Health Data, Health Information and Patient Experience

BluByrd and DrChrono Deliver Seamless Staff and Patient Experiences for Source Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The refinements to their DrChrono system have allowed the team at Source Healthcare to spend less time on administrative tasks and more time on improving patient experience. For example, when a clinic or healthcare facility refers a patient to a surgery center for a procedure, the patients health information needs to be transferred.

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Clinician Burnout – Lessons from BDO’s Clinician Experience Survey for Patient Experience and Primary Care

Health Populi

OCTOBER 30, 2023

T he 2023 BDO Clinician Experience Survey “takes on” clinician burnout, connecting the strategic dots between the clinician experience and the patient experience. Clinicians’ feeling burnout is the top morale challenge facing U.S.

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CyncHealth Optimizes Health Data Sharing to Enhance the Patient Experience

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

As health data sharing continues to evolve, the mere collection of patient data is no longer sufficient; it’s imperative that the data collected have tangible value for overburdened clinicians increasingly being requested to gather more data. Alderman also talked about several prominent use cases.

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Bridging Innovation & Patient Care: The Growing Role of AI

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The Digital Transformation of Patients – Update from Rock Health and Stanford

Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

The first chart illustrates consumers’ use of digital health tools, showing that online health information and online provider reviews. But the big growth areas were for live video telemedicine, wearable tech, and digital health tracking. adults polled. adults polled. In 2020, the top tech companies with whom U.S.

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Health Information Security – My Interview with Richard Kaufmann, CISO of Amedisys – Part 1: Origin Stories, the Security Ecosystem, and the Start Line

Health Populi

APRIL 28, 2024

JSK: What’s your origin story with health information security? At Amedisys, we start answering that question by respecting where the data originates from. As a patient moves through the continuum of care, we understand and value that our patients’ experiences are private.

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The Pace of Tech-Adoption Grows Among Older Americans, AARP Finds – But Privacy Concerns May Limit Adoption

Health Populi

JANUARY 28, 2020

Most older Americans would share data collected through a wearable tech device with their health care provider, but a minority (35%) would share that information with a health insurance company. One-third of older people wouldn’t share their health data with any third party at all.

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How Health Data Sharing Impacts How Clinicians Care for Patients

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 22, 2024

As part of their intake process, the team checked Alex’s (a pseudonym) medical history through the hospital’s health information organization and discovered the patient had recently undergone a cardiac surgery at a different hospital; their post-surgical issues had merely mimicked a neurological challenge.

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While Virtual Care is “Table Stakes” in Health Care, Consumers Are Growing More Protective About Data-Sharing

Health Populi

MARCH 18, 2024

health care delivery landscape, patients-as-health care consumers are becoming more savvy and discriminating based on their “maturity” and exposure to various flavors of telehealth. We first note overall that fewer patients, year on year 2021-2023, seem willing to share data with ANY entity.

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A New Health Literacy Pillar: Personal Data Stewardship

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The growing use of APIs in health information technology innovation for patient care has been a boon to speeding development placed in the hands of providers and patients. Using APIs can help drive interoperability and make data “liquid” and useable. Sidebar on “what is an ‘API?’

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How Reframing the Benefit of Interoperability May Be Just What the Doctor Ordered

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 18, 2025

Reframing Interoperability Benefits Interoperability has long been known as a way to improve patient care. When health data can be freely and easily exchanged between providers, doctors can make more informed care decisions, care is faster, waste is reduced, and patient experience is improved.

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At HIMSS22, Microsoft and Salesforce expand their healthcare offerings

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 16, 2022

– Microsoft has announced advancements in cloud technologies for healthcare and life sciences with the general availability of Azure Health Data Services and updates to Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare. The goal of Azure Health Data Services is interoperability that drives better patient outcomes and clinical advances.

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Addressing Health Equity Must Include Digital Equity Beyond Access To Medical Services and Insurance

Health Populi

JUNE 5, 2020

The 21st Century Cures Act emphasizes patients’ control of personal health information. ONC rules issues in March 2020 called for more patient-facing health tools and apps to bolster health consumer engagement and empowerment. But the emergence of the coronavirus in the U.S.

Digital Health

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Open Table for Health: Patients Are Online For Health Search and Physician Reviews

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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Nudging Patients to Use EHRs: Moving Toward a Tipping Point for Consumer Health IT

Health Populi

APRIL 10, 2018

(See the Hot Points , below, for how these patient life-flows are being met by innovative providers both inside and outside the healthcare system). I divulged that my favorite supermarket chain is Wegmans (who is not a client of THINK-Health). .”

