Call us toll-free: 800-878-7828 — Monday - Friday — 8AM - 5PM EST
By Jackie Drees for Becker’s Hospital Review The amount of time family physicians spend working in the EHR after hours can vary widely, ranging from zero to 33 hours each month, according to a study published in the Family Medicine February 2020 journal issue. University of Arizona College of Medicine researchers analyzed EHR use of 24 family…
By Cheryl Ericson, RN, MS, CCDS, CDIP and Cathy Farraher, RN, MBA, CCM, CCDS for ACDIS CDI Blog Clinical validation is a process in which diagnoses already written in the chart are reviewed by a clinical documentation specialist to ensure the corresponding clinical indicators and treatment exist alongside them, thereby “validating” the diagnoses. It is…
By Andrea Park for Becker’s Hospital Review Six days before the CDC’s Jan. 6 alert of a flulike outbreak in China, and nine days before the World Health Organization’s Jan. 9 notice, an artificial intelligence-powered platform had already detected and sent warning of the coronavirus outbreak, Wired reports. BlueDot, a global health monitoring platform based in Canada,…
By Johanne Brautigam, RN, BSN, CCDS and Mindy Davis, RHIT, CDIP, CCS, CCDS for ACDIS Blog There are a few key strategies for communication between CDI and coding. Most important, communicate to coding leadership and the coding staff that having a strong working relationship between CDI and coding is a priority. Back this statement up…
Andrea Park for Becker’s Hospital Review Each patient encounter requires an average of 16 minutes and 14 seconds in EHR use for physicians, including time spent outside of normal working hours, according to a study of data from Cerner’s analytics platform, the Lights On Network. Here are three key takeaways from the study, which analyzed…
By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review There are seven healthcare industry sectors ripe for growth, consolidation and investment in 2020, according to a report from Epstein Becker Green and EBG Advisors. Based on their experience advising clients in the healthcare industry, the attorneys and advisors who authored the report predict the aging baby boomer…
In collaboration with Ankur Teredesai, Co-founder & CTO, KenSci for Becker’s Hospital Review Chicken soup for the healthcare CIO: tough questions about AI that have fairly simple answers Tumultuous… the word that best describes the hope, expectations and trepidations regarding artificial intelligence (AI) for healthcare CIOs across the globe today. Traditionally in healthcare, CIOs have…
By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review Physician specialties that generate the most revenue for hospitals and Medicare payment rules were among the healthcare revenue cycle management topics that piqued the interest of readers this year. Here are the five most popular revenue cycle management stories published by Becker’s Hospital Review in 2019: 1. These…
By Rebecca Pifer for Healthcare Dive Dive Brief: Uber Health is now available on Cerner’s EHR platform, allowing U.S. providers and Cerner clients to schedule non-emergency medical transportation for their patients in the ride-hailing giant’s first EHR integration. The two companies will begin rolling out the product to select customers later this year, such as…
Laura Dyrda for Becker’s Hospital Review EHR implementation and upgrades continue to play a big role in the CIO’s responsibilities. However, CIOs are now more cognizant of the challenges for physicians and clinicians during new technology roll-out. During the Becker’s Hospital Review 5th Annual Health IT + Revenue Cycle event in Chicago on Oct. 10,…