Healthcare IT Today

MAY 30, 2024

A recent survey found 75% of patients prefer online scheduling options versus calling, as they are able to navigate their own schedule on their own terms. This brings up the third pitfall of the digitized healthcare experience: strenuous forms limiting time for patients and doctors.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Today, most health IT leaders seem sold on the potential healthcare AI deployment can offer, as its benefits are becoming clearer every day. It’s becoming almost a no-brainer to believe that AI can do great things for the practice of predictive analytics, for example.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 19, 2023

SDoH in the Field Two examples of clinical institutions putting SDoH to use today are the Medical Home Network (MHN) of Chicago and One Brooklyn Health. On their first round of outreach, 366 completed surveys were received out of a total 4,200 patients enrolled from an array of different locations within the system.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 30, 2023

A report by Moody’s labeled the healthcare industry as “cyber poor,” saying it needs to increase security investments to effectively protect patient data. Healthcare systems in the U.S. A recent Salesforce survey of 400 U.S. are under tremendous financial strain.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 26, 2024

To build effective SDOH strategies, payers and providers must leverage technology such as artificial intelligence (predictive and GenAI) to integrate diverse data from both public and private sources, including assessments, surveys, and social media.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 21, 2024

Ubie Incorporates Survey Input into AI Model Development The AI Symptom Checker from Ubie , a Japanese firm, is a fairly typical application of AI in health. Example of accepting patient feedback. ” Warmuth says, “We use post-visit surveys as well as the message score to identify conversations that could be improved. .”

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The following is a guest article by Pete Heydt, President at Patient Pay Ninety-five percent of healthcare leaders expect outpatient volumes to increase, with many anticipating increases of 10% or more this year, a recent survey found.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

"For example, a patient having trouble launching the video product on a computer could then be texted a direct link to a smartphone for a successful telemedicine visit," he added. Healthcare IT News published a special report highlighting many of these vendors with detailed descriptions of their products.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Stretched out led to stretched thin, meaning that more healthcare workers got burnt-out and quit as well. We reached out to our Healthcare IT Today community to hear their thoughts on physician burnout and the healthcare staffing crisis and see what solutions they had. So how do we get out of this cycle?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 12, 2021

This is the latest in Healthcare IT News' series of feature stories on lessons learned during the COVID-19 era. An EHR was considered one of the biggest investments a healthcare organization could make five to 10 years ago, but when it comes to return on investment, Shah is not sure an EHR is the best example.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Maria Gil, Data-Tech-AI Partner, Consumer and Healthcare at Genpact , emphasizes the importance of teaching financial literacy. A company survey showed it to be the service most desired by health plan clients. They supplement that interview with surveys and assessments.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 21, 2021

Even while the pandemic continues, healthcare provider organizations have begun to stabilize these infrastructures and revisit the technologies and workflows deployed earlier in the crisis and turn them into standard practices. How can telehealth and remote patient monitoring technologies help support chronic and acute care anywhere?

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 22, 2023

In 2022, only 12% of US adults surveyed said healthcare was handled ‘extremely’ or ‘very’ well. Patient care frustration can pose very real financial risks for healthcare brands: satisfied patients are 28% less likely to switch providers, highlighting the importance of addressing their needs to improve patient retention.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 26, 2022

We reached out to the Healthcare IT Community to hear their thoughts on the digital front door and how it has already transformed healthcare. Too little do we take a look at the work that has already been done in this field to examine the impact it has already had. So that is what we will be doing today. This is what they had to say.

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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 ? It requires careful verification—not blind reliance on AI-generated content.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 18, 2021

"Telehealth is a great example," he said. " The example of telehealth highlights the importance of advocacy at multiple levels of government to simplify the complex regulations that make it such a challenge to use the technologies that are prevalent in so many other fields of business, he insisted.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 17, 2023

According to a recent survey by Bain & Company , healthcare leaders see the biggest short-term opportunities of generative AI in reducing the administrative burden on their staff and enhancing operational efficiencies. We are already seeing many promising developments in this direction.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Plus, Glaser pointed out how CIOs and other staff have more on their plate than ever just like others in other industries (he used teachers as an example). No matter what role you have in healthcare, there’s the reality that you have more on your plate now than you did previously. . — John Lynn (@techguy) November 9, 2022.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 15, 2024

