Weekly Roundup – March 25, 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. The Ever-Evolving World of Cybersecurity Threats. We reached out to the Healthcare IT Today community to learn about how healthcare cyberattacks have been getting more sophisticated. The experts said the keys to modern cybersecurity including managing assets, access, networks, infrastructure, and data, along with continuous threat monitoring and tried-an...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 25, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup Source Type: blogs

Elia Stupka, Angelini Ventures
I’ve been friends with Roberto Ascione for many years. Roberto is a keen Napoli fan who on the side runs the Healthware Group and also the Frontiers Health Conference that I’ve been going to for many years (and where Jess DaMassa is co-MC). Recently Healthware acquired the media company pharmaphorum and hired star reporter (and another friend) Jonah Comstock, ex MobiHealthNews and HIMSS Media. This is THCB’s second cross-posting with pharmaphorum.—Matthew Holt Nils Bottler, who recently joined Angelini Ventures as Principal, is an avid skier, surfer, and digital health investor based in Berlin. I...
Source: The Health Care Blog - March 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: The Business of Health Care Angelini Ventures Elia Stupka Healthware Jonah Comstock Paul Tunnah pharmaphorum Roberto Ascione Source Type: blogs

Nils Bottler, Angelini Ventures
I’ve been friends with Roberto Ascione for many years. Roberto is a keen Napoli fan who on the side runs the Healthware Group and also the Frontiers Health Conference that I’ve been going to for many years (and where Jess DaMassa is co-MC). Recently Healthware acquired the media company pharmaphorum and hired star reporter (and another friend) Jonah Comstock, ex MobiHealthNews and HIMSS Media. This is THCB’s second cross-posting with pharmaphorum.—Matthew Holt Nils Bottler, who recently joined Angelini Ventures as Principal, is an avid skier, surfer, and digital health investor based in Berlin. I...
Source: The Health Care Blog - March 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: The Business of Health Care Angelini Ventures Elia Stupka Healthware Jonah Comstock Paul Tunnah pharmaphorum Roberto Ascione Source Type: blogs

ViVE 2023 Preview – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 110
For the 110th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we are giving a little sneak peak into 2023’s ViVE! ViVE 2023 is only a week away and we personally cannot wait! First we discuss what topics we think are are going to be talked about at ViVE. Then, we dive into what we are the most excited about for this conference. Next we discuss how ViVE is going to be different from HIMSS. And lastly, as seasoned veterans of Nashville, we share our tips and tricks on some of the amazing things to see, do, and eat in Nashville. Here’s a preview of the questions and topics we discuss in this episode: What topics are going to b...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 20, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn John Lynn and Colin Hung Tags: C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Podcasts Hospital - Health System Health IT Companies Health IT Podcasts Healthcare Podcasts HIMSS HIMSS 2023 HIMSS23 ViVE ViVE 2023 ViVE2023 Source Type: blogs

Addressing Clinical Staffing Shortages in Healthcare: The Crucial Role of IT Investment
The following is a guest article by Doug McDonald, Director of Technology in the Office of the CTO at Extreme Networks In healthcare, clinical staffing shortages can significantly impact the quality of patient care and the overall efficiency of healthcare organizations. With an aging population and a rising demand for healthcare services, it is an increasing challenge for healthcare organizations to attract and retain enough qualified clinical staff. Further, the cost of clinical staffing can significantly impact healthcare organizations’ budgets, which can limit their ability to invest in other areas. However, inves...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 17, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: AI/Machine Learning Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops Security and Privacy Advanced Healthcare Applications Artificial Intelligence Clinical Productivity Cybersecurity Doug McDonald Source Type: blogs

Bonus Features – March 12, 2023 – 87% of docs used telemedicine in 2021, 65% of healthcare orgs collect more trivial data once they adopt the cloud, 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 Three Democratic Senators have introduced legislation to expand protections for Americans’ personal health data privacy. Sponsored by Amy Klobuchar (Minnesota), Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts), and Mazie Hirono (Hawaii),...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 12, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: C-Suite Leadership Healthcare IT Accenture ACCESS Family Care Amy Klobuchar Anne Walker ATA Atropos Health Avi Mukherjee Blancco Technology Group Bright.md Cardinal Health CLEAR Converged Outreach COTA CRIP Crossroads Treat Source Type: blogs

From Interoperability to Digital Transformation
Interoperability, an idiosyncratic term for data sharing, has been a key buzzword for both regulators and digital product vendors in health care. Jon Elwell, CEO at Kno2, says the conversation is finally moving away from interoperability – a measure of simple technological achievement – to digital transformation, which encompasses the technology, process, and cultural change that must happen for meaningful advancement in healthcare. There is finally recognition of the role that data sharing plays in healthcare transformation.  Elwell highlighted this even more in his recent article titled “Healthcare Wil...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 7, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Interoperability IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops LTPAC Care Plans Digital Transformation Healthcare Digital Transformation Healthcare Interoperabili Source Type: blogs

