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Moving the Industry Forward with First-Of-Its-Kind RCM Technology Adoption Model for Healthcare Finance Leaders

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 15, 2023

After conducting in-depth research with health system finance leaders across the country, FinThrive realized there was a significant market need for an adoption model that could show the impact of technology on RCM. Get a free assessment that leverages FinThrive’s revenue management technology adoption model framework.

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Technology & RCM & AI, Oh My!

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? We would love to hear from all of you as well!

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RCM: Fixing the Old and Adjusting to the New

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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Unlocking the Power of Interoperability for Revenue Cycle Management

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 12, 2024

Healthcare IT Today sat down with Juli Forde Smith, Director of Strategic Partnerships at ZOLL Data Systems and Erica Gregory, Senior Vice President at Netsmart to discuss interoperability for revenue cycle management (RCM). Prioritize Intake for Effective RCM Patient intake is an important part of the revenue cycle process.

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Veradigm Strengthens Award-Winning Revenue Cycle Services Portfolio with Acquisition of Full-Service RCM Company

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. With this acquisition, Veradigm further adds to its depth of offerings and expertise as a leading provider of revenue cycle services in the ambulatory healthcare market.

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Telemynd Integrates CharmHealth With Salesforce to Deliver Innovative Care

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Telemynd , a leading behavioral health practice, has integrated its CharmHealth EHR with the Salesforce CRM platform to scale its delivery from coast-to-coast. Tight Integration Between CharmHealth and Salesforce According to Chellappa, CharmHealth’s EHR platform was always built to be flexible and adaptable. Tell us what you think.

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Hyndman Area Health Centers Improves RCM Process with Help from eClinicalWorks Despite Key Personnel Departures

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 23, 2023

Healthcare IT Today met with Dr. Brian Stratta, Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Medical Officer of Hyndman Area Health Centers (HAHC) to learn more. Systemic Review of RCM Processes The HAHC billing team, under a new manager, collaborated with eClinicalWorks to review and streamline the RCM process.

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Bonus Features – December 10, 2023 – 84% of physicians still use manual processes to manage care transitions, 70% of executives prefer managed services for RCM, plus 26 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Careficient Acquires Home Health, Hospice, Home Care, Palliative and RCM Solutions from Net Health

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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Downstream Impacts of EHR Optimization

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 27, 2022

Yesterday we shared 6 EHR optimization tips with you. Today, we’re going to look at the ecosystem of technology that interacts with the EHR and makes the EHR experience better (or worse if done wrong).

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eClinicalWorks Cloud and healow Providing Value to HealthNet

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Gomez shared with us about their experience using healow Pay and Statements and how it has really benefited the HealthNet organization’s RCM. Along with moving to the cloud, HealthNet has also been leveraging eClinicalWorks healow solution to improve their revenue cycle management. Tell us what you think.

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Top Healthcare IT Today Resources, Articles, Videos, and Podcasts

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 2, 2023

Most Visited Healthcare IT Resource Pages. Healthcare IT and EHR Conferences and Events. Healthcare GIS. Most Visited Healthcare IT Today Articles Published in 2022. Plus, it illustrates how much the EHR still impacts so many in health IT. 4 Reasons Why 5G and Healthcare Make Sense.

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Cash is Queen Says RCM Experts

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 30, 2022

The upside of adopting technology for RCM can be significant: A drop in DSO (days sales outstanding). One technology in particular is proving to be very effective for RCM improvement – data analytics. Why communication from leaders remains key to RCM improvement. How executives can make work-from-home for RCM staff work.

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Bonus Features – October 6, 2024 – Only 25% of health systems trust ROI claims from digital health vendors, behavioral health makes up 72% of telehealth volume, plus 20 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Weekly Roundup – September 21, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Healthcare Data Wars: Exploring the Implications of Real Time v. In his latest series, Andy Oram explored hoe data is shaking up healthcare.

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6 Essential Criteria for Making Confident AI Vendor Decisions

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 4, 2024

The following is a guest article by Austin Ward, Head of Growth at Fathom In the face of workforce shortages and increasing cost pressures, many organizations are turning to AI technologies to automate revenue cycle management (RCM) processes. Automation Rate The most important criterion for AI in RCM is the automation rate.

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Weekly Roundup – June 8, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 8, 2024

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. There are several in fact, according to the Healthcare IT Today Community. There are several in fact, according to the Healthcare IT Today Community.

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Bonus Features – September 15, 2024 – 63% of HIE entities plan to participate in TEFCA, 19% of customer interactions with healthcare orgs get disrupted, plus 32 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job. scribe technology.

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Weekly Roundup – October 29, 2022

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Read more… How Greenway Health’s EHR Addresses Health Equity. Read more… The Benefits of RCM as a Service.

