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. Zocdoc added federally qualified health centers to its marketplace.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 11, 2023

E-prescribing is an interoperability success, but regulatory standards get in the way of bringing innovation to medication management. Read more… Pushing From Interoperability to Digital Transformation. Funding and M&A Activity: RCM company CodaMetrix closed $55 million in Series A funding.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Cybersecurity, privacy, and interoperability represent the biggest hurdles that vendors will need to overcome. Generative AI could support diagnosis and treatment of mental health conditions , and it can help document visits and track symptoms. RCM vendor Access Healthcare acquired Envera Health , a patient engagement vendor.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 12, 2023

Achieving Interoperability One Practical Byte at a Time. Upstate New York’s Rochester Regional Health began its interoperability journey with lab data , Colin Hung learned, as there was a clear need to bring in lab test results from many external sources to help care teams make better clinical decisions and improve outcomes.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 2, 2022

In the latest Healthcare IT Today Interviews podcast, Colin Hung chats with Jess Stover at SimiTree and Derek Shaw at Invicta Health Solutions about the role of process automation and data analysis in improving revenue cycle management (RCM) and boosting cash flow at a time when many practices need it.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 21, 2023

Included Health is partnering with Dispatch Health to connect virtual primary care to in-home urgent medical care. Consumer care coordination company Quantum Health was certified as a Great Place to Work. People Interoperability vendor Rhapsody named Jeff Chiumiento as Chief Financial Officer.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 10, 2023

Read more… Surveying Lab Tests From a Health IT Perspective. 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. RCM vendor Aspirion acquired FIRM Revenue Cycle Management Services.

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