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Healthcare Trends in 2023 and Beyond

August 14, 2023deecantrell Healthcare

Several factors are impacting what we see happening in 2023 relate to healthcare trends. Just to name a few – the aftermath of the pandemic, the current financial downturn, labor shortages and the increasing adoption of technology/digitization. We see Artificial intelligence (AI) and more specifically, machine learning (ML) tools, dramatically increasing, that market is forecast […]

NIST and Remote Patient Monitoring

June 30, 2020deecantrell Cybersecurity

A while back the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence at NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) published a draft document about a project they want to do around reference architecture. This would attempt to address the security and privacy risks related to telehealth capabilities, such as remote patient monitoring (RPM) used in the home. […]

Social Determinants of Health

June 8, 2020deecantrell Healthcare Policy

Social determinants of health (SDOH) have a major impact on health outcomes, quality of care and healthcare costs – a person’s race, ethnicity, income level, or geographic location has more influence on that person’s physical and mental health than many clinical factors. A recent report in Health Affairs showed that many accountable care organizations (ACOs) lack data on […]

A Patient Experience with Telemedicine

May 21, 2020deecantrell Telehealth

I’ve had the pleasure of a recent experience with three different telemedicine visits and I wanted to share what I learned from those as a patient, as a consumer of ehealth. My first visit was with my orthopeadic surgeon who was using an off the shelf video conferencing tool. My second visit was with another […]

CMS Announces Relief on QPP in Response to Covid-19

March 23, 2020deecantrell Healthcare Policy

The 2019 MIPS data submission deadline is behind extended by 30 days to April 30, 2020. If you have already submitted MIPS data or if you submit MIPS data by April 30, 2020, you will be scored and receive a MIPS payment adjustment based on the data you submit. MIPS eligible clinicians who have not submitted […]

HHS Waives Certain HIPAA Sanctions – COVID19 Response

March 18, 2020deecantrell Healthcare Policy

Alex Azar issued a limited waiver of certain HIPAA sanctions to improve data sharing and patient care during the pandemic. HHS first declared the Coronavirus a public health emergency on January 31. COVID-19 is increasing data sharing challenges within the healthcare sector, including what information can be shared with family members, public health officials, and emergency personnel. The Project […]

Dee Cantrell, RN, BSN,MS, FHIMSS

Sr. Executive Healthcare Adviser and CIO

HealthAll Consulting, LLC

Dee Cantrell is an accomplished Senior Executive, Advisor, and Thought Leader with more than 39 years of success across the healthcare industry. Her broad areas of expertise include Information technology strategy, healthcare information technology, business process improvement, organizational leadership, data analytics and cybersecurity. For her exceptional leadership, she has been recognized for the Top 50 Health Care Leader by Becker’s Hospital Review, the Top 10 Women Leaders in Health IT by Healthcare IT News, and has twice been named the Georgia CIO of the Year by the Georgia CIO Leadership Association (GCLA). Dee obtained her Master of Science in Organizational Management from Capella University as well as a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Brenau University.