Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 20, 2024

AI is becoming an essential tool in healthcare and is being leveraged to create new efficiencies this includes better documentation, streamlined data extraction, and predictive modeling that contribute to enhanced clinical efficiencies and higher-quality care. However, a strong foundation is crucial before leveraging such innovations.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 28, 2024

As I said in my previous writeup at an EHR user conference, I believe there’s no way for the culture of a company not to appear at their user conference. Amazing to see how impactful an integrated solution with access to the EHR data can be. So, being able to upload the documents and process them electronically is a big deal.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Nearly two-thirds (65%) of RCM leaders believe generative AI will substantially impact medical coding operations , according to an AKASA survey. Partnerships Wolters Kluwer Health has made UpToDate available in Abridge , an AI-powered clinical documentation platform. RCM automation vendor Apprio launched Intelligent Denial Prevention.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 27, 2023

So with all of these incredible innovations, let’s take a moment to narrow our field down to Revenue Cycle Management (RCM). How can we be using technology to optimize RCM? And even more specifically, what role can data analytics and AI play in optimizing RCM?

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Providers are saving more than two hours daily on clinical documentation, improving efficiency and the quality of notes. AI medical scribes have transformed patient visits by silently working in the background, turning patient-provider conversations into draft clinical documentation, and drastically helping alleviate burnout.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 29, 2023

Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) is like a one of those huge Lego sculptures. Having a well executed RCM strategy is crucial to keep your organization running because it impacts everything. From the outside it looks one thing, but upon further inspection there are a million tiny little pieces that fit together to create the whole.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 19, 2025

Veradigm added SDoH and mortality data to its ambulatory EHR database. Luke’s Health System chose Ambience Healthcare for AI-powered documentation and saw a 40% decrease in documentation outside working hours. Company News Third-party EHR integration vendor Red Rover Health selected Amendola as its PR firm.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 9, 2025

Studies An Omega Healthcare survey found 85% of senior healthcare executives believe AI will improve RCM efficiency. Wolters Kluwer Health integrated UpToDate with Phrase Health , an EHR workflow optimization product. RCM vendor Infinx Healthcare unveiled its Revenue Cycle Agent Platform and Document Capture AI Agent Platform.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Collectively tens of thousands of patient visits have now been captured and documented automatically by the system. Physicians are saving hundreds of hours of documentation allowing some to achieve a better work-life balance while others have chosen to see more patients to ease the access challenge in their community. “By

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Partnerships AI documentation and coding vendor Ambience Healthcare joined athenahealth’s Marketplace Program. Lone Star Family Health Center selected athenaOne for EHR, RCM, and patient engagement. Only 14% of Americans are confident in their health plan choices, according to a survey from Softheon.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 15, 2025

Another topic for the experts in the Healthcare IT Today community highlighted AI use cases such as RCM automation, diagnostic efficiency, clinical documentation, and predictive analytics. Read more… AI’s Promise in Improving Patient Outcomes and Streamlining Healthcare Operations.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 10, 2022

The Sequoia Project has released additional documentation support the implementation of TEFCA , the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement for health IT interoperability. Illinois-based Midwest Orthopaedic Center went with eClinicalWorks for its patient engagement, cloud-based EHR, and RCM products. Grants and Funding.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Prior authorization technology vendor careviso announced a strategic alliance with XiFin , an RCM vendor. Veradigm launched a disease-specific cardiometabolic Clinical Data Registry , bringing together data from more than 80 EHR systems. Cleveland Clinic chose Ambience for AI documentation and point-of-care coding.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

Daniel Shirvani at QUAS talked to John Lynn about developing an AI scribe that supports virtually any clinical workflow – which it achieves in part with limited use of “gimmicky tools” and EHR integrations. In a way, it comes down to documenting what a physician may be thinking.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

If you’ve followed us for a while, you know we’re big fans of everything that’s happening with AI Medical Scribes and the impact for good they can have on clinical documentation.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Nearly all (95%) of healthcare executives are interested in end-to-end managed services to solve RCM challenges, according to a survey from Ensemble Health Partners. Partnerships Qualtrics and Epic are partnering to integrate patient experience data into the EHR. More than 70% prefer managed services to in-house operations.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2023

a leading provider of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) solutions, today announced the acquisition of Net Health ’s EMR line of home health, hospice, home care, and palliative solutions and RCM services (collectively, “home health and hospice”). Careficient Inc. , This transaction will provide real benefits to both customers and employees.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 30, 2023

By adding Corridor to its portfolio, WellSky will expand its medical coding and revenue cycle management (RCM) offerings to help care providers increase efficiency and improve performance across clinical, financial, operational, and compliance areas. For more information visit corridorgroup.com.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 23, 2024

