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Guest blog contributor Grace Cordovano discusses insights and tips on helping patient access their health information.

WASHINGTON, DC, MAY 26, 2021 The American Telemedicine Associations 25th Annual Conference and Expo features a lineup of newsmakers, thought leaders and visionaries set to take the virtual stage at ATA2021. Some of the conference highlights include: Opening Keynote: Lessons Learned from 2020 Provide a Springboard for Increased Telehealth Adoption (June 1, 11:10-11:30am EST)more

It was my pleasure to be a panelist during a recent virtual forum titled Building Vaccine Confidence: Best Practices to Combat Misinformation and Vaccine Hesitancy in COVID-19 Vaccines. The forum

Grace Cordovano shares five tips to help healthcare providers educate and prepare patients for the COVID-19 vaccine.

My First COVID-19 Vaccine: What to Expect   Last week I had the opportunity to do something surreal. I received my first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Heres a step-by-step look at my experience and what to expect. With my mask on, I walked through parking lot M of the Meadowlands Comple

Grace Cordovano discusses 10 patient and carepartner priorities healthcare organizations should pursue in 2021.

But despite those increases in patient engagement technology use, medical consumers are looking for more from their providers. Thirty-one percent of respondents said they dont think their medical providers have gone to great enough lengths to improve the patient medical billing process, and about half said they want healthcare to be more seamless.

HIM professionals have the power to significantlyand directlyimpact the lives of patients and providers. The Cures Act offers a pivotal opportunity for HIM professionals to become agents of change for patients, shifting the profession from playing a role primarily focused on medical records to a champion for seamless, strategic health information access.

Tuesday, December 1, 2020; 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Join us on December 1, 2020, as we spotlight how application programming interface (API)-forward policies and industry actions are accelerating interoperability. This event will include updates from federal agencies as well as presentations and demos from industry partners that highlight how work underway is advancing innovation and competition in the health IT ecosystem. A panel discussion will also be held at the end of the day.

What should patients do when their doctors office closes, and they need a copy of their medical records? This is especially challenging when a doctor may not have had an EHR, as is the case with many independent practices as well as more rural settings. On September 26, 2020, a tweet from Cait DesRoches, Executive Director of OpenNotes, inquired about how a family member may get access to medical records from her physicans practice that closed, triggering a robust conversation that led to the realization that patients and families are not well informed in these circumstances.