What You Should Know:
- The ECRI Institute, a leader in patient safety research, has released its annual report highlighting the top ten patient safety concerns for 2024.
- This year's Patient Safety Concerns report sheds light on a critical issue: the challenges faced by newly trained clinicians transitioning from academic settings to professional practice.
The COVID-19 Impact:
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted traditional clinical training, limiting opportunities for
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Nearly 70% of Medicare Patients Open to Telehealth Annual Wellness Visits
What You Should Know:
- Nearly 70% of Medicare patients would be comfortable doing annual wellness visits (AWVs) via telehealth from home, according to the results of a consumer survey by KeyCare, an Epic-based virtual care company.
- These findings suggest a significant shift in preference among Medicare beneficiaries towards utilizing telehealth for routine healthcare needs. The convenience, safety, and cost-saving aspects of telehealth appear to be particularly appealing for
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Bot Docs? 69% of Patients Uncomfortable with AI Diagnosing Them
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- While healthcare has embraced wearables and virtual visits, a new survey reveals that 69% of U.S. adults are uncomfortable with healthcare companies using AI to diagnose them.
- Salesforce's Pulse of the Patient Snapshot surveyed over 1,400 U.S. adults revealed patients do not want to see doctors replaced with AI.
Why Doctors Need AI, Not Vice Versa
Imagine a doctor bogged down by paperwork. A 2023 Athenahealth survey found over 90% of U.S. physicians
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Emory Healthcare Becomes First U.S. Hospital to Deploy Epic EHR on MacBook Air for Clinicians
What You Should Know:
- Emory Healthcare is making waves in the healthcare industry by becoming the first health system in the US to deploy Epic’s EHR on a large scale using MacBook Air via a new native Epic Hyperspace app.
- This strategic initiative marks the first time Epic will be available to clinicians on the Mac App Store beginning March 7. The deployment offers clinicians the ability to access patient health information directly through a Mac for the first time.
Responding to
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Sequoia Project Launches Data Usability Validator Tool for Health Information Exchange
What You Should Know:
- The Sequoia Project, a leader in promoting nationwide health IT interoperability, has partnered with the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) to launch a groundbreaking data usability validator tool.
- The new validator tool aims to significantly improve the quality and usability of health information exchanged across the United States.
Data Usability Taking Root Movement Gains Momentum
This initiative is part of the "Data Usability
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Salesforce Launches Einstein Copilot: Health Actions
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Today, Salesforce announced AI and data innovations for CRM to help make healthcare operations more efficient and personalized.First is Einstein Copilot: Health Actions, a conversational AI assistant that will deliver trusted AI responses grounded with your healthcare organization’s own trusted and private data, as well as Assessment Generation and Data Cloud for Health, which allow care teams to help automate and streamline clinical summaries, deliver more
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Highmark Health to Host Epic’s Payer Platform on Google Cloud
What You Should Know:
- Highmark Health announced a collaboration with Epic and Google Cloud to revolutionize payer-provider collaboration and personalize the patient experience.
- The strategic integration leverages Epic's Payer Platform and Google Cloud's data analytics capabilities to empower both health insurers and healthcare providers.
Breaking Down Communication Barriers
Highmark Health leverages Epic's Payer Platform, which fosters collaboration between payers and
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iRhythm and Epic Integrate to Streamline Access to Cardiac Monitoring Services
What You Should Know:
- iRhythm Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: IRTC), a leader in digital healthcare solutions for cardiac arrhythmias, today announced a collaboration with Epic to simplify access to its Zio long-term cardiac monitoring services for healthcare providers using Epic's electronic health record (EHR) platform.
- The partnership between iRhythm and Epic is expected to significantly simplify access to Zio services, potentially impacting millions of patients and improving the
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Prior Authorization and Interoperability – Changing the Dynamics of Medicare
CMS and Medicare are trying to change the dynamics of American healthcare. No need to rehash the well-known issues but what is new is the change in the hotspot. For the last 20 years, Medicare Fee for Service has been the hotspot of spending and value. You’ve heard the mantra (which dates at least as far back as 1906 with George Bernard Shaw’s play, “The Doctor’s Dilemma”). If you pay a set rate the medical establishment has an incentive to increase volume. Now fast forward to today and Medicare
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93% of Physicians Feeling Burned Out, Overburdened, and Hopeful for AI Solutions
What You Should Know:
- 93% of physicians are experiencing regular burnout, spending an average of 15 extra hours per work outside normal hours, according to athenahealth’s latest Nationwide Physician Sentiment Survey.
- The athenahealth Physician Sentiment Survey provides valuable insights into the current state of American healthcare. Addressing the challenges highlighted in the survey is crucial to ensuring the well-being of both doctors and patients, while harnessing the potential of
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