Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020 and everything shut down, it became imperative for healthcare provider organizations to adopt telemedicine to deliver care. So, many provider organizations scrambled and turned to what they could. But so many organizations had no telemedicine programs, and thus technology, in place.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 28, 2023

What You Should Know: Patient portals (tools used by healthcare providers to engage with patients) can greatly influence a patient’s ability to seek and receive care. When a need does arise, the account representatives are responsive and willing to help.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 7, 2022

What You Should Know: – Forge Health , a White Plains, NY-based behavioral healthcare provider with a proven, national-payer-validated ability to drive clinical outcomes that span all areas of health, today announced an $11M growth funding round led by HC9 Ventures. Recent Growth & Milestones.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 25, 2022

As embedded finance becomes more popular and companies begin to embrace automation technologies, there’s a clear opportunity for healthcare providers to embrace digital payments. Through the use of digital payment technology, healthcare professionals can make their services easier for their vendors, suppliers and patients.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 14, 2023

When a guidance program is properly deployed, it functions to promptly identify and resolve non-clinical issues patients experience before they become clinically problematic and costly. Integrating care guidance with information technology can significantly enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare services.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Models such as this are developed and validated with data from thousands of patients and terabytes of digital images. This is particularly important for ensuring that AI models exhibit robust performance across diverse patient populations, accounting for all different types of demographic variations and comorbidities.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Oprah’s endorsement aside, these GLP-1 medications will not only improve the health of millions of Americans but could significantly reduce healthcare spending. GLP-1 medications have also been shown to improve outcomes for patients with diabetes, heart disease and other chronic conditions.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 9, 2022

Justin Jacobson, VP & General Manager, Patient Engagement Solutions at Nuance Communications. When patients contact their healthcare providers, they look for efficiency, convenience, and compassion. A poor initial experience can color the whole relationship. Extending the digital front door.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Since the beginning of healthcare’s digital revolution, organizations have been striving to achieve the Triple Aim of healthcare: better outcomes, lower costs, and improved patient experiences. Firstly, patient satisfaction is a hard concept to quantify. Even the basic patient check-in is fraught with problems.

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Healthcare Success

JULY 31, 2023

As a hospital or health system, you know the value of patient engagement. You understand that it’s crucial for improving the overall patient experience and health outcomes for people of all socio-economic classes. But are you up-to-date with the latest patient engagement strategies?

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 17, 2022

A recent report from the Leapfrog Group found that patient experience scores at hospitals declined during the pandemic. Healthcare providers will also be tasked with steadily improving patient satisfaction scores. Integrating patient perspectives using technology. This should be no surprise.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 29, 2023

RPA is most easily described as digital virtual workers that emulate and integrate the actions of a human interacting within digital systems to execute a business process. Similarly, chatbots in healthcare can help people navigate healthcare services. Chatbots are available 24/7 whereas, often, hospital staff cannot be.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

JANUARY 14, 2022

The authors use data from Hospital Compare, and track a variety of outcomes including: in-hospital mortality, 30-day same hospital readmissions, hospital acquired conditions (HACs), and patient experience as measured in the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare, Providers, and Systems (HCAHPS) survey.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Artificial intelligence (AI) and automation are no longer nice-to-have technologies for healthcare providers. They are mission-critical tools for addressing significant challenges many health systems and hospitals face today — from volatile patient volumes to ballooning labor costs and staffing shortages to low operating margins.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 6, 2022

Many providers, however, may be unfamiliar with the technology and how it can benefit their practices and patients. At the most basic level, a digital wallet is a digital, mobile version of patients’ financial accounts that is easily accessible via a computer or smartphone, eliminating much of the need to carry an actual wallet.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Michael Byczkowski, Global VP, Head of Healthcare Industry at SAP. The global healthcare industry accounts for roughly 5% of greenhouse gas emissions. carbon emissions emerge from healthcare. In the United States, the number is even higher : roughly 8.5% Tracking and transparency. But there remains much work to do.

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Twistle

JULY 9, 2021

By leveraging these digital technologies and patients’ growing comfort with telehealth, health systems can achieve a significant competitive advantage. Here are the 5 key benefits of remote patient monitoring in driving greater engagement and a better patient experience. . Greater Patient Accountability.

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Sheppard Health Law

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The five strategic objectives for advancing this systemwide transformation include (1) Drive Accountable Care, (2) Advance Health Equity, (3) Support Innovation, (4) Address Affordability, and (5) Partner to Achieve System Transformation. Strategic Objective 1: Drive Accountable Care. Strategic Objective 2: Advance Health Equity.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 24, 2022

One of the next big shifts in patient care will be precision medicine will be "an emerging approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment and lifestyle for each person," as the Precision Medicine Initiative describes it. " Patient access centers.

