Healthcare It News

APRIL 30, 2024

Gutierrez Vo also said CNA demands that workers and unions be involved "at every step of the development of data-driven technologies and be empowered to decide whether and how AI is deployed in the workplace." The program uses predictive analytics and automates an hourly analysis of hospital patients' electronic health data.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 3, 2025

Hospitals and health systems have been discussing digital-first patient engagement for a while now, but fewer organizations than you might think have made huge strides forward on that front. Digital-first patient engagement is poised to become a defining factor in healthcare delivery by 2025.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The conversation around whether a healthcare startup should build a data platform or buy one isn’t anything new. Startups choose to build their data platforms for several compelling reasons. Whatever the reason, if a startup is looking to develop its own health data platform, there are five factors they must always consider.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 12, 2021

During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the health care sector was profoundly affected by cyber-attacks on connected devices, we learn in the report, Rise of the Machines 2021: State of Connected Devices – IT, IoT, IoMT and OT from Ordr. What’s unclear is how public policy and regulation can/will meet this moment.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

"Congress should urge OCR to withdraw the rule immediately," AHA said in its response to a request for information on data privacy and HIPAA. The association said the rule has resulted in consequences that contravene OCR's efforts to encourage hospitals to share non-private healthcare information with the public.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Social determinants of health – the food, shelter and security attributes of patients that exist outside of care settings – contribute disproportionate risks for disease, hospital readmissions and a lack of access to quality healthcare among vulnerable populations, including people on Medicare. Like what you hear?

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 30, 2024

In the rapidly evolving landscape of healthcare, the sharing of health information is a delicate balance, especially when it comes to teenagers. THE PROBLEM Patient portals facilitate efficient sharing of health information between patients, their families and healthcare providers.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 22, 2024

Cambron Carter, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Pearl The synergy of artificial intelligence (AI) and medical imaging has opened new horizons for healthcare. In healthcare, the stakes are high–higher, arguably, than in any other areas of AI deployment. In medicine – as opposed to, say, advertising – data is a public good.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 11, 2024

Touted as the product of 10 years of work, the most recent proposed rule issued July 10 by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT will usher in an age of automation for healthcare interoperability through application programming interface-based exchange capabilities, officials said on Wednesday.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 11, 2024

What You Should Know: – The healthcare industry is poised for a seismic shift, powered by a disruptive technology: blockchain, according to the market.us, the Blockchain Technology in Healthcare Market report. This translates to enhanced security and peace of mind for both patients and healthcare providers.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Here, healthcare is evolving toward a Single Market in the EU. When I’m in the UK later this week, I’ll address the challenge for the UK, Brexit and the National Health Service. Over one-half of EU health citizens are concerned about the risks of health data privacy breaches and cybersecurity.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 7, 2021

" One of the major reasons clinical trial-matching and recruitment is so slow is that it's largely limited by laws and regulations related to patient privacy. Manion, ConsenSys Health. ConsenSys Health worked directly with the Intel SGX team using synthetic health data to run this proof of concept.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

"Compliance with federal regulations, such as the 21st Century Cures Act, and state-specific consent and confidentiality laws for adolescents requires a reliable mechanism to share protected health information with adolescents without guardian knowledge," said the researchers. Twitter: @kjercich. Email: kjercich@himss.org.

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Triage Health Law

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Key Takeaway : Organizations must conduct a fact-based analysis to determine whether health data collection and tracking technology deployed on their websites and mobile apps complies with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) and other applicable laws and guidance.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 24, 2024

OSF HealthCare, a health system that serves Illinois and Michigan, had a big challenge: Managing the high rate of patient readmissions from hospitals to skilled nursing facilities and eventually to home care. THE PROBLEM This issue stemmed largely from gaps in continuous care during transitions between these settings.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Chris Bowen, founder and CISO at ClearDATA In healthcare, sensitive data comes with great responsibility. For companies entrusted with managing and protecting patients’ personal information, ensuring the privacy of that data must be the highest priority.

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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. The Rise in IoT Healthcare Devices. Consumer Healthcare Data Integration Challenges.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 20, 2023

At a macro level, The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) promises to be the interoperability superhighway for healthcare data, speeding information on patients from care facility and care provider — regardless of location or healthcare entity — to where it’s currently needed.

