By Hannah Nelson April 13, 2023 – Advanced Orthopedics New England has implemented an integrated EHR, medical billing, and patient engagement solution from health IT vendor athenahealth to drive interoperability. “We lacked the ability to…
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What You Should Know:Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) hold a significant and distinct place in US healthcare by providing low-cost, government-subsidized care to undererved populations. Due to FQHCs’ integrated care model and government ties,…
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Lack of adherence to prescribed medication is a major failing of our healthcare system. (Dr. Omar Manejwala, CMO of DarioHealth, recommends using the term “adherence” instead of the more condemnatory term “compliance.”) A previous…
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According to an article in the Permanente Journal, “as many as 40% to 50% of patients who are prescribed medications for management of chronic conditions” don’t take their medications properly, or perhaps at all….
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What You Should Know:Patient portals (tools used by healthcare providers to engage with patients) can greatly influence a patient’s ability to seek and receive care. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, healthcare organizations have become…
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By Hannah Nelson March 28, 2023 – Federally qualified health center (FQHC) clients of Epic Community Connect are most consistently satisfied with EHR functionality compared to other vendors’ customer bases, according to a KLAS report.
Respondents…
By Hannah Nelson March 27, 2023 – EHR vendor NextGen Healthcare has announced the launch of Mirth Cloud Connect, a cloud-based solution that aims to streamline healthcare interoperability.
The tool integrates patient data flow from multiple…
Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s…
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Healthcare organizations are driving interoperability innovations to improve patient outcomes and physician experiences, and all medical organizations should prioritize interoperability in order to achieve a fully connected healthcare ecosystem.While government initiatives such as the…
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By Hannah Nelson March 23, 2023 – Among enterprise EHR vendors, advanced users of Epic reported the most health information exchange (HIE) connections, according to a KLAS report on interoperability.
KLAS spoke with EHR vendor-identified “deep adopters” to…
