Healthcare It News

JUNE 29, 2022

In your hands-on experience working with healthcare provider organizations and IT, what changes have you observed in patient portals and telehealth visits since COVID-19 broke? Since the peak of isolation and masking has passed, we don’t see a change in what our patients want. They can receive alerts about patient status updates.

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p3care

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

A provider that cares so much about their billing matters and the reliability of those dealing with all these things. But what if this happens, they do not get the medical billing profit margin they expected to achieve? Several queries immediately pop up in one’s mind after this: What can they do in such a condition?

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Feelings of frustration can cause patients to either leave a doctor’s office before seeing a provider or go to a different one. According to McKinsey, patients are 28% less likely to switch physicians when content with their experience. Letting patients know precisely what they can expect during their visit helps calm nerves.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Doctors remotely manage patient data without being tied to a specific medical facility. In contrast, Electronic Medical Records capture information about specific visits to a doctor or medical facility, circulating within one institution. Unlike EMRs , requests for access to EHR records can be made by other medical centers.

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Healthcare Leadership

JANUARY 16, 2023

Now in 2023, more than ever, we think about trust in healthcare – the system and the medical profession are rooted in experience, connections, and perception. Who do we trust and why? Only 14 percent trust the federal government to do what’s right most of the time. What can we do?

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Icanotes

JANUARY 15, 2021

It's also vital that medical professionals ensure their electronic health record (EHR) system has implemented these modifications. What Are Evaluation and Management Codes? What Are the 2021 E/M Coding Changes? How Do These Changes Reduce Documentation Burden? What Are Evaluation and Management Codes?

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Healthcare Leadership

AUGUST 21, 2023

Who do we trust and why? Do we have the tools to differentiate between helpful marketing that aims to inform versus the darkly-shaded ask of pharmaceutical marketing that often does not align with best practices? Only 14 percent trust the federal government to do what’s right most of the time. What can we do?

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Healthcare Leadership

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Who do we trust and why? Do we have the tools to differentiate between helpful marketing that aims to inform versus the darkly-shaded ask of pharmaceutical marketing that often does not align with best practices? Only 14 percent trust the federal government to do what’s right most of the time. What can we do?

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Deepthi Bathina, CEO of RhythmX AI When I ask primary care physicians about their biggest problems today, they share the excruciating pain they experience as the American healthcare system pushes them towards administrative work rather than letting them focus on true patient care and clinical excellence. We talk about one a lot.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 4, 2023

If this is not a representative sign of the state of America’s independent medical practices, I don’t know what is. Throughout nearly a decade of medical training, I spent tens of thousands of hours becoming an expert in things like peak airway pressure, nerve conduction velocity, and ion channels. I can relate.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Adding to the situation are challenges related to added technology, the need to be virtual and to meet patients where they are, and the need to keep up with constantly changing information and landscape in terms of what our patients need from us. Distracted Doctors. But when do years of training and experience outweigh algorithms?

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Uncontrolled diabetes can lead to serious complications like heart disease, kidney failure, blindness, and even amputations. There are more individuals who are on the cusp of being diagnosed, with estimates of about 38% of the population of those 18 or older having pre-diabetes. About Lucienne Marie Lucienne Marie Ide, M.D.,

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 26, 2022

In addition to the pandemic, Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems share a big part of the blame. EHRs were introduced to the health care ecosystem to streamline document workflows and make sharing of patient information easier. While doctors see patients for minutes, nurses see them for days. Now it’s more like 3-4 years.

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Clearwave Inc

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Clearwave seamlessly integrates into EHRs, PMs, HISs and other systems, streamlining workflows and improving patient engagement. Common EHR integrations that Clearwave features include Athenahealth, Meditech, ModMed, NextGen, Unlimited and many more. It also makes your practice more efficient while increasing patient satisfaction.

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Healthcare Leadership

AUGUST 28, 2021

But how do you know those apps are good? Do you trust the star ratings and reviews? So what makes a health app good vs bad? Is the app’s ease of use the most important thing or is it all about the outcomes? Do apps have to make it easy to get your data in/out of? of user reviews raised concerns about privacy.

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Icanotes

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Learn How EHR Software From ICANotes Can Help With Documentation. Anxiety can have diverse presentations, but it generally involves fear, worry and rumination about the future. What's right for one patient may not be a good fit for another. Effective Interventions for Anxiety Management. How to Measure Anxiety in Therapy.

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Cloud Blogs

MARCH 4, 2022

The response we've seen from both physicians and their patients has been overwhelmingly positive as it helps to restore the trusted doctor-patient relationship. Ambient clinical intelligence allows a patient and a doctor to be a patient and a doctor like it used to be.

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Vie Healthcare

OCTOBER 4, 2023

But the vast majority of the doctors and nurse practitioners that provide treatment to LifeMD’s patients across all 50 states, this is their full-time job and they love it. They’re super passionate about it. The technology behind what we do is really complex. We do almost all of it internally.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 10, 2023

John Nebergall, COO at Consensus Cloud Solutions Despite assertions that healthcare is “burned out on talking about burnout,” the HIMSS 2023 presentations that have kept attendees talking long after the sessions ended included those that use automation to relieve workforce pressures.

