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By Lisa A. Eramo, MA for For the Record HIM experts share insights and lessons learned. When patient volumes decreased temporarily during the COVID-19 pandemic, coders at Georgia Cancer Specialists in Atlanta forged ahead with whatever noncoding tasks could be…
By Hannah Mitchell for Becker’s Hospital Review Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, said artificial intelligence’s social benefit is among the likes of fire, electricity and the internet, according to a BBC podcast interview published July 11. Five things to know: “The…
By Dr. Archie Adams for Healthcare IT News Sometime in 2019, I was multi-tasking and racing between exam rooms amid a controlled chaos that defines an average day in my busy clinic. I was behind as usual, and I could…
By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review Almost 15 million people have missed their second COVID-19 vaccine dose, according to CDC data cited by The Washington Post. That number means nearly 11 percent of people who had sufficient time to get…
By Emma Mayer for Newsweek A lawsuit against Amazon was filed this week by some healthcare workers who allege that their Alexa devices have been recording their conversations. Healthcare IT News reported that four plaintiffs believe their Amazon Alexa devices…
By Howard Rodenberg, MD, MPH, CCDS for ACDIS CDI Blog I know this will come as a shock to my many (two) readers, but I’m not quite as perfect as I make myself out to be. I, too, have character…
For Health Day FRIDAY, June 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Certain International Classification of Diseases (ICD), Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes are recorded more frequently before the initial diagnosis in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) compared with patients with other autoimmune…
By Samantha Liss for Healthcare Dive More hospitals are likely to require employees receive a COVID-19 vaccine, experts said, to further protect the sick and vulnerable patients who rely on them for care. A Houston-area hospital captured headlines after taking…
By Bill Siwicki for Healthcare IT News The National Academy of Medicine recently released a report urging everyone to have a primary care physician. The report went on to recommend that telehealth could have a role to play in this expansion of…
By Hannah Mitchell for Becker’s Hospital Review Selected from a pool of 10,000 nominees, these four women are among the most inspiring, innovative and bold leaders nationwide, according to a recent Forbes ranking. Four women to know: Katalin Kariko, PhD. Age 66.…