Data, Healthcare IT, Interoperability and RCM

Unlocking the Power of Interoperability for Revenue Cycle Management

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 12, 2024

Interoperability is game-changing not just in a clinical setting, but it holds tremendous potential for healthcare’s financial stakeholders as well. A seamless transfer of data in the revenue cycle process results in optimal reimbursement, reduced administrative costs, and fewer surprises for patients.

Interoperability

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Weekly Roundup – April 13, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 13, 2024

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Read more… The Value of Sharing Data Between Acute Care and Post-Acute Care. Exploring the Intersection of Patients and AI at OpenNotes Lab.

Interoperability

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Bonus Features – January 28, 2024 – 49% of orgs likely to invest in RCM tech in the next 18 months, v2 drafts of TEFCA Common Agreement and QHIN Technical Framework out, plus 27 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 28, 2024

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

RCM

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Bonus Features – May 5, 2024 – Kaiser Permanente taps Innovaccer (and former CTO) for AI, report finds security flaws in Merge DICOM Toolkit, plus 18 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 5, 2024

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

RCM

RCM Healthcare IT Primary Care Interoperability

How Will the Current Macroeconomic Environment Impact Digital Health and Healthcare IT Decision-Making?

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 6, 2023

As health systems grapple with market uncertainty, how will the current macroeconomic environment impact digital health and healthcare IT decision-making? How are AI and automation addressing healthcare labor shortage challenges? At the same time, one of the biggest focus areas of healthcare systems and providers is interoperability.

Digital Health

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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

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

FHIR

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Weekly Roundup – November 4, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to help us identify the technology that lets organizations make the most of their cloud deployments.

RCM

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Weekly Roundup – January 21, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 21, 2023

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Who better to talk to the Healthcare IT Today community about interoperability than the National Coordinator himself?

RCM

RCM eCare EHR Interoperability

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

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

RCM

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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

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

eCare

eCare Healthcare IT Interoperability RCM

Weekly Roundup – January 13, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 13, 2024

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Read more… 2024 Health IT Predictions: Generative AI and Data. Read more… 2024 Health IT Predictions: The Healthcare Workforce.

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A Data Network to Tackle Real-Time Eligibility and Claims Along with Many Other Health Data Problems

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 1, 2023

Moreover, the network and platform they have created can solve many of the data sharing issues in healthcare because you connect once to the network and you’re plugged in to the entire network of available data. And for an exclusive look at our top stories , subscribe to our newsletter. Tell us what you think.

Health Data

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Claims Software Can Ease Manual Processes Related to Treating Medical Tourists from Outside the U.S.

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 15, 2024

Lack of Interoperability Brings Labor-Intensive Workflows Despite the high costs of healthcare in the United States relative to other nations , the country is known for its cutting-edge and innovative treatments. This lack of code interoperability creates paperwork challenges for American hospitals seeking payment from other nations.

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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

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

EHR

EHR Interoperability RCM HIE

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

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

eHealth

eHealth HIE Health Information RCM

Weekly Roundup – March 11, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 11, 2023

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Why AI Is an Add-on for Healthcare, Not a Replacement. Read more… Knowing Your Data and How You’ll Use It.

RCM

RCM Interoperability Primary Care Healthcare IT

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.

RCM

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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

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job. as Chief Medical Officer.

eHealth

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Weekly Roundup – February 3, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to weigh in on this critical topic. Value-based care technology startup Credo Health secured $5.25

RCM

RCM Healthcare IT Digital Health Interoperability

Weekly Roundup – August 12, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 12, 2023

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Achieving Interoperability One Practical Byte at a Time. posted to Healthcare IT Central. Hospitals consume 2.5

Interoperability

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Weekly Roundup – August 20, 2022

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 20, 2022

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. 5 Lessons from the Conifer Health Solutions Data Breach. Read more… How Do You Make Interoperability Data Useful?

Interoperability

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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

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

Medicare

Medicare Telehealth Telemedicine RCM

Weekly Roundup – July 2, 2022

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 2, 2022

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. HFMA Recap: Using Data to Do More With Less. Read more… The Role of Technology and Data in Keeping the Cash Coming In.

