Clinician shortage has reached a new level of urgency as we face rising demand and healthcare costs, according to a recent Accenture report. Healthcare workers are increasingly burned out and leaving the industry altogether in droves. Those who remain to do the work are overburdened. We ask seventeen healthcare IT executives for their insights on how health IT solutions could potentially help address clinician burnout, clinician staffing shortages, and deal with capacity. Staffing levels
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4th Annual UCSF Health Hub: Digital Health Awards Announced
What You Should Know: - UCSF Health Hub and the Digital Health Awards team announces the ten Best in Class winning companies, 40 Rising Stars, three Rising Star Champions and two Hall of Fame inductees for the 2022 Digital Health Awards. - The winning companies were chosen from more than 1,200 submissions based on a rigorous judging criteria. In the first round of judging, the priority was on reviewing every aspect of
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Quality Virtual Care Matters for Patients – Even More Than Telehealth
The COVID-19 pandemic made healthcare visits over video or phone the norm, likely turning telehealth into a permanent fixture within the U.S. healthcare system. In fact, the majority of patient access leaders at large hospitals believe 20-30 percent of appointments will happen over video in 2021, according to recent research. Further, an overwhelming portion of those leaders – 95 percent of them – believe the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should continue to reimburse for video
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Executive Hires: Walgreens Appoints New CEO, Cityblock Health, Innovaccer, Others
Walgreens appoints Rosalind (Roz) Brewer as the company’s Chief Executive Officer, effective on March 15, 2021. Brewer will also join the WBA Board of Directors upon assuming the role. She succeeds Stefano Pessina who, as previously announced, will transition to the role of Executive Chairman of the Board of WBA. Brewer, 58, will become the first Black woman to lead a Fortune 500 company. Former Livongo President, Jennifer Schneider, has joined Cityblock Health’s Board of
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42 Recently Launched COVID-19 Vaccine Management Solutions to Know
An in-depth look at twelve recently released COVID-19 vaccine management solutions as COVID-19 vaccines are being distributed nationwide. 1. Microsoft Microsoft launches a COVID-19 vaccine management platform with partners Accenture and Avanade, EY, and Mazik Global to help government and healthcare customers provide fair and equitable vaccine distribution, administration, and monitoring of vaccine delivery. Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS) has deployed over 230 emergency COVID-19
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The Future of Patient Access: From Appointment Reminders to Automated Patient Journeys
The concept of 'Patient Access' has evolved significantly. We all remember the good old days when patient access was an inbound responsive model – patients dialed into a call center phone number and were connected "round-robin" to the next available staff member with their call script. Then outbound voice and email messages and patient appointment reminders became common, and now access centers have begun to deploy more advanced communication channels such as natural language voice response,
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Analysis: August Health IT M&A Activity; Public Company Performance
– Healthcare Growth Partners’ (HGP) summary of Health IT/digital health mergers & acquisition (M&A) activity, and public company performance during the month of August 2020. M&A is back and the velocity of the rebound has outpaced all expectations. The recovery quickly worked its way across the spectrum from large to small-cap, beginning with the larger cap NASDAQ rally of nearly 80% from lows in late March (only to soften in recent days), followed by multi-billion
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Keck Medicine of USC Deploys Virtual Check-Ins to Reduce Risk of COVID-19 Exposure
What You Should Know: - Keck Medicine of USC, a world-class academic medical center in Los Angeles, has deployed Lumeon’s SMS-based virtual check-in solution to support physical distancing and reduce the risk of COVID-19 exposure at its facilities. - Keck Medicine is now more safely managing check-ins for more than 80,000 patients per month. During the first ten days of system operation, 67% of eligible patients checked-in virtually for their appointments. To support physical
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Lumeon Lands $30M to Expand Care Pathway Management Platform
What You Should Know: - Lumeon, the leader in care pathway orchestration announced it has raised $30M in Series D funding to extend the reach of its Care Pathway Management (CPM) platform. - The platform empowers providers to improve care quality, deliver better outcomes, reduce costs, and ultimately develop and scale new models of care delivery – particularly important right now as COVID-19 accelerates the technology-driven transformation of healthcare. Lumeon, a Boston,
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Executive Insights: Top Healthcare Predictions & Trends to Watch in 2020
As we close out the year, we asked several healthcare industry executives to share their predictions and trends for 2020. Robbie Hughes, Founder, and CEO, Lumeon “Following the announcement of the Trump administration's price transparency requirement – and the ensuing backlash from hospital groups – the issue of price transparency will dominate the healthcare industry next year. Regardless of the outcome of the lawsuit, I expect we'll see more attention around the importance of the
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