The conversations in Nashville reinforced the idea that while innovation remains essential, vendors must navigate the fine balance between bold ideas and real-world implementation, demonstrating not just promise but tangible outcomes.
While clinical collaboration platforms have already made a significant impact, there is still much work to be done to ensure that every hospital has the tools and protocols in place to respond to sepsis with the urgency it demands.
A new report from Relatient, A Data-Driven Guide to Patient Access Succes, highlights how focusing on data accuracy and relevance can enhance the performance of healthcare practices.
Organizations are delivering digital experiences and content to HCPs on a much larger scale than was previously possible. Integrating digital tools will advance things even further and help marketers and MLR teams maintain brand consistency and ensure compliance across digital and content operations.
Whether creating a health application or platform-based solutions, the effectiveness of innovation in healthtech relies not only on scientifically backed up technology, but more on consumer-driven design, highlighting the need for precision and efficiency.
Medical device companies that leverage today’s technology to better share and track product and safety information will outpace rivals and gain a competitive edge. They will be the innovators that can solve problems faster and streamline their workflows for optimal efficiency.
Health plans can reduce late payment interest by up to 25% year over year by focusing on three critical areas.
Balancing healthcare benefits and insurance costs requires research. From becoming a Difference Card member to offering wellness resources, there are many ways to improve healthcare at low cost.
Many medtech products, very often too technical and scientific, emphasize features at the expense of processes and their interactions. While the approach to patient and treatment safety is crucial, there is a notable shift towards processes centered around patients and healthcare professionals.
McKesson discussed Conserus at last week's RSNA conference in Chicago.
"We see some pretty big failure rates around project management," Melissa Swanfeldt of EHR vendor Meditech. She spoke at CHIME last week.
With the help of electronic health records vendor Cerner, Washington, D.C.-based Children's National Health System is preparing to commercialize some of its projects from the Bear Institute.
Transitioning to PDPM models significantly shifted the healthcare industry. By replacing the RUG system, healthcare providers cut waste and more accurately reflect the care each patient received.
"The electronic medical record is a disaster," SAP CEO Bill McDermott said in a meeting with financial analysts this week. He knows from personal experience.
IT helped enable Lean methodology at Health First, a four-hospital IDN with a health plan in Brevard County, Florida.
The results of Emory's workflow redesign have been impressive. The Atlanta academic health system reported cutting the number of clicks physicians had to go through in the Cerner EHR by a third.
Perhaps it's workflow, perhaps it's culture, perhaps it's just the nature of the setting, but physician assistants and nurse practitioners have been ?e-prescribing? ?at a higher rate than physicians in the ED of Children's National Health System in Washington, D.C.
Five years in the making, the new MLK Community Hospital is spending upwards of $70 million on IT and is trying to instill a culture of accountability and safety.