- HHS issues new report outlining the key sources of EHR-related burden, as well as strategies and recommendations to achieve burden reduction goals for healthcare providers.
- The HHS report reflects additional input from the more than 200 comments submitted in response to the draft strategy and recommendations.
As part of the
ongoing efforts to strengthen the relationship between patients and their
doctors, the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) issued
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Health IT
Analysis: Why Digital Health Investors are Falling in Love with Femtech
Women’s health technology, known as Femtech, is one of the fastest-growing and well-funded categories of digital health. Femtech generally encompasses a range of digital health software and tech-enabled service providers that cater to the specific biological needs of women. These needs span from general health and wellness to reproductive health, including fertility, pregnancy, and nursing care.
Today, reproductive health is the focal point of femtech, thanks in part to the
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HIMSS Names The 6 Most Influential Women in Health IT
HIMSS names
Iris P. Frye, Kim Garriott, Dr. Lucienne Ide, Eva Karp, RN-BC, Dr. Geeta Nayyar,
and Tressa Springmann as the most influential women in health IT.
This week, HIMSS announced its Most Influential Women in Health IT, an annual recognition celebrating women striving to harness the power of information technology to drive healthcare transformation. The award winners will be honored at HIMSS20 in Orlando next month and will join other innovators, leaders, and entrepreneurs at the
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Analysis: January Health IT M&A Activity; Public Company Performance
– Healthcare Growth Partners’ (HGP) summary of Health IT/digital health mergers & acquisition (M&A) activity, and public company performance during the month of January 2020.
Ten years into the bull market, we operate in a heightened state of awareness for any indication of market weakness that may signal a downturn. While debt levels are rising and GDP growth somewhat sluggish, the world of private equity, public equity, and M&A continues to be in full swing bull market
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Lumos Diagnostics Raises $15M to Expand Point of Care Diagnostic Solutions Internationally
- Lumos Diagnostics raises $15M in Series A funding to support the international expansion of its point of care diagnostic solutions.
- Lumos provides assay development and manufacturing services for customized POC tests as well as directly develops, manufactures and will commercialize a suite of proprietary Lumos-branded POC tests that focus on the systemic host immune response.
Lumos Diagnostics, a Sarasota, FL-based health IT company, today announced it has raised $15M in Series A
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UAB Health System, TransformativeMed Partners to Streamline Clinical Workflows
- The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Health System will implement three TransformativeMed apps to increase workflow efficiency, enhance clinical communications and improve clinician experience- The TransformativeMed applications that UAB is implementing are fully integrated, enabling residents and staff to quickly extract, evaluate, document and take action on data from multiple sources, regardless of their location.TransformativeMed, a Seattle, OR-based provider improving the
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CHIME and HIMSS Names Intermountan CIO Marc Probst CIO of the Year
- CHIME and HIMSS jointly name Intermountain VP and CIO Marc Probst the 2019 John E. Gall Jr. CIO of the Year.
- The award is given annually to a CIO who has shown significant leadership and commitment to the healthcare industry during his or her career.
College of Healthcare
Information Management Executives (CHIME) and HIMSS jointly named Intermountain CIO and VP Marc
Probst the 2019 John E. Gall Jr. CIO of the Year. The award is given annually
to a CIO who has shown significant
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Why Government-Supported Health Plans Must Make Encounter Submissions A Top Priority in 2020
Encounter data such as diagnosed clinical conditions and services, or items delivered to healthcare consumers to treat these conditions is the key to success for all healthcare organizations participating within the government space. Whether doctors or hospitals are submitting data for medical services rendered under Medicare Advantage, the Affordable Care Act’s state exchanges or Medicaid, encounter data is used for payment reimbursement and reconciliation between the health plan and the
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Steward Health Care System to Deploy MEDITECH Expanse EHR Across 35 Hospitals
- Steward Health Care System recently signed to implement MEDITECH Expanse EHR in 18 sites located across Arizona, Texas, Utah, Arkansas, and Louisiana. - The implementation is a part of Steward’s “One Platform” strategy to bring all 35 hospitals under a one single, integrated, enterprise EHR. Health IT company MEDITECH announces it will extend its 20-year partnership with Steward Health Care System, which recently signed to implement the MEDITECH Expanse EHR platform in 18 sites located across
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Beyond Healthcare Data; Shifting the Focus to Non-Healthcare Data
The recently proposed information blocking rule from the ONC and CMS has thrust interoperability into the spotlight like nothing has in recent years, making it a hot topic for media fodder, and a major concern for organizations — necessitating renewed attention to data-sharing practices.
The conversation surrounding this new rule has implied that information blocking is the result of healthcare organizations intentionally withholding data. However, more often than not, information blocking is a
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