Operations and Other Technology

Data: What’s in it for you?

The volumes of patient data healthcare organizations create should help them face their challenges. But in order to use those volumes of data effectively, healthcare organizations need toask the selfish question: What’s in it for me?

Jeff Helton,  PHD, FHFMA, CMA, CFE June 10, 2019

4 ways healthcare organizations can use blockchain

By 2025, the blockchain adoption percentage by healthcare organizations is projected to be 55%.

Vinati Kamani, MD May 31, 2019

Disruptive partnerships and innovation

HFMA director Chad Mulvany discusses innovative disruption in the industry. Also: a Connecticut health system discusses mandatory e-prescribing of controlled substances.

Erika Grotto May 30, 2019

Confessions of an Innovation Killer

As I look back at innovation and my CFO role, I feel like I was a serial murderer of innovation.

Jeff Helton,  PHD, FHFMA, CMA, CFE May 29, 2019

How health plans can achieve next-level cost efficiencies using artificial intelligence and analytics

Health plans can transform their cost structures by implementing predictive analytics and artificial-intelligence processes.

Emad Rizk, MD May 15, 2019

How data provides vital insight into the social determinants of health

Analytics programs that identify patients with social determinants of health can have clinical as well as financial benefits for healthcare providers.

Laura Ramos Hegwer May 15, 2019

Improving Patient Acquisition and Retention With Digital Care Coordination

By improving the patient experience from the first communication with a provider to post-discharge care, a healthcare organization can help attract and retain more patients.

Jason Kressel February 21, 2019

Data Sharing Tips for Value-Based Payment Arrangements

Value-based contracts require that provider organizations and health plans share data and information that they may not have shared historically. Details about that data-sharing must be established in contracts.

Lola Butcher February 6, 2019

A New Era in Healthcare Data Monetization

Technological advancements present an opportunity for healthcare organizations to monetize data.

Stephanie Crabb February 4, 2019

The Origins of Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology

A growing variety of applications for blockchain offers an expanding range of tools designed to solve specific problems in the healthcare industry.

HFMA January 29, 2019
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