A Few #HealthPolicyValentines
Happy Valentine’s Day to all of you! May your lives be filled with love this day. In the world of health IT and healthcare policy, this is the day we love to share our love (and some disdain) for healthcare in what we call #HealthPolicyValentines. Be sure to check out our coverage of previous #HealthPolicyValentines as well as some that we found interesting this year below. We hope you’ll enjoy a nice break this Valentine’s day.
Roses are red, violets are blue
CMS’s plan to abruptly migrate Medicare/Medicaid research to the expensive VRDC
Will be bad for researchers and bad for health polic...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 14, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Healthcare IT #healthpolicyvalentines Fun Friday Health Policy Personal Musings Valentine's Day Source Type: blogs
The US needs a Chief Patient Officer
By KAT McDAVITT and LISA BARI
Regulations are created by well-intentioned government employees who, understandably, focus on the loudest voices they hear. The loudest voices tend to be from organizations — vendors, associations, large corporations — that have the internal and external resources needed to access the federal government, navigate the 80,000-employee Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and ensure that the perspectives of their employers and members are heard.
Patients do not have the resources to hire lobbyists or high-profile legal teams, nor do they have a large and well-funded tra...
Source: The Health Care Blog - January 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Kat McDavitt Lisa Bari Patients patients rights regulatory capture Source Type: blogs
Embracing and Prioritizing Cloud-Based Care in Rural Communities
The following is a guest article by Nathan Shepard, SVP of Product at Azalea Health
As rural providers look to replace legacy solutions, they’re confronted with several critical decision points.
One of the most pressing questions that has far-reaching ramifications is whether they should opt for an on-premises or cloud-based solution.
While many providers see the benefits and name recognition of on-premises solutions and view a cloud-first system as less mature, eliminating the need for an on-premises system reduces the worries inherently tied to on-site solutions.
No matter what an organization selects, buyers yearn for...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 29, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Ambulatory Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring API Application Programming Interfaces Azalea Health Cloud Based Healthcare Cybersecurity Source Type: blogs
From Paper to Pixels: The Future is Bright for Health Information Management
The evolution of Health Information Management (HIM) professionals has been remarkable. They are no longer paper pushers (literally) and are now stewards of healthcare data. Jennifer Mueller, President of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), sees a bright future for the HIM industry.
Healthcare IT Today sat down with Jennifer Mueller, AHIMA President and the Vice President & Privacy Officer at the Wisconsin Hospital Association Information Center (WHAIC) to the explore the past, present, and bright future of HIM professionals. We caught up with her at the 2023 American Health Information Mana...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 21, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Analytics/Big Data EMR-EHR Healthcare IT HIM Hospital - Health System Interoperability Interviews Podcast by Healthcare IT Today AHIMA AHIMA 2023 AHIMA23 Data for Better Health Health Information Management Healthcare Data HIM Pr Source Type: blogs
OntarioMD Looks to Help with AI Adoption and EMR Improvements
In an insightful conversation with Healthcare IT Today, Rob Fox, the Chief Executive Officer of OntarioMD, shared the organization’s pivotal role in advancing healthcare in Ontario.
OntarioMD is embarking on two ambitious initiatives. One is aimed at helping Electronic Medical Record (EMR) users in Ontario drive down costs and have a bigger voice with vendors. The other is aimed at determining the best path forward for harnessing AI to enhance patient care and optimize physician practices.
Supporting Physicians and Hospitals
The primary focus of OntarioMD is to add value to the healthcare system, supporting physician...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 3, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Ambient Clinical Voice Canadian EMR Certified EMR EMR Pricing Healthcare AI Ministry of Health OHTs Ontario Health Teams OntarioMD positive deviance Rob F Source Type: blogs
To Drive Value, EHRs Need to Actually be Usable
The following is a guest article by Khalid Al-Maskari, Founder and CEO of Health Information Management Systems (HiMS)
EHRs are ubiquitous because they’re useful – but how useful are they really, and to whom?
The truth is that an EHR by definition serves multiple masters, satisfying some more than others. For many clinicians, EHRs have actually been a disservice, a major factor in burnout. That’s because they weren’t invented to help clinicians in the first place.
“Many EHR products were designed with billing, payer requirements, and meaningful use criteria in mind rather than clinician use, resulting in a user e...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 10, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Ambulatory EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT EHR UI EHR Usability Health Information Management Systems Hims Khalid Al-Maskari Patient Care Patient-Provider Relationship Value Based Care Source Type: blogs
Moral Injury: A Physician ’s Premature Retirement
Calder Wedding
BY HAYWARD ZWERLING
Synopsis:
After a 3 decade career in a solo private practice the healthcare environment shifted
As an employed physician, my institution’s policies hindered my ability to care for my patients
The consequent moral injury left me unwilling to re-engage with the healthcare industry
I retired early from the profession that I loved because the devolution of the healthcare system had made it impossible for me to provide care to my patients in a manner which met my own standards. The resultant “moral injury” left me leary of again becoming involved with our healthcar...
