Data + Technology

Over the past year, CHE examined the challenges of vaccine mandates, payments, staffing, and improving data and technology. Check out these stories from the past year.

Andy Colbert, senior managing director at Ziegler, looks at opportunities and areas to watch in the coming year.

Oracle bought Cerner in a $28 billion deal, giving the software giant a bigger presence in healthcare. It could inspire other tech companies to make moves.

Analysts say the deal could accelerate the move to the cloud. The companies say they will enable doctors to spend less time on records and more time with patients.

The company touts a new patient-centered token as a tool to produce better research and transform healthcare.

Gov. Larry Hogan ordered hospitals to postpone non-urgent procedures when COVID-19 hospitalizations exceeded 1,200. Maryland joins other states taking similar steps and struggling to contain the latest surge.

Two out of three consumers said they didn’t think large hospitals were as careful as they should be with their personal and payment information.

Telehealth use surged due to the COVID-19 pandemic and many patients welcomed the option. But a new survey shows some patients prefer in-person visits for some of their needs.

The surging market reached $23 billion in 2020. It’s expected to grow five times larger by 2025.

More than a dozen organizations are urging lawmakers to permanently protect access to telehealth services. The government has eased restrictions but the waivers are only in place during the COVID-19 public health emergency.

Financial leaders of healthcare systems outlined some of the challenges in reducing unexpected bills in a new survey.

Medicare reported 52.7 million telehealth visits in 2020, up from 840,000 in the previous year. But virtual visits varied among states and different groups of patients.

Essen teamed up with Verustat to monitor patients in their homes. Essen’s founder calls the partnership a “game changer.”

Officials said the new site, which went live Wednesday, should become a valuable resource for healthcare providers.

A study of thousands of adults found certain uses of popular social media sites led to worsening symptoms of depression.

Exacerbated most recently by the pandemic, physician burnout has been particularly pervasive. Prospectively tracking metrics in the electronic health record (EHR) may identify physicians at high risk of departure.

There is widespread concern among the American public about cyberattacks on U.S. institutions, according to a poll, and nearly all reported being at least somewhat concerned about healthcare systems falling victim to cyberattacks.

Healthcare providers must use different methods to communicate with patients. And providers need to understand how their patients are thinking.

Cyber attacks are on the rise and smaller hospital systems could become targets. The chief technology officer of [redacted], a cloud security firm, outlines how hospitals can bolster their defenses.

The attackers were able to gain access to networks in a children’s hospital, authorities said. Organizations are being urged to search their networks for malicious activity.

On this week's episode of Data Book, Dedi Gilad, CEO and co-founder of TytoCare, discusses the evolving technology of a virtual visit, the current state of remote patient monitoring and more.

Gathering and having access to an enormous amount of data isn’t the most important thing; using that data at the time of need to influence care choices is crucial, said Jim Adams, chief innovation officer, AllianceRx Walgreens Prime.

On this week's episode of Data Book, Jesse Fasolo, director of technology, infrastructure, and cybersecurity at St. Joseph’s Health, discusses cybersecurity for hospitals and health systems, the biggest threats and points of vulnerability, how attackers are evolving, how to respond when there is a breach and more.

The hospitals are participating in a federal effort to collect and study the health data of women and babies. The hope is to reduce disparities in outcomes among racial and ethnic groups.

While telehealth is traditionally defined as between a patient and their provider, the use of telehealth to connect providers has been important, said Heather Bonome, PharmD, director, pharmacy URAC.