March 5th 2025
Few question the benefits of adopting a universal healthcare data exchange standard but achieving that goal will prove to be difficult.
February 5th 2025
The technology to leverage healthcare data exists. The problem, according to Highlander Health, is outdated structures and silos.
October 4th 2024
Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming a valuable tool in the U.S. healthcare industry. Experts say a thoughtful approach can head off ethical problems and optimize efficiency.
September 6th 2024
Telehealth has become a permanent part of U.S. healthcare delivery, and states are taking steps to regulate it
July 29th 2024
Artificial intelligence gains foothold in the emergency room as a note-taking aid.
Five Essentials Missing from EHRs for Successful Value-Based Care
A new study from Sage Growth Partners has shocking findings about EHRs and value-based care.
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Five Ways to Improve Your Health Organization’s Cybersecurity
A new Symantec survey has surprising findings about risk assessment as a driver in cybersecurity investments.
Does Ridesharing Reduce Missed Primary Care Appointments?
A revealing study shows what happens when urban Medicaid patients are offered complimentary rideshares to their primary care appointment.
Poll Reveals How Consumers Rate Digital Experience with Healthcare
Healthcare consumers want their digital customer experience to be similar to retail, according to revealing research findings from NTT DATA Services presented at HIMSS.
Readmission Cost Savings are a Reality with Enhanced Patient Engagement
Reduce readmissions by focusing on better engagement with patients and improving coordination from inpatient to outpatient settings.
Top Focus Areas for Patient-Centered Interoperability
Patients are the catalysts to interoperability changes, according to the Council of Accountable Physician Practices, an affiliate organization of the American Medical Group Foundation.
Your Interoperability Strategy: 4 Things Healthcare Execs Need to Consider
Before investing in new interoperability solutions, executives need to consider these four things.
Opinion: Telepsychiatry needed to bridge gap for rural VA patients
Unfortunately, the issue for many vets who experience trauma is that the mental health services they need are too far away from home. Here’s one solution.
Five Things to Know About the Uber and Lyft Provider Partnerships
Rideshare giants Uber and Lyft partner with providers to help get patients to their medical appointments, as well as improve the overall patient experience. Here’s five takeaways from industry watchers.
HHS Secretary Azar Says It’s ‘Not Time to be Timid’ in Pursuing Value
HHS Secretary Alex M. Azar II lays out top four HHS initiatives and calls on payers and providers to align.
How Two Health Systems Use Predictive Analytics to Reduce Readmissions
Reducing hospital readmissions requires just the right mix of clinical expertise and predictive analytics. Here are two health systems that are hitting their stride.
What Roche’s Purchase of Flatiron Health Means for Health Execs
Switzerland-based pharma company Roche’s $1.9 billion purchase of tech company Flatiron Health signifies Big Pharma’s need for data.
Are Virtual Agents Ready to Interact with Your Healthcare Consumers?
Eye-opening research by NTT DATA Services sheds light on healthcare consumer satisfaction with virtual versus human agents.
Managed Care Technology Survey Findings 2018
Is your organization on pace with the biggest healthcare technology trends? Here’s your chance to find out.
Twelve Must-Have Apps for Healthcare Executives
We asked the Managed Healthcare Executive board to share their favorite app-for work or for play. Here’s what they said.
Four Fresh New Perspectives on Telemedicine for Health Execs
A new survey from Sage Growth Partners offers new ideas on executives’ application and adoption of telemedicine technology.
Lack of interoperability contributes to opioid epidemic
A coalition is pushing for interoperability advances that it believes could help curb the opioid epidemic. Here’s what it is fighting for.
Healthcare organizations that struggle most with interoperability
The landscape of data exchange efficiency continues to be uneven, with some healthcare organizations communicating more proficiently than others. These are the ones struggling the most.
Five Tech Predictions for Healthcare in 2018
In the year ahead, we can expect to see an insurgence in technology solutions that address patient engagement, data, and security throughout the healthcare system.
Five Ways to Prioritize Telehealth
Survey reveals why 2018 will be the year for telemedicine
Five Things that Change the Quality Measurement and Reporting Game
Make the rules work for, rather than, against you by relying on these five critical capabilities.
Three Ways Healthcare Organizations Can Improve Care Management
Here are three strategies to navigate toward next-generation care management and increase member engagement in the process
Cigna uses artificial intelligence to sift through big data 'noise'
Successfully separating the signal from the noise, especially in healthcare, can be a tremendous value creator.
Why healthcare organizations will invest more in tech this year
Four essential players for your healthcare data analytics team
Putting together the right team of data specialists is an important part of the future growth of a healthcare organization. Do you have the right team in place?
Is end-of-life care the place for big data?
The benefits and drawbacks of predictive modeling in end-of-life care decision making.
Five healthcare technologies likely to be developed in the next 10 years
In the next decade, many of the concepts aiming to streamline the healthcare industry could be reality.
How telemedicine will change care delivery and costs in 2018
Health systems realize that telehealth can help them achieve a wide range of objectives, from care coordination to readmission avoidance and market share expansion.
Amazon, JPMorgan, Berkshire Hathaway collaboration puts insurers ‘on notice’
Corporate giants Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase, partner to shake things up in U.S. employee healthcare.
Healthcare Data Breaches: 4 Tips for Healthcare Execs
A University of Phoenix College of Health Professions survey has surprising findings about RNs and health administrator views on healthcare hacking.