Financial/Revenue Cycle Management

R1 will pay a reported $30 million for the revenue cycle management-outsourcing division, as Cerner helps the company extend its RCM tools to its client base.

The collaboration is aimed at improving patient experience by offering insights into physicians, access to price comparisons and more.

Built on Google Cloud, the platform is meant to help healthcare organizations and government agencies share data and best practices about treatments and reopening strategies.

Despite budgetary strains from the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report predicts regulatory requirements and medical-service spending growth will benefit electronic health record vendors in the years to come.

The collaboration aims to help health systems manage resource allocation and offer situational awareness for facilities as they open up and reschedule delayed surgeries and other procedures.

When it comes to cybersecurity issues, many in the healthcare industry likely recognize the importance of protecting patient medical data.

Revenue-cycle vendor Conifer Health and architecture and design firm Gensler are among the other new members on the platform, which offers digital health resources to hospitals as they race to roll out virtual care, remote monitoring, chatbots and more.

With the COVID-19 pandemic having already set the stage for a massive increase in telehealth consults, the research firm sees an even bigger future – as demand for one-stop virtual visits and remote patient monitoring grows as much as seven-fold.

Leaders from Geisinger, Dartmouth-Hitchcock and other health systems say "transformation" is needed to help providers and their patients weather this storm.

Despite his high profile and the deep pockets of its investors, the Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JP Morgan Chase joint venture has so far shown limited progress on its aspirational tech-driven healthcare goals.