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RCM: Fixing the Old and Adjusting to the New

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 29, 2023

Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) is like a one of those huge Lego sculptures. Having a well executed RCM strategy is crucial to keep your organization running because it impacts everything. From the outside it looks one thing, but upon further inspection there are a million tiny little pieces that fit together to create the whole.

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Moving the Industry Forward with First-Of-Its-Kind RCM Technology Adoption Model for Healthcare Finance Leaders

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 15, 2023

After conducting in-depth research with health system finance leaders across the country, FinThrive realized there was a significant market need for an adoption model that could show the impact of technology on RCM. This is unique compared to many adoption models which don’t consider the value of implementing technology.

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Unlocking the Power of Interoperability for Revenue Cycle Management

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 12, 2024

A seamless transfer of data in the revenue cycle process results in optimal reimbursement, reduced administrative costs, and fewer surprises for patients. Prioritize Intake for Effective RCM Patient intake is an important part of the revenue cycle process. Ultimately, streamlined data and processes improve the patient experience.

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Veradigm Strengthens Award-Winning Revenue Cycle Services Portfolio with Acquisition of Full-Service RCM Company

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

a leading provider of healthcare data and technology solutions announced today the acquisition of Koha Health , a full-service revenue cycle management (RCM) company. About Veradigm Veradigm is a healthcare technology company that drives value through its unique combination of platforms, data, expertise, connectivity, and scale.

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Hyndman Area Health Centers Improves RCM Process with Help from eClinicalWorks Despite Key Personnel Departures

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 23, 2023

Systemic Review of RCM Processes The HAHC billing team, under a new manager, collaborated with eClinicalWorks to review and streamline the RCM process. It was very hard to make decisions when the data was that old.” It was very hard to make decisions when the data was that old.”

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Bonus Features – March 24, 2024 – Data infrastructure investments have 124% ROI, 85% of healthcare workers believe AI can improve the patient experience, plus 28 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 24, 2024

A survey from Hakkoda found 92% of healthcare organizations need to modernize their data infrastructure. Products Inovalon launched Converged Solutions to simplify encounter data submissions in support of risk adjustment programs. Arizona-based Integrated Medical Services implemented athenahealth EHR, RCM, and patient engagement tools.

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Weaving Zoom into workflow and updating EHR saves clinic during COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

First, HiMS’s AXiOM EHR software needed to be updated with the latest HCPCS codes for certain COVID-19 diagnostic tests, as well as CPT codes for testing purposes. ” Through AXiOM, all of COPE’s technologies, including telehealth and revenue cycle management (RCM), can communicate with each other.

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Bonus Features – December 24 , 2023 – 74% of orgs automating RCM operations, per-physician revenue exceeding expenses at U.S. hospitals, plus 19 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 24, 2023

News and Studies Median hospital margins rose to 2% in November , according to the latest data from Syntellis, and per-physician revenue growth is outpacing per-physician expenses. Partnerships Greenway Health integrated Data Dimensions’ Providerflow platform into its new release, Greenway Document Manager.

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Weekly Roundup – April 13, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 13, 2024

At HIMSS 2024, John Lynn moderated a panel with Rackspace and Dell that highlighted the benefits and challenges of implementing and integrating multicloud solutions in healthcare , especially with it comes to hosted EHR. Read more… The Value of Sharing Data Between Acute Care and Post-Acute Care. Million in funding.

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Maximizing Patient Outcomes with Remote Care Management

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

The integration of remote care management (RCM) into healthcare delivery is becoming increasingly vital, particularly for patients with chronic conditions or ongoing health issues. RCM utilizes technology to provide healthcare services remotely, outside of traditional in-person visits.

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Bonus Features – April 9, 2023 – 63% of RCM departments face staffing shortages, small Stanford study shows 90% of GPT answers in clinical setting are “generally safe,” and more

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 9, 2023

A study from CWH Advisors and Synchrony found that 63% of providers have RCM staffing shortages , and 61% expect to work with third parties for help. 4medica received HITRUST r2 Certification for its Data Quality Platform. Florida-based Palm Plastic Surgery & Medspa selected eClinicalWorks Cloud EHR.

