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HTO Robot Nurse Will Robots Replace Healthcare Providers?

Automation has been making human workers superfluous for centuries, but until recently, workers whose jobs required high-level cognitive skills have been able to rest easy, confident no machine could possibly replace them when it came to making nuanced decisions based on the evaluation of complicated, sometimes contradictory data. By Khal Rai, Senior Vice President, Product Development & Operations, SRS Health

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The Accounts Receivable module efficiently tracks customers, manages invoices, processes receipts and prints statements.
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The fundamental objective of MOSS (Misys Open Source Solutions) Health Information Exchange is the secure exchange of patient clinical data with authorized users to advance the quality, safety, and efficiency of healthcare delivery. Misys Connectâ„¢ Exchange leverages IHE technical profiles to exchange medical summary documents across various source systems. For provider organizations, communities, and state-level Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) or Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs), these HIE Services enable an XDS.b (CCD, HITSP C32/C48 specifications) document (containing patient health information) to be shared regardless of the source system.
Risk Assessment Manager provides everything you need to expose areas of risk within your healthcare organization and respond quickly and appropriately. Integrated, Web-based tools save time and lower the costs of risk management in healthcare.
The Misys Connect Exchange Portal is a core element of a community solution that provides clinicians and other members of the care team with the right information at the right time by making patient information available across organizational boundaries and venues of care.
Perhaps more than in any other industry, healthcare organizations are being forced to re-examine their business processes. Rising costs, ongoing provider consolidation, and the need for HIPAA compliance solutions are all driving healthcare organizations to find new ways to improve operational efficiencies, increase productivity, and reduce expenses.

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  • New Mexico Hospital Battles Addiction With Health Information Technology Apps
    6/15/2018

    For many years Northwest New Mexico’s Gallup ranked number one nationally in the number of alcohol-related deaths. This reputation also killed many residents’ spirits, contributing to addiction, joblessness and homelessness, further highlighting the need for behavioral health care in this region. Native American youth have the highest rates of alcoholism of any racial group in the country, according to the National Institutes of Health.

  • EHRs In A VBP World: 3 Ways Technology Can Empower Better Outcomes For Value-Based Care
    6/28/2018

    Over the past several years, federal and state programs, grants and commercial payers alike have embraced value-based payment (VBP) models in an effort to improve care quality and slow cost growth. While this shift began in the physical health sector, it is now permeating behavioral health. Given the costs associated with behavioral health, it’s no surprise the industry has united in pursuit of greater value.

  • Dedicated Recording Devices More Efficient For Dictation And Clinical Workflows
    10/24/2016

    Four out of five physicians use smartphones for patient care-related activities. Considering the ubiquity of smartphones in our culture, that finding is not very surprising. What is concerning is physicians who dictate may be using a voice recording application on their smartphone to capture patient care notes, content for letters, and other sensitive data to be later transcribed.

  • The Total Cost Of Not Managing Outsourced Vendors
    12/13/2017

    Before high-deductible health plans and the expansion of IRS and CFPB engagement in patient finance, managing uninsured accounts and patients with responsibility after insurance was relatively straightforward.

  • Using De-identification To Break The 80/20 Rule Of Health Data
    3/23/2016

    Recent initiatives supporting advanced medical research and precision medicine have underscored the importance of enabling access to health data to develop new ways to diagnose, treat, and potentially cure what ails us.

  • Unhealthy Rise In Healthcare Fraud: 5 Tips For Protecting Patient Privacy
    3/21/2016

    Fraud is a serious and growing problem for all sectors, but healthcare is taking a bigger hit than most. According to one study, while other industries suffered average losses of 5.6 percent in 2015, in healthcare the losses were 6.1 percent — an almost 30 percent rise since 2007. This trend is predicted to continue with IDC Health Insights predicting one in three health records will be breached in 2016.

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