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6 Essential Criteria for Making Confident AI Vendor Decisions

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The following is a guest article by Austin Ward, Head of Growth at Fathom In the face of workforce shortages and increasing cost pressures, many organizations are turning to AI technologies to automate revenue cycle management (RCM) processes. Automation Rate The most important criterion for AI in RCM is the automation rate.

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Healthcare AI and Automation: Good or Bad?

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The market will see increased asks/attention for bots as they are critically needed in RCM to offset staff shortage, enhance staff retention, and accelerate tasks (ultimately cash flow). Robotic Process Automation (RPA) presents an opportunity to make the most of the employed and contracted workforce.

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

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Monte Sandler, Chief Operating Officer at Experity In today’s climate of value-based care, changing reimbursement models, increasing regulatory burdens, and shifting payer mixes, effect RCM is mission-critical to maintain a strong financial profile and stay afloat. The cloud ends up being cheaper in all but the most extreme circumstances.

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Healthcare Workforce – 2024 Health IT Predictions

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This frees up staff to focus on more complex and strategic aspects of RCM. The ability to be virtually present for a rounding session via a patient engagement system is huge and boosts morale. In 2024, organizations will fully realize HIT’s potential in helping to solve the ongoing staffing crisis in healthcare.

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HIStalk Interviews Gabriel Orthous, CIO, Central Georgia Health Network

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I started my career in revenue cycle, moved on to analytics and population health, and now we’re in the throes of value-based care and providing an understanding around the risk-based models that payers and CMS are presenting. When the patient presents to the ED, they want to see those discharge notes.

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