By Kayla Matthews – Doctors’ offices and hospitals have to take the time to market themselves to attract new patients. The advertisements also have to be compliant with HIPAA regulations regarding patient privacy and protection.
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By Lee Horner – The demand for speech-language pathologists (SLPs) is projected to grow at 21% through 2024, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. However, the supply of SLPs may not keep up with the demand, ultimately impact the education system and the healthcare industry.
By Betty Schulte – All HIM leaders know that coding quality audits are critical. We can all agree the consequences of substandard coding – lost revenue, increased denials, and greater compliance risk – make the development of a comprehensive coding audit program a priority for healthcare providers of all sizes.
By Matt Fisher – Questions often arise as to what terms need to be and should be included in a business associate agreement. The distinction between “need” and “should” is very important.
By William Hyman – The New York State chapter of HiMSS met on June 13th in the unusual setting of a Broadway theater (which, like almost all Broadway theaters wasn’t actually on Broadway).
By Art Gross – It comes as no surprise that the healthcare industry is a prime target for cybercriminals. Since it’s easy to recognize the potential profit in stealing Protected Health Information.
By Betty Schulte – There is no doubt, attendees of the ACDIS 2018 conference will be speaking about it for months to come. The conference was comprised of over 90 speakers including physicians, registered nurses, HIM administrators to name a few.
New Harlow on Healthcare episode NOW on Demand with host David Harlow. He spoke with Dan Burton, CEO of Health Catalyst, about the range of his company’s work with health care systems when they met at HIMSS 2018.
By William A. Hyman – The FDA took two recent actions in the domain of CDS for radiological image interpretation. One was to permit the marketing under the De Novo program of software for the interpretation of fractures of the wrist.