MGMA and Laserfiche.

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Lloyd Price

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

digital literacy training, user-friendly interfaces) Workflow integration: How do you seamlessly integrate telehealth into existing clinical workflows? Methodology (Queen): Data quality and bias: How do you ensure the AI is trained on diverse and representative datasets to avoid bias and ensure accurate results across different populations?

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 14, 2023

Furthermore, the transition to electronic health records (EHRs) has reinforced the need for tightened identity and access management processes. By creating a security awareness program, IT administrators can prioritize continued education and training on the importance of information security and handling patient data.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 6, 2025

David Lareau, CEO at Medicomp Systems 2025 will mark a critical shift from AI experimentation to standardization in clinical settings, with healthcare organizations implementing strict validation protocols to ensure AI tools are trained on real patient data rather than synthetic datasets.

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TheraNest

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Recent technology advancements, like EHRs, have produced numerous benefits for both providers and clients, including faster intake, accessing documents and bills through the client portal, and enhanced collaboration among healthcare professionals. If they dont know about it, they wont use it.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 13, 2024

Director at NTT DATA On February 8, 2024, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability (HTI-1) Final Rule in the Federal Register, which took effect on March 11, 2024. The following is a guest article by Nitin Kunte, Sr.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Sriram Rajagopalan , Enterprise Agile Evangelist at Inflectra Today’s most significant risk regarding security and privacy issues in health services is consumers’ need for more awareness of personal health information. What do I mean? So, I recommend the steps below, urging all patients to practice extreme care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 18, 2022

NETCCN is a virtual health project designed to address the shortage of critical care trained clinicians. Where there are no ICU beds, there are no critical care trained clinicians. And even where there are ICUs, especially during surge situations, there are not enough of the right kinds of trained clinicians.

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Lloyd Price

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Data Privacy and Security: Robust security measures to protect sensitive health information. Data Privacy and Security: Implementing robust security measures to protect sensitive health information. One trend that is likely to continue is the integration of patient portals with electronic health record (EHR) systems.

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Health Blawg

DECEMBER 25, 2017

I spoke recently with Dr. Rob Lamberts – @doc_rob on Twitter – about EHRs and direct primary care. Rob was an early adopter of electronic health records in his practice, after having been exposed to EHRs during his training.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 14, 2023

The underlying theme of AHIMA’s annual conference was that health information management professionals are both encouraged and frustrated at the state of the industry , Colin Hung reported from Baltimore. Read more… To Drive Value, EHRs Need to Be Usable, Not Just Useful.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Unite can access patient records from over 12,000 health systems, thanks to the 21st Century Cures Act and its mandate that healthcare providers provide patients with access to their records. The platform can import more than 1500+ EHR data elements, according to Unite's website.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2024

On the clinical side, this can include analyzing data from patients’ EHRs to provide decision support interventions , which is a term introduced by the U.S. hours per day beyond work hours completing EHR documentation. On average, physicians spent 1.84 That adds up to 9.2 hours spent each week on work outside of the workday.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The following is a guest article by Pukar Hamal, Founder and CEO at SecurityPal While Electronic Health Records (EHRs) have made managing data easier, they’ve also become a prime target for cybercriminals. million, almost double the average across other sectors.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 20, 2024

Detlef Koll, Vice President Global R&D at 3M Health Information Systems Individual users will need to be diligent in reviewing draft notes to avoid incorrect or incomplete capture of information. Without proper oversight and reviews, overreliance on this technology could lead to incorrect prescriptions and treatments.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 20, 2019

There is also a big push for increasing a patient’s autonomy around their personal health information and the access they have to it, especially via personal devices which are likely to be used in the future to communicate directly with providers, if they aren’t already. FHIR and APIs.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Despite the promising advancements, health systems still face hurdles in fully harnessing the potential of digital health. Financial pressures and the difficulty of meaningful integration into EHRs can limit access to these technologies.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Fourteen professional healthcare, life science, and consumer organizations formed the Digital Health Collaborative to advance evidence and value in digital health technology. A survey published in JAMIA found 73% of digital health vendors are using standards-based FHIR APIs when integrating with EHR systems.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

However, adopting and implementing poorly designed electronic health records (EHRs) has diminished the time available to clinicians to lay hands and eyes on patients – essentially, limiting their ability to do the jobs they were trained, hired and personally driven to do.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2024

They handle data like protected health information (PHI), intellectual property (IP), clinical trial data and payment card data, giving attackers many options to cash in, and healthcare is a critical infrastructure industry that can be hardest hit by ransomware attacks. Conduct cybersecurity training for employees.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 7, 2020

“In mid-March, as soon as New York’s Governor issued the stay-at-home order, the institute’s leadership, clinicians, health information technology staff, clinical operations staff and communications staff worked to rapidly develop and deploy basic telehealth functionality across our organization,” Lever recalled.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Some of these vendors include Telemetrix for remote patient monitoring, Apple for technology used during COVID, Epic's EHR for a fully integrated virtual care system, and Tyto for the health system's "doc-in-a-box" program.

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Lloyd Price

DECEMBER 21, 2024

Privacy concerns: Patients may have concerns about the privacy of their health information when communicating through text messages. Provider Training: Widespread training programs will equip healthcare providers with the necessary skills and knowledge to effectively utilise text-based platforms.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

AUGUST 17, 2024

Telehealth, in particular, allows patients to receive medical consultations, follow-ups, and mental health services from the comfort of their homes. According to the Rural Health Information Hub , telehealth services can reduce transportation issues and improve the quality, safety, and effectiveness of rural healthcare.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 21, 2020

The goal was – and still is – preventing costly duplicate healthcare expenses and taking better, more informed care of patients. “LANES’ data repository comprises lab results, radiology diagnostics, procedures, transcription notes, allergies, immunizations, vitals, prescriptions and ADT information.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 16, 2022

Epic has plans to join TEFCA as an inaugural Qualified Health Information Network. Read more… Virtual Reality as a Tool in Medical Training. John talked to Osso VR co-founder Justin Barad and orthopedic surgeon Cory Calendine, MD about the key role of VR in training surgeons.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

"Working with psychologists and therapists who are specially trained in GI conditions and gut-brain interventions is critical, but access to these specialists locally is rare – and usually comes with a high out-of-pocket burden for patients," Pavlou said.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

But when dealing with all of the many things that providers do and the highly important health information about patients, something as simple as selecting a communication platform becomes a very tricky situation. How do you maintain the security and privacy of your patient’s health information as cyberattacks continue to climb?

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