From Information Blocking to Information Sharing – A Look at HTI-1 and TEFCA
The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) keeps releasing new rules to address the urgent need for data exchange. The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) was followed recently by the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing (HTI-1) Final Rule. In this video, Jill DeGraff, Senior Vice President, Regulatory at b.well Connected Health goes deeply into these new rules and explains their value as well as the demands they place on health care systems.
Hopefully, interoperability will result in a “connected healt...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 30, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Interoperability LTPAC Regulations b.well b.well Connected Health FHIR Health Data Sharing Healthcare APIs Healthcare IT Video Interviews HT Source Type: blogs
The Evolution of Patient Communication: Trends and Technologies
The following is a guest article by Stephanie Maharjan, Director of Operations at WellReceived.
While COVID-19 sparked many challenges for healthcare providers across the USA, it highlighted technology’s essential role in patient communication and engagement. In fact, in 2020, research found that just under half of the US population used tech to communicate with their healthcare providers. And this statistic is set to rise as more and more healthcare providers invest in new technology to support, monitor, and diagnose their patients.
So, what does the future of patient communication look like, and what role can we exp...
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Impact Advisors Announces Acquisition of First Quadrant Advisory
Partnership Enhances Firm’s Portfolio of Healthcare Services
Impact Advisors, a leading healthcare management consulting firm, announced it has acquired First Quadrant Advisory, a strategy and operations consulting firm specializing in the healthcare payer market. The strategic partnership will allow Impact Advisors to continue to grow and enhance its mission to improve the business and delivery of healthcare by offering comprehensive, value-driven solutions to both payer and provider organizations.
“Bringing the First Quadrant Advisory team into our fold enables us to further our advancement as a full-service, top-tie...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 30, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Chicago Pacific Founders First Quadrant Advisory Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A Impact Advisors Sandeep Sabharwal Vijay Murugappan Source Type: blogs
CIO Podcast – Episode 67: Cybersecurity and Digital Transformation with Inderpal Kohli
For the 67th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are talking to Inderpal Kohli, Vice President and CIO at Englewood Health about cybersecurity and digital transformation! We kick this episode off by discussing Kohli’s approach to cybersecurity, where he then shares a personal recommendation about cybersecurity for all healthcare CIOs. Then Kohli tells us all about his journey in digital transformation. From his personal experience, we discuss what it takes to successfully drive digital transformation. Next, we talk about generative AI. Kohli shares his views on generative AI and we debate how...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 29, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: AI/Machine Learning C-Suite Leadership Healthcare CIO Podcasts Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Security and Privacy CIO Leadership Cybersecurity Digital Transformation Englewood Health Generative AI Generative AI in Healthcare Source Type: blogs
Break free from screen addiction: a doctor ’ s prescription for smartphone sanity
Screentime addiction is real and it is everywhere. Over the past decade, I’ve worked with only one physician who doggedly held onto his pager, refusing to adopt the hospital’s HIPAA-compliant messaging app. He happens to be in his seventies, and a giant in his field; if he gets any grief for not using a smartphone
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Break free from screen addiction: a doctor’s prescription for smartphone sanity originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 29, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Allison O. Ignatz-Hoover, MD Tags: Tech Health IT Source Type: blogs
Women ’ s Health in the Digital Health Market: What 2024 Has in Store
The following is a guest article by Egle Jakimone, Product CEO at Kilo Health
In 2024, we are expecting to witness a significant change in women’s health, particularly centered around the transformative phase of menopause. The notable growth of female wellness apps is helping women to take an active role in managing their health. Additionally, the increased attention to women’s health topics is drawing interest from global players and investors.
As a lead of a holistic health product tailored to women, I have gathered some insights into what to expect from 2024 and how to come prepared.
Embracing the Menopause ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 29, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Clinical Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Digital Health Egle Jakimone FemTech Kilo Health Menopause Menstruation RPM Telehealth Women's Health Source Type: blogs
Care Continuity Secures $10M in Funding to Fuel Growth in Patient Navigation
Today, Care Continuity, a leader in data-driven patient navigation serving some of the country’s largest health systems, payers, and ACOs, announced the close of $10 million in Series A-3 funding co-led by Empactful Capital and Viewside Capital Partners with participation from Flat Creek Capital and Loop 289 Limited Partners.
The funding will enable Care Continuity to further its mission of helping health systems, payers and ACOs employ an efficient patient and member-centered care journey, as well as make strategic investments in growth, product development, and further enablement of AI to enhance Care Continuity...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 29, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Brad Prugh Care Continuity Empactful Capital Flat Creek Capital Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Loop 289 Limited Partners Sal DeTrane Viewside Capital Partners Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – January 28, 2024 – 49% of orgs likely to invest in RCM tech in the next 18 months, v2 drafts of TEFCA Common Agreement and QHIN Technical Framework out, plus 27 more stories
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
The Sequoia Project released a bundle of TEFCA draft documents, including v2 drafts of the Common Agreement and QHIN Technical Framework. Interested stakeholders have until February 5 to provide feedback.
