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The future of digital health part 4: Convergence of AI and analytics for healthcare payers

The future of digital health part 2: Digital patient engagement and virtual healthcare delivery

By Andy Dé

Protecting the health, well-being and safety of healthcare practitioners and first responders is paramount — and will accelerate adoption of Digital Patient Engagement (DPE), enabled by Virtual Healthcare Delivery (VHD) solutions (also known as “Hospital at Home.)”

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You're asking too much of your EHR

You’re asking too much of your EHR

By Christine Smith Stetler, RN

Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are purported to do a lot of things to support healthcare providers, and most of their claims are generally accurate. Of course, like anything, there are many areas where EHR vendors could and should make improvements.

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Gamification in healthcare only works if you can measure it – here’s how

Gamification in healthcare only works if you can measure it – here’s how

By Christine Smith Stetler, RN

In business and in sports, it’s all about teams. What teams can accomplish when they work together. How they can fail spectacularly when they do

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Pandemic fuels 2021 healthcare megatrends

Pandemic fuels 2021 healthcare megatrends

By Editorial Team

When I wrote about megatrends last year, the predictions were, naturally, forward-looking. Telehealth, for example, was important because of increased healthcare consumerism and the convergence of technologies to make its use quick and easy for payers, providers and patients.

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Measuring provider cost and utilization

By Product Consulting Team

No matter the time of year, payers and providers should work to agree on a shared source of truth when it comes to data. With the recent end of the year, it’s time to celebrate the new year (who isn’t ready to say goodbye to 2020?) and close the books, which includes the reconciliation of any shared savings or losses.

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Data visualization: A picture is worth a thousand…healthcare data points?

Data visualization: A picture is worth a thousand…healthcare data points?

By Kim Babberl

The amount of data produced daily has grown exponentially with nearly 90% of the world’s data generated in the last two years alone. To ensure we can make sense of this data, analysts must find meaningful ways to present the information to their audiences.

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Crystal ball not necessary: predictive analytics helps health systems reduce denials

By Product Consulting Team

The idea of having a crystal ball to better understand what claims will be denied is an awesome concept. But one we can’t rely on. Thankfully, we have predictive analytics to take the place of a crystal ball.

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How did we get here? Hospital analytics and the new normal

By Product Consulting Team

I have heard the word “unprecedented” so many times in 2020 that it has lost its significance; many of us have become desensitized to the extraordinary changes in the world this year.

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How to help employer groups plan in a time of uncertainty

By Product Consulting Team

Employers and their sponsored health plans are thinking about next year’s benefit designs with a significant challenge not seen before: the effect of the coronavirus pandemic. There are important considerations to take into account before making any decisions about new or existing coverage. Becky Niehus, a director of Product Consulting at MedeAnalytics, explores these new issues and what employers can do to ensure employees are “covered.”

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Healthcare’s return to “normal” after COVID-19: Is it possible?

By Product Consulting Team

As providers determine how to get patients to return to facilities for routine disease management and preventive screenings, opportunities are ripe for the application of analytics to triage at the right time to the right setting. Data related to COVID-19 will continue to flow rapidly, but there are possibly more questions than answers now about a return to “normal.”

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