Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 22, 2024

Patients have a number of concerns about the digital transformation of healthcare, according to Gözde Susuzlu Briggs, programme manager at the European Patients' Forum: Digitalisation could exacerbate existing health inequalities, especially where there is a significant digital divide.

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Lloyd Price

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

The Argonaut Project is a collaborative effort between the healthcare industry and the technology industry to develop and implement standards for exchanging electronic health information (EHI). It was launched in 2014 by a group of leading health IT vendors and provider organizations, and is now supported by over 200 organizations.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 18, 2023

These models are trained on vast datasets, enabling them to understand and generate human-like language with remarkable precision. Interoperability Healthcare providers use different electronic health record systems, which may not be interoperable with the large language models used in telemedicine.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 5, 2019

At the same time, the technology market presents growing complexity, worsening privacy issues, and interoperability limitations, while not effectively lowering the cost of access or the price of useful devices. At 65, older adults have longer life expectancy than previous generations.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 20, 2019

There is also a big push for increasing a patient’s autonomy around their personal health information and the access they have to it, especially via personal devices which are likely to be used in the future to communicate directly with providers, if they aren’t already. FHIR and APIs.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

APRIL 9, 2020

Prolog from Dr. Sands: I trained in clinical informatics because of my belief that we needed to better empower healthcare professionals with information technology so they could take better care of patients, and spent many years creating and implementing these tools. Health Informatics (HI) is a relatively new, interdisciplinary field.

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Digital Health Global

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Wolters Kluwer Health Language Platform, a FHIR Terminology Server, enables interoperability to ensure quality healthcare data is leveraged across health plans, providers, and HIT vendors for analytics applications WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS Applying AI to harvest insights from health data and train future AI models.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 16, 2022

Epic’s Take on TEFCA and Interoperability. Epic has plans to join TEFCA as an inaugural Qualified Health Information Network. Read more… Virtual Reality as a Tool in Medical Training. Practice makes perfect, and VR training allows surgeons to get far more repetitions that they would in the lab.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Partnerships Instacart is now integrated with Pack Health , the patient engagement program from Quest Diagnostics. Dandelion Health has partnered with The SCAN Foundation to incorporate SDoH data on older adults into its data sets training clinical AI models.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 6, 2024

Lack of Training – Rapid changes in software may outstrip the training provided to staff, leading to mistakes in using electronic systems effectively. Human Error – busy healthcare professionals may make mistakes in data entry, diagnosis coding, or interpretation, especially in high-stress environments like emergency rooms.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 14, 2023

The underlying theme of AHIMA’s annual conference was that health information management professionals are both encouraged and frustrated at the state of the industry , Colin Hung reported from Baltimore. Home care and SNF compliance training partner ShowdMe announced a Series A funding round.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 29, 2023

The group also launched a health equity survey , with the results to be announced at ViVE in Nashville in March. ONC’s latest data brief indicated that, as of the end of 2021, more than 60% of hospitals are actively engaged in sharing health information.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 25, 2023

The experts said the keys to modern cybersecurity including managing assets, access, networks, infrastructure, and data , along with continuous threat monitoring and tried-and-true training that meets employees where they are. Read more… Turning Health Data Sharing Into Meaningful Outcomes.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

But when dealing with all of the many things that providers do and the highly important health information about patients, something as simple as selecting a communication platform becomes a very tricky situation. How do you maintain the security and privacy of your patient’s health information as cyberattacks continue to climb?

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

JUNE 30, 2015

And often considered an important part of health IT initiatives and clinical care services. mHealth is term used to describe the use of wireless and mobile devices to generate, aggregate and disseminate health information. Example: Live video stream of consultations, treatment services, and medical trainings.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Read more… Connect Hospitals and Health Systems to Patient Apps and Health Information. David Claxton at Xealth explained how offering third-party apps to patients in a standard way helps health systems track which digital health assets are gaining the most traction.

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Lloyd Price

JUNE 27, 2018

Patrick Ndimubanzi, Honorable Minister of State, Public Health and Primary Health Care, Rwanda Digital Health Innovation in Rwanda Let's explore 5 examples of Digital Health innovation in Rwanda ranging from artificial intelligence and machine learning to blood delivery by drones and telemedicine.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 4, 2023

Measuring Data Quality – Clinical Architecture We talk a lot about needing good quality data in order to run analytics or train AI algorithms, but what does that really mean? We caught up with XSOLIS Co-founder Jim Sohr to learn more about the company.

