Weekly Roundup – April 1, 2023
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…
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Category: Daily Reads
Successful EHR Upgrades
EHR upgrades are vital for continually improving technology, meeting regulatory requirements, expanding functionality, increasing user efficiency, and ultimately improving patient care. Arch Collaborative data shows EHR upgrades can be very challenging for clinicians. Clinicians…
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ML Model Uses Time, Location Data to Predict COVID-19 Transmission
By Shania Kennedy March 31, 2023 – Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have developed a machine learning (ML) tool designed to predict COVID-19 transmission using location and time data, according to a study published…
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Telehealth Lessened Overdose Risk Among Patients with Opioid Use Disorder
By Mark Melchionna March 31, 2023 – Published in JAMA Psychiatry, a recent study found that Medicare beneficiaries who engaged in opioid use disorder (OUD)-related care through telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic experienced a lower…
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PCORI Awards $123M to Support Clinical Effectiveness Research
By Hannah Nelson March 31, 2023 – The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has announced funding awards totaling $123 million to support 15 clinical effectiveness research (CER) studies.
Additionally, PCORI awarded $4 million for two implementation…
This Mission is Possible: Achieving Better Data in Healthcare
The following is a guest article by Sarah Bavar, RN, BSN, Director at ReMedi Health Solutions.
At ReMedi, we frequently support health systems going through transitions at various stages of the EHR life cycle. Along…
Cybersecurity: Hoping for the Best, but Preparing for the Worst
In an ideal world we wouldn’t have to worry about cybersecurity for healthcare. But unfortunately that is just not the case. Instead with how deeply personal and important the information and data that we…
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MEDITECH Partnership Focuses on Health Equity Data Collaboration
By Sarai Rodriguez March 31, 2023 – MEDITECH has acknowledged the Institute for Health Metrics (IHM) as its data collaboration partner to bolster and expedite health equity data initiatives throughout hospitals across the nation.
The Joint Commission…
American Heart Association Offers Health Equity Training
By Sarai Rodriguez March 31, 2023 – The American Heart Association (AHA) released an entrepreneurial training program to assist health equity innovators in tackling social determinants of health (SDOH) issues that impact urban and rural…
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Maryland Hospital Reveals 30K Individuals Impacted by Ransomware Attack
By Sarai Rodriguez March 31, 2023 – Atlantic General Hospital has notified 30,704 patients of a ransomware attack that potentially compromised protected health information (PHI), a notice provided to the Maine Attorney General’s Office stated. …
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