Financial/Revenue Cycle Management
The veteran IT leader, whose past postings have included New York-Presbyterian and Yale, will be tasked with driving growth, boosting performance and innovation, and improving cybersecurity at the health system.
DromosPTM is a specialty pharmacy software designed to help coordinate medications that need unique handling and distribution for rare conditions.
The chairman said the new, larger company is well-resourced to improve upon EHR, revenue cycle and data exchange tools that too often "aren't helping" but inhibiting care delivery.
After redesigning and automating patient throughput processes, the organization experienced a 51% reduction in FTE daily hours worked in the logistics center. This included a drop from 116 to 56 hours per day.
Christopher Kunney, senior VP of digital transformation at Divurgent, explains how age-tech is being deployed for home care as primary care becomes virtual and accessed through nontraditional organizations.
Miriam McNicholas, clinical policy administrator at Hackensack Meridian Health, describes how New Jersey's largest health system is using software to train newly added RNs of varying experience levels.
MHS Genesis, the military's Oracle Cerner EHR, is now available to 10,000 more clinicians and providers across 18 military treatment facility commands, with new revenue cycle management tools.
Investing in companies founded by entrepreneurs from historically marginalized communities is important, says Kaakpema "KP" Yelpaala, who adds that ensuring those individuals have a say in the organizations that receive funding is crucial.
The prior authorization process is a pain – even the Surgeon General knows. Here, one physician IT leader highlights how electronic prior authorization can make life a lot easier for all involved.
Competitors Humana, MultiPlan, Optum, Quest Diagnostics and UnitedHealthcare formed the alliance to unlock the potential of distributed ledger technology. Michael Kim, CIO at MultiPlan, discusses their work.