In most healthcare organizations, basic automation is used to complete individual revenue cycle tasks. Seldom, however, is technology used to optimize entire revenue cycle management (RCM) processes and improve the patient financial experience.
The situation is dramatically different outside of healthcare in industries that have long competed for direct consumer dollars.
To book an airline flight, for example, consumers simply open up an app or a website. At their convenience — any time of day
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Cloud-Based Patient Matching Expands with Verato and MyDirectives Partnership
Verato, a provider of cloud-based patient matching, today announced that digital advance care planning company, ADVault, Inc., is the first partner in its new Powered by Verato(PBV) program. The program offers healthcare technology firms a next-generation patient matching solution that is highly accurate, secure, cost-effective, and easy to implement—all as a utility—using the Verato Universal MPI for patient matching.Powered by Verato Program BackgroundPatient matching is at the core of
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Cerner Launches 2019 code App Challenge to Advance Consumers’ Access to EHRs
Cerner is challenging innovators and application developers to advance consumers’ access to electronic health records (EHRs) with the 2019 code App Challenge. Participants will join Cerner’s pursuit of the next groundbreaking advancement, with a focus on helping consumers easily access and understand health records.2019 Cerner code App Challenge Rules & RequirementsWith the 2019 code App Challenge, Cerner encourages innovators to build apps on its industry-leading platforms that further
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3 Factors Fueling Hospital Drug Diversion, The Silent Partner in the Opioid Epidemic
BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a global medical technology company, today released a first-of-its-kind report based on an independent national survey that examines drug diversion in U.S. hospitals, an underreported contributor to the opioid epidemic.Defining Hospital Drug DiversionHospital drug diversion, when a healthcare worker “diverts” opiates or other controlled substances away from patients for personal use or sale remains a significant challenge that is largely underdiscussed. Left
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(UVM) Health Network Signs 10-Year Agreement With Philips to Create Consistent Patient Experience Across Network
The University of Vermont (UVM) Health Network, a leading provider of quality care has signed a 10-year strategic partnership agreement with Philips. The partnership, which extends an existing relationship between the two organizations will help support staff in providing high-quality care and advance efforts to improve the health of the population in Vermont and Northern New York.Why UVM Health Network Selected PhilipsThe UVM Health Network provides high-quality care for patients on both sides
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Austin Blockchain Collective Creates Healthcare Working Group to Address Healthcare Challenges
The Austin Blockchain Collective announced the Austin Blockchain Collective Healthcare Working Group with an initial membership including local blockchain innovators and Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin. The working group’s mission is to help develop, explore and promote the applications of blockchain technology that has the potential to positively impact health and healthcare outcomes for patients, the broader Austin community and the nation.Launched in March 2018,
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Quest Diagnostics Confirms 12M Patients Information Exposed in Data Breach
Quest Diagnostics, one of largest providers of diagnostic testing in the US, today confirmed that nearly 12 million customers may have had information compromised due to a data breach. American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA), a billing collections service provider notified Quest Diagnostics that an unauthorized user had access to AMCA’s system containing personal information AMCA received from various entities, including from Quest. AMCA provides billing collections services to Optum360, a
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Redox Integrates With OpiSafe to Provide Opioid Risk Reduction Services Nationwide
Redox, a health data integration platform, today announced an integration partnership with OpiSafe to expand the use of OpiSafe’s comprehensive pain medication management web and mobile platform to help thousands of providers across the country prescribe and treat pain more effectively while avoiding bad outcomes.Integration BenefitsThe opioid epidemic requires innovative approaches and the digital health industry is taking steps to make inroads against this crisis. As part of the partnership,
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Innovaccer, Launches InAPI to Aggregate Healthcare Data for Providers, Payers, and Vendors
Healthcare organizations are riding the wave of digital disruption with increased adoption of applications to power patient centric-care, communications, and collaboration with peer organizations in the network. With this objective, they are seeking to integrate crucial information across the care continuum and establish interoperability among complex and disparate data systems- including legacy systems.Existing Interoperability ChallengesThere are over 200 EHRs in the US healthcare space,
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3 Ways to Protect Hospital Data from Email Spoofing Attacks
Picture this: you are a first-year nurse with an unusual case that you and your colleagues have never seen at your hospital. To expedite the formulation of a treatment plan, you turn to a private Facebook group for nurses to which you belong. Since joining the 8,000-person closed group, you’ve witnessed your peers share information - with important details withheld - as to not break privacy laws, but as a means to generate group think on analysis and recommendations. You’ve seen first-hand how
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