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• Equipment Financing Alleviates HIT and EHR Adoption Pressures

  10/25/2010

  This article explains how equipment financing could provide one less headache for healthcare providers faced with growing IT demands in a struggling economy. By Erik R. Jensen, senior VP, Key Equipment Finance
• Physicians Maintain Independence By Harnessing The Power Of Clinical And Operational Data From Healthcare IT Ecosystem

  2/17/2017

  EHRs used to be document management systems. Now, they are focused on data intelligence. Specialists need help in the new world of value-based care to maintain their independence and stay profitable, and they need the right partners to help them advance patient engagement, achieve better clinical outcomes, and realize operational efficiency.

• Health System CIO Priorities—Changes Ahead Due To Covid-19

  1/14/2021

  In February of 2020, one month before Covid-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, health system CIOs participated in a College of Health Information Management Executives (CHIME) survey to identify their top IT priorities and barriers to progress. A summary of this CHIME survey revealed that optimizing EHR/EMR services was the top IT priority, followed by patient engagement and consumer technologies—telemedicine, interoperability and analytics. Operating costs pressure was cited as the biggest barrier to making progress with these various health IT initiatives.

• The Telehealth Spirit Is Willing, But The Broadband Is Weak

  1/11/2018

  In his recent column, Telehealth Is Here To Stay, Dan Trott lists a number of happenings that herald a tipping point in telehealth adoption: improved access, reduced costs, improved quality of care. He mentions telestroke apps as being popular in the telehealth world because it reduces the critical time-to-treatment.

• Let's Improve Revenue Cycle Management Through Better Communication

  12/28/2015

  Revenue cycle management is the process of managing claims, payments and revenue generation, and the use of the technology to track the claims process at every point of its life so the physician performing the billing can follow (view) the process from start to finish and address any issues as they arise. A soundly managed RCM process allows for a steady stream of revenue for a healthcare organization. By Lindy Benton, president and CEO, MEA|NEA|TWSG

• How Mobile Technology Is Giving The Healthcare Industry A Renewed Focus On Patient Engagement

  3/10/2016

  With a recent PEW study citing 64 percent of American adults have a smartphone and 50 percent of American adults have an internet connected tablet, it is clear mobile technologies have widespread influence. A number of customer-centric industries including retail, hospitality, and transportation are beginning to leverage the power of mobile consumer engagement, and one of the biggest industries also feeling the effects of a more mobile society is healthcare. With so many healthcare providers looking to increase patient satisfaction rates and engagement rates, HIMSS vendors had a number of solutions on display which can help re-engage with patients expecting a more mobile experience. By Cameron Roche, Research Analyst at VDC Research