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By Staff at Becker’s Hospital Review Becker’s Hospital Review compiled 40 large health systems by number of hospitals and 60 large hospitals by bed count. This list was developed based on information as of September 2020. Note: Hospitals and health systems do not pay and cannot pay for inclusion on this list. Largest Health Systems…
Anuja Vaidya for Becker’s Hospital Review Researchers from Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine have developed a prediction model to help clinicians forecast if a coronavirus patient’s conditions are likely to worsen. To develop the model, the researchers used data collected from 827 COVID-19 patients admitted to five Johns Hopkins hospitals between March 4 and April 24. They wrote about the…
From Advisory Board Los Alamos County, New Mexico is the healthiest community in the United States, according to U.S. News & World Report‘s 2020 Healthiest Communities Rankings, which lists counties and county equivalents that score highly on 10 health-related criteria. Methodology For the rankings, U.S. News and the Aetna Foundation evaluated and scored around 3,000 U.S. counties and county equivalents in…
By Selena Chavis for For the Record Is it time for health care organizations to start thinking about it? On the ICD-11 front, two significant milestones occurred last year: The World Health Organization (WHO) officially released the 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) and the World Health Assembly formally adopted ICD-11. Now…
From For the Record The American Medical Association (AMA) recently published an update to the CPT code set that includes two code additions for reporting medical services sparked by the public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The update to the CPT code set was approved by the CPT Editorial Panel, the independent body convened…
By Katie Adams for Becker’s Hospital Review Hospital professionals are often so busy they can’t even take lunch breaks, but breakthroughs in artificial intelligence and machine learning can help make their days a bit easier so they can better focus on providing patients with optimal care. Here, six chief innovation and digital officers from hospitals…
By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review The American Medical Association released updates Sept. 1 to its Current Procedural Terminology code set for 2021. Six things to know about the changes: The AMA has made 329 changes to the 2021 CPT code set, including 206 new codes, 54 deletions and 69 revisions. The changes will take effect…
By Kat Jercich for Healthcare IT News Artificial intelligence technologies are being increasingly relied upon in the healthcare domain, particularly when it comes to decision support, precision medicine, and the improvement of the quality of care. Regarding primary care specifically, AI also represents an opportunity to assist with electronic health record documentation. A new study…
By Jackie Drees for Becker’s Hospital Review More than two dozen boxes of medical records containing patients’ personal health information were discovered outside of Odessa (Texas) Recycling Center, according to an Aug. 20 KOSA report. The records belonged to Midland-based West Texas Orthopedics, which is part of Midland Health. In a statement to the network, Midland Health…
By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, many hospital CFOs and revenue cycle leaders are dealing with erratic and unpredictable claim volumes, confusion over complex billing requirements and staffing issues, according to a new survey. The HFMA-commissioned survey was released by revenue cycle management company Alpha Health. The survey included…