By Eric Demers – In the quest to make administrative work automated, payers and intermediaries for years have been developing their own homegrown systems to get closer to fully electronic processes for provider data management and revenue cycle management.
Read More
By Josh Dunaway – Healthcare provider organizations that have yet to plan a legacy data management strategy are missing key opportunities to address the new wave of cost pressures, merger and acquisition activity, and transformation initiatives coming into our industry.
By Kyle McAllister – At a pivotal point in the John Hughes movie “Planes, Trains and Automobiles,” which harkens back to a bygone era when we used to travel freely across the country, exasperated businessman Neal (Steve Martin) finally screams at jovial, talkative Del (the late, great John Candy), “Try having a point!”
By Jim Dougherty – Suffice it to say: the healthcare industry has been laser-focused on the coronavirus pandemic for the past few months. With the urgent care needs that COVID-19 continues to bring and telehealth taking center stage in primary care, many other facets of healthcare — like provider data management — have become afterthoughts.
By Stephanie Crabb – A recent announcement in Becker’s (Jackson Health Signs Patient Monitoring Deal with Philips) seems to be pointing to an emerging trend in innovative and transformative business models between medical device manufacturers and providers.
By Kayla Matthews – Clutter, general disorganization and fragmented systems are never good. But in the medical industry — which happens to be wrought with these issues — it’s more than just bad. It’s damaging and downright dangerous.
By Jamie Clifton – It’s hard to imagine what patient data will look like in ten years, seven years or even five years from now. We know there will be a lot more of it and its value in the delivery of care will only continue to grow.
By Ben Steverman – Medicine is often considered part science and part art. There is a huge amount of content to master, but there is an equal amount of technique regarding diagnosis and delivery of service. To optimally succeed, care providers need to master both components.
By Arun Rangamani – A business intelligence and analytics center of excellence (CoE) is an organizing mechanism to align people, processes, technology and culture.