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Patient Experience| How Digital Health Solutions is Transforming the Patient Experience | |News, Analysis, Insights - HIT Consultant

Why Real-Time Health Data Is a Requirement in Today’s Health System

by Sara Radkiewicz, Head of Product, CarePort Health 08/14/2019 Leave a Comment

Why Real-Time Health Data Is a Requirement in Today’s Healthcare Environment

Thanks to technological innovation in the industry and CMS’ push for interoperability, today there’s more patient health data being collected than ever before. The problem is that the data is either not easily accessible to providers or it’s claims based and therefore not timely. The lag time between the collection and sharing of health data makes it difficult, and in some cases impossible, for providers to get a complete picture of their patients’ health, to appropriately treat ongoing
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How A Hybrid Cloud Fax Solution Protects Patient Health Information

by Paul Banco, CEO of etherFAX 08/12/2019 Leave a Comment

How Fax Protects Patient Health Information

Electronic health and medical records (EHRs) enhance the patient experience and improve care coordination, but they can also put patients and providers at risk if they are not protected. Security vulnerabilities can arise from communicating via unsecured channels such as email and can result in data breaches, compromised patient records, and even identity theft. As medical records contain personal information such as social security numbers and insurance ID numbers, they are often even more
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Norton Healthcare Goes Live on Kyruus ProviderMatch Patient Access Platform

by Jasmine Pennic 08/09/2019 Leave a Comment

Norton Healthcare, a not-for-profit health system based in Louisville, has deployed the Kyruus patient-provider matching solutions to enhance patient access across its five hospitals, 14 urgent care clinics, and 190 medical practices. Now working with Kyruus, Norton Healthcare is empowering consumers to choose the providers that best suit their unique clinical needs and personal preferences for both adult and pediatric care.Enterprise-Wide Provider DirectoryBefore deploying ProviderMatch for
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M&A: Experian Acquires Care Coordination Platform MyHealthDirect

by Jasmine Pennic 08/08/2019 Leave a Comment

M&A: Experian Acquires Care Coordination Platform MyHealthDirect

Experian has acquired MyHealthDirect, a developer of digital care coordination solutions based in Nashville that optimizes scheduling and care planning for providers, payers and consumers. The move gives Experian’s health business a strategic boost as it continues enabling clients to meet the changing demands of consumers – in particular, demands around removing complexity and increasing transparency in healthcare. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.  Growing Importance of
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UCHealth Offers Virtual Assistant “Livi” to Patients Through Amazon Alexa

by Jasmine Pennic 08/08/2019 Leave a Comment

UCHealth Offers Virtual Assistant “Livi” to Patients Through Amazon Alexa

UCHealth announced this week it now offers a virtual assistant called “Livi” who allows patients to interact universally across the healthcare system using conversational AI, accessed through smart speakers.Introducing Virtual Assistant "Livi"Livi is a fully functional, all-inclusive virtual assistant sets the healthcare system apart from others that have launched virtual assistants only for a few services or specific tasks. Visitors to www.uchealth.org can chat with Livi through text commands,
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DrChrono EHR Integrates With OutcomeMD to Track, Analyze Patient Outcome Data, Cofounding Factors

by Jasmine Pennic 08/08/2019 Leave a Comment

DrChrono integration with Beam Telemedicine Network_DrChrono EHR Integrates with Beam to Power Telehealth Video Consults

DrChrono, a medical practice EHR and OutcomeMD, a company revolutionizing medical outcome tracking, today announced its integration that gives practices using DrChrono’s EHR the seamless ability to incorporate patient-reported outcomes into their clinical flow. OutcomeMD Solution Overview OutcomeMD is a software solution that uses literature validated patient-reported outcome instruments to score and track a patient’s symptom severity and inform treatment decisions.  The platform’s outcome
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State of the Patient Financial Experience in 2019: 6 Key Trends to Know

by Fred Pennic 08/07/2019 Leave a Comment

State of Patient Financial Experience Waystar 5

Waystar, a provider of cloud-based revenue cycle technology has released an industry survey examining today’s state of the patient financial experience. In the first half of 2019, Waystar surveyed 1,000 consumers about their last hospital encounter and their experience with the hospital business office. The study, "The Patient Financial Experience: Consumer Attitudes and Behavior," reveals that the biggest barriers to a positive patient financial experience are lack of understanding around
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4 Reasons Why Healthcare Executives Are Less Eager to Invest in Health IT

by Stephanie Kovalick, Chief Strategy Officer at Sage Growth Partners 08/06/2019 Leave a Comment

4 Reasons Why Healthcare Executives Are Less Eager to Invest in Health IT

Hospital and health system C-suite executives recognize that technology will play a central role in helping their organizations meet quality and cost objectives. Yet that’s not necessarily translating to a market that’s more fruitful for health IT companies. In fact, if your healthcare system is taking a more conservative approach to health IT investments in 2019, it’s not alone. A recent survey of 100 C-suite leaders by Managed Healthcare Executive found that fewer than half of healthcare
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CoxHealth Taps MDLIVE to Optimize The Virtual Care Experience for Patients & Providers

by Fred Pennic 07/31/2019 Leave a Comment

MDLIVE Inc., a virtual healthcare provider, today announced a strategic and landmark partnership with CoxHealth. As part of the partnership, MDLIVE’s virtual care platform will be seamlessly integrated into CoxHealth’s existing digital framework to optimize the virtual care experience for both consumers and providers across the state of Missouri. CoxHealth will leverage MDLIVE’s holistic virtual experience to better support the many complexities and systems involved in providing virtual
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Orca Health Integrates Smart Apps With Redox’s EHR Integration Platform to Power Secure Patient Care Plans

by Fred Pennic 07/31/2019 Leave a Comment

Redox Lands $33M for Scalable Healthcare Data Interoperability Platform

A new collaboration between Orca Health and Redox will allow Orca to integrate their smart apps with health systems looking for a modernized approach to the patient experience. Starting in the waiting room and extending along the continuum of care, Orca Health’s smart apps allow providers to guide, accompany, and instruct patients while simultaneously gathering a wealth of actionable data. Using Redox’s full-service EHR integration platform, Orca will quickly and securely transfer patient care
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