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Roundup: EpiSoft's online IFC, payments process goes live in St John of God Health Care and more briefs

Healthcare It News

It has also been integrated with the hospital group's web-based PAS. These additions provide "significant efficiency improvement" for hospitals. The electronically signed documents and payment receipt are then returned to the webPAS to automatically update the patient’s account as paid.

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Hospital-acquired Pneumonia is Killing Patients. There’s a Simple Way to Stop It.

Briggs Healthcare

Kaiser Health News published this eye-opening piece – Hospital-acquired pneumonia is killing patients. Hospital patients not getting their teeth brushed, or not brushing their teeth themselves, is believed to be a leading cause of hundreds of thousands of cases of pneumonia a year in patients who have not been put on a ventilator.

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At US Hospitals, a Drug Mix-Up Is Just a Few Keystrokes Away

KHN

More than four years ago, Tennessee nurse RaDonda Vaught typed two letters into a hospital’s computerized medication cabinet, selected the wrong drug from the search results, and gave a patient a fatal dose. But customers must opt in to the feature, so it is likely unused in many hospitals. “It seems inherently safer.”

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Addressing Point-of-Care Ultrasound’s Shadow IT Problem

HIT Consultant

Across hospital settings, IT infrastructure has not kept pace with ultrasound innovation. Despite the many benefits of POCUS, the opportunity for wider implementation is hindered because today’s POCUS tools do not seamlessly integrate with existing hospital IT infrastructure.

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Outsourcing Medical Billing Services? Ask Them a Few Questions First

p3care

For how long they have been providing medical billing services to the hospitals. For how long they have been providing medical billing services to the hospitals. Is it easy for you to meet the people in your account via phone or in-person? Before all this, you need to keep the following questions in your mind.

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Why Hospital Profit Recovery Audits Are So Important with David Hewitt | E. 95

Vie Healthcare

He also outlines the importance of recognizing patterns and trends in data, how a snow accumulator saved tens of thousands of dollars for one hospital, and why every CFO should care about recovery audits. We understand that the hospitals need it, so do suppliers. Time is our biggest thief, right. Time is our biggest thief, right.

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Innovative Cost Savings Ideas For Hospitals In 2023| E. 60

Vie Healthcare

Episode Introduction As hospitals struggle with spiraling costs, Lisa Miller reveals seven key ways to save money in the next 12 months. So I feel like that’s an innovation for hospitals. But I want to give you one more nuanced thought….Could … my number one advice is to pull those projects together…. Innovative positions.