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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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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VIVE 2023: 6 Digital Health Executives Share Their Key Takeaways
John Erwin, CEO of Carenet HealthA common thread throughout my conversations at ViVE was the increased competition for health consumers. Larger health systems are continuing to be fragmented by smaller specialties, like Northwell Health, which…
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ViVE 2023: Digital Transformation Is Changing CIO and Nursing Roles
From left: Nordic Global Director of Digital Health Jason Griffin, CHIME International Executive Program Adviser Andy Kinnear, Cook Children’s Health Care System CIO Theresa Meadows and Baptist Health Chief Digital and Information Officer Aaron…
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Current Health CEO: At-Home Care Models Could Lead to Better Staff Retention
At-home care advocates are often quick to point out that the care modality improves the patient experience and allows hospitals to better manage capacity so they can ensure beds are available for the sickest…
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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…
Experts ‘cautiously optimistic’ about extended reality for mental healthcare
During Thursday’s vMed 2023 conference hosted by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, speakers discussed medical extended reality’s place within mental healthcare and the risks and benefits associated with mental health treatment in the…
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Q&A: Digital health startups need to rethink their stories to raise in 2023
Investments in digital healthcare spiked in 2021, but funding has since dropped dramatically. Bill Taranto, president of Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, tells MobiHealthNews what interests Merck when it comes to investing in digital health…
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