What You Should Know: - The Michigan Health Information Network (MiHIN), the nonprofit state-wide health information network, recently announced that it is partnering with PointClickCare Technologies, the largest post-acute electronic medical record vendor in the country, to advance and deepen healthcare collaboration, care coordination, and interoperability by offering access to real‐time insights at any stage of a patient’s journey. - Although Michigan has experienced
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LifePoint Health and Google Cloud Announce Multi-Year Partnership
What You Should Know: - LifePoint Health and Google Cloud announced a multi-year partnership aimed at using Google Cloud’s Healthcare Data Engine to transform healthcare delivery in communities across the U.S. - The Healthcare Data Engine aggregates and organizes data from multiple sources, and for LifePoint, will be used by a patient’s healthcare provider to help clinicians gain further insight into patients records and data. This collaboration brings
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KLAS: Post–Acute Care EMR Product Suites 2022 Trends to Watch
What You Should Know: - A new report from KLAS examines what solutions are offered, how they are being adopted, and how well they meet setting-specific functionality needs (particularly for home health and LTC/SNF) - The KLAS report mainly focuses on vendors specific to post-acute care but also provides a brief look at the post-acute care solutions of enterprise acute care EMR vendors. Trends Concerning Post-Acute Care EMR Product Suites in 2022 Most providers in post-acute care
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KLAS: 7 Key Healthcare Trends in Microsoft Cloud Technologies in 2022
What You Should Know: - A new report from KLAS focuses on healthcare-specific deployments of Microsoft Cloud Technologies, especially Microsoft Azure, which is receiving strong market interest. - This study is meant to help organizations considering Microsoft Cloud technologies understand their current use, the overall customer experience, and the impact of the solutions. Key Healthcare Trends in Microsoft Cloud Technologies in 2022 While still early, healthcare is gaining momentum
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Luna Unveils Value-Based Savings Orthopedic Program
What You Should Know: - Luna, the leading in-home physical therapy (PT) platform, today announces the launch of a value-based savings program for orthopedic practices to reduce post-acute care costs by 55-70%. - Top orthopedic groups are turning to Luna to reduce costs and deliver this innovative, in-person form of care, including Hoag (Orange County), Resurgens Orthopaedics (Atlanta), and dozens of others. Using At-Home PT Services To Reduce the Cost of Orthopedic
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Olio Health Raises $13M for Post-Acute Engagement for Health Systems
What You Should Know: - Olio Health, an Indianapolis, IN-based workflow and collaboration platform for the post-acute care and population health industry, raised $13m in Series A funding. - The round was led by Fulcrum Equity Partners with participation from Mutual Capital Partners. The company intends to use the funds to further accelerate its growth through product development and key hires across multiple departments. - Led by Ben Forrest, CEO, Olio provides a platform for
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DeliverHealth Exec Talks Combatting Physician Burnout with Automation Tech & Data
Provider burnout has shown no signs of slowing down in the past couple of years - a fact proven by a recent report found that 45% of physicians have been experiencing burnout over the past two years. As providers and healthcare organizations continue to face burnout, staffing shortages and financial pressures, they must find a way to reduce administrative burdens while allowing for more time spent on patient care with an ultimate end goal of reducing burnout. We recently spoke with
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Health-Tech C2Q:22 Preview: 5 Key Driving Factors to Watch
What You Should Know: - David Larsen, healthcare IT and digital health analyst at BTIG published a note highlighting his preview for health-tech Q2 earnings. - Given high inflation rates, costs for traveling nurses, and light volumes in 2Q:22, he is cautious on stocks that sell into the acute care market in the near term. An Overview According to the report, there are many macro headwinds that continue to affect the HCIT sector and the broader market, including inflationary pricing
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Netsmart Acquires SNF Claims Data Analytics Solution CORE Analytics
What You Should Know: - Netsmart announced that it has acquired CORE Analytics, the industry-leading skilled nursing facility (SNF) claims data analytics offering from Zimmet Healthcare. - With the addition of Core Analytics, Netsmart Simple™is now the only solution suite in the market capable of calculating quality measures and Five-Star ratings leveraging Minimum Data Set (MDS), Payroll-Based Journaling (PBJ) and UB-04 claims data. Software Solutions to Problems in
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Executive Roundtable: Can Innovation Alleviate Clinician Burnout?
The U.S. Surgeon General’s recent advisory about clinician burnout cited numerous societal, cultural, structural, and organizational causes—including excessive workloads, administrative burden, and lack of organizational support. The potential fallout of this trajectory is alarming: The advisory cites the Association of American Medical Colleges’ estimate on clinician demand outpacing supply, with an anticipated shortage of between
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