MRO Compliance

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Below are three key steps health systems, hospitals, and physician practices should take to effectively prepare for the upcoming HEDIS season. Providing accurate and timely responses to HEDIS requests can positively impact HEDIS and Star Ratings, thereby enhancing payer and patient satisfaction.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

So when MNGHA started developing a new virtual reality-enabled application – designed in alignment with Saudi Arabia's Digital Government Strategy (2023-2030) – that sought to help connect hospitalized inpatients with their distanced loved ones, "Bynahm" felt like the right name to choose for the app.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2024

“Listening to patients’ unique experiences will allow us to identify trends and empower organizations with even more holistic insights to effectively manage workforce resources and provider performance while improving operational and financial efficiencies and advancing safer patient care.”

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Patient Satisfaction Hospitals Compliance 120

HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Real-World Impact of EHR-Driven Patient Engagement Tools The effect of EHR-driven tools on patient engagement is evident in statistics. In a more specific case, a large urban hospital in Boston saw a 40% improvement in medication adherence when patients used EHR-based communication tools.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 24, 2021

Just like many healthcare provider organizations across the country, Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Virginia, offers patients a multitude of services spanning several floors in multiple buildings that were constructed at different times on varying terrain. " Mike Mistretta, Virginia Hospital Center. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 29, 2021

Metro Health/University of Michigan Health is an osteopathic teaching hospital serving more than 250,000 patients per year throughout western Michigan. Metro Health had been exploring telehealth and remote patient monitoring (RPM) vendors for almost two years before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 23, 2022

As an ambulatory surgery center, it has to be very intentional about collecting readmission data from the regional hospital. It asks its doctors to self-report on infection control tracking and readmission tracking, and all patients fill out a survey about 30 days after surgery, which asks about their recovery.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

By Martin Jones Current and emerging medtech change how hospitals, clinics, and medical practices deliver care. Yet, healthcare organizations face workforce and security challenges – ones that must be met while also appeasing the growing demands from patients. Once treatment is complete, patients can view notes and results.

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Hospitals Patient Satisfaction Doctors Nurses 310

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 14, 2025

. “We’re combining decades of expertise to create a seamless, scalable model for hospital-level care at homebringing the right care to the right place at the right time for more people.” “We’ve proven the home can be an extension of the hospital while improving the quality of care. .

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

hospitals and health systems have very quickly deployed a lot of telemedicine systems to take care of patients during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. CIOs and other health IT leaders are pondering how to implement systems that span the health system or hospital and enable physicians to pull the technology into their permanent workflow.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 27, 2025

Colleen Porwoll, Client Outcomes Engineer, ABOUT Healthcare Care coordination in hospitals is fundamentally tied to resource availability. A patient cannot be admitted if there are no beds available, leading to diversions or prolonged wait times.

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Nurses Patient Satisfaction Hospitals 105

Healthcare It News

APRIL 25, 2023

A new 6,000-square-foot hospital operations center at Children's Mercy Kansas City uses artificial intelligence, predictive analytics and real-time information to optimize care coordination from the time of patient's admission until discharge. The hospital is the first freestanding pediatric hospital in the U.S.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 6, 2024

hospital turnover rate for registered nurses and an RN vacancy rate of 9.9%, a recent report shows. In fact, more than half of hospitals face nurse vacancy rates of 10% or higher. Moreover: 1 out of 4 nurses who join hospital teams as 1099 resources ultimately choose employment with that hospital. billion in 2023.

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Nurses Patient Satisfaction Hospitals 98

Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Following a tender process, the Victoria-headquartered health technology provider was picked to implement the Get Well patient engagement platform, which it exclusively distributes in Australia and New Zealand. Kaweka Health also tapped Orion Health to install a hospital information system at its facility. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Patient Satisfaction Hospitals 297

Healthcare It News

JANUARY 26, 2024

"Complaints and grievances are a huge part of the experience of our patients and our people, quite frankly," she told Healthcare IT News on HIMSSCast. Hospitals also adhere to federal and state laws governing response to medical grievances and must typically respond within seven days, Boissy noted. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Patient Satisfaction Governance Hospitals 288

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan, implemented a patient monitoring at home, or PM@H program, using fully managed device kits prior to the pandemic. Studies show great benefits for patients, as well as hospitals, when patients are monitored in the 30-day post-discharge period. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 11, 2022

According to the organizations, Medically Home's platform and ecosystem enables acute care for patients outside of conventional brick-and-mortar settings. More than 7,000 patients have been treated using the platform across the country, said the company. ON THE RECORD.

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COVID-19 Patient Satisfaction Hospitals Public Health 310

Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 5, 2022

These programmes – National University Health System’s NUHS @ Home, Singapore General Hospital’s SGH @ Home and Yishun Health Medical Home – are now providing eligible patients with general medical conditions, such as skin infections, urinary tract infections, and COVID-19, with an option to be admitted to a virtual ward.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 14, 2024

At the same time, technology is advancing rapidly, and trends like the growing shift toward healthcare at home and the consumerization of healthcare – where patients expect greater convenience in accessing quality care – are driving the industry change. By that same year, 26% of the U.S.