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RCM Life Science Healthcare IT Primary Care

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

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

RCM

RCM EHR EMR Healthcare IT

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

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

RCM

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Weekly Roundup – June 10, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 10, 2023

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Navigating Long Buying Cycles in Healthcare Innovation. Read more… Shifting From Data Dashboards to Valuable Action.

EHR

EHR eHealth Healthcare IT RCM

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

To keep staff operational, meet remotely with patients and maintain the functionality of the organization, COPE turned to Health Information Management Systems (HiMS, no relation to HIMSS, parent company of Healthcare IT News ) for a rapid-response solution that included both hardware and software implementation. ” MARKETPLACE.

EHR

EHR Interoperability RCM Telehealth

Weekly Roundup – November 12, 2022

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Read more… Facebook’s Meta Pixel Faces Legal Firestorm for Data Breach Role. CIO Insights from CHIME’s Fall Forum.

HIE

HIE EHR Interoperability RCM

Bonus Features – March 19, 2023 – Info for 81% of physicians is inconsistent in major health plan provider directories, 48% of health systems using AI for workforce management, and more

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 19, 2023

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

RCM

RCM Healthcare IT Digital Health Primary Care

Weekly Roundup – May 13, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 13, 2023

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. With Data Quality, We’re Still Learning the Lesson Charles Babbage Taught Us in 1821. Read more… Equity, AI, and EMR Maturity at HIMSS23.

EMR

EMR Healthcare IT RCM Interoperability

Healthcare AI – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 19, 2024

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. Leslie Pagel, Chief Evangelist at Authenticx AI tools, such as ChatGPT and generative AI, are contributing to speed, volume, and accuracy in processing unstructured data sources.

Health IT

Health IT RCM Healthcare IT Interoperability

Weekly Roundup – October 15, 2022

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Read more… Interoperability’s Role in Value-Based Drug Pricing. Two Big Announcements at eClinicalWorks National Conference.

EHR

EHR RCM Healthcare IT Interoperability

Bonus Features – January 15, 2023 – 80% of consumers want a clearer process for dealing with billing errors, USCDI update would add 20 more elements, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 15, 2023

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job. News and Studies.

RCM

RCM Healthcare IT Primary Care Interoperability

Insights and Perspectives from #HFMAAnnual Conference

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 1, 2022

It was also interesting to see how every vendor at the event was a data analytics company. Every company had some angle on the data they have and how they were using that data to help healthcare organizations. Although, he pointed out that it takes good data governance and an effort to drive action from the data.

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The Payment Integrity Game-Changer: Generative AI

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Healthcare technology companies are urged to design interoperable data platforms that offer holistic data access and transparency to better meet the needs of health workers, care teams, and patients across the continuum of care. In fact, studies by the U.S.

Interoperability

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Canvas Medical Achieves ONC Certification, Raises $24MM to Power Clinicians and Developers Building and Scaling Digital Health Companies

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 19, 2022

The ONC certification represents a major product milestone for the company: Canvas is one of the first EMRs in the United States to support a standardized patient data API as envisioned by the 21st Century Cures Act. About Canvas Medical. Canvas Medical, founded in 2015, provides the digital infrastructure for care delivery companies.

EMR

EMR Digital Health Primary Care RCM

Top Healthcare IT Today Resources, Articles, Videos, and Podcasts

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 2, 2023

Most Visited Healthcare IT Resource Pages. Healthcare IT and EHR Conferences and Events. Healthcare GIS. Most Visited Healthcare IT Today Articles Published in 2022. 2022 Predictions for Healthcare Interoperability – A third predictions post doing so well. 4 Reasons Why 5G and Healthcare Make Sense.

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Healthcare IT Interoperability FHIR EHR

The Role of RCM in Health Equity

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Involving revenue cycle management (RCM) is necessary for any comprehensive SDoH/health equity strategy. One of CMS’ most important SDoH tenets is data collection and reporting. Code sets and coding guidelines have expanded over the years to capture SDoH information at a level not possible with other data sources. Top Priority.

