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Singapore's Ministry of Health expands virtual ward pilots

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Backed by the MOH, the pilot programmes are being implemented as part of a regulatory and financing sandbox, which provides patients subsidies similar to healthcare financing coverage for standard hospital admission. Soft launched in April, the sandbox pilots will conclude by March 2024. WHAT IT'S ABOUT. WHY IT MATTERS.

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The Connection Between Patient Satisfaction and Healthcare Finance

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This leaves the door open for data to be reported in a way that skews overall satisfaction or places a higher weight on less impactful parts of the process, thereby compromising data integrity. With best practices in place, healthcare organizations can confidently understand and interpret patient financial satisfaction metrics.

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The RCM Arms Race: How AI is Reshaping Healthcare Finance in 2025

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Organizations pursuing internal development must invest in comprehensive technical infrastructure, including robust cloud computing capabilities, sophisticated data integration systems, and advanced security frameworks.

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Autonomous Coding Highly Trusted by Healthcare Finance Pros, But Not Well Understood

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What You Should Know: – Autonomous coding enjoys a high level of trust among healthcare finance professionals who use or plan to use the technology, according to new survey from the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) on behalf of AGS Health.

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U.S. healthcare system's reliance on biased data perpetuates health inequity, report shows

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And when members of disadvantaged groups do interact with the healthcare system, it is more likely to be in the ER, which means that standard health assessment data are often not collected. Nor is this merely a hypothetical concern. This could be done during plan enrollment and annual wellness visits, or through special outreach programs.

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InterSystems, CLEAR Integrate to Simplify Patient Data Access and Management

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– The partnership aims to integrate CLEAR’s Verified Identity technology with InterSystems Health Gateway Service to simplify and accelerate secure access to patients’ medical histories and enhance the efficiency and accuracy of patient data management.

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Welcome to Healthcare AI 101: The Joy of the Beginner’s Mindset

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In the fast food sector, McDonald’s made headlines when it walked back a partnership with IBM to integrate AI into drive-throughs after stories went viral of orders gone hilariously wrong. It’s seamlessly integrated into many aspects of our daily routines. AI is more ubiquitous than we might realize.