Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare on March 14 became the first organization in the world to achieve triple stage 7 under the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s new requirements.
Category: Health IT
Verizon enhancing telehealth platform
Verizon is expanding the BlueJeans Telehealth platform it launched in 2021.
Funding concerns raised for suicide prevention hotline
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is transitioning to its new 988 call number in July, but there are concerns that funding might not meet the expected increased demand, according to a March 13 article from The New York Times.
Omnibus spending bill leaves telehealth coverage questions unanswered
Congress passed the omnibus spending bill that expanded coverage of telehealth services, but experts fear that the bill failed to detail which telehealth services would be covered by insurers, FastCompany reported March 12.
4 things to know about NIH’s maternal health data tool
The National Institutes of Health is developing a data-sharing tool to make maternal health data more accessible, NextGov reported March 14.
Kootenai Health’s Epic EHR goes live
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho-based Kootenai Health has implemented Epic’s electronic health record system after 12 months of technical configuration.
Microsoft Teams adds features for virtual healthcare appointments
Integrating with Cerner’s EHR to collect patient information from virtual visits, Microsoft’s new features in Teams aim to provide a simpler and convenient experience for patients and providers for telehealth workflows.
Meditech piloting Google Care Studio to help physicians find patient information faster
Google Health and Meditech plan to integrate Care Studio, an EHR search tool, into the vendor’s web-based EHR platform.
Epic integrates AI tools for symptom assessment
Epic added digital health company Ada Health’s artificial intelligence tools to its App Orchard online marketplace.
Telehealth Continues to Account for More Than a Third of Outpatient Visits for Mental Health and Substance Use Services Well into the COVID-19 Pandemic
A new analysis from KFF and Epic Research finds that telehealth visits for outpatient mental health and substance use services went from virtually zero percent in 2019 prior to the COVID-19 pandemic to a peak of 40% in mid-2020 – and continued to accou…
