Clinicians feel more comfortable sharing patient information using a secure communication tool, according to findings from a secure mobile communication study conducted by Island Health in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The research evaluated Vocera Collaboration Suite across acute care and community practice settings on Vancouver Island. The study, which included feedback from more than 100 clinicians, evaluated the mobile application to understand the impact of secure texting on care
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CVS-Aetna Merger Impact : Consumers Open to Receiving Primary Care at CVS Clinics
The CVS-Aetna merger has the potential to create an integrated model for consumer healthcare that could transform the consumer experience; however, are consumers embracing the prospect of receiving care in a CVS retail pharmacy setting? According to new research from J.D. Power, forty-five percent of consumers said they would probably or definitely would use primary care services in a CVS retail pharmacy setting. CVS-Aetna Merger Consumer Impact Survey BackgroundJ.D. Power's December 2018 pulse
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Humana and PatientPing Integrate to Improve Care Coordination for North Carolina Medicare Advantage Members
Care coordination platform PatientPing, today announced that it has teamed up with Humana on a new care coordination focus for Humana Medicare Advantage plan members in North Carolina. The partnership aims to improve member experience for Humana's North Carolina Medicare Advantage membership by enhancing care coordination among providers on PatientPing's platform. Through these efforts, Humana aims to reduce emergency department visits, preventable admissions and readmissions, and improve
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Why Hospitals Without Robust Revenue Cycle Support are Losing Millions
A frequent knock on electronic health records (EHRs) has been that they’re just glorified billing systems that fail to provide enough clinical functionality to make a significant difference in the quality of care.So it’s somewhat incongruous that a recent Black Book report on revenue cycle management (RCM) system adoption would say that 26 percent of hospitals don’t have an effective RCM system in place even as virtually all hospitals are using an EHR.How can that be?The explanation for any
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Mon Health Taps PatientMatters to Improve Patient Financial Experience
PatientMatters, a company focused on improving patients’ financial experience while ensuring greater reimbursement for hospitals, today announced that leading PA and WV-based health system, Mon Health, has chosen the company to create a pre-access service system. Specifically, Mon Health will leverage PatientMatters’ new IntelliPass Phase I Advisory Program to improve the patient financial experience and overall collections process.This will enable Mon Health to integrate data and
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XIFIN Expands Patient and Physician Engagement Capabilities
XIFIN announced the expansion of its portfolio of physician and patient engagement solutions with integrated patient responsibility estimation and automated prior authorization capabilities, enabling diagnostic providers to improve their patient experience and physician satisfaction. The new capabilities include a strategic partnership with Glidian that integrates automated prior authorization capabilities with XIFIN’s revenue cycle management and laboratory information system solutions, XIFIN
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Covera Health Nabs $8.5M for Data Analytics Platform to Improve Healthcare Outomes
Covera Health, an NYC-based provider of analytics-based programs to reduce medical misdiagnoses and improve quality of care has raised $8.5 million in Series A funding led by Equity Group Investments (EGI). The Series A round also included select strategic and individual investors. Founded in 2017, Covera Health leverages advanced data analytics to build Radiology Centers of Excellence Programs for employers, health plans, and other healthcare entities to reduce misdiagnoses, improve patient
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Treating Addiction: Bridging the Gap Between Physical & Behavioral Healthcare
The statistics are terrifying. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) Alcohol poisoning kills six people every day. Of those, 76 percent are adults ages 35-64, and three of every four people killed by alcohol poisoning are men. The group with the most alcohol poisoning deaths per million people is American Indians/Alaska Natives (49.1 per 1 million). More than 15 million people struggle with an alcohol use disorder in the United States, but less than eight
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5 Reasons Why Patient Data Privacy and Control is So Important
“Foolish the doctor who despises the knowledge acquired by the ancients.” – Hippocrates, Greek physician (460 BC - 377 BC) The ancient Greek father of medicine, Hippocrates, knew that trust was a fundamental tenet for the effective practice of medicine. How can a patient seek the care of a stranger without the establishment of a fiduciary trust? A patient must reveal the most personal, private information about themselves and therefore must possess the utmost confidence in their physician to
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Bayer and Geisinger to Create EHR-Integrated Contraception Counseling Pathway
Bayer and Geisinger are partnering to create a contraception counseling pathway integrated within Geisinger's Epic Electronic Health Record (EHR) to standardize the delivery of comprehensive contraceptive care and reducing unintended pregnancies. Many women may not realize that birth control options have varying efficacy rates and that they should consider speaking with their healthcare provider about different birth control options.The goal is to optimize care within the Geisinger network and
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