Article Archive for February 2021
AI Fighting Cyber Crime in Healthcare
Cyber crime is not new. It has been prevalent in the financial industry for years and over the past decade, hackers have shifted their focus towards the healthcare industry. This interesting topic came from CPO …
Health Information Technology Shines
Beyond caring for patients, beyond researching the latest cures, there is a specialty within healthcare that is finally getting some accolades. Health informatics is a subspecialty within medicine. Health informatics professionals do not have to …
Telehealth Had a Great Year
Telehealth has stepped up in the time of a public health crisis on the spur of the moment. But what does the future hold for this long overlooked technology? The Toronto Star brought this interesting …
New Generation of EHR Users
Electronic health record (EHR) users report significantly different experiences with the technology. For some, enhanced EHR usability leads to higher EHR adoption rates, fewer medical errors, lower clinician burnout and improved patient safety. However, that …
Interoperability is Improving, Slightly
A recent report found that the rate of provider organizations achieving “deep interoperability” has doubled since 2017, with roughly two-thirds of provider organizations often or nearly always having access to needed records. Healthcare IT News …
COVID-19 and ICD-10
The report on the COVID-19 Impact on Medical Coding and Billing market gives us a bird’s eye view of the current proceeding within the market. This interesting news came to us from Bulletin Line in their article, …
Burnout Has Impacted Some More Than Others
Physician burnout isn’t a new concern and no one can be surprised that the events over the past year has caused the situation to exacerbate. Healthcare Finance brought this interesting information to our attention in …
Safe Social Determinants
Health starts at homes, in schools, at workplaces, and within communities. We know that taking care of ourselves by eating well and staying active, not smoking, getting the recommended immunizations and screening tests, and seeing …
Social Inequities Affect Healthcare
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed a serious test to the health care system. Non-medical factors, or social determinants of health (SDOH), are gaining prominence in the public conception of what an adequate health care system offers patients. …
Next Generation of Digital Health Technology
Digital health wasn’t created in 2020, but it certainly fell into the spotlight as the means to a series of challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. This interesting topic came to us from Forbes …
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