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. Further compounding the problem: 59% of providers rate patient health literacy as poor despite their education efforts.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 9, 2022

A report from Western New York HIE HEALTHeLINK and the Milbank Memorial Fund found that enrollment in a CMS Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) model at a institution that was a member of the HIE led to a 24% decrease in hospital admission rates, a 21% drop in outpatient surgeries, and a nearly 33% reduction in hospital length of stay.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Healthcare isn’t getting away from paper any time soon , between fax machines and backups when the EHR system goes down. In the latest CIO Podcast, John connected with Henry Vynalek at the Ohio Health Information Partnership. In the latest CIO Podcast, John connected with Henry Vynalek at the Ohio Health Information Partnership.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 29, 2023

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. About 75% of hospitals are members of regional HIE organizations, and 35% participate in regional and national HIEs. Staffing platform SnapNurse named Jeff Grant as Chief Executive Officer.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2022

HIE collaborative Civitas Networks for Health received a $1 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to implement and disseminate the Gravity Project’s SDOH standards. Care coordination company Quantum Health named John Hallock as chief communications officer. Partnerships.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 2, 2023

News and Research HHS and the Office of Inspector General released the final rule implementing information blocking penalties , with fines of up to $1 million per violation for vendors and HIE entities. Five community health systems implemented Oracle Health CommunityWorks , with four based in Texas and the fifth in Mississippi.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Nearly all (95%) of healthcare executives are interested in end-to-end managed services to solve RCM challenges, according to a survey from Ensemble Health Partners. Partnerships Qualtrics and Epic are partnering to integrate patient experience data into the EHR. More than 70% prefer managed services to in-house operations.

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