Policy, Change, and AI – Oh My!
Dr. Michael Blackman, Chief Medical Officer at Greenway Health always has his finger on the pulse of healthcare. Right now, he is keeping his eye on the HTI-1 rule from the ONC, the pace of change in healthcare, and how AI is deployed.
Healthcare IT Today caught up with Dr. Blackman at the 2023 MGMA Leaders Conference in Nashville. We wanted to get his thoughts on the top challenges facing healthcare right now.
Smaller and More Frequent Policy Changes
One of the things Dr. Blackman is keeping a close eye on is the upcoming changes to the HTI-1 rule by the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC). The HTI-1 proposed rule pr...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 28, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory EMR-EHR Healthcare IT Dr Michael Blackman EHR Regulations Greenway Health Healthcare AI Healthcare Workflow HTI-1 Information Blocking MGMA23 ONC Physician Burnout Source Type: blogs
Optimizing Patient and Physician Experience Improves Access for Axia Women ’ s Health
Axia Women’s Health is on a mission to provide top-tier care for women. To achieve their goal, they are proactively streamlining internal processes and optimizing their EHR to reduce physician workload. The result is more personalized encounters and improved patient experiences. Here is how they did it.
Women’s Healthcare
With 450 providers spread across five states on the East Coast and in the Midwest, Axia Women’s Health (AxiaWH) are at the forefront of changing the landscape of women’s healthcare. AxiaWH offers OBGYN, fertility, and other ancillary services such as mammograms to patients.
According to th...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 28, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Ambulatory Communication and Patient Experience EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT #ptexp Axia Women's Health AxiaWH Digital Front Door eClinicalWorks eCW eCWNC23 Eduard de Vries Healthcare IT Video Interviews Healthcare S Source Type: blogs
Nuance is Setting the Bar for Ambient Clinical Voice
The demand for ambient clinical voice solutions is gaining momentum and the market is quickly filling with vendors. Microsoft Nuance has been providing healthcare voice solutions for over two decades. How is the company leveraging that experience?
Healthcare IT Today caught up with Peter Durlach, Chief Strategy Officer at Microsoft Life Sciences and Health to learn more about their ambient clinical voice solution. Durlach is responsible for developing and advancing Microsoft’s healthcare strategy which includes Nuance Communications which Microsoft acquired in 2022. Durlach was an executive at Nuance for over 15 years.
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Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 27, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Ambient Clinical Voice DAX Copilot Dragon Medical Healthcare AI MGMA23 Microsoft Natural Language Processing Nuance Communications Nuance Copilot Nuance DAX Source Type: blogs
The Chaos Machine
That ' s the title of a book by Max Fisher. I ' m only halfway through it but I ' ve already seen plenty. Fisher documents with excruciating detail how so-called social media -- most notably Facebook, YouTube, the application formerly known as Twitter, and TikTok -- use mindless machine learning to hijack some of people ' s natural tendencies and drive them into cesspools of disinformation, extremism, and hatred. The companies that own that own these platforms know full well what is happening but they only care about money and they adamantly refuse to do anything about it. Facebook has literally caused mob viole...
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Real-Time Clinical Note Generation from Mutuo Health Solutions
Mutuo Health Solutions serves the Canadian market with automated clinical note generation (ambient clinical voice as it is often called), and plans to enter the U.S. market or international markets are in the works. In this video, co-founder and CEO Noah Crampton, MD, describes the company’s service and its success so far.
Mutuo has enhanced the standard natural language processing to make it more accurate, such as by integrating clinical knowledge tuned to the 33 medical disciplines they currently support.
The system takes input from a microphone in the room or from a mobile device and generates output within about ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 24, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Clinical EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Ambient Clinical Voice Canadian Ambient Clinical Voice EHR Canada EHR Integration Healthcare AI Healthcare IT Video Interviews Mut Source Type: blogs
Augmedix Derives More Value from Automated Generation of Medical Notes
According to Manny Krakaris, CEO of Augmedix, this company has led the field of medical notes over the past 11 years from human scribes to full automation. To heighten accuracy, they use a combination of the most modern technologies.
