Category: Health IT

Billing mystery at Mount Sinai: $660 charge for telehealth visit

A 45- to 59-minute telehealth urgent care visit from New York City-based Mount Sinai cost one patient $660, raising questions as the price was extremely high for a virtual visit and as the appointment was ruled out of network by an insurer, NPR reporte…

University Health integrated content management system with Epic

San Antonio, Texas-based University Health is integrating Hyland’s OnBase Smart on FHIR system within its Epic Hyperdrive EHR to help capture unstructured patient data.

What health systems are paying for EHRs

Here is how much 12 hospitals and health systems are expected to pay for purchasing, installing and upgrading a new or current electronic health record system in 2023, as reported by Becker’s:

What's in store for Meditech in 2024?

In 2024, EHR vendor Meditech told Becker’s the company is steering its efforts toward crafting sustainable and scalable solutions to tackle healthcare’s most pressing challenges, such as workforce issues, financial pressures and the escalating demand f…

OSF looks to educate clinicians on telehealth

Peoria, Ill.-based OSF Healthcare is launching a telehealth education program as it looks to expand care to patients in rural communities. 

When a Quick Telehealth Visit Yields Multiple Surprises Beyond a Big Bill

For the patient, it was a quick and inexpensive virtual appointment. Why it cost 10 times what she expected became a mystery.

Is virtual nursing overstated?

A study conducted by digital health company Panda Health revealed that among digital hospital tools, virtual nursing has the least widespread adoption and is perceived as having the most exaggerated value. Health systems that have implemented it say ot…

University Hospitals' Epic install to cost $400M

Cleveland-based University Hospitals expects its Epic install to cost about $400 million, a significant drop from the $600 million it had initially budgeted, according to financial documents published Dec. 14. 

How AI is redefining clinical documentation [PODCAST]

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! We welcome Matthew Allen, a medical student, as we delve into the significant findings of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) 25×5 Task Force, which aims to reduce the clini…

The double-edged sword of AI in health care

What will your workday look and feel like when it has eliminated your need to document, answer messages, or deal with your inbox? Isn’t that what we all want: freedom from electronic medical records and all the other documentation tasks? Yes? For…