Today we conclude our 12 Days of Christmas posts with warm wishes to all this holiday season. If a new career is on your list this year, here is some information that might help steer you in the right direction. Until next year… Happy Holidays!
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By Jeff Brady MD, MPH – The chances that you will receive safer care when you enter the hospital are increasing, according to a new report from AHRQ. Between 2010 and 2014, we estimate that 87,000 fewer patients died from hospital-acquired conditions (HACs), such as adverse drug events, pressure ulcers, and potentially dangerous infections.
This is Day 10 of our 12 Days of Christmas Posts. When you think of “10” this year you can only think of ICD-10. I’m not sure which Lords were leaping over this but it finally did happen on October 1st.
On Day 9 of our 12 Days of Christmas Posts there will be dancing all night at the 2016 HIMSS as the biggest health IT conference returns back to Vegas, to the real city that never sleeps.eeps.
By Robert M. Califf MD & Rachel Sherman MD, MPH – Medical care and biomedical research are in the midst of a data revolution. Networked systems, electronic health records, electronic insurance claims databases, social media, patient registries, and smartphones and other personal devices together comprise an immense new set of sources for data about health and healthcare.
Day 8 of our 12 Days of Christmas Posts sees us milking the industry’s focus on revenue cycle management. The biggest RCM challenges of the year left some providers “udderly” besides themselves.
Day 7 of the 12 Days of Christmas Posts has us swimming in lists. I love lists. Here are my 7 picks for must read end of the year lists. Who do you know on these lists? Are you on a list?
On the 6th Day of our 12 Days of Christmas Posts we look at geese a laying. On this day, we take a gander at some of the biggest healthcare mergers of the year 2015.
Day 5 of our 12 Days of Christmas Posts we look to Hollywood for inspiration and 5 movies this year that are golden. If you have staff that called in “sick” today, take heart. The most anticipated movie this year, and perhaps even this decade, opens today.