By Gevik Nalbandian – Keeping physician credentials and affiliations up to date has been a long-standing source of angst for payers and providers. Research estimates that 2 to 2.5 percent of provider data changes each month, and an estimated 20 to 30 percent of physicians change affiliations each year.
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By Ashok Gupta – The COVID-19 pandemic and 2020 presidential election dominated the public sphere throughout 2020 and 2021; justifiably so considering the impact each has had on our lifestyle, health, culture, and emotions.
By Dr. Robin Gaster – For 100 years, retailers have segmented the broad marketplace into groups – soccer moms, or Millennials, or New Yorkers, or readers… pretty much every retailer uses target segments like those. But Amazon has never been interested. Instead, it wants a segment of one: you.
By Colin Banas MD – A typical office visit with a primary care physician lasts only about 15 minutes. Within that limited face time, you need to build rapport with your patient, diagnose their condition, prescribe medications, perhaps order additional studies, and plan follow-up care. So how can technology help you better connect with your patients?
By Baha Zeidan – Numbers don’t lie; according to a recent Mayo Clinic Proceedings article, a cross-sectional survey of nearly 900 US physicians from all specialty disciplines assessed the useability of their EHRs using the System Usability Scale, and the mean SUS score was an appalling 45.9 out of 100.
By Dr. Leo P. Langlois – Chronic disease management continues to be one of the greatest healthcare challenges for providers. As chronic diseases continue to overwhelm our health system, providers are now looking at ways they can improve their efforts in a way that the quality of care being delivered is not negatively impacted.
By Matt Fisher – Terms that emerge together in healthcare can often be thrown around interchangeably without fully appreciating the differences and nuances between each of the terms. Equating concepts in this way (consider electronic medical record and electronic health record, they are different) leads to confusion inside and outside of the industry.
We are seeking out the latest developments around Telemedicine. How is telemedicine used to benefit patients and care givers? News from GlobalMed, TheraNow, PursueCare, Virta Health, Jvion, Mozzaz, HealthLynked Corp, FCC, Amwell, Let’s Talk Interactive, Pexip, Zyter Inc. and more.
By Bill Paschall – The FCC announced $249.95M in new funding for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program, with costs covered up to 12 months. The good news is RPM platforms and services are eligible for funding.