Automation can be a powerful tool to bring together all the pieces needed to provide optimal care that can be scattered across various systems and apps. Whether it’s to exchange patient data quickly and easily, identify communities in need of programs to address food inequity, or reduce no-shows by sending automatic reminders, using the right technology is an essential tool for achieving better patient care.
San Francisco-based Plenful emerged from stealth on Tuesday. The startup sells a workflow tool that automates manual and administrative workflows for pharmacy technicians. In addition to its launch out of stealth mode, the company also announced that it has closed a $9 million funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners and signed contracts with more than 20 customers.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Carta Healthcare recently closed a $20 million Series B financing round. , The company is a San Francisco-based provider of clinical data solutions, and its mission is to reduce the amount of time clinicians spend on mundane administrative tasks. Carta's technology is currently used at 245 hospitals across 18 health systems — the company will use its new funds to scale its customer base.
The revenue cycle is incredibly complex due to shifting payer requirements, continuous regulatory compliance and coding updates, and emerging and evolving payment models. That complexity increases the administrative burden and drives up cost for providers.
TimeDoc plans to hire about 350 additional employees in 2022, according to CEO Will Boeglin. That includes additional care coordination staff, sales and marketing personnel and tech developers.
There are a few things healthcare organizations need to do automated self-service well: a cloud-based communication platform built on composable infrastructure, reliable EHR data, and a way to segment this data to create experiences that matter.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Automation expands the capacity of care teams, allowing providers to accomplish more with less. As a result, automation can offer an unbiased and personalized mechanism to reach patients in the manner that best suits them.
In the case of life-saving industries like healthcare, allowing myths to stand in the way of better care can be downright lethal.
Mercyhealth has chosen to implement Omnicell's XR2 Automated Central Pharmacy System at its main campus in Rockford, Illinois. The technology will be on site by October and open to patients by 2019.
Strategically deployed, automation within a healthcare organization is not something employees should fear, but rather embrace as a new opportunity to learn all it has to offer.
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