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WEB6 days ago — Special Feature: Artificial Intelligence. Nov. 21, 2023. Healthcare Innovation provides news and information on the policy, payment, operational, and strategic information technology issues facing senior leaders …
Multi-Specialty Medical Group CEO Details Reasons for EHR Switch ...
WEBAug 22, 2024 — Prime Healthcare, an 80-provider multi-specialty physician group based in West Hartford, Conn., recently made the difficult decision to switch EHR vendors. In an interview with Healthcare Innovation, Susan Albano, M.B.A., Prime’s CEO, said the move is driven in part by the need to succeed in value-based care.
Is End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment Choices Model Moving the …
WEBAug 20, 2024 — A recent JAMA Health Forum study found that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment Choices (ETC) alternative payment model showed no statistically significant impact on the use of home dialysis or kidney transplant rates. Healthcare Innovation recently discussed the study with Amit Kapoor, M.D., chief nephrologist at Strive Health, a value-based care ...
How Envision Healthcare Is Incorporating AI into Radiology …
WEBAug 16, 2024 — He recently spoke with Healthcare Innovation about how Envision is incorporating AI tools into practice, including the co-development of a new emergency department communications tool. Besides radiology, Nashville-based Envision also provides services in emergency and hospitalist medicine, anesthesiology and neonatology.
Computer-assisted coding: the secret weapon - Healthcare …
WEBJan 30, 2010 — Computer-assisted coding (CAC) automatically generates medical codes directly from clinical documentation. With CAC technology, healthcare organizations can streamline their revenue-cycle processes while becoming more compliant with the increasingly complex payer and quality reporting requirements. Electronic health records (EHR) produce a rich ...
Stanford Health Care Launching eConsult Service for Community ...
WEBJul 17, 2024 — Stanford Health Care is launching a suite of services, including eConsults, designed to equip California’s community physicians in diverse practice settings with data and solutions to assist them in delivering evidence-based care to their patients. In a recent interview, Tip Kim, M.B.A., executive vice president, chief market development ...
Washington State Launches Electronic Consent Management …
WEBAug 19, 2024 — The Washington State Health Care Authority has launched ConsentLink, a cloud-based electronic consent management (ECM) software solution that will house consents to share sensitive data, such as substance use disorder, research, and sexually transmitted infection data. In 2020, the Health Care Authority initiated a …
Michigan HIE Piloting EMS-Hospital Data Connections
WEBAug 21, 2024 — Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services (MiHIN) is working with several stakeholders on a pilot project aimed at improving patient care coordination between emergency medical services (EMS) agencies and receiving hospitals. The goal is to eventually roll the service out statewide. MiHIN is Michigan's nonprofit, state-designated ...
Biometric technology verifies patients’ identity
WEBFeb 24, 2010 — Biometric technology verifies patients’ identity. BayCare Health Systems implements palm-vein recognition technology to streamline and secure patient processing. The first step in patient safety is correctly identifying patients at the point of entry to the healthcare facility (including matching them to the correct medical record).
Hospital at Home Programs Seek Medicaid Participation
WEBIn September 2021, the Division of Health Benefits (DHB), which oversees the Medicaid program, began paying for hospital at home. At the same time CaroNova and Ariadne Labs launched a home hospital early adopters accelerator program. In March of 2022 DHB ended home hospital coverage in North Carolina. In July 2023 DHB shared with hospitals and ...