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.
The Top Technologies For Improving Healthcare’s Security Posture. This was our latest question for the Healthcare IT Today community. Suggestions included zero trust architecture, endpoint detection and response, advanced encryption, and multifactor authentication. Read more…
Guiding Security Standards for Cloud Fax Providers. Ken Romo at ETHERFAX talked to John about building a secure exchange network while also supporting fax – an effort that includes being part of the DirectTrust Interoperable Secure Cloud Fax standards body. Read more…
Setting a Novel Standard for Secure Data Exchange. John connected with Jared Jeffery at healthKERI and Kenneth Deans, Jr., CEO at Health Sciences South Carolina, to discuss the benefits of leveraging mature technologies from other industries to develop an open standard for data exchange in healthcare. Read more…
Interventional Analytics in SNFs Leads to Reduced Readmissions. John summarized a study in the American Journal of Managed Care highlighting how real-time interventional analytics reduced 30-day readmissions and Medicare spending per beneficiary for Penn Medicine affiliates. Read more…
Supporting the Complete Path of Incoming Healthcare Documents. John sat down with Chike Okeke, JR, and Mike Stover at Concord Technologies to learn their approach to extracting, classifying, delivering, and integrating clinical and revenue cycle data to the appropriate system. Read more…
Healthcare IT Today Podcast: HLTH 2024 Conference Preview. While John and Colin had plenty of thoughts about hot topics and things to look forward to at next week’s conference, one question stood out: Is HLTH’s wide variety of healthcare ecosystem players a good thing? Read more…
The Real Impact of Accurate Provider Data in Healthcare. Erin Weber at CAQH indicated accurate provider data drives the healthcare experience, as it helps patients find in-network care, providers obtain credentials seamlessly, and health plans meet regulatory requirements for directory accuracy. Read more…
Making Hospital-at-Home Work Require Intentional Innovation and Design. Dr. Jay Mathur at Contessa Health discussed the importance of using the right technology for the right levels of care at home (whether post-acute, palliative, or complex care) and implementing it accordingly. Read more…
The Role of Advanced Discharge Technology for NICU Graduates. Infants leaving the NICU have readmission rates 3 to 4 times higher than term infants. Jaylee Hilliard at AngelEye Health explained the role of education, remote monitoring, and medication management in supporting care at home. Read more…
This Week’s Health IT Jobs for October 16, 2024: Health system roles calling for Epic expertise, along with multiple systems administrator positions. Read more…
Bonus Features for October 13, 2024: 85% of clinicians waste at least an hour a day on admin tasks, plus 82% of healthcare organizations hit with a cyberattack experience a disruption to patient care. Read more…
Funding and M&A Activity:
- Health insurance verification vendor Nirvana raised $24.2 million in Series A funding.
- Operations software and services provider RLDatix acquired SocialClimb, which provides reputation management tools to health systems.
- Data and analytics platform vendor MedeAnalytics acquired SubPop Health, which specializes in employer healthcare benefits procurement.
- Communication process management vendor Vyne Medical acquired Extract Systems, which makes advanced data extraction software.
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