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Are We Further Along with Interoperability Than We Think?
The inability to easily exchange medical data is holding back healthcare improvements and innovation. Thankfully there has been concerted effort recently from governments, vendors, standards bodies, and healthcare organizations to address this. Key to this effort is a standardized way to measure our interoperability progress (or lack thereof). The Healthcare Leadership Council and other leading […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 20, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Podcasts Anthem Ashok Chennuru Cris Ross Health Data Sharing Healthcare Interoperability Healthcare Leadership Council Healthcare Scene Featured HIMSS HIMSS 2022 HIMSS22 Mary Grealy Matt Swain Source Type: blogs

NTT DATA Services: More Personalized Patient Experiences Needed
There is little doubt that a good patient experience leads to better outcomes. A “good experience”, however, is a moving target that is shaped by consumer experiences in other industries like retail, banking, and hospitality. Patients are beginning to expect more personalized care. NTT DATA Services believes it can be delivered if healthcare is willing […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 19, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: C-Suite Leadership Communication and Patient Experience Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Amazon behavior science Dr. Richard Swafford Healthcare Scene Featured HIMSS HIMSS 2022 HIMSS22 Lirio Milissa Campbell NTT DATA Servic Source Type: blogs

Healthcare IT Conferences: What Do You Need? – #HITsm Chat Topic
We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 4/23 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Janae Sharp (@CoherenceMed) and @UHIMSS on the topic “Healthcare IT Conferences: What do you need?” Large and small health IT conferences were cancelled in 2020, and continue […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 19, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: #HITsm Healthcare IT #HITsm Chat #HITsm Topics Healthcare IT Conferences Healthcare IT Networking HIMSS Janae Sharp Source Type: blogs

Becoming More Patient First with Kelli Bravo from Pega
Any shift in healthcare goes slow. In many ways, this is by design. We don’t want to make changes that are going to literally put patients’ lives at risk. While change is slow, it feels like we’re on that slow march to putting patients first in healthcare. Certainly COVID threw some gas on that fire […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 18, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: AI/Machine Learning C-Suite Leadership Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Health Equity Healthcare Bias Healthcare Scene Featured Healthcare Self-Service HIMSS HIMSS 2022 H Source Type: blogs

TigerConnect Reduces Staff Frustration With Better Communication & Scheduling
As healthcare continues to grapple with staffing challenges, organizational leaders are more keenly interested in technologies that will reduce staff workload and frustration. Companies with established track records in staff efficiency, automation, and communication are well positioned to help. TigerConnect, for example, is seeing success with its new scheduling products that leverage the company’s success […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 14, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Administration C-Suite Leadership Clinical Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality ahrq Healthcare Scene Featured Healthcare Workforce HIMSS HIMSS 2022 HIMSS22 Source Type: blogs

Arkansas HIE Uses Technology Partnership to Improve Health Outcomes
When it comes to HIEs, each one is different. They often have distinct missions, and many states have multiple HIEs trying to approach electronic information exchange from several directions. In Arkansas, they’re lucky to have one statewide HIE which is focused on improving patient health outcomes. The Arkansas State Health Alliance for Records Exchange (SHARE) is leveraging […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 13, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Interoperability IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops ADT Notifications Anne Santifer Healthcare Scene Featured HIE HIEs HIMSS HIMSS 2022 HIMSS22 Patient Matching Payers Secure Exch Source Type: blogs

Addressing Staff Burnout with the Right Workstation Setup
Burnout is at an all time high in healthcare and the world. Doctors and nurses are overwhelmed and many are to the point that they are literally leaving their jobs. Even on the health IT side of things, burnout is real and remote work options means that people can more easily switch jobs. Addressing staff […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 13, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops LTPAC COWs EHR Workstation Enovate Medical Healthcare Scene Featured HIMSS HIMSS 2022 HIMSS22 IT Staff Burnout Nurse Burn Source Type: blogs

The Story and Vision for Tegria
Some of you who read this may not have heard of Tegria. However, it’s very likely you’ve heard of one of the many companies that were combined to make up Tegria. Tegria came out of healthcare giant Providence in Seattle where they combined a number of existing investments and acquisitions into one company. Here’s a […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 11, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: AI/Machine Learning Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Acclara Solutions Anders Brown Bluetree Community Technologies Engage IT Services HIMSS HIMSS 2022 HIMSS22 KenSci Lumedic Med Source Type: blogs

3 Important Security Efforts and 2 Threats to Work On and Watch for in Healthcare
Coming out of the HIMSS conference, one of the top topics at the conference was cybersecurity. Maybe it was the lingering impact and effects of ransomware incidents that hit so many healthcare organizations or maybe it was the growing complexity of IT systems that are being deployed, but cybersecurity seemed to be on everyone’s mind. […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 8, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC Security and Privacy Fortinet Healthcare Breach Healthcare CISO Healthcare Cybersecurity Healthcare Ransomware Healthcare Scene Featured Source Type: blogs

The Patient Right of Access Rule and a Look at Enforcement Actions
New government regulations never stop in healthcare. It’s just the nature of the business and that’s unlikely to change. However, the reality of this is that some rules get more attention than others. One rule that I think some have missed is the Patient Right of Access rule. For those that may have missed some […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 7, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Administration Ambulatory Health IT Company Healthcare IT HIM Hospital - Health System LTPAC Regulations Healthcare Scene Featured HIM Policy HIMSS HIMSS 2022 HIMSS22 MRO OCR OCR Enforcement Actions Patient Right of Access Source Type: blogs

A Case Study on the Importance of Choosing the Right Data Management Partner
In a recent conversation with Zafar Chaudry, MD, MS, MIS, MBA, Sr. Vice President – Chief Digital & Information Officer at Seattle Children’s, and Sunita Pradhan, VP Customer Success Hospital and Health Systems at ELLKAY, it was impressed upon me how important a healthcare organization’s work in data management is to an organization and more […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 7, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops Cerner ELLKAY Epic Healthcare Legacy Applications Healthcare Scene Featured HIM HIMSS HIMSS 2022 HIMSS22 Release of Infor Source Type: blogs

The Expanding Role of Pharmacists in Healthcare and the Tech They Need to Be Successful
As someone who did IT support for a pharmacy in my early health IT career, I saw how pharmacists were an incredibly valuable piece of healthcare and also an underutilized resource. Over the last decade, many have come to realize the value pharmacists can provide population health efforts that goes well beyond counting pills, delivering […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 5, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Healthcare Scene Featured HIMSS HIMSS 2022 HIMSS22 Pharmacists pharmacy Pharmacy IT Pharmacy Reimbursement Population Health Tara Pfund Source Type: blogs

The Importance of Cybersecurity in Protecting Patient Safety
When we talk about cybersecurity, we often like to talk about the financial elements of a breach. No doubt the financial impact is extremely important and can cost an organization dearly if they’re not prepared. You also often hear about the reputation impact a breach has on an organization when the breach hits the local […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 5, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC Security and Privacy Healthcare Cybersecurity Healthcare Scene Featured HIMSS HIMSS 2022 HIMSS22 Mike Gregory patient safety Proofpoin Source Type: blogs

#ViVE2022 and #HIMSS22 Wrapup – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 85
For the 85th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re talking about the recent ViVE 2022 and HIMSS 2022 conferences. Attending both big events back to back was quite the experience and gave us a unique view into what’s being talked about in health IT. In this episode, we dive into the things we heard, […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 4, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn John Lynn and Colin Hung Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Podcasts Hospital - Health System LTPAC Consensus CrowdStrike Dell Technologies ELLKAY Google Cloud Google Health Health Gorilla Health IT Health IT Companies He Source Type: blogs

Medication Reconciliation and Pharmacovigilance with Dr. Clement Goehrs
Long time readers may remember that we covered the announcement of a French company, Synapse Medicine, launching their Medication Reconciliation and Pharmacovigilance solutions in the US. I always find it exciting when the US can benefit from technology and solutions that are already having an impact internationally. At the HIMSS 2022 conference, I was able […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 4, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: AI/Machine Learning Clinical EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Dr Clement Goehrs France Healthcare AI Healthcare Scene Featured HIMSS HIMSS 2022 HIMSS22 Medication Reconciliation Pharmacovigilance Source Type: blogs