News
Software that fails to take the human element into account can lead to poor results among users and dissatisfied patients alike.
The QualityNet Secure Portal, or QNet streamlines data submission methods to make it easier for eligible hospitals and CAH's to report.
Hospitals are seeing a spike in patient volume, higher staffing needs, loss of elective procedure revenue and inadequate Medicare reimbursement for services.
Hospitals and health systems are trying to compete with national health insurers and outpatient medical care providers by achieving scale and competing for market share.
The organizations use voice recognition and artificial intelligence to build interactive reports that include more elements than simply what a clinician adds, such as images, charts and graphs.
The findings contradict the notion that the new payment system will result in hospitals seeing a drastic cut in reimbursement.
ATM's interoperable functionality has been a benchmark for EHRs and now, they're making progress toward a similar interoperability says Cedars-Sinai chief clinical transformation officer Scott Weingarten.
The health systems touted the benefit of better leverage to negotiate deals with insurers when the proposed merger was announced in August.
As with many issues, there's a party divide, with healthcare a much higher priority for Democrats and independent voters than Republican voters.
Health IT investment shattered prior records and IT M&A and valuations were at all-time highs, according to Healthcare Growth Partners report.