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Ben Scharfe of Altera Digital Health on Targeted AI Adoption in Healthcare

Jason Free — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 11:16:48 +0000

Artificial intelligence is moving rapidly into healthcare workflows, but as explored in last week’s HIT Leaders & News editorial AI in Healthcare Is Moving Fast but Trust Is Moving Slowly, technology readiness does not guarantee successful adoption.

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Ambient Listening Tools Must Evolve Beyond Documentation Efficiency

Jason Free — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 11:50:55 +0000

Altera Digital Health’s launch of TouchWorks Note+ represents another entry in the increasingly crowded race to reinvent EHR documentation through ambient intelligence. Built as a native extension of the TouchWorks EHR, the system captures clinical conversations using voice, text, and macros, then converts those inputs into structured, codified data suitable for clinical decision-making and billing.

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AI in Healthcare Is Moving Fast but Trust Is Moving Slowly

Jason Free — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 10:57:01 +0000

Artificial intelligence is no longer a theoretical capability for healthcare systems. It has moved beyond pilot projects and vendor demonstrations into live, day-to-day workflows. From pre-visit patient history summarization to automated claims processing, AI is showing up in both the exam room and the back office.

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Mobile Engagement Platforms Redefine Post-Acute Risk

Jason Free — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 11:10:38 +0000

Readmission penalties have turned the quiet hours after discharge into the most expensive minutes on the hospital balance sheet. Leadership teams that once viewed patient portals as convenience tools must now treat mobile engagement platforms as critical infrastructure for value-based payment survival.

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Patient-Engagement Platforms Enter the Predictive Era

Jason Free — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 18:19:37 +0000

Early adopter feedback on Sunrise CarePath underscores an emerging consensus: engagement applications are evolving from digital clerks into predictive command centers that forecast clinical risk and revenue leakage.

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Altera’s Sunrise 25.1 Recasts EHR Vendor Expectations in an Era of Performance-Linked Technology

Jason Free — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:00:38 +0000

One week after the rollout of Altera Digital Health’s Sunrise 25.1, the conversation has shifted from feature analysis to strategic implications. This release redefines how health systems should evaluate their electronic health record (EHR) vendors, not just for functionality, but for alignment with performance-linked, modular modernization.

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Altera’s Sunrise 25.1 Release Signals a Strategic Shift in Financial and Clinical Workflow Optimization

Jason Free — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 17:00:03 +0000

Sunrise 25.1 delivers nearly 700 new features, including a significant overhaul to revenue management through its Financial Manager module. This module consolidates billing requests, claims, and self-pay actions into a single interface, enabling streamlined processes that reduce administrative burden and improve charge accuracy. These functions directly support the objectives of revenue integrity programs promoted across leading health systems and are increasingly essential in a reimbursement climate shaped by increasing charity care, persistent labor shortages, and payer complexity.

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Four Community Hospital Systems to Implement Paragon Denali from Altera Digital Health

Jason Free — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 12:31:05 +0000

Altera Digital Health, a global health IT leader, announced that four hospital systems plan to implement Paragon Denali, a cloud-native electronic health record (EHR) designed for rural, critical access and community hospitals.

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