Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Healthcare IT News spoke with Ford to discuss what it is about cancer care that lends itself well to telemedicine, how integrating electronic-reported outcomes with the electronic health record helps the whole virtual oncology effort, and much more. Communication between patient and clinician is critical during this journey.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Healthcare IT News recently compiled a comprehensive list of these vendors with detailed descriptions. The direct-to-consumer platform allowed Cincinnati Children's Hospital to address a problem it was seeing with access to telehealth – the ability for a patient to initiate a telehealth visit request for a minor illness or injury.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2023

Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are the central technology pillar for healthcare organizations. EHRs are vital to both clinical and administrative operations. Because of that, we wanted to dedicate an entire article to where EHRs are headed in 2023. What is your prediction for the EHR market in 2023?

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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 News - Telehealth

APRIL 18, 2022

Patient experience and access, along with provider efficiency, were areas Baptist wanted to improve – to ensure the virtual tools it had were helping to meet its overall goals around care delivery, and to ensure it was providing innovative quality care to meet community needs. THE PROBLEM. MARKETPLACE. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Phreesia , a leader in patient intake, outreach, and activation, is pleased to announce it has acquired Access eForms , an innovative electronic forms management and automation provider that helps hospitals across the country streamline workflows, improve compliance, and deliver a better patient experience.

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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.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 24, 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 Today

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Telemynd , a leading behavioral health practice, has integrated its CharmHealth EHR with the Salesforce CRM platform to scale its delivery from coast-to-coast. The combined tech stack offers smooth patient experiences, more personalized care, and streamlined clinical workflows. So, they designed their platform with that in mind.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 26, 2024

Leading organizations (the Mayo Clinic is mentioned in particular) use data to measure patient experience and ask whether employees are “living your values.” Online data collection, particularly when done through patient portals, are more productive. Tell us what you think.

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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 kick this episode off by sharing what the experience was like at Epic UGM. We publish a new Healthcare IT Today podcast every ~2 weeks. We kick this episode off by sharing what the experience was like at Epic UGM.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 25, 2022

With this acquisition, TouchMD combined with Nextech’s platform enhances both the digital and in-person patient experience and clinical experience for specialty practices. Together we can make it easier than ever before to work with patients and create great, meaningful experiences.”.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 11, 2020

" By directly integrating video conferencing within the athenaOne EHR, the company says it hopes to streamline patient and provider experience. " Nurses can complete patient intake through the EHR and then initiate a so-called virtual handoff to practitioners. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

"About three-and-a-half years ago, we were looking to further scale our business across myriad, diverse markets, and were searching for a cloud-based EHR for multiple reasons," said Scott Parks, president and co-founder of CareTeam. " Additionally, CareTeam places a heavy focus on addressing patients' whole health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Much like the rest of the healthcare industry, at the start of the pandemic, the patient load was overwhelming. "Virtual care required a recast in strategy to address interoperability, patient experience, provider experience and cost," said Gerard Frunzi, director of virtual care at Centura Health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

According to a survey released Tuesday by the COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition, the majority of physicians and other qualified healthcare professionals say telehealth is positively influencing clinical outcomes, patient experience, cost and professional satisfaction. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2020

In the meantime, here are some of the most-read Healthcare IT News stories of 2020 so far. Comparing 11 top telehealth platforms: Company execs tout quality, safety, EHR integrations. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication. Telemedicine during COVID-19: Benefits, limitations, burdens, adaptation. Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 4, 2021

I recently tweeted out a link to my article about Not All EHR Being Created Equal with some important comments about bad workflows and how many EHR users just think they’re “normal.” ” As social media is known to do, Martin A.

