In 2020, due to the public health emergency (PHE), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) released several rules and provisions that relaxed the compliance and enforcement dates for regulatory…
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CMS held off on making any major changes as it relates to quality reporting under the physician fee schedule (PFS) for the quality payment program (QPP) and under the inpatient…
National Health IT (NHIT) Week was last week, Oct. 8-12. This annual nationwide awareness week, sponsored by HIMSS, focuses on catalyzing actionable change within the U.S. health system through the…
I recently returned from the 2018 AHIP conference in San Diego, and found it to be an invigorating experience, with participants discussing some of the biggest challenges and opportunities in…
Insights from an unusually transparent discussion among industry leaders By Mike Hollis, President, Strategic Business Patient-centered delivery. Healthy populations. Efficient, data-driven operations. Accomplishing these ambitious goals for the healthcare industry…
Thirty years ago, telemedicine was a narrow and niche practice, which nonetheless delivered a highly valuable service for patients in rural areas lacking nearby access to specialized care. Small clinics…
In our previous blog post, we explored three major factors involved in shaping telehealth adoption in healthcare today, including healthcare reform and cost containment, chronic disease management, and wellness and…
Advances in mobile and wireless technologies have made way for an explosion in consumer health IT: Mobile apps, websites and wearables are helping people get educated, track their own health,…
Telehealth integration projects typically involve connecting systems, integrating data sets including cleansing and normalizing data, and integrating an increasing array of mobile devices. The grand goal is to connect all…
While telemedicine solutions have been around for decades, this newer version of mobile and consumer telehealth that spans the spectrum of healthcare delivery is still an enigma. Several factors pose…
