Healthcare Magazine September 2015 | Page 12

TECHNOLOGY
Cloud-based provider relationship management software Communication may seem like an easy technology to develop for the healthcare industry , but it has been nothing but problematic for decades costing over $ 250 billion to process over 30 billion transactions annually . From referrals , progress updates and insurance authorizations , these types of communications result in huge amounts of money and time being wasted and a liability to every healthcare provider .
As many as 50 percent of referrals are not received by the specialty care provider causing patients to miss treatment and healthcare providers to lose money . Companies like referralMD provide doctors with a robust referral management platform to communicate between specialties .
Genomic-based tests Genomic-based testing allows physicians to study the interaction between cells and certain gene groups ,
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