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Don’t Wait: Electronic Prior Authorization Can Relieve Burden Today

By Richard Cohan – Since the 1960s, medical prior authorizations have established a system of checks and balances that help control the costs of medication, services, and procedures. While much has changed since those days, many challenges—such as cumbersome manual processes for payers and providers and delays in care for patients—have remained the same.


Health IT Marketing Minutes

What makes marketing in the health IT space unique? Who are the movers and shakers? What’s working, what’s trending? Where can you learn more? News from KNB Communications, ClarityQuest, HITMC, Aria Marketing, Brafton, Matter Communications, Amendola Communications, MERGE, Finn Partners, The Bloc, & StudioNorth.



Studies, Surveys and Reports: What Can We Learn?

Our monthly roundup of surveys and reports from around the industry. These recent reports focus on the pandemic in one way or the other, our government’s response to, the acceleration and shift of small practice physicians to larger practices, and the toll on mental health to name a few.


Connecting With Patients Within and Beyond the Exam Room

By Colin Banas MD – A typical office visit with a primary care physician lasts only about 15 minutes. Within that limited face time, you need to build rapport with your patient, diagnose their condition, prescribe medications, perhaps order additional studies, and plan follow-up care. So how can technology help you better connect with your patients?


Health IT Business News – May 13, 2021

Business news from CareCloud, NextGate, Vivify Health, Caravan Health, Healthmark Industries, B. Braun Medical Inc., Vocera Communications, PeriGen, Allscripts, DrFirst, Appriss Health, Kyruus, Let’s Talk Interactive, TripleBlind, 2bPrecise, VeeMed, BioIntelliSense, Cotiviti, Medicus IT and more.


Sorting out AI, ML, DL, and NLP

This is our ongoing reporting on how AI is being integrated into healthcare technology. We are seeking out the thought leaders and innovations that are moving the needle forward which include Lenovo, Perimeter Medical Imaging AI, Inc., AccentCare, Jvion, and DrFirst.