Financial/Revenue Cycle Management
Emerging Technology
These trends in the new year ahead will see healthcare provider organizations innovating solutions and practices to improve healthcare, one expert predicts.
The adoption of EHRs and supporting health IT may result in new methods of E/M documentation and coding tech adoption. And these types of E/M coding issues also apply to providers offering telemedicine services.
The technology, growing in popularity, is one way to reduce errors and enhance communication.
Innovation
There have been many frustrations with how the federal EHR incentive program was implemented this past decade, but those big government subsidies have enabled headway that might not have happened otherwise.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced the launch of an online patient portal this month that will provide service veterans with digital access to their patient statements.
Thrive, which develops tools to incorporating earlier cancer detection into routine clinical workflows, will now gain access to five years of BCBS claims data to help innovate its approaches.
The undisclosed sum paid by the New Jersey health system, one of the state’s largest, is covered by an insurance plan that helps it cover costs related to cyber attacks, officials said.
The enterprise-wide effort, which comes as part of the Boston health system's larger five-year strategic plan and rebranding, is aimed at improving patient experience.
Innovation
Whether enabling patients to understand costs, helping them manage billing or reminding them to get to the doctor, healthcare organizations are harnessing technology to more effectively engage patients.