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By Ken Terry for InformationWeek Most doctors still use desktops because iPads lack speech processing capabilities. One expert, however, says iPad EHRs are coming. Eighty percent of physicians in a recent survey said they believe that the Apple iPad has an “exciting future in healthcare”–but they doubt it is ready for clinical use. The survey…
By David Yeager for For The Record Speech recognition can help reduce costs, but healthcare organizations should take steps to ensure they’re not sacrificing quality in the process. Everyone loves to save money but in today’s healthcare environment, cutting costs is more a matter of necessity than desire. Rather than allow the quality of care…
Study By HealthGrades HealthGrades Quality Study Identifies Hospitals in Top 5% in Nation; Cities That Have Highest Concentration of Top Hospitals Patients Treated at HealthGrades Distinguished Hospitals for Clinical Excellence Have 30% Lower Chance of Dying How does the quality of care at hospitals in your area compare? Find out with HealthGrades second annual list…
By Julie Knudson for For The Record If used correctly, computer-assisted coding can help hospitals alleviate inefficiencies. As computer-assisted coding (CAC) is deployed by an increasing number of hospitals, its effect on coders is coming into focus. The evolution of workflow changes, productivity increases ahead of ICD-10, and fear of diminishing job prospects are all…
By Chris Anderson, Senior Editor, Healthcare Finance News Most of the Medicare fee-for-service demonstration projects launched in the past two decades using disease management and value-based payments have failed to reduce costs, says a report issued yesterday by the Congressional Budget Office. “In nearly every program involving disease management and care coordination, spending was either…
Gerald T. Roy, Deputy Inspector General for Investigations at the Office of Inspector General lists the agency’s most wanted fugitives responsible for the theft of over $400 million. Click here to read more information about OIG’s most wanted health care fugitives. In all, they are seeking more than 170 fugitives on charges related to health…
A Look Ahead Points to Increased Risks; Regulatory Expectations; Reputational Fallout PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Hospitals and healthcare organizations will need more than a couple of aspirin to ready themselves for 2012. Industry experts representing healthcare law, privacy, security, regulatory and data breach were asked to forecast healthcare data trends…
Written by Chuck Lauer and posted at Becker’s Hospital Review Healthcare presents a number of urgent challenges that executives can no longer afford to put off. I was considering what advice to give CEOs facing this brave new world when I heard a remarkable speech at the National Center for Healthcare Leadership’s annual event. Michael…
Rene Letourneau, Managing Editor, Healthcare Finance News SOUTH PORTLAND, ME – A panel of ICD-10 experts spoke Friday at a conference co-hosted by the New England Health Information and Management Systems Society and Maine Healthcare Financial Management Association in South Portland, Maine, giving advice about the five ‘gotchas’ that can wreak havoc on the best-laid…
Written for FierceHealthFinance We expect healthcare executives to set the tone at their organizations and to inspire their teams into becoming the best providers in the region — or the country. But that’s not always how things shake out. Sometimes these leaders run astray, taking the hospitals’ finances or reputations down with them. Read on…