Leveraging Natural Language-Based Workflows to Empower Hospital Staff Introduction: In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, it’s essential to harness the power of technology and innovation to streamline hospital operations and enhance patient care. Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Natural Language Understanding (NLU) are emerging as game-changing tools to empower hospital staff, improve workflows, and provide…
Transforming Healthcare Operations with an Intelligent Middleware Layer Introduction: In the dynamic realm of healthcare, the fusion of technology and patient care has sparked a significant transformation. At the forefront of this evolution stands an intelligent middleware layer, a pivotal innovation reshaping the operational landscape. This digital bridge interconnects diverse healthcare systems, enabling seamless data…
Optimizing Healthcare Prior Authorization with GenAI and IBM watsonx Introduction: In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, prior authorization remains a complex and time-consuming process. However, the integration of Gen AI solutions, such as those leveraging IBM watsonx, promises to streamline and transform this critical aspect of healthcare administration. In this article, we’ll delve into the…
Exploratory Data Analysis Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) is a critical first step in the data analysis process that allows us to dive into our datasets and understand their intricacies. As we embark on the journey of EDA, we embrace the role of data detectives, seeking to uncover patterns, trends, and hidden insights that lie within…
Improve Staff Scheduling using AI and GenAI and Reduce Nurse Burnout! Traditionally, scheduling staff in hospitals can be a time consuming task, especially if done manually with spreadsheets or pen and paper. Managers may need to take into account various factors such as staff availability, patient load, skill mix, and compliance with labor laws and…
Opportunities for Cerner — Oracle Fusion integrations Healthcare operations within Hospital systems span multiple business functions. A typical healthcare system often runs dozens of software systems that help with Electronic Health Records, bed management, staff management, staff hours, supply chain, planning, inventory management, food management, pharmacy management, command center, lab management systems, employee training, HR,…
Orchestrating Nurse Scheduling with AI and ChatGPT What is Nurse scheduling? Hospital systems need to schedule nurses for various departments such as ER, OR, and Inpatient. Each of these departments has slightly different methodologies in the way nurses are selected and assigned for duties. However, from an overall point of view, nurse scheduling for these…
You could save over a Million dollars by orchestrating OR Block Scheduling with AI and ChatGPT What is block scheduling? Hospitals set up OR time in blocks and allocate to internal and external provider groups. This lets the hospital leverage all available resources to book slots in the OR so they can optimize the return…
Orchestrate Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management with ChatGPT – Part 2 This is the second in our series of blogs on Orchestrating Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management and will talk about using ChatGPT for Prior Authorization. You can find the first blog that addresses setting pricing here https://cloudastra.ai/2023/03/15/orchestrate-healthcare-revenue-cycle-management-with-chatgpt-and-robotic-process-automation-part-1-set-pricing/ What happens in Prior Authorization When patients present themselves…
Orchestrate Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management with ChatGPT Part 1 – Set Pricing The advent of generative AI technology has changed the landscape of how AI is applied to business problems and is going to change rapidly. Although AI has transformed how several consumer and business applications are developed and used (think streaming of video and…
Using AI to optimize medical coding and billing for mental health Mental health facilities have a unique set of circumstances when it comes to billing and coding for services. They must juggle many different diagnoses, treatments, and care plans. This can often lead to inaccurate or incomplete documentation – which in turn affects reimbursement. But…
Healthcare Pricing Analytics for Providers- The five-minute guide What is Pricing Analytics With the power of advanced analytics, modern pricing and profitability management are revolutionizing how businesses make decisions. By mining through massive data sets with millions of variables and billions of cases, providers can gain valuable insights from analyzing unstructured information such as text,…
Provider Contract Negotiation Powered By Transparency Data U.S. health systems have long struggled with the painstaking process of analyzing and modeling payer reimbursements, leading to a lack of negotiating power when it comes time for contracts between hospitals and insurers. This has left many struggling in their quest for fair increases that reflect the true…
Hospital Price Transparency – The cat is out of the bag Knowledge is power As the saying goes, Knowledge is power. Most organizations are data-rich but knowledge poor. In industries ranging from supply chain to retail to health care, a variety of transactional systems continuously capture data points. This data is useful only when knowledge…
Hospital Price Transparency – Compliance through Legislation The bundling and final pricing of products and services in the US healthcare market is very opaque and there is wide dispersion across geographies and services. Transparency in pricing, in any market, is important since the visibility in pricing allows the different players to work together in determining…