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Weekly Roundup – June 15, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2024

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Our first of recent several questions for the Healthcare IT Today focused on a thorny issue. Read more… Fast EHR and ERP Deployments at St.

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Bonus Features – April 9, 2023 – 63% of RCM departments face staffing shortages, small Stanford study shows 90% of GPT answers in clinical setting are “generally safe,” and more

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 9, 2023

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Bonus Features – February 18, 2024 – 89% of patients want a single platform for managing their health, 70% of organizations interested in AI plan to adopt solutions from their EHR vendors, plus 27 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Bonus Features – December 24 , 2023 – 74% of orgs automating RCM operations, per-physician revenue exceeding expenses at U.S. hospitals, plus 19 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Weaving Zoom into workflow and updating EHR saves clinic during COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

To keep staff operational, meet remotely with patients and maintain the functionality of the organization, COPE turned to Health Information Management Systems (HiMS, no relation to HIMSS, parent company of Healthcare IT News ) for a rapid-response solution that included both hardware and software implementation. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Weekly Roundup – October 28, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Considerations for Migrating Existing Healthcare Systems and Applications to the Cloud. They also discussed the all-important topic of EHR integration.

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Weekly Roundup – May 4, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 4, 2024

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Read more… Cybersecurity, AI, and the Future of RCM. Read more… Healthcare IT Today Podcast : Patient Experience Insights.

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Bonus Features – October 27, 2024 – Almost 90% of info blocking complaints to ONC/ASTP are against providers, 74% of patients with health plan questions want to speak to a human, plus 20 other stories

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Weekly Roundup – July 1, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 1, 2023

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Read more… RCM: Fixing the Old and Adjusting to the New. We posed two questions to the Healthcare IT Today community about RCM.

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Bonus Features – June 30, 2024 – 56% of organizations say shortage of IT talent is a key challenge, 87% of physicians say at-home testing improves access to diagnostic services, plus 22 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 30, 2024

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Bonus Features – February 11, 2024 – HTI-1 final rule goes into effect March 11, Best in KLAS highlights 136 products in 8 categories, plus 28 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job. For the U.S.

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Weekly Roundup – January 21, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 21, 2023

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Who better to talk to the Healthcare IT Today community about interoperability than the National Coordinator himself? million investment.

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eClinicalWorks’ Bet on AI Paying Off for Practices

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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Bonus Features – November 5, 2023 – Only 24% of healthcare organizations have successfully disrupted ransomware attacks, 83% of healthcare leaders say AI is or will be an essential skill, plus 20 more

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Bonus Features – January 14, 2024 – Epic Research shows telehealth results in more follow-up visits that in-office care, Elevance Health to offer smartphones to qualified Medicaid beneficiaries, plus 21 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 14, 2024

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Weekly Roundup – May 11, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 11, 2024

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Healthcare IT Today asked 16 experts at ViVE 2024 this question. Read more… A Look at RCM, AI, and a New Book Called Joy Notes.

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Bonus Features – September 1, 2024 – 2 in 3 patients would schedule an appointment for a sensitive issue with a chatbot over a human, patients with cancer more than twice as likely as other patients to access medical records online, plus 24 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Weekly Roundup – March 16, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 16, 2024

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Read more… Unlocking the Power of Interop for More Effective RCM. HIMSS 2024: Bold Statements from Hal Wolf.

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Weekly Roundup – October 5, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 5, 2024

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Read more… Healthcare IT Today Podcast : Big Deal, Little Deal, No Deal. Seema Verma on Merging Cerner into Oracle Health and What’s Next.

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Rising and Falling in Health IT – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 67

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 26, 2021

For the 67th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we’re talking about what’s Rising and Falling in Health IT. I’m not sure there’s ever been a time in health IT where more things have been happening.

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Weekly Roundup – April 13, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 13, 2024

Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Jon Stewart at ZenSource detailed why cloud infrastructure, routine audits, and access controls are important for hosting healthcare content.

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Bonus Features – October 20, 2024 – Clinicians spend 28 hours per week on admin tasks, 80% of adults 18-24 willing to use generative AI in healthcare, plus 22 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job. Safe travels, all!

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This Week’s Health IT Jobs – April 3, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 3, 2024

Epic Cupid Analyst – Bluebird Staffing Senior EHR Analyst, Epic Beacon – Ardent Health Services Sr. Note: These jobs are listed by Healthcare IT Today as a free service to the community. Healthcare IT Today does not endorse or vouch for the company or the job posting.

