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By Lori Amende, RHIA for For the Record Starting in October 2016, coders began to see a shift in how the key word “with” should be applied in the ICD-10-CM classification system. Since then, additional guidance has been provided to help further clarify this coding convention, including some exceptions to be aware of. In this…
By Howard Rodenberg, MD, MPH, CCDS for ACDIS CDI Blog Nobody likes being proved wrong, but it’s not always a bad thing. It’s probably okay to be proven wrong when you think it’s a good idea to feed a shark by hand, or to drink a few beers and then tell your buddies you can…
By Matt O’ Connor for Health Imaging Diagnostic imaging utilization has increased dramatically over the past few decades, burdening radiologists with heavier workloads and higher burnout rates. This effect has trickled down to residents, as fatigue decreases the quality of their reporting throughout the workday and week. From 1999 to 2010, CT use increased by…
By HFN Staff for Healthcare Finance News All health systems and hospitals have struggled during the pandemic, in terms of both caring for patients who have COVID-19 and in staying above water financially. It’s closing in on a year since the pandemic ramped up in the United States. By mid-March 2020, all 50 states and…
By Eric Oliver for Becker’s Hospital Review WalletHub released its healthiest and unhealthiest cities in America list for 2021 on Feb. 8. The firm compares 180 of the most populated areas in the U.S. across 44 benchmarks to determine its list. The benchmarks fell into four categories: healthcare, food, fitness and green space. Here are the 10…
By Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review Critical care physicians have the highest rates of burnout among all physician specialties, according to a new survey from Medscape. For the report, Medscape surveyed 12,339 physicians in more than 29 specialties from Aug. 30 to Nov. 5, 2020. Across all specialties, 42 percent of physicians reported burnout, the same…
Katie Adams for Becker’s Hospital Review The American Medical Association on Jan. 19 published three Current Procedural Terminology codes for the COVID-19 vaccine being developed by Johnson & Johnson. The codes allow for better tracking and data reporting by distinguishing the vaccine from others. The AMA published the new CPT codes so that electronic systems throughout the…
By George Redd-Hachey, MSML, CCS, CCDS, CHDA, CHPS for The Journal of AHIMA Located in southwest Florida, Sarasota Memorial Health Care System (SMH) includes an 839-bed teaching hospital, level II trauma center, rehabilitation pavilion, and behavioral health center. Additional facilities include a free-standing emergency center and six urgent care centers. A 120-bed hospital under construction…
Kat Jercich for Healthcare IT News By using patient age, sex and daily clinical state, the machine learning model also predicts the probability of in-hospital mortality. A group of Israeli scientists published a paper in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association this week showcasing how a machine learning model can predict the illness…
By Selena Chavis for For the Record It wasn’t that long ago that documentation integrity processes were heavily defined by the work of transcriptionists. Following widespread adoption of EHRs and advances in speech recognition technology, the landscape of health care documentation has shifted dramatically in recent years—and this momentum continues today. In tandem with the…