Fitch Ratings: Workforce pressures easing for hospitals, ambulatory care, nursing homes
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 11, 2023
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Tenet Healthcare banks $123M profit in Q2 thanks to 'robust' ASC, inpatient volumes
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 31, 2023
Tenet Healthcare beat the street in the second quarter, reporting Monday $123 million in net income thanks to higher volumes and revenues across its ambulatory care segment. | The for-profit system beat the street with net operating revenues up 9.5% year over year, prompting an increase to 2023 guidance.
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The Increasing Need for Ambulatory Care During COVID-19
The Beryl Institute
OCTOBER 19, 2020
Like many of you, I have witnessed the changing environment of healthcare during these challenging times. it was revealed that consumer engagement in healthcare continues to decline, with consumers reporting fewer visits to primary care providers, hospitals, labs and specialist providers.
HCA Healthcare, Commure to Deploy Ambient AI Platform Across Enterprise
HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 23, 2024
What You Should Know: – HCA Healthcare, one of the nation’s largest healthcare providers has selected Commure to develop and deploy an ambient AI platform across its vast network of healthcare professionals. Increased Productivity: Streamlines workflows and enhances productivity for healthcare professionals.
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Consolidated hospitals leading to larger premiums and out-of-pocket spending, report finds
Fierce Healthcare
JULY 24, 2023
As hospitals acquire ambulatory care centers, consumers are more likely to be forced to pay outpatient facility fees for routine care traditionally covered by physician offices at lower costs.
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Health tech company IKS Health picks up AQuity for $200M to broaden its reach to hospitals
Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
IKS Health, a company that provides administrative, clinical, operational and revenue tech solutions, acquired AQuity Solutions for $200 million to broaden its services from ambulatory care provide | IKS Health, a company that provides administrative, clinical, operational and revenue tech solutions, acquired AQuity Solutions for $200 million to broaden (..)
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Navigating the 2024 ICD-10-CM Code Changes: What Ambulatory Care Services Need to Know
Advanced Data Systems
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
The healthcare sector is dynamic, with regulations and best practices continuously evolving. One critical area subject to change is the coding system, with the ICD-10-CM (International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification) updates for 2024 set to take effect on October 1, 2023.
Managing Technical Debt in Healthcare: A Guide for Hospitals and Health Systems
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 1, 2024
According to healthcare consultants Kaufman Hall, hospital and health system M&A activity increased 23% in 2023 to 65 announced transactions. But when a hospital acquires a physician practice, an ambulatory care facility, or another hospital, that technical debt compounds considerably.
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Top Women in Healthcare Staffing 2022
CHQ Healthcare
MAY 10, 2023
CHG Healthcare’s Top Women in Healthcare Staffing award recognizes leaders and rising stars in physician and advanced practice recruiting, staffing, and retention. As a healthcare leader, she is a sponge for industry knowledge, and she realizes the importance of sharing that knowledge with her team.
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OSHA COVID-19 Healthcare Rulemaking
Briggs Healthcare
MARCH 23, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. Alignment with CDC Recommendations for Healthcare Infection Control Practices Additional Flexibility for Employers Removal of Scope Exemptions (e.g., Public Comment. The public comment period opens Wednesday, March 23, 2022.
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6 Healthcare Trends Impacting Medical Practices in 2023
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
What You Should Know: – AdvancedMD , a provider of cloud healthcare software for independent medical, mental health, and physical therapy practices, announced today the top six healthcare trends that will have the biggest impact on physicians and medical offices in 2023.
Zane Burke, former Livongo CEO, takes the reins at Quantum Health
Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
The care coordination and healthcare navigation vendor Quantum Health announced this week that it had hired Zane Burke as chief executive officer and Board of Directors member. He brings proven executive experience, having scaled two of the world’s most successful SaaS and enterprise software healthcare companies.
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How Healthcare Experience Ranks Versus Other Industries (Not So Great)
Health Populi
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
health care industries fell to their lowest consumer satisfaction scores in two decades, we learn in the latest evaluation by the American Consumer Satisfaction Index report. These features are becoming the lenses through which patients-as-consumers judge quality, access and value in healthcare interactions.”
More than half of patients would visit retail pharmacy first for medical issues
Healthcare It News
MAY 18, 2023
Driven by a desire for more convenient and affordable care, many patients focusing less on provider qualifications when seeking ambulatory care, according to a new Wolters Kluwer survey, which shows 58% of them opting first for retail options as pharmacists shifting to address consumer needs. Enterprise Taxonomy:
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Konica Minolta’s Microsoft Azure-Hosted Platform Automates Exchange of Healthcare Data
HIT Consultant
JUNE 21, 2023
What You Should Know: Konica Minolta launches Konica Minolta Connected Care , a cloud-based workflow automation platform designed to streamline manual processes such as patient intake, care transitions and referral management across acute, post-acute and ambulatory care settings.
