Intermountain Healthcare has formed a new comprehensive health platform company named Castell that will enable other organizations to accelerate their transition from volume to value-based systems of care, while keeping care more affordable and accessible. Rajesh Shrestha has been named as the president and CEO of Castell. In addition to leading Castell, Shrestha serves as vice president and chief operating officer of Community Based Care for Intermountain Healthcare. He has more than two
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Why Coworking Spaces Are Essential for Medical Practices
Collaborative work environments remain one of the biggest trends in office space. These coworking spaces have proven to improve the happiness, productiveness, and well-being of employees. However, the use of coworking spaces remains greatly underdeveloped in a medical industry that has seen private practice rates plummet in recent years.
For many physicians, having a private practice is the optimal professional scenario. And yet, private practices are in steep decline. In 2016, less than half of
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Why Clinician Burnout Is A Public Health Crisis Demanding Urgent Action
Clinician burnout is a public crisis that demands urgent action, according to a new Spok survey on the prevalence of clinician burnout. In April 2019, Spok asked 474 clinical staff members at hospitals and health systems across the U.S. their insights on clinician burnout. The survey reveals 92% of clinicians called burnout “a public health crisis,” yet many report their organizations are not implementing recommended strategies to address it.Understand The Impact of Clinician BurnoutBurnout is
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3 Ways On-Demand Care Can Improve the Patient Experience
In the increasingly competitive healthcare space, establishing loyalty and improving the patient experience has become a priority for providers. In no area is this truer than the highly competitive, consumer-driven on-demand care space. In fact, a recent survey revealed that patients are five times more likely to select a practice because they’ve had a positive experience there rather than traditional marketing tools, highlighting a key driver of patient loyalty.
Patients are increasingly
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Rimidi Adds Aggregated Cardiovascular Disease EHR Data to Platform
Across the United States, cardiovascular disease (CVD) continues to threaten populations. It’s the leading cause of death, with nearly half of all U.S. adults suffering from some form of CVD. Rimidi, a cloud-based software platform that enables personalized management of chronic cardiometabolic conditions across the population has expanded its cloud-based platform to include a view for CVD. Working within the electronic health record (EHR) workflow, clinicians can seamlessly navigate between the
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Medsphere Integrates CloudMedx AI Engine With CareVue EHR Platform
Medsphere Systems Corporation, the leading provider of affordable and interoperable healthcare information technology (IT) solutions and services, announced the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities to the company’s comprehensive CareVue electronic health record (EHR) platform. CareVue’s complete clinical and financial suite of applications now include an AI engine developed by CloudMedx that gives clinicians and administrators the power to pull meaningful and actionable
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6 Considerations For Creating A Robust Healthcare Data Analytics Program
Healthcare organizations are increasingly turning to data analytics to solve their toughest business challenges. As information becomes less siloed, and technology systems do a better job of both generating and sharing data, organizations are seeing the need to more precisely identify patterns to predict patient needs, anticipate resources and improve processes. There is now as much emphasis on making the data work as there was on collecting data, so it can affect change.
Unfortunately,
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Can AI Transform Patient Care from Reactive Craft to Strategic Art?
Personalized Analytics is becoming essential in healthcare, stemming from the movement from fee-for-service to a value-based market. The need to preempt and prevent disease on a more personal level, rather than merely reacting to symptoms, has created a significant opportunity for machine learning-based applications. This “analytics of one” approach (using advanced mathematical models and artificial intelligence techniques) is already impacting several key areas:
1. Medical imaging is utilizing
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Physician Launches Orsini Way to Bring Compassion to Medical Communication
Dr. Anthony Orsini has announced the launch of his new company, The Orsini Way, a groundbreaking program and digital platform that shows healthcare professionals a completely new way to communicate, dramatically enhance patient satisfaction and improve outcomes. Anthony Orsini, a Board-Certified Neonatologist for more than 20 years, developed the program to help professionals practice compassion when interacting with patients.Originally founded as BBN, The Orsini Way’s initial goal was to help
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Cedars-Sinai Accelerator Reveals 5th Class of 11 Digital Health Startups
Cedars-Sinai Accelerator, today announced 11 new digital health startups selected to participate in its fifth class from across the United States and Europe. From artificial intelligence to a smart brace for knee replacement patients, these innovative healthcare-focused startups are working to transform health and healthcare delivery as part of the Los Angeles-based accelerator program. Through their innovations, the companies seek to address some of healthcare’s most pressing challenges,
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