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. Prioritizing Risk Management for the Most

Before standardizing on MEDITECH for their EHR, the Louisiana provider Willis Knighton Health had 140 different instances of EHRs. Senior VP and CIO Mark Galea said it was critical to get everyone on a single EHR. But he also knew the transition would be challenging for staff and cause a lot of disruption. He felt

East Georgia Healthcare Center is taking an innovative approach to healthcare technology by working with eClinicalWorks to bring new pharmacy capabilities and AI tools into its existing workflows. In our recent interview at the eClinicalWork National Conference, Peyton Frye, COO at East Georgia Healthcare Center, shares how the organization helped shape eClinicalWorks' new pharmacy module,

The Sequoia Project and Carequality Annual Meeting brings together many of the leading voices in healthcare interoperability to discuss the progress, challenges, and opportunities shaping health data exchange. From TEFCA milestones and Carequality network performance to information blocking, patient consent, privacy, and building trust in data sharing, this year's conversations covered a wide range of

The following is a guest article by Pankaj Gupta, Founder and CEO at iPlum With the high adoption of mobile devices in healthcare, it's not surprising that smartphones and medical apps now play a critical role in clinical work and patient engagement. But therein lie serious HIPAA-compliance concerns. While the risks may not be obvious

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. Prioritizing Risk Management for the Most

It's amazing to me to see how much the DirectTrust organization has grown since its early beginnings shepherding what became Direct Secure messaging. At their core, they're still convening organizations from across healthcare and they're building trust between healthcare organizations. This includes things like certifications, accreditations, identity, security, directories, and of course standards. This is

At a time when rural health care is struggling—losing doctors, hospitals, and even pharmacies—it's valuable to hear from the leader of a small rural health center that is adopting modern tools and staying financially afloat. Howard County Medical Center is a 10-bed critical access hospital in rural Nebraska with two attached clinics employing nine providers.

Fraud has long been part of the medical landscape and often makes news headlines. According to Elliot Darling, Product Manager at EHR vendor MEDITECH, providers are especially concerned about fraud in Medicare and Medicaid billing. In this video, Darling discusses some current methods of detecting fraud along with Tyler Stoltz, Fraud Manager at the payment

At the AHIMA Annual Conference, we caught up with healthcare leaders to discuss the challenges and innovations shaping health information management, clinical documentation integrity, medical coding, and revenue cycle management. In this collection of short video interviews, leaders from a wide variety of organizations share their perspectives on the technologies, strategies, and workflows helping healthcare

Real-time location systems hold enormous potential for healthcare operations. The real challenge is securing widespread clinical adoption. Discover why CenTrak is betting on Bluetooth Low Energy and staff safety as the fastest path to value.

In our recent interview at the AHIMA Annual conference, Sid Mehta, President & Chief Growth Officer at Access Healthcare, discusses the relational aspects of his company's work and how they support their clients' RCM needs. Clients often approach Access Healthcare in a crisis. Access Healthcare experts have learned to solve problems through empathy, to "meet

The following is a guest article by Ahmed Omar and Amit Kumthekar, Co-Founders of Sully.ai Patients have raised important questions about consent and AI scribes, including in lawsuits alleging doctor-patient conversations were recorded without permission. Such concerns must be taken seriously, and they point toward a clear path forward, where transparency and consent is embedded

This was the 4th year in a row that Healthcare IT Today attended the eClinicalWorks National Conference. At the conference, eClinicalWorks brings together their users to announce what's coming in their software, learn from their users, and allow users to share best practices. Plus, we were able to capture a number of videos with their

The following is a guest article by Matt Doyle, Director of Interoperability, Epic Every day, patients wait longer than they should for medical care because their providers can't access images performed at other healthcare organizations. Clinicians often need prior images to support diagnosis, but transferring a previous X-ray or MRI study can take days. When

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. Healthcare AI Insights From the SHI

As I mentioned in my previous roundup of healthcare cybersecurity insights from the SHI Summit, I had the pleasure of mixing and mingling with the great SHI International community as they shared some great content related to cybersecurity and AI. Below you'll find some of the AI insights that I found interesting and useful for