Bonus Features – November 13, 2022 – HCA extends 30-year relationship with MEDITECH, cost of care replaces pandemic as top reason to defer care, and more

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job. News and Research HCA Healthcare signed a new agreement for a large-scale deployment of MEDITECH Expanse, continuing a relationship with the EHR vendor that has spanned three decades and been recognized with the 2021 CHIME Collaboration Award. The 182-hospital HCA system will take advantage of new features in Expanse such as a customizable mobile user interface, embedded clinical decision support, and bedside surveillance. (The news comes at the same time that MEDITECH is continuing its push into the ambulatory EHR market, as Healthcare IT Today recently noted.) A Qualtrics survey found that cost concerns have replaced COVID-19 as the top reason for deferring healthcare services. In 2020, the two factors were nearly even, with 28% of patients deferring care due to the pandemic and 27% deferring due to costs, but today 31% of patients are deferring care due to its cost compared to just 17% for COVID-19. More than one in three respondents (36%) have taken on debt to pay for healthcare, and 43% said they would be unlikely to seek care if it meant going into debt. A survey from Podimet...
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