Business Intelligence

Health systems outsource their revenue cycle management for many reasons, including reducing cost to collect and increasing yield, says Grant Veazy, CTO at Ensemble Health Partners.

All organizations need to define where their cybersecurity risks lie, and consider gaps in threat monitoring, says Steve Cagle, CEO of Clearwater. "It's not just the technology, but it's also the people and the process part of it," he said.  

Kendall Brown, sales director, Southeast at CenTrak and 2024 Changemaker, discusses the HIMSS mentorship program she started and urges young professionals to join HIMSS for networking and to help create change through advocacy.  

The Coalition of Health AI brings together more than 1,300 organizations, including government and industry leaders, to build consensus-driven best practices and standards for using AI in healthcare, explains Dr. Brian Anderson, CEO of CHAI.  

An American Hospital Association report, sponsored by Amazon Business, found 60% of respondents experience drug shortages. Bill Kopitke, head of healthcare at Amazon Business, offers more perspective.  

A pilot program will work with existing plan designs to identify high-risk members who need mobility assistance and delivery help.

David Smith, CFO of Anatomy IT, says direct oversight must be weighed against investments in new technology.  

Hamish Steel, the 23-year-old founder of Australia's Digital Health Festival, says there are massive opportunities out there to accelerate Australian healthcare's digitalisation.

Artificial intelligence can streamline the patient journey and bring about real individual health tracking, contends Dr. Brian Hasselfeld, senior medical director of digital health and innovation at Johns Hopkins Medicine.  

Forming collaborative healthcare ecosystems between health systems, insurers and IT developers helps supports the goal of delivering cost-effective preventive care, says Adam Chee, associate professor, National University of Singapore.