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Bonus Features – May 21, 2023 – 82% of wearable users willing to share data with their physicians, 81% of Americans trust pharmacists and nurses to diagnose minor illnesses, 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 Research More than four in five (82%) of wearable device owners are willing to share health data with their physicians, according to a poll conducted by the Connected Health Initiative. Additionally, 87% of users said t...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 21, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT AccYouRate BeeKeeperAI Bill Lewkowski Cerner Cognizant Connected Health Initiative Cylera Deloitte Dispatch Health eClinicalWorks eHealth Exchange eHealth Initiative Epic EscrowAI HCTec Hea 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

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

Inbox Health Raises $22.5 Million Series B to Support Rapidly Growing Patient Billing Communications Platform
Funding round led by fintech-focused growth equity firm Ten Coves Capital brings total raised to date to more than $43 million Inbox Health, a leading patient billing communications platform, announced today that it has completed a $22.5 million Series B financing round, bringing total capital raised to more than $43 million since inception. The Series B was led by Ten Coves Capital with participation from existing investors including Commerce Ventures, CT Innovations, Vertical Venture Partners, Healthy Ventures, and Fairview Capital. Today, more than 2,600 medical practices across the U.S. rely on Inbox Health, and more ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 11, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Blake Walker Commerce Ventures CT Innovations EHR Fairview Capital Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Healthy Ventures Inbox Health Patient Billing Patient Billing Communicat Source Type: blogs

2023 ’ s banking failures: a wake-up call for an unstable financial system and potential solutions
The recent failures of major banks such as Silvergate, Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and Credit Suisse have highlighted the fragility of the modern banking system. These events occurred within a week, unlike the drawn-out process of the 2007-2008 financial crisis. The quick succession of bank failures underscores the inherent risks of a money system Read more… 2023’s banking failures: a wake-up call for an unstable financial system and potential solutions originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - May 4, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Finance Practice Management Source Type: blogs

Bonus Features – April 30, 2023 – 68% of providers say improving patient collections is a high priority, hospital expenses have increased 2x the Medicare IPPS reimbursement rate since 2019, 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 Compared to other industries, healthcare is leading the way in improving networks to support edge computing, according to the latest AT&T Cybersecurity Insights Report. Budgets for edge computing go into fo...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 30, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT AHA AltaMed AT&T AvaSure Butterfly Network Censinet Clearwater Clinician Nexus Conifer Health Solutions CWH Advisors Cyturus Datavant DrFirst eClinicalWorks eCW Fortified Health Security Healthcare IT Today Source Type: blogs

Featured Health IT Job: Manager – Clinic Informatics Coordinator
We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Clinic Informatics Coordinator position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Cow Creek Government Office and is in Roseburg, Oregon. Here’s a description of the position: Position Purpose The Clinical Informatics Coordinator (CIC) will be responsible for the implementation and smooth operation of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Greenway utilized at the Cow Creek Health & Wellness Center (CCH&WC) and other related technology-based initiatives crit...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 26, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Health IT Jobs Tags: Career and Jobs Healthcare IT Clinical Informatics Coordinator Clinical Informatics Jobs Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians Cow Creek Government Office Health IT Jobs Healthcare IT Jobs Job Seekers Source Type: blogs

Bonus Features, HIMSS Edition – April 18, 2023 – Amazon, Microsoft, and generative AI dominate the headlines, plus news from Oracle, Orion Health, Salesforce, Surescripts, WebMD, 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. This edition is a special dispatch from HIMSS 2023, which returns to Chicago for the first time in eight years. As always, there have been a lot of new products and partnerships announced at the event, with a heavy emphasis on g...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 18, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features HIMSS HIMSS 2023 HIMSS23 Source Type: blogs

