To Become Patient-Centered, Listen to Patients
Patients want to be treated like they are as consumers in the retail and hospitality world. Healthcare is coming around, but slowly. To accelerate the transformation to a more patient-centric system, experts recommend something simple – listen and learn from patients. That is exactly the advice from Windstream Enterprise and Akumin, who partnered to create […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 4, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops Akumin Cliff Dinwiddie Healthcare Scene Featured HIMSS HIMSS 2022 HIM Source Type: blogs

The “Digital Front Door” at Piedmont Healthcare Goes Beyond the Actual Door
Healthcare organizations have been improving their Digital Front Doors. The goal, for most, is to make it as easy as possible for patients to find and book appointments through online channels like websites and apps. Piedmont Healthcare, however, didn’t stop there. They have rolled in wayfinding, call centers, and in-person electronic registration as well. Why? […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 1, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Digital Front Door Gozio Health Healthcare CRM Healthcare Scene Featured Healthcare Wayfinding HIMSS HIMSS 2022 HIMSS22 Jen Melby Katie Logan Online Scheduling Source Type: blogs

Making Virtual At Home Lab Testing a Reality
Healthcare is continuing its march towards remote monitoring (RPM) patients.  Whether this was necessitated by the pandemic, new technology made it possible, or studies that show that patients do better at home, there’s a confluence of changes and technology that are making remote patient monitoring a reality. While the move to RPM is accelerating, there’s […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 1, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Ambulatory Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Clinical Trials COVID Lab Testing Healthcare Scene Featured HIMSS HIMSS 2022 HIMSS22 ixlayer Pouria Sanae Remote Pa Source Type: blogs

The Healthcare AI Project That Experts Said Wasn ’ t Possible
While at the HIMSS 2022 conference, I sat down with Bob Rogers, AI Expert in Residence Center for Digital Health Innovation at UCSF, and Sri Ambati, CEO & Co-Founder at H2O.ai, to learn about a really interesting project that Rogers was working on at UCSF.  When he started the project, he asked a number of experts about […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 29, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: AI/Machine Learning EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops Bob Rogers Center for Digital Health Innovation H2O.ai Healthcare AI Healthcare Machine Learning Healthcare Scene Feat Source Type: blogs

CIO Podcast – Episode 29: Legacy Applications and Archiving with Ray Lowe
For the 29th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we sat down with Ray Lowe, Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer at AltaMed, during the HIMSS 2022 conference in Orlando.  Along with talking about some of the high level leadership experience of Lowe, we also dove into the legacy application and […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 28, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare CIO Podcasts Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System AltaMed CIO Leadership Dental Record Archiving FQHC Health Data Archive Healthcare Archive Healthcare Leadership Healthcare Legacy Source Type: blogs

Weekly Overseas Health IT Links – 26th March, 2022.
Here are a few I came across last week.Note: Each link is followed by a title and few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment.-----https://mhealthintelligence.com/news/55-of-telehealth-providers-frustrated-with-overblown-patient-expectations55% of Telehealth Providers Frustrated With Overblown Patient ExpectationsProviders also cited their ability to provide quality care and technical difficulties as among their top frustrations with telehealth, a new survey shows.ByAnuja VaidyaMarch 18, 202...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - March 26, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

Aligning the Advantages of Flexible Healthcare IT Models with Improved Patient Care
The shift to work-from home and COVID disruptions forced a range of industries to deploy next-gen technologies at an accelerated rate without a commensurate increase in spending. Healthcare organizations were on the frontline of these developments and had to adapt rapidly to deal with the medical emergency effectively and efficiently.  This was the topic of […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 25, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops COVID-19 Dell Technologies Flexible Health IT George Morris Healthcare Scene Featured Heather Hitchcock HIMSS HIMSS 2022 HIMSS22 IaaS Infras Source Type: blogs

How RWJBarnabas Health Is Leveraging Data Across Disparate Systems
One of the biggest challenges in health IT is the fact that patient data is spread across multiple systems.  While we’d like to think that the EHR stores all the information about a patient, it doesn’t.  There are many other systems in a healthcare organization where patient data is stored.  One thing we’ve learned over […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 24, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Healthcare IT Amato Amarain Data Governance Dimensional Insight Health Data Exchange Health Data Sharing Healthcare Data Healthcare Interoperability Healthcare Scene Featured HIMSS HIMSS 2022 HIMSS22 Nora Lissy RWJBarnabas Health Source Type: blogs

