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This follows an audit report that flagged its "partly effective" management of its contract outsourcing the operation of the digital health record system.
Why are the two often so disconnected? And what role can technology play in integrating them? A new CMS accountable care program aims to drive progress, and one expert explains what it means for providers.
Also: Kaiser Permanente reported that an unauthorized party gained access to the email accounts of two workforce members and viewed patient health information.
This is part of an ongoing project to replace paper-based chemotherapy prescribing across South Australia.
Through its partnership with DispatchHealth, MedStar Health is now providing care in patient homes after hospital stays and emergency visits, or through virtual healthcare referrals.
Andy Sajous, a leader in digital transformation, explains. He discusses the trade-offs of building versus buying artificial intelligence tools and describes some crucial actions CIOs should take going into 2025.
New data elements related to social drivers of health, such as referrals to social services, improve standards-based information exchange with electronic health records, it says.
Remote Patient Monitoring
The combination of 5G and IoT could redefine remote healthcare, getting closer to a future where patients can receive hospital-grade care from anywhere. And more user-friendly and patient-centered devices should drive broader adoption.
Hospitals didn't have Change Healthcare on their radar as a risk when the ransomware attack affected them, says John Riggi.
Its single cloud-based database integrates emergency department, ambulatory, financial, revenue cycle and enterprise resource planning data, the company said.