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1. How Imaging Interoperability Creates Value For Emerging Healthcare Models 11/14/2016

   Value-based imaging, according to the American College of Radiology’s Imaging 3.0 initiative, is the path to moving radiology as a specialty out of the fee-for-service modality and into the care-quality improvement and patient-experience enrichment model upon which reimbursements for all healthcare providers will soon be based. By Matthew Michela, President and CEO, lifeIMAGE

2. Hometown Heroes: How Hutchinson Clinic Saved Their Patients And Their Bottom Line 3/16/2022

   Amid the sights and sounds of the annual Kansas State Fair, the buzz of the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center and the fanfare surrounding Hutchinson Community College basketball games, you’ll find the 40,000 locals who call Hutchinson home. “Hutch” as it’s affectionately known, is the largest city and county seat in Reno County, Kansas.

3. Leveraging Telehealth To Support The COVID-19 Crisis 6/8/2020

   The COVID-19 pandemic has suddenly increased the use of virtual care as hospitals and health systems race to roll-out telehealth programs to limit exposure to the virus. To cite just one example illustrating the skyrocketing growth: telehealth vendor AmWell reported a 1,000 percent increase in telehealth visits since the pandemic, according to a May CNBC article. This urgent push to accelerate deployment of alternative modes of communication is essential to providing safe care, but it has not been without its challenges.

4. HIPAA Celebrates A Birthday: COVID-19, HIPAA, And Your Rights 8/6/2020

   As August 21, 2020 marks the 24th anniversary of Bill Clinton’s HIPAA Law, it is not a bad time to reflect on how the law has been doing. As with any big changes in healthcare, whether the advent of Electronic Health Systems (EHRs) in the past decade or a pandemic like COVID-19, nothing stays the same. All laws, rules, and regulations occasionally need some breathing room and this also applies to HIPAA. Here is an update on HIPPA changes and some examples of what not to do.

5. The Importance Of Business Rules In Actionable Healthcare Data 9/15/2016

   Healthcare organizations are wrestling with the imperative to harness information from their internal IT systems to increase operational inefficiency and improve patient outcomes. By George Dealy, Vice President of Healthcare Applications at Dimensional Insight

6. GDPR Vs. HIPAA — Noting The Differences 12/15/2017

   If you are in the United Kingdom or anywhere in the European Union, you may have already started working towards GDPR compliance. The General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) is a set of compliance requirements that comes into effect in May 2018 and will apply to any organization that deals with data provided by citizens of the European Union. In other words, this ruling can apply to your organization even if you are based outside the EU but handle data pertaining to patients from the EU.

7. The Patient, The Clinicians, The Payer, And The Hospital Encounter 5/8/2019

   While efforts continue to be made to improve the quality and efficiency of care provided to patients in a hospital (this includes many of the qualifying payment programs being tested by governmental and private payers), the industry cannot overlook how patients view their financial obligations and how their financial situation impacts their course of care.

8. Can The VA Save Money And Pay Physicians More? 12/4/2017

   There are 18.8 million veterans in the United States. Of those, an estimated 8.9 million veterans receive care from the 168 VA medical centers and 1,053 outpatient sites under the Veterans Health Administration.

9. A Historical Look At The Evolution Of Clinical Decision Support 1/4/2018

   When discussing the evolution of Clinical Decision Support (CDS) with regards to diagnostic imaging, it’s always good to step back from all of the acronyms and look at the big picture. This is especially true when it comes to the diagnostic process and quality of care.

10. Comparative Analytics Delivers 360-Degree View To Improve Billing And Collections Processes 6/23/2017

    Q1 denial rates reached a national average of 16.1 percent By RemitDATA