Querying Patient Databases Through Chat by Atropos Health
Generative AI systems such as chatGPT produce impressive summaries of documents on the Internet, including clinical studies. But Atropos Health can turn queries into searches of detailed health care data, including:
Data extracted from a clinical system’s own EHR, usually deidentified
Data about rare conditions from multiple organizations who share data in a privacy-compliant manner through a collection called the Atropos evidence network
Public health repositories such as the CDC
Brigham Hyde, CEO and cofounder, explains in this video how Atropos offers an interface like that of chatGPT, serving up concise summari...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 12, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: AI/Machine Learning Analytics/Big Data Clinical EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Atropos Atropos Health Brigham Hyde ChatGPT EHR Data Healthcare AI Healthcare ChatGPT Healthcare IT Video Intervie Source Type: blogs
In an Ideal World, How Much Would We Spend on Health Care? – Part 1
BY BEN WHEATLEY
We have heard it said before, and it is no longer shocking to say, that in 2021 the United States spent $4.3 trillion on health care. To put this gaudy number in some perspective, we measure it as a share of our economy and report that health care comprised 18.3% of our gross domestic product. CMS projects that health care will approach 20% of GDP in coming years—one-fifth of everything we buy and sell in this country.
In a recent report, the Health Affairs Council on Health Care Spending and Value said that “it is unclear what percentage of GDP would represent the ideal level to devote to healt...
Source: The Health Care Blog - May 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Policy Ben Wheatley Health care spending medical debt Patent Source Type: blogs
In an Ideal World, How Much Would We Spend on Health Care?
BY BEN WHEATLEY
We have heard it said before, and it is no longer shocking to say, that in 2021 the United States spent $4.3 trillion on health care. To put this gaudy number in some perspective, we measure it as a share of our economy and report that health care comprised 18.3% of our gross domestic product. CMS projects that health care will approach 20% of GDP in coming years—one-fifth of everything we buy and sell in this country.
In a recent report, the Health Affairs Council on Health Care Spending and Value said that “it is unclear what percentage of GDP would represent the ideal level to devote to h...
Source: The Health Care Blog - May 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Policy Ben Wheatley Health care spending medical debt Patent Source Type: blogs
Inbox Health Raises $22.5 Million Series B to Support Rapidly Growing Patient Billing Communications Platform
Funding round led by fintech-focused growth equity firm Ten Coves Capital brings total raised to date to more than $43 million
Inbox Health, a leading patient billing communications platform, announced today that it has completed a $22.5 million Series B financing round, bringing total capital raised to more than $43 million since inception. The Series B was led by Ten Coves Capital with participation from existing investors including Commerce Ventures, CT Innovations, Vertical Venture Partners, Healthy Ventures, and Fairview Capital.
Today, more than 2,600 medical practices across the U.S. rely on Inbox Health, and more ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 11, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Blake Walker Commerce Ventures CT Innovations EHR Fairview Capital Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Healthy Ventures Inbox Health Patient Billing Patient Billing Communicat Source Type: blogs
Small and Medium Medical Practices Need Business Support
Small- and medium-sized medical practices are struggling. The uncertain economic environment, staffing challenges, and the increasing complexity of providing care is putting practice owners under tremendous stress. EverHealth, providers of end-to-end solutions for healthcare providers, believes that these practices need support from partners that can take on some of the administrative, operational, and financial tasks so they can continue to deliver care to patients.
Healthcare IT Today sat down with Adam Laskey, General Manager of EverHealth at EverCommerce, to find out more about the company’s work, their vision for me...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 10, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Administration Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership EMR-EHR Healthcare IT Revenue Cycle Management Adam Lasky DrChrono EverCommerce EverHealth Healthcare Scene Featured HIMSS HIMSS 2023 HIMSS23 medical payment processing Medical Pra Source Type: blogs
Weekly Roundup – May 6, 2023
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.
Technology’s Role in Helping Us Achieve Health Equity. Technology can play a valuable role in making healthcare more convenient, but on if it’s affordable and accessible. That was the underling message when we asked the Healthcare IT Today community to talk about using technology to reduce inequity in healthcare. That means connecting patient...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 6, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup Source Type: blogs
Preventing Genetic Testing Fraud: 5 Actions for Health Plans
The following is a guest article by Erin Rutzler, Vice President of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse at Cotiviti
In Delaware, more than 250 Medicare patients underwent unnecessary genetic testing based on telehealth consultations that often lasted less than two minutes—costing Medicare thousands of dollars per patient. Meanwhile, an emerging scheme for fraudulent and unnecessary cardiovascular and cancer genetic testing allegedly resulted in $174 million in false and fraudulent Medicare claims.
These are just two examples of what the Healthcare Fraud Prevention Partnership describes as a surge in fraud, waste and abuse associated...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 5, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Administration Genomics-Precision Medicine Health IT Company Healthcare IT Regulations Revenue Cycle Management Cotiviti CPT Codes Erin Rutzler Fraud Waste and Abuse FWA Genetic Testing Genetic Testing Fraud Healthcare Fraud Prev Source Type: blogs
Data ’ s Role in Health Equity: Digging into the Root of the Problem
As we’ve been becoming more patient centric in healthcare, we have become more and more aware of the challenges different demographics face while trying to receive the care they need. As a result, health equity has been a hot topic and organizations have been searching for solutions. Because in order to put our patients first, we need to be sure that includes all of our patients, not just some of them. But just as important as finding solutions are, we need to be sure that we do it right.
