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During pandemic, telehealth visits soar from 10 per week to 300 at group practice #PatientEngagement
The head of the pediatric practice describes the choice to implement telemedicine as a way to improve patient experience – a choice that turned out to be a valuable investment as coronavirus spread.
Google says it blocks 18 million COVID-19 related scam emails each day #smartHIT
And that's not counting more than 240 million daily spam messages launched at Gmail users that try to capitalize on the coronavirus crisis.
Google says it blocks 18 million COVID-19 related scam emails each day #HITcloud
And that's not counting more than 240 million daily spam messages launched at Gmail users that try to capitalize on the coronavirus crisis.
During pandemic, telehealth visits soar from 10 per week to 300 at group practice #Telehealth
The head of the pediatric practice describes the choice to implement telemedicine as a way to improve patient experience – a choice that turned out to be a valuable investment as coronavirus spread.
Emirates becomes world’s first airline to conduct on-site rapid COVID-19 testing #PatientEngagement
Carried out on patients ahead of boarding, test results appear within 10 minutes, confirmed the airline. The UAE currently ranks third in the world in terms of screening per capita.
Philippines’ DOH launches new COVID-19 tracker #GovHIT
Earlier this week, the Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines launched its new COVID-19 Tracker. The revamped tracker features additional information on the epidemiology of COVID-19 in the country, COVID-19 testing, health facilities, and availability of personal protective equipment (PPEs).....
Google says it blocks 18 million COVID-19 related scam emails each #HITsecurity
And that's not counting more than 240 million daily spam messages launched at Gmail users that try to capitalize on the coronavirus crisis.
FCC announces first hospitals to win COVID-19 Telehealth Program funding #Telehealth
Just days after the application period opened, some $3.23 million has already been approved to help hard-hit health systems deploy telemedicine technology, connected devices and remote patient-monitoring tools.
Philippines’ DOH launches new COVID-19 tracker
Earlier this week, the Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines launched its new COVID-19 Tracker. The revamped tracker features additional information on the epidemiology of COVID-19 in the country, COVID-19 testing, health facilities, and availability of personal protective equipment (PPEs).....
Cybersecurity in the time of COVID-19 #HITsecurity
The pandemic has highlighted the importance of cybersecurity and digital transformation, argues Dr Charles Alessi, chief clinical officer at HIMSS.
'The key is coordination' - How techUK is helping the health tech sector integrate during COVID-19 #GovHIT
In an exclusive interview, associate director for Health and Local Public Services at techUK Ben Moody talks about the company’s role in bringing together health tech and government.
Remote monitoring tech from GE Healthcare, Microsoft can help hospitals manage COVID-19 response #Telehealth
The cloud-based Mural virtual-care technology, hosted on Microsoft's Azure platform, enables clinicians to monitor the ventilation status of multiple ICU patients at once.
FCC announces first hospitals to win COVID-19 Telehealth Program funding
Just days after the application period opened, some $3.23 million has already been approved to help hard-hit health systems deploy telemedicine technology, connected devices and remote patient monitoring tools.
Hawaii Pacific Health describes how it scored a third Davies Award for #pophealth innovations.
In a HIMSS20 Digital session, the Honolulu-based health system explains how it "put the IT in capitation," and earned a first-in-the nation distinction for its technology-enabled improvements.
NHSX warns private IT contractors to not exploit their connections. #GovHIT
The CEO of NHSX sent an email to staff highlighting that all potential conflicts of interest must be declared.
TigerConnect unveils telehealth system to help providers fight COVID-19 #PatientEngagement
TigerTouch aims to simplify telemedicine for patients by offering video, voice and text messaging via smartphone.
Remote monitoring tech from GE Healthcare, Microsoft can help hospitals manage COVID-19 response #HITcloud
The cloud-based Mural virtual-care technology, hosted on Microsoft's Azure platform, enables clinicians to monitor the ventilation status of multiple ICU patients at once.
#RemoteMonitoring tech from GE Healthcare, Microsoft can help hospitals manage #COVID19 response.
The cloud-based Mural virtual-care technology, hosted on Microsoft's Azure platform, enables clinicians to monitor the ventilation status of multiple ICU patients at once.
#Coronavirus emphasizes need for #interoperability.
COVID-19's long-term impact on acute and post-acute care is more detailed documentation and a greater emphasis on event notification services to track care progression, says Nick Knowlton, vice president of business development at Brightree.
(Podcast) HIMSSCast: How #COVID-19 is changing #telehealth adoption, plus the COVID-19 Digital Think Tank.
Healthbox President Neil Patel describes how his group is helping to facilitate the sharing of solutions and best practices around COVID-19 response.
AI can overhaul patient experience, but knowing its limitations is key #smartHIT
Certain healthcare use cases are ripe for AI, but still must provide a human touch to truly benefit patient experience.
