Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 8, 2025

A new consumer campaign driven by the Department of Health and Aged Care will encourage greater uptake by consumers and providers. Health Information Exchanges (HIE) seem to be emerging where integration between systems is not available. Responses have been corrected and edited for accuracy and brevity.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 19, 2024

As part of its foundational EMR system, the hospital will leverage "advanced AI to collect and analyse patient health data, delivering actionable insights for preventive screenings and personalized medical guidance." It also offers a health screening tool powered by medical imaging AI.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

These summaries are designed to be easily understandable, providing key information such as diagnoses, medications, and next steps in care. This patient-centered approach will inform the development of enhanced visit summaries that better meet patient needs and promote greater transparency in healthcare communication.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Integrated Health Information Systems, Singapore's national healthcare technology agency, has collaborated with Google Cloud and Accenture to promote the development of data-driven applications to "deliver more high-quality and digital-first healthcare experiences."

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 4, 2023

The solution is an EHR-agnostic, flexible and interoperable platform that aggregates and harmonises clinical information. Later, it can be expanded to enable the sharing of other clinical information at the point of care. Both Sunrise EMR and PAS have already went live at Lyell McEwin Hospital , a major tertiary hospital in Adelaide.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Social determinants of health – the food, shelter and security attributes of patients that exist outside of care settings – contribute disproportionate risks for disease, hospital readmissions and a lack of access to quality healthcare among vulnerable populations, including people on Medicare. Like what you hear?

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 15, 2025

By leveraging AI-powered self-triage tools, healthcare organizations can influence better health outcomes and promote more efficient use of resources. The ability to repeat assessments enables users to explore their symptoms multiple times, adding forgotten information or starting over if needed.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

This is because of increased administrative burden and a lack of interoperability between electronic health records themselves and with other forms of health IT. In fact, more than half of clinicians feel overwhelmed by administrative burden and frustrated by the challenges of accessing a patient's clinical information.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 25, 2022

Based on the predictive algorithm, the program sends the healthcare providers targeted financial resources information to share with the at-risk patients. The evidence-based physician engagement program used deidentified third-party data sets to learn what is happening in real time at the point of care. Email: afox@himss.org.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 18, 2024

The company has also partnered with the University of California San Francisco to study how the cancer copilot tool performs in surfacing early warning signs, seemingly incongruous red flags and other pertinent details that may be deeply dispersed throughout electronic health records and other patient information.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Vinay Vaidya, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, Phoenix Children’s Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) have been firmly established in every health setting for more than a decade, yet they continue to be a source of frustration for most users.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

With real-time prescription drug benefit and pricing data, doctors can speak to their patients about drug costs and switch to more affordable therapeutic equivalents, which the company said can minimize prescription abandonment rates and thus improve health outcomes. Cameron Deemer, CEO of DrFirst, said in the announcement.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 2, 2024

By focusing on person-centered, inclusive design as the first of its federal health information technology principles, ASTP says the plan seeks to "strengthen individual's ability to securely access and use their own health information to take greater control over their own health."

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The California Consumer Privacy Act, passed in 2018, aims to give consumers more control over their online personal information. A new study published in this month's issue of Health Policy and Technology found, however, that healthcare organizations may face obstacles when it comes to complying with the law. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 6, 2023

WHY IT MATTERS Valuable insights from patient-reported data will inform the clinical decision of TAC physiotherapists. Meanwhile, The Clinician is enabling more public health organisations across Australia to harness patient-generated information to improve health outcomes.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The pilot, funded under a cooperative agreement by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) and Health Level Seven International (HL7), focuses on applying FHIR Gravity social risk terminology – to exchange information.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 29, 2024

Protected patient information needed for better care coordination will flow better in Texas through a new partnership with C3HIE, but maybe not as well in Oklahoma where legislators decided to back off on a mandate that healthcare facilities must send data to a new state health information exchange.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 13, 2022

According to a media release, it includes a comprehensive health screening questionnaire and provides a personalised checklist of items which patients can discuss with their GP to prepare for their surgery. Their risk factors then inform a personalised guide in optimising their health before going to surgery. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Providers can develop better care paths using this valuable information – not just from the key data patients can bring to the equation but by fostering a more robust and trusting relationship between care teams and patients.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Nearly nine in 10 respondents trust the use of predictive analytics in clinical settings, acknowledging its positive impact on patient and staff experiences and health outcomes. But there is still a need to improve APAC's use of data, AI and predictive analytics to enable future healthcare systems, the report stressed.

