Change Healthcare, today announced that its Intelligent Healthcare Network will now be complemented with a cloud-based network built on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The new cloud-based network infrastructure to promote more efficient, transparent, and secure administrative and financial transactions.As the first stage of a collaborative initiative working with stakeholders across the healthcare ecosystem, the company will deploy this network on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The network will allow the
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The Impact of Digitization on Patient Experience is Here
Hospitals, and medical clinics in general, have complex and ever-changing environments. However, one thing that never changes is the overall commitment to put patients first and ensure that they’re provided with the best possible experience. First and foremost, that experience is about health and making sure patients are treated as quickly as possible with no complications. To that end, everything from bedside manner to wait times are closely monitored in an effort to provide patients with the
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GHX Launches Mobile-Enhanced Vendor Credentialing Solution
Today GHX launched a new mobile-enhanced Vendormate Credentialing application with geolocation service capabilities. The mobile application provides suppliers and providers an efficient and convenient solution that can increase compliance of provider procedures and federal mandates.For suppliers, denied access means lost revenue opportunity. The new capability allows representatives to check hospital compliance and facility access prior to their scheduled visits. The geolocation service also
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Ciox Launches Learning Platform to Train/Assess Medical Coders
Health technology company Ciox, today launches a platform designed to train and assess medical coders, equipping coders with vital education and development opportunities in an academic setting or on the job. Named Ciox HealthSource Gym, it’s a SaaS platform that provides an engaging learning environment of data-rich training and practice scenarios to optimize coding performance.The module sits on top of Ciox’s HealthSource, a clinical data platform that uses the latest interoperability and
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RCM Provider Waystar Acquires Predictive Analytics Company Connance
Waystar, a revenue cycle technology company, today announced its acquisition of Connance, a provider of healthcare predictive analytics. As Waystar became one of the nation’s largest healthcare financial data sources through the merger of Navicure and ZirMed last year, this new acquisition will enable the company to bolster existing end-to-end revenue cycle technology offerings and predictive analytics capabilities to more than 450,000 providers, 22,000 healthcare organizations and 750 health
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Patient Engagement: 9 Ways to Engage Patients on Their Own Terms
Prioritizing measurable clinical outcomes, defining an evidence-based, codified patient journey, and incenting strict adherence to treatment plans have been the base for many patient engagement initiatives. These seem to be logical ways to improve outcomes, reduce costs and encourage patients to follow post-care plans mapped to a journey designed to yield specific clinical measures. Yet despite the industry’s focus on patient centricity, the healthcare industry is still struggling to realize the
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MEDHOST to Offer PatientKeeper Physician Workflow as an Option with its EHR Systems
PatientKeeper, Inc. and MEDHOST, Inc. today announced that they have entered a reseller agreement under which MEDHOST will be able to offer its hospital customers and prospects PatientKeeper's physician workflow software tightly integrated with MEDHOST's inpatient electronic health records (EHR) solution.PatientKeeper complements EHR systems with a range of instinctive applications that automate and streamline physicians' workflow, delivered with a uniquely physician-friendly user experience
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Cigna Launches $250M Healthcare Innovation Fund Focused on Early and Growth Stage Startups
Today, global health service company Cigna announced the launch of Cigna Ventures, a corporate venture fund to invest in emerging companies driving transformation and innovation in health care. Cigna Ventures is launching with $250M in capital to invest in both early and growth stage startups dedicated to unlocking growth opportunities in healthcare across three strategic areas:- Insights and Analytics: Risk Assessment, Network Optimization, and Patient Care Plan- Digital Health and Retail:
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Mercy Technology Services (MTS) Extends PACS Imaging Solution to Hospitals Everywhere
Mercy Technology Services (MTS), the IT backbone of one of the largest Catholic health systems in the nation, today announced it will launch a new picture archiving communication system (PACS) imaging solution. Built on a foundation of proven hosting services and success in helping Mercy’s radiologists achieve increased efficiency and decreased report turnaround time by up to 50 percent, MTS will become the first health care provider to extend PACS as Service to hospitals across the country.MTS
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Fellow Health Partners Acquires Medical Billing Company Physicians Management, Inc.
Fellow Health Partners, Inc., a New York-based medical business solutions company, today announced its acquisition of Physicians Management, Inc., a long-established medical billing company based in Rochelle Park, New Jersey. Fellow Health Partners expects to continue its rapid growth by combining acquisition of well-respected medical billing companies with its superior technical and customer services for hospitals, medical practices, and ambulatory surgery centers.“Physicians Management has
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