A problem as deep as inequality can’t be fixed with temporary solutions just like you can’t fix a leaky pipe with some...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 2, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Ambulatory Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC 4medica Amit Phadnis Andy Flanagan Availity Blue Shield of California BluePath H Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – April 30, 2023 – 68% of providers say improving patient collections is a high priority, hospital expenses have increased 2x the Medicare IPPS reimbursement rate since 2019, 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 Studies
Compared to other industries, healthcare is leading the way in improving networks to support edge computing, according to the latest AT&T Cybersecurity Insights Report. Budgets for edge computing go into fo...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 30, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT AHA AltaMed AT&T AvaSure Butterfly Network Censinet Clearwater Clinician Nexus Conifer Health Solutions CWH Advisors Cyturus Datavant DrFirst eClinicalWorks eCW Fortified Health Security Healthcare IT Today Source Type: blogs
ROI Healthcare Solutions Provides the Returns Healthcare Organizations Want
In these days of tightened payments and higher costs, organizations need to “do more with less” by finding better prices for their purchases while maximizing reimbursements—and above all, by making sure that technology improves ROI, according to Jeff Tennant, EVP of Healthcare IT Strategy & Services at ROI Healthcare Solutions. Tennant and his colleagues sat down with Healthcare IT Today to share how ROI (Return on Investment) is core to the culture of the work they do with healthcare organizations.
In this interview, Diana Van Blaricom, VP of ERP Strategy, emphasizes the waste created by IT system lice...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 26, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: C-Suite Leadership EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Diana Van Blaricom Healthcare ERP Healthcare IT Video Interviews Healthcare Scene Featured Jeff Tennant Legacy Health IT Systems Melissa Ursi ROI H Source Type: blogs
Digital Front Doors: Unlocking Healthcare ’ s New Frontier
Digital front door solutions are a growing phenomenon in healthcare. The topic caught my attention a while ago when I stumbled upon a study discussing how a new concept – the digital front door – could address the challenges the primary care system faces in the UK. With my curiosity piqued, I decided to dive deeper into this topic.
As this is a concept I have encountered increasingly often and one that’s changing the way we access healthcare services, I recently created a short video attempting to define this trend in less than one minute. But as this phenomenon will have profound effects on the future...
Source: The Medical Futurist - April 25, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: Healthcare Design imported digital front door digital front doors patient pathways Source Type: blogs
From addiction to exclusion: a physician ’ s struggle for redemption
Many consequences can happen to a physician who has faced the disease of addiction. One of the worst is to be placed on the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) exclusion list, which prohibits billing for both Medicare and Medicaid. During my hydrocodone addiction, I diverted the medication by writing prescriptions to my patients, who
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From addiction to exclusion: a physician’s struggle for redemption originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 16, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Jeffrey L. Fraser, MD Tags: Physician Primary Care Source Type: blogs
Poor Healthcare Technology Experiences Erode Consumer Trust. AI Can Repair Relationships
The following is a guest article by Sanjeev Sawai, Chief Product and Technology Officer at mPulse Mobile
The expansion and specialization of health networks has made it difficult for most consumers to navigate and advocate for themselves within today’s healthcare organizations.
For the average health consumer, simply identifying in-network providers, requesting a cost estimate, or scheduling a medical test presents a major hassle. Add a chronic condition or difficult diagnosis in the mix and the burden of accessing required care only increases. Over time, unsatisfactory healthcare interactions leave consumers frustra...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 14, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: AI/Machine Learning Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Interoperability AI Tools AI-Assisted Chat Artificial Intelligence ChatGPT Data Challenges health networks Healthcare Source Type: blogs
Pilot program by IU and Davos Alzheimer ’s Collaborative to test AI-powered cognitive screening at scale
How AI, Digital Screening Tools Can Help Flag Early Cognitive Decline (Health IT Analytics):
Early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s and other dementias remains at the forefront of efforts to minimize the impact of these neurodegenerative diseases. But challenges such as increased life expectancy and the risks of aging, along with complexities in diagnosis and treatment resulting from mixed brain pathologies, make early detection difficult … A new pilot program at Indiana University School of Medicine and Indiana University Health, in collaboration with the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative (DAC), seeks to tackle these issues u...
Source: SharpBrains - April 11, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Technology & Innovation aging artificial intelligence cognitive decline cognitive evaluation Cognitive-impairment Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative digital screening early diagnosis of Alzheimer's Linus Health Li Source Type: blogs
Generative AI Takes On Administrative Burdens
One of the most frustrating burdens on health care workers today is the drag of administrative tasks. New AI technologies that interpret and generate natural human speech (illustrated most famously in ChatGPT) can remove more of the burden of such tasks. According to Stead Burwell, co-founder and CEO of Outbound AI, a well-tuned AI agent can do many tasks at 50-80% the cost of human workers.
Unlike some industries where knowledge workers face a realistic fear of being replaced, health care workers can welcome the new AI. First, as co-founder and CTO Jonathan Wiggs says, their systems work with health care staff instead of ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 29, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: Administration AI/Machine Learning C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Revenue Cycle Management ChatGPT Generative AI Healthcare Administrative Burden Healthcare Automation Healthcare IT Video Source Type: blogs
