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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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 18, 2025

Charles Jaffe, MD, PhD, FHL7, CEO at HL7 International Interoperability is the backbone of digital health innovation. We are seeing a shift from fragmented, siloed information to a more connected ecosystem that supports personalized, data-driven decision-making.

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Lloyd Price

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Consolidation within specific sub-sectors: Health IT and interoperability: Companies providing health IT solutions, such as electronic health records and interoperability platforms, may consolidate to create larger, more comprehensive offerings.

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Health Populi

JULY 27, 2020

The report found three big shifts in global health citizens’ views on their personal health and health care delivery in the wake of the pandemic: Across all age groups, COVID-19 exacerbated peoples’ concerns about their physical and mental health in a very short time. That’s a big if: in the U.S.,

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 18, 2023

Medical Literature Analysis Large language models can process and analyze a vast number of medical research papers, identifying relevant studies and extracting valuable insights that can inform treatment plans and improve patient outcomes.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

We asked our talented Healthcare IT Today Community – in the context of interoperability, what challenges and barriers exist in achieving standardized and secure data exchange across different healthcare systems, and how can these obstacles be addressed? The following are their answers. However, this rule is only the first step.

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Health Populi

APRIL 17, 2023

The My Health, My Data Act defines “consumer health data” as “personal information that is linked or reasonably linkable to a consumer and that identifies a consumer’s past, present, or future physical or mental health.”

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Lloyd Price

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Remote patient monitoring: Cognitive architectures can analyze data from wearable sensors to detect early signs of health deterioration and enable timely interventions. Mental health care: AI-powered chatbots and virtual assistants can provide personalized mental health support and therapy.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

If you’re familiar with the 21st Century Cures Act, then you know that October 6th is a major deadline that requires healthcare providers, health IT developers, HIEs, HINs, and others to share all ePHI (electronic protected health information) in the DRS (Designated Record Set). And the next chapter begins!

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Provider organizations often cannot reach the patients that would benefit the most from population health programs. An effective data platform can solve data interoperability issues, further enabling population health initiatives.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Representatives have introduced the WEAR IT Act , which would let Americans use money from Flexible Spending Accounts or Health Savings Accounts to pay for devices such as blood glucose and EKG monitors or sleep trackers. In particular, critical access hospitals are 16% less likely than other hospitals to engage in information exchange.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Trilliant Health released Network Explorer , which analyzes physician referral patterns and network performance. Edifecs said it will now enable compliance with CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization Final Rule. Health information network Availity issued five principles for the responsible use of AI.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 28, 2024

RCM outsourcing vendor Ensemble Health Partners expanded its partnership with Microsoft. Specialty telemedicine vendor Thirty Madison is partnering with Talkspace to expand mental health support for women. Health information network Availity appointed Sean Barrett as Chief Product Officer.

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Lloyd Price

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Here are some key areas of investment: Research and Development: Open Innovation Initiative: Samsung has partnered with leading universities and academic hospitals to drive innovation in digital health. This collaboration focuses on areas like sleep tracking, cardiovascular health, and mental health.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Los Angeles-area Adventist Health Simi Valley chose Luna for in-home, in-person outpatient physical therapy. East Tennessee Health Information Network chose 4medica to manage duplicate patient records. Eastern Kentucky’s Cumberland River Behavioral Health chose Accelecom fiber technology.

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Lloyd Price

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Potential Targets: While it's difficult to predict specific deals, some areas where distressed M&A activity is likely include: Digital Health Platforms: Companies offering telehealth, remote patient monitoring, or mental health solutions that have struggled to gain traction may be acquisition targets.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

Under this final rule, individuals and entities that violate the information-blocking requirements face a penalty of up to $1 million per violation. This final rule does not apply to healthcare providers but instead is directed at health information networks and health information exchanges, as well as developers of certified health IT.

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TheraNest

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Digital charts enable behavioral health providers to quickly view what they need to effectively help those seeking services at their organization. Information Exchange Electronic Health Records make sharing an individual’s records with another mental health, behavioral health, or healthcare provider faster and easier.

