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Transform Care: Why Healthcare is Just Getting Started
The urgency of COVID-19 proved that the notoriously slow healthcare industry can swiftly remodel outdated ways of working to usher in change. With this newfound momentum, we’re finding that speed to market is becoming the priority as the red tape is being stripped away, and bureaucracy is bringing digital triage, virtual care and new patient-facing […]
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Accelerate Insights: Creating a Data-Driven Organization
To deliver context-aware, technology-enabled healthcare in 2021, organizations must accelerate insights by establishing and implementing processes, tools and technologies to enable shared understanding of data and the information lifecycle. Transforming data into knowledge that can guide strategic decision making and help drive data as an enterprise-wide asset. Data will be the differentiator as we move from […]
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A Review of 2020 Rules Affecting 2021
In 2020, due to the public health emergency (PHE), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) released several rules and provisions that relaxed the compliance and enforcement dates for regulatory requirements. As we head into 2021, and with the continuation of the PHE, we are providing you with a recap of the CMS rules and […]
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The Outlook for Digital Transformation – What 2020 Taught Us
In the ever-evolving healthcare environment, change is always on the horizon. So how can companies stay ahead of the curve? 2020 brought seismic changes that left observers with few words but “unprecedented” to describe the movements that shifted many aspects of everyday life for a majority of the populace. The urgency of the pandemic accelerated […]
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2020 Summit Review and Playbook for 2021
For the first time, our annual Emids Healthcare Summit, which wrapped yesterday, was held virtually. As I reflect on all of the planning, logistics, details and all-around hard work that went into making a 3-day completely virtual event happen, I can’t help but think about how the need to pivot – to move an event […]
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Seven Compelling Healthcare Conversations
With our 7th Annual Healthcare Summit less than a month away, we’ve assembled a pre-read packet of the Seven Most Compelling Healthcare Conversations we’ll be facilitating with guests near and far. Take a few minutes below to get a taste of what’s in store, and be sure to join the conversation (and hear some of the […]
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CMS Rules for 2021: Key Takeaways on Telehealth, PI Program and Other Rule Provisions
CMS held off on making any major changes as it relates to quality reporting under the physician fee schedule (PFS) for the quality payment program (QPP) and under the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) for the inpatient quality reporting (IQR) program. As organizations look towards 2021, while there are no substantive changes, they will need […]
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The Interoperability Revolution
The Familiar Paradigm The common denominator in most patients’ journeys is chaos. A patient may have to complete a comprehensive health questionnaire five+ times when seeking a solution to a health issue – resulting in identical information siloed throughout their journey. For example, a 66-year-old male patient has felt weak in the mornings. During an […]
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CMS and ONC Final Rules – What It Means for Providers and Payers
Updated on April 24, 2020 The following update is provided by emids subject matter experts (SMEs) in the Provider and Payer Business Units, covering Health IT policy changes that are important to our customers and partners. On April 21, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) filed the Centers for Medicare and […]
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The Role of Data & Analytics in Digital Transformation
What if you overheard a health plan CIO give this command: “Alexa, over the last three months, which New York providers received the most payment for treatment of out-of-state patients with chronic conditions?” Ridiculous, right? After all, Alexa is merely a voice-activated assistant, not a miracle worker. But maybe it’s not so ridiculous. Maybe the […]
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Blockchain: The Emerging and Disruptive Technology in Healthcare
Today’s technologies are emerging at a very rapid pace. Not every technology has the potential to alter the business landscape, but some have the potential to disrupt the current status of things. Blockchain is one of them. Blockchain must be understood and embraced for the advantages it can bring to a business. And while the […]
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Enabling a breakthrough customer experience
Chatbots bring the right mix of automation and human interaction In today’s experience economy, consumers expect to be delighted. According to Becker’s Hospital Review, seventy-eight percent of the more tech-savvy consumers say the healthcare digital customer experience needs improvement, and 50 percent said they would leave their current physician for a better digital customer experience. […]