Economics

This channel highlights factors that impact hospital and healthcare economics and revenue. This includes news on healthcare policies, reimbursement, marketing, business plans, mergers and acquisitions, supply chain, salaries, staffing, and the implementation of a cost-effective environment for patients and providers.

Experian Health launches three new revenue management systems

Revenue cycle management company Experian Health is launching three new products that will expand its portfolio of revenue systems it offers to healthcare organizations.

Half doctor/half app developer, how physicians are changing healthcare technology

With everyone and their mother trying to make a name for themselves in the technological world of app creation, why can’t physicians try it out too? Well now they are, by helping to develop applications from the minds on the front lines of healthcare, reports Forbes.

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Telemedicine kiosks have arrived at a location near you

As technology evolves and telemedicine is able to expand, more and more people are able to use these new innovations in ways that haven’t been seen before. Imagine a day at work when you’re feeling a bit sick and all you have to do is go into the lobby to consult with your doctor, well now you can as more and more offices are implementing telemedicine kiosks, reports Kaiser Health News. 

Study: Patient navigation increases cancer screening rates for high-risk patients

A study, published by JAMA Internal medicine, has found that patient navigation as part of a population-based IT system is able to greatly increase screening rates for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer in patients at high risk for nonadherence with testing.

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Contaminated gloves spread healthcare-associated pathogens across hospital surfaces

A study analyzing the transmission of healthcare-associated infections has found that the failure to change or remove contaminated gloves leads to the spread of diseases, especially in the case of Acinetobacter baumannii, reports Healio.  

How artificial intelligence is bringing us smarter medicine

Fast Company looks at what healthcare done to implement articifial intelligence to bring us smarter medicine.

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IBM, ADA partner to build digital tools to fight diabetes

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) and IBM’s Watson Health announced a partnership to develop digital tools for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diabetes.

AMA CEO warns of 'digital dystopia' at AMA meeting

American Medical Association Executive Vice President and CEO James L. Madara, MD, said physicians need to have a role in the creation of new digital products as a way to ensure the industry stays away from what he calls a “digital dystopia” of technology that makes care less efficient

Around the web

U.S. health systems are increasingly leveraging digital health to conduct their operations, but how health systems are using digital health in their strategies can vary widely.

When human counselors are unavailable to provide work-based wellness coaching, robots can substitute—as long as the workers are comfortable with emerging technologies and the machines aren’t overly humanlike.

A vendor that supplies EHR software to public health agencies is partnering with a health-tech startup in the cloud-communications space to equip state and local governments for managing their response to the COVID-19 crisis.