Featured Health IT Job: Rural Health Clinic Transition Project Manager
We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Rural Health Clinic Transition Project Manager position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Stoltenberg Consulting Inc. and is a hybrid position located in the Midwest.
Here’s a description of the position:
Now seeking a Project Manager for a client engagement in the Midwest, who can lead the organization’s physician practices/clinics in their transition over to Rural Health Clinic (RHC) designation. This is a full-time hybrid role for a 6-month du...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 27, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Health IT Jobs Tags: Career and Jobs Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Jobs Hybrid Position Job Seekers Project Manager Jobs Rural Health Clinic Transition Project Manager Stoltenberg Consulting Jobs Source Type: blogs
Not All Prescription Management and Clinical Decision Support Are Created Equal
When I first discovered Synapse Medicine, I was fascinated by the depth of work they had done to handle prescriptions and clinical decision support in their system. Since their system was and is being broadly used in France, they were able to see and work on all the problems associated with medication management and discover the solutions that worked across a wide swath of patients and environments. Needless to say, there’s more to prescription management and medication decision support than you would expect at first glance.
This is why I was excited to sit down with Clement Goehrs, MD-PhD, CEO & Co-Founder ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 26, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: AI/Machine Learning Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership Clinical EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System CDS Clement Goehrs Clinical Decision Support Healthcare IT Video Interviews Healthcare Scene Featur Source Type: blogs
Having Tackled Workflows and Image Enhancement, Generative AI Targets Diagnostics
The following is a guest article by Morris Panner, President at Intelerad Medical Systems
By 2034, the U.S. could face a shortage of up to 124,000 physicians due, in part, to burnout. In the medical imaging field, specifically, this challenge isn’t exactly new – but the technology that could help remedy the problem is. The usage of this potential solution in the imaging space has been delayed due to the perception it’s a bit of a rule-breaker.
A fairly recent arrival to radiology, Generative AI has emerged as a powerful resource, showing promise in a variety of tasks, from supporting streamlined workflows to syntheti...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 26, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Clinical Workflow Generative AI Intelerad Medical Systems Medical Images Morris Panner Physician Burnout Physician Shortage Radiolog Source Type: blogs
Thirona Raises €7.5 Million New Financing to Accelerate the Adoption of its Breakthrough Innovations for Precision Medicine
Thirona, a global company specializing in advanced analysis of thoracic CT images with artificial intelligence, is thrilled to announce the successful completion of its new investment. The Company has secured €7.5 Million ($8 Million) of financing through a €5 Million investment round from HERAN Partners and Borski Fund, and a €2.5 Million grant from the European Innovation Council (EIC).
Thirona is at the forefront of revolutionizing medical treatment and intervention pathways for lung diseases through cutting-edge artificial intelligence technologies, ultimately improving patient care and outcomes. The Company’s ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 26, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Borski Fund EIC European Innovation Council Eva van Rikxoort Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment HERAN Partners Katleen Vandersmissen Rita Priori Simone Brummelhuis Thirona Source Type: blogs
CIO Podcast – Episode 62: Digital Transformation with Laura Marquez
For the 62nd episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Laura Marquez, Senior Director for Digital Transformation at the University of Utah Health (UofU Health), to talk all about digital transformation! We begin this episode by looking at healthcare on the East Coast and on the West Coast to see if they are different or not. We then move on to the work Marquez has done and discuss the most successful digital transformation project she’s done and what made it that successful. Next, we talk about how we would define digital transformation in healthcare. Marquez then shares the technolog...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 25, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: AI/Machine Learning C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare CIO Podcasts Healthcare IT CIO Leadership Digital Transformation Health IT Leadership Healthcare Digital Transformation John Lynn Laura Marquez University of Utah He Source Type: blogs
5 Must-Haves in a Patient Financial Communication Platform
The following is a guest article by Steven Dubner, Vice President of Product Management at Nordis Technologies
No matter how exemplary the clinical care, overall patient experience and satisfaction often hinge on the last interactions with providers—billing and payments. But many patients are, in fact, unhappy with the current state: 49% of all adults and 74% of millennials would consider switching providers for a better payment experience, according to InstaMed’s 2021 annual consumer survey on healthcare payments.
To improve this critical financial experience, healthcare technology and revenue cycle leaders are digita...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 25, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Communication and Patient Experience Healthcare IT Revenue Cycle Management Anne Goodwill Pritchett CCM Hackensack Meridian Health Healthcare Costs InstaMed Nordis Technologies Patient Billing Patient Communication Patient Satisfacti Source Type: blogs
Ibex Raises $55 Million in Series C Funding to Drive Global Adoption of AI for Cancer Diagnosis
Led by 83North, This Round of Financing Brings Total Funding to Over $100 Million
Ibex Medical Analytics (Ibex), the leader in AI-powered cancer diagnostics, today announced it has closed a $55 million Series C financing round led by 83North. Additional participants in the round were Sienna Venture Capital and existing investors in the company, Octopus Ventures, aMoon, Planven Entrepreneur Ventures, and Dell Technologies Capital. The financing brings total funding to over $100 million since Ibex’s inception in 2016.
Ibex is transforming cancer diagnostics with AI-powered solutions that help pathologists improve the...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 25, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT 83North aMoon Dell Technologies Capital Galen Gil Goren Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Ibex Ibex Medical Analytics Joseph Mossel Octopus Ventures Planven Entrepreneur V Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – September 24, 2023 – 72 percent of patients say affordability is the biggest challenge for paying medical bills
This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.
