The future of remote work in healthcare has been a pressing topic for the last 18 months, with ever-changing conclusions. In March 2020, health IT workers around the country woke up to a new reality. They still had to work, but they didn’t have to commute to the office. While frontline caregivers remained on-site treating […]
Improving Outcomes By Embracing Healthcare Diversity Healthcare diversity of thought and experience allows systems to care for an increasingly diverse population. True personalized care depends on tailored communication and care for patients, each who have unique backgrounds and needs. Leaders can’t address care gaps among diverse populations until they have properly addressed healthcare diversity within […]
Data can be a revolutionary force in healthcare. But to unlock its full potential, leaders must rethink and rebuild their healthcare data strategy. Painful truths about the healthcare data landscape were brought into focus by the COVID-19 pandemic. The outbreak also spurred real-time insights into the future of data strategy, which will ideally inform care […]
Who owns patient data? The monetization of anonymized patient data, EMR and insurance companies, health system sharing pools, and more.
What Can Healthcare Leaders Do to Protect Their Organizations and Patients? Over the past year, leaders have been repeatedly reminded of the severe threat of healthcare cyberattacks. The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights is informed of nearly two new data breaches (affecting at least 500 patient records) per day. […]
“The role of the CIO has changed totally,” John Halamka declared boldly in his first appearance on This Week In Health IT in 2018. And the role of the healthcare CIO has continued to develop. With the onset of the novel coronavirus pandemic and the break-neck pace in which healthcare IT accelerated throughout 2020, the […]
While COVID-19 was tossing the healthcare world on its head—the democratization of medicine was rapidly evolving like never before. As a result, a clear truth has emerged from the rubble of the pandemic: patients have always been consumers, and now they understand it’s possible to receive care in a way that prioritizes their needs—instead of relying on those with legacy mindsets who think it’s perfectly acceptable to leave them sitting in waiting rooms.
Health IT Experts Break Down Information Blocking Rules In healthcare, transformation can be turbulent. Even changes that the industry has seen coming for years often creep up faster than many stakeholders find ideal. For some providers, the new requirements around information blocking might be a prime example. As of April 2021, federal policy mandates that […]
Nearly 90%. When it comes to investing in remote patient monitoring (RPM), 88 out of 100 clinical informatics and health IT thought leaders expressed interest when surveyed for a Spyglass study conducted at the end of 2019. The impetus at that time related to aligning with the shift to value-based care. “88% of providers surveyed have invested or are evaluating investments in RPM technologies to support high-risk chronically ill patients whose conditions are considered unstable and at-risk for hospital readmissions,” the study concluded. Then, COVID-19 hit and the healthcare system was turned completely on its head.
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