Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week.
Telehealth Lessons and Perspectives from Boston’s Beth Israel. In the latest edition of the CIO Podcast, John talked to Leanne Harvey, CIO of Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at BIDMC, about the telehealth experience for patients and physicians more than two years after COVID hit the Northeast. She also offered some perspective on the future of telehealth – including whether it can address physician burnout. Read more…
In Direct Primary Care, It’s All About Engagement. Most physicians today are burned out, but that doesn’t seem to be the case for those in DPC practices, Colin Hung learned through interviews with several speakers and attendees from last month’s HINT Summit. The key is that the DPC model engages physicians in the care process just as much as it engages patients – which makes both parties a lot happier. Read more…
The Importance of a Seamless Payment Experience. John sat down with Pete Wheeler at KeyBank and Jeff Gill at XUP Payments (which KeyBank recently acquired) to chat about why payments have never been more important for healthcare as well as how the industry can catch up and provide a more seamless and consumer-centric experience. Read more…
Dealing with the Core Problem of Physician Burnout. Burnout seems to be a theme in healthcare. John sat down with LifeBridge and TransformativeMed to talk about their work to reduce physician burnout and prevent doctors from leaving healthcare by providing them a tool that’s focused on their clinical workflow rather than the billing workflow. Read more…
How Digital Transformation Strategies Are Redefining Healthcare. Linda Comp-Noto, Division President of Healthcare Enterprise Operations at Teleperformance, described the drivers of digital transformation and the importance of journey mapping in helping to shape transformation strategies. Read more…
To Encourage Patient Portal Adoption, Find the Common Ground. It’s no secret that patient centricity has been lacking in most portals, said Liza Dzhezhora, a Healthcare IT Analyst at Itransition. Fortunately, this is a fixable problem – and the solution lies in making portals beneficial for patients and their physicians. Read more…
Featured Health IT Job: Senior Cyber Security Architect – a remote position with the Tampa-based Moffitt Cancer Center – posted on Healthcare IT Central.
Funding and M&A Activity:
- Hybrid physical therapy platform Kins announced $7.2 million in seed funding, along with an expansion into Massachusetts and partnerships with additional payers.
- Health information management company HealthMark Group has acquired Alabama-based Acton Corp., which provides patient data management services. It is HealthMark’s third acquisition in 15 months.
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