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

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

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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. GoodRx released Provider Mode , a tool to help providers find low-cost options for the drugs they are about to prescribe. Partnerships.

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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

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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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Bonus Features – May 28, 2023 – 20+ health systems pledge to use Epic to share info under TEFCA, 84x increase in telehealth for mental health from 2019 to 2022, and more

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Cybersecurity firm Vaultree released an in-use data encryption tool. NorthShore University HealthSystem affiliate Northwest Community Healthcare chose Conifer for physician RCM. HIE entity Contexture extended its relationship with Verato , an identity management vendor. Noom announced Noom Med for obesity care.

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Bonus Features – December 10, 2023 – 84% of physicians still use manual processes to manage care transitions, 70% of executives prefer managed services for RCM, plus 26 more stories

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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. Sales Texas Family Wellness Clinic is adopting Sunoh.ai , the EHR-agnostic clinical documentation tool developed by eClinicalWorks.

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Bonus Features – October 2, 2022 – Tech vendors commit to standardizing SDoH data at White House event, 1 in 3 patients using telehealth to manage a chronic condition, and more

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Clinical decision support tool VisualDx is collaborating with the American College of Emergency Physicians to build a physician-sourced database of monkeypox images. Zane Networks was named the technology partner for CRISP , the state-designated HIE for Maryland and the Washington, D.C.

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Bonus Features – February 18, 2024 – 89% of patients want a single platform for managing their health, 70% of organizations interested in AI plan to adopt solutions from their EHR vendors, plus 27 more stories

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PointClickCare released Pharmacy Connect , a medication management tool for care teams in senior living communities. Peer-reviewed research from Linus Health showed digital cognitive assessment tools outperform paper-based screenings in detecting early mild cognitive impairment and dementia.

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