Healthcare It News

JUNE 30, 2022

population is over the age of 65, but they account for nearly one-third of healthcare spending, much of which is going into specialty care. This makes patients' health data potentially more accessible and actionable, with the promise of saving both the patient's and provider's time by reducing office visits.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 22, 2024

Of course, unchecked access to medical data adds to the ethical considerations that attend any discussion of AI-integrated healthcare. As AI technologies require vast amounts of data to improve accuracy and efficacy, the question of how to protect patient privacy while leveraging data insights becomes increasingly complex.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Health equity allows people to lead active and productive lives, reduces the healthcare burden on the government, and contributes to economic growth. By one estimate, healthcare improvements accounted for one-third of the economic growth of developed nations over the last century.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 4, 2022

Data is everywhere, but not always available or decipherable to help manage myriad challenges. Progress toward accountable care is halting. Care quality is often degraded, and patient accessibility is still lacking. Financial and revenue cycle disruptions are significant. Relentless cyberattacks are an ongoing threat.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 16, 2022

When it comes to your health and treatment, hospitals leverage a variety of sensors and instruments to collect the necessary information to monitor and diagnose your health status. How Data Integration Can Improve Elderly At-Home Care. Consumer Healthcare Data Integration Challenges.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 25, 2022

In order to manage both employee health and the provision of services to other employer clients, the health system was using a combination of different vendor and homegrown technologies. There was little integration between these applications and approaches. Information was in silos, and significant manual effort was required.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

PC CDS incorporates patient-provided information – such as data from medical devices, wearables and patient-reported outcome surveys, as well as social determinants of health and patient preference data – directly in the office, home, or other community-based setting.

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Accountable Care Doctors

MARCH 19, 2021

Coalition of Leading Medical Groups and Health Systems Confirms Board Appointments for 2021. The Council of Accountable Physician Practices (CAPP), a coalition of visionary medical groups and health systems supporting accountable value-based care, has added Joe Kimura, MD, MPH, to its board of directors.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Edifecs and Empowered-Home announced a partnership to provide automated prior authorizations to medical associations, Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), Independent Physician Associations (IPAs), medical groups, and home healthcare agencies. MEDITECH, SeamlessMD Collaborate on Digital Health Integration.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

What You Should Know: – Despite the increasing adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare, a new survey reveals that very few health systems have formal policies in place to govern its use, particularly for generative AI. In addition, 70% of executives plan to adopt AI solutions through EHR vendors for easier integration.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 14, 2025

” He expounded on Samsungs Home AI, integrating home appliances and devices to simplify life. You can experience the entire press conference here, “Everyday, Everywhere” includes health, which at CES 2025 was further discussed by Hon Pak, SVP and Head of the Digital Health Team for Samsung Electronics.

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 8, 2018

Behavioral health, said Cindy, doesn’t necessarily have to be integrated into the delivery system, but assessments should be integrated (e.g., PHQ-9’s may be administered by primary care providers), so that the behavioral health data may be integrated into the analytics framework used to manage population health.

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Etactics

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act also known as HIPAA is a prime example. HIPAA requires healthcare providers to protect patient health data. Providers must use encrypted systems and follow strict security steps to prevent fraud and data breaches.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Instead of swiping a copay card and filling out a paper form by hand, the receptionist says, “We take Apple Health.” Your copay is then deducted from a health savings account. For pharmaceutical companies, Apple’s new tool integrates their products more closely to patients’ general health files through the power of mobile apps

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

JULY 12, 2022

Collaboration is needed among federal agencies and between federal agencies and public and private partners to address barriers to data linkages including a lack of unique patient identifiers and consistent coding systems. Integrate patient-reported outcomes. This process could be accelerated through digital data collection.

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Bill Of Health

APRIL 4, 2024

On top of that a firm will -in the near future- need to comply with all the specific requirements for ‘high risk’ AI technology as stipulated in the Proposal for a Regulatory Framework for Artificial Intelligence (EU AI Act), and navigate its way through the future European Health Data Space. Sectoral US Laws In the U.S.,

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Instead of swiping a copay card and filling out a paper form by hand, the receptionist says, “We take Apple Health.” Your copay is then deducted from a health savings account. For pharmaceutical companies, Apple’s new tool integrates their products more closely to patients’ general health files through the power of mobile apps

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 28, 2023

The need for elevated cancer care is steadily climbing, compelling software developers to create increasingly integrated and sophisticated solutions. Oncology has always been at the forefront of digitization due to the substantial amount of data needed and generated for each patient during the treatment process.

