As retail disruptors like CVS, Walgreens and Amazon buy more and more primary care assets, the healthcare industry is seeing an increased demand for physicians and advanced practitioners. In the case of nurse practitioners, this rise in demand is also boosting their salaries. Physicians' starting salaries have remained relatively flat, but their average signing bonus grew.
The technology provider for independent primary care practices plans to use the new funds to further invest in its core platform and add new solutions, such as billing and patient collections capabilities.
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 final physician payment rule for next year includes changes to the list of telehealth services covered by Medicare and updated payment policies for remote physiologic monitoring.
The 51-hospital system and artificial intelligence company are building on their existing collaboration to deploy technology that will allow physicians to focus solely on their patients during visits.
The goals of the solution, which is from Artifact Health, are to reduce administrative burnout on physicians, improve the quality of patient records and ensure reimbursement for services.
The Epic CEO contends there is not a high correlation between EHRs and doctor burnout, but discussions with physicians show the EHR has fallen short of freeing up doctors to better care for patients.
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.
In a survey of 199 consumers, 19.6 percent said they prefer to get secure text messages from their physician when in-person discussions and phone calls aren't an option, while 10 percent said they prefer to receive physician communications via patient portals.
A survey of doctors published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association found that among the 91 percent of EHR user respondents, 70 percent reported feeling health IT-related stress.
Founded in 2002, the company's cloud-based solution relies on combinatorial optimization technology to create physician shift schedules.
A Deloitte survey found only 34 percent of physicians said their organization or EHR vendor sought their feedback on EMR enhancements.
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
In a survey of more than 200 physicians, respondents said they're currently using various types of technology — including digital waiting room screens, mobile apps and exam room tablets — to engage or educate patients.
A new survey of over 1,000 U.S. adults who have a physician found 51 percent share their personal healthcare experiences online via platforms such as Facebook and Google.
A Deloitte survey of 624 primary care and specialty care doctors, which found only 14 percent said they have video visit capabilities, also provides suggestions about how hospitals can approach telehealth adoption.
Here's how the Chicago startup that raised $500 million and accorded unicorn status stumbled amidst charges of deception, and what the task ahead is for its newly-appointed CEO from the advertising world.
The startup's tool sits in the exam room, and the doctor talks to the patient throughout the appointment. Afterward, the notes are sitting in the EMR waiting for the physician to review and sign.