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The Oft Forgotten Benefits of Multi-Cloud in Healthcare
I remember the days when cloud was almost a dirty word in healthcare. Most healthcare CIOs probably saw the writing on the wall that cloud was the future, but there was a lot of fear going to the cloud. Now every healthcare organization is not just in the cloud but is multi-cloud. What’s interesting about healthcare’s move to the cloud is that we often forget the benefits of multi-cloud when it comes to things like patient outcomes and clinician experience. This was the topic of discussion at the HIMSS 2023 annual conference in the session titled “CXO Spotlight: Improve Patient Outcomes and Clinicia...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 23, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops Bill Wilson Clinician Experiences COVID-19 Geoffrey Brown Healthcare Cloud Healthcare Multi-Cloud Healthcare Scene Featured H Source Type: blogs

Just Get Connected Already
When my optometrist notices an odd lesion on one of my eyes, we agreed we should let my PCP know. The optometrist printed his report that I would bring to my next PCP exam, because otherwise my optometrist had no reliable way to transfer the data. This is the burden still faced by three quarters of U.S. clinicians, as estimated by Paul L Wilder, Executive Director of the CommonWell Health Alliance. The alliance was a bold gesture made ten years ago by leading EHR vendors to demonstrate their commitment to data sharing. Many other health IT firms have joined CommonWell since then. In the video interview below, Wilder and Li...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 23, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: C-Suite Leadership EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Interoperability Regulations CommonWell CommonWell Health Alliance FHIR FHIR Connectathon Health Data Interoperability Health Data Sharing Health Source Type: blogs

Weekly Roundup – May 20, 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. Addressing Current Pain Points and Building Capacity for Future Needs. Colin Hung spoke to Marcus Perez at Altera Digital Health about helping providers solve cash flow and throughput challenges today while planning for care-at-home and other initiatives to support future business growth. Read more… Working Together for Stronger Healthcare Cybersec...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 20, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup Source Type: blogs

A Talk with Epic at HIMSS23 Including Their Work to Incorporate Generative AI
Epic started out as a rather inert data repository, but decades of use and growth have allowed it to look beyond the EHR itself. According to Project Manager Erika Koch, they have taken on the pressing challenges of health care: making doctors’ work lives easier, reducing costs, and improving the patient experience. Work with genomics and rare diseases is underway. Seth Hain, Senior Vice President of R&D, talked about how they are integrating generative AI, in collaboration with Microsoft’s Azure AI. The tool can be used for something as simple as categorizing inbox messages, or on a higher level to draft a...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 19, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System ChatGPT Epic Epic EHR Erika Koch Generative AI Healthcare ChatGPT Healthcare Generative AI Healthcare IT Video I Source Type: blogs

Leveling Up, Bruce Lee, and Healthcare AI – Fun Friday
It’s been a while since we’ve done a Fun Friday article and so we have to remedy that today. What can I say? It’s been really busy with so much content coming out of the ViVE and HIMSS conferences. However, I think we can all use a little fun as well. For those not familiar with Fun Friday, it’s a chance for us to let our hair down and share a little humor as we head into the weekend. This week’s Fun Friday definitely puts into perspective all the crazy (good and bad) that’s happening in the world of health IT. #Healthcare CIOs be like…leveling up is easy…. 😵‍💫 pic...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 19, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: C-Suite Leadership Healthcare IT Bruce Lee Chuck Norris Fun Friday Healthcare AI Healthcare Leadership Source Type: blogs

Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) Data in Action
Just when clinicians—inspired by the HITECH act and new forms of analytics—are grappling with new uses for traditional clinical data, they are being pushed to include a far vaster data set: social determinants of health (SDoH). There are often challenges when it comes to figuring out what types of SDoH data are relevant to each patient, and how to act on it to create healthier individuals and communities. Health Gorilla is devoted to deriving insights from a combination of traditional clinical data and SDoH. Avery Haller, executive director for strategy and partnerships, divides relevant data into three types: Typi...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 16, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Administration Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Interoperability Health Gorilla Healthcare IT Video Interviews Healthcare Scene Featured HIMSS HIMSS 2023 HIMSS23 Lexis Source Type: blogs