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Weekly Roundup – January 21, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 21, 2023

Read more… The Role of Innovation and AI in RCM. Read more… Seeing How Patients Experience RCM. John also asked the experts what RCM looks like to patients. Read more… A New Look at Data Management and Data Sharing. Read more… A New Look at Data Management and Data Sharing.

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Weekly Roundup – December 30, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Andy took a deep dive into LexisNexis Health Equity and Inclusion Insights , which takes steps to provide more granular data by drawing on non-traditional data sources and evaluating data in the context of a patient’s environment. Read more… Taking Social Determinants of Health to New Heights.

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Weekly Roundup – July 1, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 1, 2023

The Arizona city is using GIS data to map which neighborhoods make it possible to meet basic needs in a 20-minute trip on foot, by bicycle, or via mass transit. Read more… RCM: Fixing the Old and Adjusting to the New. Read more… RCM: Fixing the Old and Adjusting to the New.

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WellSky Acquires Corridor, Expands Commitment to Offering Best-in-Class Coding, Revenue Cycle Management Services for Post-Acute Industry

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 30, 2023

By adding Corridor to its portfolio, WellSky will expand its medical coding and revenue cycle management (RCM) offerings to help care providers increase efficiency and improve performance across clinical, financial, operational, and compliance areas.

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Weekly Roundup – October 28, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 28, 2023

They also discussed the all-important topic of EHR integration. Read more… Going Beyond Visit Summaries Using AI in the EHR. Generally speaking, HIPAA applies if AI takes data from medical records and processes it to provide decision support , though of course there’s more to consider as well.

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Bonus Features – November 5, 2023 – Only 24% of healthcare organizations have successfully disrupted ransomware attacks, 83% of healthcare leaders say AI is or will be an essential skill, plus 20 more

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Studies and Reports So far in 2023, only 24% of healthcare organizations were able to disrupt a ransomware attack before attackers encrypted their data , according to a Sophos survey. Partnerships EHR workflow automation tool Clinical Data Connector from Odesso Health is now available on the athenahealth and Appian marketplaces.

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Weekly Roundup – March 16, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 16, 2024

Read more… Unlocking the Power of Interop for More Effective RCM. Colin connected with Juli Forde Smith at ZOLL Data Systems and Erica Gregory at Netsmart to discuss how prioritizing patient intake leads to better RCM – and how APIs streamline the process of sharing financial data.

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Bonus Features – August 6, 2023 – 83% of hospitals are collecting SDoH data, 46% of hospitals planning to use large language models in the call center, and more

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 6, 2023

News and Research Five in six (83%) of hospitals are collecting SDoH data , according to the latest ONC Data Brief, with 74% using structured, electronic screening tools. Another 60% of hospitals are receiving SDoH data from outside sources, primarily from HIE entities.

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Weekly Roundup – November 4, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Answers include infrastructure management, resource utilization, data management, data protection, and security and compliance monitoring. Read more… Overcoming Obstacles to Healthcare Training Data Accuracy. AI models need to be trained on high-quality data. John Lynn talked to Mark Christensen at Xelex.ai

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Azalea Health Acquires Data Analytics Vendor dashboardMD to Deliver EHR-Based Business Intelligence

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The acquisition pairs two visionaries of healthcare IT in a shared pursuit of better patient outcomes through technology- and data-augmented […].

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Misinformation, Trust, Charting, and Conferences – Fun Friday

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 7, 2022

All others must bring data.” Great panel with @Fin_Thrive , @BannerHealth & @CenturaHealth on the future of #RCM. What’s cool about where we’re at today is now we can get the data. Ok, you could substitute any EHR in there, but you get the point. Never underestimate the power of easy. “In In God we trust.

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Bonus Features – January 7, 2024 – New executives at CitiusTech, MultiPlan, and NextGen, plus 15 other stories

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 7, 2024

Data platform Arcadia has joined the Atropos Evidence Network of evidence-generating applications. Bloomlife and PeriGen are partnering to improve access to monitoring and data analysis for of high-risk pregnancies. New England Orthopedic Surgeons (NEOS) is implementing athenaOne EHR, RCM, and patient engagement functionality.

