By Allison Morin – Nurses are the backbone of the healthcare industry, providing critical patient care in every care setting. As a nurse and an informaticist, I witness the burnout every day and hospitals struggling with workforce shortages, and the repercussions pervasive to healthcare in 2023.
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By Matt Bridge – Financial clearance activities are critical to constructing a strong foundation for a high-performing revenue cycle. However, a provider organization’s ability to financially secure appointments in advance of a patient’s visit is often limited by a lack of staffing, technology, and operational processes.
By Art Gross – Social engineering attacks involve manipulating individuals into divulging confidential information, providing unauthorized access, or executing actions that compromise the security of systems or data. Attackers exploit psychological and emotional factors to exploit employees’ trust and manipulate them into performing actions that put the organization’s sensitive information at risk.
By Wes Barker & Wei Chang – The ONC Cures Act Final Rule (Cures Rule) supports patients’ and providers’ access to electronic health information through Health Level Seven (HL7®) Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®) application programming interfaces (APIs).
By Palak Shah – The accelerating advances in AI have ignited a new era of innovation. Healthcare is a sector that stands to gain tremendously from this revolution. This article aims to explore eight specific ways AI will transform the future of healthcare, making it more efficient, personalized, and proactive.
By Chris Emper – On July 13, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a 1,920-page proposed rule that would update payment policies and programs regarding Medicare payments to physicians and other providers under the Physician Fee Schedule on or after January 1, 2024.
By Katie Brenneman – With health system executives investing more and more each year in AI, the global AI market in healthcare is expected to reach around $120 billion by 2028. Already, the innovations that are available that leverage AI are making a significant impact on the industry.
By David Burda – Like everyone else, manufacturers in the U.S. are concerned about healthcare costs and the affordability of medical care. In this case, the concern is for themselves and for their workers, respectively.
By Art Gross – In response to the growing use of online tracking technologies in healthcare, the HHS Office for Civil Rights and the Federal Trade Commission have issued a joint warning to hospital systems and telehealth providers about the potential threats these tracking technologies pose to patient data security.