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.
American Telemedicine Association Leaps Into Privacy and AI Policies. Andy Oram talked to Kyle Zebley about how the ATA aims to be the voice of the telehealth community, in large part through its recently released sets of governing principles for AI and data privacy. Read more…
Effective Epic Application Management and Go-Live. Jennifer Stemmler at Adventist Health and Bill Lewkowski at HCTec talked to John about what goes into a smooth EHR go-live and how to measure project success. They also provided valuable hints for any organization going through the same thing. Read more…
Using Modern Technology to Make Patient Data Actionable. Creating the care experiences that patients expect requires aggregating and organizing data across IT systems, Jessica Beegle at Lifepoint Health told us. To do that, the health system mapped data from 60+ systems to a single standard with the help of Clinical Architecture. Read more…
Unpacking the Ins and Outs of Healthcare Communication Platforms. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to weigh in on how organizations can meet patients’ communication needs without things getting too complicated. Recommendations included ensuring communication comes with context, taking an omnichannel approach, and putting strong security in place. Read more…
Making Smart, Real-Time Location Services Accurate and Affordable. RTLS tends to fail because it’s either cheap but inaccurate or useful but too expensive to be deployed widely, Adrian Jennings at Cognosos told John. The most effective approach is to monitor devices as they’re actually used instead of relying on anecdotal evidence. Read more…
Automated Information Release Processes Benefit Patients, Call Center Agents, and IT Teams. With information blocking penalties now in effect, organizations need to modernize their workflows for releasing information. Reporting from AHIMA23, Colin outlined how Banner Health and MRO teamed up to eliminate manual steps and release information faster. Read more…
CIO Podcast: Patient Messaging and Data Sharing. Dr. CT Lin at UCHealth-Colorado sat down with John to discuss the benefits of sharing clinical notes and test results with patients, as well as helping clinical staff manage the ever-growing number of patient messages they receive. Oh, and there’s a ukulele. Read more…
Addressing Shortfalls in Interoperability. TEFCA has been a catalyst for momentum in the interoperability community, said Dr. A. John Blair at MedAllies. To fully enable data exchange, QHINs will need to address the issues of connectivity, data usability, and the purpose of data’s use. Read more…
Bonus Features for November 5, 2023: Only 24% of healthcare organizations have successfully disrupted ransomware attacks, while 83% of healthcare leaders say AI is or will be an essential skill. Read more…
Funding and M&A Activity:
- Digital consultancy Perficient reached an agreement to acquire SMEDIX, a healthcare software engineering firm.
- Clinical trial optimization company PhaseV raised $15 million in funding.
- Blockchain data exchange platform Rymedi raised $9 million in Series A funding.
- Cardiovascular care startup Kento Health Raises $4.1 million CAD ($3 million USD) in pre-seed financing.
- Patient-generated real-world evidence firm PicnicHealth acquired AllStripes, which focuses on RWE in the rare disease community.
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