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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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  • Improving Healthcare's $6 Billion Patient Matching Problem
    3/19/2019

    Organizations need unprecedented clarity and reliability into one’s medical record to avoid redundant or unnecessary tests and procedures, erroneous reporting and analytics, billing inaccuracies, administrative burdens, denied claims and lost revenue. A single, comprehensive view of patient information is essential for informed clinical-decision making, effective episodic care and cost management, and a seamless provider and patient experience during every encounter.    

  • Healthcare Providers Can Enhance It By Outsourcing Their Data Centers
    10/6/2016

    Healthcare organizations continue to confront significant budgetary, staffing, regulatory, and technological challenges and are focusing squarely on their data center operations as a way to address these issues. By Greg Ross, Vice President, Product Management, FairPoint Communications

  • Lessons Learned From Improper Software Evaluation In Healthcare
    3/30/2010
    There are many reasons for a failed system implementation in a healthcare environment, and this article will highlight a few lessons learned from not doing a proper software evaluation. By Dylan Persaud, managing director, Eval-Source
  • 5 Reasons Healthcare Organizations Must Consider AI/ML
    8/24/2018

    Artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI and ML, respectively) are the technologies du jour. IT and product teams are applying AI and ML solutions to everything from robotics to refrigerators, everywhere machines produce performance and/or environmental data. But how can AI and ML benefit healthcare equipment maintenance, not typically viewed as a hotbed of innovation? In fact, there is an abundance of ways AI and ML can bring new levels of revenue increases and cost savings to healthcare organizations by rapidly creating new, actionable insights for maintenance teams.

  • The Solution Of Healthcare's Cost Crisis Begins With Pediatric Care
    5/1/2019

    The transformation to value-based care has mostly been led by Medicare, with 34 percent of traditional Medicare reimbursements already paid under an alternative payment model. And the transition has only just begun. However, this emphasis has left pediatric organizations struggling to apply value-based care to a very different population set.

  • Time To Bring Automation To Prior Auth
    12/29/2017

    Prior auths may be as popular among providers as ants at a picnic, but they have become a common and necessary part of the reimbursement process. As a result, being able to manage prior auths efficiently is critical to maintaining a healthy revenue cycle and avoiding issues such as denied claims, administrative waste, excessive staff turnover and, of course, patient dissatisfaction.

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