There is a rapidly growing trend in the healthcare industry toward mergers and acquisitions, but not so much for financial reasons as most expect. Since 2010, there have been 561 hospital mergers, with the result being that healthcare markets are becoming more and more ...
Empowered patient missing in medical claims process: Part 2
Why is it hard to find an app to help patients with medical claims? “Neither insurance companies nor large healthcare providers are incentivized to save patients' money,” says Rachael Norman, CEO and co-founder of a new app, – Better – designed to facilitate one aspect of ...
Empowered patient missing in Revenue Cycle Management: Part 1
One of the most frustrating aspects of healthcare for patients, after receiving medical care, is dealing with an insurer and provider to figure out why a claim was denied, and how to navigate the system. The patient experience includes claims “It’s not that we’re just not ...
Wasting the day away: EHRs continue to be a time suck
To discuss EHRs is to discuss time. From their inception, EHRs were lauded as a potential time-saver. Less time would be needed searching for records and moving lab or imaging results between clinics, departments, or specialists. More time would be available for face-to-face ...
Patient-centered medical records with blockchain
Co-authored with Bill Wellman, adjunct faculty at Harvard University, where he teaches courses on innovation, entrepreneurship, and blockchain. This is part of a series examining how blockchain technology could be applied in the healthcare industry. Patient-centered care ...
The future of work in healthcare is liquid
A new report from Accenture highlights five major trends in digital health, and one may surprise you. The report, Digital Health Technology Vision 2017, looks at how innovations in artificial intelligence (AI), internet of things (IOT), mobility, blockchain and the cloud are all ...
Medical device security: More questions than answers for healthcare CIOs
Pacemakers that suddenly quit working; medication pumps that push too much or not enough dosage; electronic breaches that let bad guys prowl around undetected in your network so they can pillage confidential patient and financial data — these are the concerns that keep medical ...
Will web APIs and HL7 FHIR change our views on data interoperability?
Classic HL7 interfaces are being augmented by APIs and HL7 FHIR: Are you ready? The above tagline accompanied a LinkedIn ad for a webinar hosted by Corepoint Health, July 19 and 20. Watch the webinar below. APIs are nothing new, yet they account for a majority of the ...
Reinventing physician credentialing with blockchain
Co-authored with Bill Wellman, adjunct faculty at Harvard University, where he teaches courses on innovation, entrepreneurship, and blockchain. This is part of a series examining how blockchain technology could be applied in the healthcare industry. Healthcare ...
Alt-currency in healthcare: Gold rush or fool’s gold?
The rise of alt-currencies in 2017 Bitcoin and other digital currencies have been exploding in 2017. On June 11th, Bitcoin crossed the $3,000 mark for the first time in history, according to the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index (BPI), before dropping 10 percent the following ...
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