Hidden truths and medical intrigue [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! Join Jennifer Lycette, a novelist and rural hematology-oncology physician. We discuss Jennifer’s latest work, The Committee Will Kill You Now, a novel that explores the dark side of the medical world, ethics, and the enduring impact of hidden secrets. Join us as we unravel
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Hidden truths and medical intrigue [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 28, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Podcast by KevinMD Tags: Podcast Oncology/Hematology Source Type: blogs
Featured Health IT Job: Epic PB and HB Claims Analyst
We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Epic PB and HB Claims Analyst position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Stoltenberg Consulting Inc. and is remote.
Here’s a description of the position:
Now seeking an Epic PB Claims and HB Claims certified analyst to support a client health system in Texas with claims and remittance build and troubleshooting, in coordination with its Revenue teams. This project will include bringing a new Epic Community Connect partner live at the end of January 2024...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 20, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Health IT Jobs Tags: Career and Jobs Healthcare IT Analyst Jobs Epic PB and HB Claims Analyst Healthcare IT Jobs Job Seekers Remote Jobs Stoltenberg Consulting Jobs Source Type: blogs
Radiology and Cardiology Technology
The world of healthcare IT is ever-evolving. It seems as though every day there is a new piece of technology to talk about or an exciting update/new approach to old technology. Staying on top of all of this news for every piece of technology or area in healthcare can very quickly become overwhelming. This in turn almost always results in a development, new release, or even an entire area of healthcare left behind and forgotten. So today we are going to take a little pause to focus in on technology for radiology and cardiology. To get some insights on what is actively being done in these two fields of healthcare IT, we reac...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 15, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Grayson Miller Tags: AI/Machine Learning C-Suite Leadership Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Braj Thakur Cardiology Cardiology Tech emtelligent Evan Ruff Experity Hayley Dezendorf Mark Dobbs Myndshft Technologies OXOS Medical Pure Storage Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – December 10, 2023 – 84% of physicians still use manual processes to manage care transitions, 70% of executives prefer managed services for RCM, plus 26 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
ONC announced the launch of the USCDI+ Platform, the single place where datasets for all USCDI+ domains will be located.
Clinician shortages, virtual care partnerships, and weight loss medications are the majo...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 10, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT AdvancedMD Airstrip Amenities Health athenahealth b.well Brent Dover Brooks Rehabilitation Carta Healthcare DUOS eClinicalWorks Ensemble Health Partners Epic EHR FDB Vela GE Healthcare Healthcare IT Today Bonus Source Type: blogs
Weekly Roundup – December 9, 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.
Aiming for Transparency, Reliability, and Credibility With Ambient Clinical Voice. John Lynn and Dr. Shiv Rao at Abridge chatted about the power of going beyond speech recognition to build trust with physicians thanks to EHR integrations and maps to ontologies such as SNOMED and LOINC. Read more…
Keeping Large Language Models and AI Tools Honest. N...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 9, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup Source Type: blogs
Health care ’ s hidden problem: hospital primary care losses
Health care is constantly evolving, and it’s no secret that many hospitals are bleeding money when it comes to their primary care practices. On the low end, a hospital loses $127,000 per year on a primary care physician. Anecdotally, a rural hospital in Indiana expressed that they lose nearly $500,000 per year! Headlines are filled with
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Health care’s hidden problem: hospital primary care losses originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 5, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Christopher Habig, MBA Tags: Policy Primary Care Source Type: blogs
What Area of Healthcare Needs More Investment and Why?
Tragically, in a world full of wonderful healthcare inventions and opportunities there is only so much money to be invested. Each year only a certain amount of areas can be invested in, with the hopes of it being spent in the right areas to improve the world of healthcare. But are there areas of healthcare that are getting passed over? Are there areas that desperately need more investment and are just getting skipped because not enough people are talking about them? Searching for the answers to these questions in the hopes of them getting more investments in the future, we reached out to our absolutely incredible Healthcar...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 5, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Grayson Miller Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Interoperability IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops Barry Dellecese BJ Boyle CareRev ClearDATA FINN Partners Healthcare Investm Source Type: blogs
Navigating physician shortages in rural communities
In the rural area where I practice, two general surgeons recently retired, a medical oncologist moved out of the community, and two urologists left over a year ago. My patients with cancer are left wondering who will care for them. And this small community is not alone. An aging physician population, burnout, and understaffing of
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Navigating physician shortages in rural communities originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 5, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Stacy Wentworth, MD Tags: Physician Oncology/Hematology Source Type: blogs
Weekly Roundup – December 2, 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.