ZoomCare to Deploy athenahealth to Enhance Operational Efficiencies
HIT Consultant
APRIL 10, 2024
What You Should Know: athenahealth, a leading provider of network-enabled software and services for medical groups and health systems nationwide, today announced that ZoomCare, an innovative multi-specialty organization and pioneer of on-demand healthcare, selected athenaOne® as its platform of choice.
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Orlando Health to launch Hospital Care at Home program
Healthcare It News
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
And Allina Health spinoff Inbound Health announced its plans to help other providers develop home-based acute care and skilled nursing models. Mayo Clinic Platform President Dr. John Halamka has said that he sees a healthcare future based around "virtualist centers in what were formerly known as hospitals. Enterprise Taxonomy:
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Evolving Clinical Decision Support: A Guide to Discovery-Driven Transformation in Healthcare
HIT Consultant
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
Sheila Bond, Physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital Healthcare is undergoing dramatic shifts, including increasing demands on caregivers, changes in care settings (particularly after the pandemic), and technology advancements, to name a few. That is changing. These include: Interprofessional communication.
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CipherHealth Unveils Self-Service Rounding Solution to Combat Burnout
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
What You Should Know: CipherHealth, a recognized leader and innovator in patient-centered communications, engagement, and insights for the nation’s leading healthcare systems, today announced a new Self-Service Rounding solution. Patients want greater control over their own health.
Day 2 Notes from the 42nd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference
Sheppard Health Law
JANUARY 10, 2024
Sustainability of our healthcare system was an interesting topic at Day 2 of the 42 nd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. Paul Markovich, CEO of Blue Shield of California, expressed the concern that “[T]he status quo is an existential threat to our healthcare system.”
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AI Seen as Key Weapon Against Physician Burnout, Survey Finds
HIT Consultant
JULY 31, 2024
What You Should Know: – eClinicalWorks , a leading provider of cloud-based electronic health records (EHR) for ambulatory care, has released the results of a recent survey examining healthcare professionals’ perceptions of artificial intelligence (AI) in the healthcare industry.
Healthcare Strategy with Cole Lyons | E.109
Vie Healthcare
APRIL 24, 2024
Episode Introduction Cole explains why transfer of knowledge is a key goal of the Journal, why healthcare strategy can be described as moving from checkers to chess and emphasizes the importance of thinking before you speak. He also explains the importance of competition in healthcare and identifies humility as an essential leadership trait.
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MedPAC Releases 2022 Data Book on Health Care Spending and the Medicare ProgramÂ
Briggs Healthcare
JULY 21, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) announces the release of its 2022 data book (208 pages) on health care spending and the Medicare program.
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Safety in Health Care Ties Closely to Workforce Well-Being – Updates from Press Ganey and ECRI
Health Populi
APRIL 3, 2024
While safety outcomes and health care organizations’ “safety cultures” are improving, there is evidence in the U.S. that people — both patients and the health care workforce — feel less safe, discussed in Safety in Healthcare 2024 from Press Ganey. “Safety is the foundation of healthcare.
Site-Shifting: the Consumer-Driven Pressure on Traditional Healthcare Utilization
Health Populi
DECEMBER 12, 2022
consumers’ utilization of health care has been pretty stable, the type of visit encounters is shifting away from hospital inpatient cases to ambulatory care, urgent and retail health care sites, data from Kaufman Hall and Sg2 tell us. While overall U.S.
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Suki Inks AI Scribe Agreement with Premier
HIT Consultant
MAY 7, 2024
What You Should Know: – Suki , the leader in voice artificial intelligence (AI) technology for healthcare, today announced it has been awarded a national group purchasing agreement for AI scribes with Premier, Inc. hospitals and 300,000 other providers to revolutionize healthcare delivery.
athenahealth Unveils athenaOne for Women’s Health & Urgent Care
HIT Consultant
MAY 16, 2024
What You Should Know: – athenahealth , a leading provider of healthcare software, unveils athenaOne for Women’s Health and athenaOne for Urgent Care. – The new specialty solutions address the specific needs of Women’s Health and urgent care, empowering them to deliver exceptional patient care.
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Suki Launches SDK to Power Voice AI Experiences with Bond Vet
HIT Consultant
JUNE 4, 2024
What You Should Know: – Suki , the leader in voice artificial intelligence (AI) technology for healthcare, today announced the launch of extended capabilities of Suki Platform, its suite of developer tools. This collaboration aims to seamlessly incorporate voice AI capabilities into veterinary care.
PerfectServe, TeamBuilder Partner to Bring Provider & Staff Scheduling to Medical Groups
HIT Consultant
APRIL 12, 2024
TeamBuilder: Predictive Scheduling for Ambulatory Care TeamBuilder complements PerfectServe’s solution with its predictive staff scheduling platform, specifically designed for the ambulatory care setting.
Commons Clinic Invests $9.75M in Ambulatory Spine Surgery, Launches “Theater” Platform to Revolutionize MSK Care
HIT Consultant
APRIL 26, 2024
Commons Clinic Invests in Ambulatory Center Excellence The investment in MOSI strengthens Commons Clinic’s network of Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs), facilities equipped for same-day procedures. This aligns with a growing trend: analysts predict that by 2028, 85% of all healthcare procedures will occur in outpatient settings.
