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Emerging Technology Insights


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Emerging Technology Insights
 
 
This research identifies new technologies that are having an impact in healthcare IT.
 

Why Is KLAS Studying Emerging Technology?


Healthcare organizations are constantly being approached by new companies hoping to present their latest solutions. With so many start-ups clamoring for their attention, healthcare leaders often feel the need for guidance on which solutions they should consider.
KLAS can help cut through the noise. We work with healthcare providers, innovation centers, and others to identify new companies to research. We then validate which emerging companies are solving real healthcare problems in innovative ways.
 
Do you know of an up-and-coming solution that is successfully solving one of healthcare’s most difficult challenges?

 
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Emerging Technology Offerings

 
Explore the different ways to learn about the latest up-and-coming technologies in healthcare IT.
 
 
Emerging Technology Category Page

Emerging Technology Category Page

 
Use the ROI risk quadrant to explore which new technologies generate high levels of customer satisfaction. This data can give you a sense of which emerging technologies are clear leaders in their respective areas of focus. This page also lists all KLAS-rated emerging technologies by category and provides links to each solution’s individual report.
 
 
 

Spotlight Reports

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These reports examine one emerging company at a time, using a combination of early customer feedback and KLAS insights.
 
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Emerging HCIT Companies 2021: Top-of-Mind Healthcare Technologies
23 September 21    |   Doug Tolley, Sam Eaquinto
Representing the feedback of 139 healthcare professionals from 131 provider organizations, this report examines the healthcare IT (HCIT) vendors and market segments that are top of mind for healthcare organizations today as well as which technologies are likely to be the target of future investment. Though the COVID-19 pandemic has slowed capital spending for a time, patient engagement, artificial intelligence/machine learning, telehealth, and other remote care solutions continue to attract attention. In total, this report indexes nearly 100 emerging vendors in these and other high-interest markets.
 
 

Top-of-Mind Reports

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Reveal the innovative or disruptive companies and market segments that are top of mind for healthcare organizations today.
 
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SyncTimes: Emerging Technology Spotlight 2022
06 May 22    |   Paul Hess, Jacob Mortensen
In clinical settings, resource optimization and communication efficiency are paramount in delivering quality care. SyncTimes is a clinical workflow and communication tool that streamlines operations, inter-team communication, and resource management. Features include a real-time location system, communication tools, and analytics based on documentation of patient activities and personnel management by room. This report seeks to validate provider organizations’ adoption of SyncTimes and their overall satisfaction.
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Optimize Health Remote Patient Monitoring: Emerging Technology Spotlight 2022
06 May 22    |   Schafer Jackson, Aurene Wilford
Healthcare organizations seek to accelerate a continuous patient care experience while reducing administrative and financial costs, improving patient outcomes, and reducing hospitalizations. Remote patient monitoring vendors, like Optimize Health, aim to use advanced technology and expert support that engage patients in their care outside of regular office visits to improve clinical workflows and clinical outcomes with minimal up-front risk. This report examines the Optimize Health customer experience.
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Notable: Emerging Technology Spotlight 2022
22 April 22    |   Adam Cherrington, Kyle Chilton, Aurene Wilford
Having financially viable healthcare organizations is imperative and requires a reduction in administrative costs. One opportunity to improve financial viability is to digitize and automate workflows across the care continuum, including all operational and clinical workflows. This report offers a first look at Notable—a solution provider focused on delivering intelligent automation for healthcare.
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CorroHealth Autonomous Coding: Emerging Technology Spotlight 2022
08 April 22    |   Mac Boyter, Kyle Chilton, Braden Taylor
More and more healthcare organizations are evaluating the viability of autonomous coding to increase efficiency and reduce overhead expenses. CorroHealth’s autonomous coding product offers provider organizations a solution that streamlines coding workflows to reduce labor-intensive tasks and improve productivity. This report looks to validate the outcomes that CorroHealth’s customers have experienced and examine customers’ satisfaction with the product.
 

Emerging Technology Articles

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eTech Insight: Improving AI Success with Accelerators and Incubators
03 June 22
In many cases, AI solutions are well intended but poorly designed to effectively resolve the operational issues that provider organizations will face or are currently facing.
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eTech Insight—Will Synthetic Data Revolutionize Data Sharing and AI?
26 May 22
Several healthcare projects are attempting to build large data repositories of de-identified patient data to advance healthcare data analytics and associated AI deep learning models and algorithms.
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eTech Insight: Advocacy Group for Hospital at Home Emerges
13 May 22
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the US healthcare system’s ability to meet patients' acute care demands with limited or full bed capacities at many provider facilities.
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eTech Insight: Frictionless Shopping Alternatives Will Improve Healthcare Services
06 May 22
Voice recognition engines made by large technology companies are advancing to be very accurate when it comes to dealing with different dialects.
 
 
How do we gather this information?
 
Once we identify an emerging technology company to highlight, we engage with them. We then interview a small sample of their customers about the technology and the vendor's performance. After analyzing the feedback, we publish it in a report.
 
 
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Please let us know if:

  • You want KLAS to investigate and spotlight an emerging technology company to learn more about how it might work in your organization.
  • An emerging technology solution has made a positive impact on your organization and you want to help peers benefit from your success.
  • An emerging technology solution has caused you problems and you want to tip others off before they sink money into it.
 
 
 
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Featured KLAS Emerging Technology Spotlight Badge

 
 
 

What does the badge mean?

The badge communicates that KLAS has identified and validated the early performance of an innovative, disruptive, or emerging technology solution.
 
 

How can the badge be used?

 
Vendors may display the badge on their websites and marketing materials to communicate KLAS’ validation of their emerging solution. Please submit all materials using the badge to datause@klasresearch.com for approval.

By clicking on the badge or provided link, healthcare professionals can easily access and review the Spotlight report to see early data on the solution’s performance, outcomes achieved by interviewed customers, and validated feature functionality*
 
*Please note that the Featured KLAS Emerging Technology Spotlight badge does not endorse the solution or promise high-level vendor performance.
 
 

How do I get my solution highlighted by KLAS?

 
Number 1
 Contact KLAS to start the research process.
Number 2
 If you qualify, work with KLAS to publish a Spotlight report.
Number 3
 Recieve the Spotlight badge.
 
 
 
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