Fallout from last month’s Change Healthcare cyberattack and its impact on healthcare delivery nationwide continued this week, with providers waiting with bated breath to find out when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services would expedite the switch to a different processor to restart claims processing after nearly two weeks of disruption. Policy relief from CMS
Zocdoc, which partners with electronic health records and practice management software vendors to give providers real-time online scheduling and other free tools that complement their existing workflows, announced a new partner program Tuesday that it said can drive revenue and growth for scheduling software companies and providers. WHY IT MATTERS EHR and PM vendors enable providers
As healthcare organizations underwent a significant shift towards virtual care delivery during the pandemic, the need for seamless integration into the digital health ecosystem came to the fore. Even if some telehealth stats have come back down to earth, policy and legislation such as the Telehealth Extension and Evaluation Act have made virtual care’s expansion imminent
Since OpenAI’s official launch of ChatGPT, we have seen a sharp increase in the healthcare industry’s adoption of AI tools across different use cases, from improving diagnostic precision and personalising treatment plans to streamlining administrative processes. Several military hospitals in Asia have begun adopting AI solutions in diagnostics and teleconsulting services. AI has the potential
The healthcare revenue cycle space is facing a staffing shortage. But as hospitals and health systems manage workforce challenges and related financial impacts from bottlenecks in claims submissions and follow-ups, more are finding help from automation. Use of machine learning and robotic process automation offers the potential to give healthcare providers the opportunity to streamline
Suki announced Tuesday that it has partnered with Amwell to integrate its Suki Assistant artificial intelligence into Amwell’s Converge hybrid care delivery platform used by providers at more than 2,000 hospitals and health systems, including Cleveland Clinic, Northwell Health and Intermountain Healthcare. WHY IT MATTERS Suki’s voice-enabled digital assistant for healthcare will be available directly
Zocdoc, which partners with electronic health records and practice management software vendors to give providers real-time online scheduling and other free tools that complement their existing workflows, announced a new partner program Tuesday that it said can drive revenue and growth for scheduling software companies and providers. WHY IT MATTERS EHR and PM vendors enable providers
Physician wellness is top of mind for health systems. The influx of generalized clinical alerts within EHRs, particularly medication-related warnings and built-in-house alerts, exacerbates stress among physicians. During its EHR transition, Florida-based NCH Healthcare System optimized medication alerts frequently dismissed by physicians due to patients’ clinical status by harnessing specific patient data, including lab results
WebMD Health announced this past week that it acquired the operation assets of the Boise, Idaho-based Healthwise, a nonprofit that develops patient-engagement technology that integrates with care-management platforms through online patient portals, at the point of care or digitally. WHY IT MATTERS Under terms that were not disclosed, WebMD said that it purchased Healthwise’s operating
Bengaluru-based multispecialty hospital group Sparsh Hospitals has signed a memorandum of understanding with GE HealthCare to collaborate on precision medicine. Their partnership involves the development and validation of AI and other digital technologies that will potentially improve care in oncology, cardiology, and neurology. Dr H Marzoeki Mahdi Hospital Bogor, the national referral centre for mental