VA watchdog: New EHR scheduling system needs work
Healthcare It News
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Wylie VA Ambulatory Care Center in Columbus, Ohio. "Before implementing the new scheduling system at the Columbus and Spokane facilities, Cerner trained schedulers and care providers to use the system," read the report. " Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. WHY IT MATTERS.
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Greenway Health Streamlines Care with Data Dimensions Partnership
HIT Consultant
DECEMBER 21, 2023
What You Should Know: – Greenway Health, a leading provider of health information technology services, has partnered with Data Dimensions, the largest EDI clearinghouse in the Property and Casualty industry, to launch a game-changing solution for ambulatory care practices.
The Great Resignation: 7 ways healthcare organizations are working to improve provider retention
CHQ Healthcare
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Crushing burnout combined with a fiercely competitive labor market has led to a perfect storm for the healthcare industry. Since mid-February 2020, nearly one in five healthcare workers have walked away from their jobs. The organization, like many healthcare systems, has many providers who are near retirement.
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List of Confused Drug Names
Briggs Healthcare
AUGUST 10, 2023
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare ISMP’s List of Confused Drug Names contains look-alike and sound-alike (LASA) name pairs of medications that have been published in the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! ® Acute Care, the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! ® Acute Care, the ISMP Medication Safety Alert!®
How Much Would Adults Age 50+ Trust AI-Generated Health Information? Not Much.
Health Populi
OCTOBER 17, 2024
The Institute for Healthcare Policy Innovation’s National Poll on Healthy Aging at the University of Michigan focused on people 50 and over in their latest study published this month: Health Literacy – How Well Can Older Adults Find, Understand, and Use Health Information.
Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkits
Briggs Healthcare
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The toolkit includes information for the acute care setting on building and maintaining an antibiotic stewardship program, improving the safety culture around antibiotic prescribing, and diagnosing and treating common infectious disease syndromes. AHRQ supports U.S.
What $31,065 Can Buy You: a Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid, a Year at Gnomon School, or Healthcare for a Family of 4 in America
Health Populi
MAY 31, 2023
“Healthcare costs came roaring back in 2021” after falling in 2020. In 2023, that roaring growth in health care costs continues with expected growth of 5.6%. in 2023 Professional services, 30% of costs (the largest component) expected to grow by 9% Pharmacy, 22% of health care costs in this model, growing by 5.6%
Medsphere Acquires Ambulatory IT Support Provider Systeem Medical
HIT Consultant
OCTOBER 13, 2021
What You Should Know: – Medsphere Systems Corporation , the leading provider of affordable and interoperable healthcare IT platform solutions, today announced that the company has acquired Plano, TX-based Systeem Medical Information Systems.
The 7 Ps of Marketing
Healthcare Success
APRIL 8, 2024
In the highly saturated healthcare market—where strategic decisions directly influence business growth—the 7 Ps act as a fundamental compass, often separating amateurs from professionals. In healthcare, that means defining your available providers, products, and services and emphasizing what sets your organization apart.
Day 3 Notes from the 42nd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference
Sheppard Health Law
JANUARY 11, 2024
Morgan Healthcare Conference, the iconic Transamerica pyramid is not too far away. For those of us who have interacted with the healthcare system as patients or relatives of a patient, the system is not set up to make patients feel secure and well taken care of – and that’s why this reported patient experience stood out in my mind.
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Hellman & Friedman and Bain Capital Acquires athenahealth for $17B
HIT Consultant
NOVEMBER 21, 2021
athenahealth partners with more than 140,000 ambulatory care providers, throughout all 50 states and across more than 120 specialties, to accelerate the pace of healthcare innovation and support the delivery of leading clinical and financial outcomes. athenahealth Market Footprint. athenahealth Market Footprint.
Augmedix Launches Gen AI Mobile App for Automated Medical Notes
HIT Consultant
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Clinician-Controlled Mobile App for Acute & Ambulatory Settings The new solution offers a variety of features to support busy healthcare clinicians throughout their clinic day, including summaries of key medical events, reminders of unfinished notes, and flexibility for post-visit dictation and text editing.
More Evidence of Self-Rationing as Patients Morph into Healthcare Payors
Health Populi
NOVEMBER 19, 2019
Wolters Kluwer released a summary of a study this week, to be published in full in 2020, surveying 1,000 consumers (232 of whom had been a hospital inpatient in the past year) and 837 health care providers (a mix of physicians, nurses, and hospital administrators). BLS calculated that general price inflation rose 1.8%
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The Doctor Will See You Now…At Home? The AMA Launches a Health at Home Framework
Health Populi
AUGUST 3, 2023
” Health Populi’s Hot Points : “Self-care is the new healthcare,” Monigle’s latest report on Humanizing Brand Experience, Volume 6, health care edition , called out. Discussing the firm’s latest research into patient experience, the study of 3,000 U.S.
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