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Digital Health Tools, Telemedicine, and Mobile Health Applications: How They’re Enhancing Population Health

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Healthcare is still largely confusing for patients, so making it simpler is a huge driver in improving access to care and the patient experience. Patients, who are often in pain, scared, and medicated, have to stop living their lives to receive care and it’s intrusive.

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Healthcare Information In-Security Is the New Normal

Health Populi

APRIL 30, 2018

Three-fourths of healthcare providers experienced a data breach in 2017, according to the HIMSS 2018 Cybersecurity Survey. Health data insecurity is the new normal. I explain th e current state of cybersecurity and health data insecurity in a new HIMSS blog linked here. You can read the full HIMSS blog here.

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Top 3 Digital Innovations that Transformed Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Patient engagement is the next frontier in healthcare and single-platform patient portals created the digital foundation for this ongoing transformation. Many patients already use patient portals for tasks such as scheduling appointments and requesting prescription refills. Remote Patient Monitoring .

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“Listen to Me:” Personalization in Health Care Starts With Taking Patients’ Voices Seriously – the 15th Beryl Institute-Ipsos PX Pulse Survey

Health Populi

JUNE 27, 2024

Patients’ experience with health care in the U.S. adult consumers’ perspectives defined “patient experience” (PX) as, “The sum of all interactions, shaped by an organization’s culture, that influence patient perceptions across the continuum of care.”

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Health Data Unbound Virtual Conference

E-CareManagement

JUNE 27, 2021

While there have been many events on interoperability and data sharing, what’s unique here is our focus on the BUSINESS rationale for health data sharing. • The bases of competition in healthcare are shifting to competing on quality, cost, and patient experience.

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Health Data Unbound Virtual Conference

E-CareManagement

OCTOBER 19, 2020

While there have been many events on interoperability and data sharing, what’s unique here is our focus on the BUSINESS rationale for health data sharing. • The bases of competition in healthcare are shifting to competing on quality, cost, and patient experience.

Health Data

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Patient Digital Engagement Index: athenahealth research team share insights from 50 Million US patients

Lloyd Price

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The PDEI is a valuable tool for healthcare providers because it can help them understand how their patients are using digital tools. This information can be used to improve the patient experience and make it easier for patients to access care.

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Leveraging the power of digital transformation to enhance patient care and healthcare providers’ performance

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 28, 2023

Digital workflows are helping the clinic create a better patient experience, enhance workforce efficiency and increase access to care across its 46 medical specialties and four facilities. “Managing patients’ health data in one system gives us the opportunity to really support patients to engage in their healthcare.

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Using AI Responsibly and Ethically in Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

AI helps geographically dispersed medical teams (and personnel working in the same building or campus) access patient medical data. When used correctly — with the proper safety precautions in place — AI becomes more than a tool with its ability to augment and support human judgment to enhance the patient experience within healthcare.

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Wearable Tech for Health Tracking, Online Dating and Banking: Exploring the “Fluidity” of Peoples’ Data Privacy Views

Health Populi

OCTOBER 27, 2022

More granularly, most consumers (over two-thirds) were concerned about allowing apps or sites to access their location data, online banking, accepting cookies on sites, creating new accounts on apps or sites, sharing health information with apps or sites, online shopping, paying bills, and so on. Few people in the U.S.

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How Digital Transformation is Moving Patient Care Forward and its Impact on Hospitals

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 10, 2023

In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, what was once the golden standard of optimizing healthcare performance has evolved from the Triple Aim (enhancing the patient experience, improving population health, and lowering costs) into the Quadruple Aim, which factors in the clinician’s well-being.

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OSF deploys care transition program, reduces readmission rate from 29% to 9%

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 24, 2024

This role is pivotal, ensuring these patients receive the focused medical attention they need during their SNF stay." " To support this model, OSF HealthCare implemented virtual care management and patient monitoring systems that allow staff to track critical health data in real time.

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Mission Critical: Utilizing Technology to Advance Healthcare Interoperability

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 2, 2024

The following is a guest article by Dan Torrens , CEO at eHealth Technologies Health information management teams everywhere are constantly doing more, but somehow it always feels like playing catch up. hospitals still rely on fax or mail to send and receive patient records. Notably, between 30 and 47 percent of U.S.

