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WEB6 days ago · View the Healthcare Innovation Archives. Healthcare Innovation provides news and information on the policy, payment, operational, and strategic information technology issues facing senior leaders of hospitals, medical groups, and health systems.
Federal Judge Approves UnitedHealth Group’s Change Healthcare ...
WEBSep 21, 2022 · As Bloomberg ’s Leah Nylen wrote on Monday afternoon, “UnitedHealth Group Inc. won court approval for its $7.8 billion acquisition of Change Healthcare Inc., defeating a Justice Department lawsuit that sought to block the deal. The decision by a Washington federal judge Monday is a win for UnitedHealth …
Providence Rolling Out Xsolis Platform to 28 Additional Hospitals
WEBAug 7, 2024 · Following the initial deployment in October 2023 in eight Oregon hospitals, Xsolis’ technology will now be extended to 28 additional Providence hospitals across Oregon, Alaska, Washington, Montana, New Mexico, and Texas. “In today’s resource-constrained environment, Xsolis’ source of truth for aligning on medical necessity decision ...
After Purchase From IBM, Watson Health Becomes Merative
WEBJuly 7, 2022. Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Merative will be led by healthcare IT exec Gerry McCarthy. David Raths. Investment firm Francisco Partners has completed the acquisition of IBM’s Watson Health business announced in January and rebranded it as a new standalone company called Merative.
How Patient Empowerment Can Improve Health Outcomes
WEBMay 19, 2020 · For most providers, improving patient health and satisfaction is at the center of their practice. Providing patients with access to their data leads to better communication, superior chronic disease management, and improved health outcomes. Health data can be complex and the tools we use to access and share that data can be difficult to navigate.
How Envision Healthcare Is Incorporating AI into Radiology …
WEBAug 16, 2024 · He recently spoke with Healthcare Innovation about how Envision is incorporating AI tools into practice, including the co-development of a new emergency department communications tool. Besides radiology, Nashville-based Envision also provides services in emergency and hospitalist medicine, anesthesiology and neonatology.
The role of barcode technology in patient safety and identification
WEBSep 18, 2012 · Patient safety and identification. Healthcare barcode solutions help streamline the patient admittance process, track medication and care admission, and identify patients throughout their entire stay. Barcode wristbands are typically created at the point of admission, and specific patient information is continually updated based on …
Favorite Quotes of the Year: Health Equity Edition
WEBDec 22, 2021 · Policy decisions have also affected access to and quality of health services available to racial and ethnic groups. There is no question that healthcare services are an important source of observed inequities.”. — David Blumenthal, M.D., president of the Commonwealth Fund. • “Equity work is fundamentally quality work.
HHS Names First Six QHINs to Participate in TEFCA
WEBOn Feb. 13, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services announced the first six organizations approved as Qualified Health Information Networks (QHINs) under the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), a 21st Century Cures Act requirement to create a “network of networks” for …
Computer-assisted coding: the secret weapon - Healthcare …
WEBJan 30, 2010 · Computer-assisted coding (CAC) automatically generates medical codes directly from clinical documentation. With CAC technology, healthcare organizations can streamline their revenue-cycle processes while becoming more compliant with the increasingly complex payer and quality reporting requirements. Electronic health records (EHR) produce a rich ...