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Category: Healthcare Industry News
How a Health Information Exchange Can Boost COVID-19 Vaccination
Date: February 2nd, 2021Source: EHR IntelligenceTopics: HIE, Immunizations, COVID-19Health information exchanges (HIEs) are needed to help states identify and prioritize individuals who receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Without leveraging HIEs, the coronavirus recovery timeline could extend.
Read MoreHealth Information Exchanges Jump to the Front of Health IT Line This Year
Date: January 6th, 2021Source: Health LeadersTopics: HIE, Interoperability, Public Health, Immunizations, COVID-19During the pandemic, HIEs are playing an increasingly vital role to help share vital health information, including involvement in sharing COVID-19 vaccination data
Read MorePrepared and Ready: America’s HIEs and the Response to COVID-19
Date: December 2nd, 2020Source: AHIMATopics: HIE, Notifications, COVID-19HIEs were ready for COVID-19 not because they rapidly developed new services, but because they already were delivering essential services to their communities. Across the country, HIEs connect not only hospitals, labs, and clinicians, but also to first responders, correctional facilities, state and local government, post-acute care facilities, and the community-based organizations (CBOs) that serve communities across the country.
Read MoreProviders Call for Improved Social Determinants of Health Data
Date: November 18th, 2020Source: HealthIT AnalyticsTopics: Social Determinants of HealthMore robust and standardized social determinants of health (SDOH) data will improve SDOH initiatives and patient care, according to providers in Insights by Xtelligent Healthcare Media’s most recent report.
Read MoreBlockchain is Back: COVID-19 Highlights Healthcare Use Cases
Date: November 16th, 2020Source: HealthIT AnswersTopics: Blockchain, COVID-19Once a victim of Gartner’s infamous “hype cycle,” blockchain technology has begun to demonstrate its value in healthcare as a handful of important use cases have become apparent in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreCombating Health Inequities Through EHR Data Collection
Date: November 13th, 2020Source: EHR IntelligenceTopics: EHRs, Interoperability, Data normalizationA lack of standardization can lead to gaps and inaccuracies in EHR data collection, resulting in inequitable care delivery. But providers are finding ways to overcome this challenge to deliver more equitable care to patients.
Read MorePhysician Executives Guide a Successful Covid-19 Response in Colorado
Date: October 15th, 2020Source: NEJM CatalystTopics: Colorado Hospitals & Health Systems, Colorado Healthcare Leaders, COVID-19Chief medical officers (CMOs) of seven health care systems collaborated to lead Colorado through the Covid-19 surge by harnessing the four “superpowers” of perspective, partnership, patient advocacy, and peer support.
Read MoreThe Unexpected Side Effect of COVID-19: Collaboration
Date: October 12th, 2020Source: Health LeadersTopics: Innovation, COVID-19Innovation executives share 5 ways their organizations are experiencing enhanced teamwork inside and outside their organizations. The unprecedented cooperation has accelerated advancements in care delivery.
Read MoreHIEs Are Vital to Public Health, But Need Reshaping
Date: September 22nd, 2020Source: HIMSSTopics: HIE, Interoperability, Health Data UtilityHealth information exchanges (HIEs) are scrambling to respond to COVID-19, as are all parts of the healthcare delivery system. Many have proven to be ready and invaluable assets, but significant variation among the states’ exchanges means that some are more prepared to assist than others.
Read MoreAccounting for the Social Determinants of Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Date: September 17th, 2020Source: Managed Healthcare ExecutiveTopics: HIE, Social Determinants of Health, Master Patient IndexWhen paired with claims data feeds, health information exchange (HIE) results, and interoperability connections with other healthcare partners, EMPIs can bring a patient’s complete healthcare status into focus.
Read MoreGlobal Pandemic: Accelerating The Adoption of HIEs
Date: September 15th, 2020Source: Electronic Health ReporterTopics: HIE, Innovation, COVID-19Each of these rapidly accelerating trends require health information exchange. The HIEs and member organizations that make up SHIEC are positioned in the sweet spot to effect these changes. This year of 2020, one of the most difficult years in memory, can be our opportunity to shine.
Read MoreONC Publishes Game-Changing Information Blocking Rule: Introduction and Overview
Date: September 11th, 2020Source: National Law ReviewTopics: Information Blocking, ONCIn the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published the final Information Blocking Rule. This rule is widely seen as a game-changer that will have far-reaching effects on how electronic health information is accessed, exchanged, and used by patients, providers, and a wide range of participants in the health care industry.
