Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The following is a guest article by Brian Marsella, President at HPS/Paymedix. Yet it’s the issue that causes the most stress, confusion and dissatisfaction among patients, employers and providers alike. . Employees get endless bills, statements and notices, but the information rarely adds up. Final Thoughts.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 7, 2024

Each week, well be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why theyre important to the healthcare IT community. Using AI to improve efficiency was a key theme, as was making imaging more mobile to improve the patient experience. Read more… How Simplifying Medical Bills Improves Health Equity.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 30, 2022

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. News and Studies.

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Mend

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Technology gave us virtual visits, but the patient financial solutions that accompany them are still catching up. Patient expectations are changing too. This article will dive into the best financial solutions to drive faster revenue cycles and how these changes can benefit your practice today. Patient submits payment.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 18, 2022

The following is a guest article by Chiranjib Gupta, Chief Risk Officer at PayZen. In a medical emergency, patients would be forced to cover massive medical bills out of pocket. As a result, 1 in 10 Americans owe some form of medical debt , with millions owing more than $10,000.

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Health Populi

APRIL 12, 2024

To protect his licensure, the doctor asked the patient to drive from his home in West Virginia across the border into Ohio and “pull into a McDonald’s parking lot” from which the patient could access Wi-Fi and engage with the Ohio-based doctor for the consultation. Mental health can be scaled with telehealth.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The following is a guest article by Blake Walker, CEO at Inbox Health. The dreaded healthcare bill: patients’ anxiety rises the second it lands in their mailbox or inbox, and practices find the process of managing patient billing arduous. Blake is obsessed with how people experience the world.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2019

He co-wrote the first “It’s The Prices Stupid” research article in Health Affairs with Gerard Anderson et. American patients well understand the impact of health care costs in the family budget, with health care costs ranking the top pocketbook issue in U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The following is a guest article by Pete Heydt, President at Patient Pay Ninety-five percent of healthcare leaders expect outpatient volumes to increase, with many anticipating increases of 10% or more this year, a recent survey found. But finding the right approach is key.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2023

The following is a guest article by Ashish V. It is not about remote patient monitoring or adopting electronic health records or tools to help patients view their charts. We’ve seen that the patient experience, cost control and human capital considerations all improve with real-time connectivity.

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Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2022

And they have helped people co-create health outcomes as quantified in the cancer care experience slide shown here. Individuals and their families are overwhelmed with the information, tasks, steep medical bills and the ‘unknown’ that cancer brings and are trying to manage everything with limited to no support.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The following is a guest article by Paul Ketchel, Chief Executive Officer at MDsave. In an economy where inflation is impacting fuel, housing, and grocery prices, an unexpected medical bill can go from merely unforeseen to flat-out unfeasible for some. Cost transparency is a driving force in the American market.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

You can read more details about this evolving situation in the WSJ article linked above, and other takes in tech, business, and social media that have begun to populate the interwebs. Was this due to the growing experience and reporting of surprise medical bills? health care. Out-of-network costs?

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Health Populi

JUNE 26, 2018

A recent Verge article asked that not-so-unthinkable scenario. These problems can be mitigated through the process of design, which is an intellectual approach that emphasizes empathy, abductive reasoning, and rapid prototyping,” Deborah quoted Jon Kulko from his seminal article, “ Wicked Problems: Problems Worth Solving.”.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 18, 2024

The following is a guest article by Connor Accurso , Data Science Senior Product Manager at R1 The pressures on healthcare providers – from labor shortages to rising costs to reimbursement delays – continue with little relief in sight.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The following is a guest article by d’Artagnan Osborne, General Manager of Payment Solutions at Kareo , a Tebra company. Improves the patient experience. Rising costs have placed more of the financial burden on patients. The healthcare information technology (IT) market is expecting a CAGR of 13.2% between now and 2029.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The following is a guest article by Ron Jones, Director of Operations at Revenue Enterprises Benchmarks are a hallmark of quality in both clinical and nonclinical healthcare processes. However, customer service as part of patient satisfaction is one area where there is no agreed-upon benchmark. However, nearly one in seven U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 20, 2022

The following is a guest article by Mark Spinner, President and CEO at AccessOne. It takes about three paper statements , on average, for consumers to pay their medical bills. Just three years ago, 90% of healthcare organizations relied on paper-based billing statements.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 26, 2024

The following is a guest article by Richard O’Rourke, Senior Vice President of Sales and Client Relations at Nordis Technologies In a landscape where patients are responsible for an ever-growing share of healthcare costs, traditional billing practices are falling short as consumers fall farther behind on their payments.

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Mend

AUGUST 22, 2022

After all, if you can’t easily connect with your patients, delivering virtual care can be challenging or impossible. In this article, we’ll first explore the common issues that affect telehealth connectivity. In fact, sixty percent of consumers expect their digital healthcare experience to mirror that of retail.

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Mend

OCTOBER 25, 2022

This approach can boost staff productivity, drive faster revenue cycles, and create a more rewarding patient experience. In this article, we’ll explore the hybrid healthcare system and how you can strike the optimal balance in your practice. Mend starts by integrating with your organization’s medical billing software.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The following is a guest article by Tom Furr, CEO at PatientPay Forty percent of U.S. hospitals are losing money, a Kaufman Hall analysis shows, even at a time when overall hospital margins are growing. Among them, community and rural hospitals are taking the worst hit.

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JUNE 8, 2022

This article will review the most exciting developments in telemedicine today. Some of the telehealth trends presented in this article will become standards of care for virtual encounters as well as in-office visits. Using digital forms keeps patient information accurate and up to date with less work. Self-Check-In. Pay co-pays.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

the title of the article updating the winter 2022-23 sick-season asked. Most patients have experienced frustrations – in the designer’s parlance, “friction” – when seeking routine care as well as during a routine medical appointment. People are sick of being sick, the New York Times tells us. Which virus is it?”

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MARCH 13, 2019

In full disclosure, last year when this issue was being curated, I was part of a team that proposed to submit an article for the publication, but our submission was not accepted]. patients in 2019 — patients, consumers, people, health citizens? Karandeep Singh of the University of Michigan (GO BLUE!

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