Real Time Medical Systems

Hospitals feel payer mix shifts as uncompensated care costs grow
New hospital financial performance data show higher uncompensated care costs and ED visits than two years ago, as healthcare ...
Payers say AI doesn't deny care. The truth is more complex.
Payers say AI is not clicking the deny button on prior authorizations and provider claims, but the technology does play a key ...
Survey: Front-end workflows to blame for most claim denials
Insurance eligibility and benefits verification, prior authorizations and patient registration errors are the top drivers of ...

Investor suit says UnitedHealth ignored governance, cybersecurity gaps for years
The laundry list of allegations include claims that UnitedHealth deceived investors, artificially inflated share prices and ...
Cyberattack forces temporary closure of 83 AnMed facilities
Nonprofit health system AnMed's medical group and imaging offices will be closed on July 27 as it responds to a cyberattack; ...
Hackers steal customer data from major hospital software vendor
The breach is another reminder of how vulnerable the healthcare industry is to supply-chain attacks.

How clinicians help guide athenahealth's AI development for the EHR
The EHR company is bringing together clinicians and tech experts to collaborate on developing AI capabilities to ease provider ...
Health systems warn patients of MyChart phishing scam
Epic’s head of research and development says that the uptick in phishing attempts are just scammers taking advantage of the ...
Does low health literacy dampen the 21st Century Cures Act's impact?
Although two-thirds of patients look at their lab results immediately, nearly a third said their understanding of the results is ...

Average emergency department wait times reach 2.5 hours
Long emergency department wait times imperil patient access to care, leaving an average of 2.27% of patients giving up on the ED ...
AMA, DiMe launch AI framework for physicians amid rapid tech progress
The new framework outlines physicians' responsibilities in the AI era, emphasizing the importance of maintaining patient trust, ...
3 considerations for health systems adopting AI chatbots
As health systems consider adopting their own AI chatbots, they must assess how the tool will fit into the market -- and their ...