Accountable Care

Providers nationwide need to make an organizational commitment to addressing social needs and health disparities, says the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine – and policymakers need to sort out IT infrastructure and reimbursement.

Healthcare Financial Management Association survey finds practices still focusing on IT capabilities to drive RCM benefits, particularly in the areas of revenue integrity.

Truly impactful innovations are those that understand and directly address a problem in care, argues Neil Gomes of Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health.

What patients want from a healthcare provider is surprisingly uncomplicated. They want convenience. They want quality care. And they want empathy at a scary time in their lives.

Cerner will add Simplee's financial engagement platform to its revenue cycle portfolio and incorporate its billing tools into its consumer-facing technology

For its 13th annual National Health IT Week, which kicks off today and runs through Sept.

The goal is to run dozens of such quality improvement projects each year and to ultimately make randomization standard practice for the continual improvement of existing and new programs.

This is the year that health tech ideas are coalescing toward a real sea change, says Dr. Charles Alessi, chief clinical officer at HIMSS International.

Dr. Albert Chan, chief of digital patient experience at Sutter Health, says health systems have to get better at interpreting data in novel ways to make good on their promise to patients.