Tag: Technology

Malaffi Health Portal - Samah Ismail: Positive impact of the Malaffi Health Portal

Malaffi Health Portal – Samah Ismail: Positive impact of the Malaffi Health Portal

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Our VP of Operations and Technology, Samah Ismail, comments on the positive impact that the #Malaffi Health Portal will have for community members and how it will encourage greater engagement by providing direct access to the most important health information.The first release of the portal includes recent visits, procedures, allergies, lab results, medicals, immunisations and discharge summaries.#HIE #MalaffiHealthPortal #HealthInformationExchange #InAbuDhabi #GITEXتحدّثنا سماح إسماعيل، نائب رئيس قسم العمليات والتكنولوجيا، عن التأثير الإيجابي لبوّابة #ملفي الصحية على أفراد المجتمع وتشجيعها لمشاركة المرضى في إدارة صحّتهم من خلال تمكينهم من الوصول إلى أهم معلوماتهم الصحية.هذا ويشمل الإصدار الأول من التطبيق الزيارات الأخيرة والإجراءات ومسبّبات…

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This World AIDS Day – Reflecting on Health IT as a Tool for Advancing Health Equity and Ending the HIV Epidemic

This World AIDS Day – Reflecting on Health IT as a Tool for Advancing Health Equity and Ending the HIV Epidemic

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December 1st is World AIDS Day, when we collectively remember those who died due to AIDS-related illnesses and renew our commitment to work together to end the HIV epidemic and support people with HIV. This year’s theme, “Putting Ourselves to the Test: Achieving Equity to End HIV,” emphasizes accountability and action. Collaborative, community-based, cross sector, and whole-of-government approaches that address clinical and social determinants of health (SDOH) are needed to support communities disproportionally affected by HIV and achieve national HIV/AIDS goals. Interoperable health IT, with health equity as a fundamental design feature, is an important tool to enable these efforts.Health IT…

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STAR HIE Program Helps Unlock Powerful Public Health Data in West Virginia

STAR HIE Program Helps Unlock Powerful Public Health Data in West Virginia

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ONC launched the Strengthening the Technical Advancement and Readiness of Public Health Agencies via Health Information Exchange (STAR HIE) Program in 2020 using funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). The program was expanded in 2021 to increase support for efforts to improve vaccination data sharing between jurisdictional Immunization Information Systems (IIS) and HIEs. The West Virginia Health Information Network (WVHIN) was among the 22 recipients that received a combined $20 million in funds from ONC via the CARES Act.We sat down with WVHIN’s Executive Director, Sonia Chambers, to learn how the STAR HIE Program helped…

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Digital Transformation - Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 102

Digital Transformation – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 102

Healthcare IT Today

For the 102nd episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we are diving into digital transformation. We begin by examining what digital transformation means to us and what we think it means to others. Next we look at the areas that needs to be transformed the most and what areas need it the least. Then we dive into the barriers that are present in the field of digital transformation and the effect they’ve had on the field. Lastly, we discuss who we think will provide the most transformation.
Here’s a preview of the questions and topics we discuss in this episode:

What does Digital…

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Addressing Evolving Health Information Technology Needs in Pediatric Care: Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) Informational Resource (IR)

Addressing Evolving Health Information Technology Needs in Pediatric Care: Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) Informational Resource (IR)

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Hot off the presses, the Pediatric Health Information Technology: Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Informational Resource (NAS IR) [PDF – 808 KB] is a new resource from ONC to support pediatric care and practice settings specific to neonatal abstinence syndrome. The NAS IR builds upon prior efforts included in the ONC Pediatric Health Information Technology Informational Resources (IR) for health IT developers and for health care providers, and includes information about the implementation of health IT and its use as part of delivering health care to infants experiencing withdrawal after maternal exposure to opioids and other substances during pregnancy. This is the third…

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AI in Healthcare Specialization by Stanford University

Dr. Hazem Eloraby

Artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed industries around the world, and has the potential to radically alter the field of healthcare. Imagine being able to analyze data on patient visits to the clinic, medications prescribed, lab tests, and procedures performed, as well as data outside the health system — such as social media, purchases made using credit cards, census records, Internet search activity logs that contain valuable health information, and you’ll get a sense of how AI could transform patient care and diagnoses.

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