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Top Healthcare Industry Predictions for 2024: Tech, Workforce, Costs

HealthCareExecIntelligence The start of a new year brings a slew of healthcare industry predictions. What trends will take hold in 2024? What strategies will be widely adopted? What will remain the same and what will radically change? Our editorial senior staff...

Top Healthcare Cybersecurity Predictions For This Year

HealthITSecurity As the new year begins, the healthcare sector will undoubtedly continue to grapple with a significant volume of cybersecurity threats and challenges. The year 2023 saw record-breaking data breach figures, with more than 540 organizations...

Inside Mount Sinai’s Epic EHR Cloud Migration for Health IT Scalability

EHRIntelligence As the digital health transformation progresses, healthcare organizations are increasingly looking to EHR cloud migration as a cost-effective strategy for health IT scalability. According to Forbes, the market for cloud services in...

Breaking Down Patient Requests for EHR, Medical Record Corrections

PatientEngagementHIT As healthcare organizations continue to strive for better patient safety, they will have to ensure an adequate process for fulfilling patient requests for EHR and medical record corrections. EHR and medical record corrections are exactly as...

Top Health IT Analytics Predictions, Priorities for This Year

HealthITAnalytics As health systems work to address challenges caused or worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, such as health inequity and chronic disease management hurdles, many are turning to data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) tools....

The Role of the Hospital Chargemaster in Revenue Cycle Management

RevCycleIntelligence The hospital charge description master, or hospital chargemaster, is at the heart of the healthcare revenue cycle, serving as the hospital’s starting point for billing patients and payers. A hospital chargemaster lists all the...

Understanding the Pharmacotherapy of Hypertensive Disorders

PharmaNewsIntelligence Hypertension is defined as a chronic condition characterized by high blood pressure. In an earlier publication, LifeSciencesIntelligence explored the different kinds of hypertensive disorders, their causes, and management. In this article,...

Evaluating the Oncology Landscape: Diagnosis, Treatment, Predictions

LifeSciencesIntelligence Over the past decade, advancements in the oncology landscape have significantly changed the diagnostic pathway and treatment pipeline. As scientific discoveries inform product development and care strategies, experts predict that the...

2024 to Bring Thoughtful Patient Engagement Tech Investments

PatientEngagementHIT Could 2024 be the year for the patient engagement technology boom? It might be, provided clinics and hospitals can access the right technology in a way that solves not just patient experience but also workforce management problems,...

AI, Semantic Interoperability Top Health IT Trends for Next Year

EHRIntelligence As the healthcare industry works toward a more connected health IT infrastructure, advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technology has emerged as a promising tool to streamline workflows and improve interoperability. According to...

Navigating the Complex Terrain of Influenza Vaccine Strain Selection

PharmaNewsIntelligence In the battle against influenza, the annual selection of vaccine strains is a crucial step in ensuring the effectiveness of flu vaccines. The process involves an intricate dance of global surveillance, scientific analysis, and regulatory...

Exploring 6 Common Types of Hypertensive Disorders, Disease Management

LifeSciencesIntelligence According to the World Health Organization, approximately 1.28 billion adults between 30 and 79 have hypertension globally. Despite the astronomically high global hypertension rates, nearly half, 46%, of hypertensive adults are unaware they...

Six Interoperability Use Cases for APIs in Health Data Exchange

EHRIntelligence The use of application programming interfaces (APIs) in healthcare could revolutionize health data exchange interoperability. Put simply, APIs send information back and forth between a user and a website or app. API adoption is common in...

This Year’s Largest Healthcare Data Breaches

HealthITSecurity Healthcare cybersecurity has garnered unprecedented attention from lawmakers and industry coalitions this year, signifying a step forward for the sector. However, reported data breach figures tell a different story, as cyberattacks continue...

Key Regulations and Policies That Will Impact Payers in 2024

HealthPayerIntelligence As healthcare stakeholders and the federal government work to make healthcare more accessible and affordable for consumers, CMS and HHS are frequently introducing and finalizing new rules and regulations. There were a couple of key policies...

Understanding Serotonin and Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors (SNRIs)

PharmaNewsIntelligence Although most people think of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) when discussing antidepressants, serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) also play a critical role in managing major depressive disorder and...

Understanding Asynchronous Telehealth’s Benefits and Barriers to Use

mHealthIntelligence With the unprecedented rise in telehealth utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic, it became increasingly clear that it was not a passing phase. Though usage rates have dropped since the pandemic’s peak, telehealth has become...

How Will Biden’s Executive Order on Trustworthy AI Impact Healthcare?

HealthITAnalytics In October, President Joe Biden signed the Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The order establishes guardrails focused on promoting safety and security, protecting...

Combating Specialty Drug Challenges in the Pharmaceutical Industry

PharmaNewsIntelligence The pharmaceutical industry has witnessed a significant rise in the utilization of specialty drugs in recent years, prompting a need for improved cost management and a streamlined patient experience. Specialty drugs, characterized by their...