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Oracle Health Patient Accounting (OHPAC), also known as RevElate, is a major advancement in healthcare revenue cycle technology. Rather than forcing organizations to choose between a standalone patient accounting platform and a clinically integrated revenue cycle, OHPAC combines the strengths of both approaches. Dedicated patient accounting solutions, like OHPAC, allow for greater flexibility, scalability, and […]

The small town where I grew up had about 750 people and a county hospital. The hospital is gone now. The nearest emergency room sits more than 30 minutes away on a two-lane road. Since 2010, more than 200 rural facilities have closed or ended inpatient care. Mine was one of them. That experience is […]

There's a version of healthcare IT consulting that looks straightforward from the outside. A health system has a technology problem. A consulting firm has the expertise. Work gets done. The reality is considerably more complicated, and the gap between those two descriptions is where most consulting engagements either succeed or fall apart. I've spent my […]

A System Health Check is a structured, independent assessment of your live healthcare IT enterprise systems (EHR, ERP, WFM) and the business operations it is meant to support. Conducted by experienced consultants, it evaluates your current configuration, how the system is actually being used, and where gaps between system capability and operational reality are creating […]

Having the right players in the right seats and knowing where to extend your bench is critical in any UKG Pro Workforce Management implementation. After working alongside health systems through every phase of UKG Pro Workforce Management from initial scoping through post-go-live optimization, patterns emerge. The implementations that go well are well planned and resourced. […]

In healthcare, the concept of kindness is often misunderstood as informal or purely emotional. Within the nursing profession, kindness is a clinically relevant and measurable component of high-quality care. In professional terms, it aligns closely with emotional intelligence and interpersonal effectiveness, both of which are essential for maintaining patient dignity while supporting safe and coordinated […]

This year’s Epic User Group Meeting (UGM) was packed with announcements, as Epic Systems continues to position itself as the enterprise platform, artificial intelligence (AI) engine, and healthcare data center of the future. From the unveiling of Epic CoMET to healthcare-focused enterprise resource planning (ERP) capabilities in EpicOps, here’s a recap of Epic’s latest developments—including […]