What You Should Know:
- Consumer fears of seeking in-person medical care is rising as states begin reopening from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new data from Black Book Research and Sage Growth Partners.
- The data reveals that while some may delay care due to concerns about potential exposure to COVID-19, others are willing to leverage telehealth – though this is not a one-size-fits-all solution.
As states begin reopening businesses and the number of coronavirus
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Black Book Rankings
Survey: 91% of Hospital Boards Rely Entirely on Consultants for IT Strategy
According to a Black Book survey of C-Suite executives, 91% of hospital boards rely entirely on consultants for IT strategy and advisement rather than the healthcare tech expertise of trustees. In a Q2 2019 poll of 494 C-Suite hospital executives, Black Book sought to identify the technology presence in the boardroom of hospital and health systems.How Tech-Savvy Is Your Hospital Board?The survey reveals over two-thirds of those surveyed had little to no significant tech expertise on their board
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Global Healthcare Cybersecurity Spending Expected to Exceed $65B Over 5 Years
Global healthcare cybersecurity spending is expected to exceed over $65 billion dollars over the next five years, according to Black Book’s annual healthcare cybersecurity survey. According to 88 percent of hospital representatives surveyed, IT security budgets have remained level since 2016. As a percentage of IT organizational budgets, cybersecurity has decreased to about three percent of the total annual IT spend.Budget constraints have encumbered the practice of replacing legacy software and
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62% of Hospitals are Not Using Patient Information Outside Their EHRs
As nearly every U.S. hospital has an electronic health record system installed, sixty-two percent of¬¬ hospitals aren't using patient information outside their EHRs in Q1 2018, according to a new survey conducted by Black Book Market Research. The report reveals hospitals are still struggling with exchanging patient health records with other healthcare providers, particularly physicians not on the same EHR platform. In fact, twenty-four percent say they are still unable to use much meaningful
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Black Book Rankings: 50 Disruptive Health IT Companies to Watch
Black Book Rankings, a full-service healthcare-centric market research company, today unveiled their list of top 50 disruptive health IT companies. The companies were recognized by healthcare providers and payers attempting digital transformation and innovation efforts highlighted in Black Book’s recent 2017 Emerging Vendors survey. The selected health IT companies stood out above others because they offer some disruptive capability or opportunity and received top scores in the Black Book
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Optum360, Navicure, ZirMed Named Top Vendors for Revenue Cycle Management Solutions
Optum360, Navicure, ZirMed and others have been named top revenue cycle management vendors in customer satisfaction and client experience, according to Black Book Market Resaerch for 2017. For the report, Black Book surveyed 6,033 hospital and health system Chief Financial Officers, Vice Presidents of Finance and RCM, Controllers, Business Office Managers, Staff and Directors to determine the top performing vendors among in-demand financial software, systems and outsourcing services, and assess
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Black Book Rankings: Allscripts Named Top EHR Vendor with Population Health Solution
Black Book Rankings has named Allscripts as the top EHR vendor with a comprehensive population health management solution earning the highest rank in 10 of the 18 individual criteria.For Black Book Ranking 2017, Black Book crowd-sourced nearly 7,000 responses on eighteen key performance, satisfaction and usability indicators from physicians practice, hospitals, health systems and chains, ACOs, IDNs and IPAs in the first quarter of 2017.Allscripts CareInMotion is a population health management
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Black Book Names Nuance #1 End-to-End Coding, CDI, Transcription & Speech Recognition Vendor
Nuance Communications has been named the leading vendor for End-to-End Healthcare Coding, Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI), Transcription and Speech Recognition Technology vendor, according to a recent Black Book survey from 313 hospital and 2,005 physician practices. Conducted between April and October 2016, 3,107 revenue cycle and coding management professionals submitted user satisfaction responses. The findings reveal that seventy-nine percent of hospitals surveyed and 94% of
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Report: Specialty-Driven EHRs on the Rise: 8 Trends to Know
8 in 10 independent physician specialty practices have re-affirmed their confidence in specialty-driven EHRs & robust multispecialty EHRs with well-constructed specialty modules, according to a new report from Black Book Market Research. The report surveyed 11,300 specialist surgical and medical practices in Q1/Q2 2016 finds that specialists are increasing replacing their current EHRs with flexible cloud-based & specialty-driven EHRs tailored to improve financial, workflow, clinical
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7 Key Trends in EHR Technical Support to Know in 2016
Quality EHR technical support/experience is the key to continued EHR loyalty, utilization, and overall customer satisfaction, according to recent Black Book survey of nearly 2,200 health It users. Conducted in Q4 2015, Black Book surveyed hospital and network physician based EHR software users, employing eighteen key performance indicators specific to comprehensive technical support experiences in Q4 2015. Managed tech support vendors evaluated included EHR and HIS vendors, EHR partnered
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