Analytics
Automating risk stratification kept patients out of the ER, giving financial incentive to move to an alternative payment model.
The designation means an organization has not only established strong analytic capabilities but is using the technology in a meaningful way.
The system's digital transformation achieved Stage 7 designation from the HIMSS Analytics Adoption Model for Analytics Maturity.
Providers have looked to telehealth to continue seeing patients and revenue cycle technologies to improve efficiencies.
Hospital associations call the threat from CMS to withhold Medicare and Medicaid participation for non-compliant data reporting "reckless."
The system's dashboard has resulted in a rolling two-week forecast that has closely mirrored caseload to date.
A predictive analytics model predicated on phone reminders cut missed appointments significantly, data showed.
The exposed information included patients' full name, date of birth, contact information, and admission and discharge dates.
Chatbots can either enhance the value of patient communications or cause confusion or even harm.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield says the controversial new process, which calls on hospitals to send capacity and utilization data to HHS, was made with CDC support.