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 18, 2023

Healthcare IT News sat down with Hamilton to discuss patient engagement, related technologies, and what health IT leaders should be focusing on in the year ahead. What is the most pressing issue or trend facing healthcare information technology at this moment as the industry gathers for HIMSS23?

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

They can reduce lines in hospital waiting rooms, streamline checkups and enable fast, personalized treatments for improved health outcomes. Cyberattacks against health care are an increasingly frequent problem — 2023 saw the highest number of data breaches and the most leaked information on record.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Best Positioned to Deliver Transformative Technology that Accelerates the Industry’s Evolution and its Ability to Improve Health Outcomes HHAeXchange , a leader in homecare management solutions for providers, caregivers, managed care organizations (MCOs), and state Medicaid programs, today announced that it has acquired Sandata Technologies.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Health Commons Project , a leading nonprofit dedicated to improving healthcare access and quality through technology and innovation, today announced it has completed the acquisition of OneHealthPort , Washington State’s Health Information Exchange (HIE) and prominent provider of health data solutions.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 25, 2024

Redi Health creates a fully connected ecosystem that efficiently informs all involved parties of access status. This is the first pharmaceutical platform that enables the free flow of real-time information with Redi Health’s unique compliance architecture. Originally announced February 28th, 2024

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 21, 2022

Now, as the pressures of delivering care during the pandemic prompt one out of five healthcare workers to leave the profession – and with primary care physician retirement rates set to increase dramatically by 2026 – the future of care delivery, patient experience and health outcomes will increasingly depend on automated support.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Notably, it does not store personal health information or client details, ensuring stringent data privacy. Founded in 2022 and headquartered in Miami, Florida, the platform generates HIPAA-compliant, EHR-ready progress notes and detailed session reports with actionable insights for both therapists and clients within a minute.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 4, 2024

A new era prioritizes making every interaction personalized, informed and human-centric. Without central data unification, hospitals missed out on the force multiplier of consolidated analytics to inform communications between patients and care providers. Higher adherence rates, fewer readmissions and improved outcomes.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

There's help for providers who want to help aging patients navigate complex government websites and access the information and resources they need to overcome isolation, lack of transportation and limited financial resources barring full access to healthcare opportunities.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 2, 2023

From there, they can make appointments and get health care information via their mobile phones," Choi explained. These include providing chronic disease patients with access to digital tools and programmes and using predictive analytics to track population health outcomes and SDOH.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 1, 2024

The lack of payment options and aggressive collection actions only exacerbate the problem, leading to a negative patient experience and worsening health outcomes. This creates a vicious cycle where financial stress undermines the very purpose of healthcare: to provide care and improve health outcomes.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 11, 2022

The lack of information sharing within and among the sector's providers has led six technology firms to band together and form the ACTC , which was launched last month. Enterprise Taxonomy: Quality Care Analytics Interoperability Care Data and Information. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 14, 2025

The Catapult Health acquisition specifically seeks to advance efforts to improve early detection of health conditions, connect Teladoc Healths members with high-quality care, and deliver better health outcomes in care management. For more information, please visit teladochealth.com.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 9, 2023

Large language models frequently demonstrate the tendency to memorize contents of their training data, which can risk patient privacy in the context of models trained on sensitive health information. Does Med-PaLM 2's training corpus include protected health information? If so, how is the disclosure presented?

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 8, 2023

"Through our partnership with Zocdoc, we will be better able to grow our presence, and advance our progress toward helping more pregnant and postpartum patients access the care they need, and achieve positive health outcomes," she said. The disparity has been especially pronounced for Black Americans.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Phoenix Health Hub, a newly established GP clinic in central Christchurch, has tapped healthcare software provider Webtools to set up Centrik, a connected care platform, and consumer health app Well. Centrik is a source of consumer health information that can integrate with a patient EHR in real time.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 16, 2022

We spoke with the health IT vendor executive to get her expert views and 2023 predictions on these issues as well as other topics such as social determinants of health and EHR optimization. Her informed takes on these important subjects can help guide leaders through the year to come. What can it unlock?

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