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Standardizing ‘Disruption’: Oxymoron or Symbiosis

Building your tech using FHIR® is now a no-brainer. Elevation wants tech developers to know that a commitment to standardized interoperability is key to improving patient outcomes and cost savings.

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Health Affairs, November 12, 2019

The US health care system is finally at a tipping point of much needed and overdue modernization. While it promises a brave new world of streamlined and improved health care,...

Ascension leader shares 8 reactions to reports on system's work with Google

Becker's Healthcare, November 12, 2019

Eduardo Conrado, executive vice president of strategy and innovations for St. Louis-based Ascension, has shared several reactions to the Nov. 11 Wall Street Journal report that Ascension and Google began...

Premier Creates Contigo Health to Coordinate Efforts Between Health Systems, Employers

Healthcare Innovation, November 12, 2019

New organization to launch pilot programs with employers by partnering with health systems to eliminate unwarranted variation in care delivery Premier Inc. has formed a new company it says is focused...

Stop Blaming The Victim: The Case For Systemic Health System Transparency

Health Affairs, November 12, 2019

Health care costs strain the budgets of families, businesses, and governments, leaving less room for other spending and forcing painful tradeoffs. In 2017, the United States spent $3.5 trillion on health...

How Big-Box Retailers Can Revitalize Rural Health Care

Forbes, November 12, 2019

There's a surefire, and perhaps unlikely, way to bolster access to health care for underserved Americans—at the shopping mall. Millions of Americans struggle to get affordable, timely medical care. Roughly one-quarter...

Q & A with RSNA president, Dr. Valerie Jackson

DOTmed, November 12, 2019

RSNA 2019 takes place this year, December 1 – 6 at McCormick Place in Chicago. Any regular reader of HealthCare Business News magazine or our online news over the years knows...

3 Topics I Will Hear at the HealthLeaders Revenue Cycle Exchange

HealthLeaders Media, November 12, 2019

Firsthand experiences from the country's most innovative revenue cycles will be shared in West Palm Beach, Florida, next month. KEY TAKEAWAYS Revenue cycle leaders want to cut through the hype and learn...

What Would Healthcare Designed By Patients Be Like?

Tincture, November 12, 2019

BBC News had an article/video that asked the provocative question: What would a city designed by women be like? It focused on efforts in Barcelona, led by design group Punt 6, to address existing,...

Former Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini talks about CVS, the Amazon experience and how insurers stay relevant

Healthcare Finance News, November 12, 2019

"What's needed is to start with the patient, and the patient as a consumer, and add in the relevance of issues outside of a medical conditions..."The $69 billion purchase of...

Verma Attacks Critics Of Medicaid Work Requirement, Pushes For Tighter Eligibility

Kaiser Family Foundation, November 12, 2019

Seema Verma, the Trump administration’s top Medicaid official, Tuesday sharply attacked critics of her plan to force some Medicaid enrollees to work, a policy that led to thousands of people...

Medicare for All: Would It Work? And Who Would Pay?

Knowledge@Wharton, November 12, 2019

U.S. Democratic presidential aspirants Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have both proposed ambitious “Medicare for All” plans, where the government would provide free health care, eliminating most forms of private...

ACA Round-Up: First Enrollment Report, SBC Updates, And More

Health Affairs, November 12, 2019

With the 2020 open enrollment period in full swing, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to release additional guidance and the first weekly enrollment update. This post...

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