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Health Gorilla and Amwell Announce Expanded Digital Diagnostic Lab Ordering for Clinicians

Digital Health Global

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

With a more connected and efficient digital lab process, Health Gorilla and Amwell reinforce their commitment to accessible hybrid care MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–(BUSINESS Up to 70% of clinical decisions are influenced by laboratory results 1 and approximately 30% of patient encounters result in a provider ordering a lab test 2.

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Quality Data Leads to Better Outcomes, Alignment & Informed Consent at ViVE2023

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 4, 2023

Data Must Lead to Better Outcomes – Divurgent According to Hannah Ellerbee, Chief Customer Officer at Divurgent , health data was a hot topic of discussion in the ViVE2023 exhibit hall. However, what she didn’t hear enough of, was how that data was leading to better outcomes.

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Healthcare 2030: Are We Consumers, CEOs, Health Citizens, or Castaways? 4 Scenarios On the Future of Health Care and Who We Are – Part 2

Health Populi

APRIL 16, 2024

Due to the collective ethos in the community, gun safety has been addressed as a public health issue, and the health care system and employers are committed to assuring cybersecurity and the protection of individuals’ health data.

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Will Technology Cure Americans’ Health Care System Ills? Considering Google and Ascension Health’s Data Deal

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

“Google’s ‘Project Nightingale’ Gathers Personal Health Data on Millions of Americans,” the Wall Street Journal reported in today’s paper and on the WSJ.com website. health care for privacy legislation and work flows that prioritize patient rights over their data.

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HTI-1 Final Rule: Implications for Healthcare Providers – Focus on DSI and Algorithmic Transparency

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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Featured Health IT Job: Data Scientist

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Here’s a description of the position: New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) is a not-for-profit organization working in partnership with the New York State Department of Health to improve healthcare by collaboratively leading, connecting, and integrating health information exchange across the State.

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Featured Health IT Job: Healthcare Data Analyst

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Here’s a description of the position: New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) is a not-for-profit organization working in partnership with the New York State Department of Health to improve healthcare by collaboratively leading, connecting, and integrating health information exchange across the State.

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Weekly Roundup – September 16, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Optimize Health Data Sharing to Enhance the Patient Experience. Simply collecting patient data and giving it to providers isn’t enough any more. Read more… Connect Hospitals and Health Systems to Patient Apps and Health Information.

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What’s on Micky Tripathi’s Wish List? Highlights from #DirectTrustSummit Day 1

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 10, 2021

Micky Tripathi, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at the US Department of Health and Human Services shared his interoperability wish list during his opening keynote at the 2021 Direct Trust Summit. Topping his list was richer information exchange to support advanced payment models.

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Featured Health IT Job: Healthcare Data Analyst

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

Here’s a description of the position: New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) is a not-for-profit organization working in partnership with the New York State Department of Health to improve healthcare by collaboratively leading, connecting, and integrating health information exchange across the State.

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Patient Portals Improve Healthcare Outcomes. So, Why Don’t Patients Use Them?

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2024

The following is a guest article by Oakkar Oakkar, Co-Founder and CEO at Keona Health Imagine a tool that puts your health information right at your fingertips. That’s what patient portals promise – a simple, digital way to access medical records, book appointments, and chat with doctors.

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Does Your Hospital Support Data Blocking?

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

We’re working on a full article about this, but most of you have probably seen that Judy Faulkner and her company, Epic, have asked their customers to send a letter to HHS asking for them to stop the health data blocking rule that’s about to be finalized. There’s a lot of nuance to this discussion […].

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Does DTC Digital Health have a future?

Lloyd Price

JUNE 11, 2024

Wearable devices and health trackers: Devices that monitor health data like heart rate, sleep patterns, and activity levels. Personalised health information: Websites and apps offering health information tailored to individual needs.

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Doc Tom Awardees Announced at SPM2018 Conference

Society for Participatory Medicine

OCTOBER 28, 2018

. “Doc Tom” Ferguson (1943 – 2006) was a Family Medicine physician, a visionary and pioneer who sought to empower patients to use online resources, embraced patient contribution, and aimed for professionals to be equal partners with patients.

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Healthcare Analytics and Interoperability – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2023

Epic) to real-time patient journey optimization systems that are EMR-agnostic and fueled by far more comprehensive data than what sits in EMRs today. In 2023, health IT vendors will continue to work to maintain compliance as part of new regulatory requirements related to the 21st Century Cures Act. What does this mean?

