Healthcare Finance Technology

AI Meets Health Care’s Turnover Problem

One health system found that artificial intelligence (AI) can provide an effective means to ensure the right nurses are hired for the right roles, which helps it meet strategic goals on quality, satisfaction, and costs.

Florence S. Chang September 27, 2018

A Game Changer? Potential Blockchain Applications in Health Care

Following the success of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, healthcare organizations are exploring how the blockchain technology behind those platforms could help solve some of the industry’s most vexing problems.

Laura Ramos Hegwer September 26, 2018

Emphasizing Opportunity in EHR Conversions

Christine Pearson, Julianne Dreon, and Matt Onesko explain that as EHR adoption progresses from the implementation phase to optimization, lessons learned contribute to results that may be better than anticipated.

Christine Pearson September 26, 2018

Strategies for Automating Accounts Payable

Tips-focused article about automating procurement and payables processes that shares benefits and offers real-world success strategies. 

HFMA September 25, 2018

Using Healthcare Data to Tackle the Opioid Crisis

Data can help providers identify both high-risk patients and instances of inappropriate disbursement. This information can be used to optimize the implementation of interventions such as education programs.

Doug Williams September 25, 2018

Protecting Against Cybersecurity Threats

With the increasing sophistication of cyberattacks in health care, hospitals and health systems must make sure they have effective cybersecurity infrastructures to protect themselves and their patients from such attacks.

David Lee, JD August 29, 2018

Pivoting Revenue Cycle Efforts to Resolve New Financial Realities

Shifts in payment trends require healthcare organizations to work more effectively with insurers and patients.

Theresa Hush August 29, 2018

New Approaches for Improving the Cost of Care

Data provided by internal and external sources can give healthcare providers valuable insight into areas for cost improvement.

Theresa Hush August 17, 2018

5 Pitfalls to Avoid When Considering Security Staff Benchmarks

Clyde Hewitt presents areas of concern when determining appropriate staffing for information security.

Clyde Hewitt August 17, 2018

A Push to Streamline Value-Based Payment

Value-based payment is ripe to repeat past fee-for-service problems—widespread slowdowns as each entity took different approaches to data collection and sharing and, as a result, hampering interactions. CAQH CORE is getting in front of these challenges now.

Erin Richter Weber August 15, 2018
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