When experts assess the relationship between healthcare and artificial intelligence, they see a budding romance that’s destined to explode into a love affair for the ages. Consulting firm Frost and Sullivan says AI can improve outcomes by 30% to 40% while cutting treatment costs in half. It predicts the healthcare-AI market will…
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The goal when it comes to coding, says physician-blogger Erica E. Remer, should be “to see that the patient looks as sick in the medical record as he or she does in real life.” If you don’t make it clear how sick a patient really is, chances are you’ll end up…
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Palm readers and psychics are more than happy to take your money, peer into the mystic, furrow their brows, and predict your future—with, of course, about the same accuracy rate you’d get if you flipped your coins rather than relinquishing them. But until recently, the task of predicting which of…
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How much would you pay to add one quality hour to your life? How about one day? Or two days? What about your loved ones’ lives? How much would one more good day be worth? Questions like those can be excruciatingly difficult to answer, but that doesn’t mean we can…
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The rules of reimbursement are gradually changing, but in the healthcare game, no timeout can be called. No wonder those in the field are feeling a little dizzy and disoriented. Forced to deal with a mixture of fee-for-service and value-based reimbursements, providers feel as if they have “a foot in…
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The final transition to value-based care is still years away, with many obstacles yet to overcome, but those who’ve begun the journey appear to be finding it somewhat less treacherous than they’d imagined. Recent research strongly suggests that both healthcare executives and payers are becoming less worried and more optimistic…
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Why settle for a second opinion when you can get opinions from 50 of the greatest physicians in the world? Or 100? Or 500? That, in a nutshell, is what artificial intelligence (AI) can bring to health care: the ability to synthesize vast amounts of knowledge and data, thereby harnessing…
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As technology continues to surge forward — 24 hours a day, seven days a week, without ever taking a break — consumers have continually proven that they’re more than happy to go along for the ride. Which means that those who serve them, and who crave their loyalty, must also…
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Is there any hope for what some call the “siloed, episodic, reactive nature of U.S. healthcare, whereby patients seek care only after potentially costly health complications occur, and physicians are only reimbursed for expensive in-person office visits that may not reflect the day-to-day reality of the patient experience of living…
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Like an ocean liner trying to execute a 180-degree turn, healthcare is slowly pivoting away from the traditional fee-for-service model, and turning toward value-based systems. There were some early success stories, but the process seems to be moving painfully slowly. Most recently, mixed signals from Washington may have given providers…
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