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Bonus Features – June 16, 2024 – 40% of patients are willing to follow medical advice generated by AI, genetic testing utilization went up 5% last year, plus 22 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 16, 2024

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Bonus Features – September 8, 2024 – 96% of healthcare tech leaders said effectively using AI provides a competitive edge, 72% of organizations are satisfied with their cloud migrations, plus 19 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Moving the Industry Forward with First-Of-Its-Kind RCM Technology Adoption Model for Healthcare Finance Leaders

Technology & RCM & AI, Oh My!

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RCM: Fixing the Old and Adjusting to the New

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Unlocking the Power of Interoperability for Revenue Cycle Management

Veradigm Strengthens Award-Winning Revenue Cycle Services Portfolio with Acquisition of Full-Service RCM Company

Telemynd Integrates CharmHealth With Salesforce to Deliver Innovative Care

Hyndman Area Health Centers Improves RCM Process with Help from eClinicalWorks Despite Key Personnel Departures

Bonus Features – December 10, 2023 – 84% of physicians still use manual processes to manage care transitions, 70% of executives prefer managed services for RCM, plus 26 more stories

Careficient Acquires Home Health, Hospice, Home Care, Palliative and RCM Solutions from Net Health

Downstream Impacts of EHR Optimization

eClinicalWorks Cloud and healow Providing Value to HealthNet

Top Healthcare IT Today Resources, Articles, Videos, and Podcasts

Cash is Queen Says RCM Experts

Bonus Features – October 6, 2024 – Only 25% of health systems trust ROI claims from digital health vendors, behavioral health makes up 72% of telehealth volume, plus 20 more stories

Weekly Roundup – September 21, 2024

6 Essential Criteria for Making Confident AI Vendor Decisions

Weekly Roundup – June 8, 2024

Bonus Features – September 15, 2024 – 63% of HIE entities plan to participate in TEFCA, 19% of customer interactions with healthcare orgs get disrupted, plus 32 more stories

Weekly Roundup – October 29, 2022

Weekly Roundup – June 15, 2024

Bonus Features – April 9, 2023 – 63% of RCM departments face staffing shortages, small Stanford study shows 90% of GPT answers in clinical setting are “generally safe,” and more

Bonus Features – February 18, 2024 – 89% of patients want a single platform for managing their health, 70% of organizations interested in AI plan to adopt solutions from their EHR vendors, plus 27 more stories

Bonus Features – December 24 , 2023 – 74% of orgs automating RCM operations, per-physician revenue exceeding expenses at U.S. hospitals, plus 19 more stories

Weaving Zoom into workflow and updating EHR saves clinic during COVID-19

Weekly Roundup – October 28, 2023

Weekly Roundup – May 4, 2024

Bonus Features – October 27, 2024 – Almost 90% of info blocking complaints to ONC/ASTP are against providers, 74% of patients with health plan questions want to speak to a human, plus 20 other stories

Weekly Roundup – July 1, 2023

Bonus Features – June 30, 2024 – 56% of organizations say shortage of IT talent is a key challenge, 87% of physicians say at-home testing improves access to diagnostic services, plus 22 more stories

Bonus Features – February 11, 2024 – HTI-1 final rule goes into effect March 11, Best in KLAS highlights 136 products in 8 categories, plus 28 more stories

Weekly Roundup – January 21, 2023

eClinicalWorks’ Bet on AI Paying Off for Practices

Bonus Features – November 5, 2023 – Only 24% of healthcare organizations have successfully disrupted ransomware attacks, 83% of healthcare leaders say AI is or will be an essential skill, plus 20 more

Bonus Features – January 14, 2024 – Epic Research shows telehealth results in more follow-up visits that in-office care, Elevance Health to offer smartphones to qualified Medicaid beneficiaries, plus 21 more stories

Weekly Roundup – May 11, 2024

Bonus Features – September 1, 2024 – 2 in 3 patients would schedule an appointment for a sensitive issue with a chatbot over a human, patients with cancer more than twice as likely as other patients to access medical records online, plus 24 more stories

Weekly Roundup – March 16, 2024

Weekly Roundup – October 5, 2024

Rising and Falling in Health IT – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 67

Weekly Roundup – April 13, 2024

Bonus Features – October 20, 2024 – Clinicians spend 28 hours per week on admin tasks, 80% of adults 18-24 willing to use generative AI in healthcare, plus 22 more stories

This Week’s Health IT Jobs – April 3, 2024

Bonus Features – June 16, 2024 – 40% of patients are willing to follow medical advice generated by AI, genetic testing utilization went up 5% last year, plus 22 more stories

Bonus Features – September 8, 2024 – 96% of healthcare tech leaders said effectively using AI provides a competitive edge, 72% of organizations are satisfied with their cloud migrations, plus 19 more stories

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