Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Studies Hospitals ended 2024 with operating margins of 6%, and health systems with margins of 2.1% , according to the latest data from Strata Decision. Lone Star Family Health Center selected athenaOne for EHR, RCM, and patient engagement. Inpatient and outpatient volumes are rising, while ED visit volume is falling.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 4, 2024

Patient Experience Insights From the Qualtrics X4 Conference. John Lynn attended the event, which at its core emphasizes the value of data that directly reflects that patient perspective. Read more… Cybersecurity, AI, and the Future of RCM. Read more… Healthcare IT Today Podcast : Patient Experience Insights.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 16, 2024

HIMSS 2024: Bold Statements from Hal Wolf. Read more… HIMSS 2024: A Closer Look at Sunoh’s Ambient Clinical Voice Solutions. Read more… Bonus Features for March 13, 2024: HIMSS Edition. Read more… Unlocking the Power of Interop for More Effective RCM. Read more… CIO Podcast : The Role of the CMIO.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 23, 2024

From flagging urgent findings to ensuring timely follow-ups, these technologies will bridge critical gaps, making precision care scalable and truly patient-centered. Sameer Bhat, Co-Founder and VP of Sales at eClinicalWorks In 2024, AI became accepted across the healthcare industry. billion in 2024 to $10.9

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2024

Read more… What Patient Experience Technology Is Moving the Needle the Most ? Responses from the Healthcare IT Today community included telehealth, messaging (for patients and physicians), and access to care in non-traditional settings. Finally, we posed this question at ViVE earlier this year.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 13, 2024

2024 Health IT Predictions: AI Regulations and Ethics. This week, we published several more posts in our series on 2024 Health IT Predictions. Read more… 2024 Health IT Predictions: Generative AI and Data. Read more… 2024 Health IT Predictions: The Healthcare Workforce.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 19, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. Additionally, I predict we will continue to see employers investing in associate engagement so they, healthcare workers, are enabled to provide a high quality, empathic connection with patients. Joseph Zabinski, Ph.D.,

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 24, 2024

Though less than 37% of healthcare workers trust AI in healthcare, 85% believe AI can improve the patient experience and 77% say AI can solve the labor shortage, according to a Carta Healthcare survey. Arizona-based Integrated Medical Services implemented athenahealth EHR, RCM, and patient engagement tools.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

a leading provider of healthcare data and technology solutions announced today the acquisition of Koha Health , a full-service revenue cycle management (RCM) company. Originally announced January 2nd, 2024 Veradigm Inc. ,

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 30, 2024

Read more… Reducing Errors, Turnaround Time, and Staff Burdens for RCM. Read more… Bonus Features for March 24, 2024: Data infrastructure investments have 124% ROI; meanwhile, 85% of healthcare workers believe AI can improve the patient experience.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 5, 2024

John spoke with Dr. Shannon Fox-Levine and Kimberly Brennan at Palm Beach Pediatrics to learn how digital screenings offered by Yosi Health help the practice improve the patient experience. Read more… This Week’s Health IT Jobs for October 2, 2024: Some generalist roles in healthcare technology management and health IT strategy.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Clinician shortages, virtual care partnerships, and weight loss medications are the major trends that will shape the healthcare landscape in 2024 , according to a report from SteadyMD. Partnerships Qualtrics and Epic are partnering to integrate patient experience data into the EHR.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 30, 2024

Patient experience vendor Weave launched a platform for multi-location practices in dental, vision, and veterinary specialties. Patient relationship management vendor TeleVox released an integrated website and digital marketing solution for practices. RCM vendor SYNERGEN Health appointed Jolene Varney to its Advisory Board.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 14, 2024

The American Telehealth Association announced its policy priorities for 2024 ; they include making Medicare telehealth flexibilities permanent before the end of the year and removing the in-person requirement for the remote prescribing of controlled substances. Wellness app Vivoo launched an at-home digital UTI test.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

News The 2024 Best in KLAS have been named. New Hampshire-based Dartmouth Health is continuing its partnership with Conifer Health Solutions for RCM services. Patient experience platform Weave appointed David McNeil as Chief Revenue Officer. RCM vendor Savista named Michael Waite as Vice President of Sales.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The combined tech stack offers smooth patient experiences, more personalized care, and streamlined clinical workflows. We spoke to them at the 2024 CharmHealth user conference – Charmalot2024. We worked to make all the interfaces between the two systems bidirectional so that patients and staff have a seamless experience.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

patients anticipate AI will create a more efficient patient experience , according to a recent Talkdesk survey. OMNY Health launched its GLP-1 data network , with EHR data from nearly 650,000 patients. Patient experience platform Weave announced Payment Reminders to further support text-based payments.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 12, 2024

At the HIMSS 2024 Conference, we asked that question to our incredibly talented Healthcare IT Today Community. Starting with our platform we actually see a 30% reduction in time spent charting and a 50% reduction in time spent billing; then if they use all of our products, including RCM, it actually increases to 75% time reduction.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 26, 2024

Reversing this troubling trend calls for new tech-enabled billing and payment approaches that deliver personalized and increasingly digital patient financial experiences and remove other engagement and payment hurdles. Ironically, the struggles are especially acute for patients who pay a good amount for healthcare insurance.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

A poll from MGMA found that 92% of medical group leaders reported higher operating expenses in 2024 compared to 2023. Yet on average, providers collected less than half of what patients owed for services rendered in 2022 and 2023. Originally announced August 27th, 2024

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 25, 2024

“This investment will enable us to reinvest in cutting-edge research and development, make breakthrough progress in our flagship RCM AI products, hire top-tier tech talent, and expand our go-to-market strategy and operations,” said Alex Zekoff, Co-Founder and CEO at Thoughtful AI. Originally announced July 18th, 2024

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 23, 2024

AI for cybersecurity which initially will focus on identifying log-ins that do not conform to the usual patterns Plans for AI for RCM Overall, I was once again impressed with the direction being taken by eClincalWorks. They jumped into AI with both feet last year and have maintained that commitment.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Read more… Bonus Features for December 24, 2023: 74% of orgs automating RCM operations, plus per-physician revenue exceeding expenses at U.S. Read more… Funding and M&A Activity: Patient experience and financial performance vendor R1 RCM is acquiring Acclara , an RCM vendor, from Providence.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Rigorous Selection Process Cleveland Clinic conducted a rigorous evaluation program with five of the leading AI scribe solutions throughout 2024. We are committed to finding innovative ways to support our providers and reduce administrative burden and burnout while enriching patient experience, said Beri Ridgeway, M.D.,

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SteadyMD

MAY 6, 2024

Bridge’s national insurance coverage, end-to-end RCM capabilities, and easy-to-integrate, compliant technology platform, provide a plug-and-play billing solution for telehealth companies. “SteadyMD has always been one of the premier telehealth infrastructure companies. ” said Keaton Bedell, CEO of Bridge.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 30, 2024

With this context, I believe novel applications of AI in RCM today are less about the technologies themselves and more about how traditional revenue cycle processes must evolve based on a technology-first mindset. Administrative and back-office tasks consume an inordinate amount of time from our front-line clinical teams.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 8, 2024

For the 72nd episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Donald McGruder, Chief Information and Revenue Integrity Officer at South Shore Hospital. We kick off this episode by discussing how South Shore Hospital is positioning itself in the rapidly evolving landscape of healthcare interoperability.

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