By Irv H. Lichtenwald – Think about the last time you visited the emergency room. Perhaps you’d cut yourself badly and were holding a towel around your hand awaiting stitches. Do you recall why other people seemed to be there? You probably do.
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By Matt Fisher – Regulatory schemes for the protection of data, whether healthcare or otherwise, are often criticized in the US for being fragmentary and siloed. No coordinated regulatory framework exists because that is not the way the law was implemented.
In honor of Memorial Day and our living vets, we are taking a look at some of the good that is happening as it pertains to innovations, technology and healthcare.
In honor of Memorial Day and our living vets, we are taking a look at some of the good that is happening as it pertains to innovations, technology and healthcare.
By Phil Galewitz – The Trump administration has given states three extra years to carry out plans for helping elderly and disabled people receive Medicaid services without being forced to go into nursing homes.
By Lisa Eramo – These days, all medical specialties are vulnerable to payer audits and denials. However, providers who offer mental health services are particularly at risk because insurers have begun to focus not only on coding accuracy but also on the frequency and duration of services rendered.
By Art Gross – A study from the cloud services provider, Evolve IP suggests that over two-thirds of all healthcare organizations have employees using compromised email credentials.
By Jennifer Knapp – A hospital’s team of respiratory therapists had trouble keeping up with STAT orders. Sometimes the orders were buried within patient records in the EHR. Often the therapists couldn’t access the EHR for hours while engaged with a patient or on a transport.
By William A. Hyman – Readers in this space are well aware of cybersecurity threats, and the need for affirmative security activities to prevent threats from becoming crises. Risk assessment is part of this agenda…