RCM

RCM Medicare Interoperability Patient Experience

Weekly Roundup – May 11, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 11, 2024

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Healthcare IT Today asked 16 experts at ViVE 2024 this question. Read more… How Interoperability and Analytics Change the Nurse Call Paradigm.

RCM

RCM Nursing Interoperability Medical Billing

Healthcare Workforce – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 2024

We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. This frees up staff to focus on more complex and strategic aspects of RCM. As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions.

Health IT

Health IT Nursing Interoperability RCM

Healthcare AI and Automation: Good or Bad?

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

We reached out to the beautiful Healthcare IT Today Community to hear the different lines of thinking on automation. Unsupervised machine learning, a type of AI, is automating tasks that would otherwise have to be manually performed by analyzing large quantities of data across patients, locations, and time.

RCM

RCM Patient Experience EHR Pharmaceuticals

What are the Cost Implications of Implementing Cloud Technology in Healthcare?

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 6, 2023

In search of some answers to these questions, we reached out to our incredibly talented Healthcare IT Today Community. The potential challenges and considerations when migrating existing healthcare systems and applications to the cloud include data security, compliance, and vendor lock-in.

RCM

RCM EHR Private practice Healthcare IT

Bonus Features – April 23, 2023 – 77% of doctors are confident in a chatbot’s ability to assess patients’ symptoms, only 7% of executives very satisfied with patient-facing payment products, plus additional news from HIMSS 2023

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 23, 2023

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job. at NYU Langone Health.

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Bonus Features – May 14, 2023 – Only 16% of organizations are using data to define clinical best practices, 84% of orgs hit with ransomware attacks lose revenue, and more

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 14, 2023

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

RCM

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Unlocking the Power of Interoperability for Revenue Cycle Management

Weekly Roundup – April 13, 2024

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Bonus Features – January 28, 2024 – 49% of orgs likely to invest in RCM tech in the next 18 months, v2 drafts of TEFCA Common Agreement and QHIN Technical Framework out, plus 27 more stories

Bonus Features – May 5, 2024 – Kaiser Permanente taps Innovaccer (and former CTO) for AI, report finds security flaws in Merge DICOM Toolkit, plus 18 more stories

How Will the Current Macroeconomic Environment Impact Digital Health and Healthcare IT Decision-Making?

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

Weekly Roundup – November 4, 2023

Weekly Roundup – January 21, 2023

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

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

Weekly Roundup – January 13, 2024

A Data Network to Tackle Real-Time Eligibility and Claims Along with Many Other Health Data Problems

Claims Software Can Ease Manual Processes Related to Treating Medical Tourists from Outside the U.S.

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

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 – March 11, 2023

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

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

Weekly Roundup – February 3, 2024

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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

Weekly Roundup – July 2, 2022

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

Weekly Roundup – June 10, 2023

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

Weekly Roundup – November 12, 2022

Bonus Features – March 19, 2023 – Info for 81% of physicians is inconsistent in major health plan provider directories, 48% of health systems using AI for workforce management, and more

Weekly Roundup – May 13, 2023

Healthcare AI – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Weekly Roundup – October 15, 2022

Bonus Features – January 15, 2023 – 80% of consumers want a clearer process for dealing with billing errors, USCDI update would add 20 more elements, and more

Insights and Perspectives from #HFMAAnnual Conference

The Payment Integrity Game-Changer: Generative AI

Canvas Medical Achieves ONC Certification, Raises $24MM to Power Clinicians and Developers Building and Scaling Digital Health Companies

Top Healthcare IT Today Resources, Articles, Videos, and Podcasts

The Role of RCM in Health Equity

Weekly Roundup – May 11, 2024

Healthcare Workforce – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare AI and Automation: Good or Bad?

What are the Cost Implications of Implementing Cloud Technology in Healthcare?

Bonus Features – April 23, 2023 – 77% of doctors are confident in a chatbot’s ability to assess patients’ symptoms, only 7% of executives very satisfied with patient-facing payment products, plus additional news from HIMSS 2023

Bonus Features – May 14, 2023 – Only 16% of organizations are using data to define clinical best practices, 84% of orgs hit with ransomware attacks lose revenue, and more

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