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Lloyd Price

JULY 10, 2023

In addition to these benefits, open source software is also becoming increasingly interoperable. These EHRs offer a number of benefits, including vendor independence, flexibility, and interoperability. One of the early pioneers of open source software in healthtech was the World Health Organization (WHO).

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 13, 2023

We received recommendations to address health inequity by improving medication management, prior authorization, clinical trials, remote monitoring, patient education, and behavioral health , among other things. Read more… Exploring Augmented and Virtual Reality Apps for Training.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The panel began with the salient statistic that while 10-20% of an individual’s health is informed by traditional care delivery, this approach serves as the entire basis for how we train and execute healthcare in the United States. Post-Acute Providers for the Win!

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Lloyd Price

JUNE 26, 2018

Medical Records on iPhone - Apple already allows iPhone users to store health information gathered by the Apple Watch and other connected devices in its Health app, but this is the first time a system for retrieving records from a variety of medical providers has been launched on a smartphone.

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Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Patient Adoption: Patients may be hesitant to adopt new technologies, especially if they involve sharing personal health information or using AI-powered tools. Cost and Return on Investment High Initial Costs: Implementing new healthtech solutions can involve significant upfront costs, including hardware, software, and training.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2023

To seamlessly obtain information from various systems, healthcare data exchange standards are essential. Healthtech providers can adopt HL7 (Health Level Seven) or FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources). How to achieve this: Conduct cybersecurity training for medical professionals.

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Lloyd Price

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Data Privacy and Security: Robust security measures to protect sensitive health information. Data Privacy and Security: Implementing robust security measures to protect sensitive health information. Interoperability: Ensuring seamless data exchange between different healthcare systems and devices.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 26, 2023

Digital surgical platform Proximie is partnering with Smith&Nephew on advanced robotics and sports medicine training resources. Products Interoperability platform Particle Health launched Particle FOCUS , a data product suite that provides comprehensive patient health information across seven chronic disease states.

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Lloyd Price

APRIL 13, 2024

The latest advancements in digital health technologies This could include discussions on artificial intelligence, machine learning, telehealth, and other emerging technologies. For: Clinicians and leaders who want to get the latest on the impacts of digital health in Europe. For: Innovators who want to improve outcomes with data.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

Many hospitals, health systems, and health plans still don’t have employees trained and don’t have the proper policies, procedures, and tech tools in place to be compliant, even with the two years of runway that was provided by legislators. The No Surprises Act was signed into law in 2020 and took effect last year.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

It got its clinicians up to speed on the technology quickly and did not need to carve out large amounts of training time because of the technology's usability, Parks said. "This ultimately creates a one-stop-shop that gives clinicians a complete picture of a patient's health status and risk profile.

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Iris Telehealth

APRIL 29, 2024

For many health systems, customized interfaces are expensive and labor-intensive In 2017, the American Hospital Association released data on the importance of interoperability in healthcare and how connected, shared health information can help achieve the best possible outcomes.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

JUNE 30, 2023

Health data analytics also facilitates population health management, identifying trends, and patterns to optimize preventive care and public health interventions. Additionally, healthcare professionals need to be trained in the use of informatics tools and technologies to maximize their benefits. 2021, January 15).

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MAY 13, 2024

These digital repositories of patient health information offer numerous benefits, including improved accuracy, accessibility, and efficiency in healthcare delivery. Interoperability Ensuring interoperability between RPM devices and Electronic Health Records Software is essential for seamless data exchange and integration.

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Lloyd Price

JULY 15, 2024

Health information technology (HIT): This refers to the use of information technology to store, manage, and analyze healthcare data. Examples include electronic health records (EHRs), clinical decision support systems, and population health management systems.

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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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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 7, 2024

Without good clean data and getting access to that data, it’s going to be difficult to use AI or ML, so making sure that that access is available is one of the key things that CommonWell does in breaking down those silos to interoperability. Chris Larkin, CTO at Concord Technologies Doing less in terms of AI but doing it at scale.

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GlobalMed

APRIL 7, 2020

It can also fit into any point on the care spectrum – with workflows designed to support specialties like stroke, dermatology, behavioral health, cardiology, pediatrics, dentistry, audiology and other disciplines. We want EHR interoperability. Can telemedicine integrate with my EHR? Is there a long learning curve?

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

JULY 7, 2023

Legal and regulatory issues: Telemedicine involves the exchange of sensitive health information across jurisdictions and platforms, necessitating attention to privacy, security, consent, liability, reimbursement, licensing, and accreditation. Telemedicine also holds promise in the field of medical research and education.

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