Health Equity: Searching for a New Angle
In Disney’s Big Hero 6, the protagonist, Hiro Hamada, will get stuck in a problem after working on it for a while because he’s becoming too set in his way of thinking. And he is only able to find the solution thanks to his brother’s, Tadashi Hamada, words ‘find a new angle, look for another way out.’ Health inequality and discrimination is not a new problem in healthcare. It is a problem that people have been fighting for since the very beginning but we still have not found the solution to achieving health equity. So it might be time to listen to Tadashi and shake things up. Maybe by taking a...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 10, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Administration Ambulatory Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Aaron Brandwein AdvancedMD Alex Rothberg Allyson Livingstone Amanda Hanse Source Type: blogs
Transformative Tech: Enhancing Healthcare Outcomes for All
The following is a guest article by Patrick Tarnowski, Chief Commercial Officer at OneStep
As many as 91% of patients who could benefit from physical therapy (PT) do not access care, and of those who do, only 30% complete their course of care. There are numerous reasons why.
Perhaps patients work long hours or need access to transportation to get them to their appointments, primarily if they live in rural or lower socioeconomic areas. Sometimes the cost of physical therapy services, and any additional monitoring equipment, creates an added barrier for particular populations and communities. When it comes to BIPOC individua...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 10, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Ambulatory Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring At Home Care BIPOC Digital Health Solutions Healthcare Accessibility Improving Clinical Outcomes OneStep Patrick Tarno Source Type: blogs
Featured Health IT Job: Allscripts PM Reporting Specialist
We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Allscripts PM Reporting Specialist position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Stoltenberg Consulting Inc. and is remote.
Here’s a description of the position:
Currently seeking an Allscripts PM Reporting Specialist for a fully remote one-year engagement with possibility of extension.
Job Description
Stoltenberg Consulting’s health system client is looking for a fully remote Allscripts Reporting Specialist to provide support to the legacy team, as...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 10, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Health IT Jobs Tags: Career and Jobs Healthcare IT Allscripts Jobs Allscripts PM Reporting Specialist Healthcare IT Jobs Job Seekers Remote Position Stoltenberg Consulting Jobs Source Type: blogs
Take AI Out of the Conversation Completely and Focus on Results
When designing analytical systems for clinicians, “Take AI out of the conversation completely,” advises Sameer Sethi, Senior Vice President and Chief Data Analytics Officer at Hackensack Meridian Health. However, AI is woven throughout the 15-minute video interview below where Sethi is interviewed along with Prashant Natarajan, General Manager, Health & Life Sciences at H2O.ai. Sethi’s message is that your users care about what AI can do for them, not that it is AI that’s accomplishing the task.
Two critical uses for AI discussed by Sethi and Natarajan are conversational AI and searching unstr...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 9, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: AI/Machine Learning Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Conversational AI Explainable AI H2O.ai Hackensack Meridian Health Healthcare AI Healthcare IT Video Interviews Heal Source Type: blogs
AI Front and Center at 2023 eClinicalWorks Health Centers Summit
Product enhancements based on the application of artificial intelligence (AI) featured prominently at the recent 2023 Health Centers Summit (HCS2023) hosted by eClinicalWorks. CEO Girish Navani showcased new AI powered search capabilities, AI-generated patient summaries, and next-step recommendations. The company also debuted a new macro feature and AI-assisted appointment reminders designed to improve no-shows.
HCS2023 is an annual event specifically for eClinicalWorks’ community health centers and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs). These healthcare organizations have unique needs and challenges that are differ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 9, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Administration Ambulatory Clinical EMR-EHR Healthcare IT Appointment Reminders Carequality ChatGPT CommonWell Community Health Centers eClinicalWorks FQHC Girish Navani HCS2023 Large Language Models No Shows PRISMA Source Type: blogs
Empowering Healthcare: The Transformative Role of Technology in Improving Patient Care
The following is a guest article by Josh Coleman, Managing Partner at Treacy & Company by Cherry Bekaert
Healthcare has undergone massive changes over the past few years. In response, healthcare providers and organizations have accelerated their efforts to leverage technology to keep up with new customer demands and provide high-quality care to patients.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the technologies rapidly transforming the healthcare industry and changing how healthcare is delivered. From wearable patches that monitor vitals to 3D printing life-size replicas of organs, AI has enabled healthcare providers to ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 9, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: AI/Machine Learning Communication and Patient Experience EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System AI-Enabled Tools AI-Powered Charting Software Artificial Intelligence Cherry Bekaert Electronic Health Records Source Type: blogs
eVisit Announces the Acquisition of Bluestream Health
Market-leading virtual care operating platform to add digital front door capabilities, integrated language services, and innovative health system customers to help healthcare organizations simplify care delivery
eVisit, the leading virtual care operating platform for health systems and large, complex healthcare delivery organizations, today announced it has acquired Bluestream Health, an innovative digital front door and virtual care workflow solution that manages patient and provider interactions throughout the care delivery process. Terms of the acquisition were not announced.
With this acquisition, eVisit augments its...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 9, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Bill Sheahan Bluestream Health Digital Care Digital Front Door eVisit Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A Language Service Matthew Davidge MedStar Health MedStar Institute for Innovation Sachin A Source Type: blogs
5G Improves Patient and Staff Experience at NGHS
5G means much more to healthcare than just faster cellular speeds. 5G is a technology that can help improve both patient and staff experience WITHOUT the need for extensive training or changes to workflows. If implemented smartly, 5G also represents a rare opportunity to future-proof healthcare facilities.
