Emad Rizk, M.D., President, CEO & Chairman of the Board, Cotiviti
Nine out of 10 healthcare leaders expect disruptive pressures to increase tremendously in the year ahead, according to a recent survey. However, fewer than half believe their organizations are prepared to withstand these forces.
In an era of transformation—in which traditional business models are continually being revamped in response to pressures such as consumerism, policy changes, and the market entrance of
Read More
Improving Patient/Member Satisfaction through Nurse Triage Services
Not long ago, viewed members as captive audiences (more or less). Most members obtained their health insurance through their employers or another group and were unlikely to go outside of that option no matter how they actually felt about the health payer. Providers had to be a little more careful since it was easier to change hospitals or doctors, but even then most patients were willing to unquestioningly accept a low level of service as part of the package of obtaining quality healthcare.
Not
Read More
3 Ways to Protect Hospital Data from Email Spoofing Attacks
Eyal Benishti, CEO & Founder of IRONSCALES
Picture this: you are a first-year nurse with an unusual case that you and your colleagues have never seen at your hospital. To expedite the formulation of a treatment plan, you turn to a private Facebook group for nurses to which you belong. Since joining the 8,000-person closed group, you’ve witnessed your peers share information - with important details withheld - as to not break privacy laws, but as a means to generate group think on analysis
Read More
Nuvi Acquires Patient Experience Platform Banyan
Nuvi, an enterprise social management software, today announced its acquisition of Banyan, Orem, Utah-based patient experience software company that provides best-in-class digital marketing, reputation management, and patient communications solutions. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.Why Banyan?Founded in 2013, Banyan’s platform grants healthcare providers the ability to connect with their patients through their HIPAA-compliant social media application, enhancing the
Read More
Greenway Appoints Dr. Geeta Nayyar As New Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Geeta Nayyar, Chief Medical Officer, Greenway Health
Greenway Health, a health information technology and services provider, has appointed Dr. Geeta Nayyar chief medical officer. Dr. Nayyar is a nationally recognized leader in health information technology as well as a practicing physician. Under her leadership, Dr. Nayyar will drive the development of Greenway’s next-generation EHR from a physician’s perspective.
Greenway’s Intergy platform will evolve into the company’s state-of-the-art
Read More
6 Patient Influencers Redefining The Healthcare Landscape
Most people are now familiar with social media influencers. They're the individuals who use their popularity to encourage followers to try clothing brands, food, makeup, and gadgets. As anyone who watched either of the two Fyre Festival documentaries now knows, they can be instrumental in getting people on board with things associated with disastrous consequences.
There's a relatively new concept in the influencer world. It involves people known as patient influencers doing just as the name
Read More
What’s Next for Healthcare Communications in 2019?
Healthcare workers are the embodiment of mobile. Tending to patients across hospitals, clinics, and shifts, they are always on the move. Coupled with the sheer size and diversity of the healthcare system, keeping employees informed is a constant challenge.When communications break down or employees are not engaged, the consequences can be disastrous — from administrative and operational missteps to poor decisions treating patients and lack of quality care. In fact, according to a study from HR
Read More
Blockchain: Would You Trust an App to Protect Your Medical Records?
When it comes to medical records, privacy is paramount in the healthcare industry. It is for the very same reason that blockchain technology creates some amazing opportunities for innovation and disruption in the sector.Notorious as the technology powering up Bitcoin cryptocurrency transactions, blockchain is an encrypted ledger of digital transactions, distributed across multiple nodes through a peer-to-peer-type network that also leaves an auditable log trail of the events taking place. Every
Read More
Study: Millennials Have A High-Degree of Trust When It Comes to Attitudes About Healthcare
Millennials have a high-degree of trust when it comes to attitudes about health care, while Gen Xers are the most skeptical, according to national survey released by Vitals. Separated by decades, generations are often defined by researchers in their own unique terms. Now, a Vitals Index study that surveyed Baby Boomers, Generation X and Millennials found that the generational divides carry over into attitudes about the doctor-patient relationship and the health care system as a whole.Millennials
Read More
How Millennials Lead the Way to Healthcare Innovation
Editor's Note: Mark Haddad is VP of Consulting for the Microsoft group at SADA Systems, a full-service cloud migration and IT consulting services company, offering cloud solutions, managed services, technical services. Statisticians, researchers and workplace experts love to talk about how different Millennials are than the rest of us as workers and consumers. There have been numerous studies about the potential impact of this group on the healthcare industry, since healthcare defies nearly
Read More