Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

For the 133rd episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast we are talking about ambient clinical voice ! Lastly, we wrap the episode up by talking about how EHR vendors should be approaching ambient clinical voice and what it would mean for them. How should EHR vendors be approaching ambient clinical voice?

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 19, 2021

In just the last month, we have two new CEOs of two of the largest EHR vendors in the industry. The news came out today that Cerner was appointing David Feinberg, MD as President and CEO of Cerner. Dr. Feinberg will also be a member of the Board of Directors with William Zollars as independent […].

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 31, 2024

The following is a guest article by Jill Casper, Go-Live Director at HCTec Each year, health systems invest millions of dollars in their Electronic Health Records (EHR) and applications to leverage their full potential. While all these statements are true, we exist to help reduce the complexities and stress that comes with an EHR transition.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 13, 2024

One of the hottest topics in healthcare and particularly at the HIMSS 2024 conference is ambient clinical voice. We haven’t seen this much universal interest in a health IT product since the government offered $36 billion in stimulus money for EHR software. Plus, we dive into the important topic of EHR integration.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 5, 2020

For the 46th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re talking about the battle for telehealth. More specifically, we’re talking about EHR vendors entrance into telehealth and third party telehealth vendors. In this episode we dive into the telehealth battle between EHR vendors and 3rd party telehealth vendors.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 11, 2024

In this extensive discussion, these leaders explain the elements of a successful partnership that implemented a new EHR, ERP system, and patient portal in about nine months. They started by installing an Oracle ERP system, then an Epic EHR along with the Epic portal, MyChart. Barnabas Hospital in the South Bronx, New York City.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 26, 2022

One thing I’ve learned in 16 years writing about health IT and particularly focused on EMR (now EHR if you prefer), is that the EHR still impacts so many things in the life of a clinician. Yes, hospitals and health systems have 1000s of health IT solutions that they have to manage, upgrade, secure, etc. […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Urgently Ortho in San Francisco, California, had an overarching goal: to create a tech-enabled orthopedic urgent care facility that provided a seamless patient experience using technology that could scale with leadership’s growth ambitions. ” Most hospital EHRs did not offer a great patient experience. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 29, 2024

They do ask callers to distinguish between regular service and the “clinical service desk,” which mostly helps people use the EPIC EHR. UI Health switched its EHR to EPIC in 2020, planning to do intensive training for service desk workers after the switch. It can better scale up and down to handle 24/7 services.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 24, 2023

Acquisition Expands Optimum’s Cloud Services Team and Capabilities Optimum Healthcare IT , a Best in KLAS healthcare IT staffing and consulting services company, announced today that it has acquired eCloud Managed Solutions. We’re excited to welcome the eCloud team and to continue providing expert cloud services for our clients.”

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 1, 2023

For the 113th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast , we are dusting off the crystal balls we haven’t touched since 2021 for another round of Hit or Miss! AmazonCare EHR APIs In-person Health IT conferences Now, without further ado, we’re excited to share with you the next episode of the Healthcare IT Today podcast.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 27, 2022

Yesterday we shared 6 EHR optimization tips with you. Today, we’re going to look at the ecosystem of technology that interacts with the EHR and makes the EHR experience better (or worse if done wrong).

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 28, 2022

Healthcare Performance Group, Inc. HPG), which has provided industry-leading consulting expertise for EHR technology since 2002, announced today that it acquired Health Data Specialists, LLC (HDS). We’re extremely excited to join this partnership, and we know our clients and teammates who are joining HPG are in great hands.”.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 2, 2023

For the 124th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast , we are mixing together some of the recent health IT news with previews of some upcoming conferences to make our own little health IT potpourri! Now, without further ado, we’re excited to share with you the next episode of the Healthcare IT Today podcast.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

In the interview below, we talk about Rackspace’s entry into the Epic EHR hosting and some of what it takes to host Epic properly. Check out our interview with Rackspace to learn more about their work hosting Epic in the cloud and their efforts to provide a resilient infastructure for healthcare applications.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

For the 108th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast , we decided to mix things up. Regular listeners will know that last episode we talked about Generative AI (ChatGPT being one example) in healthcare. We asked ChatGPT the following question “ Can you come up with 4 questions for a podcast on healthcare IT (technology)?

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

For the 102nd episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast , we are diving into digital transformation. EHR companies? Healthcare Startups? Now, without further ado, we’re excited to share with you the next episode of the Healthcare IT Today podcast. We publish a new Healthcare IT Today podcast every ~2 weeks.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

For the 123rd episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast , we are discussing the recent Epic UGM and Civitas Conferences! Now, without further ado, we’re excited to share with you the next episode of the Healthcare IT Today podcast. We publish a new Healthcare IT Today podcast every ~2 weeks. Thanks so much for listening!

