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.
Balancing Natural Treatments and Surgery for Orthopedic Conditions. Dr. Meredith Warner joined John Lynn to discuss the role of proper mindset, exercise, diet, and sleep in treating orthopedic conditions, especially when it makes sense to try to avoid surgery. Read more…
To RSNA24 We Will Go – AI, AI, Oh! Colin Hung ventured to Chicago for the annual gathering. Using AI to improve efficiency was a key theme, as was making imaging more mobile to improve the patient experience. Read more…
An Interoperability and EHR API Deep Dive with Brendan Keeler. In part two of their conversation, John and Brendan touched on the challenges and opportunities of interoperability, particularly from the perspective of prior authorization, along with what to make of information blocking court cases. Read more…
Neighborhood Health Delivers Smarter Patient Care Anywhere. At NextGen’s User Group Meeting, Colin connected with Tony Villanueva and Dr. Robert Murry to discuss how the FQHC is using AI to reduce clinician burnout and provide personalized care for its “street medicine” program. Read more…
As TEFCA Has Its Moment, Policy Changes Are on the Horizon. Colin interviewed Eric Musser at NCQA about efforts to advance USCDI and reach consensus on necessary data sets. They also touched on TEFCA’s momentum amid growing interest from industry players in becoming QHINs – and what that may mean for the future of interoperability. Read more…
Finding Success With RCM Amid Evolving Challenges. Sandy Washburn at Compass Health Systems joined John to outline how health systems can benefit from eClinicalWorks RCM Consulting Services, especially in addressing challenges such as claims denials. Read more…
The Benefits of an Effective Health Data Archiving Partner. Centralizing control over data can improve security, reduce costs, and maximize the value of data, Harmony Healthcare IT CEO Tom Liddell told John. Read more…
Transform Patient Access and Care Navigation. Peter Boumenot at Kyruus Health sat down with Colin to talk about the company’s new tools to help health plans direct members to relevant care options and offer accurate provider listings. Read more…
Combining Technology and Tradition to Transform Indigenous Healthcare. Colin recently spoke to Angie Wilson at Nevada’s Reno Sparks Tribal Health Center about using population health analytics to enhance efficiency, continuity of care, and reinforce trust in the community. Read more…
CIO Podcast: Epic Cloud Migration. Tim Calahan at Michigan Medicine joined John to discuss why migrating Epic to the cloud should be a key priority for hospitals. They also touched on how organizations should prepare for a move to the cloud. Read more…
How Simplifying Medical Bills Improves Health Equity. Fewer than half of Americans understand how health insurance works, and are likely to skip care as a result. That’s why it’s critical to ensure bills are written in plain language and talk about financial help, said Mona Deora at BillingFreedom. Read more…
Overcoming AI Adoption Challenges for Sustainable Growth. BreAnne Buehl at VMware Cloud Foundation outlined how crafting an AI strategy, continuously optimizing models, and evaluating ROI can help organizations realize AI’s potential. Read more…
A Federal Medical Debt Credit Reporting Ban Could Hurt More Than It Helps. Organizations already facing financial strain will likely see fewer payments under a plan to crack down on medical debt, and that could increase the cost of care, according to Karie Bostwick at Revenue Enterprises. Read more…
Why Unified Technology Is Critical to Future-Proofing Healthcare. Chris Paravate, CIO at Northeast Georgia Health System, described consolidating HR, finance, and supply chain management on a single ERP system to support a health system that tripled its workforce in a decade. Read more…
How to Unlock the Power of AI for Healthcare Transformation. Emmanuelle Hose at Rimini Street detailed the importance of prioritizing data quality, ensuring regulatory compliance, and optimizing ERP. Read more…
This Week’s Health IT Jobs for December 4, 2024: Many health systems looking for expertise in informatics, as well as Epic. Read more…
Bonus Features for December 1, 2024: TEFCA v2.1 is released, and IBX adopts the Epic Payer Platform. Read more…
Funding and M&A Activity:
- Pathology data analytics vendor Aignostics secured $34 million in Series B funding.
- Consumer data access platform HealthEx raised $14 million in Seed and Series A funding.
- Analytics vendor Health Catalyst acquired Intraprise Health, a cybersecurity vendor.
- Cybersecurity vendor Lumifi acquired Critical Insight, which provides managed detection and response services to healthcare and public sector entities.
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