Public Health Transparency Leads to Better Outcomes at San Bernardino County
Maps are important tools in infectious disease surveillance. They depict where cases are occurring and where treatment resources are needed. San Bernardino County uses geographic information system (GIS) technology to accurately track the prevalence of specific infectious diseases in their communities. That information is used to raise awareness and to marshal resources to limit the spread.
Healthcare IT Today sat down with Diana Ibrahim, Public Health Program Manager and Umang Sharma, Statistical Analyst at the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health (SBCDPH), to learn more.
GIS technology + Disease Surveillance...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 25, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Analytics/Big Data Healthcare IT ArcGIS Diana Ibrahim Disease Surveillance esri GIS technology Healthcare Scene Featured infection surveillance Infectious Disease Tracking San Bernardino County Department of Public Health Umang Sharm Source Type: blogs
Outpatient Vascular Care: Good, bad or ugly?
BY ANISH KOKA
Filling in the holes of recent stories in the New York Times, and Propublica on the outpatient care of patients with peripheral arterial disease
Most have gotten used to egregiously bad coverage of current events that fills the pages of today’s New York Times, but even by their now very low standards a recent telling of a story about peripheral artery disease was very bad.
The scintillating allegation by Katie Thomas, Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Robert Gebeloff is that “medical device makers are bankrolling doctors to perform artery clearing procedures that can lead to amputations...
Source: The Health Care Blog - July 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Medical Practice Anish Koka Medical Devices Outpatient vascular care Source Type: blogs
Matthew ’ s tidbits: Obesity Summer
Every time I get around to sending out the THCB READER I add a short & usually not to sweet commentary on some aspect of health care.–Matthew Holt
I saw the obesity crisis up close this week. And by that I’m not just referring to my addiction to Salted Caramel with Pretzel Ice Cream, bad though it is. Instead I felt thin because I went to Disneyland. But while I tip the scales at a BMI of 30 if I’m lucky, I genuinely felt that looking around Disneyland more than 50% of the crowd were obese and many morbidly so.
The rest of my trip to Southern California was quite a contrast because I’ve be...
Source: The Health Care Blog - July 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Matthew Holt obesity epidemic Ozempic Source Type: blogs
Bridging the Trust Gap is Key for AI to Succeed in Healthcare
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform healthcare. It is already helping to reduce clinician workloads and speed the analysis of large populations of patients. There is, however, a trust gap that is developing which, if left unaddressed, may hold back the widespread implementation of AI. Bridging that gap requires transparency, working closely with clinicians, and operating within strict guidelines. SAS is working towards all these goals.
Healthcare IT Today recently had the opportunity to speak one-on-one with Dr. Stephen Kearney, Global Medical Director at SAS, a world leader in analytics. We asked h...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 20, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: AI/Machine Learning Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System AI Algorithms AI transparency CHAI Coalition for Health AI Dr. Stephen Kearney Duke Health Erasmus Medical Center Healthcare AI Healthcare Data Analytics Mayo Clinic SAS Source Type: blogs
Recent Clinical Efficiency Improvements in eClinicalWorks
One of the most impactful things in a clinical organization is the EHR. When you talk to staff in a medical practice, they all spend a large portion of their day inside the EHR. This makes sense because the EHR is the clinical record that drives the schedule, the care decisions, the clinical documentation, the billing, and much more. What this means in turn is that enhancements to the EHR can have a major impact on a clinical practice.
At the recent eCW Enterprise Summit, I learned how Version 12 of eClinicalWorks includes important conveniences that are saving time and reducing clinicians’ frustration. We sat ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 19, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Clinical EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Danielle Graham eClinicalWorks eCW eCW Version 12 EHR Burnout EHR Efficiency EHR Usability Healthcare IT Video Interviews Healthcare Scene Featured Source Type: blogs
High Vendor Churn May Be On the Horizon in Healthcare
During the COVID-19 pandemic, dozens of technologies were rapidly acquired and deployed by healthcare organizations like telehealth, remote patient monitoring and digital patient intake. According to a new report from Panda Health, now that the pandemic has subsided, organizations are revisiting those purchase decisions. Seven solution categories were identified as likely to experience moderate to high levels of churn in the next two years.
Healthcare IT Today sat down with Ryan Bengtson, President and COO at Panda Health to dive deeper in to their Great Shakeup Report.
Pandemic Drove Rapid Health IT Adoption
According to ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 18, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Ambulatory Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Revenue Cycle Management Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Health IT churn healthcare vendor consolidation Panda Health Ryan Bengtson Telehealth The Great Shakeup Report vendor churn Source Type: blogs
Striving to Make Culturally Safe Care The Norm
Healthcare currently places a significant burden on patients and clinicians. Patients must explain their situation repeatedly to strangers who only have a few minutes for them and hope that they believe them enough to help them navigate the healthcare system. Clinicians are working under extreme pressure, and without sufficient infrastructure support. Dr. Alika Lafontaine, the President of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) is looking to change that and make culturally safe care the norm for all.
Healthcare IT Today had the opportunity to catch up with Dr. Lafontaine at the 2023 Collision Conference held in Toronto. We...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 17, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Administration Ambulatory Clinical Communication and Patient Experience Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Canadian Medical Association Clinician Burnout Collision 2023 Collision Conference Cult Source Type: blogs
San Bernardino Public Health ’s use of GIS Technology Blossomed from a Single Map
The San Bernardino County Department of Public Health (SBCDPH) uses geographic information system (GIS) technology to improve decision-making and use resources more effectively. SBCDPH began their GIS journey with a single map to track environmental health key performance indicators (KPIs). Since then, the use of GIS technology has expanded into numerous areas better serving the people that live and work in San Bernardino County.
