Patient Engagement
A tip from the director of information services: Never rely on WiFi or cellular networking. Always use Bluetooth beacons inside hospitals.
With a six-month reprieve before enforcement begins, healthcare organizations will soon have to "change their operating procedures to be in compliance," says ONC.
While Epic says it is reviewing the info-blocking and patient-access rules to see how they impact four specific areas, Cerner has voiced its "ardent support" to HHS.
The remote-monitoring technology is designed to help health systems and employers monitor, evaluate risk, and provide real-time escalation alerts for individuals exposed to infectious disease.
Industry groups including AHIP, MGMA and the AMA support the patient access aims of the final regs, but have qualms about third-party developers and the compliance burden for providers.
National Coordinator Don Rucker and Deputy National Coordinator Steve Posnack talk enforcement timelines, "content and manner," FHIR 4, gag clause provisions, patient privacy and more.
Mobile app equipped with social media and telemedicine designed to keep patients in recovery connected with their clinical-care teams and support networks after discharge.
Hospitals and group practices can obtain the patient texting technology at no cost to help protect their caregivers and patients from unnecessary contact.
Both CMS and ONC have issued what they call "transformative" rules addressing 21st Century Cures data access requirements; they'll impact providers, payers, vendors and patients.
Mohannad Jameel M Brembali, general director of Health Supporting Systems at the Ministry of Health KSA, discusses Saudi Arabia's use of telehealth to improve healthcare access to patients in remote areas of the country.