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Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 28, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Interoperability Revenue Cycle Management 1upHealth AdhereHealth Aidéo Technologies Anatomy IT Andrea Kowalski Authenticx Clearsense Don Brown eClinicalWorks Emory Healthcare Epic Research Fathom First Health A Source Type: blogs
Weekly Roundup – January 27, 2024
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 Big Consult: Clinicians Who Entered Digital IT Speak About the Differences. For this four-part series, Andy Oram spoke to more than a dozen clinicians now working in IT roles. Most made the switch to broaden their impact on the industry, Andy learned. They also discussed lending their expertise to helping clinicians decide on the right technology. Re...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 27, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup Source Type: blogs
Health IT Leadership ’ s Role in Patient Data Security and Privacy
Moving towards an entirely digital world of healthcare can be very appealing in a lot of ways. Having everything digital means better interoperability, increased patient access, and more. However, with the ever-increasing cybersecurity threats and attacks moving more digital can also be very scary. And it is in these uncertain and scary times that people turn to their leaders for guidance. This leaves us with the big question of what role Health IT leadership plays in ensuring the security and privacy of patient data, and what strategies can leaders employ to address emerging cybersecurity threats.
We reached out to some f...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 26, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Grayson Miller Tags: Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership Healthcare IT Security and Privacy Caryn Hewitt CenTrak Chris Toth Cybersecurity Edifecs hc1 Insights Health IT Leadership Healthcare Leadership John Johnson Ordr patient data Patient Dat Source Type: blogs
Sunoh ’ s Ambient Clinical Voice Automates Clinician Note Creation
According to Saurabh Singh, VP of Sunoh, the success of ambient clinical voice depends on much more than the accuracy of the recording. Sunoh “checks the boxes” when it comes to meeting the needs of physicians’ workflows and differences.
Sunoh’s solution can take input from many different sources: mobile devices, and laptop or desktop computers. This makes it easy to deploy in different rooms and settings.
At the end of a clinical session, Sunoh generates a structured note tailored to the EHR within 30 to 60 seconds. Note generation is fully automated. The doctor can edit the note manually or using ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 26, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory Clinical EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Ambient Clinical Voice Automated Clinical Documentation Digital Assistant eClinicalWorks eCW EHR AI Assistant Healthcare IT Video Interviews Saurabh Source Type: blogs
The Big Consult: Bringing Technology to Life
The previous articles in this series looked at differences between digital settings and clinical ones, along with criteria for choosing technologies. This final article looks at practical evaluation of vendors, and how to plan for a deployment.
Evaluating the Vendor
The traits of the vendor you work with are at least as important as the technology they offer—even more important, according to Aaron Neinstein, chief medical officer at Notable. He points out that products will change quickly along with the environments where they are used. Therefore, you must make sure that the clinicians and vendors are “aligned on...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 26, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: C-Suite Leadership Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Aaron Neinstein Arcadia AvaSure care.ai Christine Vogel Cindy Koppen Clever Care Health Plan Equality Health Health IT Vendors Kate Behan Kh Source Type: blogs
Vita Health Announces $22.5M Series A Funding Round
Supports National Expansion of Critical Mission to Address Suicide Epidemic
Vita Health, the first provider of clinically validated suicide prevention through innovative care management, announced today the close of a $22.5M Series A funding round.
The funding will support the rapid expansion of life-saving services targeting youth and adults nationwide. The Vita behavioral health care pathways are based on the founding team’s successful clinical trials published in JAMA, The American Journal of Psychiatry, and thousands of patient encounters demonstrating reductions in suicide attempts by more than 60% and deaths by up ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 26, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Athyrium Capital Management Connecticut Innovations CU Healthcare Innovation Fund CVS Health Ventures Flare Capital Partners Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment HopeLab LFE Capita Source Type: blogs
What are Some of the Uses of AI Already Being Used in Healthcare?
Though we’ve talked about it quite extensively, artificial intelligence (AI) still sounds like something from a science fiction novel. This idea of futuristic and lifelike computers is only encouraged by the way that a lot of what we talk about in AI are possibilities. Ideal scenarios of how much our lives could be improved with AI. However, not all of AI is futuristic sci-fi. In fact, there is a lot of AI that is already being used in healthcare. To help keep us grounded in what is currently happening, at the CHIME 2023 Conference we talked to our wonderful Healthcare IT Today Community to hear their insights on som...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 25, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Grayson Miller Tags: AI/Machine Learning C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System AI in healthcare Artificial Intelligence CHIME 2023 Chris Sullivan Englewood Health Erik Pupo Guidehouse Healthcare AI Healthcare Cha Source Type: blogs
Is the Future of Healthcare Modular?
When most of us think of modular buildings, we picture those trailer-like structures on construction sites – the ones with panel walls and the electrical wire that dangles outside. Modern modular buildings are a far cry from those flimsy seventies-era trailers.
Modern modular buildings are marvels of technology and engineering. To learn more, Healthcare IT Today went to visit Fero International, a company that fabricates advanced modular buildings for the healthcare, education and municipal markets. We sat down with Fero’s CEO, Sabrina Fiorellino to learn more.
Modular Buildings for Healthcare
For healthcare providers,...
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