Weekly Roundup – January 7, 2023

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.

Top Healthcare IT Today Posts of 2022. As 2023 begins, take a look back at the top resources, articles, videos, and podcasts from Healthcare IT Today in 2022. You’ll find product reviews, predictions, reports from conferences, and lots of content on popular topics such as EMRs and RPM. Read more…

2023 Health IT Predictions: Telehealth and Remote Monitoring. Healthcare IT Today kicked off 2023 by asking the experts in our community to offer their thoughts on the year ahead. Our first topic was telehealth and RPM, where our experts were optimistic that virtual care models will continue to scale thanks to the ongoing shift to home-based care, new billing codes from CMS, and a focus on continuous (and not episodic) care. Read more…

2023 Health IT Predictions: Healthcare Workforce. Our second set of predictions explored workforce management. Here, our experts said communication, automation, documentation, and scheduling technology will play an important role in combatting burnout and addressing staffing shortages. They also said business model transformation is likely to continue. Read more…

2023 Health IT Predictions: Business of Healthcare. Our next set of predictions looked at business priorities for healthcare, especially when it comes to value-based care. According to our experts, cost management and staffing issues will continue to challenge providers, while investors will focus on tech that connects the healthcare ecosystem and payers and providers will look for more ways to partner to manage risk and costs. Read more…

2023 Health IT Predictions: Healthcare AI. We also posted some predictions focused on the use of AI in healthcare. Our experts see great potential for AI in business process automation, precision medicine, the patient experience, and more – especially as the industry continues to adopt self-supervised, generative AI algorithms that can learn on their own. Read more…

2023 Health IT Predictions: Healthcare Security and Risk Management. Since security is always top of mind for health IT pros, we asked the community for input on this topic as well. Organizations should work to protect medical devices and telemedicine from hackers, the expert said, and also continue to prioritize ransomware and third-party vendor management. Read more…

You can view all our predictions on the 2023 Health IT Predictions page. Stay tuned for more predictions in the days ahead!

Improving the Results of In-Vitro Fertilization. Nearly half of the work associated with IVF is administrative, Eran Eshed at Fairtility told John Lynn. Using AI to automate this work saves time and reduces errors. It also supports analysis of the 2.5 million data points created during the average pregnancy cycle to create in-depth reports and improve patient engagement. Read more…

Making Meaningful Progress on Health Equity. Health plans have always had trouble knowing who their members are, Abner Mason of SameSky Health told Colin Hung. That makes it hard to address health equity. That’s why SameSky Health brings together public, private, and health-related data sources to better recommend care for members given their current situation. Read more…

Discussing Personalized Diabetes Care. Instead of providing generic messaging about physical activity or medication reminders, Sweetch tailors interventions based on a combination of medical and personal data. John talked to Dr. Yossi Bahagon at Sweetch about the benefits of a holistic approach to diabetes care. Read more…

Virtual Reality and Innovation in Cardiac Care. In the latest CIO Podcast, John sat down with Dr. Ami Bhatt at the American College of Cardiology to discuss why the ACC is partnering with VR companies, how physicians are reacting to VR in cardiology, and what other innovative technology is impacting this specialty. Read more…

Take Advantage of Healthcare Fragmentation to Improve Outcomes. Patients certainly benefit from the convenience of urgent care and virtual care, but with this more personalized care experience also comes more fragmentation. Nate Maslak at Ribbon described the value of powerful analytics tools to make sense of fragmented data for the benefit of patients. Read more…

Featured Health IT Job: Healthcare Data Analyst at the New York eHealth Collaborative, based in Albany or Manhattan, posted to Healthcare IT Central.

Thanks for reading and be sure to check out our latest Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundups.

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.

Top Healthcare IT Today Posts of 2022. As 2023 begins, take a look back at the top resources, articles, videos, and podcasts from Healthcare IT Today in 2022. You’ll find product reviews, predictions, reports from conferences, and lots of content on popular topics such as EMRs and RPM. Read more…

2023 Health IT Predictions: Telehealth and Remote Monitoring. Healthcare IT Today kicked off 2023 by asking the experts in our community to offer their thoughts on the year ahead. Our first topic was telehealth and RPM, where our experts were optimistic that virtual care models will continue to scale thanks to the ongoing shift to home-based care, new billing codes from CMS, and a focus on continuous (and not episodic) care. Read more…

2023 Health IT Predictions: Healthcare Workforce. Our second set of predictions explored workforce management. Here, our experts said communication, automation, documentation, and scheduling technology will play an important role in combatting burnout and addressing staffing shortages. They also said business model transformation is likely to continue. Read more…

2023 Health IT Predictions: Business of Healthcare. Our next set of predictions looked at business priorities for healthcare, especially when it comes to value-based care. According to our experts, cost management and staffing issues will continue to challenge providers, while investors will focus on tech that connects the healthcare ecosystem and payers and providers will look for more ways to partner to manage risk and costs. Read more…

2023 Health IT Predictions: Healthcare AI. We also posted some predictions focused on the use of AI in healthcare. Our experts see great potential for AI in business process automation, precision medicine, the patient experience, and more – especially as the industry continues to adopt self-supervised, generative AI algorithms that can learn on their own. Read more…

2023 Health IT Predictions: Healthcare Security and Risk Management. Since security is always top of mind for health IT pros, we asked the community for input on this topic as well. Organizations should work to protect medical devices and telemedicine from hackers, the expert said, and also continue to prioritize ransomware and third-party vendor management. Read more…

You can view all our predictions on the 2023 Health IT Predictions page. Stay tuned for more predictions in the days ahead!

Improving the Results of In-Vitro Fertilization. Nearly half of the work associated with IVF is administrative, Eran Eshed at Fairtility told John Lynn. Using AI to automate this work saves time and reduces errors. It also supports analysis of the 2.5 million data points created during the average pregnancy cycle to create in-depth reports and improve patient engagement. Read more…

Making Meaningful Progress on Health Equity. Health plans have always had trouble knowing who their members are, Abner Mason of SameSky Health told Colin Hung. That makes it hard to address health equity. That’s why SameSky Health brings together public, private, and health-related data sources to better recommend care for members given their current situation. Read more…

Discussing Personalized Diabetes Care. Instead of providing generic messaging about physical activity or medication reminders, Sweetch tailors interventions based on a combination of medical and personal data. John talked to Dr. Yossi Bahagon at Sweetch about the benefits of a holistic approach to diabetes care. Read more…

Virtual Reality and Innovation in Cardiac Care. In the latest CIO Podcast, John sat down with Dr. Ami Bhatt at the American College of Cardiology to discuss why the ACC is partnering with VR companies, how physicians are reacting to VR in cardiology, and what other innovative technology is impacting this specialty. Read more…

Take Advantage of Healthcare Fragmentation to Improve Outcomes. Patients certainly benefit from the convenience of urgent care and virtual care, but with this more personalized care experience also comes more fragmentation. Nate Maslak at Ribbon described the value of powerful analytics tools to make sense of fragmented data for the benefit of patients. Read more…

Featured Health IT Job: Healthcare Data Analyst at the New York eHealth Collaborative, based in Albany or Manhattan, posted to Healthcare IT Central.

Thanks for reading and be sure to check out our latest Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundups.