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And that's costing the U.S. healthcare system in a big way, even in the era of value-based care, according to a new survey from Black Book.

The company says CareCloud’s integrated clinical and financial tools will help it offer its healthcare customers more ways to streamline physician workflows, improve patient outcomes and increase practice profitability.

The health system’s biggest payer presented it with a contract the payer said would net Owensboro $12 million a year. The health system’s financial IT said something quite different.

For the newly-created role of chief research information officer, Cleveland Clinic has hired one of its own physicians to lead improvement in its network infrastructure and digital deployments, optimizing its IT to enable more innovative clinical research.

Three experts from different areas of the health IT field discuss how artificial intelligence is going to play a larger role in the year ahead.

physIQ extracts raw sensor readings from sensors, according to Karen Larimer, the company's director of clinical development, who highlights the takeaways for clinicians.

Georgia’s largest health care system will work with the Alphabet subsidiary on several new initiatives, starting with deep analysis of existing medication and lab ordering patterns at Emory.

Rita Khan, who comes to the health system from UnitedHealthcare, will guide digital strategy and spearhead the launch of Mayo's new Center for Digital Health.

Hospitals and health systems are beginning to embrace a more holistic approach to ensuring the wellness of their patient populations, and are adjusting their IT strategies to accommodate it.

Melinda Wassell, chief health informatics officer at Work Healthy Australia, says helping practitioners self-learn and improve patient outcomes through coaching and data dashboards has also benefits employers with better risk mitigation strategies.