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By Sam Hanna for Healthcare IT News This is the third article in a series regarding process-based opportunities as the healthcare industry begins to emerge from the challenges of the pandemic. As noted in the introduction to this series, each of these articles will define an issue, consider the problem and its implications to healthcare, and then present…
Dolbey adds Single Path Coding to their Fusion CAC solution that is already ranked #1 Best in KLAS for the 5th consecutive year. Single Path Coding is a consolidation of facility and professional fee coding to streamline processes, maximize coder output, and reduce costs by minimizing duplicated efforts. Some Dolbey Fusion CAC customers were looking…
By Makenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review A choir of nurses from Northwell Health was one of five groups to compete in the America’s Got Talent finals Sept. 14. The Northwell Health Nurse Choir formed last year when nurses across the system’s 23 hospitals came together to perform virtually for a nonprofit initiative, Nurse Heroes. The choir made its…
From For the Record Magazine Innovative work to meet the urgent public health need for streamlined reporting and tracking of COVID-19 vaccinations is presented in the release of the 2022 set published by the American Medical Association (AMA). The annual update to the CPT code set incorporates a series of 15 vaccine-specific codes that are…
[spb_row element_name=”Row” wrap_type=”content-width” parallax_image_height=”content-height” parallax_image_movement=”fixed” parallax_image_speed=”0.5″ bg_video_loop=”yes” parallax_video_height=”window-height” parallax_video_overlay=”none” row_overlay_opacity=”0″ row_col_pos=”default” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] How do you monitor and demonstrate the efficacy of your CDI program? Increased productivity Reduced DRG mis-matches Improved quality scores Increased review rate Reduced downstream denials In the white paper “Unleashing the Power of Your CDI Data” Dee Lang, RHIT, CCDS,…
By Katie Adams for Becker’s Healthcare Review Healthcare communication professionals have been scrambling to debunk misinformation throughout the pandemic. However, creating awareness of the tropes shared among most conspiracy theories and misinformation campaigns could be a more effective approach, Wired reported Aug. 28. The practice is sometimes referred to as “psychological inoculation.” Just as vaccinated people build…
By Kat Jercich for Healthcare IT News The University Medical Center Southern Nevada has reported that a ransomware attack earlier this summer affected the data of 1,300,000 people. The organization said in a statement that the incident only lasted a day, but the bad actors were able to compromise some files on network servers. “Out of an…
By Susan Morse for Healthcare Finance What does the hospital of the future look like? That depends on how health system and hospital executives apply the knowledge learned during the COVID-19 crisis to their strategic plans moving forward, according to Michael J. Dowling, CEO and president of Northwell Health. Dowling gave the HIMSS21 Digital Visionary Keynote: Leading…
By Howard Rodenberg, MD, MPH, CCDS for ACDIS CDI Blog In one of my recent efforts for the ACDIS Blog, I mentioned that there were times when it might be better not to query. I’ve also mentioned that before one sends a query, one needs to take into account the entire context of the patient encounter. I’d like…
By Hailey Mensik for Healthcare Dive Dive Brief: Nearly 40% of hospitals surveyed from April through June by employment services firm Aon said they’re ramping up hiring to meet increasing demand for medical services following last year’s widespread delays and cancellation of nonemergency care due to COVID-19, according to a report out Monday. Another 36% of hospitals…