What You Should Know:
- More than half (55%) of consumers find it stressful paying a medical bill, understanding their plan's coverage and benefits (53%) or comprehending what they owe (53%), according to results of Cedar’s Annual Healthcare Consumer Experience Study.
- 4 in 10 (41%) are unsatisfied with their billing experiences, and nearly 90% of consumers would find it at least "somewhat useful" if their healthcare provider posted pricing information on their website around expected
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HCA Healthcare to Deploy MEDITECH Expanse in New Hampshire
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- HCA Healthcare, one of the nation’s leading providers of healthcare services, has begun implementing MEDITECH Expanse EHR platform across three hospitals in New Hampshire as a part of its digital transformation initiatives. HCA will go-live by the end of 2022.
- The three locations — Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester, Parkland Medical Center in Derry, and Portsmouth Regional Hospital in Portsmouth — will leverage Expanse to help hospital teams deliver excellent
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4 Key Barriers to Prevent Surprise Medical Bills
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A new AKASA survey highlight the challenges hospitals and health systems face when trying to prevent surprise medical bills.
AKASA™, the developer of AI for healthcare operations, today released findings from a new survey highlighting the challenges hospitals and health systems face when trying to prevent surprise medical bills. Commissioned by AKASA, the survey fielded responses from 514 chief financial officers and revenue cycle leaders at hospitals and health
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Ksana Health Joins Novo Nordisk’s Global Prevention Accelerator
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-Ksana Health, a digital behavioral health company that uses technology to provide continuous objective measurement, personalized insights and interventions to improve mental health care, announced its selection by Novo Nordisk’s Global Prevention Accelerator. Organizations were selected based on a set of criteria including the ability to make a global impact and provide scalable digital solutions that can be adapted for local populations.
- Ksana Health will pilot
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AT&T, Samsung and Qure4u Partner to Deliver Remote Patient Monitoring
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AT&T, Samsung and Qure4u team up to deliver remote patient monitoring with FirstNet® for high-risk patients.
Qure4u, a provider of digital health solutions, today announced a strategic collaboration with with AT&T and Samsung to provide remote patient monitoring (RPM) for patients with high blood pressure. As part of this collaboration, Qure4u chose FirstNet®, Built with AT&T, to provide reliable and highly secure connectivity to
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Ochsner Health Selects Kyruus to Simplify Patient Access Across Enterprise
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- Ochsner Health in Louisiana, is simplifying patient access to care with Kyruus’ provider directory and enhanced search capabilities.
- Patients seeking care online will now have access to rich, up-to-date information on more than 3,000 providers.
Kyruus, a provider search and scheduling solutions for health systems, today announced that Ochsner Health, the largest non-profit, academic health system in Louisiana, is utilizing the company’s provider
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Walmart Expands Partnership with Inovalon for Complete View of Patient Journey
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- Inovalon, a provider of cloud-based platforms empowering data-driven healthcare today announces an expansion of their partnership with Walmart Inc.
- This new multi-year agreement will provide the retailer access to Inovalon’s industry-leading Data Insights solution enabling acceleration to a more patient-centric healthcare model through the application of large-scale analyses of aggregated, de-identified data.
- Walmart has been working with Inovalon since
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Surescripts and Diameter Health Partner to Enhance Clinical Intelligence
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Surescripts and Diameter Health are partnering to simplify specialty prescribing by incorporating powerful clinical intelligence and standardizing patient data to communicate comprehensive patient histories.
Surescripts has simplified the specialty prescribing and fulfillment process to help specialty pharmacies and physician practices realize decreased phone calls, increased dispense rates and improvements in time to therapy. Now, Surescripts is
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LG and Lenovo Partner to Drive Innovation in Radiology and Imaging
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- LG Business Solutions and Lenovo partner to enhance medical imaging solutions for the radiology community.
- The collaboration will result in diagnostic and clinical solutions in key imaging areas through the combination of Lenovo ThinkStation workstations and LG Medical Monitors.
LG Business Solutions and Lenovo are working together to advance new medical imaging solutions for the radiology community. The offering bundles LG’s high-performance medical
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MUSC Deploys Notable’s Intelligent Automation Platform to Transform Patient Experience
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South Carolina's only comprehensive academic health sciences center deploys Notable’s intelligent automation platform to expand access to high-quality, equitable care.
Notable, the leading intelligent automation company for healthcare, today announced an innovation partnership with The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC Health) to create a digital experience for patients throughout their care journey. MUSC Health will leverage
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