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3 days ago · Special Feature: Artificial Intelligence. Nov. 21, 2023. Healthcare Innovation spoke with healthcare industry leaders regarding the latest trends in artificial intelligence in healthcare, especially with regard to generative AI. Find... Healthcare Innovation provides news and information on the policy, payment, operational, and strategic ...
After Purchase From IBM, Watson Health Becomes Merative
July 7, 2022. Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Merative will be led by healthcare IT exec Gerry McCarthy. David Raths. Investment firm Francisco Partners has completed the acquisition of IBM’s Watson Health business announced in January and rebranded it as a new standalone company called Merative.
The role of barcode technology in patient safety and identification
Sep 18, 2012 · Patient safety and identification. Healthcare barcode solutions help streamline the patient admittance process, track medication and care admission, and identify patients throughout their entire stay. Barcode wristbands are typically created at the point of admission, and specific patient information is continually updated based on the patients ...
Favorite Quotes of the Year: Health Equity Edition
Dec 22, 2021 · Policy decisions have also affected access to and quality of health services available to racial and ethnic groups. There is no question that healthcare services are an important source of observed inequities.”. — David Blumenthal, M.D., president of the Commonwealth Fund. • “Equity work is fundamentally quality work.
How Patient Empowerment Can Improve Health Outcomes
May 19, 2020 · For most providers, improving patient health and satisfaction is at the center of their practice. Providing patients with access to their data leads to better communication, superior chronic disease management, and improved health outcomes. Health data can be complex and the tools we use to access and share that data can be difficult to navigate.
Navicure and ZirMed announce naming of merged company to …
Feb 2, 2018 · HMT Mag. Navicure and ZirMed, two providers of revenue cycle technology, who merged in November 2017, announced the combined organization will operate under the new name Waystar. Waystar simplifies and unifies the healthcare revenue cycle with technology that empowers clients to collect more with less cost and less stress, so they can focus on ...
Computer-assisted coding: the secret weapon - Healthcare …
Jan 30, 2010 · Computer-assisted coding (CAC) automatically generates medical codes directly from clinical documentation. With CAC technology, healthcare organizations can streamline their revenue-cycle processes while becoming more compliant with the increasingly complex payer and quality reporting requirements. Electronic health records (EHR) produce a rich ...
Large Dental Services Company Switches to Epic
Aug. 24, 2022. Pacific Dental Services has converted more than 9.7 million patient records from its existing practice management software to Epic and spent 16,000 hours training almost 14,000 team members and clinicians. David Raths.
Providence Rolling Out Xsolis Platform to 28 Additional Hospitals
Aug 7, 2024 · Following the initial deployment in October 2023 in eight Oregon hospitals, Xsolis’ technology will now be extended to 28 additional Providence hospitals across Oregon, Alaska, Washington, Montana, New Mexico, and Texas. “In today’s resource-constrained environment, Xsolis’ source of truth for aligning on medical necessity decision ...
HHS Names First Six QHINs to Participate in TEFCA
On Feb. 13, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services announced the first six organizations approved as Qualified Health Information Networks (QHINs) under the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), a 21st Century Cures Act requirement to create a “network of networks” for sharing health data across the country.