The Illinois Blockchain Initiative has launched a new healthcare blockchain pilot program with Hashed Health, to leverage blockchain and distributed ledger technologies. The new pilot program with healthcare blockchain-focused innovation company Hashed Healthcare will focus on will leveraging a blockchain-based registry to streamline the sharing of medical credential data and smart contracts to automate workflow related to multistate and interstate licensure in Illinois.“Illinois is committed to
Read More
Health IT | News, Analysis, Insights - HIT Consultant
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center Taps InstaMed to Deliver Integrated Patient Payment Experience
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, a Hartford, CT-based not-for-profit children’s hospital has selected InstaMed to deliver a fully integrated patient experience that allows guarantors to quickly and easily pay their medical bills anytime, anywhere. InstaMed enables providers to collect more money from patients and payers while reducing the cost and time to collect.The organization sought a solution that seamlessly integrated within their Epic system and met the highest levels of security
Read More
PatientPoint Acquires Oncology Waiting Room Provider Patient Education Network
PatientPoint, a provider of patient and physician engagement solutions at the point of care has acquired digital oncology waiting room provider, Patient Education Network (PEN) to expand its oncology footprint. Upon closing, the acquisition more than doubles the size of its oncology network by the end of 2018. This acquisition unites two patient-centered organizations that will now share the mission of making provider-patient engagements better at every critical touchpoint across all points of
Read More
eClinicalWorks Exchanges Over 2 Million Documents Through the Carequality
eClinicalWorks announced they have exchanged over two million documents through the Carequality Interoperability Framework in the past year. The seamless real-time data transfer between disparate systems facilitates coordination of care between providers in various care settings and ensures they have more complete and accurate patient information at the point of care.eClinicalWorks’ partnership with Carequality provides its customers with access to patient data across disparate systems.
Read More
What Functionalities Should Patient Portal Tools Have To Succeed?
It’s no surprise that the HIMSS17 conference dwelled on high profile topics around population health, data analytics, more affordable EHRs and security. What IS surprising is that patient engagement is now being reported right up there as an HIT priority. Why?Most hospitals are still experiencing dismal usage of patient portals, especially in community and rural hospitals. But this is a problem plaguing even our large health systems. As a result, the many anticipated benefits to patients and to
Read More
BCBS Rolls Out WellTok’s Digital Health Wellness App for Members
BlueCross Blue Shield of Western New York (BCBS) recently announced a partnership with Welltok Inc. to bring digital health and well-being tools to BCBS’ 800,000 members. The local health plan’s members now have access to a re-vamped, mobile-friendly well-being platform, MyHealth.Upon login to their member portal through bcbswny.com, BlueCross BlueShield members complete a free, digital health assessment and receive a snapshot of their current state of health. From there, the platform creates
Read More
Mobile Messaging vs. Online Patient Portals: Streamlining the Patient Intake Process
The waiting room is full, there is a line forming in front of the scheduling desk, new patient information has to be collected, patients’ records must be updated, and appointments need to be rescheduled. The patient intake process, particularly for new patients, can be time-consuming and arduous for administrative staff.One of the most effective ways to reduce staff’s workload, while speeding up the patient intake process, is with automated mobile-first messaging strategies. This approach
Read More
Community Hospital Anderson Goes Live on Imprivata’s Biometric Solution
Community Hospital Anderson of Indiana has gone live on Imprivata PatientSecureas part of its efforts to address the patient misidentification crisis. Imprivata PatientSecure creates a 1:1 link between patients and their unique medical records using biometric identification. Patients utilize biometrics at registration to immediately display their electronic medical record, ensuring secure and efficient delivery of the best possible care.According to the 2016 National Patient Misidentification
Read More
Scripps Health Selects Carrum Health to Streamline Bariatric Bundled Payment Process
The U.S. is home to one of the largest populations of obese adults representing one-third of the nation. With such a large population comes a large price tag with $1,429 or more in annual individual medical costs. Due to the growing concern and priority, Carrum Health, the first comprehensive bundled payment platform, has expanded their bundled payment offerings to bariatric surgeries.Carrum Health connects self-insured employers to top-quality regional healthcare providers through standard
Read More
Allscripts Acquires McKesson’s Enterprise Information Solutions for $185M
Allscripts has entered into an agreement to acquire McKesson Corporation’s hospital and health system IT business, Enterprise Information Solutions for $185M in cash. The Enterprise Information Solutions portfolio includes Paragon (EHR solution); STAR and HealthQuest (Revenue Cycle solutions); Lab Analytics and Blood Bank; and OneContent (Content Management solutions).For Allscripts, the acquisition further advances Allscripts strategy to offer the most comprehensive, high performing health
Read More
