For the better part of a decade, the shift toward value-based care in the U.S. has been driven by the establishment of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI). Working to develop, test and evaluate new payment and delivery models in Medicare, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, CMMI has taken aim at improving the provider experience, generating better patient outcomes and reducing the overall cost of care.
Recently, CMMI stated that by 2030 every Medicare
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Sharecare Appoints Harsha Panyadahundi as Chief Technology Officer
What You Should Know:
- Sharecare appoints Harsha Panyadahundi as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to further the company’s goals to accelerate growth and create greater value for customers and shareholders. Harsha brings a purpose- and results-driven approach to his new role overseeing all engineering and technology development and operations across Sharecare.
- Harsha joins Sharecare from Wolters Kluwer, where he led technology for its Health, Governance Risk and Compliance, and
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Defining Cyber Immunity: A Solution to Cyberattacks
In recent years, the world has become aware of the effects and nature of a far-reaching virus. Biologically, a virus is something that inserts itself into the body and can replicate itself enough to infect the host. While this is true for living things, technology can also be exposed to viruses. – codes that can replicate themselves using different methodologies with the ultimate goal to destroy data, hold it for ransom, or breach security.
By some counts, there are more than 2,200
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3 Lessons Learned to Build A More Resilient Pharmacy
Winston Churchill had great insight when he said, “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” Although he was talking about seizing opportunities during the darkest hours of World War II, there are parallels to today, especially when thinking about the COVID-19 pandemic. Healthcare organizations have learned—and continue to learn—much about the strengths and weaknesses of the U.S. healthcare system during a prolonged crisis. It would be unfortunate if we didn’t use this information to usher in
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How AI Can Accurately Detect Diabetes Through Retinal Images
Recent advancements in AI have demonstrated that AI can accurately detect diabetes through the analysis of retinal images that retina experts would consider healthy. To better understand this achievement, it is worth taking a step back to understand the context and magnitude of the achievement.
Diabetes is a chronic health condition that affects the body’s ability to metabolize glucose, resulting in high levels of sugars in the bloodstream. Over time, elevated blood sugar levels can
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Path to Predictive Patient Data: Silencing The Noise of Healthcare
As the healthcare industry is experiencing major changes in the wake of the pandemic, how do we cut through the noise of beeping monitors and the constant influx of data each patient produces in a given moment to ensure optimal care, especially for critically ill patients? Instead of adding a new beep or silencing the existing ones, why not build a path through the noise with data?
The Path to Predictive Data
Nearly every advancement in healthcare has been centered around data, with
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Most Healthcare Facilities Lack Holistic Digital Identity Strategy, Report Finds
What You Should Know:
- Healthcare facilities are struggling with implementing and enforcing holistic digital identity management strategies, according to the new Imprivata report released today titled, Security and Digital Identity in the Healthcare Industry.
- The findings show that despite 69% of respondents saying identity management is important to their organization’s security strategy, 51% have still experienced a security incident in the last year.
Healthcare Facilities Need a
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Reimagining The Future of Pharmacovigilance (PV): Regulations, Tech, Public Perceptions
Monitoring the safe and effective use of medicines has now been an essential part of public health policy for several decades. New advances in technology (e.g., ICH E2B for the electronic exchange of case reports) over the past 20 years coupled with progressive legislation have been a catalyst for an explosion in safety data over this period.
Since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020, the rate of reporting of safety data has been unprecedented
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Why Health Plans Are Vital to Health Equity
In Florida, where Black residents are three times more likely to be hospitalized or die from asthma-related complications than white residents, one researcher’s efforts to “strip away the jargon” related to asthma treatment strengthened patients’ engagement in a year-long clinical trial. The impact: development of an asthma regimen to help combat disparities in asthma management and outcomes.
The results are one example of the gains that can be made in addressing health inequities—differences
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Olive Launches Autonomous Revenue Cycle (ARC) Suite
What You Should Know:
- Olive, the automation company creating the Internet of Healthcare, today launched its Autonomous Revenue Cycle (ARC), the company's flagship Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) suite of solutions.
- Olive's ARC is designed to handle tedious, time-consuming administrative tasks in the revenue cycle, allowing healthcare organizations to get paid quicker while reducing the risk of uncompensated care.
Automate the Revenue Cycle Management Process
Managing revenue
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