That focus on innovation in healthcare continues, driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI), with the Global Generative AI in Healthcare Market expected to be worth $17.2 According to BSI’s recent Trust in AI Poll , which surveyed 10,000 adults across nine countries, including the U.S., billion by 2032.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

She is a member of the clinical leadership at Done, a platform that connects patients with psychiatric board-certified medical professionals for services including online video consultations , diagnosis, care team support and prescription delivery. What does this mean for mental healthcare this year? Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 2024

This, coupled with national healthcare worker shortages, means that healthcare workers are feeling heightened patient volumes and stress levels. Many healthcare organizations use AI-powered automation to support their employees, increase positive patient outcomes, and decrease administrative workloads.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2024

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. Threat actors know healthcare is a prime target for extortion and target them accordingly.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 24, 2023

While EHRs deliver valuable benefits to patient outcomes and the healthcare industry, they are often cited as a drag on clinician productivity. Examples of the most common inbound requests to help desks include workflow optimization, user configuration, and after-hours availability for support.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 16, 2023

Considering these challenges, it is no surprise that McKinsey’s 2022 State of Customer Care Survey found that ensuring a great customer experience is a top priority for surveyed customer care leaders. Work to develop a concrete plan that includes your future vision, specific goals, and leadership expectations.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 26, 2023

Erica Barnell, MD, PhD, Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer at Geneoscopy Women comprise 70% of the healthcare workforce and 59% of medical, biomedical, and health sciences graduates, yet are the minority at leadership levels — holding only 25% of senior executive roles. for those without female leadership. According to U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 19, 2024

The repercussions of healthcare breaches are far-reaching, encompassing financial losses, reputational damage, and legal liabilities for affected organizations. The Ponemon Institute reveals that more than 20% of surveyed healthcare provider organizations report increased patient mortality rates following cyberattacks.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 13, 2024

To help you see what challenges, ethical concerns , and pessimistic views surround AI integration, we reached out to our insightful Healthcare IT Today Community and the following is what they had to share on this subject. Aasim Saeed, CEO at Amenities Health Unfortunately, I’m very skeptical about AI in healthcare.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

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. Many people reading this are probably wondering why a healthcare organization’s CRM doesn’t do this already.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 7, 2024

This is why implementing advanced technologies and automation into healthcare is crucial for your staff’s and your organization’s wellbeing. So what does that look like for revenue cycle management? This is an area where automation is in high demand, coupled with skepticism around compliance.

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Mobile Health Matters

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

For other industries, customer feedback surveys and Likert scales at the end of a project may be effective means of measuring satisfaction. In healthcare, this type of qualitative feedback is often too little too late. IT vendors need to evaluate the customer’s perception of the product and its value at each stage of integration.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 12, 2024

In a field as personal and as important as healthcare, it is vital that we are giving our patients the best experience possible. But with how often healthcare changes, it can be tricky to stay up to date and know what to focus on. If you look at the gap, 80% of rural residents don’t have access to specialty care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Health system leadership directed the implementation of the on-demand digital experience for consumers during the height of the pandemic to present immediate value to the community. For example, patients with cancer during the pandemic needed continued care management. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2023

In a health data quality survey of 83 healthcare professionals, conducted by Clinical Architecture, SDoH quality came out at the bottom of seven types of data they rated (pages 14, 24). Many organizations are issuing patient surveys using the Protocol for Responding to and Assessing Patients’ Assets, Risks and Experiences (PRAPARE).

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 4, 2023

One annual survey found that 53% of physicians say they are burnt out, and in 2018, that figure was 42%. Unless a product is developed by a healthcare organization for that healthcare organization, each hospital and practice has its own unique set of needs and priorities to address. Here’s how.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. With healthcare professionals working longer hours and dealing with increased workloads, patient experience has fallen to the wayside.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The organization achieved better population coverage by including non-traditional data sources to represent underserved populations that may not be adequately represented in surveys or marketing data sources. These problems must be addressed outside the visit, in advance.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

A recent survey of healthcare executives found that among the top initiatives of providers, payers, pharma, and medtech, included creating efficiencies and reducing costs , as well as improving business functions across the organization.

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