The era of remote patient monitoring is ushering in a new era of healthcare, characterized by data-driven insights, personalized care, and efficient resource utilization.

Even though providers and payers don’t always get along, they need to come together now more than ever. In the post-pandemic landscape, the healthcare industry won’t be able to maintain care quality and protect patient access without strong collaboration between these two parties, health system leaders said during a virtual panel.

This on-demand webinar explores the impact of poor data quality and methods to improve patient data quality. It highlights technology that can improve workflows to help reduce workforce burnout.

By following these foundational data best practices, healthcare organizations will harness the power of their data to provide superior patient care while safeguarding patient privacy and compliance.

The fusion of clinical and engagement data can revolutionize the way we understand and treat patients. By optimizing data collection and synthesis, securely sharing data, and ensuring equitable access, we can make significant strides towards delivering more personalized, effective, and patient-centered care.

While the recent rollbacks of authorization requirements by insurers are a positive step forward, there is still work to be done in streamlining processes and reducing administrative burdens in the healthcare industry.

Epic announced that it will integrate Abridge’s clinical documentation tool into its EHR workflow. The startup’s generative AI tool listens to visits and creates a near-instant summary that adheres to physicians’ prototypical note structure.

The second quarter of 2023 ended with 309 active drug shortages, the highest total in nearly a decade, according to a new report from ASHP. One of the organization’s executives pointed out that drug shortages have two major impacts on health systems: they create a lot of extra work for the pharmacy department, and they force clinicians to make tough decisions about patient care that could potentially result in worse patient outcomes.

Suvida Healthcare — a startup providing primary care for Medicare-eligible Hispanic adults — is adopting Elation Health’s primary care-specific technology platform. The platform comprises an EHR, as well as software for patient engagement, telehealth and revenue cycle management. Suvida’s chief medical officer said Elation beat out the competition due to its focus on both primary care and value-based care.

HHS issued an alert warning providers about Rhysida, a ransomware gang that recently begun launching attacks on healthcare organizations. The group deploys its ransomware primarily through phishing attacks or the exploitation of legitimate cybersecurity tools.

Explore the myriad benefits telehealth offers to healthcare providers and patients alike. From enhanced convenience and improved privacy to streamlined workflows and elevated patient satisfaction, find out how telehealth is reshaping the future of healthcare delivery.

It’s never a question of whether a hospital will experience downtime — it’s a matter of when. Adopting the right downtime technology means hospitals can cut costs, reduce stress on staff and mitigate risk of cyberattack by automatically encrypting data to HIPAA standards.

Over the past decade, a significant percentage of the country’s physicians have shifted from working in private practices (defined as those owned wholly by physicians) to working in bigger, health system-owned practices. The ability to negotiate higher payment rates with insurers when working at a larger practice is a crucial factor causing this trend, according to a new AMA analysis.

To prevent the proliferation of data security incidents in the healthcare industry, providers must examine their use of legacy systems as well as their reliance on third parties, according to a new report. It pointed out that most providers fail to probe their third-party partners’ cybersecurity measures, and many continue to use legacy systems that are no longer supported by vendors or are hard to patch and update.

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Health tech experts explained the nuances of healthcare data management and ways in which patient data can be cleaned, converted, standardized and harmonized across systems

For healthcare organizations experiencing difficulty launching and sustaining data-driven performance improvement projects, one potential solution to consider is more flexible organization design and increasing self-service data access.

The traditional transactional approach to the coding of diagnoses to support billing in a fee-for-service environment is not adequate to meet the care requirements of VBC programs.

Putting in the due diligence prior to implementing an EHR software establishes a clear game plan for everyone involved. It will empower your team to work towards a common goal and ultimately serves to improve the lives of physicians and patients.

Public health is heavily dependent on collecting and sharing accurate patient data. Standards for data collection and interoperability can move the needle toward better health data, but it is up to healthcare organizations to take ownership of their data quality by following best practices and adopting technologies that can detect and eliminate bad patient data before it is disseminated.

To increase your return on technology investment, start with an audit of existing technology. Where is it falling short? Do problems stem from lack of functionality or troubles with adoption? What do all users think?

But what AI solutions can’t do is magically eliminate the need for empowered registrars. Maximizing growth while improving efficiency requires both people and technologies.

Healthcare executives must recognize the 10,000-piece cybersecurity puzzle is more likely solved by engaging leaders throughout the organization to share in responsibility instead of dropping the box of pieces on the desk of the CIO to solve alone.

A new decentralized network of the future exists and is in operation today. Large payers and providers are already beginning to use it for administrative transactions, although clinical transactions are also envisioned.

A panel during the MedCity News INVEST conference discussed what digital health technologies need to do to demonstrate return on investment for payers, providers, and other stakeholders.

DexCare is sponsoring a webinar May 19 highlighting how it’s taking lessons learned from online retailers to boost traffic and applies them to their healthcare customers. To learn more, register today.

With the growing complexity of identity management and the challenges posed by market consolidation and digital front door initiatives, it is essential to implement a solution that will effectively manage patient information and prevent duplicates and identity issues.

A similar bill appeared last year but did not progress. Given the potential costs of reimbursing prescription digital therapeutics, Congress could be skeptical. Still, with growing attention on mental health, advocates are optimistic.

By supporting next-generation payment methods that boost security and convenience for consumers, providers can enhance patient satisfaction and loyalty.

Proper data governance is essential to ensure the efficient and accurate operation of an organization. It involves creating static rules, dynamic management processes and a comprehensive set of business objectives which must be met to protect the integrity of data within the system.