The Massachusetts General Physicians Organization (MGPO) and IKS Health, announced a new collaboration to improve healthcare delivery throughout the United States. Recognizing the national epidemic of physician burnout and the burden of technology, legislation, and reimbursement changes affecting the crucial relationship between patients and providers, the partnership will focus on building innovative solutions that address the needs of clinicians today. As part of the collaboration, key
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Dicom Systems De-identifies 5.3 Million Radiology Exams
Dicom Systems, Inc., a leader in Enterprise Imaging IT, announced the completion of a large-scale de-identification project for Hospital for Special Surgery ("HSS") in New York, the global leader in musculoskeletal health and the leading orthopedic hospital in the U.S. The HSS Global Innovation Institute, which collaborates with industry, investors, and entrepreneurs to commercialize their portfolio of technologies, has partnered with an AI company to develop algorithms targeted to address the
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Revenue Cycle Startup AxiaMed Lands $12.4M for Patient Payment Platform
AxiaMed, a patient payment solution provider has raised $12.4 million in funding from Health Enterprise Partners. AxiaMed credits this investment to rapidly-increasing demand for its proven, secure, SaaS-based payment platform, Payment Fusion. Founded in 2015, AxiaMed’s integrated payments technology platform, Payment Fusion, improves the financial performance of healthcare providers through integration with various revenue cycle, practice management, EHRs and other software systems, enhancing
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Nuance Expands AI-Powered Clinical Documentation Platform Internationally
Nuance Communications, Inc., today announced they are expanding the availability of its full suite of conversational AI-powered clinical documentation solutions internationally – now available in countries across Europe, New Zealand, Canada and more. This expansion comes as many countries outside of the U.S. continue to invest in the digitization of their healthcare systems – including increasing electronic health record (EHR) adoption rates and achieving paperless clinical documentation
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Diameter Health, Zen Healthcare IT Partner to Simplify Clinical Data Integration
Diameter Health, a leading enabler of clinical insight through the automated cleansing, de-duplication, and enrichment of clinical data across the care continuum, today announced a partnership with Zen Healthcare IT, a healthcare interoperability technology and consulting firm, to simplify clinical data integration and normalization for its customers. With technology that can automatically process any clinical data type mapped to its data model, Diameter Health was seeking a partner to
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How to Successfully Manage the Staffing Costs of Migrating to a New EHR
Few decisions are as important or as daunting as the one that leads to the implementation of a new EHR. When replacing best-of-breed clinical applications with an integrated EHR, a successful transition involves managing, not just technology but, equally as important, employees across multiple teams. The best and brightest in your organization are asked to focus on this initiative, but this new assignment leaves a gap in the maintenance and management of a healthcare organization’s legacy
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Bullshit Metrics: Is Patient Engagement Real?
Whether it’s stock trading with a few clicks on a smartphone, streaming new music before the vinyl hit the shelves, or receiving a wardrobe from a personal stylist without ever stepping into a store, technology’s potential to revolutionize the consumer experience is ubiquitous across industries. The healthcare sphere is no exception to this, and in recent years a rash of digital health tools and connected devices have flooded the marketplace, promising cheaper care and better outcomes, all while
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Data Collection Challenges in Healthcare and How to Overcome Them
While each industry has its own regulatory and governance challenges when it comes to data collection, storage, and management, the struggles of the healthcare industry are unique. Often times, the data collected in healthcare is complex and is governed by extremely stringent regulations.Most healthcare providers collect data using a variety of forms such as patient intake forms, consent forms, treatment evaluation and health assessment forms among others. Once this data is collected, it
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4 Learning Curves That Healthcare IT Alone Cannot Address
In 2018, the phrase 'learning curve' is used so frequently that it’s essentially part of the English lexicon with little need for definitions and etymologies.In the late nineteenth century, however, both phrase and concept were yet to be invented. German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus described what we know as the learning curve in the late 1800s and the term itself was first used in a 1903 issue of the American Journal of Psychology.Both the learning curve and institutional maturity have been
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4 Barriers to Overcome Before AI in Medical Imaging Becomes Mainstream
The world market for artificial intelligence (AI) in medical imaging, comprising software for automated detection, quantification, decision support, and diagnosis, is forecasted to reach $2 billion by 2023, according to a new report from Signify Research, an independent supplier of market intelligence and consultancy to the global healthcare technology industry. The report, “Machine Learning in Medical Imaging – 2018 Edition” provides a data-centric and global outlook on the current and
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