5G is primed to enable continuous, data-heavy health innovations, but hospitals need to prepare #HealthData
AT&T Business' Clint Cetti gives a rundown of new health technologies that could benefit from increased capacity and speed, as well as some key considerations for health systems planning to implement the next-generation network.
Cigna launches pilot program to address loneliness during COVID-19
The population health initiative for Medicare Advantage members is a personal check-in on health and well-being and any food, housing or transportation issues.
The rapid, global spread of #COVID19 put AI front and center as healthcare stakeholders from across industry seek to monitor and reduce the impact of the virus. #smartHIT #PopHealthIT ( via AIPoweredHealthcare )
For healthcare stakeholders around the world, COVID-19 is many things, including “a big data problem.” That’s how James Hendler, the Tetherless World Professor of Computer, Web, and Cognitive Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and director of the Rensselaer Institute for Data Ex...
Epic, University Hospital of N.J. open healthcare facility in former expo center #HealthIT
Located across the Hudson from Manhattan, where beds are in critically short supply, Epic provided the installation plan, is donating software and will help staff the facility.
Tech optimization: Perfecting pop health IT deployments #HealthIT
Population health tech experts from Enli Health, Epic and Optum showcase best practices for making the IT work best at healthcare provider organizations.
Penn Medicine CISO offers tips for COVID-19 cybersecurity response #Telehealth
"Cyber criminals will use a time of crisis to cover some of their actions in a very opportunistic way. And so we try to track and match our operations and vigilance to that."
Penn Medicine CISO offers tips for COVID-19 cybersecurity response #HITsecurity
"Cyber criminals will use a time of crisis to cover some of their actions in a very opportunistic way. And so we try to track and match our operations and vigilance to that."
More than half of ACOs likely to leave Medicare Shared Savings program. #GovHIT
NAACOS and others want CMS to hold harmless providers participating in alternative payment models from performance-related penalties for 2020.
#COVID19: eHealth is a never-ending journey. #Interoperability
Florian Marcus, analyst at e-Estonia briefing centre, writes about eHealth services in the Baltic country and their response to COVID-19.
Healthcare IT News offers this listing of #telemedicine companies that can help hospitals and other provider organizations deliver quality virtual care amid the #COVID19 pandemic.
UPDATED WITH MORE VENDORS: Healthcare IT News offers this listing of telemedicine companies that can help hospitals and other provider organizations deliver quality virtual care.
New Duke registry invites hospital workers to share data on COVID-19
The crowdsourced approach, funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, aims to facilitate fast-track research on ways to better protect front-line caregivers.
Microsoft extends AccountGuard service to healthcare orgs during COVID-19 #HITcloud
The cybersecurity program will be made available to hospitals, clinics, labs, frontline providers, device manufacturers and life sciences companies that are researching treatments.
Patient matching and biometrics: A match made in heaven? #HealthIT
Experts from Pew and Accenture discuss the challenges of patient matching, and describe how biometrics technologies can help.
Using #precisionmedicine for better decision support and outcomes.
Deep Dive: Clinicians are integrating social factors, genomics and medical histories to better treat patients.
COVID-19: 'NHS dataset not advanced enough to flag vulnerable and high-risk patients' #HealthData
How are health disparities, SDOH and lack of medical facilities affecting the members of underserved communities because of #COVID19? Join the conversation at 11 a.m. CST April 16. #PopulationHealth (AD)
Join this panel discussion to get a unique perspective from the individuals active in underserved communities. The talk will focus on COVID-19 and the impact it is having on underserved communities.
Patient engagement tech helps one provider slash no-show rate, save $1.8 million #HealthIT
The Houston ENT & Allergy Clinic also increased its referral conversion by 35%, which translated to an additional $500,000 in annual revenue.
Duplication, fragmentation hamper interoperability efforts, impact patient safety #HealthIT
Data-integrity challenges and repetition are posing big problems for electronic health records, with adverse financial and clinical costs, a new Black Book report shows.
#RuralHospitals can remain financially viable if they focus on areas that impact the bottom line. #HealthIT (AD)
Financial pressures, limited resources, and changing regulations contribute to bottom-line risk and the alarming result is often rural hospital failure and closure. In this new series from Dr. Robert Budman, we explore what’s behind this and, more importantly, what rural and critical access hospit...
(WEBINAR) Join us at 11 a.m. CST April 16 for a discussion on how #COVID19 is impacting underserved communities. #PopulationHealth (AD)
Join this panel discussion to get a unique perspective from the individuals active in underserved communities. The talk will focus on COVID-19 and the impact it is having on underserved communities.
A nurse practitioner, a doctor and a postal worker share their COVID-19 stories, advice to readers
In the third installment of our Your Stories feature, some Healthcare IT News readers describe their own thoughts and experiences of the coronavirus pandemic. We encourage you to continue sharing your own.
