Hypertension, the most prevalent risk factor for cardiovascular disease, affects 1.39 billion adults worldwide and has a 46% uncontrolled rate. That poses a substantial burden for hospitals and health systems – and necessitates a…
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Staff at Arkansas’ Harmony Park Family Medicine have been excited about streamlining the prior authorization process with the goal of improving patient access to high-quality care.THE PROBLEM
Prior authorization approval and management historically has been…
In a trend that shows no sign of slowing, hospitals and health systems are affiliating, acquiring and merging more than ever before. With those sprawling new entities come lots of challenges combining and streamlining…
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Revenue cycle management is a great place for operational improvement technologies. These technologies can leverage process and task mining to give leaders a bird’s-eye view of their teams’ workflows.But according to 20-year healthcare veteran…
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Medical documentation by practicing physicians has been a challenge since the creation of the medical chart. During his years of practice, Dr. Will Carracino, chief medical information officer at Florida-based not-for-profit health system Lee…
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There has been a lot of discussion around the ways in which artificial intelligence can be used in telehealth, balancing the need for efficiency with patient security and privacy.Howard Hu, CEO of Whereby, vendor…
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Like many hospitals and health systems, Northwell Health – New York’s largest health system and private employer – was challenged by ongoing staff shortages, high labor costs and reliance on contract agency labor across…
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Albany, Georgia-based Phoebe Physician Group, an affiliate of the Phoebe Putney Health System, operates in a predominantly rural, 41-county service area where caregivers say it has become increasingly acceptable in the patients’ eyes to…
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Emory Healthcare constantly is evolving and innovating the care it provides. With regard to at-home physical therapy providers, the health system was intrigued to understand how it could expand its service offerings for outpatient…
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Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago reports in a data breach filing notice that the information of 791,000 people was exposed to ransomware hackers in its January 31 cyberattack.
The Rhysida ransomware group claimed…