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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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HIStalk Interviews

OCTOBER 3, 2018

We help disparate stakeholders across the continuum — emergency, inpatient, skilled nursing facilities, mental health stakeholders, and even health plans and ACOs with their care managers – become aware when a patient needs them, particularly those vulnerable members who have figuratively fallen.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 14, 2023

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. People Interoperability company Edifecs hired Chris Lance as Chief Product Officer.

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Lloyd Price

MAY 19, 2024

Mental Health Care: Teletherapy has emerged as a successful way to deliver mental health services remotely, reducing stigma and increasing accessibility. User-friendly interfaces, interoperability, and seamless integration with existing healthcare systems will be key focus areas.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 21, 2022

HIE infrastructure provider CRISP Shared Services is the first partner for eHealth Exchange’s planned Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN). Mental health collaboration tech provider Resilience Lab announced three additions to its leadership team.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 19, 2022

Canvas provides a full-stack ambulatory EMR and digital health developer platform, enabling both established and startup healthcare providers to launch new patient experiences and business models faster. Founded in 2015, Canvas is reimagining the EMR for the future of healthcare. About Canvas Medical.

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Lloyd Price

MAY 17, 2023

User-friendly interfaces, interoperability, and seamless integration with existing healthcare systems will be key focus areas. Specialties such as dermatology, mental health, cardiology, radiology, and neurology are incorporating virtual care into their practices.

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Healthcare Innovation Consortium

OCTOBER 28, 2022

We keep hearing the notion of interoperability , which aims to ensure rapid and efficient communication between national healthcare systems. However, why would interoperability be desired when the underlying cybersecurity of these systems is inexistent? This demand has prompted cyber thieves and nation-state actors (e.g.,

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 20, 2024

Then we moved into platforming and how we can actually start to build out platforming technologies to integrate everything from interoperability to interconnected solutions with downstream partners. Now the next thing is utilizing this, for example our own products for behavior and mental health for certainty.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MARCH 3, 2023

For instance, wearables provide a non-invasive way to monitor health information and can be used to track physical activity and fitness levels. Clinical Trials and Research: Wearable technology can also be used in clinical trials and research to collect and analyze health information.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 21, 2022

HIE infrastructure provider CRISP Shared Services is the first partner for eHealth Exchange’s planned Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN). Mental health collaboration tech provider Resilience Lab announced three additions to its leadership team.

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Redox

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Remote patient monitoring (RPM) : the use of connected electronic tools to record personal health and medical data in one location for review by a provider in another location, usually at a different time. Mobile health (mHealth) : health care and public health information provided through mobile devices.

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Health Populi

APRIL 16, 2024

There is more PE-backed innovation for smaller niched digital tech companies that deliver services to The CEOs of health care-self-care, and more out of pocket spending by Quincy and their friends and family base don personal preferences. The lack of continuity of care due to fragmentation adds to the cost of care in this health care world.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 12, 2024

Several new announcements show providers, including Brightside Health and Tampa General Hospital, seek to improve patient outcomes and experiences with artificial intelligence and innovative care modalities. Pediatric Associates, the largest private pediatric primary care group in the United States with 1.5

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 23, 2023

Also on its policy agenda for the year ahead: advocating for data standardization, offering input for interoperability rulemaking and engaging with agencies and states to increase telehealth access. Creating standards synergy for 'Interoperability 3.0' " Leary said.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 30, 2023

And third, investing in clinician mental health resources garnered 42% of clinicians’ interest in the BDO survey. Getting to interoperability of systems and data is key, and BDO provides a helpful sidebar int he report speaking to getting more of your EHR system.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 8, 2023

This includes expansion of originating sites and eligible providers; coverage of audio-only telehealth; extended capabilities for FQHCs and rural health clinics to offer telehealth; extension of the Acute Hospital Care at Home program, and a delay for the in-person requirement for mental health services.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 17, 2023

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. News In a blog post, ONC highlighted trends in patient access to electronic health information.

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Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Embedded in Apple’s Health app, the new feature will bring together medical data from participating hospitals and clinics, as well as from the iPhone itself, giving millions of Americans direct digital control of their own health information for the first time. platform – a very interesting story in its own right.

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