What You Should Know: - Ensemble Health Partners, a provider of revenue cycle management services, has released its 2024 Healthcare Business Trends Report, revealing a shift in priorities among healthcare executives. - The report, based on a survey of over 100 senior executives, highlights a growing focus on outsourcing revenue cycle management and leveraging external expertise to drive performance, improve financial health, and achieve long-term growth. 4 Trends Driving the Next 4
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Tracing Technological Advancements in CKD Treatment and Preventive Care
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) remains a widespread health concern, affecting more than one in seven US adults and posing a substantial burden on healthcare systems worldwide. Fortunately, the convergence of innovative technologies offers promising solutions to address this pressing issue. Such advancements stand to revolutionize how healthcare entities treat, prevent, and better understand this nuanced condition. Expanding Treatment Today, CKD patients benefit from an array of
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Fraser Health Deploys Generative AI for MEDITECH Expanse EHR
What You Should Know: - Fraser Health Authority, a healthcare organization in Canada, is set to become one of the first health systems worldwide to deploy generative AI for clinical documentation. - This innovative initiative utilizes Google Cloud's Vertex AI and large language models (LLMs) to automatically generate initial drafts of hospital course narratives at the time of discharge, significantly reducing the time burden on clinicians and improving the efficiency of discharge
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R1 RCM Acquires Acclara for $675M, Secures 10-Year RCM Partnership with Providence Health System
What You Should Know: - R1 RCM Inc. (NASDAQ: RCM), a provider of technology-driven solutions for healthcare providers, announced a significant strategic partnership involving the acquisition of Acclara and a 10-year revenue cycle management agreement with Providence, one of the nation's largest health systems. - The acquisition of Acclara for $675M in cash and warrants will bolster R1's offerings and position it as the "trusted partner of choice" in comprehensive revenue cycle management.
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b.well Connected Health Appoints Sarah Jones as Chief Outcomes Officer
What You Should Know: - b.well Connected Health, the leading platform for unified consumer health experiences, announced the appointment of Sarah Jones as its Chief Outcomes Officer. - In this newly created role, Jones will oversee how b.well defines client success and ensures positive patient outcomes are aligned with long-term value for its health system, payer, and technology clients. "Chief Outcomes Officer is not a common role in digital health," said Alicia Raymond, Vice President
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Generative AI in Healthcare: Accuracy/Reliability Cited Biggest Challenge for Providers, KLAS Reports
What You Should Know: - KLAS, a leading research and insights firm focusing on healthcare IT, recently released a report exploring the growing adoption and future plans of generative AI in healthcare organizations. - The report, “Generative AI 2023: What Are Organizations’ Current Adoption & Future Plans?,” is based on the perspectives of 66 healthcare executives, provides valuable insights into the current state and future potential of generative AI in healthcare. What
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ONC Launches Platform for Organizing and Building USCDI+ Datasets
What You Should Know: - Today, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has officially launched a new platform dedicated to organizing and building USCDI+ datasets. - This user-friendly platform, located at https://uscdiplus.healthit.gov, provides a central location for accessing and exploring all USCDI+ datasets across various domains. Enhanced User Experience and Powerful Tools The new platform boasts several improvements over previous data
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Carta Healthcare Appoints Brent Dover as New CEO
What You Should Know: - Carta Healthcare, a health technology company specializing in unlocking the value of clinical data, has announced the appointment of Brent Dover as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). - Dover takes over the reins from Matt Hollingsworth, who co-founded Carta Healthcare in 2017 and remains a board member. Hollingsworth will now focus on driving product innovation, business development, and strategic partnerships for the company's market-leading solutions. Brent
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Rethinking Big Data in 2024: How Healthcare Can Leverage Workforce Intelligence to Improve Care
The future of healthcare innovation over the next decade will be shaped by insights from clinician big data and AI, otherwise known as workforce intelligence. While clinical discovery is often the first thing that comes to mind, workforce data and the intelligence derived from it represent a lesser-known but equally important place in the future of medicine. How we shape healthcare’s workforce, peer networks, and processes comes down to how we use data to surface meaningful information.
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Emory Healthcare Joins nference’s Federated Data Network to Advance Healthcare Research
What You Should Know: - Emory Healthcare, an academic health system in Georgia and nference, a science-first software company transforming healthcare data for research and discovery, today announced a collaboration to expand access to diverse, aggregated, and de-identified data with the goal of accelerating groundbreaking research, disease diagnoses, and new treatments. - nference's expertise in data science and Emory Healthcare's rich clinical data resources will enable researchers to
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