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By Bill Siwicki for HealthcareIT News Staffed with more than 40 providers and serving more than 700 patients daily, the Houston ENT & Allergy Clinic is one of the country’s top ear, nose and throat clinics. The main goal of the clinic ever since it opened its doors more than 110 years ago is to…
By Mike Miliard for HealthcareIT News The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has temporarily suspended several regulations to enable hospitals, clinics and other providers to boost their front-line medical staff during the coronavirus pandemic. The CMS changes reduce certification requirements for clinicians, with the aim of expanding workforce flexibilities and enabling practitioners to be…
With integrated voice dictation and voice navigation, physicians can now review slides and input diagnoses into XIFIN LIS hands free, as well as navigate within the system via voice command. The preferred partner arrangement brings together Black Book awardees Dolbey and XIFIN to streamline diagnostic processes, improve billing and reimbursement efforts, and increase physician satisfaction.…
David Dawkins from Forbes The race to deliver much-needed ventilators to hospitals fighting coronavirus received welcome news today from British entrepreneur Sir James Dyson. A spokesman for Dyson confirmed to Forbes that an initial order of 10,000 units from the U.K. government has been placed, and work will begin immediately at the historic airforce base…
Renee Cocchi for Healthcare and Business for Technology Hospital architecture and designs have transformed over time, from the once sterile white walls and stark decor to vibrant colors and eye-catching materials on the interior and exterior. The elements in today’s best designs have been proven to improve patient care. Depending on the type of building,…
By Ron Carucci for Forbes Like many leaders, my clients are scrambling to adapt to this new “virtual reality” of uncertainty brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. And now the social distancing isolation will continue through the end of April. In the face of not knowing how best to communicate with their people – what to…
From AdvancedMD If the long gray days of winter have you hankering for sunny skies and warmer temps, we have good news: The Vernal Equinox is only days away! This year the Vernal Equinox, also called the “Spring Equinox”, falls on March 20 and marks the official beginning of Spring. The change of seasons has…
Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review Kentucky has the highest cancer mortality rate of all U.S. states, according to a ranking from the Kaiser Family Foundation. The ranking is based on 1999-2018 data on underlying and multiple causes of death from the CDC’s Wonder Online Database. In 2018, the nation’s age-adjusted cancer death rate was…
How to use ICD-10-CM, new lab testing codes for COVID-19 from the AAP Division of Health Care Finance The introduction of 2019-nCoV Coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2/2019-nCoV (COVID-19) in the United States has produced an influx of patients into the health care system. While knowing how to diagnose and treat these patients is vital, being able to appropriately…
Christina Farr for CNBC Amazon Care, the company’s virtual medical clinic for employees, is in talks with local public health organizations about using its logistics expertise to help deliver at-home coronavirus testing kits to people’s homes in the Seattle area. The discussions have been going on for more than a week, say three people with…