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Most of the measured contributors to burnout have become less prevalent than they were at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new Provider Burnout and the EHR Experience report from the KLAS Arch Collaborative. "Providers also were less likely to report feeling burned out," the KLAS researchers found.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

For the 101st episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast , we are doing another episode of everyone’s favorite buy or sell! EHR Vendor analytics solutions will make analytics vendors obsolete. We have reached the low point in terms of healthcare conference attendance. We publish a new Healthcare IT Today podcast every ~2 weeks.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 4, 2023

This familiar scene exemplifies the unnecessary burdens traditional EHRs have placed on providers, patients, and the overall healthcare system. As a former ER physician and current digital health professional, I’ve dealt with these challenges firsthand—and see the enormous potential EHRs hold to change care experiences for the better.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

For the 149th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast we are talking about the recent Epic UGM Conference ! We publish a new Healthcare IT Today podcast every ~2 weeks. Along with the popular podcasting platforms above, you can Subscribe to Healthcare IT Today on YouTube. Thanks so much for listening!

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

To help out, we reached out to our amazing Healthcare IT Today Community to see which healthcare regulations they foresee having a big impact on healthcare IT. Healthcare IT systems, especially EHRs, played a key role in supporting documentation with the use of macros, smart phrases, and templates.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 29, 2022

For the 38th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we sat down with Rusty Yeager, Senior VP and CIO at Encompass Health. This time we’re taking a look into EHR strategies and their standardization on the Oracle Cerner solution. Talk about your decision to roll out a standardized EHR across your organization.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

While at the CHIME 2019 Fall Forum conference in Phoenix, AZ, I had a great chance to sit in on one of the CIO focus groups at the event hosted by Optimum Healthcare IT. The session discussed a wide variety of topics including EHR optimization, EHR training, and other related topics. While listening to these […].

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 2, 2023

Most Visited Healthcare IT Resource Pages. Healthcare IT and EHR Conferences and Events. Healthcare GIS. Most Visited Healthcare IT Today Articles Published in 2022. Plus, it illustrates how much the EHR still impacts so many in health IT. 4 Reasons Why 5G and Healthcare Make Sense.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 19, 2023

For Suncoast Community Health Centers, moving to a cloud-based EHR was a no-brainer. With careful planning, cross-department collaboration, and help from their EHR partner, eClinicalWorks, the migration to the cloud was seamless. Our servers couldn’t keep up, especially because we were not just running the eClinicalWorks EHR.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

EHR migrations are becoming more common as many healthcare organizations switch EHRs or choose to upgrade to a new version of their EHR. That was the situation Magnolia Regional Health Center found themselves in when they migrated to a new version of the MEDITECH EHR.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 31, 2021

This week’s chat will be hosted by John Lynn (@techguy) from @hcitoday on the topic “EHR Wish List.” ” While the EHR market is quite mature and we don’t see new EHR implementations happening a lot, […].

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 12, 2021

For the 66th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re talking about some of the recent Health IT Truths and Rumors. Private equity is getting more […] For the 66th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re talking about some of our favorite Health IT Truths and Rumors. Private Equity is gobbling up all of healthcare.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 7, 2020

In the nearly 15 years that we’ve been writing about EHR and health IT here at Healthcare IT Today, one of the most interesting topics we cover is pharma advertising inside an EHR or other health IT software product. It’s a topic that will likely never disappear since Pharma has a lot of money to […].

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 21, 2023

For the 121st episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast , we are taking a little inspiration from TikTok’s Adventures In Aardia. We publish a new Healthcare IT Today podcast every ~2 weeks. Along with the popular podcasting platforms above, you can Subscribe to Healthcare IT Today on YouTube. Thanks so much for listening!

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 4, 2022

For the 98th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast , we’re joined by a special guest host, Anders Brown, Managing Director at Tegria. It was awesome to be able to sit down with Anders Brown to get his first hand experiences dealing with the topic we are discussing in this episode: healthcare’s inflection point and the way forward.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Before I dive into the specifics of these new requirements from CMS, let’s consider what this means for EHR vendors: more work and increased investment on top of what’s waiting when the next regulatory shoe drops. Both will require EHRs to redevelop different aspects of their roadmap simultaneously. And then what?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Aligning new technology and features with the Epic EHR has created more effective telehealth care pathways, Frunzi explained. Healthcare IT News published a special report highlighting many of these vendors with detailed descriptions of their products. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 24, 2020

As part of our ongoing series of telehealth interviews with EHR vendors, we’re excited to share our interview with Baha Zeidan, Co-founder and CEO of Azalea Health. In this series, we talk with EHR vendors to better understand how they’re approaching telehealth. If […].

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 19, 2020

While many EHR projects were put on hold or at least slowed down during COVID-19, we’re starting to see many of these projects revving back up. Just because COVID-19 happened doesn’t mean it changed the fact that many healthcare organizations need to upgrade and switch out their EHR software or consolidate onto one EHR.

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