Richard Scott on LinkedIn: For all the Epic EHR professionals out there, here is one for the… (2024)

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Ever wondered why Epic’s EHR is so strong in the USA ?The EHR market is super fragmented in Europe but not in the US.I just learned some that will surely interest you all!Here’s a summary:Under Obama, the HITECH Act was passed to increase adoption of EHR sponsoring doctors to buy first and then to use it on top of that!1. Giving them up to 44k$ to buy an EHR2. Paying them a further 17k$ if they proved they used it (for meaningful use)Now that favours EPIC by increasing the market size as a whole but now looking at the details:The feature set required for getting the subsidy looks very similar to EPIC and the department of Justice prosecuted the competitors of EPIC because they did not have them all!Then during COVID:1. the USA selected 3 providers (Abbott, Ellume and Quidel)2. Germany selected 96 vendorsIt led to a 5-fold + difference in price for the diagnostics.USA > 20$Germany < 4$We are talking a lot about the military-industrial complex of the USA but what about the healthcare one !Preston Alexander did you know this ?!Check the video here.https://lnkd.in/ezf6M8fvThe sources are in the comments.Thanks Aasim Saeed, MD-MPA for sharing the info

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Lots of people sharing this viral talk about regulatory capture in technology.Jason Pettiaux points out the specific problem with regulatory capture in healthcare technology (and healthcare more broadly). He notes the non-market determined pricing power that these government manipulating corporate practices enable. I would add that with regulatory capture you not only do you get a higher priced product, you get a crappier one. When my friends in tech ask me why healthcare is stuck in the 1990s with its technology, I have one answer: Epic and it’s regulatory capture of health ITThe biggest irony is now new LLM technology is going to be very difficult to apply and train in US hospitals because Epic’s “turn doctors into medical billing data entry clerks” style of click-medicine has generated 15 years of utterly useless notes from a LLM training perspective. Unlike handwritten or dictated notes, EMR generated click box notes capture little of the actual thinking that led to the medical decision making that LLMs need to be trained on at scale. 🤦♂️#healthtech #healthcareinnovation #healthcare

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I think this raises a great reienforcing feedback loop for the rise of Epic in the US, but I am convinced their focus on financial capture (look at their KLAS scores in those areas) has put them as a necessity in the US and organizations will tolerate sub optimal if not near innoperable clinical build for that financial capture. IDNs/facilities in countries that don’t have to deal with revenues capture are not as dependent on that highest performing area of Epic’s IS and allows for the healthier mix of clinical capability and operations support seen in other EHRs

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4 Epic features improving clinician satisfaction: Epic's voice assistant feature, Hey Epic!, improved Epic user's experience more than other EHR upgrades, according to a KLAS report. http://dlvr.it/Sv6v3v

Are you familiar with Epic Connect and SPLA Licensing? If not, let me give you the rundown. Epic Connect is a cloud-based EHR system designed for hospitals. With its comprehensive functionality, it can handle a practice's day-to-day operations, including patient medical records. Unlike EMR systems which are responsible for medical records alone, Epic EHR system provides both medical and medication records. If you're looking for a reliable EHR system, Epic Connect might just be what you need. Epic allows discounted SPLA infrastructure licensing with reduced core counts based on the number of Epic users.

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As a medical practice, timely and accurate medical billing is crucial for your revenue cycle. But, have you considered the importance of credentialing in this process?Getting credentialed rights is the first step towards ensuring timely submissions of applications to insurances and securing the right rates. That's where I come in - your trusted credentialing expert with extensive experience in helping medical practices like yours, get onboard with insurances seamlessly.With my expertise, you can:Streamline your credentialing processEnsure accurate and timely submissionsNegotiate better rates with insurancesFocus on patient care while I handle the administrative tasksDon't let credentialing hold you back from maximizing your revenue potential. Let's connect and discuss how I can help your medical practice thrive!

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One question the Change Healthcare fiasco raises - do we really need a revenue cycle management flow that goes through so many steps? Today, could we move to a system where patients just pay an estimated cost at the point of care? But to understand how this works, you need to understand how a set of services gets turned into a bill which turns into cash for a doctor. In the healthcare 101 course we go through every step:-How something gets recorded and the role of medical coders, clearinghouses, etc.-The codes used to turn something into a claim (some of which are absurd because they need to take into account every reason someone might come into a hospital)-What that suspiciously bill looking thing that says I'M NOT A BILL!!!!! actually isAnd that's something we learn day 1. Come see the rest of what we learn + sign up for the Healthcare 101 course, where you'll learn all the basics of how the US healthcare system works in 3 weeksSign up here and see the curriculum: https://lnkd.in/eKycDuTV

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