From the diverse users passing through a healthcare setting to the patient-critical devices connecting to the network, healthcare environments are increasingly complex. Hospitals become more challenging when you consider wired legacy devices with subpar security systems.To address the growing need for intelligence, adaptability and security at the edge, Extreme launched Smart OmniEdge to deliver a consistent customer-driven experience via the flexibility of an on-premise deployment or
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Innovaccer Unveils Financial Analytics Solution For Hospitals and Health Networks
Innovaccer, a San Francisco-based healthcare data platform company, has announced the launch of its financial analytics solution for hospitals and health systems. The new offering will be built on top of its cutting-edge healthcare data platform, InData and will be a part of the analytics module, InGraph. The new offering will be built on top of its cutting-edge healthcare data platform, InData and will be a part of the analytics module, InGraph.As healthcare providers delve deeper into evolving
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HSBlox Unveils Healthcare Blockchain Referral Management Solution
HSBlox, a technology company that is bringing innovation and transparent economics to the healthcare ecosystem, today announced the launch of its Advanced Referral Manager (ARM) solution, which utilizes blockchain technology to automate the referral administration process, resulting in decreased network leakage, time and money savings for payers and providers, and enhanced patient care.Current market challenges reveal high costs and manual processes associated with referral administration,
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Capturing Patient Experience: Current Challenges & Future Needs Report
Today’s healthcare organizations (HCOs) are under increasing pressure to develop effective models for capturing patient experience data for quality performance scores, as the recent CMS 2019 policy changes made clear when they adjusted the weightings for Star Ratings measures. This in turn is motivating executives to gather data about the patient experience in real-time and not retrospectively, in theory enabling them to adjust policies and practices more effectively. However, they are likely to
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Medalogix Deploys New Predictive Analytics Predictive Analytics for Home Health Utilization
Nashville-based healthcare data science company, Medalogix, announced today its newest product, Medalogix Care. This home health utilization management solution leverages predictive analytics and optimization technology to provide guidance on patient care plans to healthcare providers, based on the historical analysis of millions of patient records, care plans and outcomes. The announcement comes after Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Health Economists peer-reviewed Medalogix’s models and
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Mayo Clinic to Explore Use Cases of Blockchain-based EHRs
Medicalchain, a UK-based startup using blockchain technology to secure store EHRs securely has signed a joint development agreement with Mayo Clinic to explore the value of blockchain in healthcare. As part of the joint development agreement, both organizations will work together to develop use cases utilizing blockchain-based EHRs. This agreement comes after months of discussions between Mayo Clinic and Medicalchain on the potential benefits blockchain technology can bring to
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Allscripts Taps MedAware to Eliminate Prescription-based Medication Errors
MedAware has been selected by Allscripts patient safety and save lives. This is significant as new interoperability challenges arise created by an all-digital healthcare system. In the US alone, 1.5 million prescription errors per year result in injury or death. Nearly every organization has an EHR and physicians are being bombarded by huge stores of patient data. Allscripts has selected MedAware as its partner to put this data to work – to achieve meaningful interoperability and improve care
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DrChrono EHR Integrates with Square to Enable Physician Payment Processing
DrChrono Inc., the company enabling the medical practice of the future, today announced a new integration with Square that incorporates payment processing into the DrChrono EHR cloud-based platform, enabling physicians to collect patient payments much faster and more easily. The DrChrono/Square integration enables medical practices to accept and save a patient’s debit and credit card information directly within the DrChrono EHR and OnPatient patient portal. Patient payments can be collected
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Qardio Integrates Remote Monitoring Solution with Greenway Health EHR Solution
Qardio, today announced it has remote monitoring platform, QardioMD is integrated with Greenway Health’s electronic health record (EHR) and practice management solutions. QardioMD platform offers Qardio’s medical grade products and remote monitoring solutions to doctors, to help manage their patients’ health more efficiently while making billing for such care easier. The QardioMD remote monitoring solution is available to Greenway Health doctors via Greenway Marketplace at
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5 Telltale Signs Your Revenue Cycle Management May Need Outside Help
David Gallegos from Change Healthcare discusses 5 signs an organization should consider partnering with an outside partner to support their revenue cycle management (RCM). Are your revenue cycle management (RCM) staff and resources being stretched with the day-to-day challenges required to orchestrate claims, stay on top of regulatory changes and track payments? Are you trying to communicate more meaningfully with patients and collaborate with payers in ways you’ve never had to be
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