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By Angie Dibble, RHIT for For the Record Remember when we thought of medical charts as inanimate objects, safely tucked away on a dusty shelf in a paper mill known as “Medical Records”? In my prior life, the one I…
Simon Bramhall pleads guilty to two counts of assault after using argon gas to sign ‘SB’ on patients’ organs By Frances Perraudin for The Guardian A surgeon has pleaded guilty to marking his initials on the livers of two patients…
by Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review On average, Milwaukee has the most expensive hospitals in the nation, while Buffalo, N.Y. has the least expensive hospitals, according to the Amino Facility Cost Rating analysis. The Amino Cost Rating is built…
By Julie Spitzer Becker’s Hospital Review The Emergency Care Research Institute ranked ransomware and other cybersecurity threats as the No. 1 health technology hazard for 2018, according to its Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2018 list. The ECRI Institute,…
By Naseem S. Miller for Orlando Sentinel The number of babies who were exposed to opioids in the womb jumped by 200 percent in Florida between 2015 and 2016 — to more than 2,500 cases — the biggest spike in…
By Angie Dibble, RHIT for For The Record Sepsis, encephalopathy, malnutrition, and acute renal failure are examples of diagnoses that often prove vexing for coders and clinical documentation improvement (CDI) specialists. What if the sepsis diagnosis is based on “technically meets…
As health systems work to get the most from their physicians’ EHR charting, experts say it’s important to focus on the right metrics while working toward greater buy-in from doctors. By Mike Miliard for Healthcare IT News Hospitals and health…
By Robert Pearl, M.D. for Forbes Over the past seven seasons, Game of Thrones fans have demonstrated the ability to spot an emerging threat early on – a quality more leaders in healthcare need to possess. If you’ve tuned into…
By Selena Chavis for For the Record Clinical documentation improvement (CDI) processes have made significant inroads in recent years. Now a mainstream strategy within any forward-looking hospital, CDI teams are critical players in the greater quality management picture as it…
By Mary Rechtoris for Becker’s Hospital Review There is a shortage of nurses throughout the U.S., with Hawaii having the fewest nurses per 1,000 residents. Using U.S. Census Bureau, FBI crime and Kaiser Family Foundation data, Medicare Health Plans compiled…