After a year dominated by COVID-19, and even with the rising challenges of the delta variant, Healthcare IT staffing is rebounding. To complicate matters more, the rising number of vaccine mandates across hospital systems has the potential to put the entire industry in a serious bind.
Throughout 2020, the majority of US hospital systems were stopped in their tracks. Spending on capital projects was paused indefinitely, and leaders were forced to significantly
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How to Detect and Address Friction in the Healthcare Employee Journey Leveraging the Latest Technology
Whether you call it the great resignation, pandemic burnout, or the great discontent, the medical profession is not immune to the rising wave of employee turnover that's currently shaking up organizations across industries. In fact, the churn rate for staff nurses has grown by nearly 3% to just under 19%, costing hospitals between roughly $4 million to $6.5 million annually. Among physicians, 69% report feeling disengaged and 54% say they're planning to leave their current employer, with each
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Notable Secures $100M to Expand Intelligent Automation in Healthcare
What You Should Know:
- Notable, a San Mateo, CA-based leader in healthcare intelligent automation, today announced it has raised $100M in Series B funding led by ICONIQ Growth, including participation by Greylock, F-Prime Capital, and Oak HC/FT to accelerate growth and innovation within the healthcare industry.
- The company plans to use the new round of funding to pioneer a novel intelligent automation approach for healthcare with the mission of reducing administrative burden
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Gundersen Health, Kyruus Partner to Propel Digital Access Transformation
What You Should Know:
- Gundersen Health System, an integrated healthcare network, is revamping its digital front door to simplify how patients access care across its network with Kyruus. New and existing patients now have access to an online search experience with a robust directory of nearly 1,000 providers to more easily find care that best fits their needs.
- Kyruus offered the deep implementation experience Gundersen sought to help it build a new, system-wide directory of nearly 1,000
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A State Roadmap To Successfully Deploy Medicaid Modularity (MMIS)
In 2010, the Affordable Care Act ushered in a new era for Medicaid Modularity, an approach anchored by breaking down large, monolith systems into smaller, more nimble and self-contained modules that can de-risk healthcare delivery and unlock innovation. More broadly, Medicaid Modularity is about improving states’ Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS).
In 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) followed by issuing guidance on how states should move forward with
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Kareo and PatientPop Merge to Form Tebra to Create All-in-One Practice Platform
What You Should Know:
- Kareo, a provider of cloud-based clinical and financial software, and PatientPop, a provider of practice growth technology, today announced the closing of their merger and the unveiling of the combined company’s new name, Tebra.
- The name Tebra is derived from the word “vertebrae” and symbolizes the role the new company serves as the backbone of practice success, delivering digital technology to connect providers and their patients. The combined company currently
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EverCommerce Acquires DrChrono to Expand Suite of Solutions for Independent Practices
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- Today EverCommerce Inc., a service commerce platform, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire DrChrono Inc., a Sunnyvale, CA-based SaaS practice management and EHR platform for modern medical practices.
- DrChrono offers an all-in-one, cloud-based practice management, EHR, and billing solution to make healthcare more informed, more interactive, and more personalized. Financial details of the acquisition were not
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Is the Smartphone Key to Unlocking Frictionless Patient Registration?
Since the beginning of healthcare’s digital revolution, organizations have been striving to achieve the Triple Aim of healthcare: better outcomes, lower costs, and improved patient experiences.
While reimbursement reforms and regulatory actions have helped realize measurable gains in population health and overall spending, progress on the patient experience piece hasn’t always been as clear-cut.
Firstly, patient satisfaction is a hard concept to quantify. And the
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How Hospitals Can Help Patients Meet Financial Obligation While Driving Revenue Excellence
Medical debt in the US has reached crisis proportions. According to a recent study published by JAMA Network, unpaid healthcare bills are one of the largest sources of debt for Americans, reaching $140 billion last year. The impact is not limited to patients. Healthcare providers are feeling the pinch as well. On average, uncompensated care accounts for approximately 8% of a hospital’s expenses.
The inability to pay medical bills is strongly correlated with a lack of
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Children’s Health Alliance Deploys Innovaccer Health Cloud
What You Should Know:
- Children's Health Alliance, Oregon’s largest pediatric IPA, has moved to Innovacccer Health Cloud. CHA turned to Innovaccer’s Data Activation Platform to help its providers collaborate across care sites and deliver high-quality care.
- CHA will also use Innovaccer's Physician Engagement solution to give clinicians actionable insights that support accurate coding and quality care management in the clinical setting. Analytics from the
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