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What the Crisis-Adoption of Telehealth Can Teach Tech Leaders

by Jessica Sweeney-Platt, VP of Research and Editorial Strategy at athenahealth 01/31/2022 Leave a Comment

What the Crisis-Adoption of Telehealth Can Teach Tech Leaders

The pandemic disrupted many industries, but few experienced the level of change seen in healthcare. During the pandemic, the healthcare industry evolved from slowly adopting technology to implementing new technology strategies virtually overnight to continue patient care, most notably through telehealth. Moreover, during the pandemic, government deregulation helped drive a surge in virtual care, which was especially critical for patients with chronic conditions and at high risk if they were to
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3 Ways Conversational Insight Can Unlock a Positive Patient Experience

by Scott Kendrick, Vice President of Strategy at CallMiner 01/28/2022 Leave a Comment

3 Ways Conversational Insight Can Unlock a Positive Patient Experience

The healthcare landscape is changing, and not just because of the pandemic. Trends like consumerization and reimbursements tied to patient experience have pushed many healthcare providers toward an accelerated digital transformation – including the modernization of the contact center. Those that have embraced this transformation have started to implement solutions and structures like patient portals and a single contact center that handles every patient request, from appointment scheduling to
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M&A Analysis: Getinge Expands Digital Solutions Through Acquisition of Talis Clinical LLC

by Kelly Patrick, Principal Analyst at Signify Research 01/27/2022 Leave a Comment

M&A Analysis: Getinge Expands Digital Solutions Through Acquisition of Talis Clinical LLC

 In December 2021, Getinge announced its plans to acquire 100% of the equity interest in US-based Talis Clinical LLC. Talis Clinical LLC provides high-acuity IT software platforms. - Talis Clinical was founded in 2013 by Gary Colister (CEO) and Roger Hungerford (Chairman).  - Talis Clinical’s software applications include Critical Care, Cardiac Surgery/Perfusion, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO), Anaesthesia and Labour & Delivery. - Getinge has a comprehensive
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The Next Evolution of Telehealth and What It Will Take to Get There

by John Baker, Client Success/Implementation Engineer at AMD Global Telemedicine 01/27/2022 Leave a Comment

The Next Evolution of Telehealth and What It Will Take to Get There

Telehealth has been majorly beneficial to millions of patients and providers throughout the pandemic. To continue being efficient and delivering results, however, virtual care must evolve quickly. Healthcare organizations will need to implement telehealth for use cases beyond the reactive video-only model they’ve grown used to during COVID. Now, there is an innate need for telehealth to encompass a broader range of conditions and contexts across the whole care continuum. Healthcare leaders
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Nurse Burnout Even Bigger Challenge Than Physician Burnout

by Dr. John Ciccone, Chief Medical Officer, DSS, Inc. 01/26/2022 Leave a Comment

Nurse Burnout Even Bigger Challenge Than Physician Burnout

The pandemic has pushed nurses to the brink. A recent survey by the American Nurses Association reports 51 percent of nurses feel overwhelmed, 76 percent report exhaustion and burnout, and nurse-to-patient workloads have tripled. (Jan. 2021). Hospitals function on the back of nurses, and the current burnout levels cannot be sustained. In addition to the pandemic, Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems share a big part of the blame. EHRs were introduced to the health care
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Clamping Down on Upcoding Risk: 3 Steps to Ensure Proper Payment & Compliance

by Ritesh Ramesh, Chief Operations Officer, Hayes 01/25/2022 Leave a Comment

Clamping Down on Upcoding Risk: 3 Steps to Ensure Proper Payment & Compliance

A recent report from the HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) turned heads across the healthcare industry after pointing to a notable rise in inpatient hospital stays where upcoding was believed to be the culprit. Compliance professionals who have been in the healthcare industry any length of time know what's next: targeted billing reviews by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) around hospital stays that are vulnerable to upcoding. More
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Implementing Responsible AI to Drive Innovation in Clinical Research & Precision Medicine

by Prakriteswar Santikary, Ph.D., VP of Engineering and Technology at ConcertAI 01/24/2022 Leave a Comment

Implementing Responsible AI to Drive Innovation in Clinical Research & Precision Medicine

Researchers might be skeptical and, with people’s lives at stake, that’s understandable. Here’s how to take advantage of the advances while ensuring safeguards are in place. As artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning drive innovation and disruption in clinical trials and precision medicine, questions around the responsible use of AI have moved to the forefront of debates among healthcare stakeholders – patients, providers, regulatory authorities, payors and sponsors. To what extent,
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3 Trends Impacting the Financial Health of Patients and Providers in 2022

by Srulik Dvorsky, CEO and Co-founder, TailorMed 01/21/2022 Leave a Comment

3 Trends Impacting the Financial Health of Patients and Providers in 2022

It's an unfortunate reality of our times: Healthcare in the United States has become increasingly unaffordable, challenging patients, providers, and pharmacies alike. One in 5 adults reported they can’t afford quality care. Uncompensated care hovers around $40B annually. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to strain the resources of our healthcare system. What lies ahead?  Against a backdrop of growing financial burden, these three trends tell the story of where healthcare affordability is
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Enhancing Workflow Automation for Healthcare Professionals

by Hoala Greevy, Founder CEO of Paubox 01/20/2022 Leave a Comment

Enhancing Workflow Automation for Healthcare Professionals

Like employers in most industries, healthcare organizations are battling to fill open positions amid the current tight labor market. And new reports show a growing wave of nursing shortages. This widespread scarcity of healthcare workers is forcing providers to cope by having practitioners handle tasks like data entry along with their normal patient care duties. That loss of time means organizations miss out on opportunities to generate more revenue with their top talent.  Fortunately,
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7 Burning Questions from Life Sciences Companies on Using AI Agents

by Troy Lase, Associate Director, Commercial Strategic Planning, IQVIA and Richard Marcil, Chief Customer Officer, ConversationHEALTH 01/19/2022 Leave a Comment

7 Burning Questions from Life Sciences Companies on Using AI Agents

Each day life science companies respond to numerous medical information inquires – many of which are similar in nature or can be simply addressed. However, as we have seen in the news reports with the Great Resignation and many workers searching for new careers, the number of individuals interested in working in a medical information contact center may be waning. When you combine this with the rising volume of inquiries or medical inquiries and patient expectations for a real-time response to
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