Patient Engagement is the Key to Improving Provider Collections
By Ryne Natzke – Patient collections have long been among the most significant operational and financial headaches for medical providers – resulting in lost time and money.
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DoD/VA & GOV Health IT Summit
Starts May 12th – The 20th Biannual DoD/VA & Government HIT Summit was designed as a “Town Hall” full spectrum view towards the DoD, VA, and Federal’s efforts to provide Veterans a secure, interoperable and connected health IT ecosystem.
Ensuring Patient Engagement Technology Is Effective
By Daniel V Samarov PhD – In order to engage patients in their care in a meaningful and sustained way, patients must see the value in patient engagement systems. A static repository of information like a patient portal for receiving test results or sending secure messages doesn’t nurture ongoing engagement.
Post Pandemic: How Will the Healthcare Economy Respond?
By Josh Rubel – Even as it appears the combination of distancing, treatment and vaccines is helping, questions associated with quality, cost and access to care continue to vex the entire healthcare ecosystem. With a significantly stressed and strained provider landscape, how will the healthcare economy respond?
Establishing Long-Term, Cost-Effective Test and Blood Utilization Programs
By Diane Janowiak – In today’s quality-driven, outcomes-focused landscape, it is important for healthcare organizations to strike the proper balance between driving better patient outcomes and enhancing efficiencies while still controlling overhead costs.
Mitigating Risk Along the COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Chain
By Troy Ament – In line with their standard playbook, hackers never let a good opportunity go to waste. As the U.S. undertakes what is probably the largest and fastest vaccine rollout in its history, it’s already been challenged with issues along the supply chain.
Outsourcing Medical Coding and HIPAA: What to Know
By Devin Partida – The medical industry consists of many steps to provide patients with the best care possible. Within this process, payments and coding present a unique challenge. Health care professionals often outsource medical coding to third-party professionals. Doing so, however, requires strict compliance with HIPAA regulations.
Our Modern Moonshot: Why Solving the Connectivity Challenge is Crucial to Better Healthcare Delivery
By Dr. Sonny Kohli – Moonshot thinking has inspired and disrupted healthcare delivery for decades, encouraging “anything is possible” dialogues that result in solutions to some of the world’s biggest health issues. At its core, a moonshot is a long-term, audacious goal that drives exponential change.
Hammered by COVID and Financial Storms, Community Hospitals Must Adapt to Survive
By Dr. Mark Pratt – Community healthcare organizations are facing challenges to their very existence, but their dire situation also gives them the impetus to adapt to changing expectations and radically revamp how they offer care.