By Todd Davis – Physician practices experienced significant patient care and operational challenges in 2020 across the nation. From scrambling to comply with PPE requirements and shifting to virtual care to simply trying to stay afloat, the focus for many was sheer survival.
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By Devin Partida – The rise of internet-based health apps has made it easier than ever for patients to use their smartphones to share medical data with providers, receive test results digitally, and more. However, some concerned parties point out that the increased data access may not always align with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
By Ryne Natzke – Patient collections have long been among the most significant operational and financial headaches for medical providers – resulting in lost time and money.
Starts May 12th – The 20th Biannual DoD/VA & Government HIT Summit was designed as a “Town Hall” full spectrum view towards the DoD, VA, and Federal’s efforts to provide Veterans a secure, interoperable and connected health IT ecosystem.
By Daniel V Samarov PhD – In order to engage patients in their care in a meaningful and sustained way, patients must see the value in patient engagement systems. A static repository of information like a patient portal for receiving test results or sending secure messages doesn’t nurture ongoing engagement.
By Josh Rubel – Even as it appears the combination of distancing, treatment and vaccines is helping, questions associated with quality, cost and access to care continue to vex the entire healthcare ecosystem. With a significantly stressed and strained provider landscape, how will the healthcare economy respond?
By Diane Janowiak – In today’s quality-driven, outcomes-focused landscape, it is important for healthcare organizations to strike the proper balance between driving better patient outcomes and enhancing efficiencies while still controlling overhead costs.
By Troy Ament – In line with their standard playbook, hackers never let a good opportunity go to waste. As the U.S. undertakes what is probably the largest and fastest vaccine rollout in its history, it’s already been challenged with issues along the supply chain.
By Devin Partida – The medical industry consists of many steps to provide patients with the best care possible. Within this process, payments and coding present a unique challenge. Health care professionals often outsource medical coding to third-party professionals. Doing so, however, requires strict compliance with HIPAA regulations.