Financial/Revenue Cycle Management

HIMSS23 Europe's Startup PitchFest judge Anca del Rio explains what makes a successful health tech startup, including starting with good intentions and adding capital and commerciality.

AICEP's chairman, Filipe Santos Costa, explains how Portugal attracts tech startups while also optimising infrastructure, licensing and financial incentives to bring in pharma companies.

John Riggi, national advisor for cybersecurity and risk at the American Hospital Association, sees a fraught cyber threat landscape that's being transformed by artificial intelligence. He previews his keynote at the HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum.

The company will use the funds to meet the growing demand for ElliQ, its conversational AI-powered robot that acts as a companion to seniors.

While developing strong functionality is important, even vendors with the best technology must combine that with proactive service so customers can get the most out of their solutions, say KLAS researchers.

Health systems should get organized on alignment, transparency and reciprocity to further their VBC efforts, and providers need support to better understand and interpret population health data, says John Fryer, president of Tribus and CRO at Lumeris.

The commitment to telehealth from CMS offers medical specialties the freedom to innovate and provide better and more equitable care, says Dr. Robert Murry, chief medical officer of NextGen Healthcare and a practicing family physician.

Also: eClinicalWorks now offers a suite of patient engagement capabilities through a collaboration between Ero Health and HealthTalk A.I.

In its first year at Medica, HealthRules Promote supported more than 400 configuration projects and yielded an estimated $750,000 cost savings, according to the company.

New research by the Ponemon Institute and IBM Security revealed that the global average cost of a data breach reached $4.45 million and the costs of avoiding law enforcement after a ransomware attack have increased by $470,000.