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Healthcare Success

MAY 24, 2022

Even if you’re happy with your current patient volumes, healthcare marketing can’t happen without a planned medical marketing strategy to keep your healthcare brand at the forefront of people’s minds. Think of all the reasons someone might decide to switch healthcare providers: . Relocation.

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Patient Safety Movement

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Sue Robins, BA : a Canadian healthcare activist who has held family leadership positions with the B.C. The Patient Safety Movement Foundation would like to express gratitude to all speakers for sharing their views on this vital aspect of patient safety. That’s the first thing that was thrown out, patient engagement.”

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 9, 2022

. – As part of the athenahealth Marketplace, Withings RPM will now be available to athenahealth’s growing network of healthcare providers delivering a patient-focused remote patient monitoring experience. Integration Benefits for Physicians & Patients.

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Health Populi

JUNE 13, 2018

medical trend growth projected for 2019 that will impact healthcare providers, insurers, and suppliers to the industry. There’s this macro-health economic story, and then there’s the micro-economics of healthcare for the household. . However, there are other forces underneath the stable-looking 6.0% economy by 2026.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

We know that the volume of cybersecurity breaches against healthcare providers and plans has escalated year over year. As the pie chart from the study result illustrates, well over one-half of health care providers are interested in integrating SDOH data into the EHR. Lively Inc.’s

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 21, 2023

Patients expect easy access to care. Healthcare organizations must streamline the pre- and post-visit experience for improved patient satisfaction. With healow, our customers already are improving the patient experience and seeing reduced costs. RPA also streamlines front-office operations.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Director of Global Strategy at the RWTS Integrated Health Practice at IQVIA. Patient advocacy organizations and medical specialty societies can serve as a liaison between patients and providers in bi-directional engagement, closing gaps in the patient journey and ultimately driving innovation for higher quality care.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Over the past 18 months, telehealth has emerged as an integral component of care delivery for many institutions, said Restuccia of Penn Medicine. "Similar to the retail industry, those healthcare organizations that had an ability to electronically engage with their customers/patients were able to advance," he said.

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Healthcare Success

APRIL 18, 2022

More than 94% of healthcare patients use online reviews as the first step in researching physicians and hospitals. They’re also the third most crucial driver in consumers’ decision to select a new healthcare provider after insurance acceptance and location. Feedback and Communication With Other Patients.

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Healthcare Success

APRIL 18, 2022

More than 94% of healthcare patients use online reviews as the first step in researching physicians and hospitals. They’re also the third most crucial driver in consumers’ decision to select a new healthcare provider after insurance acceptance and location. Feedback and Communication With Other Patients.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 8, 2023

What’s more, patients are begging for better digital experiences – and are frustrated with healthcare’s lack of functionality. Late last year, Redpoint Global found that 80% of patients prefer digital channels to communicate with their healthcare providers. Healthcare must do the same.

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Cloud Blogs

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Microsoft Cloud for industries offers powerful, integrated, and uniquely tailored industry solutions and workflows allowing organizations to realize the breakthrough value and more easily achieve success, enabling them to unleash value quickly, build for the future, and exceed expectations. Find out more about the latest release.

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Sheppard Health Law

JANUARY 11, 2022

While Sinovac primarily addresses the Chinese market, Sinovac has expanded globally and produces the most widely utilized COVID vaccine, accounting for approximately 40% of all COVID vaccine doses administered worldwide. There are 80 such collocated facilities in existence today and they plan for 1,000 more. Carbon has some lofty ambitions.

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Patient Safety Movement

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

The distinguished PCAST Working Group on Patient Safety was co-led by PSMF Founder Joe Kiani and Microsoft’s Chief Scientific Officer, Eric Horvitz. Recommendation 2: Ensure That Patients Receive Evidence-Based Practices for Preventing Harm and Addressing Risks. More than 40 percent of these events are due to preventable errors.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 21, 2023

They are used in medical triage and patient engagement, where AI chatbots guide patients based on their symptoms, enhancing healthcare accessibility. AI models also assist physicians by providing evidence-based recommendations for clinical decisions.

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Health Populi

MAY 22, 2018

In America, spending for healthcare will remain a top pocketbook issue. A few days ago, TransUnion, the credit agency, announced plans to acquire Healthcare Payment Specialists. Last year’s rate of growth was 4.6%.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 25, 2018

Employers will endeavor to artfully design consumer-directed benefit plans (CDHPs) that nudge insured workers toward healthier habits, while integrating a broader definition of wellness. Personal data, too, gets breached — notably, quite frequently, in healthcare provider organizations.

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