Weekly Roundup – February 24, 2024
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.
Which Health IT Trends Deserve Even More Attention? We asked the Healthcare IT Today to weigh in on the topics that the industry isn’t talking about enough. Interesting answers included whether data really needs to be cleaned up before it’s ingested and how to get providers and payers on the same page. Read more…
Introducing Designing f...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 24, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup Source Type: blogs
Health IT Trends that Deserve More Attention
There are a lot of new ideas and technologies being made to better the world of healthcare. These new ideas and technologies are only successful, however, if enough people collectively take notice and talk about it in order to make it trend. But in a time when our industry is facing high staff overtime and burnout, there’s simply no way that we can be aware of everything happening in health IT. This then results in certain topics being neglected – regardless of their quality and how much you would personally like to see them trend.
So what trend isn’t being talked about enough? What should be trending ri...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 23, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Grayson Miller Tags: C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Arcadia Ariel Gamiño Bobbi Weber CliniComp Colin Banas Dr. Lawrence Werlin DrFirst Epocrates Health IT Trends Heather Bassett HRC Fertility Joan But Source Type: blogs
Three Ways AI is Preventing Revenue Leakage
The following is a guest article by Dan Parsons, Co-Founder and CPO at Thoughtful
Revenue leakage poses a significant challenge to healthcare providers, and the traditional methods used to mitigate these losses are becoming increasingly difficult to scale.
Healthcare providers need an adaptable and scalable solution to address these issues permanently. RCM automation, powered by artificial intelligence, can achieve this – saving considerable time and adding millions of dollars to the bottom line. Additionally, automation simplifies adaptation to the evolving payer landscape for healthcare providers.
Andreessen Horowitz p...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 23, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Administration AI/Machine Learning Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Revenue Cycle Management a16z Andreessen Horowitz Automation Claims Processing CPT Dan Parsons KaufmanHall ProPublica RCM Revenue Lea Source Type: blogs
Ambience Healthcare Raises $70M to Scale the Most Comprehensive AI Operating System for Healthcare Organizations
Ambience Healthcare, the most comprehensive AI operating system for healthcare organizations, has announced a $70M Series B raise co-led by Kleiner Perkins and OpenAI Startup Fund. The raise also includes existing investors Andreessen Horowitz and Optum Ventures.
“Healthcare is one of AI’s most promising opportunities to create an outsized positive impact on the world. Ambience Healthcare has built an incredible team to focus on providing a complete ecosystem of products that seamlessly fit into the workflow of practitioners, pushing both AI and medicine forward,” said Brad Lightcap, COO at OpenAI and...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 23, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT AdvancedMD Ambience Healthcare Andreessen Horowitz athenahealth Brad Lightcap Cerner Dr. Priti Patel eClinicalWorks eCW Elation Epic Eventus WholeHealth GI Alliance Health IT Funding Health Source Type: blogs
Dr. Craig Joseph Introduces Designing for Health
There are many books about design, but a recent book by Craig Joseph, MD and Jerome Pagani, Designing for Health: The Human-Centered Approach, applies design principles to EHRs and to IT systems in general. In this video, Dr. Joseph, chief medical officer at Nordic, explains some of the experiences and achievements that lay behind the book.
His principles include recognizing the importance of design (instead of letting systems evolve haphazardly), bringing “people who do the work day in day out” into the design process from the start, using nudges and defaults to facilitate making the most common choices (̶...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 22, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Clinical Communication and Patient Experience EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC Craig Joseph Designing for Health Health IT Design Healthcare Design Healthcare IT Source Type: blogs
Transforming Chronic Care Management: A Comprehensive, Technology-Driven Approach
The following is a guest article by Kevin Riley, CEO and President at Zyter|TruCare
In an era dominated by the complex challenges of chronic diseases, which account for approximately 90% of healthcare costs, a strategic approach to chronic care management (CCM) is essential. This approach should integrate advanced technology with a deep comprehension of healthcare’s fundamental principles, effectively tackling the current challenges and proactively shaping the future of healthcare. Emphasizing patient-centered solutions, this methodology is set to revolutionize the management of chronic diseases, thereby impacting pa...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 22, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Ambulatory Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership Clinical Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Regulations ahrq CCM Chronic Care Chronic Care Management Chronic Diseaase Ma Source Type: blogs
Bonfire Analytics Raises Oversubscribed $2M Venture Round to Accelerate Digital Health, Medical Device, & Biotech Adoption Across Healthcare Providers
Bonfire Analytics Closes its First Venture Round to Scale its AI-Driven Sales Intelligence Platform for Healthtech Companies along with Building a Powerful Foundational Dataset Consisting of 300M+ Lives Worth of Medical & Prescription Claims, 2M+ Providers, and 1,000+ Population Health Variables
Bonfire Analytics announces the closing of its first venture round with key institutional investors including Impulsum Ventures, Wedbush Ventures, and Plug & Play Ventures, along with participation from the Alchemist Accelerator and Venture For America. The round will fuel product and growth initiatives to further Bon...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 22, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Alchemist Accelerator Bonfire Analytics Ed Wilson Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Impulsum Ventures Jaya Pokuri Plug & Play Ventures Venture For America Vinay Nagaraj Wedb Source Type: blogs
Computer Assisted Professional Coding is Helping St. Joseph ’ s Be More Resilient
The team at St. Joseph’s Health in NJ implemented computer assisted professional coding (CAPC) to streamline their revenue cycle management processes. The resulting improvements are helping the organization be more resilient in these challenging times.
Dr. Beth Kushner, Chief Medical Information Officer at St. Joseph’s, recently sat down with Healthcare IT Today to discuss the revenue cycle management (RCM) improvements her team has made.
