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

HIT Consultant

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is taking hold across healthcare, and for good reason. By administering ultrasound technology at the point of care, whether that be the patient’s bedside or an ambulance, POCUS prevents patients from being sent to another facility for imaging or waiting for a radiologist.

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5 Must-Have Features for AI Platforms in RCM

HIT Consultant

Emily Bonham, SVP of Product Management, AGS Health A healthy, stable revenue cycle is crucial to every healthcare organization’s success. Administrative processes account for about 30% of U.S. Administrative processes account for about 30% of U.S. With so many options, revenue managers might wonder where to start.

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

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. Kaiser Health News published this eye-opening piece – Hospital-acquired pneumonia is killing patients. Before you start reading, stop for a few minutes and consider the state of oral hygiene in your facility, whether it be LTC, AL or in your own home.

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Optimizing Healthcare for Heart Disease with HeartFlow | E. 62

Vie Healthcare

So you have a ton of patients in a healthcare system getting tests that may not be helpful in their diagnosis for creating a treatment plan. Costs to the healthcare system, accuracy of the diagnosis, like you mentioned with your family member, and ultimately the outcomes. .” Staffing, huge issue right now.

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Exposing Healthcare Fraud with Jonathan Tycko| E. 68

Vie Healthcare

Episode Introduction Jonathan explains why the value of healthcare related cases under the False Claims Act ($1.8 He also urges hospitals to focus on mission over money and explains why compliance isn’t the enemy of healthcare. It’s any type of fraud scheme that is impacting the healthcare system.

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Taking Back The Business of Healthcare with Preston Alexander| E. 67

Vie Healthcare

Episode Introduction Preston explains that the principal issue with US healthcare is its profit-driven approach, why healthcare must be a forward-thinking Netflix, rather than an obsolete Blockbuster, and why the nursing shortage is the result of a broken system. The context being a system of capitalism.

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Why The Stakes are Higher for Hospitals When It Comes to Data Loss & Inadequate Storage Infrastructure

HIT Consultant

James Loveday, Healthcare Specialist at Loadbalancer.org. According to the World Economic Forum, hospitals produce around 50 petabytes of data per year. And with 6,039 hospitals in the US alone, that amounts to a sizeable amount of data requiring secure storage. Modern security threats require modern data storage strategies.