When two healthcare organizations merge, IT integration doesn’t just happen overnight. Planning and setting realistic timelines can help the process along.
In 2014, two hospitals in Utica, N.Y., merged to become Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS). A phased approach over several years helped the IT team successfully integrate operations, and even now, improvements continue.
After Faxton-St. Luke’s Healthcare and St. Elizabeth...
Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) is an XML-based standard for encoding clinical documents for easy data exchange. CDA allows healthcare providers to create digital documents containing patient information that they might wish to send to other healthcare providers or regulatory authorities. CDA documents contain any and all information about a patient’s medical history, such as allergies...
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The field of women’s health has been around for millennia. The Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus, which addresses conception, pregnancy and contraception, dates to around1800 B.C. and is one of the oldest known Egyptian medical documents. However, “femtech” is a new term in women’s health. Clue founder Ida Tin coined the term in 2016, which legitimized an area of technology innovation...
To deal with rapid changes at the sudden onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Seattle Children's hospital needed to think differently and fast. While the clinicians needed to continue to work and care for patients onsite, the administrative staff in the IT, HR and finance departments were able to shift to a remote or hybrid work model, which...
Data is becoming increasingly important in healthcare as providers look to personalize medicine by identifying social determinants of health, creating a holistic view of a patient’s health. However, data must be of good quality to give physicians the insights they need to make a difference in patient outcomes.
Hiring a data quality manager can help healthcare organizations take their data...
Most older adults hope to age at home or within their current community. Some 77 percent of adults age 50 or older would prefer to remain in their current residence, according to a 2021 AARP survey. And that goal to age in place is well within reach as home healthcare organizations find support through digital transformation.
With about 10,000 in...
Healthcare leaders want to take action to address health equity in their communities. Socially responsible care delivery is now among the top priorities for 28 percent of healthcare leaders, up from just 4 percent last year, according to the Philips 2022 Future Health Index report.
More organizations are moving from aspiration to action: Today, 74 percent have or are developing...
