May 9, 2023
Via: HitConsultantThe COVID-19 pandemic shined a spotlight on the urgent need to modernize the nation’s public health system. Despite success in rapidly developing vaccines, the unprecedented public health emergency also exposed significant gaps in U.S. public health infectious disease data collection […]
April 25, 2023
Via: HitConsultantThe prevailing global economic conditions are negatively impacting the healthcare industry. Continuing staff shortages, endemic COVID-19, high inflation rates, and supply chain disruptions continue to drive medical costs higher, worsening what is already a persistent challenge for health insurers. To […]
April 21, 2023
Via: Fox NewsPeople who get influenza could be six times more susceptible to having a heart attack in the days following a flu diagnosis, a new study from the Netherlands has found. The study’s conclusions were scheduled to be presented on April […]
April 12, 2023
Via: Healthcare DiveThe Biden administration has released a sweeping new rule touching on multiple aspects of health information technology in the U.S., including proposals meant to create more transparency and trust in clinical decision support software. The rule proposed Tuesday would give […]
April 3, 2023
Via: Health IT AnswersIn healthcare, it is crucial to ensure the security and privacy of electronic health records and all patient data with security policies. HIPAA provides guidelines for healthcare organizations and covered entities to follow in order to maintain the confidentiality, integrity, […]
March 31, 2023
Via: HitConsultantWhat You Should Know: The goal of the Arch Collaborative is to help organizations understand not just how to make the EHR usable but how to help clinicians embrace it as a tool essential for delivering great care. To that […]
March 22, 2023
Via: Medical Device NetworkThe remote patient monitoring market is expected to reach $760 million by 2030, growing at a 8.9% annual rate between 2020 and 2030. The term refers to the technology that enables medical professionals to monitor the health of their patients […]
Innovation, Patient Experience
March 21, 2023
Via: Health IT AnswersTelehealth’s ease of accessibility has contributed extensively to scaling its systems over the past few years. The pandemic fueled this further, creating a requirement for extending the real-time reach of healthcare to remote locations. With the increased demand for telehealth, […]
March 17, 2023
Via: HitConsultantFrailty is conceptualized as decreased physiologic reserve and inability to withstand physical and psychological stressors. The goal of frailty measurement is to identify high-risk older adults and to target interventions to prevent adverse health outcomes. Despite the utility of frailty […]
March 14, 2023
Via: HitConsultantThe world we live in is becoming increasingly integrated, and as it does, the amount of data also increases. It is estimated that 2.5 quintillion bytes – that’s 2,500,00,00,000 million, for perspective – are created, captured, and shared every day, […]
March 13, 2023
Via: Health IT AnswersBig data? It’s being collected everywhere in healthcare settings; constantly generated by smartwatches and other consumer wearables, health apps, electronic health records (EHRs), and through genomics. We already know data is gold. And, at this particular point in time, we’re […]
March 6, 2023
Via: HitConsultantThe market demand for data-driven technology solutions in healthcare is on the rise. Today, one-third of the world’s data is generated by the healthcare industry. This data is often complex and is coming from multiple different sources such as personal […]
February 28, 2023
Via: HitConsultantTelehealth Care While Traveling For consumers who received telehealth care while traveling, speed and convenience (52%) were the top factors influencing their decisions, followed by the ability to receive care from their regular care team (27%), and cost (19%). Care […]
February 27, 2023
Via: Healthcare DiveThe threat by Clop, a ransomware group that has been active since February 2019, shows how vulnerable personal health information is to cyberattacks. More than 289 hospitals may have been impacted by ransomware attacks in 2022, according to the HHS. […]
February 20, 2023
Via: Health IT AnswersYou go to a website and begin looking around for a healthcare product. In the current times, that can mean searching for a prescription drug that is not permitted in certain states or trying to get easier access because going […]
February 8, 2023
Via: Health IT AnswersSummus Announces Modern Industry-Specific Methodology to Quantify Return on Investment (ROI) of Virtual Specialty Care Services Summus (@SummusGlobal), a virtual specialty care provider, unveiled an industry-first, proprietary methodology to quantify the return on investment (ROI) for organizations using virtual specialty […]
February 8, 2023
Via: Healthcare DiveNearly three years after its onset, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to effect providers, insurers and other stakeholders in the healthcare industry. Trends this year include rising hospital expenses as staffing shortages and a reliance on contract labor continue to plague […]
February 2, 2023
Via: Medical Device NetworkThe medical devices industry continues to be a hotbed of innovation, with activity driven by increased need for homecare, preventative treatments, early diagnosis, reducing patient recovery times and improving outcomes, as well as a growing importance in technologies such as […]
Innovation, Patient Experience
February 1, 2023
Via: HitConsultantOne of the most difficult types of abuse to identify has always been elderly abuse. This is the segment of the population that is the most segregated because many just aren’t as mobile as they once were. So very many […]
February 1, 2023
Via: HitConsultantA healthy, stable revenue cycle is crucial to every healthcare organization’s success. However, managing the revenue cycle takes experienced coders, complete documentation, and timely resolution of denials. Administrative processes account for about 30% of U.S. healthcare costs, which means that […]