Apple, Google have teamed up to build system-level COVID-19 contact tracing, interoperable APIs for iOS, Android
The two tech giants' unprecedented partnership looks to engage as many users in disease-tracing and prevention efforts as possible while tearing down the data silos of their respective smartphone platforms.
Pledge by telecommunications industry to support NHS during COVID-19 #GovHIT
The UK government has released a statement in conjunction with many key players in the telecoms industry to announce their elevated support during the COVID-19 crisis.
Health systems can use new, old technology to help address COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic #Telehealth
While new technologies are being deployed, health systems can use existing resources to help combat the coronavirus's spread.
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Get an inside look at how the Bar Code Medical Administration has been used by nurses to improve safety at Cambridge University Hospitals. Watch the full video: https://bit.ly/3a7i2c5. #Nurses4HIT (AD)
Take a tour of a leading EMRAM Stage 6 NHS trust in the UK to see how Cambridge University Hospitals are delivering safe, equitable and sustainable healthcare. Watch the full video: https://bit.ly/3a7i2c5. #HealthIT (AD)
In our first episode of "When It Works," intracranial hematoma patient Danielle Collins and George Washington University Hospital's Dr. Walter Jean discuss how a #virtualreality tool helped Collins comprehend her condition. WATCH MORE: https://bit.ly/2MnwWSj. #HIMSSTV
(Video) Andrew Maza, vice president of clinical affairs at Forest Devices, highlights the benefits of exposure and connections at tech competitions. WATCH MORE: https://bit.ly/2Ei268W. #HIMSSTV #AHA19
(Video) Brent Walker, SVP of marketing and analytics at PatientBond, talks about employing digital to hack behavior change. WATCH MORE: https://bit.ly/34ffRjf. #HIMSSTV #AHA19
(Video) The landscape of #hearthealth technology for nurses and patients is evolving, says Nancy M. Albert, associate CNO at the Cleveland Clinic. WATCH MORE: https://bit.ly/35fsLPR. #HIMSSTV #AHA19
(Video) Livongo's CMO Dr. Bimal Shah talks about how breaking down care silos can make chronic care management easier for patients. WATCH MORE: https://bit.ly/2PlPYdv. #HIMSSTV #AHA19
(Video) In an age of countless sensors and data streams, Dr. Rashmee Shah of the University of Utah Health stresses the collection and analysis of fewer, but more focused #patientdata. WATCH MORE: https://bit.ly/2sm8Yzk. #HIMSSTV #AHA19
(Video) Happify's Chris Wasden shares how his company is addressing chronic conditions from a #behaviorchange perspective to get at the root cause. WATCH MORE: https://bit.ly/36r2ttW. #HIMSSTV #AHA19
(Video) #Chatbots can provide empathetic, confidential care, says Lexi Kaplin, conversationHEALTH co-founder and chief product officer. WATCH MORE: https://bit.ly/2E5qTND. #HIMSSTV #WomenInHIT
(Video) Azizi Seixas, of NYU Grossman School of Medicine, talks about using risk assessment tools to close the health access gap. WATCH MORE: https://bit.ly/2P9BNbo. #HIMSSTV
Raj Ratwani, director of MedStar Health National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare, discusses how policy, vendors and clinicians can work together to improve EHRs. WATCH MORE: https://bit.ly/2MLCy9e. #HIMSSTV
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital's Steven Kaplan, MD, discusses how communication and empathy workshops are resulting in clinicians feeling better about the care they deliver and how they communicate with patients. WATCH MORE: http://ow.ly/vj2T50uPl0d. #HIMSSTV
@NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital's Steven Kaplan, MD, discusses how communication and empathy workshops are resulting in clinicians feeling better about the care they deliver and how they communicate with patients. WATCH MORE: http://ow.ly/ZyU450uPks0. #HIMSSTV
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital's Steven Kaplan, MD, discusses how communication and empathy workshops are resulting in clinicians feeling better about the care they deliver and how they communicate with patients. WATCH MORE: http://ow.ly/az6s50uPkoY. #HIMSSTV
Patient experience is more than just patient satisfaction surveys, claims Cleveland Clinic Chief Experience Officer Dr. Adrienne Boissy, who sees an evolution on the horizon. WATCH MORE: http://ow.ly/1JkP50uPjOP. #HIMSSTV #WomenInHIT
