Technology & AI

Your weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts.

What top health care leaders expect from the new year

Leaders across the industry sound off.

A look at what may be ahead in the new year.

With AI's health care boom, many practices are seeking guidance on meaningful integration.

Safely integrating AI functions into medical practices can improve workflow for staff and limit administrative burden.

For healthcare providers, executives, and decision-makers, embracing AI in claims processing is not just a step toward improved financial outcomes—it’s an ethical commitment to better care and a more patient-centered approach to service delivery.

The verdict is in for how practice's feel about their payers, and it isn't good.

The definitive ranking of which states are best for physicians.

AI is poised to revolutionize the patient’s and the clinician’s journey, from initial symptom assessment to long-term care management.

AI helps to reduce unnecessary expenses, making advanced medical care more affordable.

When patients fail to understand or follow a physician’s advice, it can lead to frustration for the physician, an increased workload due to the need to address non-adherence, or the risk of a medical error.

AI agents, offer a promising pathway for family clinics and other healthcare providers to mitigate claims denials, enhance reimbursement rates, improve patient experiences, and refocus their efforts on core healthcare services.

How health systems can leverage artificial intelligence to reduce patient no-shows, revolutionize physician scheduling and improve patient outcomes.

The crux of payer-provider collaboration lies in alignment.

New technology that fixes the problems of the EHR is the best way to reduce physician burnout

Automation can play a large role in your coding strategy.

The need for integrated patient care to help reduce medical errors, a $20B plague for U.S.

When healthcare practices scale rapidly, they tend to accumulate an unruly, disharmonious tech stack that can complicate administrative, communication and marketing efforts.

Here are five steps to start integrating AI, using medical coding and revenue cycle management as examples.

With such a broad range of potential security weaknesses, organizations must take a layered approach to IT security.

Although AI shows promise in streamlining administrative tasks like documentation and billing, its integration into clinical decision-making processes sparks some challenges.

It’s clear the state of PA must change. Artificial intelligence has a role in streamlining administrative tasks.

Even while other industries made the digital transition, clipboards and paper forms were still common sites in the waiting rooms of doctors’ offices

AI can help physicians refine their people skills to improve care

The days of “bad ‘bots” are behind us so put smart virtual assistants to work in your practice to reduce call volume, deliver self-service options to patients and improve operational efficiency.

Empowering physicians for enhanced patient care and practice efficiency

Disruptive innovations are radical changes that often overturn the usual way of doing things to such an extent that they have a positive ripple effect throughout the industry.

AI is changing everything, but it might not be ready for health care.

Benefits will come when physicians and health experts begin integrating large language models into practices, hospitals and insurance companies.