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Health Catalyst IPO Journey: Future Opportunities & Challenges to Watch

by Alex Green, Director at Signify Research 08/02/2019 Leave a Comment

Health Catalyst IPO Journey: Future Opportunities & Challenges to Watch

Last week saw Health Catalyst common stock begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. This marks the culmination of a journey that started 11 years ago and provides a great illustration of a start-up that has maximized the potential of the move in healthcare to value-based care. However, the IPO comes at a time where there is some uncertainty gripping the markets it targets and there are several key challenges for Health Catalyst to overcome in order to drive future success. Here’s our
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Improving Patient/Member Satisfaction through Nurse Triage Services

by Austin Ridgeway, Director of Sales/Business Development for the Healthcare Vertical at HGS 06/24/2019 Leave a Comment

Improving Patient/Member Satisfaction through Nurse Triage Services

Not long ago, viewed members as captive audiences (more or less). Most members obtained their health insurance through their employers or another group and were unlikely to go outside of that option no matter how they actually felt about the health payer. Providers had to be a little more careful since it was easier to change hospitals or doctors, but even then most patients were willing to unquestioningly accept a low level of service as part of the package of obtaining quality healthcare. Not
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How Patients Suffer From The Worst Kept Secret in Health IT

by Mark LaRow, CEO of Verato 06/11/2019 Leave a Comment

Recently, articles in The Atlantic and Fortune highlighted a risk that plagues the healthcare system but is rarely talked about. The in-depth pieces uncover real-life patient stories resulting from mismatched and incorrect patient medical records. These tragic stories unfold in the articles and highlight scenarios that include permanent brain damage in a 5-year old; a cancer scare due to an incomplete radiological history; the missed diagnosis of a fatal brain aneurysm in a 47-year old woman;
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Today’s Behavioral Health Providers are Failing: Why Data Analytics is the Solution

by Ali Beheshti, Founder and CEO of Zealie 11/06/2018 Leave a Comment

Behavioral Health Can We Balance Civil Liberties with Mental Health Treatment?

Today, behavioral health is more important than ever. Major news outlets, from The New York Times to The Wall Street Journal, constantly cover the mental health epidemics wracking the nation, be it widespread opioid abuse or the steady, upward creep of suicide and self-harm.Spurred on by the scope and severity of these societal problems (as well as new legislation passed to address them), the behavioral health sector has grown exponentially. Yet this field is not without its problems: despite
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10 Trends You Can Expect from Healthcare in 2018

by Abhinav Shashank, CEO & Co-founder at Innovaccer Inc. 12/27/2017 1 Comment

10 Things you can Expect from Healthcare in 2018

With 2017 almost in the rear-view mirror, it is time to look forward to 2018 and how healthcare will evolve in this year. The last year has been an eventful one for healthcare, from the uproar in healthcare regulations to potential mega-mergers. Needless to say, it’s a time of transition, and healthcare is in a very fluid state- evolving and expanding. There are certainly going to be new ways to keep healthcare providers and health IT pros stay engaged and excited, and here are our top 10
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PwC Report: 5 Key Trends Fueled by the Affordable Care Act

by HITC Staff 03/18/2015 1 Comment

PwC Report: 5 Key Trends Fueled by the Affordable Care Act

  In its first five years, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has already left an indelible mark on the $2.9 trillion health sector. By energizing five fundamental shifts, the law has accelerated the rise of a New Health Economy predicated on value, according to a new report from PwC’s Health Research Institute (HRI), “Five Trends to Watch as the Affordable Care Act Turns Five.” According to the PwC report, although much groundwork was laid in advance of the law’s enactment, health
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Infographic: ACA Is a Tax Cut for Middle-Class Families

by Fred Pennic 07/12/2012 Leave a Comment

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Center for American Progress infographic that shows how the ACA (Affordable Care Act) is actually a major tax cut for middle class families Following the Supreme Court ruling on ACA (Affordable Care Act) show implications that it will provide the American middle class with tax savings making healthcare more affordable. In the following infographic, the Center for American Progress displays that only 1.2% of Americans that will decline the voluntary health insurance would only pay a penalty
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3 Areas Where the ACA Ruling Will Accelerate Technology Innovation

by Fred Pennic 07/05/2012 3 Comments

ACA Ruling Will Accelerate Technology Innovation

3 key areas where the recent Supreme Court ACA ruling will spur technology innovation in the healthcare industry Last week, the Supreme Court upheld the ACA (Affordable Care Act's) individual mandate ruling it constitutional as a tax or penalty. The mandate would require everyone to have health insurance beginning in 2014 forever changing the way the country views healthcare. With this announcement, we can now move forward with the modernization of healthcare delivery through technology
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Analysis of the Opinion and Impact on Health IT On PPACA of 2010

by Fred Pennic 06/29/2012 Leave a Comment

CDISC and HIMSS Public Health & HIE Toolkit HIMSS

The Court has now released its opinion. Join members of the HIMSS Legal Task Force as they provide a detailed analysis of the opinion and impact on health IT. The Supreme Court Ruling on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010: Analysis of the Opinion and Impact on Health IT  Thursday, July 12 10:00 am Pacific | 11:00 am Mountain | 12:00 pm Central | 1:00 pm Eastern REGISTER NOW Two years ago, President Obama signed a ground-breaking law mandating healthcare coverage for
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Breaking News: Supreme Court Upholds ACA

by Fred Pennic 06/28/2012 Leave a Comment

The United States Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by a 5-4 vote, ruling that the individual mandate qualifies as a tax. Chief Justice John Roberts, who was the deciding vote that deemed the mandate constitutional according to Bloomberg Law’s SCOTUS Blog.  The cornerstone of the controversial individual mandate would  require most Americans to carry health insurance or pay a penalty. After the ruling, SCOTUS blog watchers stated, "The bottom line: the entire ACA is upheld, with
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