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Bonus Features – July 23, 2023 – Number of people impacted by data breaches up 56% compared to last year, CMS keeps temporary telehealth expansion in 2024 Medicare fee schedule, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 23, 2023

ONC has released the United States Core Data for Interoperability Version 4 Standard , better known as USCDI v4. The number of individuals impacted by healthcare data breaches is up 56% from last year , according to a Fortified Health Security analysis of HHS data.

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Bonus Features – October 16, 2022 – Half of docs considering leaving their job, there’s little risk in sharing de-identified data, and more

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Researchers at MIT have found that de-identified patient data runs an extremely low risk of being re-identified in the event of a data breach. Study authors concluded that that the potential risk to patient privacy in sharing de-identified data is greatly outweighed by the gains for patients through medical research.

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Bonus Features – July 10, 2022 – Sequoia Project releases TECFA identity verification documentation, IBM Watson Health is now Merative, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 10, 2022

At the HFMA conference, revenue cycle management vendor R1 shared data from a survey of more than 200 healthcare CFOs and finance VPs. More than 90% of respondents said providing routine healthcare post-COVID is putting a strain on their departments, with 90% of RCM departments experiencing a labor shortage. Grants and Funding.

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Bonus Features – May 7, 2023 – Less than 1% of all medical claims include an ICD-10 Z code, 78% of consumers say virtual health is important when considering health plans, and more

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 7, 2023

Studies Less than 1% of all medical claims include an ICD-10 Z code that documents a social determinant health, according to a data brief from LexisNexis Risk Solutions. Seven in 10 women wish they had known more about postpartum mental health before giving birth , according to survey data from New York insurer MetroPlusHealth.

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Bonus Features – May 21, 2023 – 82% of wearable users willing to share data with their physicians, 81% of Americans trust pharmacists and nurses to diagnose minor illnesses, and more

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 21, 2023

News and Research More than four in five (82%) of wearable device owners are willing to share health data with their physicians, according to a poll conducted by the Connected Health Initiative. Tellingly, 70% of organizations cite data visibility as a major supply chain issue, as it limits to understand and address risks with suppliers.

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Bonus Features – October 9, 2022 – Optum completes Change Healthcare acquisition, interest in flu shots is declining, and more

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 9, 2022

According to 57% of survey respondents, the most important consideration when choosing a provider is how well they understand you as an individual, and not just though the patient data they have about you. RCM vendor FinThrive introduced automation functionality to its insurance discovery product. Partnerships.

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Bonus Features – November 19, 2023 – Critical access hospitals 16% less likely to participate in data exchange, two-thirds of orgs plan to increase AI spending by 25% in the next three years, plus 36 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Hospitals serving marginalized communities are less likely to participate in interoperable patient data exchange , according to the latest ONC research. Product and Company News LexisNexis Risk Solutions launched LexisNexis Health Equity and Inclusion Insights to deliver SDoH data.

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Bonus Features – April 28, 2024 – 22% of employers fully trust chronic condition management vendors, Common Agreement v2.0 requires support for FHIR API exchange, plus 29 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 28, 2024

RCM outsourcing vendor Ensemble Health Partners expanded its partnership with Microsoft. Clinical data exchange vendor MRO is now automating data exchange between providers for continuity of care purposes. Truveta released a mother-child EHR dataset to drive research from pre-pregnancy through childbirth and pediatric care.

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Bonus Features – January 29, 2023 – ONC says more than 70% of hospitals can use external data at the point of care, the 3 largest health info networks have indexed 90% of patients, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 29, 2023

News and Studies HLTH Foundation formed the Techquity for Health Coalition , with a mission to help organizations consider health equity in health technology innovation and data practices. ONC’s latest data brief indicated that, as of the end of 2021, more than 60% of hospitals are actively engaged in sharing health information.

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Weekly Roundup – June 10, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 10, 2023

Lab tests are critical to the care process, but labs struggle to share data with other care providers , Andy Oram noted in the first piece in a three-part series on lab tests. Read more… Gaining More Control With a Cloud-Based EHR. Read more… Shifting From Data Dashboards to Valuable Action.

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PointClickCare Acquires CPSI Subsidiary, American HealthTech

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

CPSI) and a leading provider of electronic health record (EHR) solutions and related services for the post-acute care market. We support efficient patient care across an expansive base of community hospitals with electronic health record (EHR) product offerings that successfully integrate data between care settings.

