Financial/Revenue Cycle Management

Royal Philips unveils cardiovascular imaging and IT, Critical Alert Systems debuts a nurse call platform, InstaMed expands and secures payments, and Citrix creates digital workspaces for Wellspan Health.

In a wide-ranging HIMSS19 week conversation with Healthcare IT News, Dr. Kyu Rhee discusses artificial intelligence, value-based care, healthcare quality, and how client health system Health Quest is dealing with PCMH, MIPS, CPC+ and HEDIS efforts.

They're big and expensive projects to get off the ground, and their ROI can't just be measured in dollars and cents, said an expert at HIMSS19: Value depends on the perspective of patients and physicians too.

Veradigm, the EHR vendor's payer and life sciences division, will help with encrypted transfer of health data for the purposes of underwriting policies.

The revenue cycle is an important target for cybercriminals because of the information that flows through it.

The health IT vendor also will discuss trends it sees on the horizon, including making EHRs more usable by expanding the availability of third-party applications.

Aprima, which this week earned Best in KLAS ranking in the Small Practice Ambulatory EHR/PM category, also develops rev cycle tech for providers.

Digital health applications, consumerism, demographic challenges and data governance will be key imperatives in the year ahead, the study shows.

As the EHR giant looks to trim its workforce with buyouts, a company spokesperson suggested that further cuts may be necessary.

The system's equipment sharing program saved $500,000 in its first year but Ronald Loo said it's become about much more than the money.