Spring Health IT Conference Review – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 114
For the 114th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we are reviewing the Health IT Conferences we’ve had this spring! First we discuss the technology trends that we’ve seen this far. Next we examine what were the hot topics of discussions from all of the conferences. Then we share what we thought was missing and/or lacking from the spring 2023 conferences. And to finish off this episode, we go into our impressions of all of the conferences so far from an event standpoint. Here’s a preview of the questions and topics we discuss in this episode: What are the technology trends you have seen in the spring 2023 c...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 15, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn John Lynn and Colin Hung Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Podcasts 2023 Spring Conferences Health IT Companies Health IT Conferences Health IT Podcasts Healthcare Conferences Healthcare Podcasts HIMSS HIMSS 2023 HIMSS23 ViVE ViVE 2023 Source Type: blogs

Weekly Roundup – May 13, 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. With Data Quality, We’re Still Learning the Lesson Charles Babbage Taught Us in 1821. Two centuries ago, the Englishman introduced the world to the concept of Garbage In, Garbage Out. At HIMSS23, Colin Hung tuned in to a session with Charlie Harp at Clinical Architecture and learned that providers have little trust in the patient data they collect ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 13, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup Source Type: blogs

Small and Medium Medical Practices Need Business Support
Small- and medium-sized medical practices are struggling. The uncertain economic environment, staffing challenges, and the increasing complexity of providing care is putting practice owners under tremendous stress. EverHealth, providers of end-to-end solutions for healthcare providers, believes that these practices need support from partners that can take on some of the administrative, operational, and financial tasks so they can continue to deliver care to patients. Healthcare IT Today sat down with Adam Laskey, General Manager of EverHealth at EverCommerce, to find out more about the company’s work, their vision for me...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 10, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Administration Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership EMR-EHR Healthcare IT Revenue Cycle Management Adam Lasky DrChrono EverCommerce EverHealth Healthcare Scene Featured HIMSS HIMSS 2023 HIMSS23 medical payment processing Medical Pra 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

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

It ’s Private: Innovative Techniques Begin to Address Clinicians’ Mental Health
The following is a guest article by William J. Hayes, M.D., M.B.A., and Chief Medical Officer at CPSI New collaboration between mobile app developer, EHR vendor and health systems decreases clinician stress The perennial challenge of clinical burnout has reached an inflection point. Fueled by PTSD from COVID-19, burnout is largely based on the modern human experience of constantly consuming stimuli (much of which is negative) while also being pushed to achieve higher levels of productivity and efficiency. Those that have been impacted the greatest of any group have been our physicians, nurses, therapists, and other healthc...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 2, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Clinical EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC Brain Drain COVID-19 CPSI Dr. Gloria Mark Dr. Izzy Justice EQ Health Healthcare Burnout mental health Mental Heal Source Type: blogs

HIMSS Takeaways: Size Doesn ’t (Always) Count, Johnny Appleseed and MomGPT
By MICHAEL L. MILLENSON Live and in-person once again, HIMSS 2023 attracted more than 30,000 attendees to the exhibit halls and meeting rooms of Chicago’s sprawling McCormick Place. Although no one person could possibly absorb it all, below are some harbingers of the health care future that stayed with me. Size Doesn’t Count. Exploring the remote byways of the cavernous exhibition areas, it became clear that it’s not the size of the booth, but the impact of the product that counts. At a pavilion highlighting Turkish companies, for instance, R. Serdar Gemici stood in front of a kiosk that might fit into a walk-i...
Source: The Health Care Blog - April 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Tech Best Buy Clarify Health Solutions Dedalus Epic Systems Eyal Zimlichman HealthPartners HIMSS HIMSS2023 Intermountain Healthcare Medeanalytics Michael Millenson NCQA Pangea Tim Barry VillageMD Source Type: blogs

Bonus Features – April 23, 2023 – 77% of doctors are confident in a chatbot ’ s ability to assess patients ’ symptoms, only 7% of executives very satisfied with patient-facing payment products, plus additional news from HIMSS 2023
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 Surprisingly, medical practices seem to really like generative AI, according to a Software Advice survey – 95% are satisfied with their chatbots right now, and 68% report a positive ROI. Scheduling appoint...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 23, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features Source Type: blogs

Weekly Roundup – April 22, 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. Hal Wolf on HIMSS 2023: “It Feels Like We Are All Back.” In a press briefing, the HIMSS CEO said attendance for this year’s event is 35,000 – less than 2019 but a significant increase from 2021 and 2022. Wolf also briefly discussed how HIMSS would continue to invest in emerging markets and build its ongoing relationship with the World...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 22, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup Source Type: blogs