The transcript of the conversation is fed into a typical large language model (LLM) used by generative AI. But Augmedix has also analyzed more than 500 medical complaints brought by patients to create other data models. They apply both the LLM and the structured data model from their analysis to each transcript in their Augmedix Go service. The use of both modles produces more accuracy and eli...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 22, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Clinical EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Ambient Clinical Voice Augmedix Augmedix Go Healthcare AI Healthcare IT Video Interviews Healthcare LLMs Source Type: blogs
Making the Patient Portal Relevant at Community Health Alliance
Patient portals and digital patient engagement stymie many healthcare providers, especially small ones with few resources. Community Health Alliance (CHA) a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) serving 27,000+ patients in Reno, Nevada, is using an old-school way to encourage use of its online patient portal – by having in-person conversations about it.
Healthcare IT Today sat down with Carlos Aros, Director of Operations at Community Health Alliance to find out how they are driving the adoption of and engagement their patient portal.
Adoption Though Conversation
CHA uses eClinicalWorks as their EHR. In 2021 they ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 21, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Communication and Patient Experience EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Carlos Aros CHA Community Health Alliance eClinicalWorks eCW FQHCs Healow Healthcare IT Video Interviews Healthcare Scen Source Type: blogs
From Paper to Pixels: The Future is Bright for Health Information Management
The evolution of Health Information Management (HIM) professionals has been remarkable. They are no longer paper pushers (literally) and are now stewards of healthcare data. Jennifer Mueller, President of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), sees a bright future for the HIM industry.
Healthcare IT Today sat down with Jennifer Mueller, AHIMA President and the Vice President & Privacy Officer at the Wisconsin Hospital Association Information Center (WHAIC) to the explore the past, present, and bright future of HIM professionals. We caught up with her at the 2023 American Health Information Mana...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 21, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Analytics/Big Data EMR-EHR Healthcare IT HIM Hospital - Health System Interoperability Interviews Podcast by Healthcare IT Today AHIMA AHIMA 2023 AHIMA23 Data for Better Health Health Information Management Healthcare Data HIM Pr Source Type: blogs
Redrick Technologies: Innovating Radiology Workstations with User-Centric Design
Healthcare IT Today recently visited Redrick Technologies in London, Ontario, to explore their cutting-edge radiology workstations. Redrick’s unique approach involves constantly listening to and incorporating customer feedback. The company is a shining example of user-centric design. Their many happy customers are proof that this is not only helps them stand out in a competitive market, but also ensures they remain ahead of their competitors in terms of product design.
Healthcare IT Today first profiled Redrick after seeing their workstations at RSNA22. A video of their workstation is available here on our YouTube ch...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 20, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops customer feedback ergonomic workstations Greg Patrick Healthcare Ergonomics Josh Patrick Radiologists Radiology Radiology Ergonomics radiology w Source Type: blogs
MGMA Takes an Innovative Approach to Tackling Healthcare Challenges
The 2023 MGMA Leaders Conference (#MGMALeaders), a gathering of healthcare professionals from medical practices, showcased new innovative approaches to addressing industry challenges.
Healthcare IT Today caught up with Ron Holder, Chief Operating Officer at MGMA, to delve into the pressing issues facing the sector and the impact of the new approaches taken by the organization at their annual conference to bolster engagement.