The Path Forward for Healthcare ’s People Matching Problem
The following is a guest article by Rachel Podczervinski MS, RHIA, Vice President of Professional Services at Harris Data Integrity Solutions. Efforts to identify the right path forward for healthcare’s patient matching problem are gaining a foothold as stakeholders from across the spectrum come together to remove obstacles and implement effective solutions. Most notably, in 2022, efforts by industry organizations like Patient ID Now led to the temporary removal of Section 510 from the U.S. House and Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS) appropriations bills. While it was ul...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 15, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Interoperability Security and Privacy Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Black Book Research EHR Electronic Health Records EMPI Enterprise Master Patient Ind Source Type: blogs

Elia Stupka, Angelini Ventures
I’ve been friends with Roberto Ascione for many years. Roberto is a keen Napoli fan who on the side runs the Healthware Group and also the Frontiers Health Conference that I’ve been going to for many years (and where Jess DaMassa is co-MC). Recently Healthware acquired the media company pharmaphorum and hired star reporter (and another friend) Jonah Comstock, ex MobiHealthNews and HIMSS Media. THCB will be doing some occasional cross-posting with pharmaphorum starting with this interview of the boss of a new and well heeled Italian health tech VC fund!–Matthew Holt Elia Stupka, Managing Director at Ang...
Source: The Health Care Blog - February 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: The Business of Health Care Angelini Ventures Elia Stupka Healthware Jonah Comstock Paul Tunnah pharmaphorum Roberto Ascione Source Type: blogs

Bonus Features – January 29, 2023 – ONC says more than 70% of hospitals can use external data at the point of care, the 3 largest health info networks have indexed 90% of patients, 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 and Studies HLTH Foundation formed the Techquity for Health Coalition, with a mission to help organizations consider health equity in health technology innovation and data practices. The group also launched a health equity ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 29, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Interoperability AI Nexus Healthcare AiMed AvaSure BioDigital Biofourmis Brightside Health Brookhaven Heart CHIME Christine Buck C Source Type: blogs

Business of Healthcare and Value Based Care – 2023 Health IT Predictions
As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions.  We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes.  Check out our communities predictions below and be sure to add your own thoughts and/or places you disagree with these predictions in the comments and on social media. Check out our community’s healthcare business and value based care predictions. Jon Kimerle, Epic Alliance Manager at Pure Storage It’s time to clean out the garage: simplification and...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 4, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Administration C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT 2023 Health IT Predictions Amy Campbell AristaMD Bamboo Health BJ Schaknowski Capital One Carenet Health Carlene MacMillan Chris Sullivan CipherHealth Clint Draw Source Type: blogs

Top Healthcare IT Today Resources, Articles, Videos, and Podcasts
This article is so old, it’s kind of sad that it’s still getting so much traffic.  It is fascinating to see how we thought about Facebook and healthcare in 2014. What the EMR Industry Can Learn From Facebook – Seems like people care about Facebook and Healthcare.  Although, this article is from 2012. HIPAA vs HIPPA – Fun Friday – I’m glad some humor made the top list since I enjoy humor as much or more than the next person.  Plus, Bad HIPPA Takes is a great Twitter account. Top Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) Companies – Looks like the interest in RPM started before 2022.  Lots of ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 2, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: C-Suite Leadership Healthcare IT Fun Friday healthcare IT today Top Health IT Articles Top Health IT Podcasts Top Health IT Videos Source Type: blogs

Tidewater Physicians Multispecialty Group Implements RPA for Pennies
It is hard to picture Robotic Process Automation (RPA). There is nothing physical or tangible. There is no user interface that users interact with on a regular basis. In fact, when RPA is properly implemented, it works completely in the background without anyone noticing. That’s why the term RPA is nebulous for many people. What is it? How have organizations successfully deployed it? Tidewater Physicians Multispecialty Group (TPMG), a network of over 250 physicians and advanced clinicians in over 85 offices across the Tidewater and surrounding areas, has successfully implemented RPA. The ROI was almost immediate, and the...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 6, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Administration Ambulatory Health IT Company Healthcare IT Revenue Cycle Management AGS Health Claims Processing Dinesh Pai Gartner Healthcare Scene Featured Nicholas Frenette physician group RCM revenue process Robotic Process Source Type: blogs

Weekly Overseas Health IT Links – 15th October, 2022.
This article uses the one that divides providers into groups depending on the life cycle stage the clinic is at the given moment. According to this classification, medical providers fall into three groups:BeginnersGrowing clinicsWell-established providersHealth care providers are business entities, so their life cycle, like that of any business, consists of the early stage or launch, growth and maturity. At each stage, providers have different priorities and goals, and the choice of medical software solutions should be made accordingly.Medical software for beginnersThe launch phase can be tough. At this stage, the profits ...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - October 15, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

Weekly Overseas Health IT Links –1st October, 2022.
This article details information required for integration into EHRs to build personalized treatment plans and develop successful SDOH programs that provide resources and support for patients in need. In addition, successful SDOH programs implemented by Kaiser Permanente and Boston Medical Center showcase how supporting clinicians with real-time SDOH data can lead to patient-centric care. Create a 360-Degree Patient View Through TechnologyThe Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)indicatesthat the “collection, documentation, reporting, access, and use of SDOH data … can be used t...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - October 1, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs