Weekly Roundup – May 4, 2024
Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week.
Patient Experience Insights From the Qualtrics X4 Conference. John Lynn attended the event, which at its core emphasizes the value of data that directly reflects that patient perspective. He also summarized how Qualtrics and Epic are working together to address service recovery, boost MyChart adoption, and further boost engagement. Read more…
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Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 4, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup Source Type: blogs
How Adopting a Hybrid Model with a Virtual Interpreter Call Center Can Make Your In-House Interpreters More Efficient
The following is a guest article by Kristin Quinlan, CEO at Certified Languages International (CLI)
With 1 in 5 residents speaking a language other than English at home and an expanding diversity of languages spoken in the U.S., language access services are only increasing in importance for healthcare organizations. Many large hospital systems have a team of in-house interpreters, but it can be challenging to manage those resources—hospitals often expend a lot of time and money as interpreters travel from one facility to another or make house calls with traveling nurses.
That’s why a small but growing number of leadi...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 3, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Regulations Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Certified Languages International CLI Healthcare Costs Healthcare Efficiency Healthcare IT Burden Hybrid Model In-Hou Source Type: blogs
Lean Digital: General and Long-Term Considerations for Obesity
This series of articles has covered the ways that digital technologies contribute to weight loss. To round out the series, this final article covers general topics applying to the field.
Maintaining Success
Both surgery and medications help some people lose weight, but a lot of patients gradually gain it back. Some of the technology solutions I cover in this article can be used either by themselves in behavioral changes for weight loss, or to maintain a desired weight after other medical interventions.
Virta Health is an example. A recent study showed that it can help people go off of GLP-1 drugs and maintain the weight ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 3, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory Analytics/Big Data Clinical Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Atrium Health Bariatrics Behavior Management Source Type: blogs
Providence Spins Out Praia Health with $20M in Oversubscribed Series A Funding Led by Frist Cressey Ventures to Scale New Consumer Platform for Health Care
Following Providence’s Successful Implementation, Community Health Network Becomes Praia Health’s First External Customer; Praia Health Welcomes Seventeen Health Organizations to the Ecosystem as Program Partners
Praia Health, a newly formed digital health company, today announced the closing of a $20 million oversubscribed Series A financing led by Frist Cressey Ventures and backed by SignalFire, Epsilon Health Investors, and Providence Ventures. The funding will bolster the platform’s ability to revolutionize the delivery of individualized health solutions at scale, enabling digitally driven health s...
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Patient Experience Insights from Qualtrics ’ X4 Conference
This week I’ve been able to attend part of the X4 user conference that’s hosted by Qualtrics. I’m slightly biased to this conference since when I attended last year I happened to meet my wife on that trip, but that’s a story for another day. Let’s just say that my conference ratings and experience last year were off the charts. However, even if I hadn’t found the love of my life on that trip, I still love X4 because it looks at healthcare from a very different perspective than most of the other conferences out there. Part of that is that their Chief Medical Officer, Adrienne Bois...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 2, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Administration AI/Machine Learning C-Suite Leadership Communication and Patient Experience EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Adrienne Boissy Craig Richardville Epic Patient Insights Praise Mail Qual Source Type: blogs
How Adopting a Hybrid Model with a Virtual Interpreter Call Center Can Make Your In-House Interpreters More Efficient
The following is a guest article by Kristin Quinlan, CEO at Certified Languages International (CLI)
With 1 in 5 residents speaking a language other than English at home and an expanding diversity of languages spoken in the U.S., language access services are only increasing in importance for healthcare organizations. Many large hospital systems have a team of in-house interpreters, but it can be challenging to manage those resources—hospitals often expend a lot of time and money as interpreters travel from one facility to another or make house calls with traveling nurses.
That’s why a small but growing number of leadi...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 2, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Regulations Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Certified Languages International CLI Healthcare Costs Healthcare Efficiency Healthcare IT Burden Hybrid Model In-Hou Source Type: blogs
Lean Digital: How Tracking Feeds Into Behavior Change for Weight Loss
This article is part of a series on today’s philosophies regarding weight change and how digital interventions can help. In this article, we’ll look at the contribution of tracking. The article looks at standards, making sure data meets a useful need, and some particular applications of tracking to metabolic control and diet.
Finding Meaning in Data
Device manufacturers are finding more and more things to track. While some people love measurements such as steps taken through the day, and there’s even a site called Quantified Self exploiting this fad, most people don’t care about data unless they s...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 2, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory Analytics/Big Data Clinical Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Behavior Management Behavioral Change Candice Source Type: blogs
Pelago Announces $58 Million Series C Funding to Strengthen Leadership in Substance Use Management
Investment Follows Strong Employer and Health Plan Demand as Substance Use Management Moves from Niche Solution to Essential Benefit Resulting in 287% Revenue Growth in 2023 and 100% Client Retention
Growth Follows 500% Increase in Substance Use Disorder-Specific RFPs from Employers and Payers in the Past Twelve Months
Platform Covers More than 3.4 Million Eligible Lives
Pelago, the leading digital clinic partner to U.S. businesses and health plans for substance use management, today announced $58 million in new funding on the strength of customer growth and validated ROI, bringing total funding to $151 million.
The additi...
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Three Tough RCM Questions with Michael Quinn from Inovalon
Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) is hot topic right now due to the cybersecurity incident at Change Healthcare. Hear honest answers to tough questions related to that incident and how AI will impact RCM.
To explore this topic, Healthcare IT Today, wanted to ask an executive that works in this area to come on-camera for a “Three Tough Questions” interview. Michael Quinn, VP of Strategic Partner Development at Inovalon, graciously agreed to be interviewed.
Inovalon is a company that offers a platform that brings together national-scale connectivity, real-time primary source data access, and advanced analytics in a cloud-ba...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 1, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: AI/Machine Learning Healthcare IT Highlighted HIM Hospital - Health System Revenue Cycle Management AI Coding AI-assisted RCM Change Healthcare Claims Processing data redundancy Healthcare AI Healthcare Cybersecurity Healthcare S Source Type: blogs
Lean Digital: Behavior Change for Weight and Obesity
This article, part of a series about obesity, interviews a number of experts to explore the philosophy and practice of behavioral therapy for obesity.
Medical and Behavioral Interactions
Dr. Luke Twelves, medical director of the contract research organization Lindus Health, says, “Obesity is a multifactor disease.” He believes that technology helps people take control of their own treatment. For instance, a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) allows patients to decide what food or medication they need at each moment in the day.
A similar viewpoint was cited by Eric Bormel, a director in the Healthcare Group at S...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 1, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory Analytics/Big Data Clinical Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring 9amHealth Amwell Avantika Waring Behavior M Source Type: blogs
This Week ’ s Health IT Jobs – May 1, 2024
It can be very overwhelming scrolling though job board after job board in search of a position that fits your wants and needs. Let us take that stress away by finding a mix of great health IT jobs for you! We hope you enjoy this look at some of the health IT jobs we saw healthcare organizations trying to fill this week.
Here’s a quick look at some of the health IT jobs we found:
Director of Business Development – Healthcare Information Technology – Planet Technology
Coding Manager – BMPG – Blount Memorial Hospital
Patient Services Representative – Memorial West Clinic – INTEGRIS H...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 1, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Grayson Miller Tags: Career and Jobs Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Blount Memorial Hospital Centene Corporation CereCore CFS Creative Financial Staffing Dice Fairview Health Services HCA Healthcare Health IT Jobs Healthcare Source Type: blogs
Nextech Supporting the Independent Ambulatory Practice
Independent clinical practices are in danger everywhere: if they don’t go out of business, large hospital chains tend to pipette them up. Bill Lucchini, CEO of Nextech, wants these independent practices to survive. Nextech’s EHRs and solutions for practice management and patient engagement software are highly specialized to Dermatology, Med Spa, Opthamology, Orthopedics, and Plastic Surgery in order to make it as efficient as possible.
In this video, Lucchini explains how Nextech addresses the pressures of being in private practice today. Besides tight staffing and tight reimbursements, the practices tend to de...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 30, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Ambient Clinical Voice Bill Lucchini EHR AI Healthcare AI Healthcare IT Video Interviews Medical Practice EHR Medical Practices Nextech Source Type: blogs
Lean Digital: How AI Drives Treatment Recommendations for Weight Loss
The first article in this series laid out what we know about body weight and obesity today. The rest of the Lean Digital series will look at some contributions that digital technologies are making toward solutions.
The best contribution that information can make to weight management is to find more effective, personalized treatments: to match the right person to the right treatment, whether it be surgery, drugs, diet, exercise, or some combination. AI is turning up intriguing successes in this endeavor.
I talked to Dr. Ronald Razmi, co-founder and managing director at Zoi Capital and author of the book AI Doctor: The Rise ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 30, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: AI/Machine Learning Analytics/Big Data Clinical Communication and Patient Experience Genomics-Precision Medicine Health IT Company Healthcare IT Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Andres Acosta apree health Behavior Management Behavi Source Type: blogs
Tennr Raises $18M in Series A Funding
Tennr, a NYC-based startup that automates manual work for healthcare organizations, raised $18M in Series A funding.
The round was led by a16z with participation from Foundation Capital and The New Normal Fund. Other investors (from the seed round) included YCombinator, Zaza Pachulia, Jennifer Kaehms, and other health and AI-focused investors.
The company, which has now raised over $25M, intends to use the funds to grow its team and scale its operations.
Co-founded by Trey Holterman, Diego Baugh, and Tyler Johnson, Tennr enables healthcare organizations to automate referral processing, payment posting, claims auditing, med...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 30, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT a16z Diego Baugh Foundation Capital Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Jennifer Kaehms Tennr The New Normal Fund Trey Holterman Tyler Johnson Ycombinator Zaza Pachulia Source Type: blogs
Patient Experience Insights – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 139
For the 139th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast we are talking about the patient experience! Putting patients first and focusing on the patient experience is something a lot of organizations have been talking about as a priority for a while now, but do they really mean it? We kick off this episode by diving into this topic and debating whether or not organizations truly care about the patient experience. Then we discuss what exactly the patient experience is as we share how we would each define it. Next, we take a look at provider organizations and talk about what their main focus areas are for patient experience....
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 29, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn John Lynn and Colin Hung Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Podcasts Hospital - Health System AdvancedMD Artera Beryl Institute Colin Hung eVideon Health IT Podcasts Heal Source Type: blogs
