What You Should Know:
- HealthEdge, a provider of healthcare technology solutions, has released its annual survey of the healthcare payer market, revealing key priorities, investments, and challenges for the coming year.
- The survey, which gathered insights from over 450 healthcare executives, highlights a focus on integrated solutions, digital transformation, and artificial intelligence (AI).
Top Priorities for 2025
Health plans are prioritizing enhancements to
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digital transformation
Digital Blueprint for Healthcare: A Roadmap for Transformation
The digital arms race continues in healthcare as the industry struggles to tackle fundamental issues, including systemic labor shortages, spiraling costs, and the shift to preventative care. The sector is looking to technology to help solve these challenges, drive efficiency gains, and improve outcomes, and this has set the digital market on a path to be worth $939 billion by 2032.
Healthcare organizations today are trying to manage an array of technologies, both old and new,
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High Stakes of Digital Transformation in Healthcare: Why Build vs. Buy Matters
There has never been more pressure for health systems to invest in digital transformation, especially when it comes to strengthening the consumer experience, according to a recent Deloitte survey. Key findings from the research suggest that existing digital offerings available through health systems are not adequately meeting consumers’ needs.
For instance, Deloitte found that while health systems do a good job of meeting consumers’ access and care needs “within the walls,” their
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Missouri DHSS to Leverage HIMSS Digital Health Indicator for Transformation
What You Should Know:
- The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) is taking a leap forward in digital health transformation by partnering with Guidehouse and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) to assess the current state of its public health data infrastructure.
- This strategic initiative, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), marks the first time the HIMSS Digital Health Indicator (DHI) will be used
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Developing a Robust Data Strategy for Healthcare Organizations
Having a comprehensive data strategy is paramount in the healthcare sector. Data can be both a blessing and a curse for healthcare organizations, depending on how well they manage their data. On one hand, data is the key to unlocking personalized medicine, research breakthroughs, and effective population health management. On the other hand, data can be a major source of risk. Poor data security can compromise sensitive patient information, erode confidence in healthcare institutions, and lead
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7 Digital Transformation Mistakes Made In Healthcare
The digital health market is projected to grow at a compound annual rate of approximately 25% from 2019 to 2025, according to NASDAQ. Needs for digital projects and initiatives have never been higher.
However, investments in the sector, including in digital tech, have remained under tremendous scrutiny since the pandemic. As this trend continues in 2024, it’s more important than ever for digital healthcare professionals to scrutinize their roadmaps and strategies. They must exercise caution
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Why Hospitals & Health Systems are Shifting IT to Managed Services
The two largest technology trends occurring in healthcare delivery – digital transformation and cyberattacks – are understandably driving the adoption of more IT platforms, applications, and other tools within health systems and hospitals. Concurrently, features within electronic health record (EHR) systems continue to proliferate and increase in complexity.
Although these health IT solutions are designed to save time for providers and administrators during their patient care and business
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Xealth Digital Health Report Reveals 8 Emerging Trends for 2024
What You Should Know:
- Xealth, a leader in enabling digital health at scale, released its 2023 Digital Health Review, analyzing data from over 12 million digital health orders across nearly 30 health systems.
- The report highlights key trends and emerging areas for 2024, offering insights into the evolving digital health landscape.
Key Findings from 2023
Most Enrolled Patients: Surgery preparation and recovery programs saw the highest enrollment, reaching 1.5 million
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Amenities Health Joins Panda Health Marketplace to Streamline Digital Transformation for Hospitals
What You Should Know:
- Amenities Health, a Digital Front Door platform, has announced its integration with the Panda Health Marketplace, a platform connecting hospitals and health systems with vetted digital health solutions.
- This collaboration empowers healthcare providers with a pre-vetted selection of best-in-class digital health solutions, including Amenities' own patient experience platform.
Simplifying Digital Health Adoption for Hospitals
Panda Health acts as a trusted
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Automating Implant Orders: A Turning Point in Healthcare’s Digital Transformation
Advancements in medical technology have increased the demand for surgical implants. These implants, such as artificial joints and heart valves, pacemakers, ventricular shunts and cochlear implants, have revolutionized how doctors treat patients, helping them live better, more fulfilling lives.
The implantable device market is projected to reach $166.3 billion by 2032. Although this growth is exciting, it also highlights the need for healthcare to transform
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