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Health Innovation August 17, 2016

Web Tool Reduced Medical Missteps During Hospital-Shift Changes: Study Says

By Shefali Luthra – It’s 4 p.m., and if you’re a hospital patient, that could be one of the most critical times of the day. Your doctor’s shift just ended, and someone new will take over your care. How these professionals communicate could have major repercussions for your recovery. Those shift changes, also known as handoffs, are prime opportunities for key information about a patient’s condition to get lost in the shuffle.

Healthcare Revenue Cycle and Finance, Regulatory Issues August 16, 2016

The Impact of MACRA on Your Practice

By Jeff Jones – Encouraging physicians to switch to EHRs has been a long term effort from CMS ever since the January 2009 passage of the HITECH act.

Healthcare Revenue Cycle and Finance August 16, 2016

DICOM Viewers Can Be Used for Worktime Control

By Tatsiana Levdikova – Nowadays medical devices supporting and implementing the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) standard are made use of in almost every medical institution (e.g. in hospitals), and one hospital may have up to ten such devices or even more.

Healthcare Revenue Cycle and Finance August 15, 2016

Many Well-Known Hospitals Fail To Score 5 Stars In Medicare’s New Ratings

By Jordan Rau – The federal government released its first overall hospital quality rating recently, slapping average or below average scores on many of the nation’s best-known hospitals while awarding top scores to dozens of unheralded ones. CMS rated 3,617 hospitals on a one- to five-star scale, angering the hospital industry.

Healthcare Revenue Cycle and Finance August 11, 2016

4 Tactics for Secure Clinical Communication and Collaboration

By Terry Edwards – At Becker’s Hospital Review Annual CIO/HIT + Revenue Cycle Summit I discussed the elements needed to truly secure clinical communications with some of the best minds in the healthcare world. With the recent high profile news stories on ransomware attacks in hospitals and health systems, security and the ability to secure clinical information is top of mind for many.

Healthcare Revenue Cycle and Finance August 10, 2016

Are You Ready for the Oncoming Wave of Revenue Cycle Change?

By Mordy Pelleg – A few weeks ago, I offered up 10 best practices for successful revenue cycle management. Any practice that implements these regular behaviors will be on a more stable financial foundation. Things are changing rapidly in healthcare, which is news to exactly no one.

Digital Health & Telemedicine, Healthcare Revenue Cycle and Finance August 10, 2016

The Rise of Telemedicine

By John Halamka MD – As reimbursement evolves from fee for service to alternative payment models, incentives will shift from treating sickness to keeping the population healthy. New investments will be made in technologies that reach into the home and enhance care team communication. 2016 saw an acceleration of telemedicine/telehealth. 2017 will see exponential growth.

Health Innovation August 10, 2016

The 7 HIPAA Audit Items the Feds Selected

By Mike Semel – The Office for Civil Rights announced that the new permanent audit program has started. On July 11 letters were sent BY E-MAIL (check your junk mail folders!) to 167 health plans, health care providers, and health care clearing houses (all HIPAA Covered Entities) notifying them that they have to send in documentation for a ‘desk audit.’ They will have 10 days to send in the required materials for review.

Healthcare Revenue Cycle and Finance August 8, 2016

As Healthcare Digitizes, Medical Referrals Fall Far Behind

By Jeremy Guttman – Entirely paper-based healthcare is going the way of the dodo bird. Since 2008, the number of office-based physicians who have adopted electronic healthcare records (EHRs) has doubled from 40% to over 80%. In fact, the number of physicians using EHRs has actually quadrupled in the past 12 years.

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