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p3care

JULY 2, 2023

Likewise, the healthcare sector is no exception to this trend. Healthcare practices find it difficult to handle significant PHI in their systems. Therefore, they need reliable and secure means to gather, store, and share this data. These guidelines guarantee the safe access, sharing, and use of electronic health information.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The recent enforcement of new rules to encourage the freer flow of healthcare data mainly through application programming interfaces (APIs) has jolted providers and payers into action to meet interoperability standards. To contribute to and benefit from the healthcare API market—which is globally estimated to be worth $277.4

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Cloud Blogs

MARCH 11, 2024

We are living in the era of AI in healthcare , where data and algorithms augment human capabilities and enable new possibilities for improving health and well-being. We believe that bridging data, AI, and trust is required to accelerate the digital transformation in healthcare.

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 30, 2018

Its initial offering is limited to a handful of health care systems, and the data collected and placed in the palms of our hands is PHR data, not full EHR data, as some outlets had reported, but the rollout has certainly engaged the commentariat in a deep dive into the pros and cons of Apple’s latest move in the healthcare sphere.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 18, 2024

Jay Anders, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Medicomp Systems Healthcare is on the cusp of a transformative era, with artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) demonstrating remarkable potential in streamlining clinical documentation, quality measurement, and medical coding.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 9, 2022

Shawna Koch Mishael, Head of Healthcare and Biomedical, RN, MBA, SenecaGlobal. This year’s HIMSS Conference offered some exciting insights and a renewed focus on data-sharing and interoperability. – Take note of how organizations like Health Level Seven (HL7) are approaching and helping to launch interoperable solutions.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 25, 2024

The US health system is in a desperate cybersecurity state of affairs. Another healthcare cyberattack has made the news and it’s a big one. UnitedHealth Group’s technology unit, Change Healthcare, is currently facing an ongoing ransomware attack which has reverberated through healthcare systems and affected prescription deliveries.

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Bill Of Health

APRIL 4, 2024

Introduction: A Fragmented AI in Healthcare Regulatory Landscape In the past few years, we have witnessed a surge in artificial intelligence-related research and diagnostics in the medical field. B y Suzan Slijpen, Mauritz Kop & I. Glenn Cohen 1.

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Health Business Group

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Two years into COVID-19, I’m ready to hazard a few guesses about what lies ahead for healthcare. Cybersecurity threats in healthcare get bigger and scarier. Consumers stake a claim to their own health data. Consumers stake a claim to their own health data. Climate change becomes a major healthcare issue.

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Bill Of Health

MARCH 23, 2023

By Enrique Santamaría Together with the Data Governance Act (DGA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the proposal for a Regulation on the European Health Data Space (EHDS) will most likely form the new regulatory and governance framework for the use of health data in the European Union.

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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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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Philips surveyed health care professionals and consumers living in 15 countries, from North America to Asia, and found that these health systems share one over-arching objective: to provide quality care with improved experiences for both patients and healthcare professionals.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Kamal Sharma, Project Manager at OmniMD The integration of Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems within healthcare organizations has revolutionized patient engagement. These technologies allow patients to access their health data, communicate with providers, and participate actively in managing their health.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 25, 2023

Like many healthcare systems around the world, New Zealand’s healthcare system is also under immense pressure, plagued by clinician burnout, patient dissatisfaction, and rising costs. Patients echo these concerns, with 35% expressing worries about clinicians' limited access to their relevant health data.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 9, 2023

Rajesh Sharma, Vice President and General Manager of Systems Integration, Data Analytics and Interoperability Product Offerings, Gainwell Technologies The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has laid the critical groundwork to create a connected healthcare system in which patients, providers, and payers can easily exchange information.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Healthcare professionals should look for these labels. Healthcare businesses must learn to recognize the settings that may hinder patient privacy and deactivate them to keep IoT systems as secure as possible. That may mean letting patient-end devices transmit health data but not retrieve anything from the provider’s side.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 16, 2023

What You Should Know: – Accenture published Fast-Forwarding Healthcare through Data Collaboratives Report to discover how best health ecosystem players access data to fast-forward healthcare. – Compliance with federal data protection regulations. – Lack of sponsor commitment.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 23, 2022

From the development of the EMR to the growth of telehealth, the digital environment for healthcare has evolved tremendously over the last few years. Though healthcare organizations have historically been slower to adopt cloud, we’re now seeing renewed interest. But first – why has healthcare lagged other industries in cloud adoption?

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 8, 2024

Carrie Gluck, Chief Information and Security Officer at Rectangle Health A healthy patient-provider relationship is the foundation for delivering quality healthcare, yet increasingly occurring cyberattacks have negatively impacted patient health outcomes, data security, and care operations.

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