What You Should Know: -Experian Health is partnering with Epic to expedites access to Precise ID® for Epic customers to address COVID-19 identity verification challenges. - Collaboration aims to accelerate vaccination efforts with swift implementation and touchless identity proofing for high volume immunization programs. As part of its ongoing efforts to assist the healthcare industry with pandemic-related challenges through the power of data and
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Healthcare Can Save $16.3B Automating Administrative Transactions, Report Finds
What You Should Know: - Each year, the US healthcare industry spends $39 billion on 9 administrative transactions, according to a new report from CAQH. - The 2020 CAQH Index also uncovered that by automating these transactions, the industry could save $16.3 billion annually--a 42% cost reduction. CAQH, released the eighth annual report measuring the progress made by healthcare payers and providers in automating administrative transactions. The 2020 CAQH Index found that, of
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Google Cloud Launches Intelligent COVID-19 Vaccine Impact Solution with AI-Powered Forecasting, Sentiment Analysis
What You Should Know: - Google Cloud, today announced the launch of its Intelligent Vaccine Impact Solution, a set of core solutions to help regional and local governments deliver successful COVID-19 public health strategies, ranging from vaccine information and scheduling to distribution and analytics, to forecasting and modeling COVID-19 cases, and more. - The Intelligent Vaccine Impact solution includes forecasting and modeling COVID-19 cases to inform vaccine distribution, vaccine
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MEDITECH Launches Quick Vaccination Solution to Streamline COVID-19 Vaccination Process
What You Should Know: - MEDITECH launches a web-based Quick Vaccination solution enabling healthcare organizations to efficiently administer the vaccine to their patients from multiple care venues, including through tablet devices. - With Quick Vaccination, healthcare organizations have
the speed and mobility to distribute the vaccine at high-volume locations,
including pop-up inoculation sites. To accelerate
healthcare organizations’ administration of the COVID-19
vaccine,
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For Better Patient Care Coordination, We Need Seamless Digital Communications
A recent Advisory Board briefing examined the annual Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Readmission penalties. Of the 3,080 hospitals CMS evaluated, 83% received a penalty for payments to be made in 2021, based on expected outcomes for a wide variety of treated conditions. While CMS indicated that some of these penalties might be waived or delayed due to the impacts of the Covid pandemic on hospital procedure volumes and revenue, they are indicative of a much larger
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MEDITECH Launches New Subscription-Based Cloud Platform Built on Google Cloud
What You Should Know: - Today, MEDITECH announced MEDITECH Cloud Platform—a
suite of solutions available to healthcare organizations of all sizes that
further extend the possibilities of the Expanse EHR. - This offering includes: Expanse NOW, High Availability
SnapShot, and Virtual Care solutions, all created to work naturally in the
cloud, and available through a subscription model. Today MEDITECH
introduced MEDITECH Cloud Platform—a suite of solutions available to
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Brigham, Biofourmis Co-Develops Tech Solution to Enable Home Hospital Care
What You Should Know: - Brigham is working with Biofourmis on a national
rollout of their co-developed technology solution, which has been refined and
scaled for use by other healthcare systems across the country seeking to
establish and execute similar home hospital programs to alleviate COVID-related
capacity issues and to receive 1:1 parity on payments from CMS. - The Hospital@HomeTM platform provides a turnkey,
end-to-end ecosystem for any health system that wants to quickly launch
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WELL Health Integrates with Cerner’s Patient Portal to Simplify Patient Communication
What You Should Know: - Cerner is striking a deal with patient communication
hub company WELL Health to change its patient communication technology for its
provider customers. - Through Cerner’s HealtheLife, the new capabilities will
pull from a myriad of systems and apps to help improve communication and reduce
administrative time for clinicians and staff. Cerner Corporation, a global health care technology company, today announced new capabilities designed to take the interaction
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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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Clearwave Acquires Digital Patient Access Solutions Odoro
What You Should Know: - Clearwave acquires Odoro, a provider of digital
patient-access solutions that makes the scheduling process easier and more
efficient for both healthcare providers and patients. - Clearwave, a pioneer in digital check-in is poised to deliver the industry’s most comprehensive patient-engagement platform with the addition of Odoro’s rich, multi-channel scheduling capabilities. Clearwave, a
healthcare industry leader in digital check-in and eligibility
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