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Health Outcomes Hospitals Patient Satisfaction Doctors 160

Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 1, 2022

" The IVR system allows patients to pay using the phone without speaking to anyone. "We strive for great patient satisfaction," Pritchett said. "A patient's experience is not just the service they receive but the full gamut, so these things were important to us." " she concluded.

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Patient Satisfaction Hospitals Governance 290

Healthcare It News

APRIL 18, 2023

As digital health and telemedicine technologies continue to explode, patients increasingly are being drawn into their care in ways unlike ever before. And hospitals and health systems know they must find ways to engage their patients to keep them healthy and satisfied.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 15, 2024

Virtual care technologies aimed at delivering higher acuity care, such as virtual hospital or hospital at home, were also prevalent at the conference. What has been another key emerging clinical technology you've seen at HIMSS24 this week, and what role can it play for provider organizations?

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Itzik Cohen, CEO at PayZen Hospitals serve as the lifeblood of our communities, delivering essential healthcare services to millions while also providing critical jobs nationwide. Nearly 40% of American hospitals expect to continue losing money from operations into 2024, with almost 80% operating at or near break-even.

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Hospitals Health Outcomes Patient Satisfaction Medical Billing 98

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 21, 2023

Queensland-based Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service will be trying out a remote pregnancy monitoring platform by ASX-listed HeraMED. It aims to evaluate the platform's clinical usability, patient satisfaction, value for money and economic benefit.

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Hospitals Patient Satisfaction Licensing HIPAA 166

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 14, 2021

A group of healthcare organizations announced this week the launch of the Advanced Care at Home Coalition, an advocacy effort aimed at creating a pathway toward safeguarding access to hospital-level services. Parodi also flagged the patient satisfaction component: "We're consistently running at 4.95

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 18, 2024

When healthcare staff approach a hospital room, it’s important to know basic things about the patient like their preferred language, whether they’re in isolation, or whether they’re not supposed to eat (an NPO order). Traditionally, these facts are handled through physical markers or even buried in the patient record.

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Hospitals Patient Satisfaction Nurses 122

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 24, 2024

Stephanie Lahr, MD, CHCIO and president of Artisight , envisions a future where every hospital room hosts a camera and speaker in order to support two-way video. Hospitals are using Artisight’s capabilities for remote support of nurses, but they are expanding to other disciplines as well.

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Hospitals Nurses Patient Satisfaction Telemedicine 123

Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

WHY IT MATTERS Patients at Emory Healthcare could have less chance of adverse drug events and know what they will pay for prescriptions at the pharmacy before they leave the doctor's office or hospital with AI-driven insights. Accurate and more complete medication data also enhances patient safety, according to DrFirst.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 27, 2025

For healthcare leaders, investing in AI as a strategic enabler can significantly bolster clinician performance, operational efficiency, and patient satisfaction. Capacity Planning: AI tools help hospitals predict admission surges, ensuring adequate staffing and resources during peak demand periods.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 22, 2024

THE PROBLEM Expanding advanced MRI services to the community hospitals presented its own set of challenges. This opened the door to inconsistencies in processes that could lead to delays and affect the patient experience. This approach aimed to reduce inpatient hospital stays and outpatient wait times significantly.

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Patient Satisfaction Hospitals FDA 195

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 28, 2024

PROPOSAL The OAH program is designed to help increase bed capacity across the health system by discharging stable patients who can be managed at home via the program but would otherwise need to have stayed in the hospital if taken care of by traditional medicine. Patients enrolled in home health who may have an acute issue arise.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 8, 2022

"To recruit clinicians outside of the geographic region, it was necessary to ensure the entirety of the clinician's visits could be completed remotely and that they were licensed in the state in which the patient is located at the time of the visit," he added.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 28, 2024

Power reveals concerning trends in US hospitals, highlighting patient dissatisfaction with limited doctor access, lengthy wait times, and communication issues. Power report underscores the need for hospitals to address staffing shortages and prioritize patient satisfaction. – The J.D.

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Hospitals Patient Satisfaction Doctors Nurses 98

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 3, 2023

With nearly a decade of successfully running a virtual ICU and a virtual care hospital known today as Mercy Virtual Care Center , Mercy in St. Louis, Missouri, embarked on amplifying a new digital-first frontier in 2015: A new virtual care model of remote patient monitoring for patients living with complex conditions.

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Hospitals Patient Satisfaction Nurses Telemedicine 197

HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 15, 2024

What You Should Know: – Vivalink , a provider of digital healthcare solutions, is making it easier for nonprofit hospitals to adopt Hospital-at-Home (HaH) programs with the launch of its new HaH Starter Program. – Vivalink is offering this program at no cost to eligible hospitals in the U.S.

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Hospitals Patient Satisfaction Regulatory Compliance FDA 98

HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

As AI technology becomes more integrated into healthcare, hospitals and pharmacies are exploring new ways to improve patient outcomes, optimize operations, and ease administrative burdens. Beyond logistics, AI is transforming patient safety and quality of care. AIs role in clinical and operational settings is expanding rapidly.

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Patient Satisfaction Hospitals 80

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

National Nurses United and the California Nurses Association released a joint statement this past week criticizing Kaiser Permanente's aims to expand advanced hospital services into patients' homes. "The Advanced Care at Home Program does not limit the role of nurses in hospitals."

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