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Elation Health Acquires Medical Billing Company Lightning MD

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The company recently announced the strategic acquisition of Lightning MD , a cloud-based medical billing and claims management company. The acquisition adds revenue cycle capabilities to Elation’s clinical-first EHR and Best in KLAS , virtual care platform. Their goal was to make billing easier for practices.

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Bonus Features – April 2, 2023 – 63% of nurses say AI will cause a generational divide among nursing staff, 67% of consumers prefer electronic medical bills but 78% of providers still use paper, and more

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 2, 2023

.” Incredible Health’s 2023 State of US Nursing Report found that 80% of nurses plan to remain in the healthcare industry until retirement – though an even greater number, 84%, worry that the industry isn’t doing enough to address poor pay, understaffing, and burnout.

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Flurry of AI, Partnerships, and New Features Announced at Epic UGM

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 23, 2023

Explaining Medical Bills. An AI-powered chatbot will be available in the future through Epic’s Hello World platform that will help explain complex medical bills to patients. Early response has been positive with some patients commenting how the generated responses are more empathetic than prior communications.

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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

Partnerships Fintech company Cedar is working with Google Cloud to build AI-powered tools to hep patients understand medical bills. Wolters Kluwer and Unbound Medicine released a mobile app that digitizes Lippincott’s Nursing Drug Handbook. Illinois-based Springfield Clinic is migrating to athenahealth ‘s cloud-based EHR.

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Bonus Features – July 30, 2023 – Amazon gets into the generative AI game, HIMSS plans to sell off the annual trade show, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 30, 2023

AWS announced the AWS HealthScribe service for building clinical applications that use generative AI and integrating them with EHRs and other systems. One culprit is staffing in post-acute care – 87% of nursing homes report moderate to high staffing shortages. Nearly two-thirds (63%) of U.S.

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5 Critical Insights from Healthcare Chart Audits

BHM Healthcare Solutions

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Chart audits in healthcare refer to a systematic review and evaluation of patient medical records, charts, or electronic health records (EHRs) to assess the quality, accuracy, and completeness of documentation and care delivery. Billing Accuracy: Chart audits play a crucial role in verifying the accuracy of medical billing and coding.

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Weekly Roundup – May 11, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 11, 2024

Several people mentioned AI and technology infrastructure ; other concerns included nurse burnout, staffing shortages, and interoperability , the age-old topic. Read more… Getting Ready for Generative AI in the Academic Medical Center. Read more… How Interoperability and Analytics Change the Nurse Call Paradigm.

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Business of Healthcare and Value Based Care – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 4, 2023

The recession will leave many patients in a difficult financial situation, likely resulting in delayed medical bills and elective surgeries. However, as the demand for contract employees and staff such as travel nurses got out of control, the cost and rates for these workers skyrocketed. Rob Cohen, CEO at Bamboo Health.

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MAY 18, 2018

The VA signs a 10-year, $10 billion contract with Cerner for its new EHR. A GAO report finds that providers sometimes overcharge patients for copies of their medical records and patients sometimes struggle to get their own information. Contribute regularly as a provider CIO, IT director, or informatics nurse (anonymous or not).

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OCTOBER 5, 2018

Cerner announces the partner companies that will serve on its VA EHR modernization team. Nobel Prize winner Leon Lederman, who created the physics concept of a “God particle” later discovered as the Higgs boson, dies at 96 after being forced to sell his Nobel statue at auction in 2015 to pay for medical bills and nursing home care.

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JULY 15, 2018

Advocate Health Care, one of Chicagoland’s largest employers, has more than 35,000 associates, including 11,000 nurses and nearly 6,300 affiliated physicians. The health system provides employees opportunities to take part in global mission trips, and its wellness program offers incentives for maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

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Patients, Health Consumers, People, Citizens: Who Are We In America?

Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2019

most visibly for prescription drugs , and increasingly for other line items in the medical bill like nursing home care, hospital care, and physician services. my alma mater) and colleagues track the growth of consumer-facing digital health tools and initiatives leading to consumers’ engagement with websites and apps.

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AUGUST 3, 2018

billion more for its EHR implementation by mentioning the unstated cost of adding the Coast Guard while redacting the list of “as a service” requirements and their associated costs. Because the earliest EHRs were based on existing clinician workflows, the EHRs merely copied the paper workflow routines. Best Reader Comments.

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Elation Health Acquires Medical Billing Company Lightning MD

Bonus Features – April 2, 2023 – 63% of nurses say AI will cause a generational divide among nursing staff, 67% of consumers prefer electronic medical bills but 78% of providers still use paper, and more

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Flurry of AI, Partnerships, and New Features Announced at Epic UGM

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 – July 30, 2023 – Amazon gets into the generative AI game, HIMSS plans to sell off the annual trade show, and more

5 Critical Insights from Healthcare Chart Audits

Weekly Roundup – May 11, 2024

Business of Healthcare and Value Based Care – 2023 Health IT Predictions

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Patients, Health Consumers, People, Citizens: Who Are We In America?

Weekender 8/3/18

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