Cerner partners with Simplee on price transparency
Cerner is working with Simplee, a developer of SaaS-based patient financial experience tools, to offer consumers a more transparent and personalized healthcare billing process.WHY IT MATTERS Through...
View ArticleRevenue cycle management, EHR integration remain pain points for providers
Revenue cycle management and the integration of electronic health records continue to be pain points for healthcare providers, according to a survey of 108 hospital and health system chief financial...
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Alliance Chicago integrates SDOH in its pop health, EHR systems
AllianceChicago provides health information technology services to member organizations. It functions as an HRSA-funded Health Center Controlled Network. Its mission is to improve individual, family...
View ArticleMajor new report calls for better integration of social determinants of health
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has published a new study that explores some key imperatives for health systems, government agencies and other stakeholders with regard to...
View ArticleCMS unveils new rules aimed at clinician burden, patient experience
As part of its Patients Over Paperwork initiative, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services unveiled its Omnibus Burden Reduction Final Rule on Thursday, aimed at combating clinician burnout.It...
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How merging financial and clinical data saved Yale New Haven Health $150 million
Yale New Haven Health in New Haven, Connecticut, is a 2,409-bed health system that includes Yale-New Haven Hospital, the primary teaching hospital for Yale School of Medicine that regularly ranks among...
View ArticleuPerform by ANCILE: Supporting organisations to digitally upskill staff
A big part of the success of an Electronic Health Record system relies on successful user adoption and utilisation. But the typical onboarding and education strategies employed by healthcare...
View ArticleMore inclusive EHRs can help extend welcome, save transgender lives
Life for many transgender individuals involves a constant struggle of being misgendered or referred to by the wrong pronoun or name. In many aspects of their lives, this ranges from annoying to...
View ArticleAustralia’s My Health Record gets upgrade with enhanced clinical workflow...
The Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) today announced the upgrade of My Health Record (MHR), an online, electronic summary of one’s key health information, with enhanced clinical workflow...
View ArticleEmory Healthcare partners with Vital on new AI-powered ED technology
Emory Healthcare will be the first development partnership for Vital, whose artificial intelligence technology for hospital emergency rooms can predict admissions, lower lengths of stay and optimize...
View ArticleOrchard Software to be acquired by private equity firm
Francisco Partners, an IT-focused private equity firm, says it plans to acquire Orchard Software, the laboratory information systems vendor.WHY IT MATTERS Orchard's LIS technology, along with other...
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Health system uses Epic EHR, communications tech to reduce sepsis mortality...
University of Utah Health is the Mountain West’s only academic health system, combining care, research and teaching. The health system frequently is ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s Best...
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Digital Paper in Smart Hospitals
Sponsor: E-Ink CorporationPrimary topic: Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)Topic: Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)Health Information Exchange (HIE)Patient EngagementResource Central: White...
View ArticleHIMSS AsiaPac19 tackles major healthcare issues
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View ArticleMeditech works with Google to host EHRs to the public cloud, intros iPhone...
Meditech is collaborating with Google Cloud to offer its electronic health record through its public cloud platform, which it says will boost security, interoperability and scalability for its EHR...
View ArticleAllscripts, Northwell Health to co-develop new AI-powered EHR
Northwell Health and Allscripts have inked a new deal under which they'll work to jointly build what they're calling a next-generation electronic health record.WHY IT MATTERS Together, the Long...
View ArticleCerner teams with i2i for Medicaid cost savings tools
Cerner and analytics vendor i2i Population Health are teaming up to help enable Medicaid cost savings through a suite of IT solutions.WHY IT MATTERS Through the collaboration, clients will benefit from...
View ArticleAlabama hospital system DCH pays to restore systems after ransomware attack
The Alabama hospital group DCH Health Systems has paid an undisclosed sum to the attackers who perpetrated a ransomware attack on its three hospitals in Tuscaloosa, Fayette and Northport, according to...
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Atrium Health merges SDOH data into its Cerner EHR to improve care, trim costs
Since the 1980s, social determinants of health have been examined from more of an academic and research perspective. Evidence-based literature suggests social and economic factors such as income, ZIP...
View ArticleSociety for Participatory Medicine touts 10 years of patient-centered wins
Patient experience has gained big momentum as a priority in healthcare these past few years. The discussion is no longer just about "patient engagement," after all. It's about putting the patient at...
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