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 Data Wars: Exploring the Implications of Real Time v. PointClickCare. In his latest series, Andy Oram explored hoe data is shaking up healthcare. He began with an in-depth look at the lawsuit about the use of automated bots to scrape EHR data in response to failed talks about data access. Read more…
Healthcare Data Wars: Stretching the Information Blocking Rules. Next, Andy unpacked whether denying a vendor access to data can be considered information blocking, particularly in the context of screen-scraping bots, data security, and the growing data demands of AI models. Read more…
Review: Redrick ErgoHome Workstation. Colin Hung took a closer look at the Redrick’ workstation for radiologists transitioning to hybrid working or full-time work-at-home arrangements. ErgoHome blended lots of workspace with minimal clutter. Read more…
Unpacking CharmHealth’s Expansion Into the Enterprise Market. Colin sat down with Venky Chellappa to discuss why CharmHealth believes a lack of legacy tech positions the EHR vendor to meet the needs of larger healthcare organizations. Read more…
Healthcare IT Today Podcast: More Update from Epic’s UGM. John and Colin evaluated the many areas of health IT where the company is having an impact – and debated areas where Epic may actually not disrupt the market. Read more…
FDA FHIR Pilot Automates Adverse Events Reporting and Validation. Jay Nakashima at eHealth Exchange detailed how California’s Cedars-Sinai used FHIR to send adverse events related to COVID-19 vaccines to the FDA – a process that replaced manual data entry and faxing. Read more…
Technology Is Accelerating Hospital-at-Home Adoption. Aaron Timm at Vivalink explained how telehealth and remote monitoring combined with government support, value-based models, and care coordination are working together to make acute-level care more accessible at home. Read more…
Intelligent Internal Communications Can Help Healthcare Save Billions. Real-time communication keeps staff informed about everything from scheduling changes to patient hazards. The savings add up, and the efficiencies improve patient care, said Dr. Brittany Barhite at Firstup. Read more…
As You Navigate Regulatory Changes, Evaluate Your Tech Stack. Organizations should emphasize medical record review, prior authorization, patient engagement, and data-driven decision-making as they apply technology to compliance, according to Kayt Leonard at SAS. Read more…
This Week’s Health IT Jobs for September 18, 2024: Roles with many health systems, plus positions at vendors such as GE HealthCare and Microsoft. Read more…
Bonus Features for September 15, 2024: 63% of HIE entities plan to participate in TEFCA; meanwhile, 19% of customer interactions with healthcare orgs get disrupted. Read more…
Funding and M&A Activity:
- Medical grade wearable vendor Hexoskin announced a $4.2 million funding round.
- Sounder Benefits launched to provide tailored employee benefits offerings to growing companies.
- RCM vendor EnableComp acquired ANI Healthcare Solutions, provider of denial management software.
- RCM vendor Knack Global acquired Merrick Management, which provides RCM and practice management software to anesthesia providers.
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