Many providers think their telehealth program increases the workload for nurses and support staff, according to a recent report. In 2023, hospitals and physician practices will have to focus on making their telehealth workflows more efficient, which may involve partnering with third-party administrators.
To maximize productivity, hospitals must connect with community providers to transmit electronic orders and results back and forth. An integrated laboratory testing platform can support this and improve the patient experience.
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.
The Covid-19 pandemic spurred the rate of physician practice acquisition by hospitals and corporate entities, like payers and private equity firms, a new report shows. As a result, by January 2021, about 48% of physician practices across the country were owned by one or the other entity.
With the commoditization of telehealth, startups will need to provide value-added services to compete in the crowded market. To that end, Beam Health is focusing on solving private practice pain points in addition to providing telehealth services, including those around patient collections.
In a wide-ranging interview, Privia Health CEO Shawn Morris discussed the company's recently closed IPO, its plans for the funds raised and what he sees as the company's biggest value-add as the Covid-19 pandemic enters a new phase.
A physician started a business to eliminate long appointment wait times. But when the pandemic hit, she found a new use for it in helping keep patients out of busy waiting rooms.
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.
By making responsible and strategic technology investments, practitioners will have access to robust data, be in a position to analyze and interpret trends and outcomes and provide health care informatics that ultimately will be the insights they need to be successful in a value-based health care environment.
Aledade, a health IT company founded by former national health IT coordinator Dr. Farzad Mostashari, raised $64 million in funding. Aledade operates ACOs with more than 550 independent physician practices.
The problem is, half of U.S. physicians had not even heard of MACRA, according to a survey released in July.
The Health Information Trust Alliance is launching HITRUST CyberAid, a package of products, services and processes that even small healthcare providers can afford and manage.
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
The Medical Group Management Association found that physician-owned multispecialty practices spent $32,592 per full-time doctor on IT hardware, software, maintenance, staff and other needs in 2015, up 42 percent from 2009.
Despite the proposed delay in implementation, by law, the date of payment adjustment remains Jan 1, 2019, which may sound far away now, but will be here before you know it.