To find out more about 5G and how it can be successfully deployed in healthcare, the team at Healthcare IT Today did a deep dive into this topic with:
Stuart Samples, Chief Technology Officer at Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS);
Robert Johnson, Communications Manager at NGHS; and
Bill Cune, Vice President at Corni...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 8, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops 5G Bill Cune Corning Corning Optical Solutions Fiber to the edge FTTE Healthcare 5G Healthcare Scene Featur Source Type: blogs
Equity, AI, and EMR Maturity at HIMSS23
At HIMSS23 over 40 leaders, innovators, and experts stopped by the Healthcare IT Today booth to offer their unique insights and expert opinions on-camera. It was fantastic to hear their diverse perspectives on the current state of our industry. Here are three of those interesting conversations.
More Focus on Equity a Welcome Trend at HIMSS23 – Divurgent
Christopher Kunney, Senior VP of Digital Acceleration at Divurgent had a lot of interesting insights to share about equity in healthcare. As a member of the HIMSS Global Equity Committee, Kunney advocates for diversity, equity, and inclusion in healthcare. The Committ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 8, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Communication and Patient Experience EMR-EHR Healthcare IT AI in healthcare Christopher Kunney Divurgent EMR maturity model EMRAM eVideon Healthcare Equity HIMSS HIMSS 2023 HIMSS DHTP Program HIMSS Digital Health Technology Partn Source Type: blogs
CIO Podcast – Episode 54: Patient Information Privacy with Natalie Pageler, MD
For the 54th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Natalie Pageler, MD, CMIO at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health to talk about patient information privacy! To kick things off, Pageler shares some of the unique challenges that exist with data privacy for children. Then we shift into the roles healthcare organizations and patients/parents have in keeping information private. Next Pageler offers tips/guidance on how we can all keep our health information private. Then we take a look at various health apps to discuss their role in information privacy. Looking forward, we move on to...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 8, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare CIO Podcasts Healthcare IT HIM Hospital - Health System Regulations Security and Privacy App Privacy CIO Leadership Data Sharing Health Apps Health IT Leadership Natalie Pageler N Source Type: blogs
Tegria Acquires MEDITECH Hosting and Services Firm Sisu Healthcare IT Solutions
Tegria, a leading healthcare consulting and technology services company, today announced the acquisition of Sisu Healthcare IT Solutions, a highly regarded MEDITECH certified hosting and services firm headquartered near Duluth, Minn.
With the addition of Sisu’s team of experts, Tegria deepens its established hosting, technical solutions and managed services offerings to support MEDITECH clients. A leader in MEDITECH consulting services, Tegria’s experienced consultants leverage a comprehensive set of proprietary internal tools and methodologies to improve workflows and processes enabling MEDITECH clients to successfull...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 8, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Brian Cahill Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A Kevin Boerboom Meditech Sisu Sisu Healthcare IT Solutions Sisu Solutions Tegria Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – May 7, 2023 – Less than 1% of all medical claims include an ICD-10 Z code, 78% of consumers say virtual health is important when considering health plans, and more
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
CMS has opened the Hardship Exception application period for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) that participated in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program in 2022. Hospitals may be exempt from...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 7, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Alan Bugos Alexander Group Amazon Amazon Web Services CAHs Carenet Health CarePort Connect CGI CharmHealth CMS Consensus Cloud Solutions Controlled Medications CrunchBase DAS Health DEA eClinicalWorks eCW Source Type: blogs
Weekly Roundup – May 6, 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.
Technology’s Role in Helping Us Achieve Health Equity. Technology can play a valuable role in making healthcare more convenient, but on if it’s affordable and accessible. That was the underling message when we asked the Healthcare IT Today community to talk about using technology to reduce inequity in healthcare. That means connecting patient...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 6, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup Source Type: blogs
How Technology Can Help Us Achieve Health Equity
There has been an incredible rise in technological advancements in the world of healthcare recently due to our sudden need for everything to be digital when COVID hit. While the cases of COVID have gone down and we’ve settled into a new normal, that isn’t the only crisis that we need a tech fix too. We need to start searching for how we can use technology, new or old, to fix health inequality and discrimination.
We reached out to our beautiful Healthcare IT Today Community to get their insights on the role technology can play in working towards health equity. The following is what they had to say and be sure to...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 5, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: C-Suite Leadership Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops Regulations Alex Rothberg Andrew Kobylinski Ben Zaniello MD Bronwyn Spira Cardio Diagnosti Source Type: blogs
Preventing Genetic Testing Fraud: 5 Actions for Health Plans
The following is a guest article by Erin Rutzler, Vice President of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse at Cotiviti
In Delaware, more than 250 Medicare patients underwent unnecessary genetic testing based on telehealth consultations that often lasted less than two minutes—costing Medicare thousands of dollars per patient. Meanwhile, an emerging scheme for fraudulent and unnecessary cardiovascular and cancer genetic testing allegedly resulted in $174 million in false and fraudulent Medicare claims.
These are just two examples of what the Healthcare Fraud Prevention Partnership describes as a surge in fraud, waste and abuse associated...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 5, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Administration Genomics-Precision Medicine Health IT Company Healthcare IT Regulations Revenue Cycle Management Cotiviti CPT Codes Erin Rutzler Fraud Waste and Abuse FWA Genetic Testing Genetic Testing Fraud Healthcare Fraud Prev Source Type: blogs