A year ago, eClinicalWorks made a big investment in AI, adding it to dozens of modules in their cloud EHR. At both Summits, the company announced bold plans to add Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities to numerous areas of their cloud EHR. That investment is paying off.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Great panel with @Fin_Thrive , @BannerHealth & @CenturaHealth on the future of #RCM. Ok, you could substitute any EHR in there, but you get the point. Ok, you could substitute any EHR in there, but you get the point. The documentation burden on clinicians is rough. pic.twitter.com/alxoUQHDen.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Fixing Documentation at the Source. By considering how clinical notes are used in the revenue cycle process, Ambiences AI ensures the documentation it generates will reduce billing and coding issues downstream. The workflows, documentation, and decision-making processes are completely different. Real-Time, No Cleanup Required.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 8, 2024

Read more… AI and EHR in the Cloud at United Digestive. When it comes to bringing AI to RCM, Austin Ward at Fathom recommended organizations consider automation rate, accuracy, EHR compatibility, adaptability, scalability, and vendor support. Read more… The Essential Criteria for Making Confident AI Vendor Decisions.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 23, 2025

RCM vendor R1 is partnering with Palantir Technologies to launch R37 , an AI lab focused on healthcare financial performance. Products EMR vendor Canvas Medical launched Hyperscribe , an open source AI copilot that uses ambient audio to write clinical documentation and orders.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Partnerships Greenway Health integrated Data Dimensions’ Providerflow platform into its new release, Greenway Document Manager. GI care platform Ayble Health is integrating with Commure Engage to make Ayble referrals available through EHRs.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Tellingly, 70% of orgs with plans to deploy AI intend to adopt solutions via their EHR vendors. DeepScribe announced its Trust and Safety Suite to help ensure accuracy and transparency of AI-powered medical documentation. People EHR and RCM vendor ModMed appointed Joe Harpaz as Co-CEO.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 30, 2024

In a statement sent to Healthcare IT Today, the EHR Association said the disincentives are “too narrowly focused and will do little to support broader interoperability and greater health information access,” as they focus solely on certified health IT users. RCM vendor SYNERGEN Health appointed Jolene Varney to its Advisory Board.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

As electronic health record (EHR) systems become nearly universal and interoperability initiatives gain momentum, many healthcare providers assume their revenue cycle challenges are solved. In 2008, 9% of hospitals and 17% of office-based physicians used EHR systems. By 2021, these numbers had soared to 96% and 78%, respectively.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The market will see increased asks/attention for bots as they are critically needed in RCM to offset staff shortage, enhance staff retention, and accelerate tasks (ultimately cash flow). In the future we will see even more connected devices sharing data and fueling diagnostically focused EHRs.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 28, 2023

John interviewed Suki CEO Punit Soni, about how ambient clinical voice is changing rapidly, including how Suki works as a voice assistant and not just a clinical documentation tool. They also discussed the all-important topic of EHR integration. Read more… Going Beyond Visit Summaries Using AI in the EHR.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 1, 2023

Read more… RCM: Fixing the Old and Adjusting to the New. We posed two questions to the Healthcare IT Today community about RCM. It starts with looking at the RCM process holistically and finding ways to improve communication, reduce confusion, give patients more payment options, and aim for a personalized approach.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 14, 2024

In a letter, the EHR Association warned that ONC’s proposed information blocking disincentives may be less effective than intended. Partnerships DeepScribe deepened its integration with Epic , now pushing documentation into specific fields of a patient’s chart.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

The EHR Association supports the extension , noting that the majority of hospitals have been struggling to meet these requirements. Health information network Availity is partnering with Iodine Software in an effort to improve clinical documentation integrity and concurrent utilization management.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 3, 2024

Epic Cupid Analyst – Bluebird Staffing Senior EHR Analyst, Epic Beacon – Ardent Health Services Sr. We hope you enjoy this look at some of the health IT jobs we saw healthcare organizations trying to fill this week. Health Epic Beaker Analyst – Engage Partners Inc.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 16, 2024

The push to adopt EHR and RCM technology in acute care has left other care settings underserved , with adoption under 50% in post-acute care, primary care, and rehab, according to the latest HFS Research report. Bizmatics is integrating DrFirst ‘s RxInform patient engagement tool into its PrognoCIS EHR.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 5, 2024

Colin Hung chatted with Roger Murray at Telemynd and Venky Chellappa at CharmHealth about building the right APIs to enable bidirectional integration between EHR and CRM software to support mental health. Read more… Harness Ambient Listening to Revolutionize Documentation.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 28, 2024

RCM outsourcing vendor Ensemble Health Partners expanded its partnership with Microsoft. Products Augmedix launched Augmedix Go , ambient AI medical documentation for the ED, and announced HCA Healthcare as a pilot user. Ambient AI documentation vendor DeepScribe added Dr. Miles Snowden to its advisory board.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Generative AI could support diagnosis and treatment of mental health conditions , and it can help document visits and track symptoms. Bonus Features for October 29, 2023: 66% of patients prefer email or text for reminders about medical bills, plus 94% of clinicians said lack of timely access to insights within EHR impacts patient care.

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