Technology

Access to medical records is key to building patient engagement. Here’s why some patients are struggling to access their own data.

These tools will reduce healthcare costs and improve care quality.

Here are 13 things healthcare executives must ask before making a technology investment, according to experts.

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Benefit cuts and increasing prices are creating medical debt and bankruptcies. Some consumers respond by avoiding healthcare or abandoning coverage. Their alternative? They don’t pay providers.

A new Accenture study reveals how the aggressive adoption of artificial intelligence plays a greater role in healthcare decision making.

The right technology will enable increased population health efficiencies while simultaneously reducing the resource burden associated with managing that effort. Here are three specific capabilities to look for.

Rapid advances in the availability of big data and in machine learning offer significant opportunities to improve the healthcare system.

A survey from EY reveals how consumers use technology and how to mix engagement tools and existing EHR features.

Using EHRs and other technologies can enhance care coordination, patient engagement.

A new study investigates the impact of interruptions in the emergency room. Here are the disturbing results

A recent survey reveals how hospital technology budgets are changing. Find out if your organization is making similar changes.

A recent survey has troubling findings regarding health IT executive compensation disparities between genders and races.

A new study has surprising findings about the cost effectiveness of continuous glucose monitoring for type 1 diabetes patients.

What enterprise imaging technology is and how it could help providers improve care quality.

A new survey of practitioners has unpredicted findings about using EHRs to engage with patients.

An ONC report finds that more patients are engaged with their health records. Here’s why.

Executives say they are prepared for the upheaval budding technologies represent, but few are truly prepared, according to a West Monroe report.

Apple brings health records to the iPhone. Find out what it means for EHR interoperability and patient engagement.

Hospitals who have deployed a smartphone-based communications platform, surveyed by Spyglass Consulting Group identified five forward-looking opportunities to expand their existing deployments.

Here are five strategies managed care organizations and healthcare providers can use to support chronic patients and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of chronic care.

A new CAQH CORE report has the inside information to streamline the exchange of value-based payment information.

A new survey from PNC Healthcare sheds important light on patient-centered care among various age groups, especially millennials.

HealthKonnect, a subsidiary of Chinese insurer Ping An Insurance Group developed a personal health-risk prediction model that has the ability to predict at individual patient level future healthcare risks measured by total medical costs. Here’s how.

A new Private Exchange Research Council study shows why decision support and educational tools are necessary to help employees navigate the choice in benefits.

Capturing the power of big data is key to patient care strategies that reduce costs, improve outcomes and enhance patient experience.

Here’s how new technologies and technology partnerships could change the landscape of diabetes care.

ECRI Institute names diagnostic errors the number one concern on its Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for Healthcare Organizations. Here’s how technology tools can help.

A new study has surprising findings about how seniors feel about healthcare and technology.