Patient Engagement
A new report from the Center for Health Information and Analysis examines the readmission patterns for patients discharged from Massachusetts acute care hospitals.
The hospital invested in the technology with an eye toward starting with urgent care and mammography. Suddenly, COVID-19 testing was the focus. Today, use of self-scheduling has grown beyond pre-pandemic levels.
The updated interim final rule, meant to offer providers and developers more flexibility as they respond to COVID-19, also pushes out health IT certification requirements.
Such a regulation would assist providers with implementing medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder in the longer term.
A new report from Booz Allen Hamilton predicts that the explosion in virtual care offerings will change the way bad actors target health data.
Providers face the challenge of delivering a seamless experience combining the digital with the physical – something akin to drive-throughs, or the new trend of "buy online, pickup in store."
Nonprofit leaders hope that researchers will be able to use the platform to share and access currently siloed patient information.
Sheri Liebl, executive director of revenue cycle at CentraCare Health, says the healthcare system improved point of service collections by 25% by giving patients options.
The health center invested in virtual care workstations with various scopes that allow physicians to remotely guide patients through near-complete examinations.
Digital tools are changing the chronic care landscape, says Dr. Richard Milani, chief clinical transformation officer of Ochsner Health System.