Healthcare is one of the most highly regulated industries in this country, and rightly so, since people’s lives are the focus of healthcare. Over the past couple of decades, healthcare technology has taken center stage, to help providers ensure they are delivering the best level of care. Let’s look back at how healthcare technology became […]
Like many of you, I’m just back from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference in Chicago and still filled with excitement. According to HIMSS, more than 35,000 attended the annual event, a 25% increase over the previous year. The entire show floor was on fire with energy and the feeling that we’ve […]
How many routine tasks do you and your staff perform every day, every week, or every month? Think about compiling reports, manually entering data, and moving data from one database to another. Although widely used in other industries, healthcare lags behind in the adoption of robotic process automation (RPA), which can emulate repetitive human actions […]
It’s probably fair to say your organization has invested a great deal in fax technology over the years, and despite the fact that most of the rest of the world has moved on to digital faxing, some paper faxing is still necessary. Does that mean you should just live with the inconvenience? Maybe you should […]
Bottom line upfront:Health plans developed prior authorizations (PA)s with noble goals in mind. And research shows PAs have achieved one of these goals: lowering drug costs. But the process has gotten out of control and become a growing burden for providers, payers, and members. The good news is, the right tech can solve prior authorization […]