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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

MARCH 12, 2024

Interoperability is game-changing not just in a clinical setting, but it holds tremendous potential for healthcare’s financial stakeholders as well. A seamless transfer of data in the revenue cycle process results in optimal reimbursement, reduced administrative costs, and fewer surprises for patients. Tell us what you think.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 16, 2020

” Initially, Miller used temporarily approved telehealth-modalities that were allowed due to COVID-19, and found that many of the setups were cumbersome for both the patient and the provider. The experience was often frustrating. But then his EHR vendor, athenahealth, recently launched athenaTelehealth. MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

"Quickly, Yosi Health engineers were able to leverage our existing EHR integration into a new integration with a HIPAA-compliant telemedicine platform," he continued. "If the pandemic has taught us anything, it's that we, as healthcare providers, need to up our games in terms of the patient experience," Merok advised.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

And in an era where over six billion people have smartphones, incorporating the tool in healthcare makes sense. The following article shows four practical use cases for QR codes within the healthcare IT landscape. Managing Medical Equipment Healthcare facilities use a diverse range of equipment to deliver effective care to patients.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The following is a guest article by Scott Heatherly, Vice President of Sales and Partnerships at Amenities Health Patient registration is a crucial first step in engaging with a healthcare facility, serving as the gateway to all subsequent interactions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 7, 2020

“The Caregility UHE platform would allow us to immediately integrate telehealth into our Epic EHR platform and quickly roll out virtual visits to clinicians and patients. Healthcare IT News recently compiled a comprehensive list of these vendors with detailed descriptions. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 18, 2024

It was an awful experience for me as a patient and no doubt for them to have to review 3 different sets of forms. While not every office is this disorganized, the patient experience when it comes to clipboards and patient forms has a lot to be desired at many healthcare organizations.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 7, 2021

Having written about EMR and EHR software for 15 years, it’s amazing to think how far we’ve come. Then, the HITECH Act provided $36 billion of stimulus money and required EHR […]. When I first started writing about EMR software, we were also talking about putting high speed internet and wifi into the office as well.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Okta is currently integrated with a number of EHRs including Epic, allowing automatic onboarding, offboarding, and role changes for both staff and patients. Learn more about Okta: [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

JULY 9, 2024

Most records that come in from other institutions arrive as faxes—even other clinical sites that use EHRs. In fact, the growing use of EHRs has increased the burden of faxing, because sending documents using this method is so easy and reliable. But the health care field as a whole has not made such intrepid advances.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2024

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Our first of recent several questions for the Healthcare IT Today focused on a thorny issue. Read more… Fast EHR and ERP Deployments at St.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

It is currently offered in ambulatory settings and integrates with major EHRs. Shashank points out that physician productivity, which means reducing administrative burdens, has become a pressing concern for healthcare institutions in the wake of burnout and resignations. Tell us what you think.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

To achieve their goal, they are proactively streamlining internal processes and optimizing their EHR to reduce physician workload. The result is more personalized encounters and improved patient experiences. We are making sure to get all the relevant patient information from hospitals and other providers,” explained de Vries.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 24, 2022

“As ThedaCare continues our commitment to reinventing health care, partnerships like this will speed up our vision of becoming a leader in population health, remaining focused on the patient, and empowering each person to live their unique, best life.”. Qventus is an AI-based SaaS solution purpose-built for care operations automation.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Prasad says that Yosi Health has solved the self-scheduling problem, offering an “airline check-in experience,” by integrating in real time with EHRs and other systems. They also analyze the questions asked by staff to recreate them in the self-scheduling software. Tell us what you think.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Of course, here at Healthcare IT Today we were particularly interested in how they were using Yosi Health to administer these screenings along with improving the patient experience. First, patients prefer filling out electronic forms at their convenience much more than paper forms on a clipboard in the office.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 23, 2024

A year ago, eClinicalWorks made a big investment in AI, adding it to dozens of modules in their cloud EHR. At both Summits, the company announced bold plans to add Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities to numerous areas of their cloud EHR. eClinicalWorks is a supporter of Healthcare Scene. That investment is paying off.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 1, 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. Research Half of U.S.

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