Read MoreEHR Interoperability, Patient Data Access Key to Precision Medicine
Date: August 24th, 2020Source: EHR IntelligenceTopics: HIE, EHRs, Interoperability, Precision MedicineWhile the majority of medical treatments are geared to the average patient, precision medicine aims to cater to the individual and connect each patient with personalized treatment. However, EHRs are currently incapable of providing this type of customized care, and further optimization and increased interoperability are needed to achieve this type of care.
Read MoreHHS Invests in HIEs to Strengthen their Ability to Support State and Local Public Health Agencies
Date: August 19th, 2020Source: HIT AnswersTopics: HIE, Public HealthWith $2.5 million in funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) signed by President Trump on March 27, 2020, the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) will award up to five (5) cooperative agreements under the Strengthening the Technical Advancement and Readiness of Public Health Agencies via Health Information Exchange (STAR HIE) Program.
Read MoreONC focuses on HIEs for data sharing
Date: August 13th, 2020Source: Search Health ITTopics: HIE, Public HealthHealth information exchanges could provide the interoperability backbone between providers and state and public health agencies, making real-time data readily available in times of crisis.
Read MoreCMS Releases 2021 Proposed Rule for the Quality Payment Program
Date: August 7th, 2020Source: Health IT AnswersTopics: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP)The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) (@CMSGov) released its proposed policies for the 2021 performance year of the Quality Payment Program via the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM).
Read MoreHospitals and Health Systems Continue to Face Unprecedented Financial Challenges due to COVID-19
Date: July 7th, 2020Source: American Hospital AssociationTopics: Colorado Hospitals & Health Systems, COVID-19The AHA estimates an additional $120.5 billion in total financial losses from July 2020 through December 2020 should hospitals and health systems reach baseline patient volumes by July 2021, or an average of $20.1 billion per month. These estimates are in addition to the $202.6 billion in losses the AHA estimated between March 2020 and June 2020 bringing the total projected losses to hospitals and health systems in 2020 to at least $323.1 billion.
Read MoreColorado Expands Telehealth Coverage, Includes Home Health Care Services
Date: July 6th, 2020Source: mHealth IntelligenceTopics: Home Health, Colorado Healthcare Leaders, TelehealthA law signed today in Colorado expands Medicaid coverage for telehealth services to include RHCs, FQHCs, The Indian Health Service and home health care providers and boosts private payer coverage.
Read MoreOutpatient visits rebound, but some specialties like pediatrics lag behind
Date: June 25th, 2020Source: Healthcare DiveTopics: Primary Care, Pediatrics, COVID-19Overall, outpatient visits are down 11% as of the week of June 14, compared to the prior-year period. However, the cumulative deficit is much larger. When looking at the period between March 15 through Saturday, visits are down nearly 40% from the same period a year earlier.
Read MoreUsing Social Determinants to Promote Health Equity During a Crisis
Date: June 19th, 2020Source: Health IT AnalyticsTopics: Social Determinants of Health, COVID-19The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing health equity challenges, leading organizations to leverage social determinants data to get ahead of poor outcomes.
Read MoreOver 40% of Hospitals Predict it will Take a Year for Revenues to Return to pre-COVID Levels
Date: June 17th, 2020Source: Health LeadersTopics: Hospital RevenueOne-fifth of integrated health systems reported monthly revenue drops exceeding 50%, according to an AMGA survey.
Read MoreIt’s Time for a New Kind of Electronic Health Record
Date: June 12th, 2020Source: Harvard Business ReviewTopics: HIE, EHRs, Population Health, Big Data, NotificationsThe Covid-19 pandemic presents the U.S. health care system with a mind-boggling array of challenges. One of the most urgent is coping with a simultaneous glut and dearth of information.
Read MoreAs Coronavirus Strikes, Crucial Data in EHRs Hard to Harvest
Date: May 2nd, 2020Source: MedscapeTopics: EHRs, COVID-19EHRs document every step doctors or other health care workers take in treating a COVID patient, from medicines prescribed to signs of progress or setbacks. Data collected from large numbers of patients could quickly yield answers about which treatments are succeeding. But the pandemic is bringing into stark relief just how far the nation is from achieving the promised benefits, critics say.
Read MoreIn Times of Crisis, HIEs are Front and Center
Date: April 28th, 2020Source: HIMSSTopics: HIE, COVID-19Health information exchange (HIE) organizations play an essential role in aggregating and disseminating data to give local hospitals, public health officials and providers a better understanding of the virus’ spread and the patients being tested and treated.
Read MoreOutpatient visits plunged in second half of March, Commonwealth Fund says
Date: April 24th, 2020Source: Healthcare DiveTopics: COVID-19Outpatient and medical practice visits have fallen off a cliff since March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study by The Commonwealth Fund conducted by researchers from Harvard University and Phreesia, a healthcare software company.
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