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• How Conversational AI Helps Restore The Doctor-Patient Relationship

  7/24/2020

  Artificial intelligence (AI) is known for using Big Data to detect anomalies in medical imaging, predict health outcomes, personalize treatment plans, even perform robotic surgery. One of the newest entrants to the AI movement is a form of “conversational AI” aimed at helping restore the doctor-patient relationship by alleviating the documentation burden.

• 3 Ways Your Company Wins When You Say Goodbye To Fax

  5/25/2018

  Not long ago, I had a candid conversation with the vice president of a regional senior care facility. "We just can't get away from fax," he told me. Despite having transformed the facility into a paperless office, his team still had to send faxes because many primary care physicians require it.

• Are Open APIs The Future Of Meaningful Use?

  2/1/2016

  CMS has finally conceded to the weaknesses of their EHR Incentive Program, or Meaningful Use (MU). In recent announcements, Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt admitted the program has lacked the focus on interoperability and usability it should have had and that it is time for a change. The new plan is to find a solution that ties together the incentive programs like MU and PQRS with the move towards value-based reimbursement and a deeper focus on data sharing. By Tom Giannulli, MS, MD, CMIO, Kareo

• Improving Online Accessibility For The Blind And Partially Sighted

  6/13/2018

  Since the 1990s, the internet has become a staple in most Americans’ lives for personal communications and commercial transactions.  Most businesses of any size advertise their products and services online, and organizations across all industries increasingly are engaged in some form of e-commerce, including various types of electronic bill presentment and payment. This phenomenon is not limited to just retailers, either. Insurance companies, healthcare organizations, banks and other financial institutions also rely on electronic communication channels for initial outreach, customer onboarding and retention, invoicing and billing, correspondence, etc.

• 10 Questions: Is Your BDR Keeping Pace With Changing Technology?

  1/15/2018

  Every IT pro likes to talk about the changing technology landscape – it’s pretty much a cliché these days. What gets less attention is how radically the backup and disaster recovery world has changed in recent years. New threats and new demands for resiliency have changed expectations; new technologies have changed the potential for recovery and efficiency.

• May The Good Cause Be With You!

  3/2/2016

  CMS continuously strives to improve the healthcare services standard across organizations offering Medicare/Medicaid coverage plans. As part of the same endeavor, the organization came up with a list of changes for the Medicare Advantage (MA) program (Part C) and Prescription Drug benefit program (Part D) of Medicare for contract year 2016. One of the key changes, part of the CMS mandate (CMS-4159-F2), pertains to Good Cause Reinstatement (GCR) decisions. By Jaydev Rajnikant Doshi, Business Manager, Virtusa