Healthcare IT Today Interviews

Check out our interview with Lebrun to learn more about the Nabla solution and how it compares to other ambient clinical voice solutions in the market.  He also walks us through what the clinician workflow looks like and shares how much of the technology is automated vs humans in the background (Spoiler Alert: It's fully automated).  Lebrun also shares how they're approaching integrating w...

To better understand the newly launched MeldRx product, I sat down to chat with Patrick Schiess, President & CISO at Darena Solutions.  In the video interview below, Schiess shares how the solution works and the problems it solves for developers.  He also shares some insights into the various healthcare standards available and why MeldRx started with FHIR, but how they can support a number of...

When I first discovered Synapse Medicine, I was fascinated by the depth of work they had done to handle prescriptions and clinical decision support in their system.  Since their system was and is being broadly used in France, they were able to see and work on all the problems associated with medication management and discover the solutions that worked across a wide swath of patients and environmen...

Civitas Networks for Health is a non-profit consortium that brings together a broad community of organizations interested in health data exchange. Many members are HIEs, but a number of other organizations in health care including community organizations are members as well. Civitas started only two and half years ago, but already have 165 members spread across the country. In this short video, CE...

One of the biggest networks for sharing health data in the country is CommonWell Health Alliance.  After some changes in the industry and some acquisitions, CommonWell was in need of a new technical service provider to continue their interoperability work and to finish their work to become a QHIN under TEFCA.  After a thorough evaluation process, CommonWell just announced the selection of ELLKAY a...

As health data sharing continues to evolve, the mere collection of patient data is no longer sufficient; it's imperative that the data collected have tangible value for overburdened clinicians increasingly being requested to gather more data. Scott Alderman, Vice President of Operations at CyncHealth, wants to provide one-stop access to the longitudinal patient record, while reducing the click...

In a recent survey, Surescripts found growing support for pharmacists to prescribe a select number of medications to patients, thus easing the workload on physicians. Technologies like direct messaging and record sharing is making this possible. Healthcare IT Today reached out to Surescripts and Frank Harvey, CEO of Surescripts agreed to come on camera to discuss the survey’s findings. Learn more...

Vital illustrates how the new wave of generative AI technologies can contribute to a better life for millions of people. Vital is using AI to take inscrutable test results and doctors' notes, full of abbreviations and jargon, and produce meaningful explanations for patients in common English. What about errors? According to Aaron Patzer, CEO, Vital's doctor-to-patient medical note translat...

Healthcare currently places a significant burden on patients and clinicians. Patients must explain their situation repeatedly to strangers who only have a few minutes for them and hope that they believe them enough to help them navigate the healthcare system. Clinicians are working under extreme pressure, and without sufficient infrastructure support. Dr. Alika Lafontaine, the President of the Can...

Evernorth Health Services is using advanced analytics from SAS to help determine the next best action a patient can take to improve their health outcomes. The company is analyzing historic claims data, along with demographic and financial data to build a personalized care path that optimizes a patient’s health. Healthcare IT Today had the chance to speak with Casey Dudek, Business Analytics Adviso...

One standout, however, is the problem of healthcare burnout, a struggle that healthcare industry leaders and workers alike face every day. In fact, according to new research from Holon Solutions, 79% of healthcare leaders and 77% of healthcare workers see burnout as their biggest challenge. Fortunately Holon, which describes itself as a “human-centric healthcare technology company,” is on the case...

Computer vulnerabilities, threats, and security practices are similar in every industry. But health care presents particular challenges, discussed in this video with John Wilson, Director of Sales, SLED and Healthcare at SolarWinds and Scott Pross, Vice President of Technology, Monalytic, a SolarWinds company. Wilson and Pross make up part of the new dedicated team that SolarWinds has put together...

Adoption models, which are very popular in computing and organizational change, define stages for the adoption of a process or technology and helps organizations determine which stage they’re at: piloting, early adoption, true integration into business practices, etc. After conducting in-depth research with health system finance leaders across the country, FinThrive realized there was a significan...

There are not enough licensed behavior analysts to help children in the US diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). To improve access, CentralReach is using technology to simplify, automate, and streamline the many manual tasks related to Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) – a key therapy that helps people with autism learn helpful behaviors. Healthcare IT Today had the opportunity to sit down...

FOLX Health (FOLX, pronounced “folks”) is the leading healthcare providers for the LGBTQIA community. Today they serve over 12,000 members. FOLX uses technology, like telehealth, that allows patients to access care when it is convenient for them and in a place where they feel comfortable and safe. Their use of technology and the personalized care they deliver has led to extremely high patient sati...

In this video, Dr. Brittany Cunningham, Vice President for the Episodes of Care Office, Population Health and Dr. C.J. Stimson, Chief Medical Officer, Employee Health Plan at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) describe how they implemented value-based care from the provider's point of view. They distinguish provider-led from payer-led bundles, reveal how Vanderbilt had to evolve, and...

We recently noted the announcement of Amazon's AWS HealthScribe with 3M as a partner that's leveraging the solution.  The combination of these two companies was extremely interesting to me since you may recall that 3M acquired a company called M*Modal which has been working in the voice recognition space for a while.  I figured it was only a matter of time before 3M advanced its ambient cl...

Physiotherapy is hard. It is even harder for children who get bored and tire quickly from the repetitive motions that doctors prescribe for them. Raft Digital Therapeutics (Raft) created an interactive video game to help children with a rare degenerative neuromuscular disease – Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) – to maintain their physical abilities, improve outcomes, and promote a higher quality of l...

The healthcare system in many countries is stretched thin. To help relieve the pressure, governments are starting to allow pharmacists to treat a growing number of minor ailments. MedEssist’s technology platform is helping pharmacies transform into health clinics. Healthcare IT Today got a brief demonstration of the MedEssist platform from Joella Almeida, CEO and Co-Founder at the Collision Confer...

When doctors first see output from Regard’s AI analytics, they often say, “This is what I imagined the electronic medical record would be like when I heard about it for the first time.” Regard scans the patient’s medical records to find buried data that might be relevant to current treatment, and prepares a doctor’s note with that information. According to Eli Ben-Joseph, CEO and co-founder at Reg...

The knowledgeable patient can still be seen as a threat, even by a medical resident. While every institution talks about how they much they care about their patients, they still tell patients that they don't need to see the data collected on them because they're not equipped to use their own data. And researchers might not pass useful information from trials on to the very patients who pro...

At the recent eCW Enterprise Summit, I learned how Version 12 of eClinicalWorks includes important conveniences that are saving time and reducing clinicians' frustration. We sat down with Danielle Graham, EMR Clinical Integrations Manager at The Little Clinic, to learn more about how this EHR update is helping her and the clinicians at her organization.  She explains in this video the value of...

The expected explosion in the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) represents both an opportunity and a challenge for healthcare IT departments. Connected medical devices hold the promise of improved workflows and data gathering which can lead to improve patient outcomes. However, more connected devices also means more cybersecurity risk and maintenance efforts. It is important to start IoMT planning...

San Bernadino Public Health knows that monitoring the mosquito population benefits community health directly. This is why the public health team is tracking mosquitos breeding areas and leveraging GIS technology to better coordinate mosquito control efforts in order to prevent the spread of disease. Healthcare IT Today spoke with Serene Ong - Geographic Information Systems Analyst, Andrew Mackey -...

Rochester Regional Health is using a measured and practical approach to data interoperability. They have purposefully chosen NOT to turn on the firehose of interoperable data. Instead, they have focused their efforts on data that clinicians want to use, that fits their workflow, and can be seamlessly incorporated into their Epic system. They started with lab data and this integration, on its own,...