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Bain & Company - KLAS Research 2023 HealthTech Report: Key Points for Providers, Vendors & Investors

Lloyd Price

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

The report also finds that providers are prioritizing their IT investments in certain key areas, such as: Revenue cycle management (RCM) : RCM is the process of managing the financial aspects of patient care, from billing and coding to collections and denials.

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Bonus Features – November 26, 2023 – 85% of healthcare orgs boosting IT spending in 2024, 70% of orgs actively considering generative AI, plus 18 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Cybersecurity tops the list of investment priorities, followed by EHR modernization, virtual / digital care, and AI. RCM is by far the most popular potential use case, with 58% of all considering the use of generative AI there. On the other hand, one-on-one, in-person sitting is regarded as a resource drain.

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Bonus Features – April 16, 2023 – Accenture says generative AI could augment 40% of healthcare work, 31% of healthcare workers don’t know what to do if a data breach happens, and more

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 16, 2023

A Salesforce survey of healthcare workers found that 76% agree that keeping data safe is their priority. Partnerships Chronic care at home company Pria is using InterSystems Health Connect Cloud for data integration. However, only 54% said their cybersecurity training is efficient, and 19% said it’s irrelevant for their job.

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Bonus Features – November 13, 2022 – HCA extends 30-year relationship with MEDITECH, cost of care replaces pandemic as top reason to defer care, and more

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

HCA Healthcare signed a new agreement for a large-scale deployment of MEDITECH Expanse , continuing a relationship with the EHR vendor that has spanned three decades and been recognized with the 2021 CHIME Collaboration Award. News and Research. Outpatient claims have a 77% accuracy rate, and fixing this would increase revenue as much as $5.5

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HIMSS 2019: The Mainstreaming of Health IT, from Jim Cramer to Opioid Risk Scores

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

On January 10, 2019, Jim Cramer of CNBC’s Mad Money recommended that Apple buy Epic, a market leader in EHRs. The patient is worried about privacy and data security. The patient is growing aware of her personal “data space.” Patient’s privacy and data security. The patient’s personal data-space.

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Bonus Features – November 12, 2023 – 93% of clinicians use RPM in cardiac care rehab, telehealth flexibilities remain in place until the end of 2024, plus 25 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Partnerships Hona has integrated Particle Health’s API for retrieving records outside an EHR system into its tool for creating medical history summaries. Healthcare consumer data vendor Freshpaint launched its Healthcare Privacy Platform. Sales Ohio-based Fisher-Titus chose RevSpring for RCM and payment processing.

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Weekly Roundup – July 29, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 29, 2023

How the IoMT Helps Data Reach Its Full Potential. We asked members of the Healthcare IT Community to share their thoughts on the growing role of the Internet of Medical Things in managing healthcare data. Read more… Data Lineage Tools Help Unpack Complex Data Dependencies. million in seed funding.

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Weekly Roundup – November 12, 2022

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Read more… Facebook’s Meta Pixel Faces Legal Firestorm for Data Breach Role. Anne Zieger noted that multiple health systems have suffered data breaches when Pixel sent PHI back to Meta when patients were using MyChart. Direct primary care platform Hint Health acquired AeroDPC , an EHR and practice management vendor.

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Weekly Roundup – January 20, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 20, 2024

Affordability, personalization, consumerism, loyalty, data access and ownership, access to care, and collaborative care are just some of the trends in patient outreach and education that our experts see for the year ahead. Read more… Funding and M&A Activity: Veradigm acquired RCM vendor Koha Health.

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Weekly Roundup – October 15, 2022

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 15, 2022

The cloud-based EHR vendor’s v12 release is coming soon, and at this year’s user conference CEO Girish Navani announced multiple new eCW features that had the audience gasping with excitement. While attending the eCW user conference, John also reflected on how poor EHR usability can have an adverse effect on patient safety.

