OmniMD (Digital Healthcare Innovators)

  The healthcare industry continues to evolve today. With the increasing importance of healthcare revenue cycle management (RCM), ensuring financial stability and success for the healthcare industry has become increasingly important. Therefore, healthcare providers must stay current with the latest RCM strategies and best practices. Consequently, an optimized revenue cycle management or RCM is the key to success for any successful medical practice. Having said that, it is advisable to update your practice management or medical billing software to help solve problems and improve revenue cycle management. This also means you must include a robust patient portal for tasks such as self-scheduling and automated reminders so patients can attend their appointments. Some Common Problems Faced While Implementing RCM Clinical errors are often generated at the time of patient registration. This leads to non-clinical denials from insurance payers. At the same time, payment could be denied due...

Today's healthcare practices cannot survive in a vacuum. They need modern systems such as EHR Software to improve patient outcomes, money, and time. Already, 86.9% of office-based physicians in the USA already use EHR to manage patient records. At the same time, experts predict adoption rates will rise. Although doctors may use an EHR system even now, the essential aspect is selecting the right EHR system for healthcare practice. Let us dive into this subject to explore how you could determine the right EHR software for your healthcare practice. Determine your Needs. Your practice's needs may differ depending upon various factors, such as the number of patients you see, the number of doctors and associates you have, your specialties, and the clinic size. At the same time, you will need to consider your future needs as you may plan to grow your business in the future. Also, identify your high-priority needs and match them to the features of the EHR you propose to purchase...

  Introduction In healthcare, interoperability refers to timely and secure electronic health data access, use, and integration. This is to optimize health outcomes for individuals and populations. Securely accessing and sharing health data has always been a big challenge in healthcare. In this blog, let us study some of the challenges and benefits of interoperability in health care. Why Is Healthcare Interoperability Important? Due to the paradoxical nature of healthcare data, it isn't easy to share. It is susceptible, and at the same time, it requires a high level of privacy and security. Also, it may be difficult to access it when needed, which may cause a significant level of harm. Due to a lack of interoperability, an incomplete understanding of an individual's or a population's health needs may arise. This may result in increased healthcare expenses and inferior outcomes. Healthcare Interoperability Challenges Several experts and leaders think that if different system...

Today, consumers increasingly seek telehealth and virtual care to meet their needs and achieve their preferences for the standard of care they expect. So, in the post-pandemic scenario, telehealth software is here to stay. However, the current market is becoming increasingly crowded. It has become highly essential for healthcare developers to understand the mindsets of their users. This can help them drive their product strategies forward. With such software, patients accessing primary care expect the same personalized experience as they expect with most other services they consume. This means patients are driving a paradigm shift as they are much better-informed customers of healthcare services. They are bringing increasingly higher expectations. These expectations can progressively make or break today's custom telehealth businesses and telemedicine software providers. Here are some essential features of this kind of software for primary care that will fulfill much of the needs ...

Cloud-based EHRs are becoming increasingly popular in the healthcare field. This has raised debate about how this kind of Electronic Health Records Software compares to other EHR solutions. A HIMSS Analytics report suggests that two-thirds of hospital IT leaders currently utilize cloud-based technology. EHRs – Some Trends In 2018, thirty percent of practices that housed more than 11 clinicians were looking to switch their EHR Software by 2021, according to a Black Book report. As such, there are both positive and negative sides to cloud-based and in-house EHRs. Some points that need to be considered while going in for either include cost savings, security considerations, and even data-sharing benefits.  Any large or small medical practice needs to conduct a research exercise to discover the best EHR for their needs. While doing so, they may also realize some discouraging up-front costs are involved with some EHR systems. The scales tilt in favor of cloud-based EHRs in these...

  These are the days of the digital revolution. The healthcare field, too, isn’t insulated from the developments in the digital world. Medical coding and billing were manual tasks only a few years ago, but automation and artificial intelligence have changed this scenario. Now, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and medical billing are making such tasks more manageable. The health industry is changing because of automation, and AI is now a game changer for ensuring that healthcare organizations can get paid on time. Automated medical billing software helps providers reduce the number of unpaid claims and speeds up the billing process. The medical billing process has been rapidly transformed because of automation due to the introduction of AI and ML.  How AI Could Automate Medical Billing Processes Medical billing is a comprehensive part of RCM, and AI is doing its bit to automate the billing function smartly. AI can now find mistakes in submitted claims before processing them so tha...

  Nowadays, it is possible to keep track of your health regularly, as it has become easier with the availability of several high-quality healthcare apps. These apps have several options for diet, nutrition, fitness, mental health, sleep, and others. You, too, can keep track of your health and even simplify your medical journey with the help of one of these apps. So, you need to consider your budget, the type of device or smartphone you plan to use, and the technology the app is built around. This blog will help you choose the best Healthcare App for Patients to reach your wellness goals: Noom:         This app provides a wholly revamped and scientific approach to the traditional weight loss approach by using a psychology-based approach to weight loss. It helps you identify behaviors and triggers that lead to unhealthy eating habits. It also enables you to remember healthier habits that help you support your weight loss and fitness goals.    ...