News and Studies
The American Telemedicine Association released three tools aimed at addressing disparity and inequity in care: Digital Infrastructure Disparities Score and Map, Economic and Social Value-Added Calculator, and a...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 24, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT ABOUT Accelecom Accenture Adriana Day AHA AMA Amazon Bedrock Angie Franks Arcadia ATA AVIA Babyscripts Biofourmis Cadence Cedar Censinet CirrusMD CliniComp ClosedLoop Collette Health CrowdStrike Da Source Type: blogs
Weekly Roundup – September 23, 2023
Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week.
ELLKAY Selected as CommonWell’s New Technical Service Provider. John sat down with leaders at ELLKAY and CommonWell to discuss how the organizations will be working together – primarily at the moment to support CommonWell’s QHIN efforts – and learn why data sharing entities are actually designed for seamless transitions to new service...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 23, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup Source Type: blogs
TEFCA, QHINs, HDUs, and Interoperability with Civitas CEO Lisa Bari
Civitas Networks for Health is a non-profit consortium that brings together a broad community of organizations interested in health data exchange. Many members are HIEs, but a number of other organizations in health care including community organizations are members as well. Civitas started only two and half years ago, but already have 165 members spread across the country.
In this short video, CEO Lisa Bari describes the most interesting aspects of Civitas’s recent conference. She said that people coming out of COVID-related isolation were eager to join workshops so that organizations such as HIEs, quality improveme...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 22, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Interoperability CIvitas Civitas 2023 Civitas Networks for Health Health Data Sharing Healthcare Interoperability Healthcare IT Video Interviews HIEs Lisa Bari QHINS TEFCA Source Type: blogs
Why Sustainability in the Healthcare Sector Requires a Cultural Mindset Shift
The following is a guest article by Sheetal Chawla, Head of Life Sciences and Head of Northeast Region at Capgemini Americas, and Stephen Obana, Vice President of Life Sciences at Capgemini Americas
The healthcare sector has long been globally recognized as one of the leading carbon-intensive industries, accounting for 4.5% of the world’s greenhouse gases. However, the increasing attention on reducing emissions and forging a path to net zero in recent years has many leaders questioning how they can implement new sustainability strategies across their organizations.
In fact, in 2021, the World Health Organization organi...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 22, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC Regulations Capgemini Americas Carbon Footprint environmental health Greenhouse Gas Emissions Healthcare Sustainability Scope Emissions Source Type: blogs
WellSky Acquires Experience Care to Enhance Long-Term Care Providers ’ Ability to Operate Efficiently, Advance Resident Care
Together, the Healthcare Technology Companies will Continue to Innovate and Strengthen Solutions that Position Organizations to Succeed Against Industry Challenges and Thrive in Value-Based Care
WellSky, a leading health and community care technology company, announced today that it has acquired Experience Care, an innovative technology company offering a suite of software solutions for post-acute and long-term care providers. With the addition of Experience Care, WellSky expands its commitment and investment in the long-term care market.
Experience Care has a proven track record with its leading electronic health record ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 22, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Bill Miller Experience Care Gina Barrett Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare Growth Partners Healthcare M&A WellSky Source Type: blogs
ELLKAY Selected as CommonWell ’ s New Technical Service Provider
One of the biggest networks for sharing health data in the country is CommonWell Health Alliance. After some changes in the industry and some acquisitions, CommonWell was in need of a new technical service provider to continue their interoperability work and to finish their work to become a QHIN under TEFCA. After a thorough evaluation process, CommonWell just announced the selection of ELLKAY as their new technical service provider.
This is big news for CommonWell and ELLKAY (who is also a member of CommonWell) and is an important step forward for both organizations. To better understand how this partnership came to...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 21, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: C-Suite Leadership EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Interoperability Ajay Kapare CommonWell CommonWell Health Alliance ELLKAY GP Singh Gurpreet Singh Health Data Sharing Healthcare Interoperability Healthcare IT Video Inte Source Type: blogs
Addressing the Mental Health Crisis: Why Personalized Digital Solutions Are Essential To Meet Growing Demand
The following is a guest article by Byron Crowe, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Solera
Demand for mental services has never been higher, and an ongoing shortage of psychiatrists and psychologists is preventing millions of Americans from timely access to mental health services. And the timing couldn’t be worse — findings from Solera Health’s recent Mental Health Index, a nationally representative survey of over 3,000 U.S. adults, found that 42% of Americans continue to be bothered by symptoms of anxiety and depression, a staggering figure that remains substantially elevated from pre-pandemic numbers. Moreover, these sym...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 21, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Healthcare IT Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring CBT Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Digital CBT Digital Mental Health Tools Dr. Byron Crowe M.D. Healthcare Barriers Personalized Healthcare Solera Solera Network Teletherapy Therapist Source Type: blogs
TeleVox Acquires Odeza Patient Engagement Business from Ensemble Health Partners
TeleVox, the industry-leading provider of omnichannel digital patient engagement technology, has acquired the Odeza patient engagement business from Ensemble Health Partners (Ensemble), the leading revenue cycle management company for hospitals, health systems, and physician practices.
Additionally, TeleVox and Ensemble will make TeleVox’s technology available to Ensemble’s customers, offering healthcare providers a comprehensive solution from patient acquisition to discharge and beyond.
“We welcome Odeza into the TeleVox family and the acquisition of their patient engagement business aligns with our 30-plus year com...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 21, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Ensemble Ensemble Health Partners Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A IRIS Judson Ivy Odeza TeleVox Vik Krishnan Source Type: blogs