Source: The Health Care Blog - June 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Medical Practice Hayward Zwerling moral injury Premature Retirement Source Type: blogs
TEFCA Real Talk
As someone who has covered the health IT industry for 17 years, I’m always fascinated when I see something really grab the attention of the health IT community. That’s a hard thing to do when there are so many people pining for attention. Certainly AI us currently doing that in health IT, but in the world of interoperability TEFCA and QHINs are grabbing all of the attention. There are a lot of views on TEFCA, but the one thing that’s certain is that it’s grabbing a lot of the interoperability focus from government regulators and the industry.
ONC recently released some stats that 51% of health...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - June 14, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Interoperability IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops LTPAC Regulations CommonWell CommonWell Health Alliance Dr. Jim Jirjis Epic HCA Helathcare He Source Type: blogs
ONC ’s HTI-1 Places Undue Burdens on Healthcare Providers, Health IT Developers
The following is a guest article by David Bucciferro, Chair of the EHR Association
In April 2023, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released its much-anticipated proposed rule to advance interoperability, improve transparency, and support further access, exchange, and use of electronic health information (EHI). While the EHR Association has long supported the goals of the proposed rule, called Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing Proposed Rule (HTI-1), we have a number of real concerns about...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - June 7, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Clinical EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Regulations Advanced Interoperability CDI Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Clinical Decision Support CMS David Bucciferro Decision Support Interventions DSI eHI EHR Ass Source Type: blogs
Healthcare Innovation Funding – Regulations and Disrupting Traditional Models
We are at an exciting time in the world of healthcare! With technology becoming more accessible and more and more digital natives entering the work force, there’s an abundance of innovation. We have so many more people that are coming up with creative digital solutions to the challenges that we are currently facing. However, while there are plenty of great ideas and startups, there’s just simply not enough money to fund all of them.
So how do you make sure that you’re the one getting the funding you need and not another startup? Oftentimes, the answer lies within making yourself stand out, and a great wa...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - June 2, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Regulations Bill Charnetski Ceteri Capital Debiopharm Derek Streat DexCare Frederico Ferreira Braga Healthcare Disruption Healthcare Innovation Funding Jay Ackerman Microsoft P Source Type: blogs
eClinicalWorks Goes from 0 to 60 with AI Throughout Their Product
We’ve only seen a few times where something has dramatically changed the EHR product roadmap. The first time this happened was when the HITECH act and associated $36 billion of stimulus money was included to stimulate adoption of EHR software. In order to get access to that stimulus money, you had to use a certified EHR. If you were an EHR company at this time, you quickly realized that you weren’t going to make any sales if you weren’t certified. As such, the EHR product roadmap changed to ensure that you could meet the EHR certification and meaningful use requirements. In fact, one could argue...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 26, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT ChatGPT eClinicalWorks eCW FQHC Girish Kumar Navani Girish Navani Healthcare Scene Featured Large Language Models PRISMA Robotic Proces Source Type: blogs
Greenway ’s Focus on EHR Optimization is Paying Off
Greenway Health continues to focus their efforts on optimizing their EHR. They are not just making it more user-friendly. The company is working hard on enhancements that enable clinicians to be more efficient. To do this, they are taking a step back and reviewing all the workflows in their system and looking for opportunities to make things easier for their end-users.
Healthcare IT Today recently caught up with Dr. Michael Blackman, Chief Medical Officer at Greenway Health to learn more about the company’s EHR optimization activities.
Job #1 for an EHR
“An EHR should help people provide better care,” Dr. Blackman s...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 15, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Ambulatory Clinical EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Best in KLAS clinical workflow improvements Dr Michael Blackman EHR Burnout EHR Optimization EHR Satisfaction EHR Workflow Greenway Greenway Health Health Data Access Source Type: blogs
Brain Health, Cybersecurity, EHRs, and Chatbots at ViVE2023
There were a number of Health IT companies that came by at #ViVE2023 to share their latest product developments and company news. Here is what CPSI, Linus Health, Imprivata, Mediktor, and Fortified Health Security had to say.
A More Unified Solution – CPSI
CPSI is well known as an EHR vendor in the rural health and community health market. In recent years, the company has expanded well beyond its roots. Wes Cronkite, Chief Innovation Officer at CPSI stopped by to share more about the company’s push to provide a more “unified” solution for their customers.
Brain Health is on People’s Minds – Linus Healt...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 11, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Security and Privacy Alzheimer's Brain Health chatbot triage CPSI Cristian Pasqual Dan L. Dodson Dementia Fortified Health Security Source Type: blogs
Featured Health IT Job: Healthcare Data Analyst
We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Healthcare Data Analyst position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by New York eHealth Collaborative and is in New York.
Here’s a description of the position:
New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) is a not-for-profit organization working in partnership with the New York State Department of Health to improve healthcare by collaboratively leading, connecting, and integrating health information exchange across the State.
Founded in 2006 by healthcare leaders,...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 1, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Health IT Jobs Tags: Career and Jobs Healthcare IT Data Analyst Health IT Jobs Healthcare Data Analyst Healthcare IT Jobs Job Seekers New York eHealth Collaborative New York Health IT Jobs NYeC Source Type: blogs
Expanding Real World Datasets
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Source: The Health Care Blog - February 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Tech Camille Cook Chirag Parghi DataSets Lexis Nexis Token Matching Source Type: blogs
