Weekly Roundup – December 14, 2024
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.
Which EHR Innovations Can Enable Seamless Data Sharing Between Different Healthcare Providers? Answers to our latest question for the Healthcare IT Today experts included utilizing FHIR and HL7 standards, emphasizing user-friendly interfaces, and integrating EHRs with patient management platforms. Read more…
Simplifying Ambient Clinical Voice By Embedding AI Throughout the Process. Dr. Jack Jeng at Freed joined John Lynn to explain why notes and other ambient clinical voice outputs need to be personalized for each specialty, and how automated editing and learning features enhance ease of use. Read more…
Why Health-Related Biometrics Open Up Privacy Risks. Andy Oram interviewed Júlia Keserű at Mozilla Foundation about how the success of emotion recognition means the technology needs to be regulated to protect people against discrimination and other targeted harms. Read more…
Interoperability Perspectives and Insights From the eHealth Exchange Annual Meeting. John shared his thoughts on the conference, which emphasized how the network is ahead of the game (on FHIR, those prone to Dad Jokes may say) and already handles 2 billion transactions per month. Read more…
A Look at the State of the EHR Market With Brendan Keeler. Part three of this conversation with John touched on Epic’s market dominance – and whether the company acts like a monopoly – and what it’s like to work for Judy Faulkner and Jonathan Bush. Read more…
Meanwhile at HLTH2024: Other Interesting and Important Stories. Colin Hung shared some under-the-radar stories from HLTH. They include streamlining prior authorization and accommodating multiple data formats in support of interoperability today. Read more…
A Student Health Center’s Experience with an AI Medical Scribe. Tamir Hussain joined John to discuss how Indiana University Student Health Center is using Sunoh.ai. One benefit: Students are less overwhelmed when they visit because clinicians can focus on them and let the scribe do the documentation. Read more…
Strategies for Securing Large Volumes of EHR Data. We also shared this topic with the Healthcare IT Today community. Advice included improving security awareness, properly managing third-party vendors, encrypting data, and adopting modern cybersecurity frameworks. Read more…
How an AI Assistant Can Have a Big Impact on Primary Care. Dr. Kyna Fong at Elation Health joined John to share how the company’s Note Assist creates notes as a clinical interview is happening, so provider and patient can view it together, and customizes notes to a clinician’s preference. Read more…
Why Oracle Is Tackling More Than Just EHR Challenges. At the company’s recent Health Summit, Colin connected with Lisa Gulker and Kristen Miles to learn about Oracle’s work to give care teams situational awareness and drive efficiency in staffing and inventory management. Read more…
Healthcare IT Today Podcast: How Partnerships Solve Real CIO Challenges. Michelle Moran at HCTEc sat down with John and discussed how healthcare consultants can ensure they address the true problems that healthcare IT leaders have. Read more…
Regulatory Talk Series: Looming Mandates for Prior Authorization. Dr. Nick Barger at DrFirst walked through how the HTI-1, HTI-2, and CMS-0057-F rules address electronic prior authorization – and how vendors should prepare now to avoid pain points later. Read more…
OCR Is Transforming Healthcare With Automation and Efficiency. Optical character recognition can automate time-consuming tasks and ensure data accuracy, explained Yeelen Knegtering at Klippa. That positions organizations to enable better patient outcomes. Read more…
Modernizing Healthcare Communications With Cloud Fax. Annual maintenance on cloud-based fax services averages $5 million less than on-premises fax, according to Tim Armstrong at Retarus. It also brings operational improvements and compliance benefits. Read more…
Technology’s Role in Transforming Healthcare and Housing for the Homeless. Graham Dodge at PathCheck Foundation described an open-source chat tool that enables people experiencing homelessness to maintain ownership of health data and communicate with their care team. Read more…
This Week’s Health IT Jobs for December 11, 2024: Roles in informatics, information management, and compliance analysis, among others. Read more…
Bonus Features for December 8, 2024: AI risk top ECRI tech hazards list for 2025, while Siemens and NVIDIA join forces to bring AI to imaging. Read more…
Funding and M&A Activity:
- VitalHub acquired Strata Health, a provider of patient flow software.
- Health Commons Project acquired OneHealthPort, the HIE entity for Washington state.
- Care at home ecosystem Impilo closed an $11.5 million Series A funding round.
- Predictive heart monitoring startup GPx received an investment from NEC X and joined the Elev X! Boost program.
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.