Keep Cybersecurity in Mind During Healthcare M & A Experts Say
Cybersecurity is not usually a top-of-mind item during a merger or acquisition, but experts say it should be. It doesn’t matter if you are a healthcare provider or a health IT company, there are real threats to data and system security as the organizations integrate together. Aggressively eliminating duplicate systems, for example, is highly recommended. […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 23, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Security and Privacy Cybersecurity cybersecurity talent Fortinet Healthcare Cybersecurity Healthcare M&A Healthcare Workforce HIMSS HIMSS 2022 HIMSS22 Justin Collier thre Source Type: blogs

Security, Analytics, Partners, and Safety at HIMSS22
In-person healthcare conferences offer a unique opportunity to learn from industry thought-leaders, discover interesting new companies, and hear from established players in the ecosystem. This year at #HIMSS22 I had the opportunity to capture a few of these meetings on camera. Check out these short videos with: MedeAnalytics, DrFirst, Fortinet, R-Zero, and Project Hosts. Providing […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 22, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: C-Suite Leadership Communication and Patient Experience Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Allison Norris data analytics David Schweppe DrFirst Fortinet Health Equity HIMSS HIMSS 2022 HIMSS22 MedeAnalytics ProjectHosts R- Source Type: blogs

Post #ViVE2022 and #HIMSS22 Wrapup – #HITsm Chat Topic
We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 3/25 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by John Lynn (@techguy) from @hcittoday on the topic “Post #ViVE2022 and #HIMSS22 Wrapup.” We just finished a busy two weeks of big health IT conferences with ViVE […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 22, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: #HITsm Healthcare IT #HITsm Chat #HITsm Topics Healthcare IT Conferences HIMSS HIMSS 2022 HIMSS22 ViVE ViVE 2022 VIVE22 Source Type: blogs

Health Equity, Burnout, and Patient Experience are Hot Topics at HIMSS22
In-person healthcare conferences offer a unique opportunity to learn from industry thought-leaders, discover interesting new companies, and hear from established players in the ecosystem. This year at #HIMSS22 I had the opportunity to capture a few of these meetings on camera. Check out these short videos with: MedeAnalytics, Qualtrics, Esri, CareAlign, and Qure4u. Health Equity […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 21, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: C-Suite Leadership Communication and Patient Experience Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Adrienne Boissy CareAlign data analytics David Schweppe esri Este Geraghty Health Equity HIMSS HIMSS 2022 HIMSS22 MedeAnalytics Mo Source Type: blogs

#HealthTechDeals Episode 16: Doctolib, House Rx, SmithRx, Synapse Medicine, and Kintsugi
May the luck of the Irish be with the health tech sector and may everybody’s valuation go back to where it was for the St. Patrick’s Day episode of Health Tech Deals! In today’s episode, Jess asks me about Doctolib’s €500 million raise with a massive €5.8 billion valuation – this is a doctor booking service and more in Europe. We also cover specialty pharma company House Rx’s $25 million raise, bringing their total up to $30 million, SmithRx’s $27 million raise for its flat-fee PBM, Synapse Medicine’s $28 million raise doing medication management, and Kintsugi’s $20...
Source: The Health Care Blog - March 17, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Tech Health Tech Deals Jessica DaMassa Matthew Holt #HealthTechDeals doctolib House Rx Kintsugi SmithRx Synapse Medical Source Type: blogs

5 Things You Need To Know About Day 2 at HIMSS22
Day 2 of #HIMSS22 is complete and so far, the conference has been a pleasant surprise. The exhibit hall is full, people are smiling, and the comments from both vendors and providers has been generally positive. Here are five things you need to know from HIMSS Day 2 The Exhibit Hall was Busy The main […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 16, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: AI/Machine Learning Healthcare IT #HITsm Digital Health Exhibit Hall HIMSS HIMSS 2022 HIMSS22 SalesForce Source Type: blogs

Despite Preponderance of Threats, Healthcare Cybersecurity Budgets Still Tight
While last year was disastrous for healthcare security incidents, it seems that cybersecurity budgets still haven’t risen to meet demand.  New research from HIMSS looking at the status of cybersecurity found that while significant security incidents were widespread last year, many healthcare organizations still have no specific carveout for cybersecurity needs in the budgets or […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 15, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Anne Zieger Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Security and Privacy Healthcare Cybersecurity Budget Healthcare Data Breach Healthcare Phishing Attacks Healthcare Ransomware Attacks HIMSS Source Type: blogs