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Etactics

JANUARY 19, 2024

According to Equifax, weak billing practices cost doctors roughly $125 billion every year. So what does it mean to have strong billing practices? We’ve gone into detail about the inner mechanisms of the revenue cycle before. But what about the importance of accurate payment posting? Let’s get started!

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Health Blawg

DECEMBER 25, 2017

I spoke recently with Dr. Rob Lamberts – @doc_rob on Twitter – about EHRs and direct primary care. Rob was an early adopter of electronic health records in his practice, after having been exposed to EHRs during his training. When implementing the EHR in his practice, he focused on fitting the EHR to his practice, not vice versa.

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Medical GPS

JUNE 23, 2021

After about a half-hour of this, she broke stride, turned to look at my husband and me square in the eyes, and politely asked, “Has anyone ever talked to you about Cerebral Palsy?” She proceeded to explain the diagnosis and how it applied to our son, what it meant for his future, and patiently answered all of our questions.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 7, 2023

What does the status quo look like in terms of access to quality care and research? To start off, what I have seen is that there are certain geographic issues that arise. And all this does is leave the patient wondering – what on earth is a clinical trial? Who are the most vulnerable stakeholders in the status quo?

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Furthermore, 62% of doctors are pessimistic about the future of medicine. Contributing to this expected physician deficit is the expectation that 46% of doctors plan to change career paths. About one-quarter of physician-time is spent on non-clinical paperwork, Physicians Foundation found. The post Most U.S.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

What You Should Know: – Suki , a voice artificial intelligence (AI) technology company for healthcare, announced the release of a mini-documentary that features the real-life challenge of a family physician facing burnout and how a voice assistant helped alleviate the negative impact of administrative burden. From Burnout to Balance. “I

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Icanotes

DECEMBER 15, 2021

A patient portal is an excellent resource for patients, allowing them to access their health records, communicate with providers, and accomplish other tasks related to their care — but what about your practice? To reap the most benefits from a patient portal, you'll want one with various tools and seamless integration, like ICANotes.

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Healthcare Leadership

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Who do we trust and why? Do we have the tools to differentiate between helpful marketing that aims to inform versus the darkly-shaded ask of pharmaceutical marketing that often does not align with best practices? Only 14 percent trust the federal government to do what’s right most of the time. What can we do?

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Icanotes

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Your new client might have provided some notes in their initial appointment request, or previous doctors or therapists might pass along these notes to you. Some clients might be ready to talk about their feelings and experiences, while others might need questions to prompt them. Next, you can explain your usual procedures for therapy.

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Icanotes

DECEMBER 1, 2021

To understand their role in behavioral health, you first need to understand what a social worker does, how they fit into the mental health field and where you may find yourself working with one. What Do Social Workers Do? What Is a Behavioral Health Social Worker? What Do Social Workers Do?

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Healthcare Leadership

AUGUST 17, 2021

Those should all be relegated to the recycling heap…or destroyed like the copier was in Office Space. When I say fax technology , what I mean is the protocols that underpin faxing. Can healthcare do better? But it’s not like they can just install an interoperability tool tomorrow and expect everything to be magically connected.

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Icanotes

MARCH 13, 2024

Professionals using SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment) may routinely find themselves encountering ethical dilemmas as they gather information about the individual, their life, and their symptoms. With luck, the therapist’s EHR integrates SBIRT to make documentation and decision-making clear and effective.

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Icanotes

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Electronic health records (EHRs) are designed to ease your specific pain points when it comes to documentation. Despite what many may think, AI tools do not always consistently and correctly put out generated responses or notes. Patients may also have concerns about therapists using AI tools.

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Etactics

MAY 5, 2022

That’s equivalent to a HIPAA violation occurring about every 2.5 We’re curious creatures who are nosey and like to eavesdrop and gossip. So how do you place better protections? Examples of Patient Confidentiality There are many ways doctors and healthcare practices can protect patient privacy. Privacy glass.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 23, 2023

While people of color make up about 39 percent of the U.S. In addition, a study published in JAMA Oncology found that patients with an annual household income lower than $50,000 were less likely to participate in clinical trials than those with higher incomes.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 13, 2023

In this Voices Interview, Home Health Care News sits down with Scott Decker, Chief Executive Officer, Homecare Homebase, to learn about market trends and the opportunities EHR vendors have to bring value to the industry. What career experiences do you most draw from in your role today?

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 29, 2022

In many healthcare settings, it’s common for organizations and departments to have their own way of doing patient charting, clinical rounding, and patient registration. To solve this problem, many healthcare organizations have turned to solutions like optical character recognition (OCR) and natural language processing (NLP).

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Icanotes

AUGUST 25, 2023

The disorder's subtypes include the restricting type — which involves weight loss activities like dieting, fasting and excessively exercising — and the binge-eating/purging type, characterized by binging and purging behaviors such as vomiting or misusing laxatives and enemas. Some physical signs of bulimia might include: Chronic sore throat.

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