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Healthcare Interoperability, Data, and Cloud – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

Christoph Pedain, Business Leader, Hospital Patient Monitoring at Philips By the end of 2024, we will see significant moves by hospitals and health systems embracing readiness for Service-Oriented Device Connectivity (SDC). Given the health tech market’s rapid growth, there is certainly more to come.

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Xealth’s Recap from Oracle Health Conference 2023

Xealth

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

We heard from the Mace family, a couple who experienced first hand the difficulties with health data exchange after Tristan (26 yo M) had to undergo an emergency heart transplant after experiencing a catastrophic cardiac event. It quickly becomes evident that Dr. Shiuh and his team are pioneers in digital innovation.

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BluByrd and DrChrono Deliver Seamless Staff and Patient Experiences for Source Healthcare

Clinician Burnout – Lessons from BDO’s Clinician Experience Survey for Patient Experience and Primary Care

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CyncHealth Optimizes Health Data Sharing to Enhance the Patient Experience

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The Digital Transformation of Patients – Update from Rock Health and Stanford

Health Information Security – My Interview with Richard Kaufmann, CISO of Amedisys – Part 1: Origin Stories, the Security Ecosystem, and the Start Line

The Pace of Tech-Adoption Grows Among Older Americans, AARP Finds – But Privacy Concerns May Limit Adoption

How Health Data Sharing Impacts How Clinicians Care for Patients

While Virtual Care is “Table Stakes” in Health Care, Consumers Are Growing More Protective About Data-Sharing

A New Health Literacy Pillar: Personal Data Stewardship

How Reframing the Benefit of Interoperability May Be Just What the Doctor Ordered

At HIMSS22, Microsoft and Salesforce expand their healthcare offerings

Addressing Health Equity Must Include Digital Equity Beyond Access To Medical Services and Insurance

Open Table for Health: Patients Are Online For Health Search and Physician Reviews

Nudging Patients to Use EHRs: Moving Toward a Tipping Point for Consumer Health IT

Digital Health Tools, Telemedicine, and Mobile Health Applications: How They’re Enhancing Population Health

Healthcare Information In-Security Is the New Normal

Top 3 Digital Innovations that Transformed Healthcare

“Listen to Me:” Personalization in Health Care Starts With Taking Patients’ Voices Seriously – the 15th Beryl Institute-Ipsos PX Pulse Survey

Health Data Unbound Virtual Conference

Health Data Unbound Virtual Conference

Patient Digital Engagement Index: athenahealth research team share insights from 50 Million US patients

Leveraging the power of digital transformation to enhance patient care and healthcare providers’ performance

Using AI Responsibly and Ethically in Healthcare

Wearable Tech for Health Tracking, Online Dating and Banking: Exploring the “Fluidity” of Peoples’ Data Privacy Views

How Digital Transformation is Moving Patient Care Forward and its Impact on Hospitals

OSF deploys care transition program, reduces readmission rate from 29% to 9%

Mission Critical: Utilizing Technology to Advance Healthcare Interoperability

Health Gorilla and Amwell Announce Expanded Digital Diagnostic Lab Ordering for Clinicians

Quality Data Leads to Better Outcomes, Alignment & Informed Consent at ViVE2023

Healthcare 2030: Are We Consumers, CEOs, Health Citizens, or Castaways? 4 Scenarios On the Future of Health Care and Who We Are – Part 2

Will Technology Cure Americans’ Health Care System Ills? Considering Google and Ascension Health’s Data Deal

HTI-1 Final Rule: Implications for Healthcare Providers – Focus on DSI and Algorithmic Transparency

Featured Health IT Job: Data Scientist

Featured Health IT Job: Healthcare Data Analyst

Weekly Roundup – September 16, 2023

What’s on Micky Tripathi’s Wish List? Highlights from #DirectTrustSummit Day 1

Featured Health IT Job: Healthcare Data Analyst

Patient Portals Improve Healthcare Outcomes. So, Why Don’t Patients Use Them?

Does Your Hospital Support Data Blocking?

Does DTC Digital Health have a future?

Doc Tom Awardees Announced at SPM2018 Conference

Healthcare Analytics and Interoperability – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare Interoperability, Data, and Cloud – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Xealth’s Recap from Oracle Health Conference 2023

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