What You Should Know:
- DrChrono continues to modernize EHR platform with the
addition of new features live chat and prescription drug monitoring program.
- As doctors continue to work remotely due to COVID-19,
new features allow for more efficiency and seamless patient data processing via
the platform.
DrChrono Inc.,
the company developing the essential platform and services for modern medical
practices, announced today the availability of its newest features, Live
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Why EHR Interoperability is Critical for Telehealth
Khalid Al-Maskari, CEO at Health Information Management Systems (HiMS)
Telehealth has recently taken off as a way to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, but even though telehealth has been around for several years, clinics had difficulty adopting it pre-COVID-19. This caused clinics to not view telehealth as a viable option, and it was often seen as a last resort approach to healthcare.
As reducing the spread of COVID-19 became paramount, Medicare and Medicaid were forced to
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Patientco’s IVR Integration Joins Epic App Orchard, Selected by Baptist Memorial Health Care
Patientco, a
next-generation patient payment technology company, today announced that its
Interactive Voice Response (IVR) integration is now available in the Epic App
Orchard marketplace and has been selected by Memphis, Tenn.-based Baptist
Memorial Health Care.
As providers have cited a surge in patient calls resulting
from COVID-19
and billing concerns, Baptist Memorial wanted to lift the burden from its revenue cycle
management (RCM) team while also improving patient service and the
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VA Announces First Go-Live of the VA Electronic Health Record Modernization Program
What You Should Know:
- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced
its first go-live of the VA Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM)
program – launching the new Centralized Scheduling Solution (CSS) at the VA
Central Ohio Healthcare System in Columbus, OH to make medical visits more
efficient for care providers and Veterans.
- CSS streamlines patient scheduling by coordinating clinician availability and resources in a single system, allowing VA schedulers to identify
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Why International Expansion Must Remain a Priority for Cerner, Epic, Allscripts, MEDITECH
What You Should Know:
- How the top US acute EHR vendors, namely Cerner, Epic, Allscripts, and MEDITECH (+85% share of US acute market in terms of revenues), have progressed on international expansion.
As highlighted below, there is a significant variance amongst the big four in terms of revenue and share of business outside the US. Cerner has by far the highest revenue at more than $650M in 2019, representing 12% of its business. Whilst MEDITECH has considerably lower revenue
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Nuance Advances Virtual Assistant Tech for Customers Using Epic EHR
What You Should Know:
- Nuance advances conversational AI with Dragon Medical virtual
assistant for Hey Epic! virtual assistant in Epic Hyperspace.
- Building upon Nuance’s Dragon Medical solution already
used by more than 550,000 physicians, this integration with Hey Epic! enables
clinicians to conversationally navigate the EHR, search for information, place
orders, and seamlessly switch hands-free between voice assistant and dictation.
Nuance®
Communications, Inc., today
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Epic to Consolidate Four Departments into One Division
EHR leader Epic is planning a major internal consolidation that will affect thousands of Epic associates. According to a company-wide email sent to staff on 8/14, Epic will consolidate the End User Training, Implementation, Quality Assurance, and Technical Communications departments into the Application Services Division, effective immediately. The email did not imply that any jobs would be eliminated from the consolidation.
Obtained by News3Now, the email to affected works states, “There
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Greenway Health to Launch EHR-Integrated Telehealth Solution to Support Virtual Care
What You Should Know:
- Greenway announced the company will be developing and
launching Greenway Telehealth, a secure, HIPAA-compliant solution designed with
an easy-to-use interface for both providers and patients.
- Powered by Twilio, the EHR integrated solution is among
the first in Greenway’s larger virtual care portfolio.
Greenway Health, a health information technology, and services provider, today announced the company is also working to develop innovative virtual
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Verisk Launches EHR Triage Engine to Help Speed Approval of Life Insurance Apps
What You Should Know:
- Verisk launches its new EHR Triage Engine, a tool that
uses data from consumer-authorized electronic health records (EHRs) to help
life insurers fast-track many applications for coverage.
- The EHR Triage Engine bypasses manual workflows,
leveraging advanced predictive analytics and automation to digitally ingest and
analyze EHRs and the tool can evaluate 95,000 impairments in five minutes or
less.
Verisk, a data
analytics provider, announced today the
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Cerner Invests in Xealth to Jointly Develop Digital Health Solutions for Clinicians
What You Should Know:
- Cerner and Xealth announce a collaboration to foster
tighter physician-patient relationships by giving patients easier access to
digital health tools.
- These assets will be prescribed directly within the physician’s EHR workflow to manage conditions including chronic diseases, behavioral health, maternity care, and surgery preparation.
- Cerner and LRVHealth have together invested $6 million
in Xealth as part of this agreement, with Cerner and Xealth planning
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