Healthcare IT Today spoke with three representatives from SBCDPH to learn more about how they have deployed GIS technology:
Serene Ong, Geographic Information Systems Analyst
Christopher M. Aquin...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 14, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT ArcGIS Christopher M. Aquino environmental health esri Geographic information system GIS technology Healthcare Scene Featured Lap Le Public Health San Bernardino Source Type: blogs
Acclara: What ’ s Worth Automating?
So many new forms of automation and AI are entering the health care marketplace: Which ones will pay off and where should a healthcare organization start? In this video, Matt Haberman, Chief Technology Officer at Acclara advises a practical approach that balances effort with resulting value.
Haberman, whose company offers automated revenue cycle management (RCM) as a revenue cycle management and consulting firm, advises organizations to create a “backlog” of tasks that might be automated. Then ask, “How many hours are you actually saving?” In other words, is it cheaper to use automation than a human...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 13, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Administration AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Revenue Cycle Management Acclara Healthcare Automation Healthcare IT Video Interviews Healthcare RPA Healthcare Scene Featured H Source Type: blogs
Ronin Uncovers the Data for Better Cancer Treatment
A recent article highlighting Boston’s renowned hospital systems reveals that the daily challenges these facilities face have transformed each day into an emergency. Short-staffing and other contributing factors have exacerbated the situation, calling for innovative solutions to alleviate the burden. Enter Ronin, a groundbreaking initiative that leverages the wealth of available healthcare data, the power of advanced data science, and a passion for delivering human-centric technology to empower oncology clinicians to make confident, personalized care decisions for every cancer patient.
At its core, Ronin focuses on c...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 12, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: AI/Machine Learning Analytics/Big Data Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Cancer AI Healthcare AI Healthcare Burnout Healthcare IT Video Interviews Healthcare Scene Featured IBM Watson Kathy Ford Ro Source Type: blogs
LogicSource: Looking at Non-Clinical Spending
Healthcare organizations must seek out the same types of supply chain efficiencies as the leaders in other industries, particularly in the face of inflation, rising labor costs, and tighter reimbursement models that erode their revenue. LogicSource specializes in driving savings in non-clinical spending, which typically accounts for over 20% of a health system’s annual revenue.
In this video, David Kirshner, Managing Partner, and Susan Tyler, Managing Director of Healthcare, discuss the valuable insights that LogicSource brings from working across diverse industries outside of healthcare. They also shed light on why ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 11, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Administration C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC Revenue Cycle Management David Kirshner Healthcare Costs Healthcare GPOs Healthcare IT Video Interviews Healthcare Non-Clinical Costs Source Type: blogs
Psychedelic Science 2023 – Full Conference Review
In June I attended the Psychedelic Science 2023 conference at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. We were told this was the largest psychedelic-related gathering in the history of the planet, attracting about 12,000 attendees and 500 speakers. In this post I’ll share about my experiences and insights from the conference.
Here’s a pic from inside the Bellco Theater where the main keynotes were held.
The Colorado Convention Center is sizable, and sessions were spread across many different rooms. Even though I didn’t do extra exercise on this trip, I was typically hitting about 1000 calories ...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - July 7, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Creating Reality Health Lifestyle Source Type: blogs
How a QR Code Helped Mountain Park Health Center Adopt New Technology
Mountain Park Health Center, a Federally Qualified Health Center serving the Phoenix Metro area, cleverly used a QR code to help staff and patients adopt a new technology. Internal champions collaborated with their EHR partner, eClinicalWorks, to double the use of their new patient portal in just twelve months.
To find out more, Healthcare IT Today caught up with Amy Nunez, IT Director – Clinical Applications at Mountain Park Health Center (MPHC) at the eClnicalWorks’ Health Center Summit held in Boston, MA. The Health Center Summit is an event that is tailored specifically for eClinicalWorks’ community health an...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 6, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Administration Ambulatory Clinical Communication and Patient Experience EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Amy Nunez appointment booking clinician interaction eClinicalWorks FQHC Healthcare Scene Featured meeting patients wh Source Type: blogs
Patient Focused Features from Online Scheduling to Chatbots
In this video, Richard Eells, Vice President of Operations Administration at United Digestive, shares how his organization uses the healow suite of apps to handle appointments and other logistical support for multiple providers.
healow is a service provided by eClinicalWorks that really changes how a medical practice can change the experience for its patients at scale. Plus, Eells highlights how the service was critical during the COVID-19 shutdown, allowing United Digestive to be among the first call centers to allow remote work.
Other services enabled by healow include online scheduling, appointment reminders that are ad...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 6, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Administration Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Communication and Patient Experience EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Appointment Reminders eClinicalWorks eCW Healow Healthcare Chatbots Healthcare IT Video Interviews Healthca Source Type: blogs
Holon Tackles Provider Burnout With Help From AI Technology
If you asked a healthcare provider what their biggest challenges were, the list would get long very quickly.
One standout, however, is the problem of healthcare burnout, a struggle that healthcare industry leaders and workers alike face every day. In fact, according to new research from Holon Solutions, 79% of healthcare leaders and 77% of healthcare workers see burnout as their biggest challenge.
Fortunately Holon, which describes itself as a “human-centric healthcare technology company,” is on the case. Holon’s technology uses AI to help healthcare teams lay hands on the data they need, in context and ready for imm...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 5, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: AI/Machine Learning Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Interoperability Healthcare Burnout Healthcare Interoperability Healthcare IT Video Interviews Healthcare Usability Holon Solutions Jon Zimmerman Physician Source Type: blogs
