Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week.
One Hospital’s Approach to Better Revenue Cycle Efficiency. The unofficial theme of this year’s HFMA conference was how hospitals are dealing with staffing challenges in RCM and collections. Dawn Johnson of Minneapolis-based Hennepin Healthcare spoke to John Lynn about the health system’s partnership with Knowtion Health to outsource some types of claims and improve front-end registration processes for others. Read more…
Direct Primary Care Moves North of the Border. Inspired by the popularity of DPC practices in the United States, Lotus Medical is bringing DPC to Quebec City. Colin Hung talked to CEO Philippe Marcotte about how the company is bringing technology and centralization to the care experience while operating in the confines of a single-payer system. Read more…
Is Crowdfunding a Great Option for Health IT Companies? Amid the news that secure communications platform Rhinogram has launched a crowdfunding campaign, John asked CEO and chairman Dr. Keith Dressler about the company’s decision. One key advantage: A large number of small investors also means a large number of brand ambassadors. Read more…
How the City of Paterson, N.J. is Addressing the Opioid Crisis. In the latest edition of the CIO Podcast, John talks to Ed Boze, the city’s chief innovation officer, about the role of technology in supporting Patterson’s community-based opioid treatment program, which is backed by a $1 million grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies. Read more…
10 Ways to Secure the Internet of Medical Things. With the average hospital room using up to 20 connected medical devices, IoT security has never been more important. Vinugayathri Chinnasamy from Indusface provided 10 tips to help hospitals monitor connected devices and secure the networks they run on. Read more…
Make Digital Payments Work for You – and Your Patients. Hospitals are increasingly embracing a digital-first approach to patient payments, but AccessOne President and CEO Mark Spinner said organizations need to do more than just direct patients to a portal to make a payment. Read more…
Featured Health IT Job: eCQM/dCQM Measure Developer at the Connecticut-based Yale New Haven Hospital Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE), posted on Healthcare IT Central.
Funding and M&A Activity:
- Amazon has acquired direct primary care provider One Medical in an all-cash deal valued at $3.9 billion. One Medical CEO Amir Dan Rubin will remain in the role upon completion of the acquisition, which needs approval from One Medical shareholders as well as regulatory approval.
- Medical imaging vendor Intelerad announced a growth investment from TA Associates that is expected to close in the third quarter of 2022.
- Ambulatory EMR and care coordination vendor Canvas Medical raised $24 million in Series B funding and announced ONC certification, which makes its customers eligible for value-based Medicare and Medicaid programs.
- Pediatric virtual behavioral health provider Brightline received a $10 million extended Series C investment from Northwell Health, which is the largest pediatric care provider in the state of New York.
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