Efficient RCM Processes are Critical
Dr. Kushner has a passion for RCM. She strongly believes that having efficient RCM processes are critical in these tight economic times or a...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 21, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: AI/Machine Learning C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT HIM Hospital - Health System Revenue Cycle Management AGS Health AHIMA CAC CAPC clean claim rate Computer Assisted Coding computer assisted professional codin Source Type: blogs
Navigating the Interoperability Maze: 3 Key Challenges for Healthcare Providers and Payers
The following is a guest article by Anthony Murray, Chief Interoperability Officer at MRO
In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, the quest for interoperability has become paramount. While the vision of seamless data exchange promises improved patient care and streamlined operations, the journey is not without its hurdles. Here we explore the three main interoperability challenges that continue to shape the narrative in healthcare.
Fragmented Systems and Standards: One of the primary stumbling blocks in achieving interoperability is the existence of fragmented systems and divergent standards. Healthcare organization...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 21, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Interoperability Regulations Security and Privacy Anthony Murray Health Data Privacy Healthcare Cybersecurity Healthcare Interoperability Health Source Type: blogs
Leading Healthcare Payer Consulting Firm HealthScape Advisors Joins Chartis
This Acquisition Positions Chartis to Help Clients Achieve Transformational Healthcare Change
Chartis, a leading healthcare advisory firm, today announced that it has acquired HealthScape Advisors, a leading healthcare payer consulting firm. Based in Chicago with 160 professionals, HealthScape helps payers across all segments, including commercial, Medicare, Medicaid, ACA, and federal, navigate the evolving healthcare landscape.
The acquisition of HealthScape is Chartis’ next step to meaningfully expand its work in the healthcare payer segment, following its acquisition of crankfrog in 2022. HealthScape strengthens Chart...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 21, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Chartis crankfrog Greg Maddrey Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A HealthScape HealthScape Advisors Kyle Stern Lincoln International LLC Ropes & Gray LLP Source Type: blogs
Netsmart Leverages AI and Predictive Analytics to Improve Care and Identify Suicide Risk
Tom Herzog, chief operating officer of Netsmart, says that “digitization has always been about entering data into the system” and that users are asking, “What does the system do for me?” It’s time to “aggregate” that data and get a million “second opinions.”
Matthew Arnheiter, senior vice president of innovations, described Netsmart’s project with the Missouri Behavioral Health Council (MBHC) to use predictive analytics and identify people at risk of suicide. Their AI system ingested data across the “silos” of more than 30 behavioral health providers...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 20, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: AI/Machine Learning Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership Clinical EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System behavioral health EHR AI Assistant Healthcare AI Healthcare AI Assistant Healthcare IT Video Interv Source Type: blogs
The Digital Front Door in Healthcare Doesn ’ t Work Without Data from Across Systems
While it may be true that the EHR is the main tool for a clinician, the same is not true for patients. Patient data is stored in a wide variety of systems including a CRM, health system website, secure messaging systems, call center systems, survey systems, mobile apps, iPads in the doctor’s office, kiosks, and much more. Plus, patients are engaging with the healthcare system on social media, on ratings and review websites, through ads, and other third party websites. Yes, and the EHR has patient data too. However, if a healthcare organization doesn’t combine data across these systems, they can’t ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 20, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Interoperability Bill Bruno Celebrus Digital Front Door Health Data Sharing Healthcare Consumerism Source Type: blogs
Inovalon Acquires VigiLanz, a Leading Clinical Surveillance and Patient Safety SaaS and Data Company
Acquisition Expands Inovalon’s Offerings, Enhancing Solutions for Hospitals, Clinical Facilities, Clinicians, and Life Sciences
Inovalon, a leading provider of cloud-based software solutions empowering data-driven healthcare, today announced the acquisition of VigiLanz, an industry-leading, rapidly growing SaaS-based clinical surveillance and patient safety software and data company.
Founded in 2001, VigiLanz is focused on advancing clinical surveillance, patient safety software, and related clinical data connectivity, helping hospitals, clinical facilities, clinicians, and life sciences companies identify opportunities ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 20, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Dr. David Goldsteen Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A Inovalon Keith Dunleavy Vigilanz Source Type: blogs
ViVE 2024 Preview – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 134
ViVE 2024 is rapidly approaching! The conference will be held in Los Angeles on February 25 – 28 this year, so for the 134th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast we are sharing our thoughts, predictions, and tips. First, we share what we are looking forward to the most at ViVE 2024. Then we debate who we think will be the most talked about company/organization. Then we discuss on thoughts on the entire conference itself and where we think it fits with all of the other healthcare conferences. Lastly, as seasoned veterans, we pass along our top strategies and tips for having a successful ViVE 2024.
Here’s a pre...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 19, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn John Lynn and Colin Hung Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Podcasts Hospital - Health System CHIME Colin Hung Health IT Conference Health IT Podcasts Healthcare Podcasts Hlth John Lynn ViVE ViVE 2024 Vi Source Type: blogs
Ambient Voice Transcriptions Endorsed in a Study by The Permanente Medical Group
This study provides encouraging data on some of these questions.
Evaluating This Study
TPMG, as most readers know, is the largest medical group in the United States, with nearly 9,800 physicians and 44,000 nurses and other staff. After deploying the Nabla ambient voice solution in October 2023, the organization quickly built up a large database of AI-generated clinical notes to run through their study.
Note that this study was carried out by the team at TPMG who installed the ambient voice solution. A study by an independent organization would be more authoritative. But results were strong enough for us to pay attentio...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 19, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Clinical Communication and Patient Experience EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Ambient Voice Technology EHR Clinical Documentation Healthcare Generative AI Nabla PDQI-9 The Source Type: blogs
