A recent survey of community hospitals found nearly 70% rate their financial health as “average” or poor.” In this environment, community hospitals must take a fresh look at their approach to patient financial engagement to protect their ability to provide needed care.
Hospital out-of-pocket collections declined sharply this year, down to nearly 48%, a Kodiak Solutions analysis shows. Moreover, more than half of write-offs — 53% — last year involved patients with some form of insurance,
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Vizient and Qualtrics Partner to Illuminate Patient Experience
What You Should Know:
- Vizient, Inc. the nation’s largest healthcare performance improvement company, and Qualtrics, the leader and creator of the experience management category, today announced an innovative strategic partnership to employ experience metrics to transform the way healthcare organizations measure and improve performance.
- The partnership will help organizations more deeply understand relationships between quality, safety, and patient experiences.
A New Approach to
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ECHO Model Proven Effective for Improving Diabetes Care in Rural Areas
- A recent study has shed light on the significant potential of the ECHO Model in improving diabetes care in rural communities.
- The research, published in The Journal of General Internal Medicine, showed that rural healthcare providers participating in weekly ECHO telementoring sessions achieved comparable results to endocrinology specialists in academic medical centers when managing patients with diabetes.
Significant Reduction in A1c Levels
The study, which spanned five years
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Zynx Health, Innovaccer Partner to Deploy Evidence-Based Care Management
What You Should Know:
- Zynx Health Incorporated, a leader in evidence-based clinical decision support solutions, and Innovaccer Inc., a leading healthcare AI company, today announced a strategic partnership to transform care management and population health.
- This alliance is set to significantly enhance clinical, financial, operational, and patient experience outcomes, addressing the most critical needs of healthcare providers.
Zynx Health and Innovaccer Partnership: Driving
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Morehouse School of Medicine Tackles Cancer Disparities with AI-Driven Research
What You Should Know:
- Manifold, an AI-powered clinical data platform, announced that Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) will leverage their platform to modernize cancer genomics data analysis and improve collaboration among multidisciplinary stakeholders.
- With Manifold, the Institute of Translational Genomic Medicine (ITGM) at MSM is building a modern data foundation to accelerate cancer research—integrating multimodal sources like clinical outcomes, genomics, survey, and geospatial
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Labcorp Joins CommonWell Health Alliance to Advance Nationwide Health Data Exchange
What You Should Know:
- CommonWell Health Alliance, a prominent force in healthcare interoperability, is proud to announce Labcorp, a global leader in laboratory services, as its newest member.
- By fostering collaboration and enabling the seamless exchange of clinical laboratory data, this partnership empowers healthcare providers to deliver more coordinated and efficient care, ultimately leading to improved patient outcomes.
Labcorp's Commitment to
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The Critical Importance of Payer-Provider Collaboration Goes Beyond Prior Authorization
The critical need to improve prior authorization processes might have reached its tipping point on Jan. 17. That’s when the Biden administration announced its new mandate — the CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization Final Rule — designed to effectively speed up the process for Medicare Advantage patients, providers and health plans.
Speed is only one of many inefficiencies surrounding prior authorization. And prior authorization cases are only one slice of the patient
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Suki’s AI Assistant Expands to Over a Dozen Health Systems on MEDITECH Expanse
What You Should Know:
- Suki, a frontrunner in artificial intelligence (AI) technology for healthcare announced the deployment of its voice AI assistant in more than a dozen health systems utilizing MEDITECH Expanse, including St. Mary's Healthcare and Decatur County Memorial Hospital.
- Suki's expansion into more than a dozen health systems on MEDITECH Expanse demonstrates the increasing adoption of AI technology in healthcare.
Seamless Integration with MEDITECH
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GE HealthCare Launches Venue Sprint & AI Enhancements to Ultrasound Venue Family
What You Should Know:
- GE HealthCare announced significant enhancements to its Venue ultrasound systems, including the launch of Venue Sprint, a solution that sets a new standard for point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS).
- Venue Sprint is a portable tablet-style ultrasound system featuring wireless Vscan Air dual-probes, providing clinicians with exceptional image quality and a common platform for a seamless learning experience.
POCUS: A Growing Tool for Clinicians
POCUS is
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PatientPay Partners with Azalea Health to Improve Financial Outcomes
What You Should Know:
- PatientPay, the leading patient billing and payments partner for acute, ambulatory and specialty care, today announced a partnership with Azalea Health, a leading provider of fully integrated cloud-based healthcare IT solutions and services.
- As part of the partnership, PatientPay will leverage Azalea Health’s API Infrastructure to provide ambulatory providers and community hospitals with the ability to manage patient billing and payments on a single
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