Vytalize Health Acquires Independent Physician Association (IPA) of New York, One of the Nation ’s Largest IPAs
The deal scales Vytalize’s successful value-based care model to new payer arrangements and specialty care across the healthcare spectrum Vytalize Health, a leading risk-bearing provider enablement platform, announced it acquired a majority interest in physician-lead Independent Physician Association of New York (IPA NY), through an investment in Practice Management of America (PMA). The deal builds on an existing partnership between the organizations dating back to 2020 and accelerates Vytalize’s expansion into Medicare Advantage, commercial plans, and Medicaid, as well as multi-specialty care. “IPA NY is a longt...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 17, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Faris Ghawi Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A Henry Bloom Independent Physician Association of New York IPA NY McDermott Will & Emery LLP Michael Guarino PMA Practice Man Source Type: blogs

How strong leadership revives faltering health care cultures [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! In this episode, we are joined by Robert Allan Bear, a physician and health care consultant, to explore the challenges of maintaining strong organizational cultures in health care systems. Robert delves into the impact of pre-pandemic stress and pandemic-induced erosion on health care organizations, Read more… How strong leadership revives faltering health care cultures [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 16, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Podcast Practice Management Source Type: blogs

Bonus Features – April 2, 2023 – 63% of nurses say AI will cause a generational divide among nursing staff, 67% of consumers prefer electronic medical bills but 78% of providers still use paper, 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. In this week’s edition, one story is, let’s just say, a little foolish. It is the beginning of April, after all. News and Research The American Telemedicine Association’s ATA Action submitted two letters to the...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 2, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT AdvancedMD American Telemedicine Association ATA Atropos Health AVIA Censinet Censinet One CenTrak ChristianaCare DEA Dot2Dot DrFirst eClinicalWorks eCW Health Recovery Solutions Healthcare IT Today Bonus Feat Source Type: blogs

Achieving the Vision of Healthcare ’ s Future
On February 6, a set of key priorities for the future of healthcare was released by AdvancedMD. I talked to Tim Costantino, vice president and head of product, about challenges and potential barriers to meeting these goals. AdvancedMD is a cloud-based service merging an EHR with a health care management solution, and has recently announced upgrades to its EHR, practice management, and patient engagement functions. Believing in “self-service” and “trusting the patient,” AdvancedMD focuses on things that should improve both efficiency and the patient experience in their document. The practices they he...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 30, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory Analytics/Big Data Clinical Communication and Patient Experience EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT AdvancedMD Healthcare Analytics mental health Patient Relationship Remote Patient Monitoring Source Type: blogs

Fixing the broken system: Improving clinical documentation in health care
Imagine you found your dream home and hired an inspector to check it out. They walked around for an hour, kicking the tires on the furnace, taking pictures of the roof, peering up the chimney. In the end, they informed you they were done. You ask, “When will I get the report?” They reply, “What Read more… Fixing the broken system: Improving clinical documentation in health care originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 16, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Physician Practice Management Primary Care Source Type: blogs

Greenway Listens to Customers to Be Best in KLAS
Greenway Health’s Intergy Practice Management (PM) solution was recently ranked in the top five as a ‘Best in KLAS’ solution. This recognition was, in part, thanks to improvements that were made from direct user feedback. Greenway Health uses multiple channels to solicit feedback from users including advisory boards, town halls, round tables, and usability research. Healthcare IT Today connected with David Cohen, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Greenway Health via email to find out more about their feedback mechanisms and learn about their future product plans. How did you gather and synthesize the thousands ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 15, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Ambulatory EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Best in KLAS David Cohen EHR Usability End User Feedback Greenway Health healthcare practice automation Remote Patient Monitoring Telehealth Source Type: blogs

Physicians in crisis: the battle for autonomy and happiness in a broken system
What’s one of the biggest complaints we physicians have about the current state of our jobs? It’s that we’ve lost our autonomy, that it has been taken from us by a health care system more focused on profits than on the well-being of patients and ourselves. As a physician, you know firsthand how dysfunctional health Read more… Physicians in crisis: the battle for autonomy and happiness in a broken system originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 9, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Physician Practice Management Source Type: blogs