Financial/Revenue Cycle Management
More than half of tech leaders polled by IBM say their organizations' digital transformation efforts are lagging – and they're looking for partners to help with managed services.
A couple said they'd requested genetic testing during pregnancy that was never performed; their lawyer points to the facility's electronic health record as a possible cause.
Aetna, which contracts with EyeMed to provide vision benefit services for members, said an EyeMed email mailbox was accessed by an unauthorized individual earlier this year.
Protecting its patients from COVID-19, the 64-site health center moved from very limited telemedicine capabilities to wide-ranging virtual care supported by an FCC grant.
Population Health
CMMI is expected to release fewer, but bigger payment models and more that are mandatory.
Population Health
From interoperability to social determinants of health, to patient engagement and experience, the interviews and topical deep-dives of our multimedia features gained a wide audience this year.
Digital health advocates expressed mixed feelings about the colossal bill, which also authorized funding for telehealth work and rural hospital operations.
“A big contributing factor to this success was the creation of auto-text templates for common procedures, all pre-verified by coders to meet billing requirements,” said the health system’s CMIO.
Population Health
The COVID-19 crisis prompted an enormous uptick in virtual care use from patients and providers – but it has also raised a number of questions about telehealth's security, accessibility and longevity.
Philips said the acquisition "fits perfectly" with its strategy to be a leading provider of in-home care management technology.