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 Which Moves Should Providers Watch From Amazon, CVS & Walgreens This Year?
MedCity News - (Wednesday February 15, 2023) Primary care has been historically dominated by traditional providers that deliver care via fee-for-service models, but retail companies have been amping up their efforts to disrupt the space in recent years. Over the next decade, it will become increasingly difficult for hospitals and other traditional healthcare providers to ignore these disruptors, according to a recent report from the American Hospital Association.  5 Biggest Healthcare MVP Challenges
The Healthcare Guys - (Wednesday February 15, 2023) The healthcare industry currently faces many challenges, from meeting ever-changing patient demands to dealing with cyberattacks. The demand for efficient and secure IT solutions has never been greater. Healthcare MVPs are becoming increasingly popular as they offer a cost-effective way to bring innovative solutions to the market. However, they come with their own set of challenges to overcome. Healthcare organizations need to develop products that meet the needs of their patients while providing a safe environment. We know that MVP is a great way to start because it gives you the opportunity to validate your idea fast, test the market… |
 HIMSS23 Europe: From Portugal to the World
HIMSS - (Wednesday February 15, 2023) Connect with government and industry leaders developing the best digital and sustainable solutions in Portugal at HIMSS23 Europe. The region’s most influential healthcare event opens in Lisbon. Discover how Portuguese healthcare has been able to innovate in digital health, data and value-based care to become a technological and quality benchmark across international markets.Join us at #HIMSS23Europe: https://www.himss.org/event-himss-europe…  CIO Podcast – Episode 49: Frictionless Billing with Joanne Mizell
Healthcare IT Today - (Wednesday February 15, 2023) For the 49th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we sat down with Joanne Mizell, Chief Operating Officer at Banner|Aetna to talk about Frictionless Billing, an initiative to improve the patient billing process. Mizell shares with us some of the financial and revenue pressures that healthcare organizations are facing today and her answer may surprise you. Plus, she shares how being a "payvider" (provider and payer) provides a great opportunity to address problems like the Frictionless Billing effort they rolled out to improve the billing experience for patients. We also ask Mizell how technology has helped and… |
 Singapore’s iHiS taps Google Cloud, Accenture to drive healthcare innovation
Healthcare IT news - (Wednesday February 15, 2023) Integrated Health Information Systems, Singapore’s national healthcare technology agency, has collaborated with Google Cloud and Accenture to promote the development of data-driven applications to “deliver more high-quality and digital-first healthcare experiences.”Accenture is helping deploy Apigee, Google Cloud’s API management platform, which will provide third-party developers access to data and services across iHiS’s managed systems to create new applications and capabilities.  Indian healthcare chiefs doubt their cybersecurity capability: report
Healthcare IT news - (Wednesday February 15, 2023) A new survey report in India has gauged the stances of healthcare leaders on their use of technology in an effort to yield operational efficiencies, enhance service delivery, and improve health outcomes. More than 50 respondents, who are mostly chief executives of multi-site hospitals based in metropolitan cities, were polled by Grant Thornton Bharat and the Association of Healthcare Providers (India) in the said report titled “Technology transformation for future-ready healthcare.” |
 How Healthcare Organizations Can Enhance Patient Experience & Trust During the Winter Surge
HIT Consultant - (Wednesday February 15, 2023) Toni Land, Head of Clinical Healthcare Experience at MedalliaIt’s well known that the winter season typically creates spikes in illness and, consequently, a surge in healthcare visits. What might not be so obvious is that this time of increased demand is also the ideal opportunity for healthcare organizations to prioritize building trust and improving experiences for patients, clinicians and team members. Just as science grows more sophisticated each year, allowing practitioners to better treat a greater number of medical ailments, so should patient and team member experience efforts within the healthcare sector. That’s all the more true as the country now navigates…  NIST Provides Much-Needed AI Guardrails
Digital Health Frontier - (Wednesday February 15, 2023) By John Halamka and Paul Cerrato — The National Institute of Standards and Technology recently published a framework that will help health care providers assess AI trustworthiness, explainability, and bias. |
 Few Managed Care Plans Have Current Contact Info for Medicaid Members as Redeterminations Loom
MedCity News - (Wednesday February 15, 2023) Just about one-third of managed care plans have verified or current contact information for between 76% and 100% of their Medicaid members, a recent survey found.  We’re Feeling the Effects of the Nursing Shortage. Technology Can Help.
MedCity News - (Wednesday February 15, 2023) The healthcare industry is in desperate need of nurses — and fast. Chances are this isn’t news to you. You’ve seen the countless headlines covering the impact the pandemic has had on nurses, and how that nursing shortage has impacted employment numbers, healthcare facilities, and patient care. |