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RCM: Fixing the Old and Adjusting to the New

Moving the Industry Forward with First-Of-Its-Kind RCM Technology Adoption Model for Healthcare Finance Leaders

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Unlocking the Power of Interoperability for Revenue Cycle Management

Veradigm Strengthens Award-Winning Revenue Cycle Services Portfolio with Acquisition of Full-Service RCM Company

Hyndman Area Health Centers Improves RCM Process with Help from eClinicalWorks Despite Key Personnel Departures

Bonus Features – March 24, 2024 – Data infrastructure investments have 124% ROI, 85% of healthcare workers believe AI can improve the patient experience, plus 28 more stories

Weaving Zoom into workflow and updating EHR saves clinic during COVID-19

Bonus Features – December 24 , 2023 – 74% of orgs automating RCM operations, per-physician revenue exceeding expenses at U.S. hospitals, plus 19 more stories

Weekly Roundup – April 13, 2024

Maximizing Patient Outcomes with Remote Care Management

Bonus Features – April 9, 2023 – 63% of RCM departments face staffing shortages, small Stanford study shows 90% of GPT answers in clinical setting are “generally safe,” and more

Weekly Roundup – January 21, 2023

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WellSky Acquires Corridor, Expands Commitment to Offering Best-in-Class Coding, Revenue Cycle Management Services for Post-Acute Industry

Weekly Roundup – October 28, 2023

Bonus Features – November 5, 2023 – Only 24% of healthcare organizations have successfully disrupted ransomware attacks, 83% of healthcare leaders say AI is or will be an essential skill, plus 20 more

Weekly Roundup – March 16, 2024

Bonus Features – August 6, 2023 – 83% of hospitals are collecting SDoH data, 46% of hospitals planning to use large language models in the call center, and more

Weekly Roundup – November 4, 2023

Azalea Health Acquires Data Analytics Vendor dashboardMD to Deliver EHR-Based Business Intelligence

Misinformation, Trust, Charting, and Conferences – Fun Friday

Bonus Features – January 7, 2024 – New executives at CitiusTech, MultiPlan, and NextGen, plus 15 other stories

Bonus Features – July 23, 2023 – Number of people impacted by data breaches up 56% compared to last year, CMS keeps temporary telehealth expansion in 2024 Medicare fee schedule, and more

Bonus Features – October 16, 2022 – Half of docs considering leaving their job, there’s little risk in sharing de-identified data, and more

Bonus Features – July 10, 2022 – Sequoia Project releases TECFA identity verification documentation, IBM Watson Health is now Merative, and more

Bonus Features – May 7, 2023 – Less than 1% of all medical claims include an ICD-10 Z code, 78% of consumers say virtual health is important when considering health plans, and more

Bonus Features – May 21, 2023 – 82% of wearable users willing to share data with their physicians, 81% of Americans trust pharmacists and nurses to diagnose minor illnesses, and more

Bonus Features – October 9, 2022 – Optum completes Change Healthcare acquisition, interest in flu shots is declining, and more

Bonus Features – November 19, 2023 – Critical access hospitals 16% less likely to participate in data exchange, two-thirds of orgs plan to increase AI spending by 25% in the next three years, plus 36 more stories

Bonus Features – April 28, 2024 – 22% of employers fully trust chronic condition management vendors, Common Agreement v2.0 requires support for FHIR API exchange, plus 29 more stories

Bonus Features – January 29, 2023 – ONC says more than 70% of hospitals can use external data at the point of care, the 3 largest health info networks have indexed 90% of patients, and more

Weekly Roundup – June 10, 2023

PointClickCare Acquires CPSI Subsidiary, American HealthTech

Bain & Company - KLAS Research 2023 HealthTech Report: Key Points for Providers, Vendors & Investors

Bonus Features – November 26, 2023 – 85% of healthcare orgs boosting IT spending in 2024, 70% of orgs actively considering generative AI, plus 18 more stories

Bonus Features – April 16, 2023 – Accenture says generative AI could augment 40% of healthcare work, 31% of healthcare workers don’t know what to do if a data breach happens, and more

Bonus Features – November 13, 2022 – HCA extends 30-year relationship with MEDITECH, cost of care replaces pandemic as top reason to defer care, and more

HIMSS 2019: The Mainstreaming of Health IT, from Jim Cramer to Opioid Risk Scores

Bonus Features – November 12, 2023 – 93% of clinicians use RPM in cardiac care rehab, telehealth flexibilities remain in place until the end of 2024, plus 25 more stories

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