Medfusion, Inc., a provider of patient experience solutions has acquired the business and certain assets of NexSched, LLC, a privately held New York-based company that specializes in patient self-scheduling solutions. According to a recent Accenture study, 77 percent of patients think that the ability to book, change or cancel appointments online is vitally important to their healthcare experience.The acquisition of NexSched addresses the rise of healthcare consumerism and demand for greater
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HIMSS Study: Significant Disconnect Exists Between Providers and Vendors/Consultants on EHRs
A significant disconnect exists between providers and vendors/consultants on certain select clinical IT priorities– notably EHRs, according to new study unveiled at the 2017 HIMSS Conference & Exhibition. The 2017 HIMSS Leadership and Workforce Survey report of 368 U.S. health IT leaders between late November 2016 and early January 2017.reveals that vendors/consultants seem to be “moving on” to other issues, whereas providers appear to be wrestling with how to best leverage their existing
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NATE Honors First-Ever Champions of Consumer Access Award Winners
On Tuesday, the National Association for Trusted Exchange (NATE) will hold a special reception at the HIMSS17 annual conference from 4:00-6:00pm ET in the Sunburst Room & Terrace (W340A) of the Orange County Convention Center to recognize and honor the first ever NATE Champions of Consumer Access. NATE’s top priority is to create and support efforts to advance consumer access to their health information and enable facile electronic health information exchange between data holders and
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Nuance: Artificial Intelligence Can Save Clinicians Up to 45% on Documentation Time
Clinicians can save up to 45% on documentation time and improve quality scores up to 36% using artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled solutions, according recent results demonstrated from Nuance. Powered by advances in the cloud and cognitive computing, Nuance’s next-generation speech and language understanding solutions make it easier for clinicians to quickly capture complete patient information in electronic health records (EHRs) using technology that amplifies their intelligence and works in
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CHIME-KLAS Study: Cybersecurity A Central Concern for Healthcare C-SuiteCybersecurity has been elevated to a central concern for healthcare providers, with more attention at the board level and the C-suite, according to a new survey by KLAS Research and the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME). For the study, KLAS conducted nearly 200 interviews of chief information security officers, chief information officers, chief technology officers and other security
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Telemediq Unveils NFC Technology to Automate Nurse And Physician Workflows
Healthcare communications solution provider Telemediq has unveiled Near Field Communications (NFC) solution that will automate nurse and physician workflows to reduce administrative overhead and improve patient care. Although a nurse’s primary responsibility is patient care, secondary to that are the coordination of non-clinical tasks required to support patient care. If a patient needs water, a room needs cleaning, a patient needs transporting or a supply closet needs restocking, the nurse must
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Accenture: 1 in 4 US Consumers Have Had Their Healthcare Data Breached
One in four U.S. consumers (26 percent) have had their healthcare data breached from technology systems, according to new survey from Accenture released at HIMSS17. The survey of 2,000 U.S. consumers reveals that half (50 percent) of those who experienced a breach were victims of medical identity theft and had to pay approximately $2,500 in out-of-pocket costs per incident, on average.“Health systems need to recognize that many patients will suffer personal financial loss from cyberattacks of
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VMware, Intel Collaborate on Healthcare IT Breach Readiness Program
VMware, Inc. has teamed up with Intel Health and Life Sciences to help global healthcare organizations better understand the current state of their security readiness. The complimentary program allows healthcare IT teams to gain valuable insight into their security postures for breach mitigation relative to other healthcare organizations, helping identify and implement solutions to further reduce risks.As a participant in Intel’s Healthcare Security Readiness Program, VMware offers healthcare
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Philips Unveils IntelliSpace Enterprise Edition for Hospital-Wide Healthcare Informatics
Today at HIMSS17, Royal Philips announced the introduction of IntelliSpace Enterprise Edition, a highly performing, secure and scalable healthcare informatics platform, that enables health systems to manage the growth and cost of their clinical enterprise with a managed service and pay-per-use model. Philips IntelliSpace Enterprise Edition offers a full suite of interoperable healthcare informatics applications and services for hospitals and integrated health networks. It helps health
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EHR Study: Speech Recognition, Mobility, Physician Documentation Named Top Investment Areas to Optimize EHRs
Majority of healthcare leaders plan to use additional technologies and tools to realize the full intended benefits of electronic health records (EHRs) and to improve clinician satisfaction with using them, according to a Nuance EHR study conducted by HIMSS Analytics. The study reveals that improved clinical documentation resulting from EHRs and related technologies will drive positive financial impact for their institutions, including appropriate reimbursement and increased patient flow. Today,
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