What You Should Know: - Nuance Communications and Microsoft launches DAX Express, a workflow-integrated, fully automated clinical documentation application and the first to combine proven conversational and ambient AI with the newest and most capable generative AI technology, GPT4. - DAX Express creates draft clinical notes automatically and securely in seconds from exam room or telehealth patient conversations for immediate clinical review after each
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Are Hospitals Ready for Alzheimer’s Treatment Approval?
The FDA’s recent accelerated approval of Leqembi was welcome news across the Alzheimer’s community. However, few health systems, medical practices, or providers are prepared for the extraordinary public interest in a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease – especially not one targeting mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and early dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease – that is likely headed their way soon. The unprecedented scale of the public health and marketing campaigns, the high prevalence of MCI in
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Digital Health Exec Hires: Transcarent Appoints CMO, Carium, Tegria, Swift Medical, GoCheckKids, Others
Transcarent appoints Dr. Randy Hawkins as Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and will report to Transcarent Chief Executive Officer, Glen Tullman. As CMO, Dr. Hawkins will oversee the organization’s clinical quality initiatives and support the organization’s health analytics strategy. Swift Medical has appointed Brian Litten as its new Chief Executive Officer effective immediately. Litten brings decades of healthcare leadership experience across health plans, provider organizations, regulatory
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Study Reveals EHR Data Can Identify Patients Who Are Frail
What You Should Know: - AHRQ conducted a study to address the operational gap between CFIs and EFIs. This project focused on validating an established CFI using linked claims-EHR databases of multiple large health systems. The project provides a systematic approach that health systems can use to examine the quality of the EHR data and prepare it for the application of EFI measures. - The findings demonstrated that structured EHR data can be used by healthcare providers to identify frail
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Intermountain Study Finds Follow-Up Care with Medication, Testing After Heart Attack Can Prevent 94% of Patients from Having Second Cardiac Event or Death
What You Should Know: - A recent study by researchers at Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City finds that following up a cardiac event, such as a heart attack, with a statin prescription and cholesterol-measuring blood test, prevents 94% of patients from having or dying from a second cardiovascular event during the next three years. - Having one cardiac event, like a heart attack or stroke, puts a person at high risk of having a second one. One in five people who have a heart
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HHAeXchange Adds Six Solutions Providers to its Partner Connect Program
What You Should Know: - HHAeXchange, a provider of homecare management solutions for state Medicaid programs, managed care organizations, and providers has added six new solutions providers to its Partner Connect program. Founded in April 2021, Partner Connect is a leading-edge community built on HHAeXchange’s innovative platform, which allows the company’s customers to connect with complementary, industry-leading solutions providers whose products and services are designed to drive homecare
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KLAS: State of Small-Hospital Patient Accounting 2023
What You Should Know: - Small hospitals are changing their EMRs and patient accounting systems at a greater rate than that of their large-hospital counterparts. Most market selection energy is going to Oracle Health (Cerner), MEDITECH, and Epic; small hospitals also use other vendors like athenahealth, CPSI, and MEDHOST. - While many vendors offer viable clinical systems, there are significant differences across the customer experience with patient accounting that should not be overlooked
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Zus Health Raises $40M, Partners with Primary Care EHR Elation
What You Should Know: - Zus Health, (pronounced "Zoose"), a next-generation shared health data platform bringing distributed patient data directly to the point of care, announced today that the company has closed a $40 million financing from JAZZ Venture Partners, F-Prime Capital, Maverick Ventures, and Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). - Zus is the only shared health data platform designed to accelerate healthcare data interoperability by providing easy-to-use patient data at the
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New Medical Billing Codes You Should Know About
Physicians need to keep their billing and coding right to ensure seamless reimbursements from payers. Similarly, they should stay updated with the latest coding changes to keep their revenue cycle intact. In addition, running a successful medical practice is a daunting task as the providers need to stay updated with the industry guidelines. The year 2023 is bringing changes in medical codes to help providers reduce their burden and streamline patient care. So, providers need to stay focused on
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PointClickCare Acquires Value-Based Care EHR Patient Pattern
What You Should Know: - PointClickCare Technologies, a healthcare technology platform enabling meaningful collaboration and access to real‐time insights at every stage of the patient healthcare journey, today announced the acquisition of Patient Pattern. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. - The combination of PointClickCare and Patient Pattern will further the companies’ shared vision of enabling better care and outcomes for high-needs populations and provide
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