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Home Health Care

MARCH 3, 2022

One thing that has remained constant, though, is the organization’s push towards a value-based health care system. For Signify, the recent completion of its Caravan Health acquisition — an accountable care organization (ACO) manager — is a major move toward driving more participation and success in value-based payment arrangements. “We’re

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Despite the many benefits of POCUS, the opportunity for wider implementation is hindered because today’s POCUS tools do not seamlessly integrate with existing hospital IT infrastructure. Across hospital settings, IT infrastructure has not kept pace with ultrasound innovation.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 13, 2021

million in five years— health IT developers need to take several facts into account while mapping out their API strategy. Another issue is that it could be complicated to use FHIR extensions and profiles, which are necessary to deal with specialty health data, due to their need for deep domain knowledge.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

When America’s seniors went to their first doctor’s appointment, they couldn’t have imagined that their health history would be stored anywhere but in a manila folder. Now, nine out of every 10 physicians use electronic health records (EHRs) , and patient’s health data lives on cloud servers.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 15, 2024

These algorithms account for background noise, medical terminology, and speaker variations, ensuring high accuracy. ▪ Integration with EHR Systems: Most tools are designed to seamlessly integrate with existing EHR systems, enabling all patient data to be stored centrally and easily accessed by authorized personnel.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Telehealth alone accounts for up to 17% of all patient visits across specialties, and this number is only going to grow as people discover its benefits. The ability to transfer healthcare data is a common industry challenge. Electronic health data exchanges speed up this process, but it’s not a catch-all solution.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Providers continuously wrestle with their data, unable to match patient records correctly. In turn, these data integrity issues escalate into billing errors, dangerous patient safety events, and lackluster loyalty from consumers. Even the basic patient check-in is fraught with problems.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 22, 2023

In the event of a breach, encrypted data remains indecipherable, safeguarding the privacy of patients and maintaining the integrity of healthcare records. Practice daily blocking and tackling to maintain strong security posture When it comes to healthcare data security, a proactive stance is vital.

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Cloud Blogs

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Collaborating with industry experts and adhering to best practices, Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare provides innovative data and AI solutions, enabling organizations to manage diverse health data effectively within a secure and compliant framework.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Our industry has undergone several iterations of consumer data protection rules — starting in 1996 with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA ). In 2009, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act , HITECH for short, became law, setting standards for electronic health records.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

This is a transition phase wherein the vanguard systems are investing in digital transformation, but many not leveraging the SDoH data in population health programs yet by, say, integrating the determinants of health data in clinical workflows or using software to identify at-risk patients.

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Healthcare Success

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

But what you might not know is that seniors are the fastest-growing demographic using social media : 84% of Baby Boomers have a Facebook account 82% of seniors say YouTube is their preferred online video site and are more likely to engage with a post if it includes a video. Take the leap with integrated marketing .

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NASHP

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The “National Forum on Advancing High-Quality, Equitable Care Coordination for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs” centered on two key topics for improving care coordination systems for CYSHCN: integrated care coordination and the care coordination workforce.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 8, 2025

Combined with a growing supply of personal hormonal, genetic, and general health data, predicting and preventing symptomsand preparing for its impact on family, work, and healthwill ease the struggles of aging. However, health data tells a very different story.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 3, 2023

Having spent sixteen years perfecting the ability to capture health data from multiple areas of the body and developing solutions for third parties, I am excited for Valencell to embark on a new chapter. Globally, more than a billion people suffer from hypertension, and it accounts for approx. Meeting Demands Under Pressure.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Broadband remains extremely important for supporting audio-visual telehealth interactions, access to personal health data, and many remote monitoring devices. In 2021, 85 percent of people had a smartphone, according to the Pew Research Center , with similar levels of ownership among racial and ethnic groups.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 11, 2024

That’s especially true at a time when analytics platforms may change every few years and when collection of data used to power these insights, such as social determinants of health data, is inconsistent. But unintended barriers can cripple case managers’ efforts to gain a better view into a populations’ health needs.

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Health Business Group

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Consumers stake a claim to their own health data. If retailers succeed, there’s a chance they –and other enlightened and well-capitalized primary care providers– will take over the primacy now enjoyed by hospital-based Integrated Delivery Networks (IDNs). Consumers stake a claim to their own health data.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 5, 2023

According to the United States Government Accountability Office , however, 90% of organizations reported that, despite offering a patient portal, only about a third of patients use them. For many organizations, the primary digital front door available to the organization remains the patient portal.

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