Wed.Jun 30, 2021

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Patient Health Data is a Total Privacy Risk. You Might Be Surprised What Risks are Flagged.

Bookzurman

With so much evolving in healthcare and technology, it can be hard to keep up and difficult to see where the work that we, and our peers, do is being applied to help caregivers and patients. That's why we've hand-selected these recent articles featuring the world of healthcare interoperability and other related issues that our team finds to be worth a quick read.

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Safety 101 Syllabus: Lead and Reward a Just Culture

ACHE

The COVID-19 pandemic created countless challenges for healthcare providers, but some silver-linings-minded leaders believe the health crisis also accelerated innovation in quality and safety. In a March/April 2021 Healthcare Executive column , Richard Brant, MD, CPHQ, medical director for quality and patient safety at West Virginia University Medicine Children’s Hospital, expressed his belief that the heightened activity catalyzed by the pandemic will ultimately help organizations move along th

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HRS Feature Highlight: Wound Care Imaging

Health Recovery

Wound care is a necessary treatment for numerous conditions and patient populations, as wounds can be both acute and chronic. Acute wounds include surgical wounds, pressure sores, and diabetic wounds such as foot ulcers. Chronic wounds are wounds that do not properly heal, and while less common, they impact patients daily, inflicting long term pain and discomfort.

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How to Increase Healthcare Revenue and Decrease Service Recovery Expenses

Medical GPS

Patient Feedback: Ultimately Important. There’s nothing more frustrating than having a bad experience with a large, seemingly monopolistic entity, knowing that any feedback you might provide is utterly worthless in improving customer treatment. Regardless of how many times you passionately express to a robot on the phone or online chat, “I’d like to speak to a representative,” you’re repeatedly directed through a maze of automated responses.

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How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp

Facing layoffs in your organization? Support your team members' career transition with Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp: Custom Resume & LinkedIn Revamp + 6 Weeks of Career Coaching. Our certified resume writers will create job search-winning resumes and LinkedIn profiles while they work with a career coach to learn unique strategies to stand out, attract the right employers, automate their job search, and land their dream job.

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The Importance of Support and Training Resources When Choosing an EHR Provider

Icanotes

Have you decided to implement new electronic health record (EHR) software in your behavioral and mental health practice? An EHR can help your practice stay organized, submit claims on time, coordinate care with other clinicians and streamline communication with clients and staff. All of this is exciting news for your practice and clients. But to make the most of your EHR and get the maximum return, it’s crucial that all users receive adequate training.

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Tencent-Backed Wedoctor Is Going Public: What Are the Next Steps for Chinese Digital Health Companies?

Health Advances

By Andrew Chen, Analyst; Daniel Huang, Senior Analyst; Gary Cheng, Vice President. Key Takeaways. Digital health in China (i.e. “Internet Healthcare”) continues to draw attention with WeDoctor’s IPO announcement valued at $7B. In addition to a continued relaxation of policies related to digital health services, the sector is supported with ample funding that can be used for corporate development activities.

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5 Important Healthcare Call Center Metrics

Sequence Health

When you invest in patient engagement solutions, you want to know that they are doing more than just taking tasks off your hands; you want to feel confident that they work. To evaluate this, you need to know what metrics to look at. Every industry has different metrics to look at. This means that when evaluating healthcare call center metrics , you won’t be looking at the same things as for an online retailer.