Which EHR Innovations Can Enable Seamless Data Sharing Between Different Healthcare Providers? Answers to our latest question for the Healthcare IT Today experts included utilizing FHIR and HL7 standards, emphasizing user-friendly interfaces, and integrating EHRs with patient management platforms. Read more…
Simplifying Ambient Clinical Voice By Embedding AI Throughout the Process. Dr. Jack Jeng at Freed joined John Lynn to explain why notes and other ambient clinical voice outputs need to be personalized for each specialty, and how automated editing and learning features enhance ease of use. Read more…
Why Health-Related Biometrics Open Up Privacy Risks. Andy Oram interviewed Júlia Keserű at Mozilla Foundation about how the success of emotion recognition means the technology needs to be regulated to protect people against discrimination and other targeted harms. Read more…
Interoperability Perspectives and Insights From the eHealth Exchange Annual Meeting. John shared his thoughts on the conference, which emphasized how the network is ahead of the game (on FHIR, those prone to Dad Jokes may say) and already handles 2 billion transactions per month. Read more…
A Look at the State of the EHR Market With Brendan Keeler. Part three of this conversation with John touched on Epic’s market dominance – and whether the company acts like a monopoly – and what it’s like to work for Judy Faulkner and Jonathan Bush. Read more…
Meanwhile at HLTH2024: Other Interesting and Important Stories. Colin Hung shared some under-the-radar stories from HLTH. They include streamlining prior authorization and accommodating multiple data formats in support of interoperability today. Read more…
A Student Health Center’s Experience with an AI Medical Scribe. Tamir Hussain joined John to discuss how Indiana University Student Health Center is using Sunoh.ai. One benefit: Students are less overwhelmed when they visit because clinicians can focus on them and let the scribe do the documentation. Read more…
Strategies for Securing Large Volumes of EHR Data. We also shared this topic with the Healthcare IT Today community. Advice included improving security awareness, properly managing third-party vendors, encrypting data, and adopting modern cybersecurity frameworks. Read more…
How an AI Assistant Can Have a Big Impact on Primary Care. Dr. Kyna Fong at Elation Health joined John to share how the company’s Note Assist creates notes as a clinical interview is happening, so provider and patient can view it together, and customizes notes to a clinician’s preference. Read more…
Why Oracle Is Tackling More Than Just EHR Challenges. At the company’s recent Health Summit, Colin connected with Lisa Gulker and Kristen Miles to learn about Oracle’s work to give care teams situational awareness and drive efficiency in staffing and inventory management. Read more…
Healthcare IT Today Podcast: How Partnerships Solve Real CIO Challenges. Michelle Moran at HCTEc sat down with John and discussed how healthcare consultants can ensure they address the true problems that healthcare IT leaders have. Read more…
Regulatory Talk Series: Looming Mandates for Prior Authorization. Dr. Nick Barger at DrFirst walked through how the HTI-1, HTI-2, and CMS-0057-F rules address electronic prior authorization – and how vendors should prepare now to avoid pain points later. Read more…
OCR Is Transforming Healthcare With Automation and Efficiency. Optical character recognition can automate time-consuming tasks and ensure data accuracy, explained Yeelen Knegtering at Klippa. That positions organizations to enable better patient outcomes. Read more…
Modernizing Healthcare Communications With Cloud Fax. Annual maintenance on cloud-based fax services averages $5 million less than on-premises fax, according to Tim Armstrong at Retarus. It also brings operational improvements and compliance benefits. Read more…
Technology’s Role in Transforming Healthcare and Housing for the Homeless. Graham Dodge at PathCheck Foundation described an open-source chat tool that enables people experiencing homelessness to maintain ownership of health data and communicate with their care team. Read more…
This Week’s Health IT Jobs for December 11, 2024: Roles in informatics, information management, and compliance analysis, among others. Read more…
Bonus Features for December 8, 2024: AI risk top ECRI tech hazards list for 2025, while Siemens and NVIDIA join forces to bring AI to imaging. Read more…
Funding and M&A Activity:
- VitalHub acquired Strata Health, a provider of patient flow software.
- Health Commons Project acquired OneHealthPort, the HIE entity for Washington state.
- Care at home ecosystem Impilo closed an $11.5 million Series A funding round.
- Predictive heart monitoring startup GPx received an investment from NEC X and joined the Elev X! Boost program.
Thanks for reading and be sure to check out our latest Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundups.
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