Role-Specific Conference Content was a Hit
This year’s MGMA Leaders Conference embraced change with dynamic content, attracting both long-time members and newcomers. With over 260 first-time atte...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 17, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Administration AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership EMR-EHR Healthcare IT #MGMALeaders hosted buyer meetings Medical Group Practices MGMA Leaders Conference Practice Management Ron Holder Source Type: blogs
Talkiatry Finds Features and Flexibility in eClinicalWorks
Talkiatry is a telemedicine service connecting psychiatrists with patients suffering from depression, bipolar disorder, substance abuse, and other common mental health and behavioral problems. This market is an especially complex area of health care for many reasons. In this video, CEO Robert Krayn talks about how Talkiatry addresses the needs of patients by leveraging their eClinicalWorks EHR platform.
Remote psychiatry is a crucial need, because psychiatrists are extremely unevenly distributed. If you’re in New York City or Boston, you can corral a psychiatrist by accosting people on the street. In a remote rural a...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 16, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Ambulatory Clinical EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Behavioral Telehealth eClinicalWorks eCW Healthcare IT Video Interviews Healthcare Scene Featured Psychiatry EHR Psychiatry EMR Robert Source Type: blogs
What ’ s It Take to Achieve Epic Gold Stars Level 9?
There are all sort of ways that a CIO can motivate their team to higher levels of technology adoption including the HIMSS EMRAM, Most Wired Hospital, and for Epic users there’s the Epic Gold Stars program. At the Epic user conference, hospitals and health systems are recognized for their implementation and use of the Epic EHR system. It’s a 10-level program that encourages users to continually improve how they are using the Epic software in their organization. We all know about EHR systems that have been implemented and then the organization has not continued with upgrades or continued looking at ways to ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 15, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System AltaMed Bill Lewkowski CHIME CHIME 2023 CHIME2023 Epic Epic EHR Epic Gold Stars FQHC HCTec Healthcare CIO Healthcare IT Video Source Type: blogs
Yosi Health Asks the Right Questions to Support Patient Self-Scheduling
Yosi Health offers a full suite of virtual patient intake services that lets patients fill out forms and complete their intake before they come in for clinical visits, online self-scheduling of appointments, two-way text communication, billing, patient surveys, telehealth and more. In a recent video interview with CEO Hari Prasad, he describes how they have overcome the traditional barriers to patient self-scheduling and other insights into their unique approach to the patient intake process.
Pre-visit intake can get complicated because each health care provider is unique and has layers of requirements. For instance, pedia...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 14, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: Administration Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Digital Front Door Digital Patient Intake Hari Prasad Healthcare IT Video Interviews Online Self-Scheduling Patient For Source Type: blogs
OntarioMD is Making Interoperability a Priority for Ontario
In a recent interview with Healthcare IT Today, Aidan Lee, Director of the Certification Program at OntarioMD, and Matt LaDuke, Director of Products, Integrations, and Service Management, shed light on the evolving landscape of electronic medical records (EMRs) and the state of interoperability in the healthcare sector. Their unique perspective as key figures in Ontario’s healthcare technology field offers valuable insights into the trends and challenges facing the industry.
Driving Compliance and Conformance
Lee, responsible for the EMR certification program at OntarioMD, outlined their mission, which includes compl...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 10, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Ambulatory EMR-EHR Healthcare IT Interoperability Aiden Lee Canadian EMR FHIR Healthcare AI Healthcare Interoperability Matt Leduc OLIS Ontario Health OntarioMD Source Type: blogs
Effective Epic Application Management and Epic Go-Live
While many in the industry are ready to move past the EHR, the reality for health IT leaders is that the EHR still takes up a large portion of their mindshare and has some of the biggest impact for good or bad on an organization. Managed and implemented effectively it can be an important tool for a healthcare organization to run more efficiently and provide better care. Managed and implemented poorly and a healthcare organization will create more of a burden on an already burnt out workforce.
To learn more about how Adventist Health is working with HCTec to handle application management of their Epic EHR and a recent E...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 9, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: C-Suite Leadership EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Adventist Health Bill Lewkowski Epic Epic Application Support Epic Consulting Epic Go-Live HCTec Health System CIO Healthcare CIO Healthcare IT Source Type: blogs