Patient experience is more than just patient satisfaction surveys, claims Cleveland Clinic Chief Experience Officer Dr. Adrienne Boissy, who sees an evolution on the horizon. WATCH MORE: http://ow.ly/Rf8v50uPjIZ. #HIMSSTV #WomenInHIT
Virtual reality technology can empower patients to become a member of their own healthcare team, claim Hoag's Dr. Robert Louis and EMPOWER360's Danielle Collins. WATCH MORE: http://ow.ly/QQdW50uPiDX. #HIMSSTV
Virtual reality technology can empower patients to become a member of their own healthcare team, claim Hoag's Dr. Robert Louis and EMPOWER360's Danielle Collins. WATCH MORE: http://ow.ly/UC1s50uPivU. #HIMSSTV
Digital health enthusiast John Nosta discusses the three D's of health innovation – device, data, decision – and what it will take to get to where we need to be. WATCH MORE: http://ow.ly/JbS850uPdMa. #HIMSSTV
(Video) Verge Health's CEO Dr. Mark Crockett says hundreds of people & machines have to work right in order to create a positive experience the moment the patient hits the door. WATCH MORE: http://ow.ly/J9j350uypaj. #HIMSSTV (AD)
Digital health enthusiast and NOSTALAB President John Nosta discusses the three D's of health innovation – device, data, decision – and what it will take to get to where we need to be. WATCH MORE >> http://ow.ly/WlOm50umTo8. #HIMSSTV
Tom Sullivan, Editor-in-Chief of Healthcare IT News, discusses ways providers can operationalize and implement empathy beyond the bedside at the #PESummit. WATCH MORE >> http://ow.ly/WZxt50uhieK. #HIMSSTV
Pushing the boundaries of what can be accomplished in healthcare depends on transparency and patient trust, says Microsoft's Elena Bonfiglioli. WATCH MORE: http://ow.ly/s5fN30oFreA. #Aim2Innovate (AD)
Marrying compliance with convenience in tools used by clinicians is a key to successful healthcare transformation, says Microsoft's Elena Bonfiglioli. WATCH MORE: http://ow.ly/n58z30oFmIK. #Aim2Innovate (AD)
Advancements in healthcare technology are necessary, but they can’t take away the human element, says HIMSS' Tammy Kwiatkoski. WATCH more >> http://ow.ly/pr0430owBO9. #HIMSSTV
Look for creative and curious people who like to solve problems and want to know that what they’ve done is actually working, says Jefferson Health's Neil Gomes. WATCH more >> http://ow.ly/jSym30owBvz. #HIMSSTV
The focus should be on wellcare not healthcare, because finding a condition early results in better outcomes and better costs, says Nick van Terheyden, MD. WATCH more >> http://ow.ly/XFXI30owzxT. #HIMSSTV
Stacy Tselekis, Principal, Grant Thornton, shares how she got her start in health IT and discusses opportunities for #WomenInHIT. #HIMSSTV (AD)
Verizon's Nancy Green shares what's changed for #WomenInHIT over the last year. http://ow.ly/4I4930ohFE9 #HIMSSTV (AD)
Telehealth helps providers deliver better child care and treatment, says Cloe Benz, sr. physiotherapist at Sydney Children's Hospitals Network. Watch the full video here > http://ow.ly/H9iL50nwSSV #HIMSSTV #HIMSS19
AI won’t replace the empathy doctors can provide to patients but smart machines can reduce the time clinicians spend on computers says Dr. Anthony Chang http://ow.ly/Morh50n311t #smartHIT #HIMSSTV
Machine learning is far from ready for clinical practice of medicine says James Weese, system vice president at Aurora Healthcare http://ow.ly/NqzZ50n2W6k #HIMSSTV #smartHIT
HIMSS' Denise Hines shares ways women can empower themselves http://ow.ly/tQu850n2VMM #WomenInHIT #HIMSSTV
HIMSS President and CEO Hal Wolf sums up what stood out at the global conference, including trends emerging during the reformation of healthcare across the entire ecosystem.
What are the dynamics in the industry relative to remote patient monitoring? HP's Frances A. Ayalasomayajula shares her insights at #HIMSS19. http://ow.ly/mI9l30nHKBP #PopHealthIT (AD)
In an interview with #HIMSSTV, Kristina Tägil, founder of AppInMed AB, discusses the power of engaging the patient. Watch the full interview here >> http://ow.ly/j6oT50mbBji
What are the dynamics in the industry relative to remote patient monitoring? HP's Frances A. Ayalasomayajula shares her insights at #HIMSS19. http://ow.ly/mI9l30nHKBP #PopHealthIT (AD)
Stay on top of all the #HIMSS19 coverage this week from our various publications (Healthcare IT News, Healthcare Finance, MobiHealthNews ) and #HIMSSTV programming! >> http://ow.ly/RrsO30nEUd8
#HIMSS19 is only 3 days away! Stephen Wellman, vice president of content strategy at HIMSS Media, discusses the best ways to stay informed of all the news & happenings during conference. http://ow.ly/SbNo30nCD4L #HIMSSTV
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