News and Announcements from NextGen UGM 2023. Colin Hung attended the vendor’s User Group Meeting and provided a recap of the event, where NextGen discussed an AI-powered ambient voice assistant and a Luma Health partnership to power patient self-scheduling. Read more…
How Synthetic Data, LLMs Power Research Assistants. Josh Rubel at MDClon...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 2, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup 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
AdaptX Raises $10M to Expand its AI-Driven Medical Data Analysis for Healthcare Providers
AdaptX, a Seattle tech company that uses AI to help healthcare providers analyze medical data to improve patient care, raised an additional $10 million to support its growth and further invest in its technology.
Led by investment firm Cercano Management, the new funding brings the company’s total amount raised to more than $20 million. Other investors in the round included Memorial Hermann Health System and Morningside Ventures, plus prior AdaptX investors Founders’ Co-Op, Fortson VC, Star Equity, and WRF Capital.
Self-serve tools developed by AdaptX let clinical leaders analyze data from their electronic medical recor...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 28, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT AdaptX Cercano Management Dr. Dan Low Fortson VC Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment MDMetrix Memorial Hermann Health System Morningside Ventures Paul Allen Star Equity Vulc Source Type: blogs
Further Evidence for Reduced Blood Pressure to Lower Risk of Dementia
The raised blood pressure of hypertension causes a great deal of downstream damage. It is a way for low-level biochemical damage associated with aging to become actual physical damage to the body. Pressure damage can occur in delicate tissues throughout the body, and raised blood pressure increases the pace at which capillaries and other small vessels rupture. Further, increased blood pressure can accelerate the development of atherosclerosis, and also contributes to the pathological enlargement and weakening of heart muscle. All of this downstream harm is why forcing a reduction in blood pressure, without addressing any o...
Source: Fight Aging! - November 21, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
Patient Engagement through Communication Platforms
With the increase in digital health, remote care, and patient access, the need for a reliable platform to conduct everything has also increased. But while we all need reliable communication platforms, properly utilizing them is an entirely different story. There is already so much to consider in terms of what works best for your organization, but then you need to rethink everything in terms of what is best for the patient. You might be reassured that it is safe and easy to use on the administrator end, but is it that way on the user end for the patients?
For some insights on patient engagement in communication platforms we...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 17, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Grayson Miller Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC Cassie Choi Communication Platform David Wright hc1 Insights HSBlox John Moyer Kathy Ford Kel Pul Source Type: blogs
Talkiatry Finds Features and Flexibility in eClinicalWorks
Talkiatry is a telemedicine service connecting psychiatrists with patients suffering from depression, bipolar disorder, substance abuse, and other common mental health and behavioral problems. This market is an especially complex area of health care for many reasons. In this video, CEO Robert Krayn talks about how Talkiatry addresses the needs of patients by leveraging their eClinicalWorks EHR platform.
Remote psychiatry is a crucial need, because psychiatrists are extremely unevenly distributed. If you’re in New York City or Boston, you can corral a psychiatrist by accosting people on the street. In a remote rural a...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 16, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Ambulatory Clinical EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Behavioral Telehealth eClinicalWorks eCW Healthcare IT Video Interviews Healthcare Scene Featured Psychiatry EHR Psychiatry EMR Robert Source Type: blogs
Workflow Automation To Help Deliver Services to Marginalized Populations
The recent turn to a more holistic health care system—such as the interest in dealing with social determinants of health, covered in a recent SDoH series on this site—places a new urgency on connecting patients to services that provide counseling, food, transportation, and other needs that affect their health.
Many people among impoverished and under-represented populations don’t use the services to which they’re entitled. The people might not realize these services exist, or don’t think they need help, or don’t think they deserve it. Many of these people enter the ecosystem of human resource o...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 13, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership Clinical Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Administrative Workflows Case Management Casebook Casebook PBC Diversity Equity and Inclusio Source Type: blogs
